dt-rpi-integration

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by microsoft · part of microsoft/hve-core

Design Thinking to RPI handoff knowledge covering the DT-to-RPI handoff contract, DT-aware research/planning/implement/review contexts, subagent handoff workflow, and Method 5 image prompt generation

🧩 One of 7 skills in the microsoft/hve-core package — works on its own, and pairs well with its siblings.

This is the playbook your agent receives when the skill activates — you don't need to read it to use the skill, but it's here to audit before installing.

Design Thinking → RPI Integration — Skill Entry

This skill is the entry point for Design Thinking to RPI integration knowledge.

The DT coach loads these references when Design Thinking coaching graduates into the RPI workflow. Every DT exit produces research-ready input for rpi-research. The retained downstream phases, rpi-plan, rpi-implement, and rpi-review, consume the resulting context. RPI Agent is the lifecycle wrapper when end-to-end coordination is needed; it does not replace rpi-research as the handoff target.

Integration references

Reference	When to load
Handoff contract	Exit points, artifact schemas, RPI input contracts, and quality markers for lateral DT-to-RPI handoff
Research context	DT-aware `rpi-research` framing for handoffs from the DT coach
Planning context	DT-aware `rpi-plan` context for plans originating from DT artifacts
Implement context	DT-aware `rpi-implement` context applying fidelity and stakeholder constraints
Review context	DT-aware `rpi-review` criteria for evaluating Design Thinking artifacts
Subagent handoff	Readiness assessment, artifact compilation, and validation via subagent dispatch
Image prompt generation	Method 5 concept visualization with lo-fi prompt enforcement

Skill layout

SKILL.md — this file (skill entrypoint).
references/ — the DT-to-RPI integration reference documents.
- rpi-handoff-contract.md — DT-to-RPI handoff contract: exit points, artifact schemas, RPI input contracts, and confidence markers.
- rpi-research-context.md provides DT-aware rpi-research context.
- rpi-planning-context.md provides DT-aware rpi-plan context.
- rpi-implement-context.md provides DT-aware rpi-implement context.
- rpi-review-context.md provides DT-aware rpi-review context.
- subagent-handoff.md provides the subagent dispatch workflow for handoff readiness, compilation, and validation.
- image-prompt-generation.md provides Method 5 lo-fi image prompt generation guidance.