Export a design and its implementation prompt

Export one design or a design with its linked designs as pictures, data and documentation, and build an implementation prompt that says what is verified.

In short

Export a design - alone or with its linked designs - as pictures, data or documentation. For a workflow, the implementation prompt writes it out for a coding assistant. It is built from the design and says what is verified by a passing test. Each card the plan makes also carries its own build brief.

Before you start

• Who: anyone who can open the design exports it. "Polish with AI" needs AI: your allowance or your own key.
• Plan: Designer is part of every plan, Free included. The Free plan limits how many designs a workspace keeps; Plan & usage shows the limit and what you hold.
• First: for the prompt, make the plan so each action has a requirement and a status.

Export a design

1. Press "Export" in the design's toolbar.
2. Choose from "Picture", "Documentation" and "Diagram as code" - for example "Image (PNG)", "Documentation (PDF)" or "Copy as Mermaid".
3. Or, under "With linked designs", choose pictures (ZIP), designs and components (JSON) or documentation.

Each choice in the "Export" menu, and what it holds, is described in /help/designer/export-a-design.

Build the implementation prompt

1. Press "Create the plan" in the workflow's toolbar.
2. In the "Brief" row, press "Open the whole workflow's prompt".
3. Write the open questions and what is out of scope in the prompt's window; they are saved with the workflow.
4. Optionally press "Polish with AI" and read the difference line by line before you use it.
5. Copy the prompt, or download it as a Markdown file.

Good to know

• Linked designs are the workflows it runs as sub-flows, the designs it refers to and the architectures that draw its components - only those you may open, at most 20.
• The prompt is built without AI. It holds the context, one requirement per action, Given / When / Then criteria for every journey, the constraints, the verification status, the open questions and what is out of scope.
• Nothing is called Verified without a passing test: refer to an API, SQL, cache or UI test from the step to give it evidence.
• Polish with AI keeps the acceptance criteria and verification status exactly as built, and marks anything the design does not say as AI suggestion - not in the design. Only the prompt is sent, and it counts against your workspace's AI allowance.

If something goes wrong

• "Build the prompt first.": open the whole workflow's prompt before polishing.
• "Only a workflow's implementation prompt can be polished."
• "A prompt is at most … characters.": shorten the open questions or out-of-scope notes.

Related

• /help/designer/export-a-design
• /help/designer/design-to-tests
• /help/designer/walk-through-and-journeys
• /help/designer/start-a-design