design

design is a command for Claude Code from zachjxyz/jvn. It costs 7 tokens per session (687 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A technical-planning command that turns a feature specification into an implementation plan, data model, and API contracts. It also requests an architecture review of the plan.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it after writing a feature specification to prepare files under the feature’s specs directory. It is intended for planning FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, PyTorch, and related project work.
Why use it?
It helps expose design problems before coding begins, such as unclear component boundaries, database choices, or API structure. An API contract describes how software parts communicate, while PostgreSQL and SQLAlchemy are tools for storing and working with database data.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: argument-hint in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it after writing a feature specification to prepare files under the feature’s specs directory. It is intended for planning FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, PyTorch, and related project work.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zachjxyz/jvn

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Per session 7 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 687 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00007 $0.00687
Opus 5 $0.00003 $0.00344
Sonnet 5 $0.00001 $0.00137
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00069

Measured 8d ago against content hash 8c79d322905e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

design scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

stacks/python/.claude/commands/design.md · 94 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 94 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

/design — Create the Technical Plan

You are orchestrating the planning phase. Follow these steps exactly.

User Input

$ARGUMENTS

If no feature name is provided, detect the current feature from the git branch name or the most recent specs/ directory.

Step 1: Generate Base Plan via Spec-Kit

Use the Skill tool to invoke the speckit-plan skill:

Skill(skill: "speckit-plan")

This generates:

  • specs/{feature}/plan.md — core implementation plan
  • specs/{feature}/data-model.md — database schema
  • specs/{feature}/contracts/ — API contracts
  • Runs update-agent-context.sh to sync project context

Wait for completion.

Step 2: Architectural Review

Use the Task tool to invoke the architect agent:

Task(subagent_type: "architect",
     description: "Architectural review of plan",
     prompt: "Review the plan at specs/{feature}/plan.md and the spec at specs/{feature}/spec.md.
     Evaluate:
     - Component architecture and boundaries
     - Data model design against PostgreSQL + SQLAlchemy patterns
     - API contracts and endpoint design (FastAPI conventions)
     - Technology choices against the stack (FastAPI + PostgreSQL + SQLAlchemy + PyTorch + pandas)
     - Scalability, security, and maintainability risks
     - ML pipeline design and model serving strategy
     Append an '## Architectural Review' section to plan.md with your findings.")

Step 3: Constitutional Validation

Use the Task tool to invoke the constitutional-validator agent:

Task(subagent_type: "constitutional-validator",
     description: "Validate plan against constitution",
     prompt: "Validate the plan at specs/{feature}/plan.md against the project constitution at .specify/memory/constitution.md.
     Check all dimensions: mission alignment, architectural alignment, complexity appropriateness, quality standards.
     Append a '## Constitutional Review' section to plan.md with your verdict and findings.")

GATE: If the verdict is REJECTED or NEEDS REVISION, STOP. Present the issues to the user. Do NOT proceed to task generation.

Read the full file on GitHub · 94 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 94 lines · 7 tokens per session scan A 8c79d322905e

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design is a command published in the GitHub repository zachjxyz/jvn (2 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 7 tokens to every session and 687 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.