Design Daily - Design Inspiration & Novel Things

Generate daily design inspiration reports by aggregating from top design platforms, award sites, and design influencers on Twitter/X.

When to Use

• User asks for design news, design inspiration, or design trends
• User says "design daily", "design news", "设计日报", "设计灵感", "デザインニュース"
• User wants to see what's trending in design today
• User asks for novel/interesting new products or creative tools
• User says "新奇事物", "有什么好玩的", "what's new"

Language Detection

CRITICAL: Detect user's language and respond in the EXACT SAME language.

The skill supports ALL languages. Simply detect what language the user is using and generate the entire report in that language.

Rule: User's language = Output language. No exceptions.

Examples:

• User speaks English → Report in English
• 用户说中文 → 报告用中文
• ユーザーが日本語 → レポートは日本語
• Usuario habla español → Informe en español
• ...and ANY other language

Data Sources

See sources.json for full configuration.

Tier 1 - Design Curations & Novel Products (WebFetch)

Tier 2 - Design Platforms (Chrome MCP)

Tier 3 - Design Influencers on Twitter (Chrome MCP, 31 accounts)

Design Tools & Systems:

Design Leadership:

Visual & Brand Design:

Typography:

UX & Content:

Instructions for Agent

Step 1: Detect Language

Analyze user's message to determine output language:

1. Identify what language the user wrote their message in
2. Use that EXACT language for ALL output
3. Translate/localize everything to match user's language

Step 2: Collect Design News (Parallel where possible)

Tier 1 - WebFetch (parallel):

1. Sidebar.io:
   - URL: https://sidebar.io/
   - Extract: Today's 5 best design links with title, source, URL

2. Hacker News (Show HN focus):
   - URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/
   - Extract: Top 10 Show HN projects, creative tools, novel side projects
   - SKIP: Papers, research, enterprise software, pure backend stuff

3. Kickstarter (Design & Tech):
   - Method: WebSearch "Kickstarter design tech trending [month] [year]"
   - Note: Site has Cloudflare protection, WebFetch/Chrome MCP blocked
   - Extract: Top 5 trending design/tech projects with funding progress
   - Focus on: product design, creative tools, gadgets, art projects

4. Dezeen:
   - Method: WebSearch "Dezeen design news [month] [year]"
   - Note: Site has Cloudflare protection, WebFetch/Chrome MCP blocked
   - Extract: Latest 5 design news (industrial design, product design, furniture)

5. GitHub Trending:
   - URL: https://github.com/trending
   - Extract: Top 5 repos related to design tools, creative coding, generative art, or UI
   - SKIP: Backend frameworks, DevOps tools, ML models (unless design-related)

Tier 2 - Chrome MCP (parallel):

3. Product Hunt:
   - URL: https://www.producthunt.com/
   - Extract: Top 5 products, prioritize design tools and creative products

4. Dribbble:
   - URL: https://dribbble.com/shots/popular
   - Extract: Top 8 popular shots with title, designer, likes

5. Awwwards:
   - URL: https://www.awwwards.com/websites/
   - Extract: Latest 5 awarded sites with title, agency, score

6. Behance:
   - URL: https://www.behance.net/
   - Extract: Featured projects with title, creator, category

7. Muzli:
   - URL: https://muz.li/
   - Extract: Top 5 design inspiration items

Tier 3 - Twitter (Chrome MCP, sample 5-8 accounts per run):

8. Pick 5-8 design influencer accounts from sources.json tier3_twitter (31 total)
   - Rotate selection each day for variety
   - Navigate to each account
   - Extract latest 2-3 design-related tweets
   - Focus on design tips, tools, and visual content
   - Prioritize accounts with recent activity

Step 3: Generate Report

Create a structured Markdown report in the detected language.

Report Template (adapt language):

# Design Daily - [DATE]

> Design Inspiration & Novel Things

---

## Design Picks (Sidebar.io)
[Curated design links of the day]

## Show HN & Novel Projects
[Interesting new tools and creative projects]

## Kickstarter Highlights
[Trending creative crowdfunding projects]

## Dezeen Design News
[Industrial design, product design, architecture]

## GitHub Trending (Design & Creative)
[Open source design tools and creative coding projects]

## Product Hunt Highlights
[New products worth checking out]

## Dribbble Hot Shots
[Popular design work with designer credits]

## Awwwards Winners
[Award-winning web design]

## Behance Featured
[Creative projects and portfolios]

## Design Twitter
[Key insights and tips from design influencers]

---

## Collection Stats
| Source | Count | Status |
|--------|-------|--------|
| ... | ... | ... |

*Generated at: [TIMESTAMP]*

Step 4: Save Report

Save the report to NewsReport/[DATE]-design-daily.md in the current workspace.

Content Filtering Rules

INCLUDE:

• Visual design work (UI, UX, graphic design, illustration, typography)
• Design tools and plugins
• Creative coding and generative art
• Novel/fun products and side projects
• Web design trends and awards
• Design tips, tutorials, and workflows
• Brand design and identity

EXCLUDE:

• Academic papers and research
• AI/ML model releases (unless design-focused)
• Enterprise software
• Pure backend/infrastructure
• Finance, crypto, blockchain

Error Handling

Response Guidelines

1. Always confirm language detection at start
2. Show progress as sources are collected
3. Present final report in user's language
4. Include collection statistics
5. Save report to file and confirm path
6. Prioritize visual and inspiring content over text-heavy articles
7. CRITICAL: Every item MUST include a clickable link to the original source. No item should be listed without a URL. Use markdown link format: [Title](URL)
8. Include images when available. For Dribbble, use the CDN thumbnail URLs (cdn.dribbble.com/userupload/...?resize=400x0). For other visual platforms, extract image URLs from page data. Use markdown image format: ![alt](image_url)