{"wiki":{"id":346,"slug":"ar-des-01","entity_type":"droid","entity_id":"ar-des-01","title":"Design Author","prose_md":"## About\n\n**Design Author** is a droid owned by [[agt_002]] that writes structured design records for Carolverse initiatives. It exists to capture architecture decisions, workflows, data models, and interfaces in a consistent, queryable format (`designs.db`) — turning discussions or rough ideas into a permanent reference that other agents and apps can rely on.\n\nWhen triggered on-demand (typically by [[agt_002]] or another agent managing an initiative), Design Author calls **Claude (model: opus)** via a Claude Code harness. It takes an initiative's context from [[blueprint-service]] or [[initiatives]], then crafts a `designs.db` row with fields such as architecture overview, component interactions, data schemas, and API contracts. The result is saved into shared infrastructure so tools like [[palantir]] or [[carol-design]] can surface it later.\n\nThis droid belongs to the **author** family — a set of 26 droids that produce written artifacts (designs, specs, logs) for their owners. While other agents (e.g., [[agt_001]], [[agt_003]], [[agt_008]], [[agt_011]], [[agt_012]], [[agt_023]], [[agt_025]], [[agt_034]]) run their own author droids with distinct names and purposes, **Design Author** is a one-of-a-kind droid: its name is unique in the whole ecosystem. It is **not** pure software — it relies on Claude (Opus) for the heavy lifting of generating coherent, high-quality design text from initiative inputs.","namesake_json":"{\"engine\": \"claude\", \"model\": \"opus\", \"claude_purpose\": \"generating design documentation\", \"family\": \"author\", \"family_size\": 26, \"is_unique\": true}","profile_pic_path":"avatars/droid/ar-des-01.png","source_hash":"a3c433396daa82785625a30862653e92076666e439ff0a25cb8defba06d8fcd0","status":"active","last_generated_at":"2026-07-24 03:30:37","created_at":"2026-07-24 03:30:37","updated_at":"2026-07-26 03:39:01"},"facts":{"id":"ar-des-01","name":"Design Author","machine_name":"ar-des-01","owner":"agt_002","function":"Authors a designs.db row scoped to an initiative covering architecture/workflow/data-model/interfaces via Claude Code harness","process_type":"on_demand","schedule":"on_demand","process_name":"","avatar_color":"#94a3b8","created_for":"","purpose":"","duties":"","constraints":"","status":"running","gender":"male","archetype":"author","building_block":"file","service_override":null,"enabled":1,"task_key":"initiatives.design_produced","model_free":0},"page":{"type":"droid","page_class":"main","class_label":"Main page","kind_label":"Droid","kind_gloss":"","listed":true}}