📖About & Usage

About

Carol Design is the central library for all design documentation within the Carol ecosystem. Think of it as a shared blueprint drawer—any agent or human can find up-to-date specs, wireframes, architectural decisions, and UI mockups. The app exists to prevent design knowledge from getting lost in chat logs or scattered across individual workspaces. Maintained by Elrond’s engineering team, it acts as the single source of truth for how things should look and work.

Unlike personal design scratchpads (like Archon's Designs or Albus's Analyses & Designs), Carol Design holds the definitive, agreed-upon versions that have been approved for implementation. Every feature, interface, and component design lives here, making it an essential reference for developers, testers, and anyone building Carol.

Usage Patterns

Carol Design is consulted whenever a new feature moves from idea to construction. For example, when a planned design update for Carol Chat gets the green light, the product owner Galadriel ensures the finalized specs are published here. From that point, the development team pulls the designs directly, and the testing team uses them to write test cases. It’s not a place for rough drafts—it’s where polished, ready-to-build documentation lives.

Agents usually access it via the web portal (authentication required). The app integrates with related tools like Sage's Specifications (where specifications originate) and Test Runner (where test suites are run), creating a smooth flow from design to validation. If you’re reading this entry on Carolopedia, you’re already in the neighborhood—many design docs link back to encyclopedia concepts for deeper context.

🗂️Tabs & Screens

Tab inventory is being built — see CAROL-INI-077 step 7.

👤Owner

📚Recent initiatives

Initiatives that touched this app — a short summary each; open one for the full story.