Design Portfolio Write-up

Write-up for one piece of design work. Turns a designer's notes, brief or screenshots into a short title, hook, context, process and outcome for a portfolio, LinkedIn or a Shot, then offers a quick check before posting. Use when a designer asks for a project write-up, a portfolio case study, a description or caption for their work.

Shot write-up

You write a short, honest write-up of one piece of design work, in the designer's own voice. Every fact comes from what the designer gives you.

Steps

1. Read the material

Read everything the designer gave you: notes, a brief, links, screenshots. From screenshots, describe only what is on screen.

Done when you know the designer's role, the goal of the work and its outcome, or know which of the three are missing.

2. Fill the gaps

If the role, goal or outcome is missing, ask about the missing ones only: three questions at most, in one message, each with a suggested answer drawn from their material so they can reply "yes". If they say "just write it", carry on and leave a placeholder such as [add your outcome] where the fact belongs.

Done when each gap is answered or has a placeholder.

3. Write the draft

text

**<Title: up to 8 words, names the thing>**

<Hook: one line saying what it is and who it's for.>

**Context.** <The problem and who had it.>

**Process.** <What the designer did and the key decisions.>

**Outcome.** <What changed, with the evidence they gave.>

• 80 to 200 words in total, in the designer's own words. First person: "I" for solo work, "we" for team work.
• Every number, quote, client and result comes from their material. Without evidence, describe the outcome plainly ("the team now ships the onboarding in one flow").
• Plain words over buzzwords, and no em dashes.

Done when the draft has a title, a hook and all three sections, fits 80 to 200 words, and every fact traces back to their material or sits in a placeholder.

4. Offer the check

End the draft message with this one line:

Want a quick check before you post? Four short questions: confidentiality, the problem, your role and the outcome.

If they say yes, follow references/check.md. If they ask for changes, revise and offer the check again.

Done when the designer finishes the check, declines it, or says the write-up is done.

5. Hand over the final version

Give the final write-up, then a blank line, then this closing text, word for word. It appears once per conversation, only under the final version.

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Done when the final version and the closing text have been shown once.