# Dt Methods > Design Thinking method coaching knowledge across all nine methods including per-method techniques, deep expertise, and industry context (energy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and social impact, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, professional services, public sector, retail and CPG) - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core - **Type:** Skill - **Install:** `agentstack add skill-microsoft-hve-core-dt-methods` - **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior - **Seller:** [microsoft](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft) - **Installs:** 0 - **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills) - **Latest version:** 0.1.0 - **License:** MIT - **Upstream author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft) - **Source:** https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/tree/main/.github/skills/design-thinking/dt-methods ## Install ```sh agentstack add skill-microsoft-hve-core-dt-methods ``` Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent. ## About # Design Thinking Methods Skill Entrypoint for Design Thinking method coaching knowledge. The `dt-coach` agent loads the method reference matching the active method in coaching state, the matching deep reference when advanced technique is needed, and the industry reference when an industry context applies. ## How to use this skill * Read the method reference for the method currently active in coaching state to ground day-to-day coaching. * Read the matching deep reference when the conversation needs advanced facilitation, recovery techniques, or expert frameworks beyond the core method guidance. * Read the industry reference when the team has identified one of the nine covered industries as their context, and weave its vocabulary, constraints, and empathy tools into method-specific guidance. * Read [dt-coach-telemetry.instructions.md](references/dt-coach-telemetry.instructions.md) when DT session artifacts need observable telemetry expectations grounded in `telemetry-foundations`. ## Method references | Method | Name | Core reference | Deep reference | |--------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------| | 1 | Scope Conversations | [method-01-scope.md](references/method-01-scope.md) | [method-01-deep.md](references/method-01-deep.md) | | 2 | Design Research | [method-02-research.md](references/method-02-research.md) | [method-02-deep.md](references/method-02-deep.md) | | 3 | Input Synthesis | [method-03-synthesis.md](references/method-03-synthesis.md) | [method-03-deep.md](references/method-03-deep.md) | | 4 | Brainstorming | [method-04-brainstorming.md](references/method-04-brainstorming.md) | [method-04-deep.md](references/method-04-deep.md) | | 5 | User Concepts | [method-05-concepts.md](references/method-05-concepts.md) | [method-05-deep.md](references/method-05-deep.md) | | 6 | Low-Fidelity Prototypes | [method-06-lofi-prototypes.md](references/method-06-lofi-prototypes.md) | [method-06-deep.md](references/method-06-deep.md) | | 7 | High-Fidelity Prototypes | [method-07-hifi-prototypes.md](references/method-07-hifi-prototypes.md) | [method-07-deep.md](references/method-07-deep.md) | | 8 | User Testing | [method-08-testing.md](references/method-08-testing.md) | [method-08-deep.md](references/method-08-deep.md) | | 9 | Iteration at Scale | [method-09-iteration.md](references/method-09-iteration.md) | [method-09-deep.md](references/method-09-deep.md) | ## Industry context references Load the matching reference when the team identifies its industry context. | Reference | When to load | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [industry-energy.md](references/industry-energy.md) | Energy-sector vocabulary, constraints, empathy tools, and reference scenario. | | [industry-financial-services.md](references/industry-financial-services.md) | Financial services vocabulary, constraints, empathy tools, and reference scenario. | | [industry-healthcare.md](references/industry-healthcare.md) | Healthcare vocabulary, constraints, empathy tools, and reference scenario. | | [industry-manufacturing.md](references/industry-manufacturing.md) | Manufacturing vocabulary, constraints, empathy tools, and reference scenario. | | [industry-nonprofit-social-impact.md](references/industry-nonprofit-social-impact.md) | Nonprofit and social impact vocabulary, constraints, empathy tools, and reference scenario. | | [industry-pharmaceuticals-life-sciences.md](references/industry-pharmaceuticals-life-sciences.md) | Pharmaceuticals and life sciences vocabulary, constraints, empathy tools, and reference scenario. | | [industry-professional-services.md](references/industry-professional-services.md) | Professional services vocabulary, constraints, empathy tools, and reference scenario. | | [industry-public-sector.md](references/industry-public-sector.md) | Public sector and government vocabulary, constraints, empathy tools, and reference scenario. | | [industry-retail-cpg.md](references/industry-retail-cpg.md) | Retail and consumer goods vocabulary, constraints, empathy tools, and reference scenario. | ## Skill layout ```text . ├── SKILL.md └── references/ ├── method-01-scope.md ├── method-01-deep.md ├── method-02-research.md ├── method-02-deep.md ├── method-03-synthesis.md ├── method-03-deep.md ├── method-04-brainstorming.md ├── method-04-deep.md ├── method-05-concepts.md ├── method-05-deep.md ├── method-06-lofi-prototypes.md ├── method-06-deep.md ├── method-07-hifi-prototypes.md ├── method-07-deep.md ├── method-08-testing.md ├── method-08-deep.md ├── method-09-iteration.md ├── method-09-deep.md ├── industry-energy.md ├── industry-financial-services.md ├── industry-healthcare.md ├── industry-manufacturing.md ├── industry-nonprofit-social-impact.md ├── industry-pharmaceuticals-life-sciences.md ├── industry-professional-services.md ├── industry-public-sector.md ├── industry-retail-cpg.md └── dt-coach-telemetry.instructions.md ``` ## Source & license This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code. - **Author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft) - **Source:** [microsoft/hve-core](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core) - **License:** MIT Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above. ## Pricing - **Free** — Free ## Security capabilities Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access: - **Network access:** no - **Filesystem access:** no - **Shell / process execution:** no - **Environment & secrets:** no - **Dynamic code execution:** no *"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.* ## Versions - **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source. ## Links - Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-microsoft-hve-core-dt-methods - Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft - Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse --- Listed on AgentStack — the marketplace for AI agent skills and MCP servers. 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