Design Mode
Agencies

Client handoff: agency to engineering

Agency design reviews often happen on the client's staging URL with three people on a call. Design Mode turns that ad-hoc conversation into a structured artefact engineering can act on.

The problem

Agencies own the design; the client's engineering team owns the build. The handoff is the most expensive part of the project — every ambiguity becomes a billable round-trip.

The workflow

  1. Step 1

    Run the review on staging

    Pull up the staging URL. Open Design Mode. As decisions land, make the changes in the panel.

  2. Step 2

    Bundle the spec

    Export the Changes tab as JSON + markdown. Attach screenshots.

  3. Step 3

    Send to the client's engineers

    Engineering reads the structured spec and ships. Optional: their AI agent applies it automatically.

The outcome

Fewer billable rounds. Cleaner handoff. Happier clients.

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