DesignOps

DesignOps is a Windows AutoHotkey v2 assistant for UI/UX work. It provides global hotkeys for text processing, prompt menus, prompt composition, prompt buffering, app-aware AI instructions, snippets, typography shortcuts, and Figma plugin launch helpers.

Features

• AI prompt menu on F15 with provider routing and context-aware instructions.
• Agent and skill prompt menus on F17 and F18.
• Prompt Composer with live preview, reusable prompt blocks, recipes, and model intelligence level.
• Prompt Buffer for saving selected text while another AI task is running.
• Text snippets menu.
• Smart typography hotkeys.
• Context rules for apps such as Codex, Cursor, Claude, Antigravity, Figma, Obsidian, VS Code, and Telegram.
• Multi-provider AI profiles for OpenAI-compatible APIs, LM Studio, YandexGPT, Claude, and similar endpoints.
• Figma deep-link helper and plugin launcher.

Requirements

• Windows 10/11.
• AutoHotkey v2.
• Optional: Ahk2Exe for building DesignOps.exe.
• Optional: local or remote AI API endpoint compatible with the configured provider.

Quick Start

1. Install AutoHotkey v2.
2. Copy settings.example.ini to settings.ini.
3. Edit settings.ini and configure your AI provider.
4. Run DesignOps.ahk.

& "C:\Design Program\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64.exe" .\DesignOps.ahk

Build EXE

& "C:\Design Program\AutoHotkey\Compiler\Ahk2Exe.exe" `
  /in ".\DesignOps.ahk" `
  /out ".\DesignOps.exe" `
  /base "C:\Design Program\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64.exe" `
  /icon ".\Logo Color.ico" `
  /mpress 0

The compiled EXE still uses an installed AutoHotkey v2 runtime to run the isolated AI worker script.

Default Hotkeys

Hotkey	Action
CapsLock	Toggle DesignOps on/off
F15	AI prompt menu
F16	Text snippets
F17	Agent prompt menu
F18	Skill prompt menu
F19	Save selected text to Prompt Buffer
Shift+F19	Open Prompt Buffer menu
Shift+Alt+C	Change selected text case
Win+F	Open selected Figma link in desktop app
Alt+-	Em dash
Alt+.	Ellipsis
Alt+Space	Non-breaking space
Ctrl+Alt+Space	Thin space

Hotkeys can be changed in the settings window.

Data Files

• data.json stores prompts, snippets, agents, skills, prompt blocks, recipes, app context rules, app launchers, and Figma plugin commands.
• Agents and skills can be edited from Settings -> Agents and Settings -> Skills.
• settings.ini stores local provider settings and hotkeys. It is intentionally ignored by git because it can contain API keys.
• settings.example.ini is the public-safe template.
• prompt-buffer.md is local scratch storage and is ignored by git.

Repository Layout

DesignOps.ahk          Main entry point and tray setup
Lib/AI_Runner.ahk      Isolated AI HTTP worker
Lib/Config.ahk         INI/JSON config loading and saving
Lib/Runtime.ahk        Hotkeys, menus, AI orchestration, prompt buffer
Lib/GUI.ahk            Settings window
Lib/JSON.ahk           JSON parser/stringifier
Lib/Help.txt           In-app help text
data.json              Public prompt/content database
settings.example.ini   Public-safe settings template

Publishing Notes

Do not commit:

• settings.ini
• DesignOps.exe
• logs
• _archive/
• prompt-buffer.md

Create releases from a clean commit and attach the compiled EXE as a GitHub Release asset if needed.