# Email Lesson 01: The New Design Process

Source chapter:

- `docs/chapters/01-new-design-process.md`

## Lesson

The useful AI design loop is `intent -> context -> agent task -> prototype -> critique -> test -> validation -> saved learning`.

The prompt is not the beginning of the workflow.

The real beginning is the intent, the context, the source material, the constraints, and the standard for what good means.

The weak loop is:

```text
prompt -> output -> ship
```

The useful loop is:

```text
intent -> context -> agent task -> prototype -> critique -> test -> validation -> saved learning
```

The point is not to make the process heavier.

The point is to make each artifact do a job.

The prototype helps you learn.

The critique makes judgment visible.

The test creates evidence.

The saved learning makes the next loop better.

## Exercise

Map one workflow you already do into the loop.

Use this template:

```text
Intent:
Context:
Agent task:
Prototype/artifact:
Critique standard:
Test or validation:
Saved learning:
```

## Artifact

First design process loop.