design-award-match

# Design Award Match ## Purpose Identify the most defensible award, program, track, and category for a design project. Treat fit scores as transparent decision aids, never as probabilities of winning. ## Scope - Extract decision-relevant project facts. - Pre-filter the configured award allowlist with stable eligibility gates. - Verify all dynamic requirements on current official pages. - Compare project evidence with published criteria and observable winner trends. - Score, rank, and explain strategic fit. - Stop after recommendation; do not audit every submission file or redesign the project. Use `$design-award-search` for verified same-category winners. Route file format, size, naming, declarations, and upload completeness to `$design-submission-check`. ## Input Contract Accept a brief, images, PDF, portfolio page, or structured JSON. Extract or request only facts that can change the recommendation: - primary function, target user, and use context; - innovation and supporting evidence; - project state and completion, launch, or release date; - applicant type, student status, country or region; - candidate awards, intended cycle, budget, and geographic constraints. Use the canonical values in [references/category-crosswalk.json](references/category-crosswalk.json). If the primary function is unclear, ask one short question. If an eligibility fact is missing, continue with `Eligibility: Unknown`; never assume a pass. Offer this template when the user asks how to use...