Designer AI

Why this exists

Every RFP response needs mockups. The traditional path — loop the design team in, iterate over email, wait days — didn't scale. Designer AI gives the proposal and account teams a way to generate a first-pass venue mockup directly from the CRM, in seconds, without blocking design.

It's not a replacement for the design team. It's a starting point that anyone can produce in 20 seconds.

How to use it

From the assistant chat

Type the prompt directly:

"touchdown graphic for Louisville, end zone, night game feel"

The assistant enriches with team palette, venue motifs, and broadcast vocabulary, calls the image model, and returns the image inline. A Design Request record is created automatically with the image attached.

From a Design Request record

1. Open any Design Request
2. Fill aiPrompt
3. Save — the worker picks it up and fills generatedImage within ~20 seconds

Under the hood

• Model: gemini-3-pro-image-preview (Google)
• Logic function: generate-design-image (id 30ab8a08-1d16-4603-bd9b-4e7925e3adfb) — Node22 runtime, tool-enabled
• Flow:
  1. Prompt → Gemini API
  2. Generated image uploaded to the CRM's file storage via uploadFilesFieldFile
  3. New Design Request record created with generatedImage FILES field populated
  4. Returns {url, designRequestId, markdownToEmbed} for inline embed

Auto-follow-on: proof share link

When a Design Request flips to STATUS_CLIENT_REVIEW, the workflow Auto-Generate Proof Share Link on Client Review (id fdd500af) fires:

1. HTTP call generates a proof URL
2. Updates proofShareUrl
3. Emails proofClientEmail
4. Proof review flow kicks off

Safety net

A Python worker at scripts/designer_ai_worker.py (systemd service designer-ai.service, 15s poll) also processes any record where aiPrompt is set but generatedImage is null. Redundancy for when the logic function is unavailable.

Tested on

Reference record 45fe8bf7-047e-4211-aa6d-490cfb7cc1fb — "Celtics TD Garden – 3 Boards". Image generated in 20s, URL populated, Design Request created.