diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57c2c1a0..dcbee619 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.5.0 — 2026-03-16
+
+- **Your site just got a design review.** `/plan-design-review` opens your site and reviews it like a senior product designer — typography, spacing, hierarchy, color, responsive, interactions, and AI slop detection. Get letter grades (A-F) per category, a dual headline "Design Score" + "AI Slop Score", and a structured first impression that doesn't pull punches.
+- **It can fix what it finds, too.** `/qa-design-review` runs the same designer's eye audit, then iteratively fixes design issues in your source code with atomic `style(design):` commits and before/after screenshots. CSS-safe by default, with a stricter self-regulation heuristic tuned for styling changes.
+- **Know your actual design system.** Both skills extract your live site's fonts, colors, heading scale, and spacing patterns via JS — then offer to save the inferred system as a `DESIGN.md` baseline. Finally know how many fonts you're actually using.
+- **AI Slop detection is a headline metric.** Every report opens with two scores: Design Score and AI Slop Score. The AI slop checklist catches the 10 most recognizable AI-generated patterns — the 3-column feature grid, purple gradients, decorative blobs, emoji bullets, generic hero copy.
+- **Design regression tracking.** Reports write a `design-baseline.json`. Next run auto-compares: per-category grade deltas, new findings, resolved findings. Watch your design score improve over time.
+- **80-item design audit checklist** across 10 categories: visual hierarchy, typography, color/contrast, spacing/layout, interaction states, responsive, motion, content/microcopy, AI slop, and performance-as-design. Distilled from Vercel's 100+ rules, Anthropic's frontend design skill, and 6 other design frameworks.
+
+### For contributors
+
+- Added `{{DESIGN_METHODOLOGY}}` resolver to `gen-skill-docs.ts` — shared design audit methodology injected into both `/plan-design-review` and `/qa-design-review` templates, following the `{{QA_METHODOLOGY}}` pattern.
+- Added `~/.gstack-dev/plans/` as a local plans directory for long-range vision docs (not checked in). CLAUDE.md and TODOS.md updated.
+- Added `/setup-design-md` to TODOS.md (P2) for interactive DESIGN.md creation from scratch.
+
 ## 0.4.1 — 2026-03-16
 
 - **gstack now notices when it screws up.** Turn on contributor mode (`gstack-config set gstack_contributor true`) and gstack automatically writes up what went wrong — what you were doing, what broke, repro steps. Next time something annoys you, the bug report is already written. Fork gstack and fix it yourself.
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index e724b826..8a96d3b0 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ gstack/
 │   ├── skill-llm-eval.test.ts   # Tier 3: LLM-as-judge (~$0.15/run)
 │   └── skill-e2e.test.ts         # Tier 2: E2E via claude -p (~$3.85/run)
 ├── qa-only/         # /qa-only skill (report-only QA, no fixes)
+├── plan-design-review/  # /plan-design-review skill (report-only design audit)
+├── qa-design-review/    # /qa-design-review skill (design audit + fix loop)
 ├── ship/            # Ship workflow skill
 ├── review/          # PR review skill
 ├── plan-ceo-review/ # /plan-ceo-review skill
@@ -101,6 +103,12 @@ CHANGELOG.md is **for users**, not contributors. Write it like product release n
 - No jargon: say "every question now tells you which project and branch you're in" not
   "AskUserQuestion format standardized across skill templates via preamble resolver."
 
+## Local plans
+
+Contributors can store long-range vision docs and design documents in `~/.gstack-dev/plans/`.
+These are local-only (not checked in). When reviewing TODOS.md, check `plans/` for candidates
+that may be ready to promote to TODOs or implement.
+
 ## Deploying to the active skill
 
 The active skill lives at `~/.claude/skills/gstack/`. After making changes:
diff --git a/TODOS.md b/TODOS.md
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--- a/TODOS.md
+++ b/TODOS.md
@@ -374,6 +374,20 @@
 **Priority:** P3
 **Depends on:** Ref staleness Parts 1+2 (shipped)
 
+## Design Review
+
+### /setup-design-md interactive skill
+
+**What:** Interactive skill that walks user through creating a DESIGN.md from scratch (aesthetic direction, fonts, colors, spacing, motion).
+
+**Why:** /plan-design-review can infer and export a DESIGN.md from a live site. /setup-design-md is the from-scratch version for new projects — full guided setup with font research, color palette selection, and preview pages.
+
+**Context:** The full flow is spec'd in ~/.gstack-dev/plans/design-ux-master-skill.md (sections 0, 4-8). Covers: project context → aesthetic direction → decoration level → layout approach → color approach → font selection (with research + bun preview page) → spacing/density → motion → write DESIGN.md → update CLAUDE.md.
+
+**Effort:** L
+**Priority:** P2
+**Depends on:** /plan-design-review (proves the DESIGN.md format)
+
 ## Completed
 
 ### Phase 1: Foundations (v0.2.0)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.1
+0.5.0