# add-theme

Adds, renames or updates a prismantis color preset from an existing theme such as Dracula, Nord or a VS Code theme.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 202
- Author: NahumLitvin
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/add-theme/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/add-theme

## What it does

This skill walks the agent through creating a new color preset in prismantis. The first step is the license: open the theme's original repo, not a port, and confirm MIT in its LICENSE file or README. No MIT, no license at all — the skill stops and says so. That is where it breaks first if you pick a popular theme with unclear licensing.

Colors come from the official palette file — the theme's palette repo or its JSON/YAML spec — never from screenshots or a port. The palette is then mapped onto all 22 tokens in `PRESETS` inside `hooks/presets.ts`: the theme's warm accent fills `heading` and `tableHeader`, green goes to `number` and `codeString`, blue to `codeCommand`, `link` and `diagram`, and the signature color to `accent` and `bullet`. For `diffAdded` and `diffRemoved` use the theme's own green and red; the test expects code text at 4.5:1 on their tints and at least ΔE 13 between the two.

Name the preset after its source, lowercase with hyphens and the variant: `catppuccin-mocha`, `github-light`. Register it in `options` on the `theme` field in `.claude-plugin/plugin.json`, credit it in `docs/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md` with the repo URL, copyright line and license name, and list it in the README theme list. To verify, `resolveStyle({ theme: '<name>' })` should return its `tableHeader`; then run the Verify steps in AGENTS.md and look at the result with `live-check` on both a dark and a light terminal background.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --skill add-theme -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/add-theme/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/add-theme/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --skill add-theme -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/add-theme/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --skill add-theme -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/add-theme/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NahumLitvin/prismantis add-theme
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/add-theme/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --skill add-theme -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis --path .claude/skills/add-theme
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/add-theme/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --skill add-theme -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/add-theme/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn an existing theme into a prismantis color preset
- check a theme's license before pulling its colors in
- map a palette onto all 22 tokens without gaps
- name the preset after its source and register it in `plugin.json`
- credit the original theme in `docs/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md`

## Example prompts
- Add the Nord theme to prismantis
- Support Dracula as a new preset
- Rename the `catppuccin-mocha` preset

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: add-theme
description: Add, rename or update a prismantis color preset from an existing theme (Dracula, Nord, a VS Code theme, ...). Use when someone says "add a theme", "support <theme name>", "new palette" or "rename a preset".
---

# Add a theme

1. **License first.** Open the theme's original repo (not a port) and confirm MIT in its LICENSE file or README. Not MIT, or no license at all: stop and say so.
2. **Take colors from the official palette file** (the theme's palette repo or JSON/YAML spec), not from screenshots or a port.
3. **Map the palette onto all 22 tokens** in `PRESETS` in `hooks/presets.ts`. Every preset defines every token:

   | Token | Pick |
   | --- | --- |
   | `heading`, `tableHeader` | the theme's warm accent (yellow/orange) |
   | `number`, `codeString` | green |
   | `codeCommand`, `link`, `diagram` | blue |
   | `codeFlag` | red/pink |
   | `inlineCode`, `path` | cyan/teal |
   | `accent`, `bullet` | the signature color (purple for Catppuccin and Dracula) |
   | `emphasis` | pink/magenta |
   | `strong` | brightest foreground |
   | `codeText`, `diagramText` | normal foreground |
   | `codeComment`, `quote` | a muted foreground |
   | `rule`, `tableRule` | a subtle border/surface color |
   | `diffAdded`, `diffRemoved` | the theme's own green and red, its git or diff colors when it names them; the test wants code text at 4.5:1 on their tints and the two at least ΔE 13 apart |

4. **Name it after the source**, lowercase-hyphenated with the variant (`catppuccin-mocha`, `github-light`). Add it to `options` on the `theme` field in `.claude-plugin/plugin.json`.
5. **Credit it** in `docs/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md` with the repo URL, the copyright line and the license name.
6. **Document it** in the README theme list (dark or light).
7. **Test** that `resolveStyle({ theme: '<name>' })` returns its `tableHeader`, then run the AGENTS.md Verify steps.
8. **Look at it** with `live-check` on a dark and a light terminal background.
```
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© NahumLitvin · MIT · https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/add-theme/SKILL.md

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