# extract-design

Extract colors, type, spacing, and component styles from a live website. Use the results to seed a design system or build a Tailwind theme.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 853 installs · ★ 165
- Author: dembrandt
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/extract-design/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/dembrandt-extract-design

## What it does

The skill runs Dembrandt in headless Chromium to inspect computed CSS and assemble a structured design profile. It can capture a confidence-scored palette, typography, spacing, corner radii, borders, shadows, and interactive component styles. Export options include W3C DTCG tokens and `DESIGN.md`; observed values can also become Tailwind CSS.

You can crawl multiple pages or inspect a mobile viewport and dark mode. The skill requires `dembrandt>=0.39.0`, and `npx` fetches the package on its first run. For a site behind authentication, provide a prepared cookie file; the agent cannot sign in by itself.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill extract-design -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill extract-design -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill extract-design -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dembrandt/dembrandt-skills extract-design
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill extract-design -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --path skills/extract-design
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dembrandt/dembrandt-skills --skill extract-design -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/dembrandt/dembrandt-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/extract-design/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- extract a site's colors and type styles
- merge design tokens from multiple pages
- create a `DESIGN.md` from a live site
- generate Tailwind CSS from observed styles

## Example prompts
- Extract the design tokens from this site and export them in W3C DTCG format.
- Inspect this site's colors and fonts, then create a `DESIGN.md`.
- Gather styles across several pages and generate a Tailwind theme.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: extract-design
description: Extract colours, typography, spacing, components and W3C design tokens from a live website with Dembrandt. Use when you need a site's real tokens or want to seed a design system from it.
metadata:
  priority: 9
  requires: "dembrandt>=0.39.0"
  pathPatterns:
    - "**/tokens/**"
    - "**/theme/**"
    - "tailwind.config.*"
    - "**/design-system/**"
    - "**/*.css"
    - "**/*.scss"
    - "**/styles/**"
  promptSignals:
    phrases:
      - "extract design"
      - "design tokens"
      - "reverse engineer"
      - "copy design"
      - "extract colors"
      - "extract typography"
      - "brand tokens"
      - "design system from"
      - "extract from website"
      - "dembrandt"
      - "what colors does"
      - "what fonts does"
      - "design of this site"
retrieval:
  aliases:
    - extract design tokens
    - reverse engineer design
    - get colors from website
    - extract brand
    - design system extraction
    - dembrandt
    - copy design system
  intents:
    - extract design tokens from a live site
    - reverse engineer a website's visual design
    - seed a new design system from an existing product
    - get exact colors, fonts, and spacing from a URL
    - analyze a competitor's design system
    - generate tailwind config from a real site
    - generate shadcn theme from a real site
  examples:
    - extract the design system from stripe.com
    - what colors and fonts does linear.app use
    - reverse engineer vercel.com's design tokens
    - get the tailwind config for this site
    - copy the design system from this URL
    - what is the primary color of this website
---

# Extract Design — Dembrandt

Dembrandt runs a headless Chromium browser against any URL, walks up to thousands of DOM elements, reads computed CSS, and returns a structured design system: colors with confidence scoring, typography styles, spacing scale, border radius, borders, shadows, and interactive component styles.

## How to Run

```bash
# Zero-install — npx fetches the package on first run (lowest friction)
npx -y dembrandt https://dembrandt.com

# Or install once (global), then call `dembrandt` directly
npm i -g dembrandt

# Basic extraction — outputs to terminal
dembrandt https://dembrandt.com

# JSON output — pipe into files or other tools
dembrandt https://dembrandt.com --json-only > dembrandt-tokens.json

# W3C DTCG format (design-tokens.org standard)
dembrandt https://dembrandt.com --dtcg --save-output

# Generate DESIGN.md (human + AI readable brand doc)
dembrandt https://dembrandt.com --design-md

# Multi-page crawl (follows internal links)
dembrandt https://dembrandt.com --crawl 5

# Dark mode colors
dembrandt https://dembrandt.com --dark-mode

# Mobile viewport
dembrandt https://dembrandt.com --mobile

# Everything saved to output/
dembrandt https://dembrandt.com --save-output

# Tailwind v4 @theme CSS — observed values only  [dembrandt 0.28+]
dembrandt https://dembrandt.com --tailwind src/app.css

# Self-contained HTML report — open offline or attach as a CI artifact  [dembrandt 0.19+]
dembrandt https://dembrandt.com --html report.html
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