# design-component

Produces UI component specifications covering anatomy, 8 interactive states, tokens, and accessibility. Useful when designing components in a design system before coding.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 522 installs · ★ 3016
- Author: plugin87
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/design-component/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/design-component

## What it does

The skill drafts a detailed UI component specification according to internal design guidelines. It outlines anatomy, size variants, ARIA patterns, and eight states: default, hover, focus, active, disabled, loading, error, and selected. Every dimensional or color attribute maps directly to project design tokens such as `sizing.json` and `states.json`.

To ensure quality, the skill requires a test harness file rendering every variant across all states. Verification scripts like `verify_states.mjs`, `axe_audit.mjs`, and responsive checks must pass before a component is considered ready. Final visual checks rely on headless Playwright screenshots in system Chrome with transitions disabled.

Without running `npx ux-ui-agent-skills init` beforehand, the skill immediately halts with a `KIT_MISSING` error because it depends on token files. Generating framework code is out of scope and belongs to the companion skill `design-code`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill design-component -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill design-component -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill design-component -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills design-component
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill design-component -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --path .claude/skills/design-component
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills --skill design-component -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/plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/design-component/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- document component anatomy, variants, and size scales
- define all 8 interactive states including busy and invalid
- map control styling directly to design token JSON files
- validate contrast and accessibility rules with automated gate scripts

## Example prompts
- Design a component specification for Button covering all 8 states and tokens
- Create an accessible Modal overlay spec with focus trap requirements
- Generate a spec stub for Combobox using `scaffold_component.py`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: design-component
description: Design a UI component spec to the house quality bar (anatomy, variants, sizes, the 8 states, token mapping, and accessibility). Use when the user wants to design or document a component (button, input, tabs, toast, combobox, date picker, modal, etc.) at the spec level before or alongside code. For generating framework code, use design-code.
---

# Skill: Design Component

> **Step 0: is the kit here?** This skill reads files from the kit. Check once:
> `ls ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../tokens >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo KIT_OK || echo KIT_MISSING`
> On `KIT_MISSING` only the skill folders were installed, which is what
> `npx skills add` does. Say so plainly, point the user at
> `npx ux-ui-agent-skills init` or the plugin install, and stop. Do not guess the
> contents of a file you could not open.

Produce a complete component specification matching the project format.

## Steps
1. Read `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../.claude/rules/components.md` → "Component Quality Bar" (the 8-state table) and "Atomic Design"; the always-on 8-state table is in `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../CLAUDE.md` → Non-Negotiables.
2. Check if it already exists: `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../components/atoms.md`, `molecules.md`, `organisms.md`, `templates.md`, `navigation.md`, `feedback.md`, `forms-advanced.md`, `overlays.md`. Match the existing spec format.
3. Pull the ARIA pattern from `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../accessibility/aria-patterns.md` and contrast/target rules from `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../accessibility/wcag-checklist.md`.
4. Map every value to tokens (`${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../tokens/*.json`): sizes via `sizing.json`, states via `states.json`.
5. Apply visual judgment from `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../taste/design-taste.md` (states, focus, no slop).
6. Optional fast start: `python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../scripts/scaffold_component.py "<Name>"` to emit a stub, then fill it in.

## Output
Spec with: anatomy diagram, variants table, sizes table, all 8 applicable states, token mapping, accessibility (role/keyboard/SR), and a note to render via `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../frameworks/adapter-protocol.md`.

## Accuracy: verify every state, don't assume (mandatory when code is produced)
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