# design-mirror

This skill reads a website’s visual language and applies it to an existing codebase. Use it when a UI needs to follow a reference site’s look.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 340 installs · ★ 268
- Author: brightdata
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/brightdata/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/design-mirror/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/design-mirror

## What it does

\`design-mirror` captures a reference site through Bright Data, using a screenshot for visual inspection and HTML for CSS details. It maps colors, type choices, spacing, radii, shadows, controls, and layout patterns. The skill prepares a design-token map before changing project files.

It then fits those tokens to the project’s existing stack. The instructions cover Tailwind, CSS Modules, styled-components, Emotion, global styles, and component-level changes. Current behavior and structure stay in place while visual properties are adjusted. Website capture requires `BRIGHTDATA_API_KEY` and `BRIGHTDATA_UNLOCKER_ZONE`; without them, the capture step cannot run.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install brightdata/skills design-mirror
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- capture a reference site from its URL
- map colors, typography, and spacing tokens
- apply a visual style to existing components
- adapt the theme to Tailwind or CSS
- review the files changed after restyling

## Example prompts
- Study the site at this URL and apply its visual language to the current homepage.
- Build the design-token map first, then restyle the existing components without changing their behavior.
- Make this app follow the reference site’s look, preserve its layout logic, and list the files you changed.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: design-mirror
description: "Replicate the visual style of any website and apply it to your existing codebase. Use this skill whenever the user wants to match a site's design, mirror a UI aesthetic, make their app look like another site, or replicate a specific visual style from a URL. Trigger on phrases like 'make it look like', 'match the design of', 'copy the style from', 'I want my app to look like X', 'mirror this design', 'inspired by [url]', or any time the user points at a website and says they want their frontend to match it."
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# Design Mirror

Capture the visual design language of any website and apply it to your existing codebase — colors, typography, spacing, layout rhythm, component shapes, and overall aesthetic — all extracted live via Bright Data's Web Unlocker.

## What This Skill Does

1. **Capture** — Screenshot + HTML scrape the inspiration site via Bright Data
2. **Extract** — Identify the full design system: colors, fonts, spacing scale, border radii, shadows, component patterns
3. **Analyze** — Study the screenshot visually and the CSS structurally to understand the design language
4. **Apply** — Translate that design system into the user's existing codebase (their framework, their components)

You are not copying content or functionality. You're understanding the *design language* — the palette, the type scale, the card shapes, the hover states, the overall aesthetic feel.

> **Important:** This skill is for design inspiration and learning — extracting publicly visible design tokens (colors, fonts, spacing) to inform your own UI work. Always use it respectfully and in accordance with the terms of service of the sites you reference.

## Setup

Requires:
- `BRIGHTDATA_API_KEY` — from [brightdata.com/cp](https://brightdata.com/cp) → Account Settings
- `BRIGHTDATA_UNLOCKER_ZONE` — create an Unlocker zone at brightdata.com/cp

```bash
export BRIGHTDATA_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export BRIGHTDATA_UNLOCKER_ZONE="your-zone-name"
```

## Step-by-Step Process

### Step 1: Capture the Inspiration Site

Run both captures in parallel — screenshot (for visual analysis) and HTML scrape (for CSS extraction):

```bash
# Screenshot (save as PNG)
bash scripts/screenshot.sh "https://inspiration-site.com" "/tmp/target_screenshot.png"

# HTML + CSS scrape
bash scripts/scrape_html.sh "https://inspiration-site.com" "/tmp/target_page.html"
```

Read `references/capture-guide.md` for how to extract CSS from the raw HTML and handle common issues.

### Step 2: Analyze the Design System

After capturing, analyze both in parallel:

**Visual analysis (screenshot):** Read the PNG image and identify:
- Primary, secondary, accent colors
- Background colors (page bg, card bg, surface hierarchy)
- Typography: font families visible, size hierarchy (h1 → body → caption)
- Layout: is it centered/constrained-width? Grid? Sidebar?
- Card/container shapes: border radius size, shadow style (hard, soft, none, colored)
- Button styles: pill, rectangle, ghost, gradient?
- Navigation: sticky? Glass/blur effect? Dark or light?
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