# design-system-generator

Builds a design system from tokens, base components and docs. Useful once a second screen shows up and your colors start drifting.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 300 installs · ★ 382
- Author: OneWave-AI
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/OneWave-AI/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/design-system-generator/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/design-system-generator

## What it does

The skill walks the agent through six steps. First it creates a `tokens/` folder with color, typography, spacing and effect files — shadows and radii. You swap the reference values for your own palette, otherwise you ship someone else's brand.

Next come CSS custom properties for `:root` and `.dark` in `globals.css`, the `cn` class-merge helper, and a Tailwind theme extended from the token files. Then the agent writes Button, Input and Card and re-exports everything from `components/ui/index.ts`. Each component gets its variants, sizes, props and accessibility behavior written down.

Three references ship with it: `references/design-tokens.md`, `references/components.md` and `references/config-and-utilities.md`. The stack assumes Tailwind and CSS variables, so on CSS-in-JS or plain SCSS you rewrite those steps yourself. The base set is also small — Button, Input, Card — and you extend it as the product needs.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OneWave-AI/claude-skills --skill design-system-generator -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OneWave-AI/claude-skills --skill design-system-generator -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OneWave-AI/claude-skills --skill design-system-generator -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install OneWave-AI/claude-skills design-system-generator
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OneWave-AI/claude-skills --skill design-system-generator -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/OneWave-AI/claude-skills --path design-system-generator
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add OneWave-AI/claude-skills --skill design-system-generator -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/OneWave-AI/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/design-system-generator/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- keep colors, typography and spacing in one token folder
- wire up a dark theme with CSS variables
- ship Button, Input and Card with variants and sizes
- connect Tailwind to the token files
- document props and accessibility for the team

## Example prompts
- Generate a design system: tokens, base components and docs
- Create color and typography tokens in `tokens/` for our palette
- Add Button, Input and Card and export them from `components/ui/index.ts`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: design-system-generator
description: Create design systems with tokens, components, and documentation. Use when building design systems, creating component libraries, or establishing design tokens.
---

# Design System Generator

Generate a token-driven design system: tokens, base components, build config, and documentation.

## Contents

- `references/design-tokens.md` — color, typography, spacing, shadow, and radius token files plus CSS variable setup.
- `references/components.md` — Button, Input, Card implementations and the component barrel index.
- `references/config-and-utilities.md` — Tailwind config and the `cn` class-merge helper.

## Workflow

1. Define design tokens. Create `tokens/` with colors, typography, spacing, and effects (shadows, radii) per `references/design-tokens.md`. Replace the reference values with the project brand palette.
2. Add CSS variables. Set up `:root` and `.dark` custom properties in `globals.css` using the variable block in `references/design-tokens.md`.
3. Wire the build. Add the `cn` helper and extend the Tailwind theme from the token files following `references/config-and-utilities.md`.
4. Build base components. Implement Button, Input, and Card from `references/components.md`, then extend the set as the product requires.
5. Export a barrel. Re-export every shipped component from `components/ui/index.ts` (see `references/components.md`).
6. Document usage and variants. For each component, note its variants, sizes, props, and accessibility behavior so consumers apply it consistently.
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