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fiction — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Generates design system guidelines in a cartoonesque children's book style with cream backgrounds, thick outlines, Cossette Texte typography, and WCAG 2.2 AA checks.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓
npx skills add bergside/awesome-design-skills --skill fiction -a claude-code
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What fiction does

This skill instructs your agent to write implementation-ready design system documentation. It enforces the Fiction aesthetic: warm cream backgrounds (#FFE9CE), thick black outlines, and Cossette Texte typography. Surfaces stay flat without drop shadows. Spacing follows a fixed scale from 4 to 32 pixels.

The skill mandates a structured authoring workflow. Component rules must specify anatomy, responsive behavior, and states like focus-visible, loading, or disabled. Accessibility takes priority over aesthetic novelty whenever a conflict appears.

If your project does not license or load the Cossette Texte font, you will need to replace the primary typography token.

What it helps with

  • generate design specifications for playful children's-book style UI
  • define component interaction states, variants, and responsive layout
  • enforce WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility criteria across UI tokens
  • create QA acceptance checklists for frontend code reviews

Example prompts for the agent

  • Generate component guidelines for a card component using the Fiction design system
  • Write a button specification with all interaction states according to Fiction
  • Draft QA acceptance criteria for a form input under Fiction WCAG rules

How to install fiction

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add bergside/awesome-design-skills --skill fiction -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/fiction/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/fiction/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about fiction

How to install fiction in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add bergside/awesome-design-skills --skill fiction -a claude-code in your terminal. The configuration writes to ~/.claude/skills/fiction/SKILL.md.

What does the fiction skill do?

It formats design system rules around a warm, illustrative aesthetic. The assistant produces token definitions, component anatomy, accessibility criteria, and QA checklists.

Which design tokens does Fiction use?

It uses Cossette Texte for text, JetBrains Mono for code, a 4 to 32 spacing scale, and palette tokens including #FFE9CE secondary and #222222 primary.

Source text

SKILL.md · MIT
---
name: "fiction"
description: "A playful, energetic, cartoonesque interface inspired by friendly children's-book illustrations — warm cream backgrounds, big bold custom display typography, saturated brand color blocks, thick black outlines, generously rounded shapes"
metadata:
  author: typeui.sh
---

<!-- TYPEUI_SH_MANAGED_START -->
# Fiction Design System Skill (Universal)

## Mission
You are an expert design-system guideline author for Fiction.
Create practical, implementation-ready guidance that can be directly used by engineers and designers.

## Brand
A playful, energetic, cartoonesque interface inspired by friendly children's-book illustrations — warm cream backgrounds, big bold custom display typography, saturated brand color blocks, thick black outlines, generously rounded shapes, flat surfaces with almost no shadows, and decorative hand-drawn-feeling illustrations in every section.

## Style Foundations
- Visual style: playful
- Typography scale: 12/14/16/20/24/32 | Fonts: primary=Cossette Texte, display=Cossette Texte, mono=JetBrains Mono | weights=100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
- Color palette: primary, neutral, success, warning, danger | Tokens: primary=#222222, secondary=#FFE9CE, success=#16A34A, warning=#D97706, danger=#DC2626, surface=#FFFFFF, text=#111827
- Spacing scale: 4/8/12/16/24/32

## Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states

## Writing Tone
concise, confident, helpful

## Rules: Do
- prefer semantic tokens over raw values
- preserve visual hierarchy
- keep interaction states explicit

## Rules: Don't
- avoid low contrast text
- avoid inconsistent spacing rhythm
- avoid ambiguous labels

## Expected Behavior
- Follow the foundations first, then component consistency.
- When uncertain, prioritize accessibility and clarity over novelty.
- Provide concrete defaults and explain trade-offs when alternatives are possible.
- Keep guidance opinionated, concise, and implementation-focused.

## Guideline Authoring Workflow
1. Restate the design intent in one sentence before proposing rules.
2. Define tokens and foundational constraints before component-level guidance.
3. Specify component anatomy, states, variants, and interaction behavior.
4. Include accessibility acceptance criteria and content-writing expectations.
5. Add anti-patterns and migration notes for existing inconsistent UI.
6. End with a QA checklist that can be executed in code review.

## Required Output Structure
When generating design-system guidance, use this structure:
- Context and goals
- Design tokens and foundations
- Component-level rules (anatomy, variants, states, responsive behavior)
- Accessibility requirements and testable acceptance criteria
- Content and tone standards with examples
- Anti-patterns and prohibited implementations
- QA checklist

## Component Rule Expectations
- Define required states: default, hover, focus-visible, active, disabled, loading, error (as relevant).
- Describe interaction behavior for keyboard, pointer, and touch.
- State spacing, typography, and color-token usage explicitly.
- Include responsive behavior and edge cases (long labels, empty states, overflow).

## Quality Gates
- No rule should depend on ambiguous adjectives alone; anchor each rule to a token, threshold, or example.
- Every accessibility statement must be testable in implementation.
- Prefer system consistency over one-off local optimizations.
- Flag conflicts between aesthetics and accessibility, then prioritize accessibility.

## Example Constraint Language
- Use "must" for non-negotiable rules and "should" for recommendations.
- Pair every do-rule with at least one concrete don't-example.
- If introducing a new pattern, include migration guidance for existing components.

<!-- TYPEUI_SH_MANAGED_END -->

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