# imprint

The skill pulls the classes that drive visual consistency out of a freshly built component and appends them to ui-registry.md.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 725 installs · ★ 235
- Author: jsmastery-pro
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jsmastery-pro/jsm-agent-skill/tree/HEAD/skills/imprint/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jsmastery-pro-imprint

## What it does

Components built in separate sessions drift apart. Spacing shifts, border radius changes, text colors wander. imprint reads the component file you just finished, keeps only the values that make components look like they belong together, and writes them into `ui-registry.md`. Width, height, flex and grid are left out on purpose — those are structural, not style rules.

Invoke it with `/imprint` after building a component, or point it at a file: `/imprint [filepath]`. With no path, the skill looks for recently created or modified component files and asks which one to capture from if the choice is unclear. Existing entries get updated instead of duplicated, so the registry stays one entry per component type.

For a codebase where the UI already exists, `/imprint audit` scans every component file, lists the variations it finds across radius, backgrounds, text, spacing and interactive states, and recommends which one to standardise on. Run the audit first if you are creating the registry on a project that was never tracked — otherwise the first entries freeze values that already disagree.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jsmastery-pro/jsm-agent-skill --skill imprint -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jsmastery-pro/jsm-agent-skill --skill imprint -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jsmastery-pro/jsm-agent-skill --skill imprint -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jsmastery-pro/jsm-agent-skill imprint
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jsmastery-pro/jsm-agent-skill --skill imprint -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jsmastery-pro/jsm-agent-skill --path skills/imprint
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jsmastery-pro/jsm-agent-skill --skill imprint -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/jsmastery-pro/jsm-agent-skill/tree/HEAD/skills/imprint/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- record a new component's classes in a shared registry
- surface radius and background conflicts across an existing UI
- pick one spacing scale for the whole project
- bring a new component in line with established patterns
- bootstrap `ui-registry.md` on a project with no style history

## Example prompts
- /imprint
- /imprint src/components/Button.tsx
- /imprint audit

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: imprint
description: After building any UI component, extract the visual patterns that matter for consistency and save them to ui-registry.md. So every component built after this one matches what came before.
---

UI consistency does not happen by accident. It happens because every component is built with awareness of what already exists.

The problem with AI-built interfaces is that each component gets built in isolation. The agent does not remember what it built three sessions ago. So spacing drifts. Colors vary slightly. Border radius is inconsistent. The app looks like it was built by multiple people with different tastes.

This skill fixes that. Run it after building any UI component. It reads what was just built, extracts the patterns that matter for consistency, and saves them so every future component can match.

One command. Run it every time. That is the whole system.

---

## How to Invoke

After building any UI component, run:

```
/imprint
```

To target a specific file:

```
/imprint [filepath]
```

To audit an existing codebase for inconsistencies:

```
/imprint audit
```

If no filepath is given, the skill identifies recently created or modified component files automatically and captures from those.

**When to use audit mode:**

- The project UI already exists and consistency is uncertain
- Multiple sessions have passed without running `/imprint`
- Something looks visually off but it is hard to pinpoint why
- Before establishing `ui-registry.md` for the first time on an existing project

Run `/imprint audit` before running `/imprint` on any project where the UI was not tracked from the beginning.

---

## Step 1 — Find What Was Just Built

If a filepath was provided — read that file directly.

If no filepath was provided — identify which component files were most recently created or modified in this session. Look in the components directory and any other locations where UI files typically live. Read those files.

If it is unclear which files to capture from, ask the developer:

```
Which component should I capture patterns from?
```

---

## Step 2 — Extract What Matters for Consistency

Read the component code. Extract only the classes and values that affect visual consistency across the interface. Not everything — only what makes components look like they belong together.

**Extract these:**

- Background — what bg- class is used for the container, cards, panels
- Border — border color, border width, border style
- Border radius — rounded- class used for this component type
- Text colors — primary text, secondary text, muted text classes
- Text sizes and weights — for headings, body, labels, captions
- Spacing — padding inside the component, gap between elements
- Interactive states — hover, focus, active classes
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