# tailwind-css

A Tailwind CSS skill covering utility classes, responsive variants, dark mode and production optimization. Handy when you build UI and want to stay in your markup.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 461 installs · ★ 62
- Author: manutej
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace/tree/HEAD/plugins/luxor-frontend-essentials/skills/tailwind-css/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/manutej-tailwind-css

## What it does

The skill hands your agent a reference for Tailwind CSS: layout, spacing, typography, colors, borders and rounding. Each section pairs a short markup example with the classes it uses, so the agent copies real combinations instead of guessing utility names.

Everything lives in a single `SKILL.md` file with the description and examples. No scripts, no extra dependencies, so installing means dropping that file into your platform's skills folder. Claude reads it from `~/.claude/skills/tailwind-css/SKILL.md`, Cursor from `.cursor/skills/tailwind-css/SKILL.md`, GitHub Copilot from `.github/skills/tailwind-css/SKILL.md`.

The skill describes Tailwind in general, not a pinned framework version. If Tailwind isn't configured in your project yet, the classes in the examples produce no styles — set up the framework first. The description text is truncated, so framework integration is mentioned only in passing.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace --skill tailwind-css -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace --skill tailwind-css -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace --skill tailwind-css -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace tailwind-css
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace --skill tailwind-css -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace --path plugins/luxor-frontend-essentials/skills/tailwind-css
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace --skill tailwind-css -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/manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace/tree/HEAD/plugins/luxor-frontend-essentials/skills/tailwind-css/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a responsive grid without a separate CSS file
- add dark mode with the `dark:` variant
- extract repeated classes into a component
- swap the default palette for your own tokens
- trim the final CSS before shipping

## Example prompts
- Build a product card in Tailwind with a three-column grid and padding
- Add dark mode to this form using `dark:`
- Show me how to extract these classes into a reusable component

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## Other versions with the same name
- [tailwind-css · paulrberg](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tailwind-css.md) — 3000 installs

From the same set: [manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/by/manutej/luxor-claude-marketplace.md) — 31 cards

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