# suggest-lucide-icons

Turns a concept, a UI spot or a screenshot into three verified Lucide icon names, then names the best one. No invented icons.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 616 installs · ★ 10
- Author: nweii
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/nweii/agent-stuff/tree/HEAD/skills/suggest-lucide-icons/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/suggest-lucide-icons

## What it does

Give the skill a concept, an action or a screenshot, and it returns three confirmed Lucide icons plus a single recommendation with reasoning. Names come from the catalog, not from guesswork: `scripts/lucide.py` pulls the full tag set from `unpkg.com/lucide-static@latest/tags.json` once, keeps it cached for about a day, and searches locally after that. Run `search "<terms>"` to get real icons ranked with their tags, or `validate <name>...` to check a name you assembled yourself — a missing name exits nonzero and comes back with near matches.

Python 3 is the only requirement, and the script has no dependencies. Without it you can fetch the same `tags.json` by hand, or test one icon at `https://unpkg.com/lucide-static@latest/icons/<name>.svg`: a 200 means it exists, a 404 means it does not, and the 302 redirect has to be followed. That route is slower since nothing is cached.

Lucide names follow tight rules. Kebab-case, international English (`color`, not `colour`), a variant appended to its group (`badge-plus`), the larger element first when sizes differ (`circle-person`), and modifiers after the element (`circle-dashed`). When three candidates do not survive a search, the skill tries other terms; if nothing fits after that, it says so instead of padding the list. Each icon you actually need gets its own recommendation.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nweii/agent-stuff --skill suggest-lucide-icons -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nweii/agent-stuff --skill suggest-lucide-icons -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nweii/agent-stuff --skill suggest-lucide-icons -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install nweii/agent-stuff suggest-lucide-icons
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nweii/agent-stuff --skill suggest-lucide-icons -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/nweii/agent-stuff --path skills/suggest-lucide-icons
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nweii/agent-stuff --skill suggest-lucide-icons -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/nweii/agent-stuff/tree/HEAD/skills/suggest-lucide-icons/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find an icon that matches a concept or action
- confirm a Lucide icon name really exists
- choose an icon for a button or a section header
- fill the icon field in note frontmatter
- assemble a compound name like `circle-dashed-heart-broken` and check it

## Example prompts
- What Lucide icon fits a scheduling section?
- Suggest an icon for a delete button and validate the name.
- Here is a screenshot of my sidebar — pick icons for each menu item.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: suggest-lucide-icons
description: "Pick Lucide icons for a concept, UI placement, or vault note. Searches the full Lucide catalog for real, verified icon names. Use when the user says 'what icon for X', 'suggest a Lucide icon', 'pick an icon', or needs an icon for note frontmatter, a button, or a section header."
metadata:
  author: nweii
  version: "1.4.1"
---

# Suggest Lucide Icons

Suggest the most relevant icons from the [Lucide open source icon pack](https://lucide.dev) to symbolize a concept or fit specific UI placements. Reason about symbolic associations broadly — across culture, science, and design — rather than only literal matches.

## Input

Provide one or both:

- **Concept**: The idea, action, or meaning to represent
- **Screenshot**: UI context showing where icons are needed

## The catalog script

`scripts/lucide.py` (Python 3, no dependencies) fetches the entire Lucide set once from `unpkg.com/lucide-static@latest/tags.json`, caches it ~24h, and searches and validates locally — so you never fetch icons one at a time:

- `search "<terms>"` — real icons matching a concept by name and semantic tag, ranked. Every result is an icon that exists, listed with its tags so you can see why it fits.
- `validate <name>...` — confirm specific names (e.g. a compound you built by hand). Misses come back with near-match suggestions, and the exit code is nonzero if any name is missing.

If Python 3 isn't available, fetch that URL directly (it's `{name: [tags]}`), or check one icon at `https://unpkg.com/lucide-static@latest/icons/<name>.svg` (200 exists, 404 doesn't; follow the 302 redirect).

## Naming conventions

Icon names follow strict rules — apply these when reading results or building compound candidates to validate:

- **kebab-case**: `arrow-up` not `Arrow Up`
- **International English**: `color` not `colour`
- **Group variants**: `<group>-<variant>` — e.g. `badge-plus` is based on `badge`
- **Multiple elements, different sizes**: list largest first — `circle-person` if circle is bigger
- **Element with modifier**: `[element]-[modifier]` — `circle-dashed` not `dashed-circle`; combined: `circle-dashed-heart-broken`

## Process

1. **Brainstorm associations** — key ideas, visual metaphors, and screenshot context clues. Turn them into a handful of search terms.
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