Avalonia Viewmodels Zafiro

Avalonia ViewModels with Zafiro

This skill provides a set of best practices and patterns for creating ViewModels, Wizards, and managing navigation in Avalonia applications, leveraging the power of ReactiveUI and the Zafiro toolkit.

Core Principles

1. Functional-Reactive Approach: Use ReactiveUI (ReactiveObject, WhenAnyValue, etc.) to handle state and logic.
2. Enhanced Commands: Utilize IEnhancedCommand for better command management, including progress reporting and name/text attributes.
3. Wizard Pattern: Implement complex flows using SlimWizard and WizardBuilder for a declarative and maintainable approach.
4. Automatic Section Discovery: Use the [Section] attribute to register and discover UI sections automatically.
5. Clean Composition: map ViewModels to Views using DataTypeViewLocator and manage dependencies in the CompositionRoot.

Guides

• ViewModels & Commands: Creating robust ViewModels and handling commands.
• Wizards & Flows: Building multi-step wizards with SlimWizard.
• Navigation & Sections: Managing navigation and section-based UIs.
• Composition & Mapping: Best practices for View-ViewModel wiring and DI.

Example Reference

For real-world implementations, refer to the Angor project:

• CreateProjectFlowV2.cs: Excellent example of complex Wizard building.
• HomeViewModel.cs: Simple section ViewModel using functional-reactive commands.

When to Use

This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.

AGI Framework Integration

Adapted for @techwavedev/agi-agent-kit Original source: antigravity-awesome-skills

Memory-First Protocol

Retrieve prior design decisions (color palettes, typography, spacing scales) to maintain visual consistency across sessions. Cache generated design tokens.

# Check for prior frontend/design context before starting
python3 execution/memory_manager.py auto --query "design system decisions and component patterns for Avalonia Viewmodels Zafiro"

Storing Results

After completing work, store frontend/design decisions for future sessions:

python3 execution/memory_manager.py store \
  --content "Design system: adopted 8px grid, Inter font family, HSL color tokens with dark mode support" \
  --type decision --project <project> \
  --tags avalonia-viewmodels-zafiro frontend

Multi-Agent Collaboration

Share design decisions with backend agents (API contract changes) and QA agents (visual regression baselines).

python3 execution/cross_agent_context.py store \
  --agent "<your-agent>" \
  --action "Implemented UI components — new design system with accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.1 AA)" \
  --project <project>

Design Memory Persistence

Store design system tokens and component decisions in Qdrant so any agent on any platform (Claude, Gemini, Cursor) can retrieve and apply consistent styling.

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