tomevault-io Design System Skill
This skill automatically activates when working with design systems, component libraries, or reusable UI patterns. It ensures consistency and promotes component reuse across projects.
Core Principle
BUILD ONCE, USE EVERYWHERE
❌ Duplicating UI code across components
✅ Building reusable, documented design system components
Automatic Behaviors
When this skill activates, Claude will:
1. Identify Design System Opportunities
Automatically detect when code could benefit from design system patterns:
| Pattern | Detection | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| Repeated styles | Same CSS in multiple places | Extract to design token |
| Similar components | Components with slight variations | Create variant system |
| Magic numbers | Hard-coded values (colors, spacing) | Replace with tokens |
| Inconsistent naming | Different names for same concept | Standardize naming |
| Missing documentation | Undocumented components | Add usage docs |
2. Design Token Architecture
DESIGN TOKEN STRUCTURE
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PRIMITIVE TOKENS (Raw Values)
└── color.blue.500: "#3b82f6"
└── space.4: "16px"
└── font.size.base: "16px"
SEMANTIC TOKENS (Purpose-Based)
└── color.primary: "{color.blue.500}"
└── spacing.component: "{space.4}"
└── text.body: "{font.size.base}"
COMPONENT TOKENS (Component-Specific)
└── button.background: "{color.primary}"
└── button.padding: "{spacing.component}"
└── button.fontSize: "{text.body}"
3. Component Structure
COMPONENT ORGANIZATION (Atomic Design)
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src/components/
├── atoms/ # Smallest building blocks
│ ├── Button/
│ ├── Input/
│ ├── Icon/
│ └── Text/
│
├── molecules/ # Combinations of atoms
│ ├── FormField/
│ ├── SearchBox/
│ └── Card/
│
├── organisms/ # Complex UI sections
│ ├── Header/
│ ├── Sidebar/
│ └── DataTable/
│
└── templates/ # Page layouts
├── DashboardLayout/
└── AuthLayout/
4. Component File Structure
Button/
├── Button.tsx # Component implementation
├── Button.styles.ts # Styles (CSS modules or styled)
├── Button.types.ts # TypeScript interfaces
├── Button.test.tsx # Unit tests
├── Button.stories.tsx # Storybook documentation
└── index.ts # Public exports
Warning Triggers
Automatically warn user when:
Hard-coded values detected
"⚠️ DESIGN SYSTEM: Consider replacing hard-coded value with design token"
Duplicate styles found
"⚠️ DESIGN SYSTEM: This style exists in [component]. Consider extracting to shared token"
Missing documentation
"⚠️ DESIGN SYSTEM: Component missing Storybook story or usage documentation"
Inconsistent naming
"⚠️ DESIGN SYSTEM: Naming pattern differs from existing components"
Component too complex
"⚠️ DESIGN SYSTEM: Consider breaking this into smaller atomic components"
Design System Checklist
📋 Design System Audit
□ TOKENS
□ Color primitives defined
□ Semantic color tokens exist
□ Spacing scale consistent
□ Typography scale defined
□ COMPONENTS
□ Atomic structure followed
□ Components are documented
□ TypeScript types defined
□ Accessibility tested
□ PATTERNS
□ Layout patterns documented
□ Form patterns standardized
□ Error handling consistent
□ Loading states defined
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