Agent skill

Design System Starter

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

A skill your agent uses when creating or evolving design systems for applications.

No licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Design System Starter

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill design-system-starter -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace design-system-starter --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ariegoldkin/design-system-starter .claude/skills/design-system-starter && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
design-system-starter
GitHub stars
430
Token cost
~3.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
951 words
Files
6 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1,044
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when creating or evolving design systems for applications.

  • Works in 5 steps: Color Tokens → Typography Tokens → Spacing Tokens → …
  • Evolving design systems for applications
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Design System Philosophy, Design Tokens and Component Architecture, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Design System Starter is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Use this skill when creating or evolving design systems for applications. Provides design token structures, component architecture patterns, documentation templates, and accessibility guidelines. Ensures consistent, scalable, and accessible UI design across products.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `checklists/design-system-checklist.md`, `references/component-examples.md` and `skill-report.json`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Design systems, Design tokens and Accessibility. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Evolving design systems for applications
  • Tasks that involve Design systems
  • Tasks that involve Design tokens

Example prompts

  • “/design-system-starter”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Color Tokens
  2. Typography Tokens
  3. Spacing Tokens
  4. Border Radius Tokens
  5. Shadow Tokens

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 755bc35. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are typescript, json and css).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • webaim.org

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Design System Starter loads about 3.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 951 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.8k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~7.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 951 words (~3,789 tokens).

“This skill provides comprehensive guidance for building robust, scalable design systems that ensure visual consistency, improve development velocity, and create exceptional user experiences. Whether starting from scratch or evolving an existing system, this framework helps teams design with intention and…”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
design-system-starter
version
1.0.0
author
AI Agent Hub
tags
design-system, ui, components, design-tokens, accessibility, frontend

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in skills/ariegoldkin/design-system-starter of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • checklists/design-system-checklist.md
  • references/component-examples.md
  • skill-report.json
  • templates/component-template.tsx
  • templates/design-tokens-template.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 755bc35

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Questions about Design System Starter

What does Design System Starter do?

A skill your agent uses when creating or evolving design systems for applications. Design System Starter is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Use this skill when creating or evolving design systems for applications.

When should I use Design System Starter?

Design System Starter fits situations like: evolving design systems for applications; tasks that involve Design systems; tasks that involve Design tokens.

How do I install Design System Starter in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill design-system-starter -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ariegoldkin/design-system-starter in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/design-system-starter in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Design System Starter in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill design-system-starter -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ariegoldkin/design-system-starter in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/design-system-starter in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Design System Starter in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill design-system-starter -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/design-system-starter, .gemini/skills/design-system-starter, .github/skills/design-system-starter and .opencode/skills/design-system-starter in your project.

What does Design System Starter need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Design System Starter is instructions for the agent only.

Does Design System Starter access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: webaim.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Design System Starter safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Design System Starter use?

No licence was found for Design System Starter or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Design System Starter use?

About 3.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Design System Starter?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Design System Starter: Material Design 3 UI/UX Guide (skydashnet/material-design-3-ui-skill, 135 stars), UI Component Spec Designer (plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills, 1.6k stars), UI Design System (try-works/role-model, 118 stars) and Apply Aesthetic (plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills, 1.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Design System Starter?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,044 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: aiskillstore/marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.