Agent skill

Dr Design System

by DataRepublican in DataRepublican/datarepublican

The DataRepublican design system — tokens, the .dr- component layer, the z-index scale, the icon set and the shell measure.

No licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Dr Design System

skills CLI
$ npx skills add DataRepublican/datarepublican --skill dr-design-system -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install DataRepublican/datarepublican dr-design-system --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/DataRepublican/datarepublican.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/dr-design-system .claude/skills/dr-design-system && 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
dr-design-system
GitHub stars
139
Token cost
~2.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,394 words
Files
7 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

The DataRepublican design system — tokens, the .dr- component layer, the z-index scale, the icon set and the shell measure.

  • Works in 2 steps: The page ground #E5E7EB is cool; every… → The old chrome accent #C0392B is…
  • Tasks that involve Design systems
  • SKILL.md covers The source of truth is not…, The direction, in one line, The nine prohibitions and Three standing instructions, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls curl, yarn and npx

What it does

Dr Design System is an agent skill from DataRepublican/datarepublican. The DataRepublican design system — tokens, the .dr- component layer, the z-index scale, the icon set and the shell measure. Read this BEFORE editing assets/css/main.css, assets/css/tokens.css, assets/css/components/, tailwind.config.js, assets/js/sheet.js, or the inline <style/<script blocks in noblogs/ or dsa-explorer/. Carries the traps that have cost real time in this repo: Tailwind's @layer purge, classes glued to Liquid tags, tools styling bare header/aside/main/panel, docs/ being production, and vendored…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `references/components.md`, `references/contracts.md` and `references/icons.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Design systems, CSS and styling and Icons and illustration. It works with Tailwind CSS.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Design systems
  • Tasks that involve CSS and styling
  • Tasks that involve Icons and illustration

Example prompts

  • “/dr-design-system”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. The page ground #E5E7EB is cool; every gray inside the tools is warm
  2. The old chrome accent #C0392B is **byte-identical to the anarchist

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b391b0f. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • curl
    • yarn
    • npx

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, yarn and npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Dr Design System loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~23k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 170 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,394 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~170
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~23k

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 1,394 words (~2,586 tokens).

“The system is drawn in Paper, file 01M1HN443QBKENVTJXMDDY96K7, page p-2-0. Four boards, in order:”

— opening of SKILL.md by DataRepublican
name
dr-design-system
version
1.0.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in .claude/skills/dr-design-system of DataRepublican/datarepublican.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/components.md
  • references/contracts.md
  • references/icons.md
  • references/tokens.md
  • references/tool-chrome.md
  • references/traps.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b391b0f

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DaisyUI Component Librarysaadeghi/daisyui43k—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Design StyleCastor6/tactus3761 repos~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Works with

Questions about Dr Design System

What does Dr Design System do?

The DataRepublican design system — tokens, the .dr- component layer, the z-index scale, the icon set and the shell measure. Dr Design System is an agent skill from DataRepublican/datarepublican.dr- component layer, the z-index scale, the icon set and the shell measure.

When should I use Dr Design System?

Dr Design System fits situations like: tasks that involve Design systems; tasks that involve CSS and styling; tasks that involve Icons and illustration.

How do I install Dr Design System in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Dr Design System in Codex?

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

Can I use Dr Design System 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 DataRepublican/datarepublican --skill dr-design-system -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dr-design-system, .gemini/skills/dr-design-system, .github/skills/dr-design-system and .opencode/skills/dr-design-system in your project.

What does Dr Design System need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Dr Design System needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl, yarn and npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Dr Design System access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl and npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Dr Design System 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 Dr Design System use?

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

How many tokens does Dr Design System use?

About 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k 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 20k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Dr Design System?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dr Design System: UI Styling (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars), Kill AI Slop (yetone/kill-ai-slop, 1.3k stars), Coss (crafter-station/petdex, 4.2k stars) and DaisyUI Component Library (saadeghi/daisyui, 43k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Dr Design System?

DataRepublican (a GitHub organization) maintains it in DataRepublican/datarepublican, which has 139 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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