Frappe UI Interface Builder

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Scaffolding a page, form, dialog or list in a Frappe-based app
• Replacing hand-written controls with frappe-ui components
• Choosing semantic color tokens instead of raw Tailwind colors
• Wiring Frappe API calls into a Vue component

Example prompts

• “Build a settings dialog for this Frappe app using frappe-ui components.”
• “Replace the hand-written buttons and inputs on this page with frappe-ui equivalents and semantic tokens.”
• “Add a task list view that loads its data through useList.”

Requirements

• A Vue 3 project using the frappe-ui library and Tailwind

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Pick the component, don't build one. Consult COMPONENTS.md — if any entry fits, use it. Only fall back to raw HTML for layout (grids, flex…
2. 2Use semantic tokens, not raw colors. No bg-gray-100, text-gray-900, border-gray-300. Use bg-surface-*, text-ink-*, border-outline-*. See…
3. 3Follow the two-axis color rule. Component color = variant (solid | outline | subtle | ghost) + theme (gray | blue | green | red | orange)…
4. 4Wire two-way state with v-model. Overlays use v-model:open. Inputs use v-model. Comboboxes use v-model + v-model:query. Never :value +…
5. 5Use the labeling contract on inputs. Every input control accepts label, description, error, required — use these instead of placeholder…
6. 6Slot vocabulary is fixed. #prefix, #suffix, #trigger, #empty, #header, #footer, #default. Scoped per-item slots: #item-prefix…
7. 7Icons are CSS classes. Render an icon as size-4" aria-hidden="true" />. For frappe-ui props that accept an icon (e.g. Button.icon…
8. 8Imperative for one-shot UI. Use dialog.confirm, dialog.alert, dialog.prompt, toast.success/error/info — don't manually mount for…
9. 9API calls go through useCall. Use the useCall composable (or useList / useDoc for higher-level shapes) for every Frappe API call. Never…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f12393e. 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:

  • npm

  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):

  • ui.frappe.io

  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

Frappe UI Interface Builder loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 621 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~86

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.5k

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

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

The full file from frappe/drive at commit f12393e, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© frappe). 621 words, ~1,528 tokens.

name

frappe-ui

description

Build consistent Frappe-style user interfaces using the frappe-ui Vue 3 component library and its design tokens. Use when scaffolding pages, forms, dialogs, lists, or any UI inside a Frappe-based app, when the user mentions frappe-ui, Frappe Cloud / Gameplan / Desk / Drive / Insights styling, or asks to "use frappe-ui components".

<script setup>
import { Button, Dialog, TextInput, FormControl } from 'frappe-ui'
import { ref } from 'vue'

const open = ref(false)
const name = ref('')
</script>

<template>
  <div class="p-4 bg-surface-white text-ink-gray-9">
    <Button variant="solid" theme="gray" @click="open = true">New Task</Button>
    <Dialog v-model:open="open" title="Create Task">
      <FormControl v-model="name" label="Title" required />
    </Dialog>
  </div>
</template>

© frappe, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files in .agents/skills/frappe-ui of frappe/drive.

• SKILL.md
• COMPONENTS.md
• PATTERNS.md
• SETUP.md
• TOKENS.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f12393e