Tailwind Design System

# Check if Tailwind is installed
npx tailwindcss --version

# For Tailwind v4 (recommended)
npx @tailwindcss/vite@latest init   # or: npm install -D tailwindcss @tailwindcss/vite

# Initialize shadcn/ui CLI
npx shadcn@latest init

# Install core shadcn/ui components
npx shadcn@latest add button card input -y

ls src/components/ui/        # Should list installed components
cat src/app/globals.css       # Should contain @tailwind directives

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

@layer base {
  :root {
    /* Brand Colors */
    --primary: oklch(0.55 0.18 250);
    --primary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);

    /* Semantic Colors */
    --background: oklch(0.99 0 0);
    --foreground: oklch(0.15 0 0);
    --secondary: oklch(0.96 0.01 250);
    --secondary-foreground: oklch(0.20 0 0);

    /* Validation: all colors must have foreground pair */
    --destructive: oklch(0.55 0.22 25);
    --destructive-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
  }

  .dark {
    --primary: oklch(0.65 0.20 250);
    --background: oklch(0.14 0 0);
    --foreground: oklch(0.97 0 0);
    --secondary: oklch(0.25 0.02 250);
  }
}

grep -E "^[[:space:]]*--[a-z-]+:" src/app/globals.css | wc -l
# Should return count of defined tokens (e.g., 10+)

@theme inline {
  --color-primary: var(--primary);
  --color-primary-foreground: var(--primary-foreground);
  --color-background: var(--background);
  --color-foreground: var(--foreground);
}

import { useEffect } from "react";
export function ThemeProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  useEffect(() => {
    const isDark = window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches;
    document.documentElement.classList.toggle("dark", isDark);
  }, []);
  return <>{children}</>;
}

document.documentElement.classList.contains("dark") // in browser console

import { Button as ShadcnButton } from "@/components/ui/button";

type DSVariant = "primary" | "secondary" | "destructive" | "ghost";
const variantMap: Record<DSVariant, "default" | "secondary" | "destructive" | "ghost"> = {
  primary: "default", secondary: "secondary",
  destructive: "destructive", ghost: "ghost",
};

export function Button({ variant = "primary", ...props }: { variant?: DSVariant } & React.ComponentProps<typeof ShadcnButton>) {
  return <ShadcnButton variant={variantMap[variant]} {...props} />;
}

npx tsc --noEmit src/components/ds/Button.tsx

REQUIRED=("primary" "primary-foreground" "background" "foreground" "secondary" "secondary-foreground")
for token in "${REQUIRED[@]}"; do
  grep -q "$token:" src/app/globals.css || echo "MISSING: --$token"
done

grep -r "bg-primary\|text-primary\|bg-background" src/components/ds/

:root {
  --warning: oklch(0.84 0.16 84);
  --warning-foreground: oklch(0.28 0.07 46);
}

.dark {
  --warning: oklch(0.41 0.11 46);
  --warning-foreground: oklch(0.99 0.02 95);
}

@theme inline {
  --color-warning: var(--warning);
  --color-warning-foreground: var(--warning-foreground);
}

import { Button as ShadcnButton } from "@/components/ui/button";

export function Button({ variant = "primary", size = "md", ...props }) {
  const variantMap = { primary: "default", secondary: "secondary" };
  const sizeMap = { sm: "sm", md: "default", lg: "lg" };
  return (
    <ShadcnButton
      variant={variantMap[variant]}
      size={sizeMap[size]}
      {...props}
    />
  );
}

[data-theme="ocean"] {
  --primary: oklch(0.55 0.18 230);
  --primary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
}

[data-theme="forest"] {
  --primary: oklch(0.50 0.15 145);
  --primary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
}

const [theme, setTheme] = useState("light");
useEffect(() => {
  document.documentElement.setAttribute("data-theme", theme);
}, [theme]);

#!/bin/bash
REQUIRED=("--background" "--foreground" "--primary" "--primary-foreground")
for token in "${REQUIRED[@]}"; do
  grep -q "$token:" src/styles/globals.css || echo "Missing: $token"
done