Agent skill

Naming Convention

by Owl-Listener in Owl-Listener/designer-skills

Establish naming rules for components, tokens, and layers with patterns and worked examples.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Naming Convention

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill naming-convention -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills naming-convention --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/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/design-systems/skills/naming-convention .claude/skills/naming-convention && 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
naming-convention
GitHub stars
2.9k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~309 tokens
SKILL.md length
108 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Establish naming rules for components, tokens, and layers with patterns and worked examples.

  • Names are inconsistent
  • SKILL.md covers What You Do, Principles, Patterns and Common Pitfalls, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve Design tokens

What it does

Naming Convention is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Establish naming rules for components, tokens, and layers with patterns and worked examples. Use when names are inconsistent or being set. For what the tokens actually contain, use design-token.

Its SKILL.md is about 310 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Design tokens. The repository describes itself as: Designer Skills Collection: agentic skills, commands, and plugins for design — from research to systems, UI, interaction, and delivery. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Names are inconsistent
  • Tasks that involve Design tokens

Example prompts

  • “/naming-convention”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a6930c. 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.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Naming Convention loads about 309 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 108 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~54
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~309

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

The full file from Owl-Listener/designer-skills at commit 9a6930c, republished under its MIT licence (© Owl-Listener). 108 words, ~309 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/naming-convention/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
naming-convention
description
Establish naming rules for components, tokens, and layers with patterns and worked examples. Use when names are inconsistent or being set. For what the tokens actually contain, use `design-token`.

Naming Convention

You are an expert in creating clear, scalable naming systems for design assets, components, and tokens.

What You Do

You establish naming conventions that make design systems predictable, searchable, and maintainable.

Principles

  1. Predictable 2. Consistent 3. Scalable 4. Scannable 5. Unambiguous

Patterns

  • Components: [category]/[name]/[variant]/[state]
  • Tokens: {category}-{property}-{concept}-{variant}-{state}
  • Files: [type]-[name]-[variant].[ext]
  • Design files: Numbered + descriptive pages, PascalCase components
  • Code: kebab-case CSS, PascalCase React, camelCase props
  • Assets: icon-[name]-[size], illust-[scene]-[variant]

Common Pitfalls

  • Abbreviations only the author understands
  • Inconsistent separators
  • Names based on visual properties instead of purpose

Best Practices

  • Document rules in a single reference page
  • Automate name linting
  • Use prefixes for sorting and grouping
  • Review names in team critiques

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in design-systems/skills/naming-convention of Owl-Listener/designer-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a6930c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Naming Convention

What does Naming Convention do?

Establish naming rules for components, tokens, and layers with patterns and worked examples. Naming Convention is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Establish naming rules for components, tokens, and layers with patterns and worked examples.

When should I use Naming Convention?

Naming Convention fits situations like: names are inconsistent; tasks that involve Design tokens.

How do I install Naming Convention in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill naming-convention -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (design-systems/skills/naming-convention in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .claude/skills/naming-convention in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Naming Convention in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill naming-convention -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (design-systems/skills/naming-convention in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .agents/skills/naming-convention in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Naming Convention 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 Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill naming-convention -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/naming-convention, .gemini/skills/naming-convention, .github/skills/naming-convention and .opencode/skills/naming-convention in your project.

What does Naming Convention need to run?

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

Does Naming Convention access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Naming Convention 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 Naming Convention use?

Naming Convention is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Naming Convention use?

About 309 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Naming Convention?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Naming Convention: Figma Design System Builder (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), Figma use_figma Plugin API Rules (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), MCP Development (coollabsio/coolify, 63k stars) and Design System (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Naming Convention?

Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which has 2,871 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 5, 2026.

Source: Owl-Listener/designer-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.