Agent skill

Design System Creation

| Creates comprehensive design systems with typography, colors, components, and documentation for consistent UI development.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Design System Creation

skills CLI

$ npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill design-system-creation -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install secondsky/claude-skills design-system-creation --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/secondsky/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation .claude/skills/design-system-creation && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "design-system-creation" agent skill from https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/main/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation into .claude/skills/design-system-creation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "design-system-creation", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/main/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill design-system-creation -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install secondsky/claude-skills design-system-creation --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation .agents/skills/design-system-creation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "design-system-creation" agent skill from https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/main/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation into .agents/skills/design-system-creation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "design-system-creation", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill design-system-creation -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install secondsky/claude-skills design-system-creation --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation .cursor/skills/design-system-creation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "design-system-creation" agent skill from https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/main/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation into .cursor/skills/design-system-creation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "design-system-creation", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills.git --path plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill design-system-creation -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install secondsky/claude-skills design-system-creation --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation .gemini/skills/design-system-creation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "design-system-creation" agent skill from https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/main/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation into .gemini/skills/design-system-creation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "design-system-creation", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install secondsky/claude-skills design-system-creation

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill design-system-creation -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation .github/skills/design-system-creation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "design-system-creation" agent skill from https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/main/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation into .github/skills/design-system-creation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "design-system-creation", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill design-system-creation -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install secondsky/claude-skills design-system-creation --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation .opencode/skills/design-system-creation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "design-system-creation" agent skill from https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/main/plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation into .opencode/skills/design-system-creation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "design-system-creation", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: design-system-creation
GitHub stars: 227
Token cost: ~792 tokens
SKILL.md length: 91 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 169
Repo updated: Sep 28, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

| Creates comprehensive design systems with typography, colors, components, and documentation for consistent UI development.

Works in 3 steps: Foundation: Colors, typography, spacing,… → Components: Buttons, inputs, cards,… → Patterns: Forms, layouts, empty states
Establishing design standards
SKILL.md covers Design System Layers, Foundation - Design Tokens, Component Documentation and Component Example (React), plus 2 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Design System Creation is an agent skill from secondsky/claude-skills. | Creates comprehensive design systems with typography, colors, components, and documentation for consistent UI development. Use when establishing design standards, building component libraries, or ensuring cross-team consistency.

Its SKILL.md is about 790 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 systems. The repository describes itself as: Production-ready skills for Claude Code CLI - Cloudflare, React, Tailwind v4, and AI integrations. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Establishing design standards
Building component libraries
Ensuring cross-team consistency

Example prompts

“/design-system-creation”

Workflow steps

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

Foundation: Colors, typography, spacing, elevation
Components: Buttons, inputs, cards, navigation
Patterns: Forms, layouts, empty states

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8837836. 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 css, markdown and typescript).
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

Design System Creation loads about 792 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 91 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~63
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~792

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 secondsky/claude-skills at commit 8837836, republished under its MIT licence (© secondsky). 91 words, ~792 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/design-system-creation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: design-system-creation
description: | Creates comprehensive design systems with typography, colors, components, and documentation for consistent UI development. Use when establishing design standards, building component libraries, or ensuring cross-team consistency.
metadata.keywords: design-tokens, typography, spacing, color-palette, components, patterns, variables, dark-mode, theming, CSS-variables, accessibility, WCAG, responsive…
license: MIT

Design System Creation

Build comprehensive design systems for consistent UI development across teams.

Design System Layers

Foundation: Colors, typography, spacing, elevation
Components: Buttons, inputs, cards, navigation
Patterns: Forms, layouts, empty states

Foundation - Design Tokens

css

:root {
  /* Colors */
  --color-primary-50: #eff6ff;
  --color-primary-500: #3b82f6;
  --color-primary-900: #1e3a8a;

  /* Semantic colors */
  --color-success: #22c55e;
  --color-warning: #f59e0b;
  --color-error: #ef4444;

  /* Typography */
  --font-sans: 'Inter', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-mono: 'Fira Code', monospace;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-xs: 0.75rem;
  --text-sm: 0.875rem;
  --text-base: 1rem;
  --text-lg: 1.125rem;
  --text-xl: 1.25rem;
  --text-2xl: 1.5rem;

  /* Spacing (4px base) */
  --space-1: 0.25rem;
  --space-2: 0.5rem;
  --space-4: 1rem;
  --space-8: 2rem;

  /* Elevation */
  --shadow-sm: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
  --shadow-md: 0 4px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
  --shadow-lg: 0 10px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

Component Documentation

markdown

## Button

### Anatomy
- Container (padding, background)
- Label (text)
- Icon (optional)

### Variants
- Primary: Main actions
- Secondary: Alternative actions
- Ghost: Subtle actions

### States
- Default, Hover, Active, Disabled, Loading

### Accessibility
- Role: button
- Keyboard: Enter/Space to activate
- Focus: Visible focus ring

Component Example (React)

tsx

interface ButtonProps {
  variant?: 'primary' | 'secondary' | 'ghost';
  size?: 'sm' | 'md' | 'lg';
  loading?: boolean;
  disabled?: boolean;
  children: React.ReactNode;
}

function Button({ variant = 'primary', size = 'md', loading, disabled, children }: ButtonProps) {
  return (
    <button
      className={`btn btn-${variant} btn-${size}`}
      disabled={disabled || loading}
      aria-busy={loading}
    >
      {loading ? <Spinner /> : children}
    </button>
  );
}

Governance

Review Committee: Approves new components
Contribution Process: RFC → Review → Implementation
Versioning: Semantic versioning for releases
Deprecation: 3-month notice with migration guide

Best Practices

Start with foundational tokens
Document every component thoroughly
Ensure WCAG 2.1 AA compliance
Support dark mode from the start
Include usage guidelines with do/don't examples

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/design-system-creation/skills/design-system-creation of secondsky/claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8837836

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Questions about Design System Creation

What does Design System Creation do?

| Creates comprehensive design systems with typography, colors, components, and documentation for consistent UI development. Design System Creation is an agent skill from secondsky/claude-skills. | Creates comprehensive design systems with typography, colors, components, and documentation for consistent UI development.

When should I use Design System Creation?

Design System Creation fits situations like: establishing design standards; building component libraries; ensuring cross-team consistency.

How do I install Design System Creation in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Design System Creation in Codex?

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

Can I use Design System Creation 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 secondsky/claude-skills --skill design-system-creation -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-creation, .gemini/skills/design-system-creation, .github/skills/design-system-creation and .opencode/skills/design-system-creation in your project.

What does Design System Creation need to run?

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

Does Design System Creation 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 Design System Creation 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 Creation use?

Design System Creation is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Design System Creation use?

About 792 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k 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 Design System Creation?

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Who maintains Design System Creation?

secondsky (a GitHub user) maintains it in secondsky/claude-skills, which has 227 GitHub stars. The repository holds 169 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 28, 2026.

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

Install Design System Creation

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Design System Creation

Design System Layers

Foundation - Design Tokens

Component Documentation

Component Example (React)

Governance

Best Practices

Files

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