# Design System Tokens

Build three-layer design tokens, CSS variables and component specifications.

- Repository: https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill (143791 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill --skill design-system -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill --skill design-system -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill --skill design-system -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill --skill design-system -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill`

## Description

Token architecture, component specifications, and slide generation. Three-layer tokens (primitive→semantic→component), CSS variables, spacing/typography scales, component specs, strategic slide creation. Use for design tokens, systematic design, brand-compliant presentations.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Design System

Token architecture, component specifications, systematic design, slide generation.

## When to Use

- Design token creation
- Component state definitions
- CSS variable systems
- Spacing/typography scales
- Design-to-code handoff
- Tailwind theme configuration
- **Slide/presentation generation**

## Token Architecture

Load: `references/token-architecture.md`

### Three-Layer Structure

```
Primitive (raw values)
       ↓
Semantic (purpose aliases)
       ↓
Component (component-specific)
```

**Example:**
```css
/* Primitive */
--color-blue-600: #2563EB;

/* Semantic */
--color-primary: var(--color-blue-600);

/* Component */
--button-bg: var(--color-primary);
```

## Script Paths

Script paths in this skill and its `references/` are relative to the directory that contains this SKILL.md, not to the project: `scripts/<file>` is this skill's own `scripts/` folder, and `../<skill>/scripts/<file>` is a sibling sub-skill installed alongside it. Build the full path from that directory (Claude Code reports it as the skill's base directory when the skill loads) and keep the working directory at the project root, the scripts read and write project files such as `docs/brand-guidelines.md`, `assets/design-tokens.json` or `src/` relative to it.

## Quick Start

**Generate tokens:**
```bash
node scripts/generate-tokens.cjs --config tokens.json -o tokens.css
```

**Validate usage:**
```bash
node scripts/validate-tokens.cjs --dir src/
```

## References

| Topic | File |
|-------|------|
| Token Architecture | `references/token-architecture.md` |
| Primitive Tokens | `references/primitive-tokens.md` |
| Semantic Tokens | `references/semantic-tokens.md` |
| Component Tokens | `references/component-tokens.md` |
| Component Specs | `references/component-specs.md` |
| States & Variants | `references/states-and-variants.md` |
| Tailwind Integration | `references/tailwind-integration.md` |

## Component Spec Pattern

The rest: https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/design-system/SKILL.md