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component-design

Design reusable UI components and design system elements with consistent styling and behavior. Use for: building design systems, creating component libraries, establishing UI patterns, and ensuring design consistency across products.

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SKILL.md

Component Design

Description

Component Design creates reusable, consistent UI building blocks. A well-designed component library ensures visual consistency, speeds up design/development, and maintains quality across all interfaces.

When to Use

  • After foundational design tokens (colors, type, spacing) are defined
  • Before designing full pages
  • Building a design system
  • When UI needs consistency audit
  • Creating handoff documentation

Instructions for AI Agents

Step 1: Identify Component Needs

Prompt to inventory components:

Based on the wireframes for [PROJECT], list all UI components needed:

**Actions**
- Buttons (primary, secondary, etc.)
- Links
- Icon buttons

**Inputs**
- Text inputs
- Select/dropdowns
- Checkboxes/radios
- Toggles
- Text areas

**Display**
- Cards
- Tables
- Lists
- Badges/tags
- Avatars
- Progress indicators

**Navigation**
- Tabs
- Breadcrumbs
- Pagination
- Menus

**Feedback**
- Alerts/toasts
- Modals
- Tooltips
- Empty states

**Layout**
- Headers
- Sidebars
- Footers

Step 2: Define Component States

Standard interactive states:

State When Visual Change
Default Normal state Base appearance
Hover Mouse over Slight change (lighter/darker, shadow)
Focus Keyboard focus Visible focus ring
Active Being clicked Pressed appearance
Disabled Not available Reduced opacity, no interaction
Loading Processing Spinner, skeleton
Error Validation failed Error styling
Success Action completed Success styling

Step 3: Component Specification Template

For each component, document:

markdown
## Success Criteria

### Minimum Requirements
- [ ] Core components designed (buttons, inputs, cards)
- [ ] All interactive states defined
- [ ] Size variants specified
- [ ] Colors reference design tokens
- [ ] Touch targets minimum 44px

### Quality Indicators
- [ ] Consistent across all components
- [ ] Accessible (contrast, focus states)
- [ ] Developer-ready specifications
- [ ] Covers all wireframe needs

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## Related Skills

- **Previous**: `color_palettes.md`, `typography.md`, `spacing_rhythm.md`
- **Next**: `interaction_design.md` - Add micro-interactions
- **Related**: `design_documentation.md` - Full specification


## Using the Reference Files

**`/references/component_examples.md`** — Detailed component examples including buttons, inputs, cards, navigation, and badges.

**`/references/prompts_and_templates.md`** — Prompts library and component specification templates.

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