design-foundation

SKILL.md

A design foundation is the bedrock upon which all great products are built. It's not just a collection of colors and fonts—it's a system of decisions that enables your team to build consistently, quickly, and with intention.

This skill helps you create or formalize your design foundation, whether you're starting from scratch or documenting what already exists. It covers design tokens, component structure, design principles documentation, and the governance model for your system.

Modern design systems are built on the concept of design tokens—named entities that store design decisions. Rather than hardcoding colors or spacing values throughout your codebase, tokens centralize these decisions, making them easy to maintain, theme, and scale.

Establish or formalize your design system foundation. Create design tokens (color, typography, spacing, shadows, borders), define component architecture, document design principles, and build the structure that enables consistency and scalability. Works with Tailwind CSS and framework-agnostic approaches. Source: sanky369/vibe-building-skills.

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