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 "generated": "2026-10-23",
 "id": "edisonmbli-refactoring-ui-skill--generate-design-system-from-scratch",
 "repo": "edisonmbli/refactoring-ui-skill",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/edisonmbli/refactoring-ui-skill",
 "repo_slug": "edisonmbli-refactoring-ui-skill",
 "title": "Create a design system for a project that has none",
 "page_title": "How to create a design system for a project that has none with Refactoring UI Skill",
 "summary": "Generate design tokens, a Tailwind or framework-agnostic theme, CSS, a DESIGN.md guide, and a preview page.",
 "who": "A solo developer or small team starting a new web product that has no written visual rules, or that needs a consistent palette and spacing scale.",
 "problem": "Without tokens, colors, spacing, and type sizes drift across screens, and the picks tend to be arbitrary.",
 "outcome": "Five deliverables: token JSON, a theme matched to your Tailwind version or a framework-agnostic CSS file, a DESIGN.md guide, and a preview.html to share.",
 "steps": [
  "Install the plugin with `/plugin marketplace add edisonmbli/refactoring-ui-skill` and `/plugin install refactoring-ui`.",
  "Answer the short setup questions about your product, the tone you want, and your tech stack. You can also give a reference site URL.",
  "Let the skill generate the palette. The palette script is pure Python, so run it with Python 3.9 or newer; if Python is not available, follow the manual palette steps the README describes.",
  "Check that each text and background color pair passes the contrast check the skill runs before delivery.",
  "Copy the token JSON and theme into your project and open preview.html to review the system with your team."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the refactoring-ui skill in the edisonmbli/refactoring-ui-skill repo, create a design system for the product described in <product-brief>, using <stack-name> as the stack. Return token JSON, the matching theme file, framework-agnostic CSS, DESIGN.md, and preview.html. Verify that every text-on-background color pair meets the contrast check.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says the skill does not install Tailwind, migrate your styles, or replace an existing design system, so you must merge the outputs yourself.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Claude Code, or another AI coding assistant that can read files in the project",
  "Git, to clone the repository",
  "Python 3.9 or newer for the scripts (no third-party packages needed)",
  "A web project with HTML, CSS, or a framework such as Tailwind, for the review and token steps"
 ],
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 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
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