Generate, extend, or audit design tokens in DTCG format with the 3-tier architecture (primitive → semantic → component). Use when the user wants a color palette, type scale, spacing/shadow/radius/motion tokens, multi-brand theming, or wants to validate token files. Covers colors, typography, spacing, shadows, borders, breakpoints, motion, gradients, opacity, blur, sizing, states, theming.
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SKILL.md
name: design-tokensdescription: Generate, extend, or audit design tokens in DTCG format with the 3-tier architecture (primitive → semantic → component). Use when the user wants a color palette, type scale, spacing/shadow/radius/motion tokens, multi-brand theming, or wants to validate token files. Covers colors, typography, spacing, shadows, borders, breakpoints, motion, gradients, opacity, blur, sizing, states, theming.
Skill: Design Tokens
Step 0: is the kit here? This skill reads files from the kit. Check once:
ls ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../tokens >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo KIT_OK || echo KIT_MISSING
On KIT_MISSING only the skill folders were installed, which is what
npx skills add does. Say so plainly, point the user at
npx ux-ui-agent-skills init or the plugin install, and stop. Do not guess the
contents of a file you could not open.
Produce and maintain DTCG ($type/$value) tokens following the project's 3-tier system.
Steps
Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../.claude/rules/tokens-and-color.md → "Token System" + "Color Guidelines" and ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../.claude/rules/typography-and-spacing.md for the rules (4px base, Major Third scale, OKLCH palette generation, dark-mode-at-semantic-layer).
Read the relevant existing files in ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../tokens/ to match structure: colors.json, typography.json, spacing.json, shadows.json, borders.json, breakpoints.json, motion.json, gradients.json, opacity.json, blur.json, sizing.json, states.json, theming.json.
Generate/extend tokens:
Primitives = raw values (never used directly). Semantic = purpose aliases. Component = component-scoped.
New palettes: generate 11 OKLCH shades; verify 500 ≥ 4.5:1 on white (text), 600 ≥ 3:1 (UI) using the a11y-audit skill / ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../scripts/contrast.py.
Multi-brand/density → theming.json.
Validate: run python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../../scripts/validate_tokens.py (JSON validity + alias resolution).
Output
DTCG JSON. Preserve $description on every token. Reference, never hardcode.