ui-setup

name	ui-setup
description	Interactive StyleSeed setup wizard for choosing app type, brand color, visual style, typography, and the first screen scaffold.
type	skill
created	2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
domain	design-creative
category	ui-ux
risk	safe
source	community
tags	["skill","design-creative","ui-ux","setup"]

UI Setup

Overview

Part of StyleSeed, this setup wizard turns a raw project into a design-system-guided workspace. It collects the minimum brand and product context needed to configure tokens, pick a visual direction, and generate an initial page without drifting into generic UI.

When to Use

• Use when you are starting a new app with the StyleSeed Toss seed
• Use when you copied the seed into an existing project and need to personalize it
• Use when you want the AI to ask one design decision at a time instead of guessing
• Use when you need a first page scaffold after selecting colors, font, and app type

How It Works

Step 1: Ask One Question at a Time

Do not front-load the full questionnaire. Ask a single question, wait for the answer, store it, then continue.

Step 2: Capture the App Type

Identify the product shape before touching tokens or layout recipes.

Suggested buckets:

• SaaS dashboard
• E-commerce
• Fintech
• Social or content
• Productivity or internal tool
• Other with a short freeform description

Use the answer to choose the page composition pattern and the type of first screen to scaffold.

Step 3: Choose the Brand Color

Offer a few safe defaults plus a custom hex option. Once selected:

• update the light theme brand token
• update the dark theme brand token with a lighter accessible variant
• keep all other colors semantic rather than hardcoding the brand everywhere

If the project uses the StyleSeed Toss seed, the main target is css/theme.css.

Step 4: Offer an Optional Visual Reference

Ask whether the user wants to borrow the feel of an established brand or design language. Good examples include Stripe, Linear, Vercel, Notion, Spotify, Supabase, and Airbnb.

Use the reference to influence density, tone, and composition, not to clone assets or trademarks.

Step 5: Pick Typography

Confirm the font direction:

• keep the default stack
• swap to a preferred font if already installed or available
• preserve hierarchy rules for display, heading, body, and caption text

If the seed is present, update the font-related files rather than scattering overrides across components.

Step 6: Generate the First Screen

Ask for:

• app name
• first page or screen name
• a one-sentence purpose for that page