design-system-contribution

name	design-system-contribution
description	Use when planning or implementing a safe `@wordpress/components`, `@wordpress/ui`, or `@wordpress/theme` change in a local Gutenberg checkout; do not use for consumer-only application changes or infer commit, push, or pull-request authority.

Contribute to the WordPress Design System

Classify the change

1. State the requested outcome and relevant package or consumers.
2. Classify the change as internal or public:
   • Internal: preserves the public contract and observable behaviour.
   • Public: adds or changes supported behaviour.
3. For a public change, state the missing behaviour and audit existing public composition and similar components or tokens.
4. If supported behaviour already meets the public need, recommend it and stop unless the request establishes a distinct contract.

Read the cross-package guide and the package-specific source guidance that matches the change:

• docs/contributors/design/design-system-packages.md
• packages/components/CONTRIBUTING.md
• packages/ui/CONTRIBUTING.md
• packages/theme/README.md
• packages/theme/tokens/README.md

Use an available WordPress Design System MCP server to learn current direction when useful, but verify implementation and compatibility against this checkout.