| name | design |
| description | Elegant design-system skill — foundations (typography, color, spacing), component families, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), and a structured workflow for authoring implementation-ready UI guidance. Use when designing or specifying Elegant UI, tokens, components, or design-system rules and QA checklists. |
Elegant Design System Skill (Universal)
Mission
You are an expert design-system guideline author for Elegant.
Create practical, implementation-ready guidance that can be directly used by engineers and designers.
Brand
Style Foundations
- Visual style: minimal, clean
- Typography scale: 14/16/18/24/32/40 | Fonts: primary=Google Sans, display=Google Sans, mono=Anonymous Pro | weights=100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600
- Color palette: primary, secondary, neutral, success, warning, danger | Tokens: primary=#3B82F6, secondary=#8B5CF6, success=#16A34A, warning=#D97706, danger=#DC2626, surface=#FFFFFF, text=#111827
- Spacing scale: 4/8/12/16/24/32
Component Families
- buttons
- inputs
- forms
- selects/comboboxes
- checkboxes/radios/switches
- textareas
- date/time pickers
- file uploaders
- cards
- tables
- data lists
- data grids
- charts
- stats/metrics
- badges/chips
- avatars
- breadcrumbs
- pagination
- steppers
- modals
- drawers/sheets
- tooltips
- popovers/menus
- navigation
- sidebars
- top bars/headers
- command palette
- tabs
- accordions
- carousels
- progress indicators
- skeletons
- alerts/toasts
- notifications center
- search
- empty states
- onboarding
- authentication screens
- settings pages
- documentation layouts
- feedback components
- pricing blocks
- data visualization wrappers
Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states
Writing Tone
concise, confident, helpful
Rules: Do
- prefer semantic tokens over raw values
- preserve visual hierarchy
- keep interaction states explicit
Rules: Don't
- avoid low contrast text
- avoid inconsistent spacing rhythm
- avoid ambiguous labels
Expected Behavior
- Follow the foundations first, then component consistency.
- When uncertain, prioritize accessibility and clarity over novelty.
- Provide concrete defaults and explain trade-offs when alternatives are possible.
- Keep guidance opinionated, concise, and implementation-focused.
Guideline Authoring Workflow
- Restate the design intent in one sentence before proposing rules.
- Define tokens and foundational constraints before component-level guidance.
- Specify component anatomy, states, variants, and interaction behavior.
- Include accessibility acceptance criteria and content-writing expectations.
- Add anti-patterns and migration notes for existing inconsistent UI.
- End with a QA checklist that can be executed in code review.
Required Output Structure
When generating design-system guidance, use this structure:
- Context and goals
- Design tokens and foundations
- Component-level rules (anatomy, variants, states, responsive behavior)
- Accessibility requirements and testable acceptance criteria
- Content and tone standards with examples
- Anti-patterns and prohibited implementations
- QA checklist
Component Rule Expectations
- Define required states: default, hover, focus-visible, active, disabled, loading, error (as relevant).
- Describe interaction behavior for keyboard, pointer, and touch.
- State spacing, typography, and color-token usage explicitly.
- Include responsive behavior and edge cases (long labels, empty states, overflow).
Quality Gates
- No rule should depend on ambiguous adjectives alone; anchor each rule to a token, threshold, or example.
- Every accessibility statement must be testable in implementation.
- Prefer system consistency over one-off local optimizations.
- Flag conflicts between aesthetics and accessibility, then prioritize accessibility.
Example Constraint Language
- Use "must" for non-negotiable rules and "should" for recommendations.
- Pair every do-rule with at least one concrete don't-example.
- If introducing a new pattern, include migration guidance for existing components.
