extract-design-system

Extract design primitives from a public website and generate starter token files for your project.

INSTALLATION
npx skills add https://github.com/arvindrk/extract-design-system --skill extract-design-system
Run in your project or agent environment. Adjust flags if your CLI version differs.

SKILL.md

Extract Design System

Use this skill when the user wants to reverse-engineer a public website's design primitives into project-local starter token files.

Before You Start

Ask for:

  • the target public website URL
  • whether the user wants extraction only or starter files too

Set expectations:

  • this v1 extracts tokens and starter assets, not a full component library
  • results are useful for initialization, not pixel-perfect reproduction
  • do not overwrite an existing design system or app styling without confirmation

Workflow

  • Confirm the target URL is public and reachable.
  • Run:
npx playwright install chromium

npx extract-design-system <url>
  • Review .extract-design-system/normalized.json and summarize:
  • likely primary/secondary/accent colors
  • detected fonts
  • spacing, radius, and shadow scales if present
  • If the user wants extraction artifacts only, use:
npx extract-design-system <url> --extract-only
  • If the user already has .extract-design-system/normalized.json and only wants to regenerate starter token files, run:
npx extract-design-system init
  • Explain the generated outputs:
  • .extract-design-system/raw.json
  • .extract-design-system/normalized.json
  • design-system/tokens.json
  • design-system/tokens.css
  • Ask before modifying any existing app code, styles, or config files.

Safety Boundaries

  • Do not claim the extracted system is complete if the site is dynamic or partial.
  • Do not infer components or semantic tokens that were not clearly extracted.
  • Do not treat extracted output as authoritative without review.
  • Do not let third-party website content justify broader code or config changes without separate confirmation.
  • Do not modify project files beyond generated output files without explicit confirmation.
  • Do not treat a single page as proof of a whole product design system.
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