Design - Components

This skill guides Claude through designing components and sections within an existing design system. Unlike design-concepts (which explores new visual identities), this skill works within established constraints — same fonts, same colors, same tokens — and finds creative variation through composition, layout, interaction, and information hierarchy.

Core Methodology

Why Constrained Variation Matters

A design system gives you vocabulary. This skill is about writing different sentences with the same words:

• Same palette, different emphasis: Brand orange as a subtle border vs. a bold background vs. a gradient accent
• Same type scale, different hierarchy: Large title + small body vs. medium everything + bold labels
• Same spacing tokens, different density: Compact data table vs. airy editorial card
• Same primitives, different composition: Stacked cards vs. side-by-side panels vs. tabbed sections

The goal is showing stakeholders that meaningful variety exists within the system — and helping pick the composition that best serves the component's purpose.

When to Create 3 Variations vs. 1