Component Gallery — Pattern Research via Local RAG

Research real component implementations before building. The gap between "I'll make a sidebar" and "here's how Atlassian, Shopify, and GitHub each solved sidebar navigation" is the gap between guessing and grounding. This skill bridges it.

Philosophy

Every UI component has been built thousands of times. The best implementations share patterns that no single designer invented—they emerged from convergent problem-solving across design systems with different constraints. Studying these patterns before writing code prevents reinventing solved problems, surfaces accessibility requirements that are easy to miss, and reveals implementation trade-offs that only become visible when comparing multiple approaches side by side.

Pattern research is not copying. It is the equivalent of a literature review before writing a paper. Build with awareness of what exists, then make deliberate choices about what to keep, adapt, or reject.

Quick Reference — Static Indexes

Read these files directly for fast lookup. No RAG query needed.