Design Extract
Extract design tokens (color / typography / spacing) from imported source code, screenshots, or F…
by nexu-io · Apache-2.0
The skill
Extract design tokens (color / typography / spacing) from imported source code, screenshots, or Figma exports into the canonical token bag token-map consumes.
Design extract
Spec §10 / §21.3.2: tokens scattered across a repo's CSS / theme
files / Tailwind config / styled-components helpers / SCSS partials
need to be lifted into one bag before token-map can crosswalk
them onto the active OD design system. This atom does the lifting;
the input shape is intentionally generic so the same atom serves
both code-migration and figma-migration when fed different sources.
Inputs
code/index.jsonfromcode-import(code-migration), ORfigma/tree.jsonfromfigma-extract(figma-migration), OR- A folder of screenshot images (tune-collab quick-tune flows).
Output
project-cwd/
└── code/
└── tokens.json # { colors[], typography[], spacing[], radius[], shadow[] }
Each token entry carries:
{
"kind": "color",
"name": "primary-500", // optional source name
"value": "#5b8def", // canonical value
"sources": ["styles/global.css:42", "tailwind.config.js:24"],
"usage": ["Header.tsx", "Footer.tsx"]
}
sources[] and usage[] are the audit trail token-map.unmatched.json
references when a target token can't be found.
Convergence
The atom completes when code/tokens.json exists. Empty token bags
emit a warning event but do not abort — token-map handles the
empty case by skipping its mapping pass.
Anti-patterns the prompt fragment forbids
- Hard-coded hex values inside JSX literals (
color: '#fff') are tokens for this atom's purposes; record them withkind:'color'and a synthetic name so they don't disappear into the noise. - Tailwind utility scans must dedupe palette references against the
active theme — never list
bg-blue-500andbg-blue-600as one token.
Status
Implemented by the daemon runner in
apps/daemon/src/plugins/atoms/design-extract.ts. It scans the indexed
source files, extracts CSS, Tailwind, and JavaScript token evidence, and
writes code/tokens.json.
Use this skill
Connect your agent to the Skill Store MCP server and ask for it by ref: nexu-io/design-extract-13962228036.
Details
- Publisher
- nexu-io
- Category
- Software Development › Frontend & UI
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Updated
- 2026-10-16
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