Open Claude Design System

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maxritter

open-claude-design-system

Extract, document, or normalize a product UI design system from code, screenshots, or brand sources. Use for visual tokens, theme variables, typography, spacing, colors, radii, shadows, component inventories, variants, states, or building a reusable UI library. Do not use for software architecture, database schemas, or generic system design.

Overview

Publisher	maxritter
Repository	`open-claude-design`
Skill name	`open-claude-design-system`
Stars	38
Forks	4
Bundled files	6
Links	Skill source Repository Homepage

Markdown instructions
A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.
Works with any LLM
AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.
6 bundled files
Scripts, templates, and references the model can read while it works. Files are read-only and never executed.
Open source
Published by maxritter on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Open Claude Design System AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
Choose "Install from GitHub".
Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
https://github.com/maxritter/open-claude-design/tree/main/skills/open-claude-design-system
Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.

Store

Installed

Skills

Add skills

Import one or more skills from a public GitHub folder or a local .skill or .zip archive, or SKILL.md file.

From GitHub URLFrom .skill, .zip, or SKILL.md

GitHub repo or folder

https://github.com/maxritter/open-claude-design/tree/main/skills/open-claude-design-system

Points to a single skill folder, or any folder that contains multiple skills. Public repos only.

CancelContinue

Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/maxritter/open-claude-design.git /tmp/open-claude-design
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/open-claude-design/skills/open-claude-design-system .claude/skills/open-claude-design-system

Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Open Claude Design System in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Open Claude Design System on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Open Claude Design System is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

Loaded only when it is needed
The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.
Switch models mid-chat
Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

Design System

Turn an existing visual language into authoritative tokens and reusable component contracts. Extraction is evidence work: the source may be inconsistent, but the result must not silently invent consistency.

Important boundaries

Inspect the user's code, brand material, screenshots, or named reference before defining values.
Preserve source names and exact values when they are authoritative. Record near-duplicates and conflicts rather than merging them without a decision.
Match the project's existing token and component format. Do not introduce a second CSS/JSON/TypeScript/Tailwind representation by default.
A design-system request concerns product UI. Software architecture, distributed systems, schemas, and API design are outside this skill.

Select the relevant procedure

Read only the required references, resolved relative to this skill:

Request	Required reference
Colors, type, spacing, radii, shadows, motion, breakpoints, or theme tokens	`references/tokens.md`
Reusable UI components, variants, states, composition, or a component inventory	`references/components.md`
A project-local design skill so future agent work follows the product's system automatically	`references/agent-spec.md`
Publishing the system into Claude Design as a design system that projects can bind	`references/claude-design-package.md`

Use tokens and components together when the user wants a complete system or component library. Token extraction precedes component documentation because component contracts should name real tokens. The agent-facing package comes last and restates that evidence; offer it whenever the extraction is meant to govern later UI work in the repository, since a system that lives only in code is re-explained on every task.

Execution contract

Identify authoritative sources and their precedence, including bound design systems, UI kits, component sources, neighboring examples, and applicable templates.
Extract observed values, usage, variants, and states with source locations.
Separate observed facts, inferred groupings, missing decisions, and recommended consolidation.
Emit or update the format already used by the project when the user requested implementation; otherwise produce a reviewable inventory.
Verify that every emitted token/component traces to a source or an explicit user decision and that consuming code still builds or renders when files changed.

Completion

The system is complete when sources and precedence are named, every recorded value is traceable, inconsistencies and gaps remain visible, output matches the repository's native format, and a maintainer can use the result without reverse-engineering the extraction.

When not to use

General system design, software architecture, data modeling, or API contracts
Creating a new screen or flow; use open-claude-ui-design
Auditing a finished UI without extracting reusable structure; use open-claude-ui-review
Inventing a brand from scratch when there is no source; establish direction through open-claude-ui-design
Reading or changing a design system stored in Claude Design; use open-claude-design for access, then return here for extraction or for the package shape in references/claude-design-package.md

Bundled files

The model reads these on demand while the skill is loaded. They are exposed as readable files and are never executed.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Open Claude Design System AI skill do?

Why use Open Claude Design System on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Open Claude Design System is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Open Claude Design System in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/maxritter/open-claude-design/tree/main/skills/open-claude-design-system. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and bundles its files and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Open Claude Design System?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Open Claude Design System?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Open Claude Design System with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Open Claude Design System AI skill free?

It is published on GitHub by maxritter. Check the repository for licensing terms. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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Overview

Installation

Install in TypingMind

Install in another agent

Use it in TypingMind

Works with any AI model

Skill instructions

Design System

Important boundaries

Select the relevant procedure

Execution contract

Completion

When not to use

Bundled files

Frequently asked questions

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