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Design DNA

by zanwei

Design DNA is a Frontend skill for Claude Code, published by zanwei in design-dna.

1.4K stars76 forkson zanwei/design-dnaAdded 2026/08/19+3% in starsRepository updated 2026/04/13
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Install Design DNA
Copy Design DNA into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/zanwei/design-dna ~/.claude/skills/design-dna

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/zanwei/design-dna.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
SKILL.md in zanwei/design-dna
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/design-dna
Collection
The only skill cataloged from this repository
Category
Frontend — 567 skills

What Design DNA does

Design DNA extracts, structures, and applies visual design identity as machine-readable JSON across three dimensions: design tokens, qualitative style, and visual effects. Use it to analyze reference designs from screenshots or URLs and generate matching interfaces.

Design DNA is cataloged under Frontend on DirSkills. Design DNA comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, claude-skills, codex-skills, cursor-skills and design-dna.

Documentation

README

Design DNA

A 3-phase workflow for extracting, structuring, and applying design identity across three dimensions:

  1. Design System — measurable tokens (color, typography, spacing, layout, shape, elevation, motion, components)
  2. Design Style — qualitative perception (mood, visual language, composition, imagery, interaction feel, brand voice)
  3. Visual Effects — special rendering (Canvas, WebGL, 3D, particles, shaders, scroll effects, cursor effects, SVG animations, glassmorphism, etc.)

Phases

Phase 1: Structure — Output the Schema

When the user asks for the structural dimensions or schema:

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Design DNA

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