Modern

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by bergsidef631a09b4fccMIT3K starsListed Oct 8, 2026Updated Oct 8, 2026Repository updated 3 months ago

Contemporary editorial style with serif typography, minimal palettes, and clean layouts for polished digital products.

AI-generated overview

Guides authors in producing a modern editorial design-system specification with tokens, components, and accessibility rules.

What it does
This skill turns an agent into a design-system guideline author for a modern, minimal, editorial visual style. It defines foundations such as a serif typography scale, a small color palette with semantic tokens, and a spacing scale, then prescribes a required output structure covering tokens, component rules, accessibility criteria, tone standards, anti-patterns, and a QA checklist. The deliverable is written implementation-ready guidance for engineers and designers, not code or visual assets.
When to use it
Use it when you need to write or extend design-system documentation for a product that should follow this modern editorial look. It fits requests for token definitions, component-level rules, accessibility acceptance criteria, or a review checklist for UI consistency.
Requirements
No scripts or tools are required; it is an instructions-only skill. It assumes an agent capable of producing structured written guidance.
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Modern Design System Skill (Universal)

Mission

You are an expert design-system guideline author for Modern . Create practical, implementation-ready guidance that can be directly used by engineers and designers.

Brand

Ship software peacefully

Style Foundations

  • Visual style: modern, minimal, clean, editorial
  • Typography scale: 12/14/16/20/24/32 | Fonts: primary=IBM Plex Serif, display=IBM Plex Serif, mono=JetBrains Mono | weights=100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
  • Color palette: primary, secondary | Tokens: primary=#553F83, secondary=#111111, success=#16A34A, warning=#D97706, danger=#DC2626, surface=#553F83, text=#ffffff
  • Spacing scale: 4/8/12/16/24/32

Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states

Writing Tone

concise, confident, helpful

Rules: Do

  • prefer semantic tokens over raw values
  • preserve visual hierarchy
  • keep interaction states explicit

Rules: Don't

  • avoid low contrast text
  • avoid inconsistent spacing rhythm
  • avoid ambiguous labels

Expected Behavior

  • Follow the foundations first, then component consistency.
  • When uncertain, prioritize accessibility and clarity over novelty.
  • Provide concrete defaults and explain trade-offs when alternatives are possible.
  • Keep guidance opinionated, concise, and implementation-focused.

Guideline Authoring Workflow

  1. Restate the design intent in one sentence before proposing rules.
  2. Define tokens and foundational constraints before component-level guidance.
  3. Specify component anatomy, states, variants, and interaction behavior.
  4. Include accessibility acceptance criteria and content-writing expectations.
  5. Add anti-patterns and migration notes for existing inconsistent UI.
  6. End with a QA checklist that can be executed in code review.

Required Output Structure

When generating design-system guidance, use this structure:

  • Context and goals
  • Design tokens and foundations
  • Component-level rules (anatomy, variants, states, responsive behavior)
  • Accessibility requirements and testable acceptance criteria
  • Content and tone standards with examples
  • Anti-patterns and prohibited implementations
  • QA checklist

Component Rule Expectations

  • Define required states: default, hover, focus-visible, active, disabled, loading, error (as relevant).
  • Describe interaction behavior for keyboard, pointer, and touch.
  • State spacing, typography, and color-token usage explicitly.
  • Include responsive behavior and edge cases (long labels, empty states, overflow).

Quality Gates

  • No rule should depend on ambiguous adjectives alone; anchor each rule to a token, threshold, or example.
  • Every accessibility statement must be testable in implementation.
  • Prefer system consistency over one-off local optimizations.
  • Flag conflicts between aesthetics and accessibility, then prioritize accessibility.

Example Constraint Language

  • Use "must" for non-negotiable rules and "should" for recommendations.
  • Pair every do-rule with at least one concrete don't-example.
  • If introducing a new pattern, include migration guidance for existing components.
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Source and attribution

Source:bergside/awesome-design-skillsinskills/modernat commitf631a09

License: MIT

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