Design skill files for Penpot

Use this open-source plugin for Penpot to generate design skill files for AI providers such as Claude, Codex, Gemini or Cursor and create a blueprint of your design system with style specifications including colors, typography, spacings, shadows, branded content, and more.

What it generates

It generates a generic skill.md file that can be used by all major AI providers based on the TypeUI manifest.

Features

• Structured form for brand, mission, foundations, accessibility, and QA constraints
• Human-friendly token editors with add/remove rows for colors, spacing, radius, shadow, and motion
• Enforced rule language (must for non-negotiables, should for recommendations)
• Required interaction states included: default, hover, focus-visible, active, disabled, loading, error
• Quality checks for required sections and links
• Preview, copy, and download actions inside the plugin UI

Local development

If you want to run this locally you need to first install the dependencies:

npm install

And then create a local build:

npm run build

And finally run the local server:

npm run dev

Finally, use the following URL to install the plugin inside Penpot:

http://localhost:4400/manifest.json

License

This project is open-source under the MIT license and it was built by the authors of TypeUI.