pencil-ui-design-system-element

Element Plus Design System Initializer

Constraint: Only use this skill when the user explicitly mentions "Pencil" and "Element" (or "Element Plus") or when orchestrating a Pencil design system initialization task.

When to use this skill

Use this skill when you need to initialize a new design system based on Element Plus specifications, specifically to set up the global color palette and create the initial component library frames in a .pen file.

How to use this skill

This skill outputs a PENCIL_PLAN. The Agent then calls Pencil MCP tools in order: open_document, set_variables, batch_design, optionally get_screenshot.

Step 1: Initialize Variables (set_variables)

Use mcp__pencil__set_variables to register Element Plus design tokens. Follow .pen file schema.

Primary / Semantic

• el-color-primary: #409eff
• el-color-success: #67c23a
• el-color-warning: #e6a23c
• el-color-danger: #f56c6c
• el-color-info: #909399

Text & Border

• el-text-color-primary: #303133
• el-text-color-regular: #606266
• el-text-color-secondary: #909399
• el-border-color: #dcdfe6
• el-border-radius-base: 4px

Font

• el-font-size-base: 14px

Fill from Element Plus theme docs if more tokens are needed.

Step 2: Create Component Overview Structure (batch_design)

Use mcp__pencil__batch_design to create a "Components Overview" frame with sections based on Element Plus documentation:

1. Basic
   • Button, Link, Icon
2. Layout
   • Container, Grid, Divider
3. Form
   • Radio, Checkbox, Input, InputNumber, Select, Cascader, Switch, Slider, TimePicker, DatePicker, DateTimePicker, Form, Upload, Rate
4. Data
   • Table, Tag, Progress, Tree, Pagination, Avatar, Skeleton, Empty
5. Navigation
   • Menu, Tabs, Breadcrumb, PageHeader, Dropdown, Steps
6. Feedback
   • Alert, Loading, Message, MessageBox, Notification, Dialog, Drawer, Popover, Tooltip

Organize frames using Auto Layout. Keep each batch_design call to maximum 25 operations.

Best Practices

• Verify token values against Element Plus theme documentation.
• Use set_variables with replace: false unless a full reset is requested.
• Use Auto Layout for component overview frames.

Keywords

pencil, element, element plus, design system, init, variables, components

References

• references/contract.md – Design tokens and component naming.
• references/official.md – Link to official documentation.
• references/examples.md – Example PENCIL_PLAN.
• references/components.md – Component specifications.