Constraint: Only use this skill when the user explicitly mentions "Pencil" and "Vant" (or "Vant 4") 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 Vant 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 Vant design tokens. Follow .pen file schema.
Primary / Semantic
van-primary-color:#1989favan-success-color:#07c160van-warning-color:#ff976avan-danger-color:#ee0a24van-gray-color:#323233
Text & Border
van-text-color:#323233van-text-color-2:#646566van-text-color-3:#969799van-border-color:#ebedf0van-border-radius:4px
Font
van-font-size-md:14px
Fill from Vant 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 Vant documentation:
- Basic (基础)
- Button, Cell, Icon, Image, Layout, Popup, Space, ConfigProvider
- Form (表单)
- Calendar, Cascader, Checkbox, DatetimePicker, Field, Form, NumberKeyboard, PasswordInput, Picker, Radio, Rate, Search, Slider, Stepper, Switch, Upload
- Feedback (反馈)
- ActionSheet, Dialog, DropdownMenu, Loading, Notify, Overlay, ShareSheet, SwipeCell, Toast
- Display (展示)
- Badge, Circle, Collapse, CountDown, Divider, Empty, ImagePreview, Laziness, List, NoticeBar, Progress, Skeleton, Steps, Sticky, Swipe, Tag
- Navigation (导航)
- ActionBar, Grid, IndexBar, NavBar, Pagination, Sidebar, Tab, Tabbar, TreeSelect
Organize frames using Auto Layout. Keep each batch_design call to maximum 25 operations.
Best Practices
- Verify token values against Vant theme documentation.
- Use
set_variableswithreplace: falseunless a full reset is requested. - Use Auto Layout for component overview frames.
Keywords
pencil, vant, vant 4, 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.