chakra-ui

Overview

Chakra UI is a modular, accessible React component library with built-in dark mode, responsive styles, and a flexible theming system. Uses style props for inline styling with theme tokens.

Capabilities

• Theme customization with color mode (light/dark)
• Responsive style props with array syntax
• Component composition with as prop and chakra() factory
• Form components with built-in validation
• Modal, Drawer, Toast, and other overlay components
• CSS-in-JS with Emotion under the hood

When to Use

Trigger phrases:

• "chakra ui"

• "Chakra UI React component library — theming, responsive styles, color mode, comp"

• Building React apps with accessible components out of the box

• Need responsive design without writing media queries

• Want a consistent design system with theme tokens

• Building dashboards, forms, and complex layouts

When NOT to Use

• Task is about content strategy, not creation (use strategy skills)
• Task is about content distribution (use distribution skills)
• You need to analyze content performance (use analytics skills)
• Task is about content moderation (use moderation tools)
• You don't have content guidelines
• Task requires domain expertise (consult experts)

Pseudo Code

The chakra-ui workflow follows a standard pipeline pattern.

Core flow:

# chakra-ui primary flow
input = prepare(raw_data)
result = process(input, config={chakra, color, component, composition, library})
validate(result)
deliver(result)

Error handling:

on error:
  log(error_details)
  retry_with_backoff(max=3)
  if still_failing: alert_and_escalate()

Core Workflow

# chakra-ui primary flow
input = prepare(raw_data)
result = process(input, config={chakra, color, component, composition, library})
validate(result)
deliver(result)

Error Handling

on error:
  log(error_details)
  retry_with_backoff(max=3)
  if still_failing: alert_and_escalate()

Installation

npm install @chakra-ui/react @emotion/react @emotion/styled framer-motion