atomic-design-fundamentals

atomic-design-fundamentals is a skill for Claude Code from punkadillo/figma-code-composer. It costs 37 tokens per session (3,537 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

An introduction to Atomic Design, a method for organizing interface parts into levels: design values, basic controls, small groups, larger sections, page layouts, and finished pages.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan design-system hierarchies, organize components, and connect design tokens, atoms, molecules, organisms, templates, and pages.
Why use it?
It provides a shared structure for deciding how UI pieces should be built, named, reused, and maintained.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Needs its repository: it reads a path above its own folder, which exists only inside the repository. The line is import { FormField } from '../molecules'; // WRONG!.

Good fit Use it to plan design-system hierarchies, organize components, and connect design tokens, atoms, molecules, organisms, templates, and pages.

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Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00037 $0.03537
Opus 5 $0.00018 $0.01768
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00707
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00354

Measured 7d ago against content hash 4e7cde532970, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

atomic-design-fundamentals scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

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Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.figma-pipeline/skills/atomic-design-fundamentals/SKILL.md · 657 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 657 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Atomic Design Fundamentals

Master Brad Frost's Atomic Design methodology (extended with quarks) for building scalable, maintainable component-based user interfaces. This skill covers the core hierarchy, principles, and organization strategies for modern design systems.

Overview

Atomic Design is a methodology for creating design systems inspired by chemistry. Just as atoms combine to form molecules, which combine to form organisms, UI components follow a similar hierarchical structure. We extend this with quarks - the sub-atomic level of design tokens:

  1. Quarks - Design tokens (colors, spacing, typography scales, shadows)
  2. Atoms - Basic building blocks (buttons, inputs, labels)
  3. Molecules - Groups of atoms functioning together (search form, card)
  4. Organisms - Complex UI sections (header, footer, sidebar)
  5. Templates - Page-level layouts without real content
  6. Pages - Templates with real representative content

The Six Stages

0. Quarks

The sub-atomic building blocks - design tokens and primitive values that atoms consume. Quarks are not UI components themselves; they are the raw values that define your design language.

Examples:

  • Color tokens (primary-500, neutral-100)
  • Spacing scales (4px, 8px, 16px)
  • Typography tokens (font sizes, weights, line heights)
  • Border radii
  • Shadow definitions
  • Animation durations and easing functions
  • Breakpoints

Characteristics:

  • Pure values, not visual components
  • Cannot import from any other level
  • Define the design language
  • Enable theming and consistency
  • Single source of truth for design decisions

1. Atoms

The smallest functional UI units of your interface. Atoms consume quarks for styling but cannot be broken down further without losing meaning.

Examples:

  • Buttons
  • Input fields
  • Labels
  • Icons
  • Typography elements (headings, paragraphs)
  • Color swatches
  • Avatars

Characteristics:

  • Self-contained and independent
  • No business logic
  • Highly reusable
  • Accept styling props
  • Framework-agnostic when possible

Read the full file on GitHub · 657 lines

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  1. 7d ago First seen · 657 lines · 37 tokens per session scan A 4e7cde532970

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atomic-design-fundamentals is a skill published in the GitHub repository punkadillo/figma-code-composer (3 stars, last pushed 19d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 37 tokens to every session and 3,537 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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