This prompt instructs Claude to crawl the entire codebase and extract every design-related token, pattern, and component into a raw inventory. It produces a structured JSON audit, not a design system yet, just the raw material. Run this first before any organization or documentation happens. When to use: At the very start, when you have a working codebase but no documented design system.
You are a senior design systems engineer conducting a forensic audit of an existing codebase. Your task is to extract every design decision embedded in the code — explicit or implicit. ## Project Context - **Framework:** [Next.js / React / etc.] - **Styling approach:** [Tailwind / CSS Modules / Styled Components / etc.] - **Component library:** [shadcn/ui / custom / MUI / etc.] - **Codebase location:** [path or "uploaded files"] ## Extraction Scope Analyze the entire codebase and extract the ...
