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:

• The user wants to initialize Element Plus tokens (primary, success, warning, danger colors) in a Pencil .pen file
• The user needs a component overview frame for Element Plus components in Pencil
• The user mentions "Pencil" together with "Element", "Element Plus", or Element-specific components (Table, Form, Dialog, Menu)
• An orchestrator skill (pencil-ui-designer) routes an Element Plus initialization request

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

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

Example: Initialize Element Plus Variables

{
  "name": "set_variables",
  "arguments": {
    "filePath": "designs/app.pen",
    "replace": false,
    "variables": {
      "el-color-primary": "#409eff",
      "el-color-success": "#67c23a",
      "el-color-warning": "#e6a23c",
      "el-color-danger": "#f56c6c",
      "el-text-color-primary": "#303133",
      "el-border-color": "#dcdfe6",
      "el-font-size-base": "14px"
    }
  }
}

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.
• Keep each batch_design call to maximum 25 operations; split by category if needed.

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.