What is the 'Quark' level in this Atomic Design skill?

Quarks represent sub-atomic design tokens such as color palettes, spacing scales, and typography values that serve as the foundation for all UI atoms.

How does this skill prevent architectural debt?

It enforces strict composition rules that prevent 'upward' imports, ensuring that simple components never depend on complex organisms or templates.

What is the difference between a Molecule and an Organism?

A Molecule is a simple group of atoms functioning together (like a search form), whereas an Organism is a complex, standalone section of an interface (like a site header).

Is this skill compatible with React or Vue?

Yes, the Atomic Design methodology is framework-agnostic and provides organizational patterns applicable to React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, and standard Web Components.

Atomic Design Fundamentals

Name: Atomic Design Fundamentals
Author: TheBushidoCollective

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Design Tools

Implements the Atomic Design methodology to build scalable, hierarchical component libraries with an extended quark-level design token system.

About

This skill empowers developers to master Brad Frost’s Atomic Design methodology by providing a structured framework for organizing UI components into a logical hierarchy. It extends the traditional model by introducing 'quarks'—design tokens for colors, spacing, and typography—ensuring a robust foundation for design systems. By enforcing strict composition rules and directory structures, this skill helps teams build maintainable, scalable, and professional-grade frontend architectures while preventing common anti-patterns like circular dependencies or misplaced business logic.

Key Features

Extended six-stage hierarchy including sub-atomic Quarks for design tokens
Standardized directory structures for component-based project organization
Strict architectural rules to prevent upward import anti-patterns
Standardized naming conventions and barrel export patterns for clean imports
Best practices for separating UI presentation from domain-specific business logic
66 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Bootstrapping a new design system or component library in a modern frontend project
Enforcing consistent component organization and naming standards across a development team
Refactoring a monolithic UI codebase into a maintainable, hierarchical structure

About

Key Features

Extended six-stage hierarchy including sub-atomic Quarks for design tokens
Standardized directory structures for component-based project organization
Strict architectural rules to prevent upward import anti-patterns
Standardized naming conventions and barrel export patterns for clean imports
Best practices for separating UI presentation from domain-specific business logic
66 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Bootstrapping a new design system or component library in a modern frontend project
Enforcing consistent component organization and naming standards across a development team
Refactoring a monolithic UI codebase into a maintainable, hierarchical structure