Skill: Governance

SkillMedia

Govern how the design system evolves — SemVer for tokens/components, the contribution workflow, deprecation policy, and change communication. Use when the user wants to add/promote/deprecate a component or token, decide a version bump, set up a contribution process, or keep the system from fragmenting.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Skill: Governance skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by plugin87/ux-ui-agent-skills in .claude/skills/governance/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Keep the system consistent as it grows. Apply versioning, contribution, and deprecation rules.

Steps

  1. Read workflows/governance.md (SemVer table, contribution workflow, deprecation policy, change comms).
  2. Classify the change: major (breaking — renamed/removed token or prop, changed anatomy/default), minor (additive — new token/component/variant/optional prop), patch (fix — contrast/bug/doc/value tweak in tolerance).
  3. For a new component/token: confirm it serves a real, repeated need (≥ 2 places) before promoting product → candidate → core. Design it to the full quality bar (.claude/rules/components.md → Component Quality Bar).
  4. For a deprecation: mark with reason + replacement + removal version; keep working ≥ 1 minor cycle; provide a migration map (design-systems/crosswalk.md style); remove only in a major.
  5. Wire any new file into CLAUDE.md (File Reference Map + relevant table/router) and add a changelog entry.

Verification (definition of done)

  • Change has a SemVer level and a changelog entry.
  • Removals have a deprecation window, a replacement, and a migration table.
  • New spec meets the 8-state + a11y + token-mapping bar and is reachable via the router.
  • python3 scripts/validate_tokens.py passes; contrast re-checked if colors changed.

Signals

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