inventory-design
Invocation: User-invoked only (model invocation disabled)
Argument hint: [source-id] [location] [--crawler code|runtime|hybrid] [--allow-internal] [--allow-insecure-scheme]
Allowed tools: Bash(${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-*), Bash(${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/design/inventory-design/scripts/*), Bash(${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/design/inventory-design/scripts/playwright/*)
Source: skills/design/inventory-design/SKILL.md
Inventory Design
Section titled “Inventory Design”!${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-context.sh
!${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-skill-context.sh inventory-design
!${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-agents.sh
If no “Agent Names” section appears above, use these defaults: accelerator:reviewer, accelerator:codebase-locator, accelerator:codebase-analyser, accelerator:codebase-pattern-finder, accelerator:documents-locator, accelerator:documents-analyser, accelerator:web-search-researcher, accelerator:browser-locator, accelerator:browser-analyser.
Design inventories directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh research_design_inventories
You are tasked with crawling a design source and producing a structured
design-inventory artifact. The artifact captures the design tokens,
components, screens, and features of the source so a downstream
analyse-design-gaps run can compute a structured diff between two
snapshots.
Crawler Modes
Section titled “Crawler Modes”| Mode | Description | Requires Playwright runtime |
|---|---|---|
code | Static analysis of source files only. Reads tokens from config files (Tailwind, CSS custom properties, design-token JSON), components from JSX/TSX/Vue/Svelte, screens from routing config. | No |
runtime | Live browser inspection only. Navigates each screen, captures computed styles and state via Playwright. | Yes |
hybrid | Code-static as ground truth for tokens and components; runtime fills in screen states and screenshots. Default when the source is a code repo. | Yes |
Default selection: if --crawler is not specified, the skill selects:
hybrid— when the location is a code-repo path (auto-downgrades tocodeif Playwright is unavailable; see Steps 3–5)runtime— when the location is anhttps://URL
1. Validate Arguments
Section titled “1. Validate Arguments”Run:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/design/inventory-design/scripts/validate-source.sh \ "<location>" ${allow_internal_flag} ${allow_insecure_scheme_flag}where allow_internal_flag is --allow-internal if the user passed that flag (otherwise
omit it), and allow_insecure_scheme_flag is --allow-insecure-scheme if the user passed
that flag (otherwise omit it).
If it exits non-zero, report the error to the user and stop. Do not create any artifact directory.
By default, https:// URLs to public hosts and http://localhost /
http://127.0.0.1 are accepted without any flag. Other internal hosts
(RFC1918, link-local, other loopback IPs) require --allow-internal — on either
scheme. --allow-internal subsumes --allow-insecure-scheme for internal hosts:
a user accepting internal-host SSRF risk has already accepted the strictly-greater
concern. Plain http:// to a non-localhost public host requires
--allow-insecure-scheme (NOT --allow-internal, which would be a misleading flag
name for that case).
Source-id format: source-id must match ^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$ (kebab-case,
lowercase, no leading hyphen, no spaces). If it does not, report a clear error
naming the offending characters and stop.
2. Resolve Auth Mode
Section titled “2. Resolve Auth Mode”Run:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/design/inventory-design/scripts/resolve-auth.shCapture the output (header, form, or none). If it exits non-zero, report
the error to the user and stop.
Auth-header origin allowlist (security-critical): if auth mode is header,
the ACCELERATOR_BROWSER_AUTH_HEADER value is injected only on navigations
whose origin (scheme+host+port) matches the resolved [location] origin or the
ACCELERATOR_BROWSER_LOGIN_URL origin. On any cross-origin navigation (off-site
link, OAuth redirect, or any attacker-controlled target reached during the crawl),
strip the header before the request is issued. Instruct the {browser analyser agent}
to enforce this explicitly.
Auth-walled route handling: when auth mode is none and a route appears to
require authentication, skip it and record it in Crawl Notes with the message:
inventory-design: skipped \<url> (appears auth-walled). Set ACCELERATOR_BROWSER_AUTH_HEADER, or ACCELERATOR_BROWSER_USERNAME / _PASSWORD / _LOGIN_URL, to crawl authenticated routes.
Do not fabricate observations for auth-walled screens.
3. Provisional Crawler-Mode Resolution
Section titled “3. Provisional Crawler-Mode Resolution”Determine the provisional crawler mode from the CLI flag and defaults:
- Explicit
--crawler code→code(skip Steps 4–6) - Explicit
--crawler runtime→runtime(proceed to Step 4) - Explicit
--crawler hybrid→hybrid(proceed to Step 4) - No flag, location is a code-repo path →
hybrid(proceed to Step 4) - No flag, location is an
https://URL →runtime(proceed to Step 4)
4. Bootstrap Playwright
Section titled “4. Bootstrap Playwright”Only if provisional mode is runtime or hybrid, run:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/design/inventory-design/scripts/ensure-playwright.shCapture its stdout, stderr, and exit code.
- Exit 0 → bootstrap ready; proceed to Step 5.
- Non-zero exit → extract the
ACCELERATOR_DOWNGRADE_REASON=<enum>line from stderr.- If provisional mode was
hybrid: downgrade tocode. Print the downgrade notice (see below) and record it inCrawl Notes. Then skip to Step 7 (no ping needed). - If provisional mode was
runtime: hard-fail with the bootstrap stderr and stop.
- If provisional mode was
Downgrade notice: run notify-downgrade.sh --from <mode> --to code --reason <enum> and
print its stdout before the crawl starts (not only in Crawl Notes).
5. Confirm Executor Liveness
Section titled “5. Confirm Executor Liveness”Only if Step 4 succeeded (bootstrap ready), run:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/design/inventory-design/scripts/playwright/run.sh ping- Returns
{"ok":true,...}→ executor is healthy; proceed to Step 6. - Returns error JSON or fails → treat as
executor-ping-failed.- If provisional mode was
hybrid: downgrade tocode. Runnotify-downgrade.sh --from hybrid --to code --reason executor-ping-failedand print the result. Record inCrawl Notes. - If provisional mode was
runtime: hard-fail with the ping error and stop.
- If provisional mode was
6. Finalize Crawler Mode
Section titled “6. Finalize Crawler Mode”The crawler mode is now finalised. Use what survived Steps 3–5:
- If Step 3 set
code, usecode. - If Steps 4–5 succeeded for
runtimeorhybrid, use that mode. - If downgrade occurred in Steps 4 or 5, use
code.
7. Compute Next Sequence Number
Section titled “7. Compute Next Sequence Number”Scan all *-{source-id}/inventory.md files under the design inventories root.
Read each frontmatter sequence field. Take max + 1, starting at 1 if none
exist. This is the sequence number for the new inventory.
8. Spawn Agents in Parallel
Section titled “8. Spawn Agents in Parallel”Based on the chosen crawler mode:
code mode: spawn {codebase locator agent} and {codebase analyser agent}
in parallel to discover and extract:
- Design tokens (Tailwind config, CSS custom properties, design-token JSON, theme files)
- Component inventory (JSX/TSX/Vue/Svelte files, named exports, prop signatures)
- Routing config (React Router, Next.js pages/app, Vue Router)
- Feature flags and conditional blocks
runtime mode: spawn {browser locator agent} to enumerate routes/screens,
then spawn {browser analyser agent} for each screen group in parallel.
hybrid mode: spawn both code and browser agents in parallel. Use code-static
output as ground truth for tokens and component names; use runtime output for
screen states, computed styles, and screenshots.
Crawl bounds (enforced regardless of crawler mode):
- Page cap: at most 50 distinct routes per crawl. On cap hit, write the
inventory with
status: incompleteand list unreached routes inCrawl Notes. - Wall-clock timeout: 5 minutes total per crawl. Same handling.
- Screenshot byte budget: 50 MB per crawl. When exhausted, skip remaining
screenshots and record which screens have no visual capture in
Crawl Notes. The crawl continues until another bound fires; the inventory is written withscreenshots_incomplete: truein frontmatter.
Screenshot masking: the executor automatically masks [type=password],
[autocomplete*=token], and [data-secret] selectors in screenshots. Never
attempt to read or expose the values of masked fields.
URL scrubbing: strip query strings from any URL written into the inventory
body (screen routes, references). Document this reduction in Crawl Notes.
Auth-header origin allowlist (security-critical): if auth mode is header,
the executor’s route() handler enforces that ACCELERATOR_BROWSER_AUTH_HEADER
is injected only on navigations whose origin matches the resolved [location]
origin or the ACCELERATOR_BROWSER_LOGIN_URL origin. Instruct the
{browser analyser agent} to enforce this explicitly for any manual header
injection it performs.
9. Synthesise
Section titled “9. Synthesise”Compile agent findings into the five inventory categories:
- Design tokens — colour, typography, spacing, radius, shadow (with token names and computed values)
- Component catalogue — name, variants, props summary, usage count
- Screen inventory — route, observed states (loading/empty/error/success), screenshot paths
- Feature catalogue — named features, activation mechanism (route, flag, interaction)
- Information architecture — navigation structure, primary user flows
10. Generate Metadata
Section titled “10. Generate Metadata”Run:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/design/inventory-design/scripts/inventory-metadata.sh11. Populate frontmatter and write artifact (atomic)
Section titled “11. Populate frontmatter and write artifact (atomic)”Build the inventory under a sibling temporary directory:
<design_inventories>/.YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS-{source-id}.tmp/ inventory.md screenshots/Use the design-inventory template:
!`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-template.sh design-inventory`Before writing inventory.md, substitute every field below with
the indicated value, using the helper output captured in Step 10
(Current Date/Time (UTC):, Current Revision:, Repository Name:):
type:←design-inventoryid:← the inventory directory name (e.g.YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS-{source-id}), always quoted as a YAML stringtitle:←Design Inventory: {source-id}date:← theCurrent Date/Time (UTC):valueauthor:← the author resolved per the standard chain (config → VCS user → prompt)producer:←inventory-designstatus:←draftrevision:← theCurrent Revision:value (omit when the source is not a code repository — the helper omits the line itself in that case)repository:← theRepository Name:value (same omission rule)last_updated:← the sameCurrent Date/Time (UTC):valuelast_updated_by:← the same value resolved forauthorschema_version:←1(bare integer)
Optional linkage keys are omit-by-default (ADR-0040): the template shows
each as ""/[], but write a key into the artifact only when it has
a value, and omit it entirely otherwise (do not carry the empty
placeholder through).
parent:← the work item this inventory supports, as a typed-linkage ref ("work-item:NNNN"). Fill when the inventory has an owning work item; otherwise omit the key.relates_to:← list of typed-linkage refs to related artifacts (["design-inventory:NNNN", ...]). Fill when relationships are explicit; otherwise omit the key.
The domain fields (source, source_kind, source_location,
crawler, sequence, screenshots_incomplete) are filled from
the values resolved in earlier steps.
Pre-write secret scrubber: before moving the tmp directory to its final name, run:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/design/inventory-design/scripts/scrub-secrets.sh \ "<tmp_dir>/inventory.md"If it exits non-zero, delete the tmp directory and report the error. Do not write the artifact. Do not print the value of any environment variable in the error message.
Move the tmp directory to its final name:
<design_inventories>/YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS-{source-id}/Both the directory glob and the resolver explicitly skip leading-dot directories,
so an in-progress .tmp/ is invisible to readers.
Supersede prior inventories: after the new directory is in place, glob
*-{source-id}/ under the inventory root (excluding leading-dot names). Exclude
the just-written directory. For each remaining directory where inventory.md has
status: draft or status: accepted, set status: superseded. This step is
idempotent; if it fails partway through, the new directory is already
authoritative (the resolver uses sequence as its primary tiebreaker).
12. Cleanup
Section titled “12. Cleanup”If a Playwright daemon was started (Steps 4–5 succeeded), stop it:
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/design/inventory-design/scripts/playwright/run.sh daemon-stopThis is belt-and-braces — the browser agents also call run.sh daemon-stop as their final
action. Running it here ensures cleanup even if an agent exits abnormally.
13. Present Summary
Section titled “13. Present Summary”Report:
- The artifact path
- Source-id, location, crawler mode used
- Count of tokens, components, screens, and features discovered
- Any crawl bounds that fired (cap, timeout, screenshot budget)
- Any auth-walled routes that were skipped
- Whether a prior inventory was superseded
Suggest next steps:
- Run
/accelerator:inventory-design <target-source-id> <target-location>for the target design surface if not already done - Run
/accelerator:analyse-design-gaps <current-source-id> <target-source-id>to compute the gap
Important Guidelines
Section titled “Important Guidelines”- Never fabricate observations. Record only what agents actually found.
- If a partial crawl fires a bound, write what was found and mark the inventory
status: incomplete— do not silently drop data. - Do not expose env-var values in any output, log, or artifact body.
- The
sequencefield is the resolver’s primary tiebreaker. Always compute it by reading existing inventories before writing. - The
.tmp/→ final directory rename is atomic on POSIX filesystems. Do not write directly to the final directory name.
!${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-skill-instructions.sh inventory-design

