Stitch::react Components

google-labs-code/stitch::react-components

>- Converts Stitch designs into modular Vite and React components, or syncs/updates existing React components to align with the latest Stitch designs, using system-level networking and AST-based validation.

7k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

ships runnable scripts

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

7913

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on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/google-labs-code/stitch-skills --skill stitch::react-components

What comes with it

18 073 bytes besides the instruction

README.md

examples/gold-standard-card.tsx

package-lock.json

package.json

resources/architecture-checklist.md

resources/component-template.tsx

resources/stitch-api-reference.md

resources/style-guide.json

scripts/fetch-stitch.sh

scripts/validate.js

The instruction itself

10 sections, as written by the author

Stitch to React Components

You are a frontend engineer focused on transforming designs into clean React code or syncing/updating existing React components to align with the latest Stitch designs. You follow a modular approach and use automated tools to ensure code quality.

> CRITICAL: Every step in this skill is MANDATORY. Do NOT skip any step or take shortcuts. Each section contains a GATE that must be satisfied before proceeding.

Phase 1: Retrieval and networking

> GATE: Phase 1 is complete ONLY when all screens have been downloaded via scripts/fetch-stitch.sh AND visually audited. Reading local files directly without going through this phase is PROHIBITED.

Namespace discovery: Run list_tools to find the Stitch MCP prefix. Use this prefix (e.g., stitch:) for all subsequent calls.
Metadata fetch: Call [prefix]:get_screen for EVERY screen in the project to retrieve the design JSON with download URLs. Do NOT skip any screen.
Check for existing designs: Before downloading, check if .stitch/designs/{page}.html and .stitch/designs/{page}.png already exist:
If files exist: Ask the user whether to refresh the designs from the Stitch project using the MCP, or reuse the existing local files. You MUST ask — do not assume. Only re-download if the user confirms.
If files do not exist: Proceed to step 4.
High-reliability download: Internal AI fetch tools can fail on Google Cloud Storage domains. You MUST use the provided script.
HTML: bash scripts/fetch-stitch.sh "[htmlCode.downloadUrl]" ".stitch/designs/{page}.html"
Screenshot: Append =w{width} to the screenshot URL first, where {width} is the width value from the screen metadata (Google CDN serves low-res thumbnails by default). Then run: bash scripts/fetch-stitch.sh "[screenshot.downloadUrl]=w{width}" ".stitch/designs/{page}.png"
This script handles the necessary redirects and security handshakes.
Visual audit: Review the downloaded screenshot (.stitch/designs/{page}.png) to confirm design intent and layout details. You MUST view each screenshot — do not proceed based on assumptions about the design.
Project metadata tracking: Retrieve project configuration using [prefix]:get_project and save it to .stitch/metadata.json (inside the app folder, and mirrored in the workspace root). Ensure it has:
projectId, title, deviceType
A Last Sync Time field matching the current sync ISO execution time
A screens map detailing each screen's ID, label, sourceScreen reference, dimensions, and canvasPosition.

Anti-patterns for Phase 1

❌ Reading .stitch/designs/*.html directly without calling MCP get_screen first.
❌ Skipping the fetch-stitch.sh download script.
❌ Not asking the user when existing files are found.
❌ Skipping the visual audit of .png screenshots.
❌ Failing to generate or update .stitch/metadata.json and its Last Sync Time field upon syncing.

Phase 2: Style extraction

> GATE: Phase 2 is complete ONLY when resources/style-guide.json has been updated with tokens extracted from the current project's HTML <head>. Tokens from a previous project are NOT acceptable.

Extract tailwind.config: Open each downloaded HTML file and locate the tailwind.config object in the <head> <script> block. Extract:
All color tokens
Font families
Spacing values
Border radius values
Font size/typography tokens
Sync resources/style-guide.json: Overwrite the file with the extracted tokens from THIS project. The style guide MUST match the Stitch project being converted.
Verify sync: Confirm the primary color, font families, and spacing in the updated style-guide.json match what you extracted.

Anti-patterns for Phase 2

❌ Using style-guide.json as-is without verifying it matches the current project.
❌ Using hardcoded hex values in components instead of theme-mapped classes.

Phase 3: Architectural rules

> GATE: Every component MUST satisfy ALL of the following rules. Violations will cause npm run validate to fail.

Modular components: Break the design into independent files. Each reusable UI pattern (cards, badges, pagination, search bars) MUST be extracted into its own component in src/components/. Monolithic page files that contain everything are PROHIBITED.
Logic isolation: Move event handlers and business logic into custom hooks in src/hooks/. Examples: pagination logic → usePagination, filtering → useFilter.
Data decoupling: Move ALL static text, image URLs, and lists into src/data/mockData.ts. No hardcoded content in components.
Type safety: EVERY component file (including pages) MUST include a Readonly TypeScript interface named [ComponentName]Props. The validator checks for this — files without a Props interface will FAIL validation.
Project specific: Focus on the target project's needs and constraints. Leave Google license headers out of the generated React components.
Navigation wiring: Stitch screens are standalone pages with href="#" placeholder links. When building a multi-page React app:
Replace ALL href="#" anchors with React Router <Link> components pointing to the correct routes.
Always make the app logo/title in the TopAppBar a <Link to="/"> so users can navigate home from any page. This is critical because Stitch bottom nav bars use md:hidden and are invisible on desktop — without a clickable logo, desktop users have no way to return to the home page.
Wire the bottom nav items and sidebar nav items to their corresponding routes using <Link> with active-state highlighting based on useLocation().
Style mapping: Use theme-mapped Tailwind classes from the synced style-guide.json. No arbitrary hex codes.
Dark mode: Apply dark: variants to ALL color classes throughout every component.

Anti-patterns for Phase 3

❌ Putting all UI in a single monolithic page file.
❌ Inline event handlers or business logic without hooks.
❌ Hardcoding text, URLs, or data in component files.
❌ Components without a [Name]Props interface.
❌ Using hex color values instead of theme tokens.
❌ Leaving href="#" links unconverted.

Phase 4: Execution steps

> GATE: Phase 4 verification, audits, and validation checks are optional. You MUST ask the user's permission to proceed with validation scripts, running local dev servers, or automated browser testing.

Environment setup: If node_modules is missing, run npm install to enable the validation tools.
Data layer: Create src/data/mockData.ts based on the design content.
Component drafting: Use resources/component-template.tsx as a base. Find and replace ALL instances of StitchComponent with the actual name of the component you are creating.
Application wiring: Update the project entry point (like App.tsx) to render the new components.
Quality check (Optional - Ask User first):
Run npm run validate <file_path> for EVERY .tsx file in src/components/ and src/pages/ to report component validity.
Run tsc --noEmit to verify TypeScript compile status.
Check output against resources/architecture-checklist.md.
Obtain permission before starting the dev server with npm run dev or initiating visual browser audits to verify the live result.

Anti-patterns for Phase 4

❌ Commencing dev server start or browser audits without user consent.
❌ Declaring task "done" without verifying code compiles.

Troubleshooting

Fetch errors: Ensure the URL is quoted in the bash command to prevent shell errors.
Validation errors: Review the AST report and fix any missing interfaces or hardcoded styles. The most common failure is a missing Props interface — every component (including pages) needs one.
Dead navigation links: Stitch HTML uses href="#" placeholders everywhere. Every <a href="#"> must be converted to a <Link to="/route"> with a real route. Verify all nav items are clickable and lead to the correct page.
Stale style-guide.json: If colors or fonts look wrong, the style-guide.json likely has tokens from a different project. Re-extract from the current HTML <head>.

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take google-labs-code/stitch::react-components from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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Install what it needs

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