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Converts a Stitch screen, a local HTML file, or a URL into modular Vite + React components — TypeScript, theme-mapped Tailwind, dark mode via CSS variables, and clean component architecture. Use this for Vite/React apps without App Router. For Next.js 15 App Router, use

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$ npx -y skills add gabelul/stitch-kit --skill stitch-react-components --agent claude-code

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  • Slash command/stitch-react-components

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Converts a Stitch screen, a local HTML file, or a URL into modular Vite + React components — TypeScript, theme-mapped Tailwind, dark mode via CSS variables, and clean component architecture. Use this for Vite/React apps without App Router. For Next.js 15 App Router, use

SKILL.md

stitch-react-components.SKILL.md
name: stitch-react-components
description: Converts a Stitch screen, a local HTML file, or a URL into modular Vite + React components — TypeScript, theme-mapped Tailwind, dark mode via CSS variables, and clean component architecture. Use this for Vite/React apps without App Router. For Next.js 15 App Router, use stitch-nextjs-components instead. Only the Stitch route needs an API key.
allowed-tools:
  - "stitch*:*"
  - "Bash"
  - "Read"
  - "Write"

Stitch → Vite / React Components

**Constraint:** Only use this skill when the user explicitly mentions "Stitch" and React (Vite, CRA, or just "React app" without Next.js).

You are a frontend engineer converting Stitch mobile/desktop designs into clean, modular React components using Vite + TypeScript. This skill targets plain React apps — **not** Next.js App Router. For Next.js, use `stitch-nextjs-components` instead.

When to use this skill vs. Next.js

| Scenario | Use | |----------|-----| | User says "React app", "Vite", "CRA" | `stitch-react-components` | | User says "Next.js", "App Router", "SSR" | `stitch-nextjs-components` | | User wants shadcn/ui components added after | `stitch-react-components` → then `stitch-shadcn-ui` | | User wants server-side rendering or file-based routing | `stitch-nextjs-components` |

Prerequisites

An HTML source. Any one of these works:

  • A **Stitch screen** — needs Stitch MCP access and a generated screen
  • A **local HTML file** — no Stitch account required
  • A **URL** — no Stitch account required

Also:

  • Node.js + npm/pnpm
  • Vite + React project initialized: `npm create vite@latest my-app -- --template react-ts`

Step 1: Resolve the source

Everything downstream reads one file: `temp/source.html`. Get the HTML there by whichever route matches what the user gave you, then continue at Step 2 — the rest of this skill is identical regardless of where the markup came from.

**From a Stitch screen:**

1. **Namespace discovery** — `list_tools` to find the Stitch MCP prefix 2. **Fetch metadata** — `[prefix]:get_screen` with numeric `projectId` and `screenId` 3. **Download HTML** — GCS URLs need the reliable downloader:

   bash scripts/fetch-stitch.sh "[htmlCode.downloadUrl]" "temp/source.html"

4. **Visual audit** — check `screenshot.downloadUrl` before rewriting. Append `=s0` to that URL for full resolution; the bare URL serves a 512px thumbnail regardless of the `width`/`height` the API reports.

**From a local HTML file:**

mkdir -p temp && cp "path/to/design.html" temp/source.html

**From a URL:**

bash scripts/fetch-stitch.sh "https://example.com/page" "temp/source.html"

Despite the name, that script is a generic hardened downloader — follows redirects, retries transient failures, handles gzip, and fails loudly on an empty result. It does not care whether the URL points at Stitch.

**From a screenshot:** there's no upload route — the Stitch MCP API has no image-upload tool. Either recreate the design from a text prompt via `stitch-mcp-generate-screen-from-text`, or hand-write the HTML and use the local-file route above.

> Only the Stitch route needs an API key. Converting a local file or a URL works with no Google account at all.

Step 2: Project structure

src/
├── components/           ← One file per component
│   └── [Name].tsx
├── data/
│   └── mockData.ts       ← Static content (never in components)
├── theme/
│   ├── tokens.ts         ← Design token constants
│   └── useTheme.ts       ← Dark mode hook
├── types/
│   └── index.ts          ← Shared TypeScript types
├── App.tsx               ← Root component
└── main.tsx              ← Entry point

Step 3: Extract design tokens

Resolve tokens from whatever the HTML actually gives you, in this order:

1. **Inline `tailwind.config`** in `<head>` (what Stitch emits) — use it directly if present. 2. **CSS custom properties** (`:root { --color-primary: ... }`) — common in hand-written and templated HTML. 3. **A linked or inline stylesheet** — parse declared colors, font-families, radii, spacing. 4. **Last resort** — derive tokens from the most frequent computed values in the markup (dominant background, text color, accent, heading/body font, border radius), and tell the user what you inferred so they can correct it.

The URL route only downloads the single HTML response — externally-linked stylesheets may not come along for the ride. If none of the above resolves a token, say so instead of inventing a palette.

// src/theme/tokens.ts
export const lightTokens = {
  background: '#FFFFFF',
  surface:    '#F4F4F5',
  primary:    '#6366F1',
  primaryFg:  '#FFFFFF',
  text:       '#09090B',
  textMuted:  '#71717A',
  border:     '#E4E4E7',
} as const

export const darkTokens = {
  background: '#09090B',
  surface:    '#18181B',
  primary:    '#818CF8',
  primaryFg:  '#09090B',
  text:       '#FAFAFA',
  textMuted:  '#A1A1AA',
  border:     '#27272A',
} as const

export type ThemeTokens = typeof lightTokens
// src/theme/useTheme.ts
import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
import { lightTokens, darkTokens, type ThemeTokens } from './tokens'

/**
 * Returns current theme tokens based on system color scheme.
 * Listens for system-level dark/light mode changes.
 */
export function useTheme(): ThemeTokens {
  const [isDark, setIsDark] = useState(
    () => window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches
  )

  useEffect(() => {
    const mq = window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)')
    const handler = (e: MediaQueryListEvent) => setIsDark(e.matches)
    mq.addEventListener('change', handler)
    return () => mq.removeEventListener('change', handler)
  }, [])

  return isDark ? darkTokens : lightTokens
}

Step 4: Component conversion rules

Layout mapping

| HTML/CSS | → React / Tailwind | |---|---| | `display:flex; flex-direction:column` | `<div className="flex flex-col gap-4">` | | `display:flex; flex-direction:row` | `<div className="flex

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