Extract

Identify reusable patterns, components, and design tokens, then extract and consolidate them into the design system for systematic reuse.

Discover

Analyze the target area to identify extraction opportunities:

1. Find the design system: Locate your design system, component library, or shared UI directory (grep for "design system", "ui", "components", etc.). Understand its structure:

   • Component organization and naming conventions
   • Design token structure (if any)
   • Documentation patterns
   • Import/export conventions

   CRITICAL: If no design system exists, ask before creating one. Understand the preferred location and structure first.

2. Identify patterns: Look for:

   • Repeated components: Similar UI patterns used multiple times (buttons, cards, inputs, etc.)
   • Hard-coded values: Colors, spacing, typography, shadows that should be tokens
   • Inconsistent variations: Multiple implementations of the same concept (3 different button styles)
   • Reusable patterns: Layout patterns, composition patterns, interaction patterns worth systematizing

3. Assess value: Not everything should be extracted. Consider:

   • Is this used 3+ times, or likely to be reused?
   • Would systematizing this improve consistency?
   • Is this a general pattern or context-specific?
   • What's the maintenance cost vs benefit?

Plan Extraction

Create a systematic extraction plan:

• Components to extract: Which UI elements become reusable components?
• Tokens to create: Which hard-coded values become design tokens?
• Variants to support: What variations does each component need?
• Naming conventions: Component names, token names, prop names that match existing patterns
• Migration path: How to refactor existing uses to consume the new shared versions

IMPORTANT: Design systems grow incrementally. Extract what's clearly reusable now, not everything that might someday be reusable.

Extract & Enrich