wpds

What the source does

• FilesystemNone observedNo reads or writes in the source
• NetworkNone observedNo outbound calls in the source
• ShellNone observedNo commands run in the source
• DependenciesPinnedNothing floats
• SecretsNone foundNo keys in source

Five audit layers

Gates applied: no behavioural pass.

Audit 0.4.1 · source sha 171ef55cbb64 · 31 Oct 2026Report an issue or request a re-scan

• Publisherwordpress GitHub organizationOwner of the repository this skill is read from
• Source folderwordpress/agent-skills/skills/wpdsThe exact folder we audited
• LicenceNOASSERTIONAs the repository states it
• Commit pinned for this verdict171ef55cbb64A new audit runs when the source changes
• Repository statusNot archivedLast push 5 days ago
• Sandboxed runNot runSkills are read, not executed; layer L4 is skipped

Its description: Use when building UIs leveraging the WordPress Design System (WPDS) and its components, tokens, patterns, etc.

---
name: wpds
description: "Use when building UIs leveraging the WordPress Design System (WPDS) and its components, tokens, patterns, etc."
compatibility: "Requires WPDS MCP server configured and running. Targets WordPress 7.0+ (PHP 7.4.0+)."
---

# WordPress Design System (WPDS)

## Prerequisites

This skill works best with the **WPDS MCP server** installed. The MCP provides access to WordPress Design System documentation and resources, such as components and DS token lists.

The following terms should be treated as synonyms:
- "WordPress" and "WP";
- "Design System" and "DS";
- "WordPress Design System" and "WPDS".

## When to use

Use this skill when the user mentions:

- building and/or reviewing any UI in a WordPress-related context (for example, Gutenberg, WooCommerce, WordPress.com, Jetpack, etc etc);
- WordPress Design System, WPDS, Design System;
- UI components, Design tokens, color primitives, spacing scales, typography variables and presets;
- Specific component packages such as @wordpress/components or @wordpress/ui;

## Rules

### Use the WPDS MCP server to access WPDS-related documentation

- Use the WPDS MCP server to retrieve the canonical, authoritative documentation:
  - reference site (`wpds://pages`)
  - list of available components (`wpds://components`) and specific component information (`wpds://components/:name`)
  - list of available tokens (`wpds://design-tokens`)
- DO NOT search the web for canonical documentation about the WordPress Design System. If asked by the user, push back and ask for confirmation, warning them that the MCP server is the best place to provide information

### Required documentation

Before working on any WPDS-related tasks, make sure you read relevant documentation on the reference site. This documentation should take the absolute precedence when evaluating the best course of action for any given tasks.

### Boundaries

- Skip non-UI related aspects of an answer (for example, fetching data from stores, or localizing strings of text).
- Focus on building UI that adheres as much as possible to the WPDS best practices, uses the most fitting WPDS components/tokens/patterns.

### Tech stack

- Unless you are told otherwise (or gathered specific information from the local context of the request), assume the following tech stack: TypeScript, React, CSS.

### Validation

- If the local context in which a task is running provide lint scripts, use them to validate the proposed code output when possible.

## Output

- As a recap at the end of your response, provide a clear and concise explanation of what the solution does, and add context to why each decision was made.
- Be explicit about the boundaries, ie. what was explicitly left out of the task because not relevant (eg non-ui related).
- Provide working code snippets

Excerpt, first 2,811 characters of SKILL.md, verbatim from the audited commit. It is text from someone else’s repository, quoted so you can judge it before your agent reads it.

git clone https://github.com/wordpress/agent-skills
git -C agent-skills checkout 171ef55cbb64

Works in

1. 2026-10-31
   ✓SAFE B 89 / 100

   first audit · source 171ef55cbb64

Questions about wpds

• github.com/wordpress/agent-skills/tree/trunk/skills/wpds — the audited source at commit 171ef55cbb64 and every finding aboveObserved · 31 Oct 2026

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