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smithery.ai

building-nds-ui

Generates UI components in National Design Studio style.

First seen Mar 23, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add https://smithery.ai
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Summary

  • Generates UI components in National Design Studio style.
  • Use when building government websites, landing pages with Instrument Serif typography, warm beige or dark navy themes, full-viewport heroes, or when user mentions NDS, realfood.gov, trumprx.gov, or "America by Design" aesthetic.

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Package contents

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  • skill md SKILL.md 2,691 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 308 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 1 installs

SKILL.md

NDS UI Style

Generates UI in the style of National Design Studio - the team behind realfood.gov, trumprx.gov, and americabydesign.gov.

Typography

  • Headlines: Instrument Serif (or Playfair Display, DM Serif), scale 4xl-8xl
  • Body: Inter or system-ui sans-serif
  • Labels: Monospace uppercase, tracking-widest
// Next.js font setup
import { Instrument_Serif, Inter } from 'next/font/google'

const serif = Instrument_Serif({ weight: '400', subsets: ['latin'], variable: '--font-serif' })
const sans = Inter({ subsets: ['latin'], variable: '--font-sans' })

Color Palettes

Light theme (realfood.gov):

--background: #F3F0D6;  /* warm beige */
--foreground: #1a1a1a;
--muted: #e8e5d0;

Dark theme (trumprx.gov):

--background: #0a0a0a;
--foreground: #ffffff;
--accent: #f5f5dc;  /* warm cream */

Layout Principles

  • Heroes: h-screen, centered content, bg-black/30 overlay on images
  • Max width: max-w-7xl (1280px)
  • Whitespace: px-6 mobile, px-12+ desktop
  • Sections: py-20 md:py-32, alternating backgrounds

Core Patterns

Hero Section:

<section className="relative h-screen flex items-center justify-center">
  <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-black/30" />
  <Image src="..." fill className="object-cover -z-10" />
  <div className="relative z-10 text-center text-white max-w-4xl px-6">
    <h1 className="font-serif text-5xl md:text-7xl">Headline</h1>
    <p className="mt-6 text-xl md:text-2xl">Subheadline</p>
  </div>
</section>

Statistics: Large serif numbers + monospace uppercase labels

Buttons: bg-white text-black px-8 py-4 hover:bg-gray-100 transition-colors

Navigation: Transparent over hero, logo left, minimal links right

Tailwind Config

extend: {
  colors: { 'warm-cream': '#F3F0D6', 'warm-beige': '#e8e5d0' },
  fontFamily: {
    serif: ['var(--font-serif)', 'Georgia', 'serif'],
    sans: ['var(--font-sans)', 'system-ui', 'sans-serif'],
  },
}

Visual Style

  • Photography over illustrations
  • Semi-transparent overlays for text legibility
  • Minimal ornamentation
  • Alternating section backgrounds (cream/white/dark)

Reference

  • Components: See [reference/components.md](reference/components.md) for full component examples
  • Sites: realfood.gov, trumprx.gov, americabydesign.gov, ndstudio.gov