tailwindcss-development
Styles applications using Tailwind CSS v4 utilities. Activates when adding styles, restyling components, working with gradients, spacing, layout, flex, grid, responsive design, dark mode, colors, typography, or borders; or when the user mentions CSS, styling, classes, Tailwind, restyle, hero section, cards, buttons, or any visual/UI changes.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/spatie/freek.dev --skill tailwindcss-development- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads tailwindcss-development automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Tailwind CSS Development
When to Apply
Activate this skill when:
- Adding styles to components or pages
- Working with responsive design
- Implementing dark mode
- Extracting repeated patterns into components
- Debugging spacing or layout issues
Documentation
Use search-docs for detailed Tailwind CSS v4 patterns and documentation.
Basic Usage
- Use Tailwind CSS classes to style HTML. Check and follow existing Tailwind conventions in the project before introducing new patterns.
- Offer to extract repeated patterns into components that match the project's conventions (e.g., Blade, JSX, Vue).
- Consider class placement, order, priority, and defaults. Remove redundant classes, add classes to parent or child elements carefully to reduce repetition, and group elements logically.
Tailwind CSS v4 Specifics
- Always use Tailwind CSS v4 and avoid deprecated utilities.
corePluginsis not supported in Tailwind v4.
CSS-First Configuration
In Tailwind v4, configuration is CSS-first using the @theme directive — no separate tailwind.config.js file is needed:
Import Syntax
In Tailwind v4, import Tailwind with a regular CSS @import statement instead of the @tailwind directives used in v3:
Replaced Utilities
Tailwind v4 removed deprecated utilities. Use the replacements shown below. Opacity values remain numeric.
| Deprecated | Replacement |
|---|---|
| bg-opacity-* | bg-black/* |
| text-opacity-* | text-black/* |
| border-opacity-* | border-black/* |
| divide-opacity-* | divide-black/* |
| ring-opacity-* | ring-black/* |
| placeholder-opacity-* | placeholder-black/* |
| flex-shrink-* | shrink-* |
| flex-grow-* | grow-* |
| overflow-ellipsis | text-ellipsis |
| decoration-slice | box-decoration-slice |
| decoration-clone | box-decoration-clone |
Spacing
Use gap utilities instead of margins for spacing between siblings:
Dark Mode
If existing pages and components support dark mode, new pages and components must support it the same way, typically using the dark: variant:
Common Patterns
Flexbox Layout
<code-snippet name="Flexbox Layout" lang="html"> <div class="flex items-center justify-between gap-4"> <div>Left content</div> <div>Right content</div> </div> </code-snippet>Grid Layout
<code-snippet name="Grid Layout" lang="html"> <div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-6"> <div>Card 1</div> <div>Card 2</div> <div>Card 3</div> </div> </code-snippet>Common Pitfalls
- Using deprecated v3 utilities (bg-opacity-, flex-shrink-, etc.)
- Using
@tailwinddirectives instead of@import "tailwindcss" - Trying to use
tailwind.config.jsinstead of CSS@themedirective - Using margins for spacing between siblings instead of gap utilities
- Forgetting to add dark mode variants when the project uses dark mode
FAQ
What does the tailwindcss-development skill do?
Styles applications using Tailwind CSS v4 utilities. Activates when adding styles, restyling components, working with gradients, spacing, layout, flex, grid, responsive design, dark mode, colors, typography, or borders; or when the user mentions CSS, styling, classes, Tailwind, restyle, hero section, cards, buttons, or any visual/UI changes.
How do I install tailwindcss-development?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/spatie/freek.dev --skill tailwindcss-development in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/tailwindcss-development/ (personal) or .claude/skills/tailwindcss-development/ (project).
Which AI agents can use tailwindcss-development?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is tailwindcss-development safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains tailwindcss-development?
It is published by spatie in spatie/freek.dev. It has 66 recorded installs.
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