== Background
Coming from {T288383}, we've settled on agreements in the Vue.js designer workshop and the sequential task force for our tokens architecture.
This task is about designing and defining a set of "design tokens" for the Wikimedia Design System.
Design tokens are the smallest pieces of our design system — specifically, they are named entities that store visual design attributes. We use them in place of hard-coded values (such as hex values for color or pixel values for spacing) in order to maintain a scalable and consistent visual system for UI development.
=== User stories
- As an engineer, I need design tokens defined for our system so that I can build assets, components and patterns at a sustainable scale (without having to manually define this repeated specs) while securing consistency across our platforms.
- As a designer, I need repeatable design elements (such as UI colors and spacing) defined, so that I can use them in my mockups and communicate how they should be implemented to engineers.
=== Requirements
These token definitions are for desktop and mobile web platforms, but are also aimed to be used for mobile apps in future.
=== Testing Instructions
TBD - a protocol should be written for a new engineer and designer who are trying to use tokens for the first time in their respective workflow.
Rough structure:
1. Follow Figma template in tokens definition
2. Ensure that component is applying available tokens and don't define tokens in SFC itself or use static design values
3. Report back gaps or token overrides to DS designers
4. Follow further QA component process
== Done
[x] **Decide on design tokens architecture for Wikimedia Design System and Codex** T288383
[ ] **Integrate tokens in Components Overview Figma file **- all of the token names, values and examples per component/pattern T295606
[] **Implement Codex tokens sub-package** – continuously updated tokens representing the design Figma components overview definitions.
[x] Implement tokens in Codex (done via Amazon Style dictionary by @Tonina_Zhelyazkova_WMDE and as workspace package in Codex monorepo). Further Codex packaging discussion at T294993
[x] **Add “WikimediaUI theme” choice (global raw value collection) tokens to Codex package** T296651
[ ] **Provide and clearly mark “legacy” design tokens**, possibly as different theme T288110
[ ] **Add base tokens** representing design decisions to Codex token package T296651
[ ] **Move component-specific tokens into the Codex tokens package** and out of the component styles T295711
[ ] **Use tokens in Codex components code** T297765
[ ] **Protocol for designing future tokens** (after these are shipped) (aka governance model) T295603
[ ] **Documentation for tokens** – for [[ https://doc.wikimedia.org/codex/main/ | designers and engineers ]] on definition and usage T295605
[x] **List/visualize design tokens in Codex's demo site** T295843
The workflow for finding and using a token is tested with designers and engineers.