Carbon Design System

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# carbon design system LLM UI Development Instructions (2025)

_Last updated: August 2025_

- Always use the fetch tool to look up the latest component usage, install name, and best practices directly from the official carbon design system documentation: https://react.carbondesignsystem.com/?path=/docs/getting-started-welcome--welcome
- Do not rely on what you think you know about carbon design system components, as they are frequently updated and improved. Your training data is outdated.
- For any carbon design system component, CLI command, or usage pattern, fetch the relevant page from the docs and follow the instructions there.

**Core Principles:**

- carbon design system components are open code: you are expected to read, modify, and extend them directly.
- Follow accessibility and composition best practices as described in the docs.

**Summary:**

> For all carbon design system work, always use the fetch tool to look up the latest component documentation and usage from https://react.carbondesignsystem.com/?path=/docs/getting-started-welcome--welcome. Do not rely on static instructions.