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Opal

Onyx's TypeScript component library and design system.

Install

sh
npm install @onyx-ai/opal

Peer dependencies (install whichever the lib actually exercises in your usage):

sh
npm install react react-dom next \
  @radix-ui/react-popover @radix-ui/react-separator \
  @radix-ui/react-slot @radix-ui/react-tooltip \
  @dnd-kit/core @dnd-kit/sortable @dnd-kit/modifiers @dnd-kit/utilities \
  @tanstack/react-table formik \
  react-markdown remark-gfm rehype-sanitize

Setup

1. Import the design tokens once

In your app's root entry (e.g. Next.js app/layout.tsx):

tsx
import "@onyx-ai/opal/styles.css";

The CSS file defines the custom properties (--text-01, --background-neutral-00, etc.) that the Tailwind preset references.

2. Wire up the Tailwind preset

In your tailwind.config.js:

js
module.exports = {
  presets: [require("@onyx-ai/opal/tailwind-preset")],
  content: [
    "./src/**/*.{ts,tsx}",
    "./node_modules/@onyx-ai/opal/dist/**/*.{js,mjs}",
  ],
};

The content glob ensures Tailwind picks up the classes used inside Opal components.

You also need to define the underlying CSS variables (--text-01, etc.) in your own colors.css or import a copy from Onyx. The preset references them but does not define them — they live with the consumer so the consumer controls the palette.

Usage

tsx
import { Button, Text } from "@onyx-ai/opal/components";
import { Content } from "@onyx-ai/opal/layouts";
import SvgPlus from "@onyx-ai/opal/icons/plus";

function MyComponent() {
  return (
    <Content
      icon={SvgPlus}
      title="Hello"
      description="World"
      sizePreset="main-ui"
      variant="section"
    />
  );
}

Subpath imports

SubpathContents
@onyx-ai/opal/componentsButtons, Text, Tag, Tooltip, Popover, Table, etc.
@onyx-ai/opal/layoutsContent, ContentAction, IllustrationContent, Section
@onyx-ai/opal/coreInteractive primitives, Hoverable, Disabled
@onyx-ai/opal/iconsSVG icon components
@onyx-ai/opal/illustrationsLarger SVG illustrations
@onyx-ai/opal/typesShared types (RichStr, IconProps, etc.)
@onyx-ai/opal/utilscn, markdown helpers
@onyx-ai/opal/styles.cssBundled component CSS
@onyx-ai/opal/tailwind-presetTailwind preset with tokens

Structure

web/lib/opal/
├── src/
│   ├── core/             # Low-level primitives (Interactive, Hoverable, Disabled)
│   ├── components/       # High-level components (Button, Popover, Tooltip, Table, ...)
│   ├── layouts/          # Layout primitives (Content, ContentAction, Section, ...)
│   ├── icons/            # SVG icon components
│   ├── illustrations/    # Larger SVG illustrations
│   ├── logos/            # Brand / product logos
│   ├── types.ts          # Shared types (RichStr, IconProps, etc.)
│   ├── utils.ts          # cn, markdown helpers
│   ├── shared.ts
│   └── root.css          # Library-owned design tokens
├── scripts/
│   └── bundle-css.mjs    # Concatenates root.css + leaf component CSS into dist/styles.css
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json         # Source typecheck config
├── tsconfig.build.json   # Used by tsup to emit dist/
├── tsup.config.ts
├── tailwind-preset.cjs
└── README.md

Local development (inside the Onyx repo)

Opal reuses /web/node_modules — it does not have its own node_modules. To add a runtime dependency, declare it under peerDependencies in web/lib/opal/package.json AND add the matching version in the root web/package.json dependencies block, then run bun install in /web so Onyx's web app keeps building.

The package is consumed by web/ as a workspace via web/package.json's "@onyx-ai/opal": "./lib/opal". During Onyx development, web/ resolves Opal source through the @opal/* TypeScript path alias (defined in web/tsconfig.json), so changes are picked up live without running bun run build.

To produce the published artifact:

sh
cd web/lib/opal
bun run build       # tsup -> dist/, then bundle-css.mjs -> dist/styles.css

Releasing to npm

Releases go out through the Release Opal GitHub Actions workflow (.github/workflows/release-opal.yml). It uses npm OIDC Trusted Publishers — no NPM_TOKEN, signed provenance attestation. Pushing a tag is the only thing that triggers a release.

Steps:

  1. Bump version in web/lib/opal/package.json (semver: MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, prerelease suffix -rc.N allowed).

  2. Open a PR with the version bump and any release-shaped changes. Merge it.

  3. From main, tag and push:

    sh
    git switch main && git pull
    git tag opal/v0.1.1
    git push origin opal/v0.1.1
    
  4. The workflow runs automatically on tag push. It builds (tsup + CSS barrel) and runs bun publish --provenance --access public. Watch the run under the Actions tab; verify the new version on https://www.npmjs.com/package/@onyx-ai/opal.

The tag pattern must match opal/v*.*.* for the workflow to fire.

Conventions

  • Component directories are kebab-case (e.g. select-button/, open-button/, content-action/).
  • Each component dir contains components.tsx, README.md, styles.css (when needed), and a <PascalName>.stories.tsx (when applicable).
  • Imports inside the lib use the @opal/ path alias; never @/.
  • Types/interfaces are declared at the top of components.tsx without export; everything is re-exported from a single export { Foo, type FooProps }; block at the bottom.
  • See web/AGENTS.md for broader frontend standards.

Third-party trademarks

The @onyx-ai/opal/logos subpath ships brand marks of third-party products Onyx integrates with. Marks remain the property of their respective owners; Onyx claims no trademark over them. See NOTICE.md for details.