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How to build a UI in the Trigger.dev style

Trigger.dev (trigger.dev) reads as Industrial Dark Slate & Electric Acid-Lime Telemetry — Deep gunmetal #121317 canvas with #15171A / #212327 workflow nodes, #1C1E21 structural borders, 60px Satoshi-Variable headings, Geist Mono logs, and #A8FF53 electric lime status accents. This guide turns its extracted computed styles into an implementation kit: a live preview, the exact palette and type scale, real button and card recipes, the rules to avoid, and drop-in CSS variables, Tailwind config and a Cursor / Claude Code SKILL.md snippet.

Source: computed styles extracted from https://trigger.dev on 2026-10-26 by the taste-skill extractor. Brand fonts may be proprietary; previews fall back to Inter / system fonts. Trigger.dev is a trademark of its owner; this page documents publicly visible styling for reference and is not affiliated with Trigger.dev.

Live preview with Trigger.dev tokens

Trigger.dev style · dark
Ship the product, not the pixels.
Preview text rendered with the extracted Trigger.dev canvas, text, muted and accent tokens.
AI agents Media processing
Card on extracted card recipe
Accent link: #A8FF53 · border #1C1E21

Color palette (dark mode)

RoleValueTailwindUsage
canvasBg#121317bg-[#121317]Primary Trigger.dev page canvas
surfaceElevated#15171Abg-[#15171A]Primary elevated card & bento surface
surfaceSecondary#15171Abg-[#15171A]Secondary interactive container / hover fill
borderPrimary#1C1E21border-[#1C1E21]Primary structural divider (1px solid #1C1E21)
borderSecondary#3B3E45border-[#3B3E45]Secondary nested module or pill border
textPrimary#D7D9DDtext-[#D7D9DD]Hero H1, section H2 & high-contrast foreground
textMuted#878C99text-[#878C99]Lead paragraphs, descriptions & muted labels
accentPrimary#A8FF53bg-[#A8FF53]Primary interactive CTA & brand highlight (4px)
accentSecondary#A8FF53text-[#A8FF53]Secondary badge, syntax or telemetry highlight

Typography

Heading Satoshi-Variable · body Inter / Satoshi · mono Geist Mono

LevelComputed spec
Hero H160px | line-height 60px (leading-[1]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 600 (font-[600]) | color #E8E9EC (text-[#E8E9EC]) | font Satoshi-Variable
Section H2 (Primary)30px | line-height 36px (leading-[1.2]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 600 (font-[600]) | color #D7D9DD (text-[#D7D9DD]) | font Satoshi-Variable
Card / Feature H336px | line-height 40px (leading-[1.11]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 600 (font-[600]) | color #878C99 (text-[#878C99]) | font Satoshi-Variable
Body Copy (Paragraph)18px | line-height 28px (leading-[1.56]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 400 (font-[400]) | color #B5B8C0 (text-[#B5B8C0]) | font Geist
Monospace / Code Block14px | line-height 20px (leading-[1.43]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 400 (font-[400]) | color #9C9AF2 (text-[#9C9AF2]) | font Geist Mono

Spacing, radius, depth and motion

Token familyMost frequent values (count on page)
Border radius4px ×54 · 6px ×1
Box shadowrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 1px 2px 0px ×1
Grid / flex gap12px ×46 · 8px ×34 · normal 4px ×13 · 4px ×6 · normal 12px ×5 · 6px ×3
Container max-width1224px ×19 · 1440px ×13 · 768px ×3 · 1222px ×2
Section vertical padding320px / 96px ×1
Easingcubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) ×184
Duration0.15s ×60 · 0.3s ×52 · 0.2s ×39 · 0.5s ×29

Component recipes

Buttons (2 distinct)

RenderedHeightPaddingRadiusBackground / TextBorderFont
AI agents40px0px 12px4px#212327
#D7D9DD
1px solid #1C1E2116px / 400
Media processing40px0px 12px4px#121317
#B5B8C0
1px solid #1C1E2116px / 400

Cards (1 distinct)

#BackgroundBorderRadiusPaddingShadow
1#15171A1px solid #1C1E214px0px 0pxnone

Rules: what never to do in the Trigger.dev style

Copy-paste kit

CSS variables
:root {
  /* Trigger.dev style — extracted from trigger.dev by taste-skill */
  --canvas: #121317;
  --surface: #15171A;
  --text: #D7D9DD;
  --text-muted: #878C99;
  --accent: #A8FF53;
  --border: #1C1E21;
  --font-heading: Satoshi-Variable, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
  --font-body: 'Inter / Satoshi', Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
  --font-mono: 'Geist Mono', 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
  --h1-size: 60px;
  --h1-tracking: 0em;
  --h1-weight: 600;
  --radius-button: 4px;
  --radius-common: 4px;
  --shadow-common: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 1px 2px 0px;
  --ease: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
  --duration: 0.15s;
}
tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js — Trigger.dev style tokens (taste-skill)
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        canvas: "#121317",
        surface: "#15171A",
        ink: "#D7D9DD",
        muted: "#878C99",
        accent: "#A8FF53",
        line: "#1C1E21",
      },
      fontFamily: {
        heading: ["Satoshi-Variable", 'Inter', 'system-ui', 'sans-serif'],
        sans: ["Inter / Satoshi", 'Inter', 'system-ui', 'sans-serif'],
        mono: ["Geist Mono", 'ui-monospace', 'monospace'],
      },
      fontSize: { display: ["60px", { letterSpacing: "0em", fontWeight: "600" }] },
      borderRadius: { button: "4px", card: "4px" },
      boxShadow: { brand: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 1px 2px 0px" },
      transitionTimingFunction: { brand: "cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)" },
    },
  },
};
.cursor/skills/trigger-style/SKILL.md
---
name: trigger-style
description: Build UI in the Trigger.dev visual style (Industrial Dark Slate & Electric Acid-Lime Telemetry). Use when the user asks for a Trigger.dev-like look.
---

# Trigger.dev Style — Quick Rules (source: trigger.dev, extracted by taste-skill)

## Tokens
- canvasBg: #121317 — Primary Trigger.dev page canvas
- surfaceElevated: #15171A — Primary elevated card & bento surface
- surfaceSecondary: #15171A — Secondary interactive container / hover fill
- borderPrimary: #1C1E21 — Primary structural divider (1px solid #1C1E21)
- borderSecondary: #3B3E45 — Secondary nested module or pill border
- textPrimary: #D7D9DD — Hero H1, section H2 & high-contrast foreground
- textMuted: #878C99 — Lead paragraphs, descriptions & muted labels
- accentPrimary: #A8FF53 — Primary interactive CTA & brand highlight (4px)
- accentSecondary: #A8FF53 — Secondary badge, syntax or telemetry highlight

## Typography
- Heading font: Satoshi-Variable; body: Inter / Satoshi; mono: Geist Mono
- Hero H1: 60px | line-height 60px (leading-[1]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 600 (font-[600]) | color #E8E9EC (text-[#E8E9EC]) | font Satoshi-Variable
- Section H2 (Primary): 30px | line-height 36px (leading-[1.2]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 600 (font-[600]) | color #D7D9DD (text-[#D7D9DD]) | font Satoshi-Variable
- Card / Feature H3: 36px | line-height 40px (leading-[1.11]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 600 (font-[600]) | color #878C99 (text-[#878C99]) | font Satoshi-Variable
- Body Copy (Paragraph): 18px | line-height 28px (leading-[1.56]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 400 (font-[400]) | color #B5B8C0 (text-[#B5B8C0]) | font Geist

## Components
- Primary button: height 40px, padding 0px 12px, radius 4px, bg #212327, text #D7D9DD, 16px / 400
- Card: bg #15171A, border 1px solid #1C1E21, radius 4px, padding 0px 0px

## Never
- NEVER substitute generic uncalibrated gray backgrounds for Trigger.dev’s exact #121317 canvas and #15171A surface pairing.
- NEVER replace Satoshi-Variable display typography or ignore its signature scale (60px / 1.0 (w600)).
- NEVER use thick opaque borders that clash with #1C1E21 (1px solid #1C1E21).
- NEVER deviate from the signature button geometry (4px) or introduce off-brand saturated gradients.
- NEVER use default browser monospace when rendering code or telemetry—always pair with Geist Mono.

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