Agent Skills for ZK Development

Agent Skills are specialized capabilities that can be added to AI coding agents to enhance their performance on specific technical tasks. They provide framework-specific coding guidance, architectural best practices, and automated workflows.

zul-writer

zul-writer is a powerful agent skill designed specifically for ZK developers to accelerate UI development and ensure code quality.

Instead of manually creating ZUL files and composer classes, zul-writer can generate them automatically based on either:

  • Natural language descriptions of your UI requirements
  • UI screenshots or mockups (via Visual Analysis)

The skill follows a rigorous 4-step workflow to ensure the generated code meets your project’s needs:

  1. Clarify Requirements: Analyzes your ZK version, the page’s purpose, and your preferred design pattern (MVC or MVVM).
  2. ZUL Generation: Generates a clean ZUL file, prioritizing ZK components over native HTML and using best practices for flexible sizing.
  3. Automated Validation: Enforces code quality through an integrated script that checks for XML well-formedness, XSD schema compliance, and ZK component compatibility.
  4. Controller Generation: Generates the corresponding Java controller class (a ViewModel or SelectorComposer), ready to be wired to your UI.

Further Reading

For a detailed introduction, installation instructions, and a showcase of generated ZK UIs, please refer to the article: Accelerate ZK Development with the AI Agent Skill: zul-writer