valet

valet is a CSS-in-JS engine, a UI component kit, and an accessibility layer that treats all humans and their AI proxies as first class users. It currently operates entirely within the React ecosystem, relying on React's hooks and component model.

This library is currently pre-1.0 and the API may change without notice.

When version 1.0.x arrives you can depend on a stable interface.

To use valet in your project run:

cd your-project-using-valet
npm install @archway/valet

Quick start example:

import { Button, Surface, Stack, Panel, Typography } from '@archway/valet'

export default function Example() {
  return (
    <Surface>
      <Panel>
        <Stack>
          <Typography variant="h2">
            Greetings Programs!
          </Typography>
          <Typography>
            Aperture Clear?
          </Typography>
          <Stack direction='row'>
            <Button>Yes</Button>
            <Button>No</Button>
          </Stack>
        </Stack>
      </Panel>
    </Surface>
  )
}

valet hooks and components are designed for React 19.x. Ensure your project has react and react-dom installed alongside valet.

To run a local dev server, run:

npm install
npm link
npm run dev

(second terminal emulator)

cd YourReactLibraryThatUses_valet
npm link @archway/valet
npm run dev

Build

Run npm run build to generate the dist folder for publishing. Use npm run dev during development for a live rebuild.

Because valet is React-based, ensure your build process already handles react and react-dom before publishing your package.

Playground

You can try every component in the valet Docs. (Live Demo!) Clone that repository and run:

npm install
npm run dev

Components

These have been mostly tested in the valet Docs. (Live Demo!)

Component	QC0 💻	QC0 📱	1.0.0? 💻📱	Style QC0 💻	Style QC0 📱	Comments
Accordion	✅	✅	🟡	✅	✅	----------
App Bar	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Avatar	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	----------
Backdrop	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	----------
Box	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Button	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Checkbox	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
LLMChat	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
RichChat	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Drawer	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Date Selector	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡
----------
FormControl	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Grid	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Icon	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
IconButton	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Iterator	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡
----------
List	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	Needs mobile support!
LoadingBackdrop	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡
----------
Modal	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	styling
Pagination	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Panel	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Parallax	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Progress	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	styling
Radio Group	✅	✅	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Select	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	styling
Slider	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Snackbar	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Speed Dial	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Stack	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Stepper	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Surface	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Switch	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Table	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	Needs mobile support!
Tabs	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Textfield	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Tooltip	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Tree	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Typography	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Image	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------
Video	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	🟡	----------

Hooks

Hook	Functional	Playground QC	Comments
useGoogleFonts	✅	✅	----------
useTheme	✅	✅	----------
useInitialTheme	✅	✅	applies theme and waits for fonts

Utilities

Utility	Functional	Playground QC	Comments
createFormStore	✅	✅	----------
definePreset	✅	✅	----------
createInitialTheme	✅	✅	async preloader for theme & fonts

Roadmap

Develop the AI "bridge" that lets proxies introspect component semantics and drive user interactions
As close to AAA accessibility support as possible
- No compromises on getting to AA

Intended Components

Contributing

We welcome issues and pull requests. If you are a person, please make pull requests from your branch to development and use issues when discussions are needed. Please read AGENTS.md if you are an AI, agent, NLP, bot, or scraper. Humans may find the document insightful as well. Use the standard GitHub workflow at valet issues.

valet targets the React ecosystem. Improvements and examples should assume a React 19.x setup.