---
name: suggest-lucide-icons
description: "Pick Lucide icons for a concept, UI placement, or vault note. Searches lucide.dev for real icon names. Use when the user says 'what icon for X', 'suggest a Lucide icon', 'pick an icon', or needs an icon for note frontmatter, a button, or a section header."
model: sonnet, inherit
metadata:
  author: nweii
  version: "1.3.0"
---

# Suggest Lucide Icons

Suggest the most relevant icons from the [Lucide open source icon pack](https://lucide.dev) to symbolize a concept or fit specific UI placements. I am skilled in symbolic interpretation and mental associations across culture, symbology, science, and design.

## Input

Provide one or both:

- **Concept**: The idea, action, or meaning to represent
- **Screenshot**: UI context showing where icons are needed

## Naming conventions

Icon names follow strict rules — apply these when generating candidates:

- **kebab-case**: `arrow-up` not `Arrow Up`
- **International English**: `color` not `colour`
- **Group variants**: `<group>-<variant>` — e.g. `badge-plus` is based on `badge`
- **Multiple elements, different sizes**: list largest first — `circle-person` if circle is bigger
- **Element with modifier**: `[element]-[modifier]` — `circle-dashed` not `dashed-circle`; combined: `circle-dashed-heart-broken`

## Process

1. **Brainstorm associations**

   - Key ideas and visual metaphors related to the concept
   - Context clues from screenshot if provided
   - Generate 4–6 candidate icon names in kebab-case (e.g. `arrow-right`, `circle-check`)

2. **Verify candidates**

   - For each candidate, fetch: `https://unpkg.com/lucide-static@latest/icons/[icon-name].svg`
   - Use WebFetch or follow redirects (`curl -L`) — unpkg issues a 302 before the final response
   - SVG content in the response means the icon exists; a 404 means it doesn't
   - Discard any that don't exist; try alternate names if needed to reach 3 confirmed icons

3. **Present 3 confirmed candidates**

   - Icon name
   - Why it fits (symbolic meaning, visual clarity, context appropriateness)

4. **Recommend best choice**
   - Single strongest option
   - Rationale for recommendation

## Guidelines

- Never suggest an icon without confirming it via the unpkg URL
- Never suggest made-up icon names
- If fewer than 3 candidates survive verification, brainstorm more before giving up
- If no good matches exist after thorough searching, say so
- For screenshots, tailor to specific design context
- Provide a distinct recommendation for each icon needed
- Ready for multiple feedback rounds to refine suggestions

## Output Format

**Brainstorm**: [Key associations and metaphors]

**Candidate Icons**:

1. **icon-name** — Explanation of fit
2. **icon-name** — Explanation of fit
3. **icon-name** — Explanation of fit

**Recommendation**: **icon-name** — Why this is the strongest choice for [context]