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Add new `AppTheme.Icon` entries by pulling Icons8 icons (Arcade style by default) and converting them to Compose ImageVectors via the Valkyrie CLI.

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When to use

Invoke when the user wants to expand the set of icons available in AppTheme.Icon (used by OOTB AppTheme.Fixed themes and user-built AppTheme.Fixed.Custom themes). Icons should match the app's camping / nature / travel theme.

Prerequisites

  • Valkyrie CLI installed (brew install ComposeGears/repo/valkyrie, check with command -v valkyrie). Required — do not hand-translate SVG paths.
  • Icons8 MCP tools available: mcp__icons8mcp__search_icons, mcp__icons8mcp__get_icon_svg.

Conventions (project-specific — follow exactly)

ConcernValue
Icon style (platform)arcade (colored; unless user specifies otherwise)
Iconpack objectCampfireIcons (defined at common/compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/campfire/common/compose/icons/CampfireIcons.kt)
Nested packTheme
ImageVector packageapp.campfire.common.compose.icons.theme
ImageVector files dircommon/compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/campfire/common/compose/icons/theme/
Lazy thread-safetyLazyThreadSafetyMode.PUBLICATION (Valkyrie emits NONE — you must replace it)
Indent2 spaces (ktlint)
Enum locationui/theming/api/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/campfire/ui/theming/api/AppTheme.kt → AppTheme.Icon

Workflow

  1. Search candidates. First read AppTheme.kt and list the existing Icon enum entries so you can exclude them. Then use mcp__icons8mcp__search_icons with platform=arcade and camping/nature/travel query terms (examples: campfire, compass, binoculars, lantern, map, axe, sleeping bag, evergreen, suitcase, log cabin, canoe, fishing, hammock, trail, camper, waterfall, flashlight). Note: some searches return zero (kayak, hammock, thermos) — try synonyms (dinghy, picnic). Fire multiple searches in parallel.

  2. Fetch SVGs in parallel via mcp__icons8mcp__get_icon_svg for each chosen icon id.

  3. Stage SVGs. Write each to /tmp/campfire-icons-svg/<PascalCaseName>.svg. The filename becomes the generated Kotlin property name (CampfireIcons.Theme.<PascalCaseName>) — avoid names that collide with existing Kotlin types (e.g. prefer PaperMap over Map).

  4. Run Valkyrie. Output to a scratch dir first (Valkyrie creates a theme/ subfolder):

    valkyrie svgxml2imagevector \
      --input-path=/tmp/campfire-icons-svg \
      --output-path=/tmp/campfire-icons-out \
      --package-name=app.campfire.common.compose.icons \
      --iconpack-name=CampfireIcons \
      --nested-pack-name=Theme \
      --output-format=lazy-property \
      --indent-size=2 \
      --trailing-comma=true
    

    Key flags: --package-name is the root package (Valkyrie appends .theme from --nested-pack-name); do not pass the full ...icons.theme package or you'll get a doubled path. --trailing-comma=true is required — without it ktlint flags every multi-arg path(...) call.

  5. Post-process — replace Valkyrie's default lazy mode to match project convention:

    bash -c 'for f in /tmp/campfire-icons-out/theme/*.kt; do sed -i "" "s/LazyThreadSafetyMode.NONE/LazyThreadSafetyMode.PUBLICATION/g" "$f"; done'
    
  6. Move into the source tree.

    cp /tmp/campfire-icons-out/theme/*.kt \
       /Users/r0adkll/StudioProjects/Campfire/common/compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/campfire/common/compose/icons/theme/
    
  7. Wire into AppTheme.Icon. In ui/theming/api/src/commonMain/kotlin/app/campfire/ui/theming/api/AppTheme.kt:

    • Add import app.campfire.common.compose.icons.theme.<Name> (keep alphabetical ordering).
    • Add <Name>(icon = { CampfireIcons.Theme.<Name> }), to the Icon enum.
  8. Verify. Run --format first (it auto-fixes the alphabetical import reordering that adding new imports can break), then compile:

    ./scripts/ktlint --format
    ./gradlew :common:compose:compileKotlinIosSimulatorArm64 :ui:theming:api:compileKotlinIosSimulatorArm64 --console=plain
    

    Pre-existing warnings (ExperimentalMaterial3Api opt-in, dayOfMonth deprecation, SynchronizedObject under compileCommonMainKotlinMetadata) are unrelated — ignore.

  9. Clean up /tmp/campfire-icons-svg and /tmp/campfire-icons-out.

Notes

  • Icons are rendered by AppThemeImage via Image(...) (not Icon(... tint)), so the original Arcade colors come through — do not convert to single-color vectors.
  • Custom themes built by users pick from this same enum (see AppTheme.Fixed.Custom.icon), so every added entry is immediately user-selectable.
  • If the user names a different Icons8 platform (e.g. color, plumpy), pass that as the platform filter in step 1 — the rest of the workflow is identical.