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Austere Identity Operating Systems

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the spec

specification

philosophy
summary
Austere Identity Operating Systems treats cybernetic interface design as a restrained archival instrument: identity kernels, permission liturgies, philosophical shell prompts, and memory filesystem diagrams. It stays adjacent to Optical Shellcode Terminal through pale technical quiet, manga-structural ink, and shell/memory atmosphere, but changes the material metaphor, layout grammar, and signature motifs.
values
negative space as evidence, not decorationprecise microtype and diagnostic labels over spectacleblack ink contour systems that organize the pagecyan used as sparse signal state rather than glow washinterfaces that feel authored, verified, and slightly philosophicalhuman presence implied through traces, not character art
anti-values
×no green matrix rain×no neon cyberpunk gradients×no generic hacker dashboard×no SaaS card grid×no direct copy of Optical Shellcode Terminal composition or palette ratios×no fan-art character poster
tokens
borders4 items
accent width
2px
character
black outer hairlines with pale inner separators and occasional cyan registration edge
default width
1px
style
solid technical rules
colors12 items
accent
#4E9DB3
background
#F8FAF7
border
#171A1F
error
#B65A61
info
#80DDE7
muted
#687077
primary
#77D7E6
secondary
#DCE8EA
success
#5F8F7A
surface
#FFFFFF
text
#111418
warning
#C4904A
motion3 items
duration
160ms
easing
cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1)
philosophy
quiet cursor ticks, calibration pulses, and single-pixel signal changes; no sweeping cinematic motion
radii5 items
full
9999px
lg
0px
md
0px
none
0px
sm
0px
shadows3 items
lg
0 28px 90px rgba(35,50,60,.12)
md
0 12px 40px rgba(35,50,60,.08)
sm
1px 1px 0 rgba(17,20,24,.18)
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128
surfaces3 items
bg pattern
faint registration grid, contour fragments, and sparse diagnostic coordinates
card style
hard-edged instrument panes with dense labels and large silent margins
treatment
cold archive white, carbon ink, desaturated slate, one-bit cyan authentication signals
typography10 items
base size
16px
body font
IBM Plex Sans
display letter spacing
-0.04em
display line height
1.12
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Sans+Condensed:wght@500;700&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap
heading font
IBM Plex Sans Condensed
letter spacing
-0.02em
line height
1.52
mono font
IBM Plex Mono
scale ratio
1.22
rules
composition
Use one dominant pale field as the thinking surface, then place two or three narrow technical overlays asymmetrically. Let black contour lines and indexed callouts create rhythm. Keep cyan below ten percent of visible color and reserve it for active state.
density

Alternate quiet voids of 64px to 128px with micro-dense instrument clusters spaced at 4px to 8px.

hierarchy
Large condensed headings name the system; mono labels carry coordinates, hashes, calibration numbers, permissions, or evidence IDs. The hero is a manual page, glass plate, orbit diagram, or identity shell rather than a dashboard metric.
signature patterns
Austere Identity Operating Systems title plates use numbered callout rails, stacked mono coordinates, and hard black perimeter rules.Pale diagnostic grids are overlaid with broken black contour paths that cross panels like memory-route diagrams.Cyan one-bit signal pixels sit at verification points, active tabs, toggles, and selected rows instead of becoming broad glow.Thin evidence and calibration strips cross the main plane as horizontal instruments with dense labels and offset tick marks.Microtype ledger labels read like system memory addresses, permission hashes, and philosophical shell prompts beside each control.
layout
breakpoints

mobile <700px, tablet 700-1099px, desktop >=1100px

density

Sparse macro layout, dense micro labels.

grid
12-column desktop grid with a dominant 7-8 column silent field and narrow utility rails; tablet collapses to two columns; mobile preserves horizontal instrument strips above stacked content.
responsive

Remove decorative coordinates before shrinking type below readable sizes; keep the main plate first.

whitespace

Whitespace is the atmosphere and must remain visibly larger than the control clusters.

guidance
do
  • Use pale whites and graphite blacks as the dominant material
  • Make every cyan mark communicate state or focus
  • Use monospaced identifiers, hashes, coordinates, and verification labels
  • Build asymmetric panels rather than equal cards
  • Let manga-like linework behave as schematic infrastructure
  • Keep warnings tiny and semantically specific
avoid
  • Do not use neon cyberpunk or green code rain
  • Do not duplicate Optical Shellcode Terminal signature composition
  • Do not create generic analytics dashboards
  • Do not rely on full character illustration
  • Do not flood the page with glow
  • Do not make rounded SaaS cards the core form
katagami spec
# Austere Identity Operating Systems

## Philosophy

Austere Identity Operating Systems treats cybernetic interface design as a restrained archival instrument: identity kernels, permission liturgies, philosophical shell prompts, and memory filesystem diagrams. It stays adjacent to Optical Shellcode Terminal through pale technical quiet, manga-structural ink, and shell/memory atmosphere, but changes the material metaphor, layout grammar, and signature motifs.

### Values

- negative space as evidence, not decoration
- precise microtype and diagnostic labels over spectacle
- black ink contour systems that organize the page
- cyan used as sparse signal state rather than glow wash
- interfaces that feel authored, verified, and slightly philosophical
- human presence implied through traces, not character art

### Anti-Values

- no green matrix rain
- no neon cyberpunk gradients
- no generic hacker dashboard
- no SaaS card grid
- no direct copy of Optical Shellcode Terminal composition or palette ratios
- no fan-art character poster

### Visual Character

- Pale technical fields interrupted by narrow instrument bands that behave like operating-system evidence strips rather than decorative cards.
- One-pixel black rules, registration ticks, and indexed callouts create manga-schematic structure across every panel and control group.
- Small desaturated cyan pixels appear only for active identity, selected permission, telemetry, focus, or verified-memory states.
- Asymmetric document consoles and calibration plates preserve large silent white fields beside dense microtype instrument clusters.
- Manga schematic linework is used as interface architecture: contour paths, leader lines, and crop marks replace illustration.

## Tokens

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: black outer hairlines with pale inner separators and occasional cyan registration edge
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid technical rules

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#4E9DB3` |
| background | `#F8FAF7` |
| border | `#171A1F` |
| error | `#B65A61` |
| info | `#80DDE7` |
| muted | `#687077` |
| primary | `#77D7E6` |
| secondary | `#DCE8EA` |
| success | `#5F8F7A` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#111418` |
| warning | `#C4904A` |

### Motion

- **Duration**: 160ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1)
- **Philosophy**: quiet cursor ticks, calibration pulses, and single-pixel signal changes; no sweeping cinematic motion

### Radii

- **Full**: 9999px
- **Lg**: 0px
- **Md**: 0px
- **None**: 0px
- **Sm**: 0px

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 28px 90px rgba(35,50,60,.12)
- **Md**: 0 12px 40px rgba(35,50,60,.08)
- **Sm**: 1px 1px 0 rgba(17,20,24,.18)

### Spacing

- **Base**: 8px
- **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64,96,128]

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: faint registration grid, contour fragments, and sparse diagnostic coordinates
- **Card Style**: hard-edged instrument panes with dense labels and large silent margins
- **Treatment**: cold archive white, carbon ink, desaturated slate, one-bit cyan authentication signals

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: IBM Plex Sans
- **Display Letter Spacing**: -0.04em
- **Display Line Height**: 1.12
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Sans+Condensed:wght@500;700&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: IBM Plex Sans Condensed
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em
- **Line Height**: 1.52
- **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.22

## Rules

### Composition

Use one dominant pale field as the thinking surface, then place two or three narrow technical overlays asymmetrically. Let black contour lines and indexed callouts create rhythm. Keep cyan below ten percent of visible color and reserve it for active state.

### Density

Alternate quiet voids of 64px to 128px with micro-dense instrument clusters spaced at 4px to 8px.

### Hierarchy

Large condensed headings name the system; mono labels carry coordinates, hashes, calibration numbers, permissions, or evidence IDs. The hero is a manual page, glass plate, orbit diagram, or identity shell rather than a dashboard metric.

### Signature Patterns

- Austere Identity Operating Systems title plates use numbered callout rails, stacked mono coordinates, and hard black perimeter rules.
- Pale diagnostic grids are overlaid with broken black contour paths that cross panels like memory-route diagrams.
- Cyan one-bit signal pixels sit at verification points, active tabs, toggles, and selected rows instead of becoming broad glow.
- Thin evidence and calibration strips cross the main plane as horizontal instruments with dense labels and offset tick marks.
- Microtype ledger labels read like system memory addresses, permission hashes, and philosophical shell prompts beside each control.

## Layout

### Breakpoints

mobile <700px, tablet 700-1099px, desktop >=1100px

### Density

Sparse macro layout, dense micro labels.

### Grid

12-column desktop grid with a dominant 7-8 column silent field and narrow utility rails; tablet collapses to two columns; mobile preserves horizontal instrument strips above stacked content.

### Responsive

Remove decorative coordinates before shrinking type below readable sizes; keep the main plate first.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is the atmosphere and must remain visibly larger than the control clusters.

## Guidance

### Do

- Use pale whites and graphite blacks as the dominant material
- Make every cyan mark communicate state or focus
- Use monospaced identifiers, hashes, coordinates, and verification labels
- Build asymmetric panels rather than equal cards
- Let manga-like linework behave as schematic infrastructure
- Keep warnings tiny and semantically specific

### Don't

- Do not use neon cyberpunk or green code rain
- Do not duplicate Optical Shellcode Terminal signature composition
- Do not create generic analytics dashboards
- Do not rely on full character illustration
- Do not flood the page with glow
- Do not make rounded SaaS cards the core form

### Accessibility

Maintain AA contrast; never encode status through cyan alone; keep focus states visible with black plus cyan outlines; preserve body text at 15px or larger.

### Usage Context

Best for speculative operating systems, archive tools, diagnostic fiction, technical campaign microsites, and editorial interfaces that need cybernetic restraint.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Austere Identity Operating Systems"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  accent: "#4E9DB3"
  background: "#F8FAF7"
  border: "#171A1F"
  error: "#B65A61"
  info: "#80DDE7"
  muted: "#687077"
  primary: "#77D7E6"
  secondary: "#DCE8EA"
  success: "#5F8F7A"
  surface: "#FFFFFF"
  text: "#111418"
  warning: "#C4904A"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Sans Condensed"
    fontSize: "1.816rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Sans Condensed"
    fontSize: "1.488rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Sans"
    fontSize: "16px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.52
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  full: "9999px"
  lg: "0px"
  md: "0px"
  none: "0px"
  sm: "0px"
spacing:
  base: "8px"
  xs: "4px"
  sm: "8px"
  md: "12px"
  lg: "16px"
  xl: "24px"
  2xl: "32px"
  3xl: "48px"
  4xl: "64px"
  step-8: "96px"
  step-9: "128px"
components:
  color-reference-accent:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
  color-reference-background:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
  color-reference-border:
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  color-reference-error:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
  color-reference-info:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
  color-reference-muted:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
  color-reference-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
  color-reference-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
  color-reference-success:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
  color-reference-surface:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
  color-reference-text:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
  color-reference-warning:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "#000000"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: "{spacing.md}"
  card-surface:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.text}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: "{spacing.md}"
  input-default:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.text}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    height: "44px"
---

# Austere Identity Operating Systems

## Overview

Austere Identity Operating Systems treats cybernetic interface design as a restrained archival instrument: identity kernels, permission liturgies, philosophical shell prompts, and memory filesystem diagrams. It stays adjacent to Optical Shellcode Terminal through pale technical quiet, manga-structural ink, and shell/memory atmosphere, but changes the material metaphor, layout grammar, and signature motifs.

### Values

- negative space as evidence, not decoration
- precise microtype and diagnostic labels over spectacle
- black ink contour systems that organize the page
- cyan used as sparse signal state rather than glow wash
- interfaces that feel authored, verified, and slightly philosophical
- human presence implied through traces, not character art

### Anti-Values

- no green matrix rain
- no neon cyberpunk gradients
- no generic hacker dashboard
- no SaaS card grid
- no direct copy of Optical Shellcode Terminal composition or palette ratios
- no fan-art character poster

### Visual Character

- Pale technical fields interrupted by narrow instrument bands that behave like operating-system evidence strips rather than decorative cards.
- One-pixel black rules, registration ticks, and indexed callouts create manga-schematic structure across every panel and control group.
- Small desaturated cyan pixels appear only for active identity, selected permission, telemetry, focus, or verified-memory states.
- Asymmetric document consoles and calibration plates preserve large silent white fields beside dense microtype instrument clusters.
- Manga schematic linework is used as interface architecture: contour paths, leader lines, and crop marks replace illustration.

## Colors

Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.

| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| accent | `#4E9DB3` |
| background | `#F8FAF7` |
| border | `#171A1F` |
| error | `#B65A61` |
| info | `#80DDE7` |
| muted | `#687077` |
| primary | `#77D7E6` |
| secondary | `#DCE8EA` |
| success | `#5F8F7A` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#111418` |
| warning | `#C4904A` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: IBM Plex Sans Condensed, 1.816rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: IBM Plex Sans Condensed, 1.488rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: IBM Plex Sans, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.52.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.

## Layout

### Spacing Tokens

- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `24px`
- **2xl**: `32px`
- **3xl**: `48px`
- **4xl**: `64px`
- **Step-8**: `96px`
- **Step-9**: `128px`

### Breakpoints

mobile <700px, tablet 700-1099px, desktop >=1100px

### Density

Sparse macro layout, dense micro labels.

### Grid

12-column desktop grid with a dominant 7-8 column silent field and narrow utility rails; tablet collapses to two columns; mobile preserves horizontal instrument strips above stacked content.

### Responsive

Remove decorative coordinates before shrinking type below readable sizes; keep the main plate first.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is the atmosphere and must remain visibly larger than the control clusters.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 28px 90px rgba(35,50,60,.12)
- **Md**: 0 12px 40px rgba(35,50,60,.08)
- **Sm**: 1px 1px 0 rgba(17,20,24,.18)

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `0px`
- **Md**: `0px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `0px`

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: faint registration grid, contour fragments, and sparse diagnostic coordinates
- **Card Style**: hard-edged instrument panes with dense labels and large silent margins
- **Treatment**: cold archive white, carbon ink, desaturated slate, one-bit cyan authentication signals

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: black outer hairlines with pale inner separators and occasional cyan registration edge
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid technical rules

## Components

### Composition

Use one dominant pale field as the thinking surface, then place two or three narrow technical overlays asymmetrically. Let black contour lines and indexed callouts create rhythm. Keep cyan below ten percent of visible color and reserve it for active state.

### Density

Alternate quiet voids of 64px to 128px with micro-dense instrument clusters spaced at 4px to 8px.

### Hierarchy

Large condensed headings name the system; mono labels carry coordinates, hashes, calibration numbers, permissions, or evidence IDs. The hero is a manual page, glass plate, orbit diagram, or identity shell rather than a dashboard metric.

### Signature Patterns

- Austere Identity Operating Systems title plates use numbered callout rails, stacked mono coordinates, and hard black perimeter rules.
- Pale diagnostic grids are overlaid with broken black contour paths that cross panels like memory-route diagrams.
- Cyan one-bit signal pixels sit at verification points, active tabs, toggles, and selected rows instead of becoming broad glow.
- Thin evidence and calibration strips cross the main plane as horizontal instruments with dense labels and offset tick marks.
- Microtype ledger labels read like system memory addresses, permission hashes, and philosophical shell prompts beside each control.

## shadcn/ui Usage

When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.

DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/austere-identity-operating-systems/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.

The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.

Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.

Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table

Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do Use pale whites and graphite blacks as the dominant material
- Do Make every cyan mark communicate state or focus
- Do Use monospaced identifiers, hashes, coordinates, and verification labels
- Do Build asymmetric panels rather than equal cards
- Do Let manga-like linework behave as schematic infrastructure
- Do Keep warnings tiny and semantically specific
- Don't Do not use neon cyberpunk or green code rain
- Don't Do not duplicate Optical Shellcode Terminal signature composition
- Don't Do not create generic analytics dashboards
- Don't Do not rely on full character illustration
- Don't Do not flood the page with glow
- Don't Do not make rounded SaaS cards the core form

### Accessibility

Maintain AA contrast; never encode status through cyan alone; keep focus states visible with black plus cyan outlines; preserve body text at 15px or larger.

### Usage Context

Best for speculative operating systems, archive tools, diagnostic fiction, technical campaign microsites, and editorial interfaces that need cybernetic restraint.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "austere-identity-operating-systems",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Austere Identity Operating Systems shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F8FAF7",
      "foreground": "#111418",
      "card": "#FFFFFF",
      "card-foreground": "#111418",
      "popover": "#FFFFFF",
      "popover-foreground": "#111418",
      "primary": "#77D7E6",
      "primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "secondary": "#DCE8EA",
      "secondary-foreground": "#111111",
      "muted": "#687077",
      "muted-foreground": "#111418",
      "accent": "#4E9DB3",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#B65A61",
      "border": "#171A1F",
      "input": "#171A1F",
      "ring": "#4E9DB3",
      "chart-1": "#77D7E6",
      "chart-2": "#DCE8EA",
      "chart-3": "#4E9DB3",
      "chart-4": "#5F8F7A",
      "chart-5": "#C4904A",
      "sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#111418",
      "sidebar-primary": "#77D7E6",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-accent": "#80DDE7",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-border": "#171A1F",
      "sidebar-ring": "#4E9DB3",
      "radius": "0px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#77D7E6",
      "primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#4E9DB3",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#B65A61",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#4E9DB3",
      "chart-1": "#77D7E6",
      "chart-2": "#DCE8EA",
      "chart-3": "#4E9DB3",
      "chart-4": "#5F8F7A",
      "chart-5": "#C4904A",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#77D7E6",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-accent": "#4E9DB3",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#4E9DB3",
      "radius": "0px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "austere-identity-operating-systems",
    "slug": "austere-identity-operating-systems",
    "componentManifest": [
      "button",
      "card",
      "input",
      "textarea",
      "select",
      "dialog",
      "sheet",
      "tabs",
      "badge",
      "separator",
      "checkbox",
      "switch",
      "slider",
      "tooltip",
      "dropdown-menu",
      "table"
    ],
    "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
    "nativeTokenNames": {
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "background",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "display_letter_spacing",
        "display_line_height",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```
in the wild

embodiments

the full element showcase
embodiment · austere-identity-operating-systems
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgIBM Plex Sans Condensed · 29px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdIBM Plex Sans Condensed · 24px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdIBM Plex Sans · 16px · 400

The quick brown fox jumps

label-mdIBM Plex Mono · 12px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

Components

New
Card title

Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.

Spacing

  • base8px
  • xs4px
  • sm8px
  • md12px
  • lg16px
  • xl24px
  • 2xl32px
  • 3xl48px
  • 4xl64px
  • step-896px
  • step-9128px

Shape

full9999px
lg0px
md0px
none0px
sm0px
shadcn/ui

implementation kit

needs agent-authored kitcompatibility fallback
shadcn compatibility only
The generated theme variables are available, but the polished shadcn component recipes and shots have not been authored by the Katagami agent yet.
fallbackprimitives render
Compatibility proof
Local shadcn-style primitives accept the generated theme variables.
primaryaccentsurfacemutedwarningerror
table rhythm
buttonok
cardok
inputok
recommendedcompatibility fallback

DESIGN.md with shadcn

Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.

advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
shadcn add
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table
theme css
:root {
  --background: #F8FAF7;
  --foreground: #111418;
  --card: #FFFFFF;
  --card-foreground: #111418;
  --popover: #FFFFFF;
  --popover-foreground: #111418;
  --primary: #77D7E6;
  --primary-foreground: #111111;
  --secondary: #DCE8EA;
  --secondary-foreground: #111111;
  --muted: #687077;
  --muted-foreground: #111418;
  --accent: #4E9DB3;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #B65A61;
  --border: #171A1F;
  --input: #171A1F;
  --ring: #4E9DB3;
  --chart-1: #77D7E6;
  --chart-2: #DCE8EA;
  --chart-3: #4E9DB3;
  --chart-4: #5F8F7A;
  --chart-5: #C4904A;
  --sidebar: #FFFFFF;
  --sidebar-foreground: #111418;
  --sidebar-primary: #77D7E6;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #111111;
  --sidebar-accent: #80DDE7;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #111111;
  --sidebar-border: #171A1F;
  --sidebar-ring: #4E9DB3;
  --radius: 0px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #77D7E6;
  --primary-foreground: #111111;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #4E9DB3;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #B65A61;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #4E9DB3;
  --chart-1: #77D7E6;
  --chart-2: #DCE8EA;
  --chart-3: #4E9DB3;
  --chart-4: #5F8F7A;
  --chart-5: #C4904A;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #77D7E6;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #111111;
  --sidebar-accent: #4E9DB3;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #4E9DB3;
  --radius: 0px;
}
tsx starter
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
  Card,
  CardContent,
  CardDescription,
  CardFooter,
  CardHeader,
  CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";

export function AustereIdentityOperatingSystemsShadcnKit() {
  return (
    <section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
      <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
        <div>
          <Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
          <h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Austere Identity Operating Systems</h2>
          <p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
            Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
            with the language-specific component recipes.
          </p>
        </div>
        <Button>Apply theme</Button>
      </div>

      <Tabs defaultValue="components">
        <TabsList>
          <TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
        </TabsList>
      </Tabs>

      <Card>
        <CardHeader>
          <CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
          <CardDescription>
            Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
            from components.md and preview-shots.json.
          </CardDescription>
        </CardHeader>
        <CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
          <Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
          <Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
        </CardContent>
        <CardFooter className="justify-between">
          <Badge>Ready</Badge>
          <Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
        </CardFooter>
      </Card>
    </section>
  );
}
theme JSONcompatibility fallback
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "austere-identity-operating-systems",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Austere Identity Operating Systems shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F8FAF7",
      "foreground": "#111418",
      "card": "#FFFFFF",
      "card-foreground": "#111418",
      "popover": "#FFFFFF",
      "popover-foreground": "#111418",
      "primary": "#77D7E6",
      "primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "secondary": "#DCE8EA",
      "secondary-foreground": "#111111",
      "muted": "#687077",
      "muted-foreground": "#111418",
      "accent": "#4E9DB3",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#B65A61",
      "border": "#171A1F",
      "input": "#171A1F",
      "ring": "#4E9DB3",
      "chart-1": "#77D7E6",
      "chart-2": "#DCE8EA",
      "chart-3": "#4E9DB3",
      "chart-4": "#5F8F7A",
      "chart-5": "#C4904A",
      "sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#111418",
      "sidebar-primary": "#77D7E6",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-accent": "#80DDE7",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-border": "#171A1F",
      "sidebar-ring": "#4E9DB3",
      "radius": "0px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#77D7E6",
      "primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#4E9DB3",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#B65A61",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#4E9DB3",
      "chart-1": "#77D7E6",
      "chart-2": "#DCE8EA",
      "chart-3": "#4E9DB3",
      "chart-4": "#5F8F7A",
      "chart-5": "#C4904A",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#77D7E6",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-accent": "#4E9DB3",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#4E9DB3",
      "radius": "0px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "austere-identity-operating-systems",
    "slug": "austere-identity-operating-systems",
    "componentManifest": [
      "button",
      "card",
      "input",
      "textarea",
      "select",
      "dialog",
      "sheet",
      "tabs",
      "badge",
      "separator",
      "checkbox",
      "switch",
      "slider",
      "tooltip",
      "dropdown-menu",
      "table"
    ],
    "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
    "nativeTokenNames": {
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "background",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "display_letter_spacing",
        "display_line_height",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ]
    }
  }
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Austere Identity Operating Systems shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `austere-identity-operating-systems`
Slug: `austere-identity-operating-systems`

## Intent

Austere Identity Operating Systems treats cybernetic interface design as a restrained archival instrument: identity kernels, permission liturgies, philosophical shell prompts, and memory filesystem diagrams. It stays adjacent to Optical Shellcode Terminal through pale technical quiet, manga-structural ink, and shell/memory atmosphere, but changes the material metaphor, layout grammar, and signature motifs.

## Required primitives

- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table

Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.

## Token cues

Colors:

{
  "accent": "#4E9DB3",
  "background": "#F8FAF7",
  "border": "#171A1F",
  "error": "#B65A61",
  "info": "#80DDE7",
  "muted": "#687077",
  "primary": "#77D7E6",
  "secondary": "#DCE8EA",
  "success": "#5F8F7A",
  "surface": "#FFFFFF",
  "text": "#111418",
  "warning": "#C4904A"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "16px",
  "body_font": "IBM Plex Sans",
  "display_letter_spacing": "-0.04em",
  "display_line_height": "1.12",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Sans+Condensed:wght@500;700&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap",
  "heading_font": "IBM Plex Sans Condensed",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.02em",
  "line_height": 1.52,
  "mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
  "scale_ratio": 1.22
}

## Visual character to preserve

- Pale technical fields interrupted by narrow instrument bands that behave like operating-system evidence strips rather than decorative cards.
- One-pixel black rules, registration ticks, and indexed callouts create manga-schematic structure across every panel and control group.
- Small desaturated cyan pixels appear only for active identity, selected permission, telemetry, focus, or verified-memory states.
- Asymmetric document consoles and calibration plates preserve large silent white fields beside dense microtype instrument clusters.
- Manga schematic linework is used as interface architecture: contour paths, leader lines, and crop marks replace illustration.

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "system",
  "material": "flat",
  "contour": "default",
  "border": "solid",
  "underlay": true,
  "grain": false,
  "stickerBadges": false,
  "motion": "still",
  "density": "dense",
  "accents": [
    "primary",
    "accent",
    "secondary",
    "muted"
  ]
}

## Signature component recipes

### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.

### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.

### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.

### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.

### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.

## Preview shots

- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.

## Implementation contract

- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/austere-identity-operating-systems/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: Use pale whites and graphite blacks as the dominant material; Make every cyan mark communicate state or focus; Use monospaced identifiers, hashes, coordinates, and verification labels; Build asymmetric panels rather than equal cards; Let manga-like linework behave as schematic infrastructure; Keep warnings tiny and semantically specific
- Do not: Do not use neon cyberpunk or green code rain; Do not duplicate Optical Shellcode Terminal signature composition; Do not create generic analytics dashboards; Do not rely on full character illustration; Do not flood the page with glow; Do not make rounded SaaS cards the core form

## Copy-paste component example

This generated starter proves the import shape. Production Katagami agents should replace it with a language-specific product composition.

```tsx
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
  Card,
  CardContent,
  CardDescription,
  CardFooter,
  CardHeader,
  CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";

export function AustereIdentityOperatingSystemsShadcnKit() {
  return (
    <section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
      <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
        <div>
          <Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
          <h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Austere Identity Operating Systems</h2>
          <p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
            Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
            with the language-specific component recipes.
          </p>
        </div>
        <Button>Apply theme</Button>
      </div>

      <Tabs defaultValue="components">
        <TabsList>
          <TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
        </TabsList>
      </Tabs>

      <Card>
        <CardHeader>
          <CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
          <CardDescription>
            Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
            from components.md and preview-shots.json.
          </CardDescription>
        </CardHeader>
        <CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
          <Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
          <Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
        </CardContent>
        <CardFooter className="justify-between">
          <Badge>Ready</Badge>
          <Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
        </CardFooter>
      </Card>
    </section>
  );
}
```

## Layout notes

{
  "breakpoints": "mobile <700px, tablet 700-1099px, desktop >=1100px",
  "density": "Sparse macro layout, dense micro labels.",
  "grid": "12-column desktop grid with a dominant 7-8 column silent field and narrow utility rails; tablet collapses to two columns; mobile preserves horizontal instrument strips above stacked content.",
  "responsive": "Remove decorative coordinates before shrinking type below readable sizes; keep the main plate first.",
  "whitespace": "Whitespace is the atmosphere and must remain visibly larger than the control clusters."
}
preview shotscompatibility fallback
{
  "artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
  "version": "preview-shots-v1",
  "generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
  "generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
  "requiresVisualProfile": true,
  "schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
  "renderable": true,
  "language": {
    "id": "austere-identity-operating-systems",
    "name": "Austere Identity Operating Systems",
    "slug": "austere-identity-operating-systems"
  },
  "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
  "primitives": [
    "button",
    "card",
    "input",
    "textarea",
    "select",
    "dialog",
    "sheet",
    "tabs",
    "badge",
    "separator",
    "checkbox",
    "switch",
    "slider",
    "tooltip",
    "dropdown-menu",
    "table"
  ],
  "identityNotes": [
    "Pale technical fields interrupted by narrow instrument bands that behave like operating-system evidence strips rather than decorative cards.",
    "One-pixel black rules, registration ticks, and indexed callouts create manga-schematic structure across every panel and control group.",
    "Small desaturated cyan pixels appear only for active identity, selected permission, telemetry, focus, or verified-memory states.",
    "Asymmetric document consoles and calibration plates preserve large silent white fields beside dense microtype instrument clusters.",
    "Manga schematic linework is used as interface architecture: contour paths, leader lines, and crop marks replace illustration."
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "system",
    "material": "flat",
    "contour": "default",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": true,
    "grain": false,
    "stickerBadges": false,
    "motion": "still",
    "density": "dense",
    "accents": [
      "primary",
      "accent",
      "secondary",
      "muted"
    ]
  },
  "shots": [
    {
      "id": "application-shell",
      "title": "Application shell",
      "viewport": "desktop",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "select",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "separator",
        "table"
      ],
      "composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
      "mustShow": [
        "primary and secondary actions",
        "card hierarchy",
        "filterable state",
        "table or list density"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "component inventory walls",
        "placeholder-only content",
        "generic rounded SaaS chrome"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "workspace spread",
        "headline": "Austere Identity Operating Systems launch room",
        "description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
        "primaryAction": "Apply theme",
        "secondaryAction": "Review states",
        "stats": [
          {
            "label": "components",
            "value": "16",
            "tone": "accent"
          },
          {
            "label": "states",
            "value": "ready"
          },
          {
            "label": "density",
            "value": "balanced",
            "tone": "warning"
          }
        ],
        "rows": [
          {
            "label": "Primary flow",
            "value": "mapped",
            "status": "active"
          },
          {
            "label": "Token coverage",
            "value": "semantic",
            "status": "synced"
          },
          {
            "label": "Responsive proof",
            "value": "queued",
            "status": "review"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Active",
          "Synced",
          "Draft"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "detail-editor",
      "title": "Detail editor",
      "viewport": "tablet",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "textarea",
        "select",
        "checkbox",
        "switch",
        "slider",
        "dialog",
        "sheet"
      ],
      "composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
      "mustShow": [
        "focus ring",
        "error or destructive state",
        "dialog or sheet treatment",
        "written guidance content"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "unstyled browser controls",
        "floating cards inside cards",
        "missing labels"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "editing flow",
        "headline": "Language recipe editor",
        "description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
        "primaryAction": "Save recipe",
        "secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
        "fields": [
          {
            "label": "Component family",
            "value": "Narrative cards"
          },
          {
            "label": "State treatment",
            "value": "Visible focus + validation"
          },
          {
            "label": "Motion",
            "value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Focus",
          "Invalid",
          "Confirmed"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "data-operations",
      "title": "Data operations",
      "viewport": "mobile",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "dropdown-menu",
        "table",
        "tooltip",
        "separator"
      ],
      "composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
      "mustShow": [
        "responsive reflow",
        "dense row styling",
        "menu affordance",
        "status badge system"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "desktop-only tables",
        "text overflow",
        "default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "operations",
        "headline": "Compact review queue",
        "description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
        "primaryAction": "Resolve",
        "secondaryAction": "Filter",
        "rows": [
          {
            "label": "Button hierarchy",
            "value": "approved",
            "status": "ok"
          },
          {
            "label": "Table rhythm",
            "value": "needs pass",
            "status": "watch"
          },
          {
            "label": "Empty state",
            "value": "designed",
            "status": "done"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Queued",
          "Blocked",
          "Done"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "componentRecipes": [
    {
      "primitive": "button",
      "intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "card",
      "intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "input",
      "intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "textarea",
      "intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "select",
      "intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "dialog",
      "intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "sheet",
      "intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "tabs",
      "intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "badge",
      "intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "separator",
      "intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "checkbox",
      "intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "switch",
      "intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "slider",
      "intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "tooltip",
      "intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "dropdown-menu",
      "intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "table",
      "intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
    }
  ],
  "qualityRules": {
    "do": [
      "Use pale whites and graphite blacks as the dominant material",
      "Make every cyan mark communicate state or focus",
      "Use monospaced identifiers, hashes, coordinates, and verification labels",
      "Build asymmetric panels rather than equal cards",
      "Let manga-like linework behave as schematic infrastructure",
      "Keep warnings tiny and semantically specific"
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not use neon cyberpunk or green code rain",
      "Do not duplicate Optical Shellcode Terminal signature composition",
      "Do not create generic analytics dashboards",
      "Do not rely on full character illustration",
      "Do not flood the page with glow",
      "Do not make rounded SaaS cards the core form"
    ]
  }
}
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