Aperture Logic Workbench
A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Download DESIGN.md
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
specification
philosophy
tokens
borders4 items
- accent width
- 2px
- character
- quiet stone hairlines for structure; cobalt appears as full focus rings or circular insets, never as decorative one-sided rails
- default width
- 1px
- style
- solid with alpha-mixed color
colors12 items
motion3 items
- duration
- 180ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1)
- philosophy
- objects feel optically brought into focus: hover raises contrast, active states tighten a halo, and panels slide only a few pixels without generic fade theatrics
radii5 items
- full
- 9999px
- lg
- 32px
- md
- 18px
- none
- 0
- sm
- 10px
shadows3 items
- lg
- 0 28px 80px rgba(23,26,31,0.12)
- md
- 0 16px 38px rgba(23,26,31,0.08)
- sm
- 0 1px 2px rgba(23,26,31,0.06)
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
- bg pattern
- plain warm neutral field with no grid; optional oversized translucent aperture circles only when they anchor active product focus
- card style
- large-radius white cards, no colored side borders, soft ambient shadow only on dominant artifact
- treatment
- warm white porcelain with translucent hairlines, inset highlights, and rare colored lens plates behind active artifacts
typography8 items
- base size
- 16px
- body font
- Atkinson Hyperlegible
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Atkinson+Hyperlegible:wght@400;700&family=Fragment+Mono:ital@0;1&family=Instrument+Serif:ital@0;1&display=swap
- heading font
- Instrument Serif
- letter spacing
- -0.02em
- line height
- 1.48
- mono font
- Fragment Mono
- scale ratio
- 1.24
rules
Use a workbench composition with one dominant product artifact, one narrative decision panel, and small clustered tools; include one intentional break from alignment through an offset aperture plate.
Moderate-low density with generous reading gaps; controls cluster tightly around the active artifact while secondary information stays compact and quiet.
Hierarchy is created by scale, proximity, and optical color: the selected decision receives the only large cobalt lens while amber marks a counterpoint or tradeoff.
layout
desktop 1200px, tablet 760px, mobile 360px with stacked artifact-first flow
Asymmetric 12-column workbench with a dominant 7-column artifact, a 3-column decision rail-as-panel, and compact floating tool clusters; no square grid backgrounds.
Whitespace is deliberately uneven: 64px scene gutters, 32px panel gaps, and 8px related control gaps create clear hierarchy.
guidance
- Use cobalt and amber as structural lenses, rings, dots, or underlays that explain product decisions.
- Keep the background white or warm neutral and let one product artifact dominate the scene.
- Style every input, tab, switch, table row, and menu with pill geometry and hairline borders.
- Use fictional product content that benefits from comparison, selection, and confidence states.
- Do not create generic analytics dashboards, side navigation rails, or three equal KPI cards.
- Do not use rainbow charts, colored card stripes, square grids, or dotted notebook texture as a motif.
- Do not add gradients, blobs, confetti, or neon cyberpunk effects to prove colorfulness.
- Do not use one-sided colored borders on cards, rows, buttons, or panels.
katagami spec
# Aperture Logic Workbench ## Philosophy A premium product-workbench language where color behaves like an optical lens for decisions: mostly white, calm, and Apple-clean, with one cobalt aperture and one amber counterpoint shaping focus, comparison, and interaction instead of decorating dashboards. ### Values - product artifact first - color as decision optics - spacious editorial precision - quiet technical trust ### Anti-Values - generic dashboard modules - rainbow proof-of-color palettes - side-rail card accents - grid or dotted background dependency - confetti decoration ### Visual Character - White and porcelain surfaces use large-radius rects with hairline translucent borders and almost no drop shadow, keeping the product artifact visually primary. - Prominent color appears as offset circular aperture plates, focus rings, and in-surface lenses that sit behind or around important objects rather than as stripes. - A single broken-column workbench layout places one oversized interactive artifact off-center, with compact supporting controls grouped by proximity around it. - Typography pairs crisp grotesque body text with soft editorial display numerals; display tracking tightens while labels stay small, uppercase, and letterspaced. - Controls use pill geometry, inset focus halos, and small circular color-temperature dots so interaction states are clearly styled without browser-default chrome. ## Tokens ### Borders - **Accent Width**: 2px - **Character**: quiet stone hairlines for structure; cobalt appears as full focus rings or circular insets, never as decorative one-sided rails - **Default Width**: 1px - **Style**: solid with alpha-mixed color ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | accent | `#FFB22E` | | background | `#F7F5F0` | | border | `#DAD7CF` | | error | `#C23B33` | | info | `#2557FF` | | muted | `#6E747C` | | primary | `#2557FF` | | secondary | `#123C3A` | | success | `#1D8B62` | | surface | `#FFFFFF` | | text | `#171A1F` | | warning | `#C77800` | ### Motion - **Duration**: 180ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1) - **Philosophy**: objects feel optically brought into focus: hover raises contrast, active states tighten a halo, and panels slide only a few pixels without generic fade theatrics ### Radii - **Full**: 9999px - **Lg**: 32px - **Md**: 18px - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 10px ### Shadows - **Lg**: 0 28px 80px rgba(23,26,31,0.12) - **Md**: 0 16px 38px rgba(23,26,31,0.08) - **Sm**: 0 1px 2px rgba(23,26,31,0.06) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64] ### Surfaces - **Bg Pattern**: plain warm neutral field with no grid; optional oversized translucent aperture circles only when they anchor active product focus - **Card Style**: large-radius white cards, no colored side borders, soft ambient shadow only on dominant artifact - **Treatment**: warm white porcelain with translucent hairlines, inset highlights, and rare colored lens plates behind active artifacts ### Typography - **Base Size**: 16px - **Body Font**: Atkinson Hyperlegible - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Atkinson+Hyperlegible:wght@400;700&family=Fragment+Mono:ital@0;1&family=Instrument+Serif:ital@0;1&display=swap - **Heading Font**: Instrument Serif - **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em - **Line Height**: 1.48 - **Mono Font**: Fragment Mono - **Scale Ratio**: 1.24 ## Rules ### Composition Use a workbench composition with one dominant product artifact, one narrative decision panel, and small clustered tools; include one intentional break from alignment through an offset aperture plate. ### Density Moderate-low density with generous reading gaps; controls cluster tightly around the active artifact while secondary information stays compact and quiet. ### Hierarchy Hierarchy is created by scale, proximity, and optical color: the selected decision receives the only large cobalt lens while amber marks a counterpoint or tradeoff. ### Signature Patterns - Offset aperture plates: circular or rounded color fields sit behind the active card and extend beyond its edges to make focus structural without colored stripes. - Lens-ring focus states: selected buttons, inputs, tabs, and table rows use full perimeter cobalt halos or inset rings paired with white centers. - Two-temperature decision coding: cobalt means chosen focus and amber means useful tension; no additional accent families appear unless semantic status requires them. - Artifact-first broken columns: the central product object intentionally overlaps adjacent panels by 16 to 32px, creating an authored spatial relationship. - Micro-dots inside controls: tiny filled circular tokens appear before labels or values to encode state, replacing badges, rails, and rainbow charts. ## Layout ### Breakpoints desktop 1200px, tablet 760px, mobile 360px with stacked artifact-first flow ### Grid Asymmetric 12-column workbench with a dominant 7-column artifact, a 3-column decision rail-as-panel, and compact floating tool clusters; no square grid backgrounds. ### Whitespace Whitespace is deliberately uneven: 64px scene gutters, 32px panel gaps, and 8px related control gaps create clear hierarchy. ## Guidance ### Do - Use cobalt and amber as structural lenses, rings, dots, or underlays that explain product decisions. - Keep the background white or warm neutral and let one product artifact dominate the scene. - Style every input, tab, switch, table row, and menu with pill geometry and hairline borders. - Use fictional product content that benefits from comparison, selection, and confidence states. ### Don't - Do not create generic analytics dashboards, side navigation rails, or three equal KPI cards. - Do not use rainbow charts, colored card stripes, square grids, or dotted notebook texture as a motif. - Do not add gradients, blobs, confetti, or neon cyberpunk effects to prove colorfulness. - Do not use one-sided colored borders on cards, rows, buttons, or panels.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Aperture Logic Workbench"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#FFB22E"
background: "#F7F5F0"
border: "#DAD7CF"
error: "#C23B33"
info: "#2557FF"
muted: "#6E747C"
primary: "#2557FF"
secondary: "#123C3A"
success: "#1D8B62"
surface: "#FFFFFF"
text: "#171A1F"
warning: "#C77800"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Instrument Serif"
fontSize: "1.907rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Instrument Serif"
fontSize: "1.538rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Atkinson Hyperlegible"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.48
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "Fragment Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
full: "9999px"
lg: "32px"
md: "18px"
none: "0px"
sm: "10px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "24px"
2xl: "32px"
3xl: "48px"
4xl: "64px"
components:
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
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: "#ffffff"
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"
---
# Aperture Logic Workbench
## Overview
A premium product-workbench language where color behaves like an optical lens for decisions: mostly white, calm, and Apple-clean, with one cobalt aperture and one amber counterpoint shaping focus, comparison, and interaction instead of decorating dashboards.
### Values
- product artifact first
- color as decision optics
- spacious editorial precision
- quiet technical trust
### Anti-Values
- generic dashboard modules
- rainbow proof-of-color palettes
- side-rail card accents
- grid or dotted background dependency
- confetti decoration
### Visual Character
- White and porcelain surfaces use large-radius rects with hairline translucent borders and almost no drop shadow, keeping the product artifact visually primary.
- Prominent color appears as offset circular aperture plates, focus rings, and in-surface lenses that sit behind or around important objects rather than as stripes.
- A single broken-column workbench layout places one oversized interactive artifact off-center, with compact supporting controls grouped by proximity around it.
- Typography pairs crisp grotesque body text with soft editorial display numerals; display tracking tightens while labels stay small, uppercase, and letterspaced.
- Controls use pill geometry, inset focus halos, and small circular color-temperature dots so interaction states are clearly styled without browser-default chrome.
## 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 | `#FFB22E` |
| background | `#F7F5F0` |
| border | `#DAD7CF` |
| error | `#C23B33` |
| info | `#2557FF` |
| muted | `#6E747C` |
| primary | `#2557FF` |
| secondary | `#123C3A` |
| success | `#1D8B62` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#171A1F` |
| warning | `#C77800` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Instrument Serif, 1.907rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Instrument Serif, 1.538rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Atkinson Hyperlegible, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.48.
- **Label-Md**: Fragment 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`
### Breakpoints
desktop 1200px, tablet 760px, mobile 360px with stacked artifact-first flow
### Grid
Asymmetric 12-column workbench with a dominant 7-column artifact, a 3-column decision rail-as-panel, and compact floating tool clusters; no square grid backgrounds.
### Whitespace
Whitespace is deliberately uneven: 64px scene gutters, 32px panel gaps, and 8px related control gaps create clear hierarchy.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 0 28px 80px rgba(23,26,31,0.12)
- **Md**: 0 16px 38px rgba(23,26,31,0.08)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 2px rgba(23,26,31,0.06)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `32px`
- **Md**: `18px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `10px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: plain warm neutral field with no grid; optional oversized translucent aperture circles only when they anchor active product focus
- **Card Style**: large-radius white cards, no colored side borders, soft ambient shadow only on dominant artifact
- **Treatment**: warm white porcelain with translucent hairlines, inset highlights, and rare colored lens plates behind active artifacts
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: quiet stone hairlines for structure; cobalt appears as full focus rings or circular insets, never as decorative one-sided rails
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with alpha-mixed color
## Components
### Composition
Use a workbench composition with one dominant product artifact, one narrative decision panel, and small clustered tools; include one intentional break from alignment through an offset aperture plate.
### Density
Moderate-low density with generous reading gaps; controls cluster tightly around the active artifact while secondary information stays compact and quiet.
### Hierarchy
Hierarchy is created by scale, proximity, and optical color: the selected decision receives the only large cobalt lens while amber marks a counterpoint or tradeoff.
### Signature Patterns
- Offset aperture plates: circular or rounded color fields sit behind the active card and extend beyond its edges to make focus structural without colored stripes.
- Lens-ring focus states: selected buttons, inputs, tabs, and table rows use full perimeter cobalt halos or inset rings paired with white centers.
- Two-temperature decision coding: cobalt means chosen focus and amber means useful tension; no additional accent families appear unless semantic status requires them.
- Artifact-first broken columns: the central product object intentionally overlaps adjacent panels by 16 to 32px, creating an authored spatial relationship.
- Micro-dots inside controls: tiny filled circular tokens appear before labels or values to encode state, replacing badges, rails, and rainbow charts.
## 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/en-019e464b-6950-7162-a660-b52c56753958/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 cobalt and amber as structural lenses, rings, dots, or underlays that explain product decisions.
- Do Keep the background white or warm neutral and let one product artifact dominate the scene.
- Do Style every input, tab, switch, table row, and menu with pill geometry and hairline borders.
- Do Use fictional product content that benefits from comparison, selection, and confidence states.
- Don't Do not create generic analytics dashboards, side navigation rails, or three equal KPI cards.
- Don't Do not use rainbow charts, colored card stripes, square grids, or dotted notebook texture as a motif.
- Don't Do not add gradients, blobs, confetti, or neon cyberpunk effects to prove colorfulness.
- Don't Do not use one-sided colored borders on cards, rows, buttons, or panels.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "aperture-logic-workbench",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Aperture Logic Workbench shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F7F5F0",
"foreground": "#171A1F",
"card": "#FFFFFF",
"card-foreground": "#171A1F",
"popover": "#FFFFFF",
"popover-foreground": "#171A1F",
"primary": "#2557FF",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#123C3A",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#6E747C",
"muted-foreground": "#171A1F",
"accent": "#FFB22E",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#C23B33",
"border": "#DAD7CF",
"input": "#DAD7CF",
"ring": "#FFB22E",
"chart-1": "#2557FF",
"chart-2": "#123C3A",
"chart-3": "#FFB22E",
"chart-4": "#1D8B62",
"chart-5": "#C77800",
"sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
"sidebar-foreground": "#171A1F",
"sidebar-primary": "#2557FF",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#2557FF",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#DAD7CF",
"sidebar-ring": "#FFB22E",
"radius": "18px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#2557FF",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#FFB22E",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#C23B33",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#FFB22E",
"chart-1": "#2557FF",
"chart-2": "#123C3A",
"chart-3": "#FFB22E",
"chart-4": "#1D8B62",
"chart-5": "#C77800",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#2557FF",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#FFB22E",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#FFB22E",
"radius": "18px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019e464b-6950-7162-a660-b52c56753958",
"slug": "aperture-logic-workbench",
"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",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
```embodiments
at a glance
Typography
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl24px
- 2xl32px
- 3xl48px
- 4xl64px
Shape
implementation kit
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
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #F7F5F0;
--foreground: #171A1F;
--card: #FFFFFF;
--card-foreground: #171A1F;
--popover: #FFFFFF;
--popover-foreground: #171A1F;
--primary: #2557FF;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #123C3A;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #6E747C;
--muted-foreground: #171A1F;
--accent: #FFB22E;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #C23B33;
--border: #DAD7CF;
--input: #DAD7CF;
--ring: #FFB22E;
--chart-1: #2557FF;
--chart-2: #123C3A;
--chart-3: #FFB22E;
--chart-4: #1D8B62;
--chart-5: #C77800;
--sidebar: #FFFFFF;
--sidebar-foreground: #171A1F;
--sidebar-primary: #2557FF;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #2557FF;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #DAD7CF;
--sidebar-ring: #FFB22E;
--radius: 18px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #2557FF;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #FFB22E;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #C23B33;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #FFB22E;
--chart-1: #2557FF;
--chart-2: #123C3A;
--chart-3: #FFB22E;
--chart-4: #1D8B62;
--chart-5: #C77800;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #2557FF;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #FFB22E;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #FFB22E;
--radius: 18px;
}
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 ApertureLogicWorkbenchShadcnKit() {
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">Aperture Logic Workbench</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>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"cssVars": {
"dark": {
"accent": "#FFB22E",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"background": "#0f1115",
"border": "#303642",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"chart-1": "#2557FF",
"chart-2": "#123C3A",
"chart-3": "#FFB22E",
"chart-4": "#1D8B62",
"chart-5": "#C77800",
"destructive": "#C23B33",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"input": "#303642",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#2557FF",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"radius": "18px",
"ring": "#FFB22E",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-accent": "#FFB22E",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#2557FF",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-ring": "#FFB22E"
},
"light": {
"accent": "#FFB22E",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"background": "#F7F5F0",
"border": "#DAD7CF",
"card": "#FFFFFF",
"card-foreground": "#171A1F",
"chart-1": "#2557FF",
"chart-2": "#123C3A",
"chart-3": "#FFB22E",
"chart-4": "#1D8B62",
"chart-5": "#C77800",
"destructive": "#C23B33",
"foreground": "#171A1F",
"input": "#DAD7CF",
"muted": "#6E747C",
"muted-foreground": "#171A1F",
"popover": "#FFFFFF",
"popover-foreground": "#171A1F",
"primary": "#2557FF",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"radius": "18px",
"ring": "#FFB22E",
"secondary": "#123C3A",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
"sidebar-accent": "#2557FF",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#DAD7CF",
"sidebar-foreground": "#171A1F",
"sidebar-primary": "#2557FF",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-ring": "#FFB22E"
},
"theme": {}
},
"meta": {
"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",
"languageId": "en-019e464b-6950-7162-a660-b52c56753958",
"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",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
},
"slug": "aperture-logic-workbench",
"source": "katagami"
},
"name": "aperture-logic-workbench",
"title": "Aperture Logic Workbench shadcn Theme",
"type": "registry:theme"
}
# Aperture Logic Workbench shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019e464b-6950-7162-a660-b52c56753958`
Slug: `aperture-logic-workbench`
## Intent
A premium product-workbench language where color behaves like an optical lens for decisions: mostly white, calm, and Apple-clean, with one cobalt aperture and one amber counterpoint shaping focus, comparison, and interaction instead of decorating dashboards.
## 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": "#FFB22E",
"background": "#F7F5F0",
"border": "#DAD7CF",
"error": "#C23B33",
"info": "#2557FF",
"muted": "#6E747C",
"primary": "#2557FF",
"secondary": "#123C3A",
"success": "#1D8B62",
"surface": "#FFFFFF",
"text": "#171A1F",
"warning": "#C77800"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "16px",
"body_font": "Atkinson Hyperlegible",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Atkinson+Hyperlegible:wght@400;700&family=Fragment+Mono:ital@0;1&family=Instrument+Serif:ital@0;1&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Instrument Serif",
"letter_spacing": "-0.02em",
"line_height": 1.48,
"mono_font": "Fragment Mono",
"scale_ratio": 1.24
}
## Visual character to preserve
- White and porcelain surfaces use large-radius rects with hairline translucent borders and almost no drop shadow, keeping the product artifact visually primary.
- Prominent color appears as offset circular aperture plates, focus rings, and in-surface lenses that sit behind or around important objects rather than as stripes.
- A single broken-column workbench layout places one oversized interactive artifact off-center, with compact supporting controls grouped by proximity around it.
- Typography pairs crisp grotesque body text with soft editorial display numerals; display tracking tightens while labels stay small, uppercase, and letterspaced.
- Controls use pill geometry, inset focus halos, and small circular color-temperature dots so interaction states are clearly styled without browser-default chrome.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "editorial",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "pebble",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": false,
"stickerBadges": true,
"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/aperture-logic-workbench/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 cobalt and amber as structural lenses, rings, dots, or underlays that explain product decisions.; Keep the background white or warm neutral and let one product artifact dominate the scene.; Style every input, tab, switch, table row, and menu with pill geometry and hairline borders.; Use fictional product content that benefits from comparison, selection, and confidence states.
- Do not: Do not create generic analytics dashboards, side navigation rails, or three equal KPI cards.; Do not use rainbow charts, colored card stripes, square grids, or dotted notebook texture as a motif.; Do not add gradients, blobs, confetti, or neon cyberpunk effects to prove colorfulness.; Do not use one-sided colored borders on cards, rows, buttons, or panels.
## 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 ApertureLogicWorkbenchShadcnKit() {
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">Aperture Logic Workbench</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": "desktop 1200px, tablet 760px, mobile 360px with stacked artifact-first flow",
"grid": "Asymmetric 12-column workbench with a dominant 7-column artifact, a 3-column decision rail-as-panel, and compact floating tool clusters; no square grid backgrounds.",
"whitespace": "Whitespace is deliberately uneven: 64px scene gutters, 32px panel gaps, and 8px related control gaps create clear hierarchy."
}
{
"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": "en-019e464b-6950-7162-a660-b52c56753958",
"name": "Aperture Logic Workbench",
"slug": "aperture-logic-workbench"
},
"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": [
"White and porcelain surfaces use large-radius rects with hairline translucent borders and almost no drop shadow, keeping the product artifact visually primary.",
"Prominent color appears as offset circular aperture plates, focus rings, and in-surface lenses that sit behind or around important objects rather than as stripes.",
"A single broken-column workbench layout places one oversized interactive artifact off-center, with compact supporting controls grouped by proximity around it.",
"Typography pairs crisp grotesque body text with soft editorial display numerals; display tracking tightens while labels stay small, uppercase, and letterspaced.",
"Controls use pill geometry, inset focus halos, and small circular color-temperature dots so interaction states are clearly styled without browser-default chrome."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "editorial",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "pebble",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": false,
"stickerBadges": true,
"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": "Aperture Logic Workbench 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 cobalt and amber as structural lenses, rings, dots, or underlays that explain product decisions.",
"Keep the background white or warm neutral and let one product artifact dominate the scene.",
"Style every input, tab, switch, table row, and menu with pill geometry and hairline borders.",
"Use fictional product content that benefits from comparison, selection, and confidence states."
],
"dont": [
"Do not create generic analytics dashboards, side navigation rails, or three equal KPI cards.",
"Do not use rainbow charts, colored card stripes, square grids, or dotted notebook texture as a motif.",
"Do not add gradients, blobs, confetti, or neon cyberpunk effects to prove colorfulness.",
"Do not use one-sided colored borders on cards, rows, buttons, or panels."
]
}
}