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Syntax Ledger OS

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.

the spec

specification

philosophy
summary
Syntax Ledger OS turns terminal fluency into a premium 2026 product language: command-first, log-aware, dense but calm, with color reserved for semantic structure rather than retro decoration.
values
Command surfaces should make complex operations feel inspectable, reversible, and fast.Terminal references must become useful product structure, not nostalgic costume or hacker theater.Dense information can feel calm when typography, separators, and semantic color are disciplined.Hardware-era affordances should appear as tactile control geometry and status modules, not arcade chrome.
anti-values
×No vaporwave, cyberpunk glow, novelty CRT filters, or illegible green-on-black hacker aesthetics.×No square grid wallpaper, dotted default texture, decorative side rails, rainbow sprawl, or color used as garnish.×No generic SaaS card dashboard with terminal labels pasted on top.
tokens
borders4 items
accent width
2px
character
Cool graphite separators define structure; accent borders appear only for active focus, selection, warnings, or terminal prompt affordances.
default width
1px
style
solid with inset highlight and bracketed focus outlines
colors12 items
accent
#9B8CFF
background
#101318
border
#303845
error
#EF6F6C
info
#6BC7F1
muted
#8D96A3
primary
#E7A84B
secondary
#5BC8D6
success
#79D18B
surface
#181D24
text
#E7E1D4
warning
#F0C35B
motion3 items
duration
160ms
easing
cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1)
philosophy
Motion is operational and minimal: panels clarify state with short opacity/translate changes, command focus snaps into place, and logs stream without theatrical glitch.
radii5 items
full
9999px
lg
12px
md
7px
none
0
sm
3px
shadows3 items
lg
0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.06), 0 32px 90px rgba(0,0,0,0.42)
md
0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.05), 0 18px 48px rgba(0,0,0,0.30)
sm
0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.04), 0 10px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.20)
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
bg pattern
Layered radial light plus oversized horizontal scan bands at very low opacity; never a square grid and never a repeated dotted pattern.
card style
Low-radius clipped workstation modules with 1px borders, command headers, and compact metadata rows.
treatment
Translucent graphite panels over a near-black field with broad horizontal banding, subtle inner highlights, and no default dot or square-grid texture.
typography8 items
base size
16px
body font
Sora
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Azeret+Mono:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Sora:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap
heading font
Sora
letter spacing
-0.018em
line height
1.48
mono font
Azeret Mono
scale ratio
1.2
rules
composition
Build around a command spine, an operational log, and adjacent inspection panes; hierarchy comes from pane scale and syntax grouping rather than decorative frames.
density

High information density is allowed, but rows must breathe with 8px rhythm, visible separators, and grouped whitespace so the interface remains calm.

hierarchy

Use compact section labels, monospaced command lines, tabular metrics, and restrained semantic color so users can parse state, action, and evidence at a glance.

signature patterns
Command input bars include a fixed prompt glyph, segmented mode pills, and a bracket focus outline that appears only during active entry.Log streams use semantic syntax spans for actor, action, object, timestamp, and state, with color doing structural parsing rather than decoration.Panels use clipped-corner masks, one-pixel inner highlights, and small hardware labels to create workstation material without nostalgic ornament.Active selections appear as translucent amber or violet fills with paired top-and-bottom rules, never as side stripes or colored card rails.Data tables compress into terminal packets on mobile, preserving command labels and semantic status chips instead of becoming generic cards.
layout
breakpoints

mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px, wide 1440px

grid
Desktop uses a 12-column product shell with command spine, primary log, and inspector; mobile collapses into stacked terminal packets without square-grid backgrounds.
whitespace

Whitespace is narrow but intentional: 8px row rhythm, 16px pane padding, and 24-32px macro gaps around primary operational zones.

guidance
do
  • Use semantic syntax color for commands, data, selected state, success, warning, error, and informational values.
  • Keep surfaces clean with horizontal luminance bands and translucent graphite panels; justify every texture as state or material.
  • Design scene-first operational workflows such as deploy consoles, AI runbooks, observability workbenches, or data command centers.
  • Use bracketed focus, prompt glyphs, clipped corners, and compact labels as the recurring product grammar.
avoid
  • Do not use square grid backgrounds, default dotted textures, decorative side rails, colored card stripes, or arbitrary confetti.
  • Do not turn the language into vaporwave, cyberpunk, arcade CRT, or green hacker nostalgia.
  • Do not spread accent colors across unrelated decoration; every color must identify state, syntax, or interaction.
  • Do not rely on generic dashboard cards without command, log, or inspection behavior.
katagami spec
# Syntax Ledger OS

## Philosophy

Syntax Ledger OS turns terminal fluency into a premium 2026 product language: command-first, log-aware, dense but calm, with color reserved for semantic structure rather than retro decoration.

### Values

- Command surfaces should make complex operations feel inspectable, reversible, and fast.
- Terminal references must become useful product structure, not nostalgic costume or hacker theater.
- Dense information can feel calm when typography, separators, and semantic color are disciplined.
- Hardware-era affordances should appear as tactile control geometry and status modules, not arcade chrome.

### Anti-Values

- No vaporwave, cyberpunk glow, novelty CRT filters, or illegible green-on-black hacker aesthetics.
- No square grid wallpaper, dotted default texture, decorative side rails, rainbow sprawl, or color used as garnish.
- No generic SaaS card dashboard with terminal labels pasted on top.

### Visual Character

- Deep ink background uses broad horizontal luminance bands and soft radial panel light, never square grids or repeated dotted texture.
- Panels use translucent graphite fills, one-pixel cool borders, clipped-corner radii, and inset highlight lines to recall workstation hardware.
- Typography pairs compact geometric sans labels with crisp monospaced command text, using tabular numerals and measured negative letter spacing.
- Semantic syntax color is limited to amber commands, cyan data, violet selection, red errors, and green success states across code-like content.
- Interactive controls use bracketed focus rings, terminal prompt markers, segmented tabs, and quiet status chips instead of decorative stripes.

## Tokens

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: Cool graphite separators define structure; accent borders appear only for active focus, selection, warnings, or terminal prompt affordances.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with inset highlight and bracketed focus outlines

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#9B8CFF` |
| background | `#101318` |
| border | `#303845` |
| error | `#EF6F6C` |
| info | `#6BC7F1` |
| muted | `#8D96A3` |
| primary | `#E7A84B` |
| secondary | `#5BC8D6` |
| success | `#79D18B` |
| surface | `#181D24` |
| text | `#E7E1D4` |
| warning | `#F0C35B` |

### Motion

- **Duration**: 160ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1)
- **Philosophy**: Motion is operational and minimal: panels clarify state with short opacity/translate changes, command focus snaps into place, and logs stream without theatrical glitch.

### Radii

- **Full**: 9999px
- **Lg**: 12px
- **Md**: 7px
- **None**: 0
- **Sm**: 3px

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.06), 0 32px 90px rgba(0,0,0,0.42)
- **Md**: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.05), 0 18px 48px rgba(0,0,0,0.30)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.04), 0 10px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.20)

### Spacing

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

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: Layered radial light plus oversized horizontal scan bands at very low opacity; never a square grid and never a repeated dotted pattern.
- **Card Style**: Low-radius clipped workstation modules with 1px borders, command headers, and compact metadata rows.
- **Treatment**: Translucent graphite panels over a near-black field with broad horizontal banding, subtle inner highlights, and no default dot or square-grid texture.

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: Sora
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Azeret+Mono:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Sora:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: Sora
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.018em
- **Line Height**: 1.48
- **Mono Font**: Azeret Mono
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.2

## Rules

### Composition

Build around a command spine, an operational log, and adjacent inspection panes; hierarchy comes from pane scale and syntax grouping rather than decorative frames.

### Density

High information density is allowed, but rows must breathe with 8px rhythm, visible separators, and grouped whitespace so the interface remains calm.

### Hierarchy

Use compact section labels, monospaced command lines, tabular metrics, and restrained semantic color so users can parse state, action, and evidence at a glance.

### Signature Patterns

- Command input bars include a fixed prompt glyph, segmented mode pills, and a bracket focus outline that appears only during active entry.
- Log streams use semantic syntax spans for actor, action, object, timestamp, and state, with color doing structural parsing rather than decoration.
- Panels use clipped-corner masks, one-pixel inner highlights, and small hardware labels to create workstation material without nostalgic ornament.
- Active selections appear as translucent amber or violet fills with paired top-and-bottom rules, never as side stripes or colored card rails.
- Data tables compress into terminal packets on mobile, preserving command labels and semantic status chips instead of becoming generic cards.

## Layout

### Breakpoints

mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px, wide 1440px

### Grid

Desktop uses a 12-column product shell with command spine, primary log, and inspector; mobile collapses into stacked terminal packets without square-grid backgrounds.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is narrow but intentional: 8px row rhythm, 16px pane padding, and 24-32px macro gaps around primary operational zones.

## Guidance

### Do

- Use semantic syntax color for commands, data, selected state, success, warning, error, and informational values.
- Keep surfaces clean with horizontal luminance bands and translucent graphite panels; justify every texture as state or material.
- Design scene-first operational workflows such as deploy consoles, AI runbooks, observability workbenches, or data command centers.
- Use bracketed focus, prompt glyphs, clipped corners, and compact labels as the recurring product grammar.

### Don't

- Do not use square grid backgrounds, default dotted textures, decorative side rails, colored card stripes, or arbitrary confetti.
- Do not turn the language into vaporwave, cyberpunk, arcade CRT, or green hacker nostalgia.
- Do not spread accent colors across unrelated decoration; every color must identify state, syntax, or interaction.
- Do not rely on generic dashboard cards without command, log, or inspection behavior.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Syntax Ledger OS"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  accent: "#9B8CFF"
  background: "#101318"
  border: "#303845"
  error: "#EF6F6C"
  info: "#6BC7F1"
  muted: "#8D96A3"
  primary: "#E7A84B"
  secondary: "#5BC8D6"
  success: "#79D18B"
  surface: "#181D24"
  text: "#E7E1D4"
  warning: "#F0C35B"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Sora"
    fontSize: "1.728rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.018em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Sora"
    fontSize: "1.44rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.018em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "Sora"
    fontSize: "16px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.48
    letterSpacing: "-0.018em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "Azeret Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  full: "9999px"
  lg: "12px"
  md: "7px"
  none: "0px"
  sm: "3px"
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: "#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"
---

# Syntax Ledger OS

## Overview

Syntax Ledger OS turns terminal fluency into a premium 2026 product language: command-first, log-aware, dense but calm, with color reserved for semantic structure rather than retro decoration.

### Values

- Command surfaces should make complex operations feel inspectable, reversible, and fast.
- Terminal references must become useful product structure, not nostalgic costume or hacker theater.
- Dense information can feel calm when typography, separators, and semantic color are disciplined.
- Hardware-era affordances should appear as tactile control geometry and status modules, not arcade chrome.

### Anti-Values

- No vaporwave, cyberpunk glow, novelty CRT filters, or illegible green-on-black hacker aesthetics.
- No square grid wallpaper, dotted default texture, decorative side rails, rainbow sprawl, or color used as garnish.
- No generic SaaS card dashboard with terminal labels pasted on top.

### Visual Character

- Deep ink background uses broad horizontal luminance bands and soft radial panel light, never square grids or repeated dotted texture.
- Panels use translucent graphite fills, one-pixel cool borders, clipped-corner radii, and inset highlight lines to recall workstation hardware.
- Typography pairs compact geometric sans labels with crisp monospaced command text, using tabular numerals and measured negative letter spacing.
- Semantic syntax color is limited to amber commands, cyan data, violet selection, red errors, and green success states across code-like content.
- Interactive controls use bracketed focus rings, terminal prompt markers, segmented tabs, and quiet status chips instead of decorative stripes.

## 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 | `#9B8CFF` |
| background | `#101318` |
| border | `#303845` |
| error | `#EF6F6C` |
| info | `#6BC7F1` |
| muted | `#8D96A3` |
| primary | `#E7A84B` |
| secondary | `#5BC8D6` |
| success | `#79D18B` |
| surface | `#181D24` |
| text | `#E7E1D4` |
| warning | `#F0C35B` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Sora, 1.728rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Sora, 1.44rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Sora, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.48.
- **Label-Md**: Azeret 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

mobile 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px, wide 1440px

### Grid

Desktop uses a 12-column product shell with command spine, primary log, and inspector; mobile collapses into stacked terminal packets without square-grid backgrounds.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is narrow but intentional: 8px row rhythm, 16px pane padding, and 24-32px macro gaps around primary operational zones.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.06), 0 32px 90px rgba(0,0,0,0.42)
- **Md**: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.05), 0 18px 48px rgba(0,0,0,0.30)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.04), 0 10px 24px rgba(0,0,0,0.20)

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `12px`
- **Md**: `7px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `3px`

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: Layered radial light plus oversized horizontal scan bands at very low opacity; never a square grid and never a repeated dotted pattern.
- **Card Style**: Low-radius clipped workstation modules with 1px borders, command headers, and compact metadata rows.
- **Treatment**: Translucent graphite panels over a near-black field with broad horizontal banding, subtle inner highlights, and no default dot or square-grid texture.

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: Cool graphite separators define structure; accent borders appear only for active focus, selection, warnings, or terminal prompt affordances.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with inset highlight and bracketed focus outlines

## Components

### Composition

Build around a command spine, an operational log, and adjacent inspection panes; hierarchy comes from pane scale and syntax grouping rather than decorative frames.

### Density

High information density is allowed, but rows must breathe with 8px rhythm, visible separators, and grouped whitespace so the interface remains calm.

### Hierarchy

Use compact section labels, monospaced command lines, tabular metrics, and restrained semantic color so users can parse state, action, and evidence at a glance.

### Signature Patterns

- Command input bars include a fixed prompt glyph, segmented mode pills, and a bracket focus outline that appears only during active entry.
- Log streams use semantic syntax spans for actor, action, object, timestamp, and state, with color doing structural parsing rather than decoration.
- Panels use clipped-corner masks, one-pixel inner highlights, and small hardware labels to create workstation material without nostalgic ornament.
- Active selections appear as translucent amber or violet fills with paired top-and-bottom rules, never as side stripes or colored card rails.
- Data tables compress into terminal packets on mobile, preserving command labels and semantic status chips instead of becoming generic cards.

## 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-019e4695-5832-7790-ad78-03d448b2cf16/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 semantic syntax color for commands, data, selected state, success, warning, error, and informational values.
- Do Keep surfaces clean with horizontal luminance bands and translucent graphite panels; justify every texture as state or material.
- Do Design scene-first operational workflows such as deploy consoles, AI runbooks, observability workbenches, or data command centers.
- Do Use bracketed focus, prompt glyphs, clipped corners, and compact labels as the recurring product grammar.
- Don't Do not use square grid backgrounds, default dotted textures, decorative side rails, colored card stripes, or arbitrary confetti.
- Don't Do not turn the language into vaporwave, cyberpunk, arcade CRT, or green hacker nostalgia.
- Don't Do not spread accent colors across unrelated decoration; every color must identify state, syntax, or interaction.
- Don't Do not rely on generic dashboard cards without command, log, or inspection behavior.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "syntax-ledger-os",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Syntax Ledger OS shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#101318",
      "foreground": "#E7E1D4",
      "card": "#181D24",
      "card-foreground": "#E7E1D4",
      "popover": "#181D24",
      "popover-foreground": "#E7E1D4",
      "primary": "#E7A84B",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#5BC8D6",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#8D96A3",
      "muted-foreground": "#E7E1D4",
      "accent": "#9B8CFF",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#EF6F6C",
      "border": "#303845",
      "input": "#303845",
      "ring": "#9B8CFF",
      "chart-1": "#E7A84B",
      "chart-2": "#5BC8D6",
      "chart-3": "#9B8CFF",
      "chart-4": "#79D18B",
      "chart-5": "#F0C35B",
      "sidebar": "#181D24",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#E7E1D4",
      "sidebar-primary": "#E7A84B",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#6BC7F1",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303845",
      "sidebar-ring": "#9B8CFF",
      "radius": "7px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#E7A84B",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#9B8CFF",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#EF6F6C",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#9B8CFF",
      "chart-1": "#E7A84B",
      "chart-2": "#5BC8D6",
      "chart-3": "#9B8CFF",
      "chart-4": "#79D18B",
      "chart-5": "#F0C35B",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#E7A84B",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#9B8CFF",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#9B8CFF",
      "radius": "7px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019e4695-5832-7790-ad78-03d448b2cf16",
    "slug": "syntax-ledger-os",
    "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"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```
in the wild

embodiments

the full element showcase
embodiment · syntax-ledger-os
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgSora · 28px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdSora · 23px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdSora · 16px · 400

The quick brown fox jumps

label-mdAzeret 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

Shape

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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: #101318;
  --foreground: #E7E1D4;
  --card: #181D24;
  --card-foreground: #E7E1D4;
  --popover: #181D24;
  --popover-foreground: #E7E1D4;
  --primary: #E7A84B;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #5BC8D6;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #8D96A3;
  --muted-foreground: #E7E1D4;
  --accent: #9B8CFF;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #EF6F6C;
  --border: #303845;
  --input: #303845;
  --ring: #9B8CFF;
  --chart-1: #E7A84B;
  --chart-2: #5BC8D6;
  --chart-3: #9B8CFF;
  --chart-4: #79D18B;
  --chart-5: #F0C35B;
  --sidebar: #181D24;
  --sidebar-foreground: #E7E1D4;
  --sidebar-primary: #E7A84B;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #6BC7F1;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303845;
  --sidebar-ring: #9B8CFF;
  --radius: 7px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #E7A84B;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #9B8CFF;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #EF6F6C;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #9B8CFF;
  --chart-1: #E7A84B;
  --chart-2: #5BC8D6;
  --chart-3: #9B8CFF;
  --chart-4: #79D18B;
  --chart-5: #F0C35B;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #E7A84B;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #9B8CFF;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #9B8CFF;
  --radius: 7px;
}
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 SyntaxLedgerOsShadcnKit() {
  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">Syntax Ledger OS</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 JSONstored + verified
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "cssVars": {
    "dark": {
      "accent": "#9B8CFF",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "border": "#303642",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "chart-1": "#E7A84B",
      "chart-2": "#5BC8D6",
      "chart-3": "#9B8CFF",
      "chart-4": "#79D18B",
      "chart-5": "#F0C35B",
      "destructive": "#EF6F6C",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "input": "#303642",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#E7A84B",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "radius": "7px",
      "ring": "#9B8CFF",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-accent": "#9B8CFF",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#E7A84B",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-ring": "#9B8CFF"
    },
    "light": {
      "accent": "#9B8CFF",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "background": "#101318",
      "border": "#303845",
      "card": "#181D24",
      "card-foreground": "#E7E1D4",
      "chart-1": "#E7A84B",
      "chart-2": "#5BC8D6",
      "chart-3": "#9B8CFF",
      "chart-4": "#79D18B",
      "chart-5": "#F0C35B",
      "destructive": "#EF6F6C",
      "foreground": "#E7E1D4",
      "input": "#303845",
      "muted": "#8D96A3",
      "muted-foreground": "#E7E1D4",
      "popover": "#181D24",
      "popover-foreground": "#E7E1D4",
      "primary": "#E7A84B",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "radius": "7px",
      "ring": "#9B8CFF",
      "secondary": "#5BC8D6",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar": "#181D24",
      "sidebar-accent": "#6BC7F1",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303845",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#E7E1D4",
      "sidebar-primary": "#E7A84B",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-ring": "#9B8CFF"
    },
    "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-019e4695-5832-7790-ad78-03d448b2cf16",
    "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": "syntax-ledger-os",
    "source": "katagami"
  },
  "name": "syntax-ledger-os",
  "title": "Syntax Ledger OS shadcn Theme",
  "type": "registry:theme"
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Syntax Ledger OS shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019e4695-5832-7790-ad78-03d448b2cf16`
Slug: `syntax-ledger-os`

## Intent

Syntax Ledger OS turns terminal fluency into a premium 2026 product language: command-first, log-aware, dense but calm, with color reserved for semantic structure rather than retro decoration.

## 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": "#9B8CFF",
  "background": "#101318",
  "border": "#303845",
  "error": "#EF6F6C",
  "info": "#6BC7F1",
  "muted": "#8D96A3",
  "primary": "#E7A84B",
  "secondary": "#5BC8D6",
  "success": "#79D18B",
  "surface": "#181D24",
  "text": "#E7E1D4",
  "warning": "#F0C35B"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "16px",
  "body_font": "Sora",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Azeret+Mono:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Sora:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap",
  "heading_font": "Sora",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.018em",
  "line_height": 1.48,
  "mono_font": "Azeret Mono",
  "scale_ratio": 1.2
}

## Visual character to preserve

- Deep ink background uses broad horizontal luminance bands and soft radial panel light, never square grids or repeated dotted texture.
- Panels use translucent graphite fills, one-pixel cool borders, clipped-corner radii, and inset highlight lines to recall workstation hardware.
- Typography pairs compact geometric sans labels with crisp monospaced command text, using tabular numerals and measured negative letter spacing.
- Semantic syntax color is limited to amber commands, cyan data, violet selection, red errors, and green success states across code-like content.
- Interactive controls use bracketed focus rings, terminal prompt markers, segmented tabs, and quiet status chips instead of decorative stripes.

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "brutalist",
  "material": "ink",
  "contour": "pebble",
  "border": "solid",
  "underlay": true,
  "grain": true,
  "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/syntax-ledger-os/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 semantic syntax color for commands, data, selected state, success, warning, error, and informational values.; Keep surfaces clean with horizontal luminance bands and translucent graphite panels; justify every texture as state or material.; Design scene-first operational workflows such as deploy consoles, AI runbooks, observability workbenches, or data command centers.; Use bracketed focus, prompt glyphs, clipped corners, and compact labels as the recurring product grammar.
- Do not: Do not use square grid backgrounds, default dotted textures, decorative side rails, colored card stripes, or arbitrary confetti.; Do not turn the language into vaporwave, cyberpunk, arcade CRT, or green hacker nostalgia.; Do not spread accent colors across unrelated decoration; every color must identify state, syntax, or interaction.; Do not rely on generic dashboard cards without command, log, or inspection behavior.

## 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 SyntaxLedgerOsShadcnKit() {
  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">Syntax Ledger OS</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 375px, tablet 768px, desktop 1200px, wide 1440px",
  "grid": "Desktop uses a 12-column product shell with command spine, primary log, and inspector; mobile collapses into stacked terminal packets without square-grid backgrounds.",
  "whitespace": "Whitespace is narrow but intentional: 8px row rhythm, 16px pane padding, and 24-32px macro gaps around primary operational zones."
}
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": "en-019e4695-5832-7790-ad78-03d448b2cf16",
    "name": "Syntax Ledger OS",
    "slug": "syntax-ledger-os"
  },
  "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": [
    "Deep ink background uses broad horizontal luminance bands and soft radial panel light, never square grids or repeated dotted texture.",
    "Panels use translucent graphite fills, one-pixel cool borders, clipped-corner radii, and inset highlight lines to recall workstation hardware.",
    "Typography pairs compact geometric sans labels with crisp monospaced command text, using tabular numerals and measured negative letter spacing.",
    "Semantic syntax color is limited to amber commands, cyan data, violet selection, red errors, and green success states across code-like content.",
    "Interactive controls use bracketed focus rings, terminal prompt markers, segmented tabs, and quiet status chips instead of decorative stripes."
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "brutalist",
    "material": "ink",
    "contour": "pebble",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": false,
    "grain": true,
    "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": "Syntax Ledger OS 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 semantic syntax color for commands, data, selected state, success, warning, error, and informational values.",
      "Keep surfaces clean with horizontal luminance bands and translucent graphite panels; justify every texture as state or material.",
      "Design scene-first operational workflows such as deploy consoles, AI runbooks, observability workbenches, or data command centers.",
      "Use bracketed focus, prompt glyphs, clipped corners, and compact labels as the recurring product grammar."
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not use square grid backgrounds, default dotted textures, decorative side rails, colored card stripes, or arbitrary confetti.",
      "Do not turn the language into vaporwave, cyberpunk, arcade CRT, or green hacker nostalgia.",
      "Do not spread accent colors across unrelated decoration; every color must identify state, syntax, or interaction.",
      "Do not rely on generic dashboard cards without command, log, or inspection behavior."
    ]
  }
}
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