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Refined Bitmap Editorial

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
Refined Bitmap Editorial treats low-resolution graphic language as a quiet publishing system: bone paper, black pixel structure, and one acidic signal organize cultural analysis, archive notes, and production decisions without nostalgia or game-console kitsch.
values
Editorial restraint over retro noveltyPixel logic as hierarchy rather than decorationTactile paper calm paired with precise digital edgesOne memorable acidic accent used as annotation, status, and cursor
anti-values
×Rainbow 8-bit nostalgia, mascot sprites, and arcade chrome×Generic SaaS dashboard cards with incidental pixel ornaments×Soft gradients, glassmorphism, and arbitrary rounded corners
tokens
borders4 items
accent width
2px
character
black pixel rules, stepped corner ticks, and inset accent cursor blocks
default width
1px
style
solid
colors12 items
accent
#C7FF2E
background
#EFE7D4
border
#11100D
error
#B3261E
info
#245C9E
muted
#6F6758
primary
#11100D
secondary
#2C2922
success
#4F7A28
surface
#F8F1DF
text
#11100D
warning
#A06600
motion3 items
duration
120ms
easing
steps(2, jump-end)
philosophy
state changes snap in two bitmap steps; no fades, springs, or liquid easing
radii5 items
full
9999px
lg
0
md
0
none
0
sm
0
shadows3 items
lg
8px 8px 0 #11100D
md
4px 4px 0 #11100D
sm
2px 2px 0 #11100D
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
bg pattern
linear-gradient dot grid and ordered-dither blocks aligned to 16px
card style
flat rectangular panels with one-pixel black rules and occasional two-step clipped corners
treatment
matte bone paper with visible 8px square dither fields
typography8 items
base size
16px
body font
IBM Plex Sans
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Libre+Caslon+Condensed:wght@400;700&family=Pixelify+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap
heading font
Libre Caslon Condensed
letter spacing
-0.015em
line height
1.45
mono font
Pixelify Sans
scale ratio
1.2
rules
composition
Use one dominant editorial artifact in a two-column publishing workspace: a large manuscript proof or spread occupies the left, while narrow annotation rails, tabs, and status strips compress on the right.
density

Moderately dense like an art magazine production table, with tight metadata clusters and large calm reading wells separated by 16px grid gaps.

hierarchy
Headlines earn scale through condensed serif type and generous leading; metadata, controls, and states use bitmap monospace blocks; accent appears only on selected or urgent items.
signature patterns
Stepped-corner panels use clip-path polygon cuts at exactly 8px and expose a black pixel notch on one or two corners.Ordered-dither swatches built from repeating-linear-gradient layers mark progress, unavailable states, and archival image placeholders.Active navigation and focus states render as acidic 12px cursor slabs behind bitmap labels instead of underlines or glows.Tables and timelines align every row to a 32px pixel measure with one-pixel rule dividers and square status cells.
layout
breakpoints

mobile 375px stacks all rails below the proof; tablet 768px keeps two narrow rail columns; desktop 1200px+ uses proof, annotation rail, and operations column.

grid

Sixteen-pixel root grid with a 5:3 desktop split, 12-column editorial measures, and right-side rails that collapse beneath the proof on tablet and mobile.

whitespace

Whitespace is paper margin: large 64px outer margins at desktop, 24px section breaks, and tight 4px label-to-value gaps for related metadata.

guidance
do
  • Use black pixel rules, clipped corners, and dither fills to create hierarchy before adding color.
  • Reserve chartreuse for active selection, text cursors, flags, and one primary action per view.
  • Choose product scenes with editorial evidence: proofs, issue maps, caption ledgers, archive tables, and production states.
  • Keep radius at zero except true pills where the token requires it for accessibility labels.
avoid
  • Do not add arcade icons, rainbow palettes, faux console controllers, or nostalgic game mascots.
  • Do not soften the system with blurred shadows, gradients, glass panels, or arbitrary rounded cards.
  • Do not make a generic dashboard; the scene must read as a publishing or archive tool.
  • Do not use status colors as the main identity; structure, type, and grid carry the language.
katagami spec
# Refined Bitmap Editorial

## Philosophy

Refined Bitmap Editorial treats low-resolution graphic language as a quiet publishing system: bone paper, black pixel structure, and one acidic signal organize cultural analysis, archive notes, and production decisions without nostalgia or game-console kitsch.

### Values

- Editorial restraint over retro novelty
- Pixel logic as hierarchy rather than decoration
- Tactile paper calm paired with precise digital edges
- One memorable acidic accent used as annotation, status, and cursor

### Anti-Values

- Rainbow 8-bit nostalgia, mascot sprites, and arcade chrome
- Generic SaaS dashboard cards with incidental pixel ornaments
- Soft gradients, glassmorphism, and arbitrary rounded corners

### Visual Character

- A 16px bitmap baseline grid drives column widths, gutters, label placement, and stepped edge masks across panels.
- Bone paper surfaces use subtle square halftone and ordered-dither textures rather than gradients or photographic noise.
- Typography pairs narrow editorial serif headlines with compact bitmap monospace labels, all locked to clipped line boxes.
- Black one-pixel rules and two-pixel corner ticks replace soft shadows; hierarchy comes from rule weight and inset spacing.
- A single acidic chartreuse accent appears only as cursor blocks, active tabs, data flags, and selected text rectangles.

## Tokens

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: black pixel rules, stepped corner ticks, and inset accent cursor blocks
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#C7FF2E` |
| background | `#EFE7D4` |
| border | `#11100D` |
| error | `#B3261E` |
| info | `#245C9E` |
| muted | `#6F6758` |
| primary | `#11100D` |
| secondary | `#2C2922` |
| success | `#4F7A28` |
| surface | `#F8F1DF` |
| text | `#11100D` |
| warning | `#A06600` |

### Motion

- **Duration**: 120ms
- **Easing**: steps(2, jump-end)
- **Philosophy**: state changes snap in two bitmap steps; no fades, springs, or liquid easing

### Radii

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

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 8px 8px 0 #11100D
- **Md**: 4px 4px 0 #11100D
- **Sm**: 2px 2px 0 #11100D

### Spacing

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

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: linear-gradient dot grid and ordered-dither blocks aligned to 16px
- **Card Style**: flat rectangular panels with one-pixel black rules and occasional two-step clipped corners
- **Treatment**: matte bone paper with visible 8px square dither fields

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: IBM Plex Sans
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Libre+Caslon+Condensed:wght@400;700&family=Pixelify+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: Libre Caslon Condensed
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.015em
- **Line Height**: 1.45
- **Mono Font**: Pixelify Sans
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.2

## Rules

### Composition

Use one dominant editorial artifact in a two-column publishing workspace: a large manuscript proof or spread occupies the left, while narrow annotation rails, tabs, and status strips compress on the right.

### Density

Moderately dense like an art magazine production table, with tight metadata clusters and large calm reading wells separated by 16px grid gaps.

### Hierarchy

Headlines earn scale through condensed serif type and generous leading; metadata, controls, and states use bitmap monospace blocks; accent appears only on selected or urgent items.

### Signature Patterns

- Stepped-corner panels use clip-path polygon cuts at exactly 8px and expose a black pixel notch on one or two corners.
- Ordered-dither swatches built from repeating-linear-gradient layers mark progress, unavailable states, and archival image placeholders.
- Active navigation and focus states render as acidic 12px cursor slabs behind bitmap labels instead of underlines or glows.
- Tables and timelines align every row to a 32px pixel measure with one-pixel rule dividers and square status cells.

## Layout

### Breakpoints

mobile 375px stacks all rails below the proof; tablet 768px keeps two narrow rail columns; desktop 1200px+ uses proof, annotation rail, and operations column.

### Grid

Sixteen-pixel root grid with a 5:3 desktop split, 12-column editorial measures, and right-side rails that collapse beneath the proof on tablet and mobile.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is paper margin: large 64px outer margins at desktop, 24px section breaks, and tight 4px label-to-value gaps for related metadata.

## Guidance

### Do

- Use black pixel rules, clipped corners, and dither fills to create hierarchy before adding color.
- Reserve chartreuse for active selection, text cursors, flags, and one primary action per view.
- Choose product scenes with editorial evidence: proofs, issue maps, caption ledgers, archive tables, and production states.
- Keep radius at zero except true pills where the token requires it for accessibility labels.

### Don't

- Do not add arcade icons, rainbow palettes, faux console controllers, or nostalgic game mascots.
- Do not soften the system with blurred shadows, gradients, glass panels, or arbitrary rounded cards.
- Do not make a generic dashboard; the scene must read as a publishing or archive tool.
- Do not use status colors as the main identity; structure, type, and grid carry the language.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Refined Bitmap Editorial"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  accent: "#C7FF2E"
  background: "#EFE7D4"
  border: "#11100D"
  error: "#B3261E"
  info: "#245C9E"
  muted: "#6F6758"
  primary: "#11100D"
  secondary: "#2C2922"
  success: "#4F7A28"
  surface: "#F8F1DF"
  text: "#11100D"
  warning: "#A06600"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Libre Caslon Condensed"
    fontSize: "1.728rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.015em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Libre Caslon Condensed"
    fontSize: "1.44rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.015em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Sans"
    fontSize: "16px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.45
    letterSpacing: "-0.015em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "Pixelify Sans"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  full: "9999px"
  lg: "0px"
  md: "0px"
  none: "0px"
  sm: "0px"
spacing:
  base: "8px"
  xs: "4px"
  sm: "8px"
  md: "12px"
  lg: "16px"
  xl: "24px"
  2xl: "32px"
  3xl: "48px"
  4xl: "64px"
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"
---

# Refined Bitmap Editorial

## Overview

Refined Bitmap Editorial treats low-resolution graphic language as a quiet publishing system: bone paper, black pixel structure, and one acidic signal organize cultural analysis, archive notes, and production decisions without nostalgia or game-console kitsch.

### Values

- Editorial restraint over retro novelty
- Pixel logic as hierarchy rather than decoration
- Tactile paper calm paired with precise digital edges
- One memorable acidic accent used as annotation, status, and cursor

### Anti-Values

- Rainbow 8-bit nostalgia, mascot sprites, and arcade chrome
- Generic SaaS dashboard cards with incidental pixel ornaments
- Soft gradients, glassmorphism, and arbitrary rounded corners

### Visual Character

- A 16px bitmap baseline grid drives column widths, gutters, label placement, and stepped edge masks across panels.
- Bone paper surfaces use subtle square halftone and ordered-dither textures rather than gradients or photographic noise.
- Typography pairs narrow editorial serif headlines with compact bitmap monospace labels, all locked to clipped line boxes.
- Black one-pixel rules and two-pixel corner ticks replace soft shadows; hierarchy comes from rule weight and inset spacing.
- A single acidic chartreuse accent appears only as cursor blocks, active tabs, data flags, and selected text rectangles.

## 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 | `#C7FF2E` |
| background | `#EFE7D4` |
| border | `#11100D` |
| error | `#B3261E` |
| info | `#245C9E` |
| muted | `#6F6758` |
| primary | `#11100D` |
| secondary | `#2C2922` |
| success | `#4F7A28` |
| surface | `#F8F1DF` |
| text | `#11100D` |
| warning | `#A06600` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Libre Caslon Condensed, 1.728rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Libre Caslon Condensed, 1.44rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: IBM Plex Sans, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.45.
- **Label-Md**: Pixelify Sans, 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 stacks all rails below the proof; tablet 768px keeps two narrow rail columns; desktop 1200px+ uses proof, annotation rail, and operations column.

### Grid

Sixteen-pixel root grid with a 5:3 desktop split, 12-column editorial measures, and right-side rails that collapse beneath the proof on tablet and mobile.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is paper margin: large 64px outer margins at desktop, 24px section breaks, and tight 4px label-to-value gaps for related metadata.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 8px 8px 0 #11100D
- **Md**: 4px 4px 0 #11100D
- **Sm**: 2px 2px 0 #11100D

## Shapes

### Rounded

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

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: linear-gradient dot grid and ordered-dither blocks aligned to 16px
- **Card Style**: flat rectangular panels with one-pixel black rules and occasional two-step clipped corners
- **Treatment**: matte bone paper with visible 8px square dither fields

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: black pixel rules, stepped corner ticks, and inset accent cursor blocks
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid

## Components

### Composition

Use one dominant editorial artifact in a two-column publishing workspace: a large manuscript proof or spread occupies the left, while narrow annotation rails, tabs, and status strips compress on the right.

### Density

Moderately dense like an art magazine production table, with tight metadata clusters and large calm reading wells separated by 16px grid gaps.

### Hierarchy

Headlines earn scale through condensed serif type and generous leading; metadata, controls, and states use bitmap monospace blocks; accent appears only on selected or urgent items.

### Signature Patterns

- Stepped-corner panels use clip-path polygon cuts at exactly 8px and expose a black pixel notch on one or two corners.
- Ordered-dither swatches built from repeating-linear-gradient layers mark progress, unavailable states, and archival image placeholders.
- Active navigation and focus states render as acidic 12px cursor slabs behind bitmap labels instead of underlines or glows.
- Tables and timelines align every row to a 32px pixel measure with one-pixel rule dividers and square status cells.

## 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-019e69ae-c09b-7742-a12d-d9543777ca47/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 black pixel rules, clipped corners, and dither fills to create hierarchy before adding color.
- Do Reserve chartreuse for active selection, text cursors, flags, and one primary action per view.
- Do Choose product scenes with editorial evidence: proofs, issue maps, caption ledgers, archive tables, and production states.
- Do Keep radius at zero except true pills where the token requires it for accessibility labels.
- Don't Do not add arcade icons, rainbow palettes, faux console controllers, or nostalgic game mascots.
- Don't Do not soften the system with blurred shadows, gradients, glass panels, or arbitrary rounded cards.
- Don't Do not make a generic dashboard; the scene must read as a publishing or archive tool.
- Don't Do not use status colors as the main identity; structure, type, and grid carry the language.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "refined-bitmap-editorial",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Refined Bitmap Editorial shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#EFE7D4",
      "foreground": "#11100D",
      "card": "#F8F1DF",
      "card-foreground": "#11100D",
      "popover": "#F8F1DF",
      "popover-foreground": "#11100D",
      "primary": "#11100D",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#2C2922",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#6F6758",
      "muted-foreground": "#11100D",
      "accent": "#C7FF2E",
      "accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "destructive": "#B3261E",
      "border": "#11100D",
      "input": "#11100D",
      "ring": "#C7FF2E",
      "chart-1": "#11100D",
      "chart-2": "#2C2922",
      "chart-3": "#C7FF2E",
      "chart-4": "#4F7A28",
      "chart-5": "#A06600",
      "sidebar": "#F8F1DF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#11100D",
      "sidebar-primary": "#11100D",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#245C9E",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#11100D",
      "sidebar-ring": "#C7FF2E",
      "radius": "0"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#11100D",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#C7FF2E",
      "accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "destructive": "#B3261E",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#C7FF2E",
      "chart-1": "#11100D",
      "chart-2": "#2C2922",
      "chart-3": "#C7FF2E",
      "chart-4": "#4F7A28",
      "chart-5": "#A06600",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#11100D",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#C7FF2E",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#C7FF2E",
      "radius": "0"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019e69ae-c09b-7742-a12d-d9543777ca47",
    "slug": "refined-bitmap-editorial",
    "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 · refined-bitmap-editorial
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgLibre Caslon Condensed · 28px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdLibre Caslon Condensed · 23px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdIBM Plex Sans · 16px · 400

The quick brown fox jumps

label-mdPixelify Sans · 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

full9999px
lg0px
md0px
none0px
sm0px
shadcn/ui

implementation kit

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

DESIGN.md with shadcn

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

advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
shadcn add
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table
theme css
:root {
  --background: #EFE7D4;
  --foreground: #11100D;
  --card: #F8F1DF;
  --card-foreground: #11100D;
  --popover: #F8F1DF;
  --popover-foreground: #11100D;
  --primary: #11100D;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #2C2922;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #6F6758;
  --muted-foreground: #11100D;
  --accent: #C7FF2E;
  --accent-foreground: #111111;
  --destructive: #B3261E;
  --border: #11100D;
  --input: #11100D;
  --ring: #C7FF2E;
  --chart-1: #11100D;
  --chart-2: #2C2922;
  --chart-3: #C7FF2E;
  --chart-4: #4F7A28;
  --chart-5: #A06600;
  --sidebar: #F8F1DF;
  --sidebar-foreground: #11100D;
  --sidebar-primary: #11100D;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #245C9E;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #11100D;
  --sidebar-ring: #C7FF2E;
  --radius: 0;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #11100D;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #C7FF2E;
  --accent-foreground: #111111;
  --destructive: #B3261E;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #C7FF2E;
  --chart-1: #11100D;
  --chart-2: #2C2922;
  --chart-3: #C7FF2E;
  --chart-4: #4F7A28;
  --chart-5: #A06600;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #11100D;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #C7FF2E;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #111111;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #C7FF2E;
  --radius: 0;
}
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 RefinedBitmapEditorialShadcnKit() {
  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">Refined Bitmap Editorial</h2>
          <p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
            Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
            with the language-specific component recipes.
          </p>
        </div>
        <Button>Apply theme</Button>
      </div>

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

      <Card>
        <CardHeader>
          <CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
          <CardDescription>
            Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
            from components.md and preview-shots.json.
          </CardDescription>
        </CardHeader>
        <CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
          <Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
          <Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
        </CardContent>
        <CardFooter className="justify-between">
          <Badge>Ready</Badge>
          <Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
        </CardFooter>
      </Card>
    </section>
  );
}
theme JSONcompatibility fallback
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "refined-bitmap-editorial",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Refined Bitmap Editorial shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#EFE7D4",
      "foreground": "#11100D",
      "card": "#F8F1DF",
      "card-foreground": "#11100D",
      "popover": "#F8F1DF",
      "popover-foreground": "#11100D",
      "primary": "#11100D",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#2C2922",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#6F6758",
      "muted-foreground": "#11100D",
      "accent": "#C7FF2E",
      "accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "destructive": "#B3261E",
      "border": "#11100D",
      "input": "#11100D",
      "ring": "#C7FF2E",
      "chart-1": "#11100D",
      "chart-2": "#2C2922",
      "chart-3": "#C7FF2E",
      "chart-4": "#4F7A28",
      "chart-5": "#A06600",
      "sidebar": "#F8F1DF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#11100D",
      "sidebar-primary": "#11100D",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#245C9E",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#11100D",
      "sidebar-ring": "#C7FF2E",
      "radius": "0"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#11100D",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#C7FF2E",
      "accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "destructive": "#B3261E",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#C7FF2E",
      "chart-1": "#11100D",
      "chart-2": "#2C2922",
      "chart-3": "#C7FF2E",
      "chart-4": "#4F7A28",
      "chart-5": "#A06600",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#11100D",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#C7FF2E",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#C7FF2E",
      "radius": "0"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019e69ae-c09b-7742-a12d-d9543777ca47",
    "slug": "refined-bitmap-editorial",
    "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"
      ]
    }
  }
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Refined Bitmap Editorial shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019e69ae-c09b-7742-a12d-d9543777ca47`
Slug: `refined-bitmap-editorial`

## Intent

Refined Bitmap Editorial treats low-resolution graphic language as a quiet publishing system: bone paper, black pixel structure, and one acidic signal organize cultural analysis, archive notes, and production decisions without nostalgia or game-console kitsch.

## 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": "#C7FF2E",
  "background": "#EFE7D4",
  "border": "#11100D",
  "error": "#B3261E",
  "info": "#245C9E",
  "muted": "#6F6758",
  "primary": "#11100D",
  "secondary": "#2C2922",
  "success": "#4F7A28",
  "surface": "#F8F1DF",
  "text": "#11100D",
  "warning": "#A06600"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "16px",
  "body_font": "IBM Plex Sans",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Libre+Caslon+Condensed:wght@400;700&family=Pixelify+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap",
  "heading_font": "Libre Caslon Condensed",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.015em",
  "line_height": 1.45,
  "mono_font": "Pixelify Sans",
  "scale_ratio": 1.2
}

## Visual character to preserve

- A 16px bitmap baseline grid drives column widths, gutters, label placement, and stepped edge masks across panels.
- Bone paper surfaces use subtle square halftone and ordered-dither textures rather than gradients or photographic noise.
- Typography pairs narrow editorial serif headlines with compact bitmap monospace labels, all locked to clipped line boxes.
- Black one-pixel rules and two-pixel corner ticks replace soft shadows; hierarchy comes from rule weight and inset spacing.
- A single acidic chartreuse accent appears only as cursor blocks, active tabs, data flags, and selected text rectangles.

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "paper-collage",
  "material": "paper",
  "contour": "default",
  "border": "solid",
  "underlay": false,
  "grain": true,
  "stickerBadges": false,
  "motion": "lift",
  "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/refined-bitmap-editorial/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 black pixel rules, clipped corners, and dither fills to create hierarchy before adding color.; Reserve chartreuse for active selection, text cursors, flags, and one primary action per view.; Choose product scenes with editorial evidence: proofs, issue maps, caption ledgers, archive tables, and production states.; Keep radius at zero except true pills where the token requires it for accessibility labels.
- Do not: Do not add arcade icons, rainbow palettes, faux console controllers, or nostalgic game mascots.; Do not soften the system with blurred shadows, gradients, glass panels, or arbitrary rounded cards.; Do not make a generic dashboard; the scene must read as a publishing or archive tool.; Do not use status colors as the main identity; structure, type, and grid carry the language.

## 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 RefinedBitmapEditorialShadcnKit() {
  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">Refined Bitmap Editorial</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 stacks all rails below the proof; tablet 768px keeps two narrow rail columns; desktop 1200px+ uses proof, annotation rail, and operations column.",
  "grid": "Sixteen-pixel root grid with a 5:3 desktop split, 12-column editorial measures, and right-side rails that collapse beneath the proof on tablet and mobile.",
  "whitespace": "Whitespace is paper margin: large 64px outer margins at desktop, 24px section breaks, and tight 4px label-to-value gaps for related metadata."
}
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-019e69ae-c09b-7742-a12d-d9543777ca47",
    "name": "Refined Bitmap Editorial",
    "slug": "refined-bitmap-editorial"
  },
  "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": [
    "A 16px bitmap baseline grid drives column widths, gutters, label placement, and stepped edge masks across panels.",
    "Bone paper surfaces use subtle square halftone and ordered-dither textures rather than gradients or photographic noise.",
    "Typography pairs narrow editorial serif headlines with compact bitmap monospace labels, all locked to clipped line boxes.",
    "Black one-pixel rules and two-pixel corner ticks replace soft shadows; hierarchy comes from rule weight and inset spacing.",
    "A single acidic chartreuse accent appears only as cursor blocks, active tabs, data flags, and selected text rectangles."
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "paper-collage",
    "material": "paper",
    "contour": "default",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": false,
    "grain": true,
    "stickerBadges": false,
    "motion": "still",
    "density": "dense",
    "accents": [
      "primary",
      "accent",
      "secondary",
      "muted"
    ]
  },
  "shots": [
    {
      "id": "application-shell",
      "title": "Application shell",
      "viewport": "desktop",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "select",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "separator",
        "table"
      ],
      "composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
      "mustShow": [
        "primary and secondary actions",
        "card hierarchy",
        "filterable state",
        "table or list density"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "component inventory walls",
        "placeholder-only content",
        "generic rounded SaaS chrome"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "workspace spread",
        "headline": "Refined Bitmap Editorial 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 black pixel rules, clipped corners, and dither fills to create hierarchy before adding color.",
      "Reserve chartreuse for active selection, text cursors, flags, and one primary action per view.",
      "Choose product scenes with editorial evidence: proofs, issue maps, caption ledgers, archive tables, and production states.",
      "Keep radius at zero except true pills where the token requires it for accessibility labels."
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not add arcade icons, rainbow palettes, faux console controllers, or nostalgic game mascots.",
      "Do not soften the system with blurred shadows, gradients, glass panels, or arbitrary rounded cards.",
      "Do not make a generic dashboard; the scene must read as a publishing or archive tool.",
      "Do not use status colors as the main identity; structure, type, and grid carry the language."
    ]
  }
}
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