design language·reticle

Reticle

A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.

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the spec

specification

philosophy

summary

Reticle reimagines bitmap-as-luxury-registration as a dark press-proof bench: one luminous press-amber ink on press-blanket charcoal, a measuring data-spine that runs the whole layout, and a concentric register gauge that proves each value is locked before it ships. The pixel mark stops being a tiny seal and becomes the structure — a verification gauge, a tick-spine, a registration grid — so the interface reads as a machined press proof rather than a retro game skin.

values

One amber ink doing all the work on a dark press-blanket groundThe verification mark as structure, not decoration: a gauge, a spine, a gridDense modular gang-sheet rhythm against generous charcoal groundMachined, packaging-grade hierarchy: register stops, batch codes, drift readouts

anti-values

×Warm-paper editorial calm or a quiet serif headline (that is the refinement, not this)×Neon arcade nostalgia, full-screen sprites, or playful pixel frames×A second saturated hue competing with amber×Gradients, glow, friendly rounded app bubbles, or browser-default controls

tokens

colors18 items

#14161C

surface

#1B1E27

surface_2

#22262F

sunk

#0F1116

text

#F2EEE6

muted

#9AA0AC

faint

#5A616E

border

#2C313C

rule

#363C49

accent

#F5933C

accent_2

#E07A23

on_accent

#15110A

primary

#F5933C

secondary

#22262F

info

#5FB8C9

success

#7FC58A

warning

#E9B45A

error

#E5705F

typography10 items

base size: 17px
body font: Archivo Narrow
heading font: Archivo
mono font: Space Mono
heading weight: 800
heading transform: uppercase
letter spacing: -0.02em
line height: 1.6
scale ratio: 1.25
google fonts url: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo:wght@500;600;700;800&family=Archivo+Narrow:wght@500;600;700&family=Space+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap

radii4 items

none: 0
sm: 2px
lg: 16px
full: 9999px

shadows3 items

sm: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.4)
md: 0 14px 38px rgba(0,0,0,.35)
lg: 0 30px 80px rgba(0,0,0,.5)

spacing2 items

base: 8px
scale: 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96

surfaces3 items

bg pattern: press-blanket charcoal field underlaid by a faint 96px amber registration grid
card style: flat charcoal carton panels: hairline rule, 2px radius, one ticked amber corner pair, sparse 4px dither tone, oversized gutters
treatment: dark uncoated press blanket; tone built from a 4px ordered dither dot-matrix, never gradients

borders4 items

default width: 1px
accent width: 2px
style: solid
character: hairline charcoal rules interrupted by 2px amber ticked corner pairs (top-left + bottom-right) that read as die-cut register marks

motion3 items

duration: 160ms
easing: steps(2, end)
philosophy: interactions snap in two register increments like print registration aligning — never bounce or float; the landing reveal is gated on top of a fully settled no-JS state and respects prefers-reduced-motion

rules

composition

Compose like a press-proof bench: a full-viewport register-target hero, then a dense modular contact-sheet gang grid of equal cells, with the reticle gauge and data-spine as recurring structure on a dark ground.

hierarchy

Dramatic scale: a heavy uppercase Archivo headline, tiny Space Mono register metadata, compact controls grouped as printed label blocks. One button is clearly primary (solid amber + reticle); the rest are ghost with a hairline ring.

density

Generous charcoal ground between blocks (64-96px) with dense 4px dither and label internals (4-8px) only at gauges, corners, and status strips.

signature

The register gauge: a concentric reticle that seats when a value is verified, plus a measuring tick-spine and stepped corner ticks — recolouring on palette swap and reappearing as the gauge widget, the contact-sheet corner ticks, and the dither tone fields.

layout

grid

A 96px registration grid underlays the page. The landing leads with a full-bleed register-target hero; below it a dense contact-sheet gang grid of equal cells. The dashboard uses an open batch-code rail plus a content sheet. Mobile stacks to single-column slips.

whitespace

Charcoal ground is the signature material: 64-96px fields between content, while label internals compress to 4px and 8px increments.

density

compact

responsive

Renders from ~390px mobile to 2560px+ ultra-wide: single-column stack with nav links and table columns dropped on mobile; contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide while only the hero spans 100vw; minmax(0,1fr) columns so grids never blow out.

breakpoints

mobile: 390px
tablet: 768px
desktop: 1200px
wide: 2560px

guidance

Verify focal blocks with a concentric reticle mark and one ticked corner pair.
Keep amber as the only voice on press-blanket charcoal; let cyan whisper on liners and info.
Build tone from a 4px dither matrix; set lot codes, drift, and labels in Space Mono.
Use generous charcoal ground so the small amber marks feel valuable.

avoid

Do not give a card a full accent edge, nest cards, or box the nav into a floating pill.
Do not round components into friendly app bubbles, or use gradients and glow.
Do not introduce a second saturated hue to compete with amber.
Do not leave any control on browser defaults, or use arcade pixel frames.

imagery

pairs with

mill-proof

summary

Single-ink amber bitmap reductions on dark press stock: registration instruments, dielines, carton proofs, and gauges rendered dominant in frame, all tone from a 4px dither matrix, with registration crosshairs and stepped corner ticks in the margins.

subjects

press-registration targetdie-cutting control panelcarton dieline proofmeasuring gauge / tick-railfolding-carton samplebarcode data strip

usage

Use for the full-viewport hero and feature plates; keep the subject dominant in frame, single amber ink only, marks confined to the margins. End prompts with 'NO text, NO letters, NO logos.'

katagami spec

# Reticle

## Philosophy

Reticle reimagines bitmap-as-luxury-registration as a dark press-proof bench: one luminous press-amber ink on press-blanket charcoal, a measuring data-spine that runs the whole layout, and a concentric register gauge that proves each value is locked before it ships. The pixel mark stops being a tiny seal and becomes the structure — a verification gauge, a tick-spine, a registration grid — so the interface reads as a machined press proof rather than a retro game skin.

### Values

- One amber ink doing all the work on a dark press-blanket ground
- The verification mark as structure, not decoration: a gauge, a spine, a grid
- Dense modular gang-sheet rhythm against generous charcoal ground
- Machined, packaging-grade hierarchy: register stops, batch codes, drift readouts

### Anti-Values

- Warm-paper editorial calm or a quiet serif headline (that is the refinement, not this)
- Neon arcade nostalgia, full-screen sprites, or playful pixel frames
- A second saturated hue competing with amber
- Gradients, glow, friendly rounded app bubbles, or browser-default controls

## Tokens

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#14161C` |
| surface | `#1B1E27` |
| surface_2 | `#22262F` |
| sunk | `#0F1116` |
| text | `#F2EEE6` |
| muted | `#9AA0AC` |
| faint | `#5A616E` |
| border | `#2C313C` |
| rule | `#363C49` |
| accent | `#F5933C` |
| accent_2 | `#E07A23` |
| on_accent | `#15110A` |
| primary | `#F5933C` |
| secondary | `#22262F` |
| info | `#5FB8C9` |
| success | `#7FC58A` |
| warning | `#E9B45A` |
| error | `#E5705F` |

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 17px
- **Body Font**: Archivo Narrow
- **Heading Font**: Archivo
- **Mono Font**: Space Mono
- **Heading Weight**: 800
- **Heading Transform**: uppercase
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em
- **Line Height**: 1.6
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.25
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo:wght@500;600;700;800&family=Archivo+Narrow:wght@500;600;700&family=Space+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap

### Radii

- **None**: 0
- **Sm**: 2px
- **Lg**: 16px
- **Full**: 9999px

### Shadows

- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.4)
- **Md**: 0 14px 38px rgba(0,0,0,.35)
- **Lg**: 0 30px 80px rgba(0,0,0,.5)

### Spacing

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

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: press-blanket charcoal field underlaid by a faint 96px amber registration grid
- **Card Style**: flat charcoal carton panels: hairline rule, 2px radius, one ticked amber corner pair, sparse 4px dither tone, oversized gutters
- **Treatment**: dark uncoated press blanket; tone built from a 4px ordered dither dot-matrix, never gradients

### Borders

- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Style**: solid
- **Character**: hairline charcoal rules interrupted by 2px amber ticked corner pairs (top-left + bottom-right) that read as die-cut register marks

### Motion

- **Duration**: 160ms
- **Easing**: steps(2, end)
- **Philosophy**: interactions snap in two register increments like print registration aligning — never bounce or float; the landing reveal is gated on top of a fully settled no-JS state and respects prefers-reduced-motion

## Rules

### Composition

Compose like a press-proof bench: a full-viewport register-target hero, then a dense modular contact-sheet gang grid of equal cells, with the reticle gauge and data-spine as recurring structure on a dark ground.

### Hierarchy

Dramatic scale: a heavy uppercase Archivo headline, tiny Space Mono register metadata, compact controls grouped as printed label blocks. One button is clearly primary (solid amber + reticle); the rest are ghost with a hairline ring.

### Density

Generous charcoal ground between blocks (64-96px) with dense 4px dither and label internals (4-8px) only at gauges, corners, and status strips.

### Signature

The register gauge: a concentric reticle that seats when a value is verified, plus a measuring tick-spine and stepped corner ticks — recolouring on palette swap and reappearing as the gauge widget, the contact-sheet corner ticks, and the dither tone fields.

## Layout

### Grid

A 96px registration grid underlays the page. The landing leads with a full-bleed register-target hero; below it a dense contact-sheet gang grid of equal cells. The dashboard uses an open batch-code rail plus a content sheet. Mobile stacks to single-column slips.

### Whitespace

Charcoal ground is the signature material: 64-96px fields between content, while label internals compress to 4px and 8px increments.

### Density

compact

### Responsive

Renders from ~390px mobile to 2560px+ ultra-wide: single-column stack with nav links and table columns dropped on mobile; contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide while only the hero spans 100vw; minmax(0,1fr) columns so grids never blow out.

### Breakpoints

- **Mobile**: 390px
- **Tablet**: 768px
- **Desktop**: 1200px
- **Wide**: 2560px

## Guidance

### Do

- Verify focal blocks with a concentric reticle mark and one ticked corner pair.
- Keep amber as the only voice on press-blanket charcoal; let cyan whisper on liners and info.
- Build tone from a 4px dither matrix; set lot codes, drift, and labels in Space Mono.
- Use generous charcoal ground so the small amber marks feel valuable.

### Don't

- Do not give a card a full accent edge, nest cards, or box the nav into a floating pill.
- Do not round components into friendly app bubbles, or use gradients and glow.
- Do not introduce a second saturated hue to compete with amber.
- Do not leave any control on browser defaults, or use arcade pixel frames.

### Accessibility

High contrast throughout: proof-white text #F2EEE6 and amber #F5933C on charcoal #14161C clear AA for body and large text; near-black on-accent #15110A on amber is high contrast. Focus is a visible amber ring plus a faint amber glow. Body 17px+, table rows 14.5px+. Marks carry text labels; pixel/dither ornament is decorative CSS with aria-hidden; motion respects prefers-reduced-motion and the settled state renders with no JS. No symbol glyphs in copy.

## Imagery Direction

### Pairs With

mill-proof

### Summary

Single-ink amber bitmap reductions on dark press stock: registration instruments, dielines, carton proofs, and gauges rendered dominant in frame, all tone from a 4px dither matrix, with registration crosshairs and stepped corner ticks in the margins.

### Subjects

- press-registration target
- die-cutting control panel
- carton dieline proof
- measuring gauge / tick-rail
- folding-carton sample
- barcode data strip

### Usage

Use for the full-viewport hero and feature plates; keep the subject dominant in frame, single amber ink only, marks confined to the margins. End prompts with 'NO text, NO letters, NO logos.'

DESIGN.md

---
version: "alpha"
name: "Reticle"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  bg: "#14161C"
  surface: "#1B1E27"
  surface_2: "#22262F"
  sunk: "#0F1116"
  text: "#F2EEE6"
  muted: "#9AA0AC"
  faint: "#5A616E"
  border: "#2C313C"
  rule: "#363C49"
  accent: "#F5933C"
  accent_2: "#E07A23"
  on_accent: "#15110A"
  primary: "#F5933C"
  secondary: "#22262F"
  info: "#5FB8C9"
  success: "#7FC58A"
  warning: "#E9B45A"
  error: "#E5705F"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Archivo"
    fontSize: "2.075rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Archivo"
    fontSize: "1.66rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "Archivo Narrow"
    fontSize: "17px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "Space Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  none: "0px"
  sm: "2px"
  lg: "16px"
  full: "9999px"
spacing:
  base: "8px"
  xs: "4px"
  sm: "8px"
  md: "12px"
  lg: "16px"
  xl: "24px"
  2xl: "32px"
  3xl: "48px"
  4xl: "64px"
  step-8: "96px"
components:
  color-reference-bg:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.bg}"
  color-reference-surface:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
  color-reference-surface_2:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface_2}"
  color-reference-sunk:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.sunk}"
  color-reference-text:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
  color-reference-muted:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
  color-reference-faint:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.faint}"
  color-reference-border:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
  color-reference-rule:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.rule}"
  color-reference-accent:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
  color-reference-accent_2:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.accent_2}"
  color-reference-on_accent:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.on_accent}"
  color-reference-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
  color-reference-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
  color-reference-info:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
  color-reference-success:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
  color-reference-warning:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
  color-reference-error:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "#000000"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
    padding: "{spacing.md}"
  card-surface:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.text}"
    rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
    padding: "{spacing.md}"
  input-default:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.text}"
    rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
    height: "44px"
---

# Reticle

## Overview

Reticle reimagines bitmap-as-luxury-registration as a dark press-proof bench: one luminous press-amber ink on press-blanket charcoal, a measuring data-spine that runs the whole layout, and a concentric register gauge that proves each value is locked before it ships. The pixel mark stops being a tiny seal and becomes the structure — a verification gauge, a tick-spine, a registration grid — so the interface reads as a machined press proof rather than a retro game skin.

### Values

- One amber ink doing all the work on a dark press-blanket ground
- The verification mark as structure, not decoration: a gauge, a spine, a grid
- Dense modular gang-sheet rhythm against generous charcoal ground
- Machined, packaging-grade hierarchy: register stops, batch codes, drift readouts

### Anti-Values

- Warm-paper editorial calm or a quiet serif headline (that is the refinement, not this)
- Neon arcade nostalgia, full-screen sprites, or playful pixel frames
- A second saturated hue competing with amber
- Gradients, glow, friendly rounded app bubbles, or browser-default controls

## Colors

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

| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| bg | `#14161C` |
| surface | `#1B1E27` |
| surface_2 | `#22262F` |
| sunk | `#0F1116` |
| text | `#F2EEE6` |
| muted | `#9AA0AC` |
| faint | `#5A616E` |
| border | `#2C313C` |
| rule | `#363C49` |
| accent | `#F5933C` |
| accent_2 | `#E07A23` |
| on_accent | `#15110A` |
| primary | `#F5933C` |
| secondary | `#22262F` |
| info | `#5FB8C9` |
| success | `#7FC58A` |
| warning | `#E9B45A` |
| error | `#E5705F` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Archivo, 2.075rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Archivo, 1.66rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Archivo Narrow, 17px, weight 400, line-height 1.5.
- **Label-Md**: Space Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.

## Layout

### Spacing Tokens

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

### Grid

A 96px registration grid underlays the page. The landing leads with a full-bleed register-target hero; below it a dense contact-sheet gang grid of equal cells. The dashboard uses an open batch-code rail plus a content sheet. Mobile stacks to single-column slips.

### Whitespace

Charcoal ground is the signature material: 64-96px fields between content, while label internals compress to 4px and 8px increments.

### Density

compact

### Responsive

Renders from ~390px mobile to 2560px+ ultra-wide: single-column stack with nav links and table columns dropped on mobile; contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide while only the hero spans 100vw; minmax(0,1fr) columns so grids never blow out.

### Breakpoints

- **Mobile**: 390px
- **Tablet**: 768px
- **Desktop**: 1200px
- **Wide**: 2560px

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.4)
- **Md**: 0 14px 38px rgba(0,0,0,.35)
- **Lg**: 0 30px 80px rgba(0,0,0,.5)

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `2px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Full**: `9999px`

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: press-blanket charcoal field underlaid by a faint 96px amber registration grid
- **Card Style**: flat charcoal carton panels: hairline rule, 2px radius, one ticked amber corner pair, sparse 4px dither tone, oversized gutters
- **Treatment**: dark uncoated press blanket; tone built from a 4px ordered dither dot-matrix, never gradients

### Borders

- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Style**: solid
- **Character**: hairline charcoal rules interrupted by 2px amber ticked corner pairs (top-left + bottom-right) that read as die-cut register marks

## Components

### Composition

Compose like a press-proof bench: a full-viewport register-target hero, then a dense modular contact-sheet gang grid of equal cells, with the reticle gauge and data-spine as recurring structure on a dark ground.

### Hierarchy

Dramatic scale: a heavy uppercase Archivo headline, tiny Space Mono register metadata, compact controls grouped as printed label blocks. One button is clearly primary (solid amber + reticle); the rest are ghost with a hairline ring.

### Density

Generous charcoal ground between blocks (64-96px) with dense 4px dither and label internals (4-8px) only at gauges, corners, and status strips.

### Signature

The register gauge: a concentric reticle that seats when a value is verified, plus a measuring tick-spine and stepped corner ticks — recolouring on palette swap and reappearing as the gauge widget, the contact-sheet corner ticks, and the dither tone fields.

## 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-019ef97f-d757-7902-ac8b-45ff2b189d76/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 Verify focal blocks with a concentric reticle mark and one ticked corner pair.
- Do Keep amber as the only voice on press-blanket charcoal; let cyan whisper on liners and info.
- Do Build tone from a 4px dither matrix; set lot codes, drift, and labels in Space Mono.
- Do Use generous charcoal ground so the small amber marks feel valuable.
- Don't Do not give a card a full accent edge, nest cards, or box the nav into a floating pill.
- Don't Do not round components into friendly app bubbles, or use gradients and glow.
- Don't Do not introduce a second saturated hue to compete with amber.
- Don't Do not leave any control on browser defaults, or use arcade pixel frames.

### Accessibility

High contrast throughout: proof-white text #F2EEE6 and amber #F5933C on charcoal #14161C clear AA for body and large text; near-black on-accent #15110A on amber is high contrast. Focus is a visible amber ring plus a faint amber glow. Body 17px+, table rows 14.5px+. Marks carry text labels; pixel/dither ornament is decorative CSS with aria-hidden; motion respects prefers-reduced-motion and the settled state renders with no JS. No symbol glyphs in copy.

## Imagery Direction

### Pairs With

mill-proof

### Summary

Single-ink amber bitmap reductions on dark press stock: registration instruments, dielines, carton proofs, and gauges rendered dominant in frame, all tone from a 4px dither matrix, with registration crosshairs and stepped corner ticks in the margins.

### Subjects

- press-registration target
- die-cutting control panel
- carton dieline proof
- measuring gauge / tick-rail
- folding-carton sample
- barcode data strip

### Usage

Use for the full-viewport hero and feature plates; keep the subject dominant in frame, single amber ink only, marks confined to the margins. End prompts with 'NO text, NO letters, NO logos.'

shadcn/ui theme

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "reticle",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Reticle shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#14161C",
      "foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "card": "#1B1E27",
      "card-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "popover": "#1B1E27",
      "popover-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "primary": "#F5933C",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#22262F",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#9AA0AC",
      "muted-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "accent": "#F5933C",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#E5705F",
      "border": "#2C313C",
      "input": "#2C313C",
      "ring": "#F5933C",
      "chart-1": "#F5933C",
      "chart-2": "#22262F",
      "chart-3": "#F5933C",
      "chart-4": "#7FC58A",
      "chart-5": "#E9B45A",
      "sidebar": "#1B1E27",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "sidebar-primary": "#F5933C",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#5FB8C9",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#2C313C",
      "sidebar-ring": "#F5933C",
      "radius": "16px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#F5933C",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#F5933C",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#E5705F",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#F5933C",
      "chart-1": "#F5933C",
      "chart-2": "#22262F",
      "chart-3": "#F5933C",
      "chart-4": "#7FC58A",
      "chart-5": "#E9B45A",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#F5933C",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#F5933C",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#F5933C",
      "radius": "16px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019ef97f-d757-7902-ac8b-45ff2b189d76",
    "slug": "reticle",
    "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": {
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "accent_2",
        "bg",
        "border",
        "error",
        "faint",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "on_accent",
        "primary",
        "rule",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "sunk",
        "surface",
        "surface_2",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "heading_transform",
        "heading_weight",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

in the wild

embodiments

bespoke marketing landingopen full page ↗

landing · reticle

DESIGN.md

at a glance

Typography

headline-lgArchivo · 33px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdArchivo · 27px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdArchivo Narrow · 17px · 400

The quick brown fox jumps

label-mdSpace Mono · 12px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

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.

primarysurfacemutedwarningerror

table rhythm

button	ok
card	ok
input	ok

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: #14161C;
  --foreground: #F2EEE6;
  --card: #1B1E27;
  --card-foreground: #F2EEE6;
  --popover: #1B1E27;
  --popover-foreground: #F2EEE6;
  --primary: #F5933C;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #22262F;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #9AA0AC;
  --muted-foreground: #F2EEE6;
  --accent: #F5933C;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #E5705F;
  --border: #2C313C;
  --input: #2C313C;
  --ring: #F5933C;
  --chart-1: #F5933C;
  --chart-2: #22262F;
  --chart-3: #F5933C;
  --chart-4: #7FC58A;
  --chart-5: #E9B45A;
  --sidebar: #1B1E27;
  --sidebar-foreground: #F2EEE6;
  --sidebar-primary: #F5933C;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #5FB8C9;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #2C313C;
  --sidebar-ring: #F5933C;
  --radius: 16px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #F5933C;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #F5933C;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #E5705F;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #F5933C;
  --chart-1: #F5933C;
  --chart-2: #22262F;
  --chart-3: #F5933C;
  --chart-4: #7FC58A;
  --chart-5: #E9B45A;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #F5933C;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #F5933C;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #F5933C;
  --radius: 16px;
}

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 ReticleShadcnKit() {
  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">Reticle</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",
  "name": "reticle",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Reticle",
  "description": "A verification design language: one luminous press-amber ink on press-blanket charcoal, a measuring data-spine, and a concentric register gauge that locks each value before it ships. Dark mode is the point; corners are 2px; tone comes from a 4px dither matrix, never gradients.",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {
      "font-sans": "Archivo Narrow, system-ui, sans-serif",
      "font-mono": "Space Mono, ui-monospace, monospace",
      "font-display": "Archivo, system-ui, sans-serif",
      "font-heading": "Archivo, system-ui, sans-serif",
      "radius": "2px"
    },
    "light": {
      "background": "#14161C",
      "foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "card": "#1B1E27",
      "card-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "popover": "#1B1E27",
      "popover-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "primary": "#F5933C",
      "primary-foreground": "#15110A",
      "secondary": "#22262F",
      "secondary-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "muted": "#0F1116",
      "muted-foreground": "#9AA0AC",
      "accent": "#F5933C",
      "accent-foreground": "#15110A",
      "destructive": "#E5705F",
      "destructive-foreground": "#15110A",
      "border": "#2C313C",
      "input": "#2C313C",
      "ring": "#F5933C",
      "chart-1": "#F5933C",
      "chart-2": "#E07A23",
      "chart-3": "#5FB8C9",
      "chart-4": "#E9B45A",
      "chart-5": "#7FC58A",
      "sidebar": "#0F1116",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#9AA0AC",
      "sidebar-primary": "#F5933C",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#15110A",
      "sidebar-accent": "#22262F",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "sidebar-border": "#2C313C",
      "sidebar-ring": "#F5933C"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#14161C",
      "foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "card": "#1B1E27",
      "card-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "popover": "#1B1E27",
      "popover-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "primary": "#F5933C",
      "primary-foreground": "#15110A",
      "secondary": "#22262F",
      "secondary-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "muted": "#0F1116",
      "muted-foreground": "#9AA0AC",
      "accent": "#F5933C",
      "accent-foreground": "#15110A",
      "destructive": "#E5705F",
      "destructive-foreground": "#15110A",
      "border": "#2C313C",
      "input": "#2C313C",
      "ring": "#F5933C",
      "chart-1": "#F5933C",
      "chart-2": "#E07A23",
      "chart-3": "#5FB8C9",
      "chart-4": "#E9B45A",
      "chart-5": "#7FC58A",
      "sidebar": "#0F1116",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#9AA0AC",
      "sidebar-primary": "#F5933C",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#15110A",
      "sidebar-accent": "#22262F",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#F2EEE6",
      "sidebar-border": "#2C313C",
      "sidebar-ring": "#F5933C"
    }
  }
}

component recipescompatibility fallback

# Reticle shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019ef97f-d757-7902-ac8b-45ff2b189d76`
Slug: `reticle`

## Intent

Reticle reimagines bitmap-as-luxury-registration as a dark press-proof bench: one luminous press-amber ink on press-blanket charcoal, a measuring data-spine that runs the whole layout, and a concentric register gauge that proves each value is locked before it ships. The pixel mark stops being a tiny seal and becomes the structure — a verification gauge, a tick-spine, a registration grid — so the interface reads as a machined press proof rather than a retro game skin.

## 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:

{
  "bg": "#14161C",
  "surface": "#1B1E27",
  "surface_2": "#22262F",
  "sunk": "#0F1116",
  "text": "#F2EEE6",
  "muted": "#9AA0AC",
  "faint": "#5A616E",
  "border": "#2C313C",
  "rule": "#363C49",
  "accent": "#F5933C",
  "accent_2": "#E07A23",
  "on_accent": "#15110A",
  "primary": "#F5933C",
  "secondary": "#22262F",
  "info": "#5FB8C9",
  "success": "#7FC58A",
  "warning": "#E9B45A",
  "error": "#E5705F"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "17px",
  "body_font": "Archivo Narrow",
  "heading_font": "Archivo",
  "mono_font": "Space Mono",
  "heading_weight": "800",
  "heading_transform": "uppercase",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.02em",
  "line_height": "1.6",
  "scale_ratio": "1.25",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo:wght@500;600;700;800&family=Archivo+Narrow:wght@500;600;700&family=Space+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap"
}

## Visual character to preserve

- Make the source language's structural identity visible in every component state.

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "system",
  "material": "flat",
  "contour": "default",
  "border": "solid",
  "underlay": false,
  "grain": false,
  "stickerBadges": false,
  "motion": "still",
  "density": "balanced",
  "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/reticle/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: Verify focal blocks with a concentric reticle mark and one ticked corner pair.; Keep amber as the only voice on press-blanket charcoal; let cyan whisper on liners and info.; Build tone from a 4px dither matrix; set lot codes, drift, and labels in Space Mono.; Use generous charcoal ground so the small amber marks feel valuable.
- Do not: Do not give a card a full accent edge, nest cards, or box the nav into a floating pill.; Do not round components into friendly app bubbles, or use gradients and glow.; Do not introduce a second saturated hue to compete with amber.; Do not leave any control on browser defaults, or use arcade pixel frames.

## 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 ReticleShadcnKit() {
  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">Reticle</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

{
  "grid": "A 96px registration grid underlays the page. The landing leads with a full-bleed register-target hero; below it a dense contact-sheet gang grid of equal cells. The dashboard uses an open batch-code rail plus a content sheet. Mobile stacks to single-column slips.",
  "whitespace": "Charcoal ground is the signature material: 64-96px fields between content, while label internals compress to 4px and 8px increments.",
  "density": "compact",
  "responsive": "Renders from ~390px mobile to 2560px+ ultra-wide: single-column stack with nav links and table columns dropped on mobile; contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide while only the hero spans 100vw; minmax(0,1fr) columns so grids never blow out.",
  "breakpoints": {
    "mobile": "390px",
    "tablet": "768px",
    "desktop": "1200px",
    "wide": "2560px"
  }
}

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-019ef97f-d757-7902-ac8b-45ff2b189d76",
    "name": "Reticle",
    "slug": "reticle"
  },
  "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": [],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "system",
    "material": "flat",
    "contour": "default",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": false,
    "grain": false,
    "stickerBadges": false,
    "motion": "still",
    "density": "balanced",
    "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": "Reticle 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": [
      "Verify focal blocks with a concentric reticle mark and one ticked corner pair.",
      "Keep amber as the only voice on press-blanket charcoal; let cyan whisper on liners and info.",
      "Build tone from a 4px dither matrix; set lot codes, drift, and labels in Space Mono.",
      "Use generous charcoal ground so the small amber marks feel valuable."
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not give a card a full accent edge, nest cards, or box the nav into a floating pill.",
      "Do not round components into friendly app bubbles, or use gradients and glow.",
      "Do not introduce a second saturated hue to compete with amber.",
      "Do not leave any control on browser defaults, or use arcade pixel frames."
    ]
  }
}

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Art styleMill Proofsingle-ink bitmap printView art style

Palette

Agent-generated

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Keep Reticleand swap a palette and an art style onto it — the landing & dashboard recolor live. The Studio does the same with all three lanes free.

UI language · fixed

Reticle

Palette

Art style

Landing PageReticle · Transformative teal + Adaptive violet · Cyanotype

live preview · recolored + filled

lineage

Family

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