A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
Build pages as a poster wall of narrative fragments: one dominant hero vignette, supporting cropped scenes, and a narrow editorial rail for metadata rather than conventional app navigation.
Moderate density with small captions and generous outer margins; internal clusters can feel tight, but every major poster panel needs breathing room around it.
Illustration and wash fields lead first, headline second, caption system third. Labels stay compact and low-volume so the image framing carries the emotional weight.
A 12-column poster grid on desktop collapsing to 8 and then 4 columns; hero scene spans 7 columns, editorial rail spans 5, and lower fragments interlock with deliberate asymmetry.
Desktop >= 1200px, tablet 760-1199px, mobile <= 759px. On smaller screens the poster rail stacks beneath the hero while preserving cropped framing and caption anchoring. The landing is art-directed at four bands: wide 1920+, desktop 1440, tablet 768-1024, mobile 390.
Use generous page margins and card padding to emulate print borders; allow tighter spacing only inside caption clusters and metadata strips.
Black sumi-ink figure-line illustrations over pale gouache wash blocks on cream paper, printed off-register; cropped Tokyo vignettes plus stamp circles and editorial zine captions.
nijimi-wash
cream #f5eedf, ink #241f1b, dusty teal #4f7c8b, faded terracotta #b06a5d, soft sage #607a57, muted ochre #bf8b3d
# Nijimi ## Philosophy A design language that feels like an authored Tokyo illustration annual rather than a startup interface: cream paper grounds, pale gouache washes bleeding off-register from black sumi-ink figure lines, and small editorial notes framing each moment as a cropped poster fragment. ### Values - authored imperfection over polished neutrality - narrative vignettes over component catalogs - quiet typography with strong image-space tension - cultural poster memory over explicit branding - human linework over vector sterility ### Anti-Values - dashboard blandness - full-bleed corporate gradients - overweight UI chrome - loud growth-product color coding - symmetrical template sameness ### Visual Character - cream paper ground #f5eedf with subtle radial grain, warm edge tint, and no pure-white expanses - black ink outlines as 1.5px #27211c keylines sitting slightly off-register from pale gouache wash shapes via transform offsets - poster-framed panels with 32-48px margins, hard paper edges, 24px soft outer corners only on cards, and asymmetric cropping so illustrations break the frame - compact editorial captions in IBM Plex Mono uppercase at 11px, thin rules, issue/date metadata, corner anchoring - softly misaligned stamps, underlines, accent bars, and side rules shifted 3-8px to imply hand assembly ## Tokens ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | bg | `#f5eedf` | | surface | `#fff9ef` | | surface_solid | `#fbf4e6` | | text | `#241f1b` | | muted | `#6b5e54` | | border | `#27211c` | | accent | `#4f7c8b` | | accent_2 | `#b06a5d` | | accent_soft | `#d9e2e0` | | accent_deep | `#2f5561` | | on_accent | `#fbf4e6` | | success | `#4f6a47` | | warning | `#a9762e` | | error | `#a5403a` | | info | `#4a637a` | ### Typography - **Base Size**: 17px - **Body Font**: Zen Old Mincho - **Heading Font**: Aoboshi One - **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono - **Heading Weight**: 400 - **Heading Transform**: none - **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em - **Line Height**: 1.55 - **Scale Ratio**: 1.2 - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Aoboshi+One&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=Zen+Old+Mincho:wght@400;500;700&display=swap ### Radii - **None**: 0px - **Md**: 16px - **Lg**: 24px - **Full**: 9999px ### Shadows - **Sm**: 0 2px 0 rgba(39,33,28,0.08) - **Md**: 0 10px 30px rgba(74,55,34,0.10) - **Lg**: 0 20px 60px rgba(74,55,34,0.14) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64,96] ### Surfaces - **Treatment**: paper - **Card Style**: cream poster cards with pale wash underpainting and visible grain overlays - **Bg Pattern**: noise ### Borders - **Default Width**: 1.5px - **Accent Width**: 3px - **Style**: solid - **Character**: thin ink-keyline borders with occasional offset accent rules and stamp circles ### Motion - **Duration**: 220ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.8, 0.2, 1) - **Philosophy**: deliberate ## Rules ### Composition Build pages as a poster wall of narrative fragments: one dominant hero vignette, supporting cropped scenes, and a narrow editorial rail for metadata rather than conventional app navigation. ### Density Moderate density with small captions and generous outer margins; internal clusters can feel tight, but every major poster panel needs breathing room around it. ### Hierarchy Illustration and wash fields lead first, headline second, caption system third. Labels stay compact and low-volume so the image framing carries the emotional weight. ### Signature Patterns - every major panel has an oversized poster margin, a 1.5px ink keyline, and an inner figure vignette cropped off at least one edge with overflow hidden - wash blobs sit behind content with a 6-12px transform offset from the black ink outline layer using translucent #b06a5d and #4f7c8b fields - captions use tiny uppercase IBM Plex Mono labels with thin horizontal rules, issue/date metadata, and tight 4-8px internal spacing - select accent details such as stamps, underlines, and side rules are intentionally misaligned by 3-8px using rotate and translate transforms - buttons and inputs read like clipped paper labels with 1.5px ink keylines, consistent 16px radii, and pale wash fills rather than glossy controls ## Layout ### Grid A 12-column poster grid on desktop collapsing to 8 and then 4 columns; hero scene spans 7 columns, editorial rail spans 5, and lower fragments interlock with deliberate asymmetry. ### Breakpoints Desktop >= 1200px, tablet 760-1199px, mobile <= 759px. On smaller screens the poster rail stacks beneath the hero while preserving cropped framing and caption anchoring. The landing is art-directed at four bands: wide 1920+, desktop 1440, tablet 768-1024, mobile 390. ### Whitespace Use generous page margins and card padding to emulate print borders; allow tighter spacing only inside caption clusters and metadata strips. ## Guidance ### Do - use hand-drawn line motifs and imperfect registration to make digital layouts feel authored - pair restrained Zen Old Mincho reading text with tiny IBM Plex Mono metadata for editorial credibility - treat each section like a gallery poster excerpt rather than a product module - keep the palette washed and nuanced, with accent hues arriving in irregular fields - crop illustration panels asymmetrically and let captions anchor corners instead of centering content - use near-paper shadows and ink keylines sparingly so the poster construction remains the signature ### Don't - do not introduce SaaS dashboard cards or metric-heavy panels - do not use ultra-bold geometric sans for primary reading text - do not center everything symmetrically - do not polish away offset edges, texture, or illustration marks - do not add synthetic neon accents or rainbow category coding - do not render browser-default controls; inputs and selects must look like clipped paper labels ## Imagery Direction ### Summary Black sumi-ink figure-line illustrations over pale gouache wash blocks on cream paper, printed off-register; cropped Tokyo vignettes plus stamp circles and editorial zine captions. ### Pairs With nijimi-wash ### Palette cream #f5eedf, ink #241f1b, dusty teal #4f7c8b, faded terracotta #b06a5d, soft sage #607a57, muted ochre #bf8b3d ### Subjects - Tokyo backstreets - kissaten storefronts - alley lanterns - train platforms - low rooftops - still-life objects - lone figures under umbrellas
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Nijimi"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
bg: "#f5eedf"
surface: "#fff9ef"
surface_solid: "#fbf4e6"
text: "#241f1b"
muted: "#6b5e54"
border: "#27211c"
accent: "#4f7c8b"
accent_2: "#b06a5d"
accent_soft: "#d9e2e0"
accent_deep: "#2f5561"
on_accent: "#fbf4e6"
success: "#4f6a47"
warning: "#a9762e"
error: "#a5403a"
info: "#4a637a"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Aoboshi One"
fontSize: "1.836rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Aoboshi One"
fontSize: "1.53rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Zen Old Mincho"
fontSize: "17px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.55
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
none: "0px"
md: "16px"
lg: "24px"
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_solid:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface_solid}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-accent_2:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent_2}"
color-reference-accent_soft:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent_soft}"
color-reference-accent_deep:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent_deep}"
color-reference-on_accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.on_accent}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
textColor: "#000000"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
height: "44px"
---
# Nijimi
## Overview
A design language that feels like an authored Tokyo illustration annual rather than a startup interface: cream paper grounds, pale gouache washes bleeding off-register from black sumi-ink figure lines, and small editorial notes framing each moment as a cropped poster fragment.
### Values
- authored imperfection over polished neutrality
- narrative vignettes over component catalogs
- quiet typography with strong image-space tension
- cultural poster memory over explicit branding
- human linework over vector sterility
### Anti-Values
- dashboard blandness
- full-bleed corporate gradients
- overweight UI chrome
- loud growth-product color coding
- symmetrical template sameness
### Visual Character
- cream paper ground #f5eedf with subtle radial grain, warm edge tint, and no pure-white expanses
- black ink outlines as 1.5px #27211c keylines sitting slightly off-register from pale gouache wash shapes via transform offsets
- poster-framed panels with 32-48px margins, hard paper edges, 24px soft outer corners only on cards, and asymmetric cropping so illustrations break the frame
- compact editorial captions in IBM Plex Mono uppercase at 11px, thin rules, issue/date metadata, corner anchoring
- softly misaligned stamps, underlines, accent bars, and side rules shifted 3-8px to imply hand assembly
## 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 | `#f5eedf` |
| surface | `#fff9ef` |
| surface_solid | `#fbf4e6` |
| text | `#241f1b` |
| muted | `#6b5e54` |
| border | `#27211c` |
| accent | `#4f7c8b` |
| accent_2 | `#b06a5d` |
| accent_soft | `#d9e2e0` |
| accent_deep | `#2f5561` |
| on_accent | `#fbf4e6` |
| success | `#4f6a47` |
| warning | `#a9762e` |
| error | `#a5403a` |
| info | `#4a637a` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Aoboshi One, 1.836rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Aoboshi One, 1.53rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Zen Old Mincho, 17px, weight 400, line-height 1.55.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.
## Layout
### Spacing Tokens
- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `24px`
- **2xl**: `32px`
- **3xl**: `48px`
- **4xl**: `64px`
- **Step-8**: `96px`
### Grid
A 12-column poster grid on desktop collapsing to 8 and then 4 columns; hero scene spans 7 columns, editorial rail spans 5, and lower fragments interlock with deliberate asymmetry.
### Breakpoints
Desktop >= 1200px, tablet 760-1199px, mobile <= 759px. On smaller screens the poster rail stacks beneath the hero while preserving cropped framing and caption anchoring. The landing is art-directed at four bands: wide 1920+, desktop 1440, tablet 768-1024, mobile 390.
### Whitespace
Use generous page margins and card padding to emulate print borders; allow tighter spacing only inside caption clusters and metadata strips.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Sm**: 0 2px 0 rgba(39,33,28,0.08)
- **Md**: 0 10px 30px rgba(74,55,34,0.10)
- **Lg**: 0 20px 60px rgba(74,55,34,0.14)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **None**: `0px`
- **Md**: `16px`
- **Lg**: `24px`
- **Full**: `9999px`
### Surfaces
- **Treatment**: paper
- **Card Style**: cream poster cards with pale wash underpainting and visible grain overlays
- **Bg Pattern**: noise
### Borders
- **Default Width**: 1.5px
- **Accent Width**: 3px
- **Style**: solid
- **Character**: thin ink-keyline borders with occasional offset accent rules and stamp circles
## Components
### Composition
Build pages as a poster wall of narrative fragments: one dominant hero vignette, supporting cropped scenes, and a narrow editorial rail for metadata rather than conventional app navigation.
### Density
Moderate density with small captions and generous outer margins; internal clusters can feel tight, but every major poster panel needs breathing room around it.
### Hierarchy
Illustration and wash fields lead first, headline second, caption system third. Labels stay compact and low-volume so the image framing carries the emotional weight.
### Signature Patterns
- every major panel has an oversized poster margin, a 1.5px ink keyline, and an inner figure vignette cropped off at least one edge with overflow hidden
- wash blobs sit behind content with a 6-12px transform offset from the black ink outline layer using translucent #b06a5d and #4f7c8b fields
- captions use tiny uppercase IBM Plex Mono labels with thin horizontal rules, issue/date metadata, and tight 4-8px internal spacing
- select accent details such as stamps, underlines, and side rules are intentionally misaligned by 3-8px using rotate and translate transforms
- buttons and inputs read like clipped paper labels with 1.5px ink keylines, consistent 16px radii, and pale wash fills rather than glossy controls
## 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-019f9a34-c1bf-7242-972d-431822bc3b5c/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 hand-drawn line motifs and imperfect registration to make digital layouts feel authored
- Do pair restrained Zen Old Mincho reading text with tiny IBM Plex Mono metadata for editorial credibility
- Do treat each section like a gallery poster excerpt rather than a product module
- Do keep the palette washed and nuanced, with accent hues arriving in irregular fields
- Do crop illustration panels asymmetrically and let captions anchor corners instead of centering content
- Do use near-paper shadows and ink keylines sparingly so the poster construction remains the signature
- Don't do not introduce SaaS dashboard cards or metric-heavy panels
- Don't do not use ultra-bold geometric sans for primary reading text
- Don't do not center everything symmetrically
- Don't do not polish away offset edges, texture, or illustration marks
- Don't do not add synthetic neon accents or rainbow category coding
- Don't do not render browser-default controls; inputs and selects must look like clipped paper labels
## Imagery Direction
### Summary
Black sumi-ink figure-line illustrations over pale gouache wash blocks on cream paper, printed off-register; cropped Tokyo vignettes plus stamp circles and editorial zine captions.
### Pairs With
nijimi-wash
### Palette
cream #f5eedf, ink #241f1b, dusty teal #4f7c8b, faded terracotta #b06a5d, soft sage #607a57, muted ochre #bf8b3d
### Subjects
- Tokyo backstreets
- kissaten storefronts
- alley lanterns
- train platforms
- low rooftops
- still-life objects
- lone figures under umbrellas
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "nijimi",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Nijimi shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#f5eedf",
"foreground": "#241f1b",
"card": "#fff9ef",
"card-foreground": "#241f1b",
"popover": "#fff9ef",
"popover-foreground": "#241f1b",
"primary": "#241f1b",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#f4f4f5",
"secondary-foreground": "#111111",
"muted": "#6b5e54",
"muted-foreground": "#241f1b",
"accent": "#4f7c8b",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#a5403a",
"border": "#27211c",
"input": "#27211c",
"ring": "#4f7c8b",
"chart-1": "#241f1b",
"chart-2": "#f4f4f5",
"chart-3": "#4f7c8b",
"chart-4": "#4f6a47",
"chart-5": "#a9762e",
"sidebar": "#fff9ef",
"sidebar-foreground": "#241f1b",
"sidebar-primary": "#241f1b",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#4a637a",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#27211c",
"sidebar-ring": "#4f7c8b",
"radius": "16px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#241f1b",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#4f7c8b",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#a5403a",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#4f7c8b",
"chart-1": "#241f1b",
"chart-2": "#f4f4f5",
"chart-3": "#4f7c8b",
"chart-4": "#4f6a47",
"chart-5": "#a9762e",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#241f1b",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#4f7c8b",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#4f7c8b",
"radius": "16px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019f9a34-c1bf-7242-972d-431822bc3b5c",
"slug": "nijimi",
"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",
"accent_deep",
"accent_soft",
"bg",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"on_accent",
"success",
"surface",
"surface_solid",
"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",
"md",
"none"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
]
}
}
}
```The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
A generated style is an aggregate of many influences — credit is given to the artists and traditions it draws on, not a claim of authorship.
Agent-generated
Keep Nijimiand swap a palette and an art style onto it — the landing & dashboard recolor live. The Studio does the same with all three lanes free.
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.
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #f5eedf;
--foreground: #241f1b;
--card: #fff9ef;
--card-foreground: #241f1b;
--popover: #fff9ef;
--popover-foreground: #241f1b;
--primary: #241f1b;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #f4f4f5;
--secondary-foreground: #111111;
--muted: #6b5e54;
--muted-foreground: #241f1b;
--accent: #4f7c8b;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #a5403a;
--border: #27211c;
--input: #27211c;
--ring: #4f7c8b;
--chart-1: #241f1b;
--chart-2: #f4f4f5;
--chart-3: #4f7c8b;
--chart-4: #4f6a47;
--chart-5: #a9762e;
--sidebar: #fff9ef;
--sidebar-foreground: #241f1b;
--sidebar-primary: #241f1b;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #4a637a;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #27211c;
--sidebar-ring: #4f7c8b;
--radius: 16px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #241f1b;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #4f7c8b;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #a5403a;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #4f7c8b;
--chart-1: #241f1b;
--chart-2: #f4f4f5;
--chart-3: #4f7c8b;
--chart-4: #4f6a47;
--chart-5: #a9762e;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #241f1b;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #4f7c8b;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #4f7c8b;
--radius: 16px;
}
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 NijimiShadcnKit() {
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">Nijimi</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>
);
}
{
"export_format_version": "shadcn-theme-v1",
"name": "nijimi",
"type": "registry:theme",
"meta": {
"language": "Nijimi",
"slug": "nijimi",
"description": "An authored Tokyo illustration annual: cream paper, off-register gouache washes, sumi-ink keylines. Controls read as clipped paper labels; the primary sits on a pale terracotta wash with ink text; active states invert to a solid ink fill with cream text.",
"mode": "light",
"fonts": {
"display": "Aoboshi One",
"body": "Zen Old Mincho",
"mono": "IBM Plex Mono",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Aoboshi+One&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=Zen+Old+Mincho:wght@400;500;700&display=swap"
}
},
"cssVars": {
"theme": {
"font-sans": "'Zen Old Mincho', serif",
"font-serif": "'Aoboshi One', serif",
"font-mono": "'IBM Plex Mono', monospace",
"radius": "16px"
},
"light": {
"background": "#f5eedf",
"foreground": "#241f1b",
"card": "#fff9ef",
"card-foreground": "#241f1b",
"popover": "#fff9ef",
"popover-foreground": "#241f1b",
"primary": "#e6d1c2",
"primary-foreground": "#241f1b",
"secondary": "#ddded3",
"secondary-foreground": "#241f1b",
"muted": "#efe6d4",
"muted-foreground": "#6b5e54",
"accent": "#d9e2e0",
"accent-foreground": "#2f5561",
"destructive": "#a5403a",
"destructive-foreground": "#fbf4e6",
"success": "#4f6a47",
"warning": "#a9762e",
"info": "#4a637a",
"border": "#27211c",
"input": "#27211c",
"ring": "#4f7c8b",
"chart-1": "#4f7c8b",
"chart-2": "#b06a5d",
"chart-3": "#607a57",
"chart-4": "#bf8b3d",
"chart-5": "#5e7c96"
}
},
"radii": { "none": "0px", "md": "16px", "lg": "24px", "full": "9999px" },
"shadows": {
"sm": "0 2px 0 rgba(39,33,28,0.08)",
"md": "0 10px 30px rgba(74,55,34,0.10)",
"lg": "0 20px 60px rgba(74,55,34,0.14)"
},
"visualProfile": {
"material": "cream paper with radial grain",
"keyline": "1.5px solid #27211c ink",
"signature": "gouache wash blob offset 6-12px behind each surface (off-register)",
"borders": true,
"border_style": "ink-keyline",
"control_radius": 16,
"card_radius": 24,
"no_pure_white": true
}
}
# Nijimi shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019f9a34-c1bf-7242-972d-431822bc3b5c`
Slug: `nijimi`
## Intent
A design language that feels like an authored Tokyo illustration annual rather than a startup interface: cream paper grounds, pale gouache washes bleeding off-register from black sumi-ink figure lines, and small editorial notes framing each moment as a cropped poster fragment.
## 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": "#f5eedf",
"surface": "#fff9ef",
"surface_solid": "#fbf4e6",
"text": "#241f1b",
"muted": "#6b5e54",
"border": "#27211c",
"accent": "#4f7c8b",
"accent_2": "#b06a5d",
"accent_soft": "#d9e2e0",
"accent_deep": "#2f5561",
"on_accent": "#fbf4e6",
"success": "#4f6a47",
"warning": "#a9762e",
"error": "#a5403a",
"info": "#4a637a"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "17px",
"body_font": "Zen Old Mincho",
"heading_font": "Aoboshi One",
"mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
"heading_weight": "400",
"heading_transform": "none",
"letter_spacing": "-0.02em",
"line_height": 1.55,
"scale_ratio": 1.2,
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Aoboshi+One&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=Zen+Old+Mincho:wght@400;500;700&display=swap"
}
## Visual character to preserve
- cream paper ground #f5eedf with subtle radial grain, warm edge tint, and no pure-white expanses
- black ink outlines as 1.5px #27211c keylines sitting slightly off-register from pale gouache wash shapes via transform offsets
- poster-framed panels with 32-48px margins, hard paper edges, 24px soft outer corners only on cards, and asymmetric cropping so illustrations break the frame
- compact editorial captions in IBM Plex Mono uppercase at 11px, thin rules, issue/date metadata, corner anchoring
- softly misaligned stamps, underlines, accent bars, and side rules shifted 3-8px to imply hand assembly
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "blob",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": true,
"motion": "lift-rotate",
"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/nijimi/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 hand-drawn line motifs and imperfect registration to make digital layouts feel authored; pair restrained Zen Old Mincho reading text with tiny IBM Plex Mono metadata for editorial credibility; treat each section like a gallery poster excerpt rather than a product module; keep the palette washed and nuanced, with accent hues arriving in irregular fields; crop illustration panels asymmetrically and let captions anchor corners instead of centering content; use near-paper shadows and ink keylines sparingly so the poster construction remains the signature
- Do not: do not introduce SaaS dashboard cards or metric-heavy panels; do not use ultra-bold geometric sans for primary reading text; do not center everything symmetrically; do not polish away offset edges, texture, or illustration marks; do not add synthetic neon accents or rainbow category coding; do not render browser-default controls; inputs and selects must look like clipped paper labels
## 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 NijimiShadcnKit() {
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">Nijimi</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 12-column poster grid on desktop collapsing to 8 and then 4 columns; hero scene spans 7 columns, editorial rail spans 5, and lower fragments interlock with deliberate asymmetry.",
"breakpoints": "Desktop >= 1200px, tablet 760-1199px, mobile <= 759px. On smaller screens the poster rail stacks beneath the hero while preserving cropped framing and caption anchoring. The landing is art-directed at four bands: wide 1920+, desktop 1440, tablet 768-1024, mobile 390.",
"whitespace": "Use generous page margins and card padding to emulate print borders; allow tighter spacing only inside caption clusters and metadata strips."
}
{
"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-019f9a34-c1bf-7242-972d-431822bc3b5c",
"name": "Nijimi",
"slug": "nijimi"
},
"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": [
"cream paper ground #f5eedf with subtle radial grain, warm edge tint, and no pure-white expanses",
"black ink outlines as 1.5px #27211c keylines sitting slightly off-register from pale gouache wash shapes via transform offsets",
"poster-framed panels with 32-48px margins, hard paper edges, 24px soft outer corners only on cards, and asymmetric cropping so illustrations break the frame",
"compact editorial captions in IBM Plex Mono uppercase at 11px, thin rules, issue/date metadata, corner anchoring",
"softly misaligned stamps, underlines, accent bars, and side rules shifted 3-8px to imply hand assembly"
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "blob",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": true,
"motion": "lift-rotate",
"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": "Nijimi 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 hand-drawn line motifs and imperfect registration to make digital layouts feel authored",
"pair restrained Zen Old Mincho reading text with tiny IBM Plex Mono metadata for editorial credibility",
"treat each section like a gallery poster excerpt rather than a product module",
"keep the palette washed and nuanced, with accent hues arriving in irregular fields",
"crop illustration panels asymmetrically and let captions anchor corners instead of centering content",
"use near-paper shadows and ink keylines sparingly so the poster construction remains the signature"
],
"dont": [
"do not introduce SaaS dashboard cards or metric-heavy panels",
"do not use ultra-bold geometric sans for primary reading text",
"do not center everything symmetrically",
"do not polish away offset edges, texture, or illustration marks",
"do not add synthetic neon accents or rainbow category coding",
"do not render browser-default controls; inputs and selects must look like clipped paper labels"
]
}
}