NERV Command-Line Theology
A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Download DESIGN.md
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
specification
philosophy
tokens
borders4 items
- accent width
- 6px
- character
- ivory hairlines on black void, black ink dividers on paper, thick amber/red bars only for system state
- default width
- 1px
- style
- solid hard rules plus repeating-linear-gradient gridlines
colors12 items
motion3 items
- duration
- 140ms
- easing
- steps(2, jump-none)
- philosophy
- Motion is procedural: cursor blinks, seal stamps step into place, rows acknowledge with one amber flash; no bounce, spin, parallax, or decorative glitch.
opacity3 items
- disabled
- 0.38
- muted
- 0.62
- overlay
- 0.86
radii5 items
- full
- 0
- lg
- 0
- md
- 0
- none
- 0
- sm
- 0
shadows3 items
- lg
- 0 56px 160px rgba(0,0,0,0.72)
- md
- 0 20px 60px rgba(0,0,0,0.48)
- sm
- inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(248,240,226,0.10)
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128
surfaces5 items
- breach seal
- #A41412 red rectangular status seal with ivory label
- ivory dossier
- #F1E6D2 paper-like flat control panel with black ink rules
- terminal glass
- rgba(10,9,8,0.92) with inset phosphor linework
- void
- #030304 black operational field with subtle radial pressure and grid hairlines
- warning strip
- #F08A24 solid amber band with black text
typography4 items
- body font
- Crimson Pro
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Crimson+Pro:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Oswald:wght@500;600;700&display=swap
- heading font
- Oswald
- mono font
- IBM Plex Mono
rules
Build a plausible operations console scene, not a component catalog: a dominant terminal nave, an offset ivory doctrine dossier, a narrow amber command rail, and one red breach seal interrupting the grid. Preserve blank black pressure around dense clusters.
Dense log rows may use 4-8px gaps, but major sections require 48-96px of black void or ivory margin to avoid noisy wallpaper.
System state and command prompts outrank navigation. Amber authorization rails and red breach seals sit at the top of visual priority; headings are condensed uppercase; doctrinal notes are serif; logs and inputs are monospaced.
layout
At max-width 900px switch to a 6-column tablet grid with reduced overlap; at max-width 640px stack rail, dossier, terminal, and seal as single-column blocks; at min-width 1200px restore full ritual asymmetry.
Alternate high-density command clusters with large black negative space so the interface feels pressurized and sacred, not busy.
Desktop uses a 12-column grid capped at 1320px; the terminal nave spans 8 columns, the ivory dossier spans 4 columns and overlaps by 32px, and the amber rail spans all columns.
Use 64-128px outer margins on desktop, 32px on tablet, and 16px on mobile; internal doctrine cells follow an 8px baseline.
guidance
- Use amber only for active command, warning, cursor, or authorization states.
- Pair every red breach indicator with text labels, position, or icon shape for accessibility.
- Keep panels zero-radius with hard dividers, serial codes, redaction bars, barcode ticks, and command prompts.
- Use a real application scene such as an incident command console or doctrine approval terminal, not a component inventory.
- Preserve black negative space as a structural element; do not fill every surface with log text.
- Style every button, input, checkbox, select, and badge with the same terminal liturgy tokens.
- Do not use cyan, purple, rainbow neon, matrix rain, generic glitch, or cyberpunk city imagery.
- Do not include anime characters, logos, fan-service, or literal references; keep the influence bureaucratic and operational.
- Do not use rounded SaaS cards, pill buttons, friendly emoji, gradients, or soft productivity dashboard patterns.
- Do not let terminal text become unreadable wallpaper; each log row should have spacing and hierarchy.
- Do not create three equal marketing cards or a component catalog; the composition must read as a lived control-room console.
- Do not rely on red alone for errors or breach state.
imagery
A black terminal altar with an offset ivory approval dossier and amber ritual command rail; no characters or logos.
Tiny rectilinear glyphs, checksum squares, bracket marks, plus/minus operators, and barcode ticks drawn in 1px strokes.
Interface-only sacred bureaucracy: grids, dossier paper, redaction bars, barcode ticks, command prompts, stamps, and austere control-room geometry.
generative
Use step-timed cursor blink and brief authorization flashes only; disable under prefers-reduced-motion.
Optional subtle phosphor scanline overlay at low opacity; never matrix rain or noisy particles.
Near-black #030304, bone ivory #F1E6D2, amber #F08A24, blood red #A41412, muted brass #8C8274.
CSS grid, repeating-linear-gradient coordinate fields, pseudo-element cursors, barcode ticks, redaction spans, hard inset borders, print-like paper panels.
katagami spec
# NERV Command-Line Theology ## Philosophy NERV Command-Line Theology is a severe esoteric terminal liturgy for command rooms, incident consoles, and bureaucratic control systems where every prompt feels like a doctrine and every state change feels authorized by ritual. The language preserves the core NERV command-line theology concept without fan art: black operational voids, amber phosphor command light, blood-red breach seals, ivory bureaucratic dossiers, and occult typography arranged as sacred procedure. ### Values - Operational sanctity: interface states are treated as authorized rites, with commands framed as vows, countersigns, and procedural doctrine. - Bureaucratic severity: dense labels, serial numbers, stamps, filing blocks, and approval rails make the system feel governed rather than decorative. - Phosphor restraint: amber and red appear only as active warning, cursor, breach, or authorization signals against black and bone-white fields. - Terminal legibility: monospaced logs, visible prompts, grid coordinates, and checksum fragments remain readable before they become atmosphere. - Asymmetric liturgy: strict grids are interrupted by one controlled overlap or seal, like a doctrine overriding an operator screen. ### Anti-Values - Generic cyberpunk neon, cyan-magenta gradients, matrix rain, glitch wallpaper, or club-light futurism. - Low-effort anime references, characters, logos, fan art, or literal franchise symbols; influence must remain structural and procedural. - Friendly SaaS roundness, bubbly cards, emoji, soft illustrations, or casual productivity metaphors. - Noisy terminal wallpaper that fills every area with text; silence and void are part of the doctrine. ### Visual Character - A black command nave uses CSS grid and repeating-linear-gradient hairlines to create a severe terminal altar, with visible coordinate gutters, prompt rows, and redacted doctrine blocks rather than decorative code noise. - Bone-ivory bureaucratic panels sit over the black field as flat paper dossiers with hard 1px ink dividers, vertical section numbers, stamped approval cells, and zero-radius rectangular controls. - Amber phosphor is restricted to command prompts, active rails, cursor blocks, and primary authorization buttons, implemented with solid fills and modest text-shadow rather than broad neon glow. - Blood-red appears as narrow breach seals, status glyph cells, and crossed-out protocol tags; every red mark is paired with text labels or position so it is not the only state cue. - Occult control-room typography combines condensed uppercase headings, serif doctrinal annotations, and monospaced system prompts, all aligned to a disciplined 8px baseline and 12-column ritual grid. ## Tokens ### Borders - **Accent Width**: 6px - **Character**: ivory hairlines on black void, black ink dividers on paper, thick amber/red bars only for system state - **Default Width**: 1px - **Style**: solid hard rules plus repeating-linear-gradient gridlines ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | accent | `#A41412` | | background | `#030304` | | border | `#2A2520` | | error | `#A41412` | | info | `#A9B0AA` | | muted | `#8C8274` | | primary | `#F08A24` | | secondary | `#D8C7A6` | | success | `#7F9A68` | | surface | `#F1E6D2` | | text | `#F8F0E2` | | warning | `#F08A24` | ### Motion - **Duration**: 140ms - **Easing**: steps(2, jump-none) - **Philosophy**: Motion is procedural: cursor blinks, seal stamps step into place, rows acknowledge with one amber flash; no bounce, spin, parallax, or decorative glitch. ### Opacity - **Disabled**: 0.38 - **Muted**: 0.62 - **Overlay**: 0.86 ### Radii - **Full**: 0 - **Lg**: 0 - **Md**: 0 - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 0 ### Shadows - **Lg**: 0 56px 160px rgba(0,0,0,0.72) - **Md**: 0 20px 60px rgba(0,0,0,0.48) - **Sm**: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(248,240,226,0.10) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64,96,128] ### Surfaces - **Breach Seal**: #A41412 red rectangular status seal with ivory label - **Ivory Dossier**: #F1E6D2 paper-like flat control panel with black ink rules - **Terminal Glass**: rgba(10,9,8,0.92) with inset phosphor linework - **Void**: #030304 black operational field with subtle radial pressure and grid hairlines - **Warning Strip**: #F08A24 solid amber band with black text ### Typography - **Body Font**: Crimson Pro - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Crimson+Pro:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Oswald:wght@500;600;700&display=swap - **Heading Font**: Oswald - **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono ## Rules ### Composition Build a plausible operations console scene, not a component catalog: a dominant terminal nave, an offset ivory doctrine dossier, a narrow amber command rail, and one red breach seal interrupting the grid. Preserve blank black pressure around dense clusters. ### Density Dense log rows may use 4-8px gaps, but major sections require 48-96px of black void or ivory margin to avoid noisy wallpaper. ### Hierarchy System state and command prompts outrank navigation. Amber authorization rails and red breach seals sit at the top of visual priority; headings are condensed uppercase; doctrinal notes are serif; logs and inputs are monospaced. ### Signature Patterns - Ritual prompt rail: a solid amber horizontal band contains a monospace command prompt, section code, checksum, and a black rectangular execute control with clipped barcode ticks made from CSS linear-gradients. - Redacted doctrine log: terminal rows include inline black-on-ivory or ivory-on-black redaction spans, left-side status glyph cells, and a blinking block cursor implemented with a pseudo-element. - Ivory authorization dossier: a bone paper panel overlaps the terminal grid, using 1px black dividers, vertical serial numbers, stamped approval boxes, and serif doctrinal annotations. - Breach seal interruption: a narrow blood-red rectangular seal crosses one panel edge with rotated-free hard geometry, paired with labels such as APOSTASY LOCK or HUMAN INSTRUMENTALITY HOLD. - Occult coordinate grid: repeating-linear-gradient hairlines create coordinate gutters, sigil-like cross marks, and measurement ticks while remaining subtle enough for readable content. ## Layout ### Breakpoints At max-width 900px switch to a 6-column tablet grid with reduced overlap; at max-width 640px stack rail, dossier, terminal, and seal as single-column blocks; at min-width 1200px restore full ritual asymmetry. ### Density Alternate high-density command clusters with large black negative space so the interface feels pressurized and sacred, not busy. ### Grid Desktop uses a 12-column grid capped at 1320px; the terminal nave spans 8 columns, the ivory dossier spans 4 columns and overlaps by 32px, and the amber rail spans all columns. ### Whitespace Use 64-128px outer margins on desktop, 32px on tablet, and 16px on mobile; internal doctrine cells follow an 8px baseline. ## Guidance ### Do - Use amber only for active command, warning, cursor, or authorization states. - Pair every red breach indicator with text labels, position, or icon shape for accessibility. - Keep panels zero-radius with hard dividers, serial codes, redaction bars, barcode ticks, and command prompts. - Use a real application scene such as an incident command console or doctrine approval terminal, not a component inventory. - Preserve black negative space as a structural element; do not fill every surface with log text. - Style every button, input, checkbox, select, and badge with the same terminal liturgy tokens. ### Don't - Do not use cyan, purple, rainbow neon, matrix rain, generic glitch, or cyberpunk city imagery. - Do not include anime characters, logos, fan-service, or literal references; keep the influence bureaucratic and operational. - Do not use rounded SaaS cards, pill buttons, friendly emoji, gradients, or soft productivity dashboard patterns. - Do not let terminal text become unreadable wallpaper; each log row should have spacing and hierarchy. - Do not create three equal marketing cards or a component catalog; the composition must read as a lived control-room console. - Do not rely on red alone for errors or breach state. ### Accessibility Primary contrast pairs are ivory on black, black on ivory, and black on amber. Red breach marks always include labels. Body text remains at least 16px, focus rings use amber outlines plus offset, and motion respects reduced-motion with animations disabled. ## Imagery Direction ### Hero Image Direction A black terminal altar with an offset ivory approval dossier and amber ritual command rail; no characters or logos. ### Icon Style Tiny rectilinear glyphs, checksum squares, bracket marks, plus/minus operators, and barcode ticks drawn in 1px strokes. ### Illustration Style Interface-only sacred bureaucracy: grids, dossier paper, redaction bars, barcode ticks, command prompts, stamps, and austere control-room geometry. ### Image Gen Prompts - Severe black and ivory command room terminal, amber phosphor prompt rail, red breach seal, bureaucratic dossier, disciplined grid, no characters, no neon cyberpunk. ## Generative Canvas ### Animation Philosophy Use step-timed cursor blink and brief authorization flashes only; disable under prefers-reduced-motion. ### Canvas Effects Optional subtle phosphor scanline overlay at low opacity; never matrix rain or noisy particles. ### Shader Palette Near-black #030304, bone ivory #F1E6D2, amber #F08A24, blood red #A41412, muted brass #8C8274. ### Techniques CSS grid, repeating-linear-gradient coordinate fields, pseudo-element cursors, barcode ticks, redaction spans, hard inset borders, print-like paper panels.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "NERV Command-Line Theology"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#A41412"
background: "#030304"
border: "#2A2520"
error: "#A41412"
info: "#A9B0AA"
muted: "#8C8274"
primary: "#F08A24"
secondary: "#D8C7A6"
success: "#7F9A68"
surface: "#F1E6D2"
text: "#F8F0E2"
warning: "#F08A24"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Oswald"
fontSize: "1.953rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Oswald"
fontSize: "1.563rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Crimson Pro"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.5
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
full: "0px"
lg: "0px"
md: "0px"
none: "0px"
sm: "0px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "24px"
2xl: "32px"
3xl: "48px"
4xl: "64px"
step-8: "96px"
step-9: "128px"
components:
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backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-error:
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color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
color-reference-secondary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
textColor: "#000000"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
height: "44px"
---
# NERV Command-Line Theology
## Overview
NERV Command-Line Theology is a severe esoteric terminal liturgy for command rooms, incident consoles, and bureaucratic control systems where every prompt feels like a doctrine and every state change feels authorized by ritual. The language preserves the core NERV command-line theology concept without fan art: black operational voids, amber phosphor command light, blood-red breach seals, ivory bureaucratic dossiers, and occult typography arranged as sacred procedure.
### Values
- Operational sanctity: interface states are treated as authorized rites, with commands framed as vows, countersigns, and procedural doctrine.
- Bureaucratic severity: dense labels, serial numbers, stamps, filing blocks, and approval rails make the system feel governed rather than decorative.
- Phosphor restraint: amber and red appear only as active warning, cursor, breach, or authorization signals against black and bone-white fields.
- Terminal legibility: monospaced logs, visible prompts, grid coordinates, and checksum fragments remain readable before they become atmosphere.
- Asymmetric liturgy: strict grids are interrupted by one controlled overlap or seal, like a doctrine overriding an operator screen.
### Anti-Values
- Generic cyberpunk neon, cyan-magenta gradients, matrix rain, glitch wallpaper, or club-light futurism.
- Low-effort anime references, characters, logos, fan art, or literal franchise symbols; influence must remain structural and procedural.
- Friendly SaaS roundness, bubbly cards, emoji, soft illustrations, or casual productivity metaphors.
- Noisy terminal wallpaper that fills every area with text; silence and void are part of the doctrine.
### Visual Character
- A black command nave uses CSS grid and repeating-linear-gradient hairlines to create a severe terminal altar, with visible coordinate gutters, prompt rows, and redacted doctrine blocks rather than decorative code noise.
- Bone-ivory bureaucratic panels sit over the black field as flat paper dossiers with hard 1px ink dividers, vertical section numbers, stamped approval cells, and zero-radius rectangular controls.
- Amber phosphor is restricted to command prompts, active rails, cursor blocks, and primary authorization buttons, implemented with solid fills and modest text-shadow rather than broad neon glow.
- Blood-red appears as narrow breach seals, status glyph cells, and crossed-out protocol tags; every red mark is paired with text labels or position so it is not the only state cue.
- Occult control-room typography combines condensed uppercase headings, serif doctrinal annotations, and monospaced system prompts, all aligned to a disciplined 8px baseline and 12-column ritual grid.
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| accent | `#A41412` |
| background | `#030304` |
| border | `#2A2520` |
| error | `#A41412` |
| info | `#A9B0AA` |
| muted | `#8C8274` |
| primary | `#F08A24` |
| secondary | `#D8C7A6` |
| success | `#7F9A68` |
| surface | `#F1E6D2` |
| text | `#F8F0E2` |
| warning | `#F08A24` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Oswald, 1.953rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Oswald, 1.563rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Crimson Pro, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.5.
- **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`
- **Step-9**: `128px`
### Breakpoints
At max-width 900px switch to a 6-column tablet grid with reduced overlap; at max-width 640px stack rail, dossier, terminal, and seal as single-column blocks; at min-width 1200px restore full ritual asymmetry.
### Density
Alternate high-density command clusters with large black negative space so the interface feels pressurized and sacred, not busy.
### Grid
Desktop uses a 12-column grid capped at 1320px; the terminal nave spans 8 columns, the ivory dossier spans 4 columns and overlaps by 32px, and the amber rail spans all columns.
### Whitespace
Use 64-128px outer margins on desktop, 32px on tablet, and 16px on mobile; internal doctrine cells follow an 8px baseline.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 0 56px 160px rgba(0,0,0,0.72)
- **Md**: 0 20px 60px rgba(0,0,0,0.48)
- **Sm**: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(248,240,226,0.10)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `0px`
- **Lg**: `0px`
- **Md**: `0px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `0px`
### Surfaces
- **Breach Seal**: #A41412 red rectangular status seal with ivory label
- **Ivory Dossier**: #F1E6D2 paper-like flat control panel with black ink rules
- **Terminal Glass**: rgba(10,9,8,0.92) with inset phosphor linework
- **Void**: #030304 black operational field with subtle radial pressure and grid hairlines
- **Warning Strip**: #F08A24 solid amber band with black text
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 6px
- **Character**: ivory hairlines on black void, black ink dividers on paper, thick amber/red bars only for system state
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid hard rules plus repeating-linear-gradient gridlines
## Components
### Composition
Build a plausible operations console scene, not a component catalog: a dominant terminal nave, an offset ivory doctrine dossier, a narrow amber command rail, and one red breach seal interrupting the grid. Preserve blank black pressure around dense clusters.
### Density
Dense log rows may use 4-8px gaps, but major sections require 48-96px of black void or ivory margin to avoid noisy wallpaper.
### Hierarchy
System state and command prompts outrank navigation. Amber authorization rails and red breach seals sit at the top of visual priority; headings are condensed uppercase; doctrinal notes are serif; logs and inputs are monospaced.
### Signature Patterns
- Ritual prompt rail: a solid amber horizontal band contains a monospace command prompt, section code, checksum, and a black rectangular execute control with clipped barcode ticks made from CSS linear-gradients.
- Redacted doctrine log: terminal rows include inline black-on-ivory or ivory-on-black redaction spans, left-side status glyph cells, and a blinking block cursor implemented with a pseudo-element.
- Ivory authorization dossier: a bone paper panel overlaps the terminal grid, using 1px black dividers, vertical serial numbers, stamped approval boxes, and serif doctrinal annotations.
- Breach seal interruption: a narrow blood-red rectangular seal crosses one panel edge with rotated-free hard geometry, paired with labels such as APOSTASY LOCK or HUMAN INSTRUMENTALITY HOLD.
- Occult coordinate grid: repeating-linear-gradient hairlines create coordinate gutters, sigil-like cross marks, and measurement ticks while remaining subtle enough for readable content.
## 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/nerv-command-line-theology/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 amber only for active command, warning, cursor, or authorization states.
- Do Pair every red breach indicator with text labels, position, or icon shape for accessibility.
- Do Keep panels zero-radius with hard dividers, serial codes, redaction bars, barcode ticks, and command prompts.
- Do Use a real application scene such as an incident command console or doctrine approval terminal, not a component inventory.
- Do Preserve black negative space as a structural element; do not fill every surface with log text.
- Do Style every button, input, checkbox, select, and badge with the same terminal liturgy tokens.
- Don't Do not use cyan, purple, rainbow neon, matrix rain, generic glitch, or cyberpunk city imagery.
- Don't Do not include anime characters, logos, fan-service, or literal references; keep the influence bureaucratic and operational.
- Don't Do not use rounded SaaS cards, pill buttons, friendly emoji, gradients, or soft productivity dashboard patterns.
- Don't Do not let terminal text become unreadable wallpaper; each log row should have spacing and hierarchy.
- Don't Do not create three equal marketing cards or a component catalog; the composition must read as a lived control-room console.
- Don't Do not rely on red alone for errors or breach state.
### Accessibility
Primary contrast pairs are ivory on black, black on ivory, and black on amber. Red breach marks always include labels. Body text remains at least 16px, focus rings use amber outlines plus offset, and motion respects reduced-motion with animations disabled.
## Imagery Direction
### Hero Image Direction
A black terminal altar with an offset ivory approval dossier and amber ritual command rail; no characters or logos.
### Icon Style
Tiny rectilinear glyphs, checksum squares, bracket marks, plus/minus operators, and barcode ticks drawn in 1px strokes.
### Illustration Style
Interface-only sacred bureaucracy: grids, dossier paper, redaction bars, barcode ticks, command prompts, stamps, and austere control-room geometry.
### Image Gen Prompts
- Severe black and ivory command room terminal, amber phosphor prompt rail, red breach seal, bureaucratic dossier, disciplined grid, no characters, no neon cyberpunk.
## Generative Canvas
### Animation Philosophy
Use step-timed cursor blink and brief authorization flashes only; disable under prefers-reduced-motion.
### Canvas Effects
Optional subtle phosphor scanline overlay at low opacity; never matrix rain or noisy particles.
### Shader Palette
Near-black #030304, bone ivory #F1E6D2, amber #F08A24, blood red #A41412, muted brass #8C8274.
### Techniques
CSS grid, repeating-linear-gradient coordinate fields, pseudo-element cursors, barcode ticks, redaction spans, hard inset borders, print-like paper panels.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "nerv-command-line-theology",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "NERV Command-Line Theology shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#030304",
"foreground": "#F8F0E2",
"card": "#F1E6D2",
"card-foreground": "#F8F0E2",
"popover": "#F1E6D2",
"popover-foreground": "#F8F0E2",
"primary": "#F08A24",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#D8C7A6",
"secondary-foreground": "#111111",
"muted": "#8C8274",
"muted-foreground": "#F8F0E2",
"accent": "#A41412",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#A41412",
"border": "#2A2520",
"input": "#2A2520",
"ring": "#A41412",
"chart-1": "#F08A24",
"chart-2": "#D8C7A6",
"chart-3": "#A41412",
"chart-4": "#7F9A68",
"chart-5": "#F08A24",
"sidebar": "#F1E6D2",
"sidebar-foreground": "#F8F0E2",
"sidebar-primary": "#F08A24",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#A9B0AA",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#2A2520",
"sidebar-ring": "#A41412",
"radius": "0"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#F08A24",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#A41412",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#A41412",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#A41412",
"chart-1": "#F08A24",
"chart-2": "#D8C7A6",
"chart-3": "#A41412",
"chart-4": "#7F9A68",
"chart-5": "#F08A24",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#F08A24",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#A41412",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#A41412",
"radius": "0"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "nerv-command-line-theology",
"slug": "nerv-command-line-theology",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"opacity": [
"disabled",
"muted",
"overlay"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"breach_seal",
"ivory_dossier",
"terminal_glass",
"void",
"warning_strip"
],
"typography": [
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"mono_font"
]
}
}
}
```embodiments
at a glance
Typography
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl24px
- 2xl32px
- 3xl48px
- 4xl64px
- step-896px
- step-9128px
Shape
implementation kit
DESIGN.md with shadcn
Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.
advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #030304;
--foreground: #F8F0E2;
--card: #F1E6D2;
--card-foreground: #F8F0E2;
--popover: #F1E6D2;
--popover-foreground: #F8F0E2;
--primary: #F08A24;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #D8C7A6;
--secondary-foreground: #111111;
--muted: #8C8274;
--muted-foreground: #F8F0E2;
--accent: #A41412;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #A41412;
--border: #2A2520;
--input: #2A2520;
--ring: #A41412;
--chart-1: #F08A24;
--chart-2: #D8C7A6;
--chart-3: #A41412;
--chart-4: #7F9A68;
--chart-5: #F08A24;
--sidebar: #F1E6D2;
--sidebar-foreground: #F8F0E2;
--sidebar-primary: #F08A24;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #A9B0AA;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #2A2520;
--sidebar-ring: #A41412;
--radius: 0;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #F08A24;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #A41412;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #A41412;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #A41412;
--chart-1: #F08A24;
--chart-2: #D8C7A6;
--chart-3: #A41412;
--chart-4: #7F9A68;
--chart-5: #F08A24;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #F08A24;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #A41412;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #A41412;
--radius: 0;
}
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 NervCommandLineTheologyShadcnKit() {
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">NERV Command-Line Theology</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"cssVars": {
"dark": {
"accent": "#A41412",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"background": "#0f1115",
"border": "#303642",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"chart-1": "#F08A24",
"chart-2": "#D8C7A6",
"chart-3": "#A41412",
"chart-4": "#7F9A68",
"chart-5": "#F08A24",
"destructive": "#A41412",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"input": "#303642",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#F08A24",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"radius": "0",
"ring": "#A41412",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-accent": "#A41412",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#F08A24",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-ring": "#A41412"
},
"light": {
"accent": "#A41412",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"background": "#030304",
"border": "#2A2520",
"card": "#F1E6D2",
"card-foreground": "#F8F0E2",
"chart-1": "#F08A24",
"chart-2": "#D8C7A6",
"chart-3": "#A41412",
"chart-4": "#7F9A68",
"chart-5": "#F08A24",
"destructive": "#A41412",
"foreground": "#F8F0E2",
"input": "#2A2520",
"muted": "#8C8274",
"muted-foreground": "#F8F0E2",
"popover": "#F1E6D2",
"popover-foreground": "#F8F0E2",
"primary": "#F08A24",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"radius": "0",
"ring": "#A41412",
"secondary": "#D8C7A6",
"secondary-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar": "#F1E6D2",
"sidebar-accent": "#A9B0AA",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#2A2520",
"sidebar-foreground": "#F8F0E2",
"sidebar-primary": "#F08A24",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-ring": "#A41412"
},
"theme": {}
},
"meta": {
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"languageId": "nerv-command-line-theology",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"opacity": [
"disabled",
"muted",
"overlay"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"breach_seal",
"ivory_dossier",
"terminal_glass",
"void",
"warning_strip"
],
"typography": [
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"mono_font"
]
},
"slug": "nerv-command-line-theology",
"source": "katagami"
},
"name": "nerv-command-line-theology",
"title": "NERV Command-Line Theology shadcn Theme",
"type": "registry:theme"
}
# NERV Command-Line Theology shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `nerv-command-line-theology`
Slug: `nerv-command-line-theology`
## Intent
NERV Command-Line Theology is a severe esoteric terminal liturgy for command rooms, incident consoles, and bureaucratic control systems where every prompt feels like a doctrine and every state change feels authorized by ritual. The language preserves the core NERV command-line theology concept without fan art: black operational voids, amber phosphor command light, blood-red breach seals, ivory bureaucratic dossiers, and occult typography arranged as sacred procedure.
## Required primitives
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
## Token cues
Colors:
{
"accent": "#A41412",
"background": "#030304",
"border": "#2A2520",
"error": "#A41412",
"info": "#A9B0AA",
"muted": "#8C8274",
"primary": "#F08A24",
"secondary": "#D8C7A6",
"success": "#7F9A68",
"surface": "#F1E6D2",
"text": "#F8F0E2",
"warning": "#F08A24"
}
Typography:
{
"body_font": "Crimson Pro",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Crimson+Pro:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Oswald:wght@500;600;700&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Oswald",
"mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono"
}
## Visual character to preserve
- A black command nave uses CSS grid and repeating-linear-gradient hairlines to create a severe terminal altar, with visible coordinate gutters, prompt rows, and redacted doctrine blocks rather than decorative code noise.
- Bone-ivory bureaucratic panels sit over the black field as flat paper dossiers with hard 1px ink dividers, vertical section numbers, stamped approval cells, and zero-radius rectangular controls.
- Amber phosphor is restricted to command prompts, active rails, cursor blocks, and primary authorization buttons, implemented with solid fills and modest text-shadow rather than broad neon glow.
- Blood-red appears as narrow breach seals, status glyph cells, and crossed-out protocol tags; every red mark is paired with text labels or position so it is not the only state cue.
- Occult control-room typography combines condensed uppercase headings, serif doctrinal annotations, and monospaced system prompts, all aligned to a disciplined 8px baseline and 12-column ritual grid.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"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/nerv-command-line-theology/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 amber only for active command, warning, cursor, or authorization states.; Pair every red breach indicator with text labels, position, or icon shape for accessibility.; Keep panels zero-radius with hard dividers, serial codes, redaction bars, barcode ticks, and command prompts.; Use a real application scene such as an incident command console or doctrine approval terminal, not a component inventory.; Preserve black negative space as a structural element; do not fill every surface with log text.; Style every button, input, checkbox, select, and badge with the same terminal liturgy tokens.
- Do not: Do not use cyan, purple, rainbow neon, matrix rain, generic glitch, or cyberpunk city imagery.; Do not include anime characters, logos, fan-service, or literal references; keep the influence bureaucratic and operational.; Do not use rounded SaaS cards, pill buttons, friendly emoji, gradients, or soft productivity dashboard patterns.; Do not let terminal text become unreadable wallpaper; each log row should have spacing and hierarchy.; Do not create three equal marketing cards or a component catalog; the composition must read as a lived control-room console.; Do not rely on red alone for errors or breach state.
## 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 NervCommandLineTheologyShadcnKit() {
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">NERV Command-Line Theology</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
```
## Layout notes
{
"breakpoints": "At max-width 900px switch to a 6-column tablet grid with reduced overlap; at max-width 640px stack rail, dossier, terminal, and seal as single-column blocks; at min-width 1200px restore full ritual asymmetry.",
"density": "Alternate high-density command clusters with large black negative space so the interface feels pressurized and sacred, not busy.",
"grid": "Desktop uses a 12-column grid capped at 1320px; the terminal nave spans 8 columns, the ivory dossier spans 4 columns and overlaps by 32px, and the amber rail spans all columns.",
"whitespace": "Use 64-128px outer margins on desktop, 32px on tablet, and 16px on mobile; internal doctrine cells follow an 8px baseline."
}
{
"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": "nerv-command-line-theology",
"name": "NERV Command-Line Theology",
"slug": "nerv-command-line-theology"
},
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"identityNotes": [
"A black command nave uses CSS grid and repeating-linear-gradient hairlines to create a severe terminal altar, with visible coordinate gutters, prompt rows, and redacted doctrine blocks rather than decorative code noise.",
"Bone-ivory bureaucratic panels sit over the black field as flat paper dossiers with hard 1px ink dividers, vertical section numbers, stamped approval cells, and zero-radius rectangular controls.",
"Amber phosphor is restricted to command prompts, active rails, cursor blocks, and primary authorization buttons, implemented with solid fills and modest text-shadow rather than broad neon glow.",
"Blood-red appears as narrow breach seals, status glyph cells, and crossed-out protocol tags; every red mark is paired with text labels or position so it is not the only state cue.",
"Occult control-room typography combines condensed uppercase headings, serif doctrinal annotations, and monospaced system prompts, all aligned to a disciplined 8px baseline and 12-column ritual grid."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"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": "NERV Command-Line Theology 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 amber only for active command, warning, cursor, or authorization states.",
"Pair every red breach indicator with text labels, position, or icon shape for accessibility.",
"Keep panels zero-radius with hard dividers, serial codes, redaction bars, barcode ticks, and command prompts.",
"Use a real application scene such as an incident command console or doctrine approval terminal, not a component inventory.",
"Preserve black negative space as a structural element; do not fill every surface with log text.",
"Style every button, input, checkbox, select, and badge with the same terminal liturgy tokens."
],
"dont": [
"Do not use cyan, purple, rainbow neon, matrix rain, generic glitch, or cyberpunk city imagery.",
"Do not include anime characters, logos, fan-service, or literal references; keep the influence bureaucratic and operational.",
"Do not use rounded SaaS cards, pill buttons, friendly emoji, gradients, or soft productivity dashboard patterns.",
"Do not let terminal text become unreadable wallpaper; each log row should have spacing and hierarchy.",
"Do not create three equal marketing cards or a component catalog; the composition must read as a lived control-room console.",
"Do not rely on red alone for errors or breach state."
]
}
}