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Riso Botanical Fieldbook
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the spec
specification
philosophy
summary
A disciplined product language for Katagami that treats the interface as a working botanical travel sketchbook printed in limited riso separations: useful screens first, with pigment, registration, paper grain, and specimen notation carrying the atmosphere instead of SaaS gradients or decorative card grids.
values
Useful fieldwork before decoration: every illustration mark anchors navigation, annotation, or review state.Limited separations as governance: coral, aqua, sunflower, leaf, and indigo behave like inks that overprint instead of infinite gradients.Handmade tactility with product rigor: paper tooth, deckled edges, and wash opacity are system tokens, not random background noise.Editorial asymmetry: one dominant work surface, one dense route ledger, and small marginal notes replace equal bento tiles.Botanical specificity: stems, labels, presses, route maps, and swatches make the product feel authored for travel sketching.Accessible craft: texture never carries meaning alone; contrast, line weight, labels, and focus rings remain explicit.
anti-values
×Generic SaaS dashboards, nested rounded statistic cards, equal icon-card bento blocks, and anonymous productivity scenes.×AI pastel blobs, synthetic mesh gradients, gradient keyword emphasis, sterile flat whites, and texture that does not read as pigment or paper.×Childish clip-art botanicals, oversized tight-tracked hero type, pill-with-dot biscuits, and decorative grid filler.×Uncontrolled rainbow palettes; all color must behave as printable layers with named roles and predictable overprint behavior.
tokens
borders4 items
- accent width
- 3px
- character
- Indigo ink lines at high contrast, sometimes doubled by 2px translated coral or aqua registration ghosts; avoid solid grey SaaS borders.
- default width
- 1.5px
- style
- solid with hand-ruled offset pseudo-elements
colors12 items
accent
#F46F63
background
#F7EFD9
border
#172338
error
#B6423A
info
#2F8EA0
muted
#6E6456
primary
#1F3B6D
secondary
#38AFA7
success
#3F8A58
surface
#FFF8E6
text
#172338
warning
#D6A224
motion3 items
- duration
- 180ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1)
- philosophy
- Motion mimics sliding tracing paper: small translate and opacity shifts only; no bouncy blobs or ornamental parallax.
radii5 items
- full
- 9999px
- lg
- 24px
- md
- 16px
- none
- 0
- sm
- 0
shadows3 items
- lg
- 14px 16px 0 rgba(31,59,109,0.13), -8px 10px 0 rgba(214,162,36,0.16)
- md
- 7px 7px 0 rgba(244,111,99,0.18), -3px 3px 0 rgba(56,175,167,0.14)
- sm
- 3px 3px 0 rgba(31,59,109,0.16)
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128
surfaces3 items
- bg pattern
- Repeating paper fibers plus sparse indigo/coral registration crosses; no decorative grids, mesh gradients, or floating blobs.
- card style
- Paper scraps with square or 16px corners, indigo rule borders, offset riso color plates, specimen labels, and visible registration ticks.
- treatment
- {colors.background} paper field with radial fiber speckles; {colors.surface} panels use deckled clip paths, multiply ink washes, and no sterile flat fills.
typography9 items
- base size
- 16px
- body font
- Alegreya Sans
- display letter spacing
- -0.035em
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Alegreya+Sans:wght@400;500;700&family=Besley:wght@500;600;700&family=Reddit+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap
- heading font
- Besley
- letter spacing
- -0.02em
- line height
- 1.56
- mono font
- Reddit Mono
- scale ratio
- 1.22
rules
composition
Use a fieldbook spread: one dominant specimen or map surface occupies 45-60% of desktop width, while route ledgers and tool controls stack beside it.Break the grid with taped marginal notes, cropped specimen labels, and one full-height ink-layer rail; never use three equal cards in a row.Keep decoration accountable: every botanical mark points to an active object, route, material swatch, or review annotation.Allow generous paper margins around the canvas, but keep ledgers dense with 4-12px internal gaps so the rhythm feels like a real notebook.Use clipped paper scraps and offset ink plates as structure, not as background filler.
density
Desktop alternates a spacious specimen canvas with a dense route ledger; mobile collapses into a scrollable fieldbook where controls remain compact but touch targets stay at least 44px.
hierarchy
Display headings are medium-weight Besley, modest in size, with -0.035em tracking and relaxed editorial line breaks; avoid huge bold hero typography.Primary actions are indigo-outline paper buttons with coral or aqua registration underplates; secondary actions look like specimen labels.Status uses layer names, ink chips, line weight, and text together so color is never the sole signal.Dense metadata belongs in mono route stamps and specimen captions; narrative guidance stays in Alegreya Sans with generous leading.
signature patterns
Registration-offset controls: buttons, tabs, and selected rows render a coral or aqua duplicate plate translated 3-6px behind the indigo foreground.Deckled paper panels: major surfaces use polygon clip-paths, inner fiber overlays, and hand-ruled indigo borders rather than generic rounded cards.Overprint wash badges: transparent coral, aqua, sunflower, and leaf layers multiply over cream paper and each other, creating intersection colors without CSS gradients as emphasis.Botanical annotation leaders: SVG stem lines and small circular pinheads connect notes to canvas regions, replacing icon-card decoration with functional field labels.Ink layer preview rail: a vertical strip of named color separations acts as navigation, showing active/hidden layer states through opacity, offset, and line texture.
layout
breakpoints
Mobile 360-639px single-column scroll; tablet 640-1023px canvas-first two-band layout; desktop 1024px+ asymmetric 12-column spread with fixed marginal layer rail.
density
High variation: 4px specimen ticks, 8-12px ledger rows, 32px panel padding, 64-96px section separations, and a 128px desktop outer field margin pass the 8:1 rhythm test.
grid
Desktop uses a 12-column fieldbook grid max 1360px with 24px gutters: 7 columns for canvas, 3 for ledger, 2 for layer rail and marginal tools; tablet becomes 8 columns; mobile becomes one column with pinned layer tabs.
whitespace
Whitespace behaves like paper margin: large calm areas surround the specimen canvas, while annotations cluster tightly near the object they describe. No empty decorative grids are used.
guidance
- Start from cream paper, indigo ink, and one or two active ink plates; add other inks only when the task needs separations.
- Use SVG or CSS botanical strokes as annotation systems: stems should point to content, not float as clip-art.
- Make overprints with transparent layers and multiply blending; intersections should feel like riso ink, never glossy gradients.
- Keep headings modest, editorial, and breathable; let the specimen canvas and ink structure create drama.
- Use square and 16px paper radii consistently; clip-path deckles can add tactility without becoming random.
- Pair color states with labels, line weight, or layer visibility toggles for accessibility.
- Render focus as an indigo outline plus an offset coral plate so keyboard navigation fits the language.
- Let one major surface dominate each screen, then support it with dense ledgers and marginal notes.
- Do not create equal bento icon cards, nested rounded stat cards, generic dashboards, or CRM/project-management scenes.
- Do not use pill-with-dot biscuits, gradient keyword emphasis, pastel AI blobs, glassmorphism, or sterile textureless surfaces.
- Do not add botanical decoration where it cannot be read as a specimen, route, annotation, or material swatch.
- Do not use huge overbold tight-tracked headings; this language is fieldbook editorial, not launch-page shouting.
- Do not introduce more colors outside the named riso inks; palette discipline is the system.
- Do not rely on texture or color alone to convey errors, success, selection, or disabled states.
- Do not use grey SaaS borders; every line should read as indigo ink or a registration ghost.
- Do not fill quiet paper margins with decorative grids or filler marks.
katagami spec
# Riso Botanical Fieldbook
## Philosophy
A disciplined product language for Katagami that treats the interface as a working botanical travel sketchbook printed in limited riso separations: useful screens first, with pigment, registration, paper grain, and specimen notation carrying the atmosphere instead of SaaS gradients or decorative card grids.
### Values
- Useful fieldwork before decoration: every illustration mark anchors navigation, annotation, or review state.
- Limited separations as governance: coral, aqua, sunflower, leaf, and indigo behave like inks that overprint instead of infinite gradients.
- Handmade tactility with product rigor: paper tooth, deckled edges, and wash opacity are system tokens, not random background noise.
- Editorial asymmetry: one dominant work surface, one dense route ledger, and small marginal notes replace equal bento tiles.
- Botanical specificity: stems, labels, presses, route maps, and swatches make the product feel authored for travel sketching.
- Accessible craft: texture never carries meaning alone; contrast, line weight, labels, and focus rings remain explicit.
### Anti-Values
- Generic SaaS dashboards, nested rounded statistic cards, equal icon-card bento blocks, and anonymous productivity scenes.
- AI pastel blobs, synthetic mesh gradients, gradient keyword emphasis, sterile flat whites, and texture that does not read as pigment or paper.
- Childish clip-art botanicals, oversized tight-tracked hero type, pill-with-dot biscuits, and decorative grid filler.
- Uncontrolled rainbow palettes; all color must behave as printable layers with named roles and predictable overprint behavior.
### Visual Character
- Cream paper ground built from layered CSS noise, subtle fiber speckles, and irregular deckle masks on major panels rather than sterile flat surfaces.
- Indigo ink skeleton: 1.5px hand-ruled borders, offset registration shadows, visible crop ticks, and annotation leaders replace generic grey dividers.
- Limited riso ink layers use mix-blend-mode:multiply and slight transform offsets so coral, aqua, sunflower, and leaf intersections create overprint color instead of gradients.
- Asymmetric travel-spread layout with a dominant specimen canvas, a narrow route ledger, marginal washi tabs, and irregular clipped paper scraps instead of equal cards.
- Botanical line drawings are made from CSS/SVG strokes with watercolor wash blocks behind them, so imagery feels like field notes integrated into controls.
## Tokens
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 3px
- **Character**: Indigo ink lines at high contrast, sometimes doubled by 2px translated coral or aqua registration ghosts; avoid solid grey SaaS borders.
- **Default Width**: 1.5px
- **Style**: solid with hand-ruled offset pseudo-elements
### Colors
| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#F46F63` |
| background | `#F7EFD9` |
| border | `#172338` |
| error | `#B6423A` |
| info | `#2F8EA0` |
| muted | `#6E6456` |
| primary | `#1F3B6D` |
| secondary | `#38AFA7` |
| success | `#3F8A58` |
| surface | `#FFF8E6` |
| text | `#172338` |
| warning | `#D6A224` |
### Motion
- **Duration**: 180ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1)
- **Philosophy**: Motion mimics sliding tracing paper: small translate and opacity shifts only; no bouncy blobs or ornamental parallax.
### Radii
- **Full**: 9999px
- **Lg**: 24px
- **Md**: 16px
- **None**: 0
- **Sm**: 0
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 14px 16px 0 rgba(31,59,109,0.13), -8px 10px 0 rgba(214,162,36,0.16)
- **Md**: 7px 7px 0 rgba(244,111,99,0.18), -3px 3px 0 rgba(56,175,167,0.14)
- **Sm**: 3px 3px 0 rgba(31,59,109,0.16)
### Spacing
- **Base**: 8px
- **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64,96,128]
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: Repeating paper fibers plus sparse indigo/coral registration crosses; no decorative grids, mesh gradients, or floating blobs.
- **Card Style**: Paper scraps with square or 16px corners, indigo rule borders, offset riso color plates, specimen labels, and visible registration ticks.
- **Treatment**: {colors.background} paper field with radial fiber speckles; {colors.surface} panels use deckled clip paths, multiply ink washes, and no sterile flat fills.
### Typography
- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: Alegreya Sans
- **Display Letter Spacing**: -0.035em
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Alegreya+Sans:wght@400;500;700&family=Besley:wght@500;600;700&family=Reddit+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: Besley
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em
- **Line Height**: 1.56
- **Mono Font**: Reddit Mono
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.22
## Rules
### Composition
- Use a fieldbook spread: one dominant specimen or map surface occupies 45-60% of desktop width, while route ledgers and tool controls stack beside it.
- Break the grid with taped marginal notes, cropped specimen labels, and one full-height ink-layer rail; never use three equal cards in a row.
- Keep decoration accountable: every botanical mark points to an active object, route, material swatch, or review annotation.
- Allow generous paper margins around the canvas, but keep ledgers dense with 4-12px internal gaps so the rhythm feels like a real notebook.
- Use clipped paper scraps and offset ink plates as structure, not as background filler.
### Density
Desktop alternates a spacious specimen canvas with a dense route ledger; mobile collapses into a scrollable fieldbook where controls remain compact but touch targets stay at least 44px.
### Hierarchy
- Display headings are medium-weight Besley, modest in size, with -0.035em tracking and relaxed editorial line breaks; avoid huge bold hero typography.
- Primary actions are indigo-outline paper buttons with coral or aqua registration underplates; secondary actions look like specimen labels.
- Status uses layer names, ink chips, line weight, and text together so color is never the sole signal.
- Dense metadata belongs in mono route stamps and specimen captions; narrative guidance stays in Alegreya Sans with generous leading.
### Signature Patterns
- Registration-offset controls: buttons, tabs, and selected rows render a coral or aqua duplicate plate translated 3-6px behind the indigo foreground.
- Deckled paper panels: major surfaces use polygon clip-paths, inner fiber overlays, and hand-ruled indigo borders rather than generic rounded cards.
- Overprint wash badges: transparent coral, aqua, sunflower, and leaf layers multiply over cream paper and each other, creating intersection colors without CSS gradients as emphasis.
- Botanical annotation leaders: SVG stem lines and small circular pinheads connect notes to canvas regions, replacing icon-card decoration with functional field labels.
- Ink layer preview rail: a vertical strip of named color separations acts as navigation, showing active/hidden layer states through opacity, offset, and line texture.
## Layout
### Breakpoints
Mobile 360-639px single-column scroll; tablet 640-1023px canvas-first two-band layout; desktop 1024px+ asymmetric 12-column spread with fixed marginal layer rail.
### Density
High variation: 4px specimen ticks, 8-12px ledger rows, 32px panel padding, 64-96px section separations, and a 128px desktop outer field margin pass the 8:1 rhythm test.
### Grid
Desktop uses a 12-column fieldbook grid max 1360px with 24px gutters: 7 columns for canvas, 3 for ledger, 2 for layer rail and marginal tools; tablet becomes 8 columns; mobile becomes one column with pinned layer tabs.
### Whitespace
Whitespace behaves like paper margin: large calm areas surround the specimen canvas, while annotations cluster tightly near the object they describe. No empty decorative grids are used.
## Guidance
### Do
- Start from cream paper, indigo ink, and one or two active ink plates; add other inks only when the task needs separations.
- Use SVG or CSS botanical strokes as annotation systems: stems should point to content, not float as clip-art.
- Make overprints with transparent layers and multiply blending; intersections should feel like riso ink, never glossy gradients.
- Keep headings modest, editorial, and breathable; let the specimen canvas and ink structure create drama.
- Use square and 16px paper radii consistently; clip-path deckles can add tactility without becoming random.
- Pair color states with labels, line weight, or layer visibility toggles for accessibility.
- Render focus as an indigo outline plus an offset coral plate so keyboard navigation fits the language.
- Let one major surface dominate each screen, then support it with dense ledgers and marginal notes.
### Don't
- Do not create equal bento icon cards, nested rounded stat cards, generic dashboards, or CRM/project-management scenes.
- Do not use pill-with-dot biscuits, gradient keyword emphasis, pastel AI blobs, glassmorphism, or sterile textureless surfaces.
- Do not add botanical decoration where it cannot be read as a specimen, route, annotation, or material swatch.
- Do not use huge overbold tight-tracked headings; this language is fieldbook editorial, not launch-page shouting.
- Do not introduce more colors outside the named riso inks; palette discipline is the system.
- Do not rely on texture or color alone to convey errors, success, selection, or disabled states.
- Do not use grey SaaS borders; every line should read as indigo ink or a registration ghost.
- Do not fill quiet paper margins with decorative grids or filler marks.
### Accessibility
Body text stays 16px with -0.02em tracking and 1.56 leading. Text on cream or surface uses #172338. Touch targets are at least 44px. Semantic states include text labels, outlines, and symbols in addition to ink color.
### Usage Context
Best for creative tools, editorial planning, botanical archives, travel journaling, print proofing, stationery workflows, and any product where images, notes, and material states need to feel handmade but disciplined.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Riso Botanical Fieldbook"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#F46F63"
background: "#F7EFD9"
border: "#172338"
error: "#B6423A"
info: "#2F8EA0"
muted: "#6E6456"
primary: "#1F3B6D"
secondary: "#38AFA7"
success: "#3F8A58"
surface: "#FFF8E6"
text: "#172338"
warning: "#D6A224"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Besley"
fontSize: "1.816rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Besley"
fontSize: "1.488rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Alegreya Sans"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.56
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "Reddit Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
full: "9999px"
lg: "24px"
md: "16px"
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:
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
color-reference-secondary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
textColor: "#ffffff"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
height: "44px"
---
# Riso Botanical Fieldbook
## Overview
A disciplined product language for Katagami that treats the interface as a working botanical travel sketchbook printed in limited riso separations: useful screens first, with pigment, registration, paper grain, and specimen notation carrying the atmosphere instead of SaaS gradients or decorative card grids.
### Values
- Useful fieldwork before decoration: every illustration mark anchors navigation, annotation, or review state.
- Limited separations as governance: coral, aqua, sunflower, leaf, and indigo behave like inks that overprint instead of infinite gradients.
- Handmade tactility with product rigor: paper tooth, deckled edges, and wash opacity are system tokens, not random background noise.
- Editorial asymmetry: one dominant work surface, one dense route ledger, and small marginal notes replace equal bento tiles.
- Botanical specificity: stems, labels, presses, route maps, and swatches make the product feel authored for travel sketching.
- Accessible craft: texture never carries meaning alone; contrast, line weight, labels, and focus rings remain explicit.
### Anti-Values
- Generic SaaS dashboards, nested rounded statistic cards, equal icon-card bento blocks, and anonymous productivity scenes.
- AI pastel blobs, synthetic mesh gradients, gradient keyword emphasis, sterile flat whites, and texture that does not read as pigment or paper.
- Childish clip-art botanicals, oversized tight-tracked hero type, pill-with-dot biscuits, and decorative grid filler.
- Uncontrolled rainbow palettes; all color must behave as printable layers with named roles and predictable overprint behavior.
### Visual Character
- Cream paper ground built from layered CSS noise, subtle fiber speckles, and irregular deckle masks on major panels rather than sterile flat surfaces.
- Indigo ink skeleton: 1.5px hand-ruled borders, offset registration shadows, visible crop ticks, and annotation leaders replace generic grey dividers.
- Limited riso ink layers use mix-blend-mode:multiply and slight transform offsets so coral, aqua, sunflower, and leaf intersections create overprint color instead of gradients.
- Asymmetric travel-spread layout with a dominant specimen canvas, a narrow route ledger, marginal washi tabs, and irregular clipped paper scraps instead of equal cards.
- Botanical line drawings are made from CSS/SVG strokes with watercolor wash blocks behind them, so imagery feels like field notes integrated into controls.
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| accent | `#F46F63` |
| background | `#F7EFD9` |
| border | `#172338` |
| error | `#B6423A` |
| info | `#2F8EA0` |
| muted | `#6E6456` |
| primary | `#1F3B6D` |
| secondary | `#38AFA7` |
| success | `#3F8A58` |
| surface | `#FFF8E6` |
| text | `#172338` |
| warning | `#D6A224` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Besley, 1.816rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Besley, 1.488rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Alegreya Sans, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.56.
- **Label-Md**: Reddit 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
Mobile 360-639px single-column scroll; tablet 640-1023px canvas-first two-band layout; desktop 1024px+ asymmetric 12-column spread with fixed marginal layer rail.
### Density
High variation: 4px specimen ticks, 8-12px ledger rows, 32px panel padding, 64-96px section separations, and a 128px desktop outer field margin pass the 8:1 rhythm test.
### Grid
Desktop uses a 12-column fieldbook grid max 1360px with 24px gutters: 7 columns for canvas, 3 for ledger, 2 for layer rail and marginal tools; tablet becomes 8 columns; mobile becomes one column with pinned layer tabs.
### Whitespace
Whitespace behaves like paper margin: large calm areas surround the specimen canvas, while annotations cluster tightly near the object they describe. No empty decorative grids are used.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 14px 16px 0 rgba(31,59,109,0.13), -8px 10px 0 rgba(214,162,36,0.16)
- **Md**: 7px 7px 0 rgba(244,111,99,0.18), -3px 3px 0 rgba(56,175,167,0.14)
- **Sm**: 3px 3px 0 rgba(31,59,109,0.16)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `24px`
- **Md**: `16px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `0px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: Repeating paper fibers plus sparse indigo/coral registration crosses; no decorative grids, mesh gradients, or floating blobs.
- **Card Style**: Paper scraps with square or 16px corners, indigo rule borders, offset riso color plates, specimen labels, and visible registration ticks.
- **Treatment**: {colors.background} paper field with radial fiber speckles; {colors.surface} panels use deckled clip paths, multiply ink washes, and no sterile flat fills.
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 3px
- **Character**: Indigo ink lines at high contrast, sometimes doubled by 2px translated coral or aqua registration ghosts; avoid solid grey SaaS borders.
- **Default Width**: 1.5px
- **Style**: solid with hand-ruled offset pseudo-elements
## Components
### Composition
- Use a fieldbook spread: one dominant specimen or map surface occupies 45-60% of desktop width, while route ledgers and tool controls stack beside it.
- Break the grid with taped marginal notes, cropped specimen labels, and one full-height ink-layer rail; never use three equal cards in a row.
- Keep decoration accountable: every botanical mark points to an active object, route, material swatch, or review annotation.
- Allow generous paper margins around the canvas, but keep ledgers dense with 4-12px internal gaps so the rhythm feels like a real notebook.
- Use clipped paper scraps and offset ink plates as structure, not as background filler.
### Density
Desktop alternates a spacious specimen canvas with a dense route ledger; mobile collapses into a scrollable fieldbook where controls remain compact but touch targets stay at least 44px.
### Hierarchy
- Display headings are medium-weight Besley, modest in size, with -0.035em tracking and relaxed editorial line breaks; avoid huge bold hero typography.
- Primary actions are indigo-outline paper buttons with coral or aqua registration underplates; secondary actions look like specimen labels.
- Status uses layer names, ink chips, line weight, and text together so color is never the sole signal.
- Dense metadata belongs in mono route stamps and specimen captions; narrative guidance stays in Alegreya Sans with generous leading.
### Signature Patterns
- Registration-offset controls: buttons, tabs, and selected rows render a coral or aqua duplicate plate translated 3-6px behind the indigo foreground.
- Deckled paper panels: major surfaces use polygon clip-paths, inner fiber overlays, and hand-ruled indigo borders rather than generic rounded cards.
- Overprint wash badges: transparent coral, aqua, sunflower, and leaf layers multiply over cream paper and each other, creating intersection colors without CSS gradients as emphasis.
- Botanical annotation leaders: SVG stem lines and small circular pinheads connect notes to canvas regions, replacing icon-card decoration with functional field labels.
- Ink layer preview rail: a vertical strip of named color separations acts as navigation, showing active/hidden layer states through opacity, offset, and line texture.
## 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/riso-botanical-fieldbook/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 Start from cream paper, indigo ink, and one or two active ink plates; add other inks only when the task needs separations.
- Do Use SVG or CSS botanical strokes as annotation systems: stems should point to content, not float as clip-art.
- Do Make overprints with transparent layers and multiply blending; intersections should feel like riso ink, never glossy gradients.
- Do Keep headings modest, editorial, and breathable; let the specimen canvas and ink structure create drama.
- Do Use square and 16px paper radii consistently; clip-path deckles can add tactility without becoming random.
- Do Pair color states with labels, line weight, or layer visibility toggles for accessibility.
- Do Render focus as an indigo outline plus an offset coral plate so keyboard navigation fits the language.
- Do Let one major surface dominate each screen, then support it with dense ledgers and marginal notes.
- Don't Do not create equal bento icon cards, nested rounded stat cards, generic dashboards, or CRM/project-management scenes.
- Don't Do not use pill-with-dot biscuits, gradient keyword emphasis, pastel AI blobs, glassmorphism, or sterile textureless surfaces.
- Don't Do not add botanical decoration where it cannot be read as a specimen, route, annotation, or material swatch.
- Don't Do not use huge overbold tight-tracked headings; this language is fieldbook editorial, not launch-page shouting.
- Don't Do not introduce more colors outside the named riso inks; palette discipline is the system.
- Don't Do not rely on texture or color alone to convey errors, success, selection, or disabled states.
- Don't Do not use grey SaaS borders; every line should read as indigo ink or a registration ghost.
- Don't Do not fill quiet paper margins with decorative grids or filler marks.
### Accessibility
Body text stays 16px with -0.02em tracking and 1.56 leading. Text on cream or surface uses #172338. Touch targets are at least 44px. Semantic states include text labels, outlines, and symbols in addition to ink color.
### Usage Context
Best for creative tools, editorial planning, botanical archives, travel journaling, print proofing, stationery workflows, and any product where images, notes, and material states need to feel handmade but disciplined.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "riso-botanical-fieldbook",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Riso Botanical Fieldbook shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F7EFD9",
"foreground": "#172338",
"card": "#FFF8E6",
"card-foreground": "#172338",
"popover": "#FFF8E6",
"popover-foreground": "#172338",
"primary": "#1F3B6D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#38AFA7",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#6E6456",
"muted-foreground": "#172338",
"accent": "#F46F63",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#B6423A",
"border": "#172338",
"input": "#172338",
"ring": "#F46F63",
"chart-1": "#1F3B6D",
"chart-2": "#38AFA7",
"chart-3": "#F46F63",
"chart-4": "#3F8A58",
"chart-5": "#D6A224",
"sidebar": "#FFF8E6",
"sidebar-foreground": "#172338",
"sidebar-primary": "#1F3B6D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#2F8EA0",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#172338",
"sidebar-ring": "#F46F63",
"radius": "16px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#1F3B6D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#F46F63",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#B6423A",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#F46F63",
"chart-1": "#1F3B6D",
"chart-2": "#38AFA7",
"chart-3": "#F46F63",
"chart-4": "#3F8A58",
"chart-5": "#D6A224",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#1F3B6D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#F46F63",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#F46F63",
"radius": "16px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "riso-botanical-fieldbook",
"slug": "riso-botanical-fieldbook",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"display_letter_spacing",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
```in the wild
embodiments
the full element showcase
embodiment · riso-botanical-fieldbook
DESIGN.md
at a glance
Typography
headline-lgBesley · 29px · 700
The quick brown fox jumps
headline-mdBesley · 24px · 600
The quick brown fox jumps
body-mdAlegreya Sans · 16px · 400
The quick brown fox jumps
label-mdReddit Mono · 12px · 600
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
New
Card title
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl24px
- 2xl32px
- 3xl48px
- 4xl64px
- step-896px
- step-9128px
Shape
full9999px
lg24px
md16px
none0px
sm0px
shadcn/ui
implementation kit
recommendedcompatibility fallback
DESIGN.md with shadcn
Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.
advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
shadcn add
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu tabletheme css
:root {
--background: #F7EFD9;
--foreground: #172338;
--card: #FFF8E6;
--card-foreground: #172338;
--popover: #FFF8E6;
--popover-foreground: #172338;
--primary: #1F3B6D;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #38AFA7;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #6E6456;
--muted-foreground: #172338;
--accent: #F46F63;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #B6423A;
--border: #172338;
--input: #172338;
--ring: #F46F63;
--chart-1: #1F3B6D;
--chart-2: #38AFA7;
--chart-3: #F46F63;
--chart-4: #3F8A58;
--chart-5: #D6A224;
--sidebar: #FFF8E6;
--sidebar-foreground: #172338;
--sidebar-primary: #1F3B6D;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #2F8EA0;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #172338;
--sidebar-ring: #F46F63;
--radius: 16px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #1F3B6D;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #F46F63;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #B6423A;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #F46F63;
--chart-1: #1F3B6D;
--chart-2: #38AFA7;
--chart-3: #F46F63;
--chart-4: #3F8A58;
--chart-5: #D6A224;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #1F3B6D;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #F46F63;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #F46F63;
--radius: 16px;
}
tsx starter
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function RisoBotanicalFieldbookShadcnKit() {
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">Riso Botanical Fieldbook</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
theme JSONcompatibility fallback
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "riso-botanical-fieldbook",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Riso Botanical Fieldbook shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F7EFD9",
"foreground": "#172338",
"card": "#FFF8E6",
"card-foreground": "#172338",
"popover": "#FFF8E6",
"popover-foreground": "#172338",
"primary": "#1F3B6D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#38AFA7",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#6E6456",
"muted-foreground": "#172338",
"accent": "#F46F63",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#B6423A",
"border": "#172338",
"input": "#172338",
"ring": "#F46F63",
"chart-1": "#1F3B6D",
"chart-2": "#38AFA7",
"chart-3": "#F46F63",
"chart-4": "#3F8A58",
"chart-5": "#D6A224",
"sidebar": "#FFF8E6",
"sidebar-foreground": "#172338",
"sidebar-primary": "#1F3B6D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#2F8EA0",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#172338",
"sidebar-ring": "#F46F63",
"radius": "16px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#1F3B6D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#F46F63",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#B6423A",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#F46F63",
"chart-1": "#1F3B6D",
"chart-2": "#38AFA7",
"chart-3": "#F46F63",
"chart-4": "#3F8A58",
"chart-5": "#D6A224",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#1F3B6D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#F46F63",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#F46F63",
"radius": "16px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "riso-botanical-fieldbook",
"slug": "riso-botanical-fieldbook",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"display_letter_spacing",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Riso Botanical Fieldbook shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `riso-botanical-fieldbook`
Slug: `riso-botanical-fieldbook`
## Intent
A disciplined product language for Katagami that treats the interface as a working botanical travel sketchbook printed in limited riso separations: useful screens first, with pigment, registration, paper grain, and specimen notation carrying the atmosphere instead of SaaS gradients or decorative card grids.
## 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": "#F46F63",
"background": "#F7EFD9",
"border": "#172338",
"error": "#B6423A",
"info": "#2F8EA0",
"muted": "#6E6456",
"primary": "#1F3B6D",
"secondary": "#38AFA7",
"success": "#3F8A58",
"surface": "#FFF8E6",
"text": "#172338",
"warning": "#D6A224"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "16px",
"body_font": "Alegreya Sans",
"display_letter_spacing": "-0.035em",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Alegreya+Sans:wght@400;500;700&family=Besley:wght@500;600;700&family=Reddit+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Besley",
"letter_spacing": "-0.02em",
"line_height": 1.56,
"mono_font": "Reddit Mono",
"scale_ratio": 1.22
}
## Visual character to preserve
- Cream paper ground built from layered CSS noise, subtle fiber speckles, and irregular deckle masks on major panels rather than sterile flat surfaces.
- Indigo ink skeleton: 1.5px hand-ruled borders, offset registration shadows, visible crop ticks, and annotation leaders replace generic grey dividers.
- Limited riso ink layers use mix-blend-mode:multiply and slight transform offsets so coral, aqua, sunflower, and leaf intersections create overprint color instead of gradients.
- Asymmetric travel-spread layout with a dominant specimen canvas, a narrow route ledger, marginal washi tabs, and irregular clipped paper scraps instead of equal cards.
- Botanical line drawings are made from CSS/SVG strokes with watercolor wash blocks behind them, so imagery feels like field notes integrated into controls.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "blob",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": true,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
}
## Signature component recipes
### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.
### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.
### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.
### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.
### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.
## Preview shots
- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.
## Implementation contract
- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/riso-botanical-fieldbook/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: Start from cream paper, indigo ink, and one or two active ink plates; add other inks only when the task needs separations.; Use SVG or CSS botanical strokes as annotation systems: stems should point to content, not float as clip-art.; Make overprints with transparent layers and multiply blending; intersections should feel like riso ink, never glossy gradients.; Keep headings modest, editorial, and breathable; let the specimen canvas and ink structure create drama.; Use square and 16px paper radii consistently; clip-path deckles can add tactility without becoming random.; Pair color states with labels, line weight, or layer visibility toggles for accessibility.; Render focus as an indigo outline plus an offset coral plate so keyboard navigation fits the language.; Let one major surface dominate each screen, then support it with dense ledgers and marginal notes.
- Do not: Do not create equal bento icon cards, nested rounded stat cards, generic dashboards, or CRM/project-management scenes.; Do not use pill-with-dot biscuits, gradient keyword emphasis, pastel AI blobs, glassmorphism, or sterile textureless surfaces.; Do not add botanical decoration where it cannot be read as a specimen, route, annotation, or material swatch.; Do not use huge overbold tight-tracked headings; this language is fieldbook editorial, not launch-page shouting.; Do not introduce more colors outside the named riso inks; palette discipline is the system.; Do not rely on texture or color alone to convey errors, success, selection, or disabled states.; Do not use grey SaaS borders; every line should read as indigo ink or a registration ghost.; Do not fill quiet paper margins with decorative grids or filler marks.
## 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 RisoBotanicalFieldbookShadcnKit() {
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">Riso Botanical Fieldbook</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
```
## Layout notes
{
"breakpoints": "Mobile 360-639px single-column scroll; tablet 640-1023px canvas-first two-band layout; desktop 1024px+ asymmetric 12-column spread with fixed marginal layer rail.",
"density": "High variation: 4px specimen ticks, 8-12px ledger rows, 32px panel padding, 64-96px section separations, and a 128px desktop outer field margin pass the 8:1 rhythm test.",
"grid": "Desktop uses a 12-column fieldbook grid max 1360px with 24px gutters: 7 columns for canvas, 3 for ledger, 2 for layer rail and marginal tools; tablet becomes 8 columns; mobile becomes one column with pinned layer tabs.",
"whitespace": "Whitespace behaves like paper margin: large calm areas surround the specimen canvas, while annotations cluster tightly near the object they describe. No empty decorative grids are used."
}
preview shotscompatibility fallback
{
"artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
"version": "preview-shots-v1",
"generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
"generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
"requiresVisualProfile": true,
"schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
"renderable": true,
"language": {
"id": "riso-botanical-fieldbook",
"name": "Riso Botanical Fieldbook",
"slug": "riso-botanical-fieldbook"
},
"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 built from layered CSS noise, subtle fiber speckles, and irregular deckle masks on major panels rather than sterile flat surfaces.",
"Indigo ink skeleton: 1.5px hand-ruled borders, offset registration shadows, visible crop ticks, and annotation leaders replace generic grey dividers.",
"Limited riso ink layers use mix-blend-mode:multiply and slight transform offsets so coral, aqua, sunflower, and leaf intersections create overprint color instead of gradients.",
"Asymmetric travel-spread layout with a dominant specimen canvas, a narrow route ledger, marginal washi tabs, and irregular clipped paper scraps instead of equal cards.",
"Botanical line drawings are made from CSS/SVG strokes with watercolor wash blocks behind them, so imagery feels like field notes integrated into controls."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "blob",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": true,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
},
"shots": [
{
"id": "application-shell",
"title": "Application shell",
"viewport": "desktop",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"select",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"table"
],
"composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
"mustShow": [
"primary and secondary actions",
"card hierarchy",
"filterable state",
"table or list density"
],
"avoid": [
"component inventory walls",
"placeholder-only content",
"generic rounded SaaS chrome"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "workspace spread",
"headline": "Riso Botanical Fieldbook 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": [
"Start from cream paper, indigo ink, and one or two active ink plates; add other inks only when the task needs separations.",
"Use SVG or CSS botanical strokes as annotation systems: stems should point to content, not float as clip-art.",
"Make overprints with transparent layers and multiply blending; intersections should feel like riso ink, never glossy gradients.",
"Keep headings modest, editorial, and breathable; let the specimen canvas and ink structure create drama.",
"Use square and 16px paper radii consistently; clip-path deckles can add tactility without becoming random.",
"Pair color states with labels, line weight, or layer visibility toggles for accessibility.",
"Render focus as an indigo outline plus an offset coral plate so keyboard navigation fits the language.",
"Let one major surface dominate each screen, then support it with dense ledgers and marginal notes."
],
"dont": [
"Do not create equal bento icon cards, nested rounded stat cards, generic dashboards, or CRM/project-management scenes.",
"Do not use pill-with-dot biscuits, gradient keyword emphasis, pastel AI blobs, glassmorphism, or sterile textureless surfaces.",
"Do not add botanical decoration where it cannot be read as a specimen, route, annotation, or material swatch.",
"Do not use huge overbold tight-tracked headings; this language is fieldbook editorial, not launch-page shouting.",
"Do not introduce more colors outside the named riso inks; palette discipline is the system.",
"Do not rely on texture or color alone to convey errors, success, selection, or disabled states.",
"Do not use grey SaaS borders; every line should read as indigo ink or a registration ghost.",
"Do not fill quiet paper margins with decorative grids or filler marks."
]
}
}
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