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Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph

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the spec

specification

philosophy
summary
Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph is a large-format editorial language that treats the screen like warm rag paper: disciplined literary hierarchy is interrupted by wet brush edges, drifting smoke veils, and fine-art negative space for a quiet but dramatic reading experience.
values
Atmospheric restraint: black monochrome work should feel layered and breathable rather than decorative or heavy.Fine-art composition: panels, captions, and calls-to-action align like plates in a gallery monograph with deliberate asymmetry.Material evidence: ink blooms, grain, paper warmth, and translucent smoke are visible structural cues, not background wallpaper.Editorial legibility: expressive typography is reserved for title moments while body text remains controlled and readable.
anti-values
×Generic magazine grids with stock-photo hero blocks and bright marketing gradients.×Overfilled black interfaces that remove paper warmth, margin, or the sensation of air.×Random splatter effects that do not obey the column system or content hierarchy.
tokens
borders4 items
accent width
3px
character
fine carbon hairlines interrupted by thicker brush-like top rules and slightly offset plate frames
default width
1px
style
solid
colors12 items
accent
#8C8174
background
#FFFFFF
border
#24211D
error
#8A2F25
info
#546A76
muted
#706A61
primary
#0D0B09
secondary
#3A3732
success
#4F6640
surface
#FFFFFF
text
#11100E
warning
#9A6A25
motion3 items
duration
260ms
easing
cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1)
philosophy
deliberate
radii5 items
full
9999px
lg
24px
md
16px
none
0px
sm
0px
shadows3 items
lg
0 34px 90px rgba(13,11,9,0.20)
md
0 18px 45px rgba(13,11,9,0.12)
sm
0 1px 0 rgba(13,11,9,0.22)
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96
surfaces3 items
bg pattern
noise
card style
warm paper panels with visible grain, hairline carbon borders, and cloudy wet-ink gray halos along one edge
treatment
paper
typography8 items
base size
16px
body font
Source Serif 4
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Cormorant+Garamond:wght@500;600;700&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,600;8..60,700&display=swap
heading font
Cormorant Garamond
letter spacing
-0.02em
line height
1.55
mono font
IBM Plex Mono
scale ratio
1.28
rules
composition
Use a museum-monograph page: one narrow metadata rail, one dominant article plate, and smaller supporting fragments placed asymmetrically across generous negative space.
hierarchy
Let the headline dominate with high-contrast serif scale, then step down to uppercase mono folios, measured serif body text, and italic pull quotes in washed ink fields.
density

Sparse and editorial; keep large margins around every content group and allow smoke/ink fields to occupy empty space as meaningful atmosphere.

signature patterns
Every major panel uses a double plate frame: a one-pixel carbon border plus an offset inner rule created with inset box-shadow.Smoke atmosphere is produced with multiple oversized blurred radial-gradient pseudo-elements clipped inside hero and card regions.Section dividers use irregular brush rules made from layered linear gradients and mask-like fading edges rather than straight solid borders.A vertical folio rail with rotated uppercase mono labels anchors the left side on desktop and becomes a top strip on smaller screens.Pull quotes sit on wet-ink gray wash blocks with feathered radial gradients, oversized serif quotation marks, and no conventional card radius.
layout
grid

Desktop uses a 92px folio rail, a 1.25fr feature column, and a 0.75fr notes column with deliberately uneven row spans.

breakpoints
Desktop at 1024px and above uses the full asymmetric rail grid; tablet collapses to a top folio strip with two columns; mobile becomes a single-column monograph scroll.
whitespace

Margins are large and compositional: 32-96px gaps create gallery-like pauses, while text blocks stay narrow for literary reading.

guidance
do
  • Use warm paper surfaces, carbon hairlines, wet gray washes, and blurred smoke layers together so monochrome remains dimensional.
  • Reserve expressive serif scale for titles, pull quotes, and issue numbers while keeping article body text calm and readable.
  • Anchor layouts with folio rails, plate frames, captions, and negative space before adding atmospheric effects.
  • Let ink rules and smoke fields follow the content grid so abstraction feels curated rather than random.
  • Use pure white token surfaces with translucent ink washes and grain overlays to imply warm paper without relying on tinted UI backgrounds.
  • Keep border radii either square, 16px, 24px, or fully round; most editorial plates should remain square.
avoid
  • Do not add saturated color accents except extremely sparse editorial marks required for hierarchy.
  • Do not fill every area with texture; blank paper is a primary compositional element.
  • Do not use rounded SaaS cards, glossy buttons, or generic dashboard spacing.
  • Do not place smoke effects over small body copy or form labels where they reduce contrast.
katagami spec
# Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph

## Philosophy

Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph is a large-format editorial language that treats the screen like warm rag paper: disciplined literary hierarchy is interrupted by wet brush edges, drifting smoke veils, and fine-art negative space for a quiet but dramatic reading experience.

### Values

- Atmospheric restraint: black monochrome work should feel layered and breathable rather than decorative or heavy.
- Fine-art composition: panels, captions, and calls-to-action align like plates in a gallery monograph with deliberate asymmetry.
- Material evidence: ink blooms, grain, paper warmth, and translucent smoke are visible structural cues, not background wallpaper.
- Editorial legibility: expressive typography is reserved for title moments while body text remains controlled and readable.

### Anti-Values

- Generic magazine grids with stock-photo hero blocks and bright marketing gradients.
- Overfilled black interfaces that remove paper warmth, margin, or the sensation of air.
- Random splatter effects that do not obey the column system or content hierarchy.

### Visual Character

- Warm paper-white background uses subtle radial gray washes and fine grain overlays so every surface feels like archival paper under diluted ink.
- Hero and feature cards carry translucent smoke plumes built from blurred pseudo-elements that drift across carbon-black editorial type without obscuring legibility.
- Content sits in an asymmetric monograph grid with a narrow folio rail, oversized left whitespace, and framed article plates instead of equal generic cards.
- Brushwork appears as irregular ink-rule dividers and wet gray washes behind pull quotes, using gradient masks and soft border edges rather than clean geometric lines.
- Typography pairs high-contrast literary serif headlines with compressed uppercase sans labels and italic expressive pull quotes for fine-art editorial hierarchy.

## Tokens

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 3px
- **Character**: fine carbon hairlines interrupted by thicker brush-like top rules and slightly offset plate frames
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#8C8174` |
| background | `#FFFFFF` |
| border | `#24211D` |
| error | `#8A2F25` |
| info | `#546A76` |
| muted | `#706A61` |
| primary | `#0D0B09` |
| secondary | `#3A3732` |
| success | `#4F6640` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#11100E` |
| warning | `#9A6A25` |

### Motion

- **Duration**: 260ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1)
- **Philosophy**: deliberate

### Radii

- **Full**: 9999px
- **Lg**: 24px
- **Md**: 16px
- **None**: 0px
- **Sm**: 0px

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 34px 90px rgba(13,11,9,0.20)
- **Md**: 0 18px 45px rgba(13,11,9,0.12)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(13,11,9,0.22)

### Spacing

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

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: noise
- **Card Style**: warm paper panels with visible grain, hairline carbon borders, and cloudy wet-ink gray halos along one edge
- **Treatment**: paper

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: Source Serif 4
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Cormorant+Garamond:wght@500;600;700&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,600;8..60,700&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: Cormorant Garamond
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em
- **Line Height**: 1.55
- **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.28

## Rules

### Composition

Use a museum-monograph page: one narrow metadata rail, one dominant article plate, and smaller supporting fragments placed asymmetrically across generous negative space.

### Hierarchy

Let the headline dominate with high-contrast serif scale, then step down to uppercase mono folios, measured serif body text, and italic pull quotes in washed ink fields.

### Density

Sparse and editorial; keep large margins around every content group and allow smoke/ink fields to occupy empty space as meaningful atmosphere.

### Signature Patterns

- Every major panel uses a double plate frame: a one-pixel carbon border plus an offset inner rule created with inset box-shadow.
- Smoke atmosphere is produced with multiple oversized blurred radial-gradient pseudo-elements clipped inside hero and card regions.
- Section dividers use irregular brush rules made from layered linear gradients and mask-like fading edges rather than straight solid borders.
- A vertical folio rail with rotated uppercase mono labels anchors the left side on desktop and becomes a top strip on smaller screens.
- Pull quotes sit on wet-ink gray wash blocks with feathered radial gradients, oversized serif quotation marks, and no conventional card radius.

## Layout

### Grid

Desktop uses a 92px folio rail, a 1.25fr feature column, and a 0.75fr notes column with deliberately uneven row spans.

### Breakpoints

Desktop at 1024px and above uses the full asymmetric rail grid; tablet collapses to a top folio strip with two columns; mobile becomes a single-column monograph scroll.

### Whitespace

Margins are large and compositional: 32-96px gaps create gallery-like pauses, while text blocks stay narrow for literary reading.

## Guidance

### Do

- Use warm paper surfaces, carbon hairlines, wet gray washes, and blurred smoke layers together so monochrome remains dimensional.
- Reserve expressive serif scale for titles, pull quotes, and issue numbers while keeping article body text calm and readable.
- Anchor layouts with folio rails, plate frames, captions, and negative space before adding atmospheric effects.
- Let ink rules and smoke fields follow the content grid so abstraction feels curated rather than random.
- Use pure white token surfaces with translucent ink washes and grain overlays to imply warm paper without relying on tinted UI backgrounds.
- Keep border radii either square, 16px, 24px, or fully round; most editorial plates should remain square.

### Don't

- Do not add saturated color accents except extremely sparse editorial marks required for hierarchy.
- Do not fill every area with texture; blank paper is a primary compositional element.
- Do not use rounded SaaS cards, glossy buttons, or generic dashboard spacing.
- Do not place smoke effects over small body copy or form labels where they reduce contrast.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  accent: "#8C8174"
  background: "#FFFFFF"
  border: "#24211D"
  error: "#8A2F25"
  info: "#546A76"
  muted: "#706A61"
  primary: "#0D0B09"
  secondary: "#3A3732"
  success: "#4F6640"
  surface: "#FFFFFF"
  text: "#11100E"
  warning: "#9A6A25"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Cormorant Garamond"
    fontSize: "2.097rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Cormorant Garamond"
    fontSize: "1.638rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "Source Serif 4"
    fontSize: "16px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.55
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  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"
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"
---

# Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph

## Overview

Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph is a large-format editorial language that treats the screen like warm rag paper: disciplined literary hierarchy is interrupted by wet brush edges, drifting smoke veils, and fine-art negative space for a quiet but dramatic reading experience.

### Values

- Atmospheric restraint: black monochrome work should feel layered and breathable rather than decorative or heavy.
- Fine-art composition: panels, captions, and calls-to-action align like plates in a gallery monograph with deliberate asymmetry.
- Material evidence: ink blooms, grain, paper warmth, and translucent smoke are visible structural cues, not background wallpaper.
- Editorial legibility: expressive typography is reserved for title moments while body text remains controlled and readable.

### Anti-Values

- Generic magazine grids with stock-photo hero blocks and bright marketing gradients.
- Overfilled black interfaces that remove paper warmth, margin, or the sensation of air.
- Random splatter effects that do not obey the column system or content hierarchy.

### Visual Character

- Warm paper-white background uses subtle radial gray washes and fine grain overlays so every surface feels like archival paper under diluted ink.
- Hero and feature cards carry translucent smoke plumes built from blurred pseudo-elements that drift across carbon-black editorial type without obscuring legibility.
- Content sits in an asymmetric monograph grid with a narrow folio rail, oversized left whitespace, and framed article plates instead of equal generic cards.
- Brushwork appears as irregular ink-rule dividers and wet gray washes behind pull quotes, using gradient masks and soft border edges rather than clean geometric lines.
- Typography pairs high-contrast literary serif headlines with compressed uppercase sans labels and italic expressive pull quotes for fine-art editorial hierarchy.

## 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 | `#8C8174` |
| background | `#FFFFFF` |
| border | `#24211D` |
| error | `#8A2F25` |
| info | `#546A76` |
| muted | `#706A61` |
| primary | `#0D0B09` |
| secondary | `#3A3732` |
| success | `#4F6640` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#11100E` |
| warning | `#9A6A25` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Cormorant Garamond, 2.097rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Cormorant Garamond, 1.638rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Source Serif 4, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.55.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.

## Layout

### Spacing Tokens

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

### Grid

Desktop uses a 92px folio rail, a 1.25fr feature column, and a 0.75fr notes column with deliberately uneven row spans.

### Breakpoints

Desktop at 1024px and above uses the full asymmetric rail grid; tablet collapses to a top folio strip with two columns; mobile becomes a single-column monograph scroll.

### Whitespace

Margins are large and compositional: 32-96px gaps create gallery-like pauses, while text blocks stay narrow for literary reading.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 34px 90px rgba(13,11,9,0.20)
- **Md**: 0 18px 45px rgba(13,11,9,0.12)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(13,11,9,0.22)

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `24px`
- **Md**: `16px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `0px`

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: noise
- **Card Style**: warm paper panels with visible grain, hairline carbon borders, and cloudy wet-ink gray halos along one edge
- **Treatment**: paper

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 3px
- **Character**: fine carbon hairlines interrupted by thicker brush-like top rules and slightly offset plate frames
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid

## Components

### Composition

Use a museum-monograph page: one narrow metadata rail, one dominant article plate, and smaller supporting fragments placed asymmetrically across generous negative space.

### Hierarchy

Let the headline dominate with high-contrast serif scale, then step down to uppercase mono folios, measured serif body text, and italic pull quotes in washed ink fields.

### Density

Sparse and editorial; keep large margins around every content group and allow smoke/ink fields to occupy empty space as meaningful atmosphere.

### Signature Patterns

- Every major panel uses a double plate frame: a one-pixel carbon border plus an offset inner rule created with inset box-shadow.
- Smoke atmosphere is produced with multiple oversized blurred radial-gradient pseudo-elements clipped inside hero and card regions.
- Section dividers use irregular brush rules made from layered linear gradients and mask-like fading edges rather than straight solid borders.
- A vertical folio rail with rotated uppercase mono labels anchors the left side on desktop and becomes a top strip on smaller screens.
- Pull quotes sit on wet-ink gray wash blocks with feathered radial gradients, oversized serif quotation marks, and no conventional card radius.

## 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/smoke-ink-editorial-monograph/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 warm paper surfaces, carbon hairlines, wet gray washes, and blurred smoke layers together so monochrome remains dimensional.
- Do Reserve expressive serif scale for titles, pull quotes, and issue numbers while keeping article body text calm and readable.
- Do Anchor layouts with folio rails, plate frames, captions, and negative space before adding atmospheric effects.
- Do Let ink rules and smoke fields follow the content grid so abstraction feels curated rather than random.
- Do Use pure white token surfaces with translucent ink washes and grain overlays to imply warm paper without relying on tinted UI backgrounds.
- Do Keep border radii either square, 16px, 24px, or fully round; most editorial plates should remain square.
- Don't Do not add saturated color accents except extremely sparse editorial marks required for hierarchy.
- Don't Do not fill every area with texture; blank paper is a primary compositional element.
- Don't Do not use rounded SaaS cards, glossy buttons, or generic dashboard spacing.
- Don't Do not place smoke effects over small body copy or form labels where they reduce contrast.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "smoke-ink-editorial-monograph",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#FFFFFF",
      "foreground": "#11100E",
      "card": "#FFFFFF",
      "card-foreground": "#11100E",
      "popover": "#FFFFFF",
      "popover-foreground": "#11100E",
      "primary": "#0D0B09",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#3A3732",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#706A61",
      "muted-foreground": "#11100E",
      "accent": "#8C8174",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#8A2F25",
      "border": "#24211D",
      "input": "#24211D",
      "ring": "#8C8174",
      "chart-1": "#0D0B09",
      "chart-2": "#3A3732",
      "chart-3": "#8C8174",
      "chart-4": "#4F6640",
      "chart-5": "#9A6A25",
      "sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#11100E",
      "sidebar-primary": "#0D0B09",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#546A76",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#24211D",
      "sidebar-ring": "#8C8174",
      "radius": "16px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#0D0B09",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#8C8174",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#8A2F25",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#8C8174",
      "chart-1": "#0D0B09",
      "chart-2": "#3A3732",
      "chart-3": "#8C8174",
      "chart-4": "#4F6640",
      "chart-5": "#9A6A25",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#0D0B09",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#8C8174",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#8C8174",
      "radius": "16px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "smoke-ink-editorial-monograph",
    "slug": "smoke-ink-editorial-monograph",
    "componentManifest": [
      "button",
      "card",
      "input",
      "textarea",
      "select",
      "dialog",
      "sheet",
      "tabs",
      "badge",
      "separator",
      "checkbox",
      "switch",
      "slider",
      "tooltip",
      "dropdown-menu",
      "table"
    ],
    "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
    "nativeTokenNames": {
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "background",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```
in the wild

embodiments

the full element showcase
embodiment · smoke-ink-editorial-monograph
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgCormorant Garamond · 34px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdCormorant Garamond · 26px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdSource Serif 4 · 16px · 400

The quick brown fox jumps

label-mdIBM Plex 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

Shape

full9999px
lg24px
md16px
none0px
sm0px
shadcn/ui

implementation kit

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

DESIGN.md with shadcn

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

advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
shadcn add
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table
theme css
:root {
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --foreground: #11100E;
  --card: #FFFFFF;
  --card-foreground: #11100E;
  --popover: #FFFFFF;
  --popover-foreground: #11100E;
  --primary: #0D0B09;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #3A3732;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #706A61;
  --muted-foreground: #11100E;
  --accent: #8C8174;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #8A2F25;
  --border: #24211D;
  --input: #24211D;
  --ring: #8C8174;
  --chart-1: #0D0B09;
  --chart-2: #3A3732;
  --chart-3: #8C8174;
  --chart-4: #4F6640;
  --chart-5: #9A6A25;
  --sidebar: #FFFFFF;
  --sidebar-foreground: #11100E;
  --sidebar-primary: #0D0B09;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #546A76;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #24211D;
  --sidebar-ring: #8C8174;
  --radius: 16px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #0D0B09;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #8C8174;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #8A2F25;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #8C8174;
  --chart-1: #0D0B09;
  --chart-2: #3A3732;
  --chart-3: #8C8174;
  --chart-4: #4F6640;
  --chart-5: #9A6A25;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #0D0B09;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #8C8174;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #8C8174;
  --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 SmokeInkEditorialMonographShadcnKit() {
  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">Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph</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": "smoke-ink-editorial-monograph",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#FFFFFF",
      "foreground": "#11100E",
      "card": "#FFFFFF",
      "card-foreground": "#11100E",
      "popover": "#FFFFFF",
      "popover-foreground": "#11100E",
      "primary": "#0D0B09",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#3A3732",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#706A61",
      "muted-foreground": "#11100E",
      "accent": "#8C8174",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#8A2F25",
      "border": "#24211D",
      "input": "#24211D",
      "ring": "#8C8174",
      "chart-1": "#0D0B09",
      "chart-2": "#3A3732",
      "chart-3": "#8C8174",
      "chart-4": "#4F6640",
      "chart-5": "#9A6A25",
      "sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#11100E",
      "sidebar-primary": "#0D0B09",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#546A76",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#24211D",
      "sidebar-ring": "#8C8174",
      "radius": "16px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#0D0B09",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#8C8174",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#8A2F25",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#8C8174",
      "chart-1": "#0D0B09",
      "chart-2": "#3A3732",
      "chart-3": "#8C8174",
      "chart-4": "#4F6640",
      "chart-5": "#9A6A25",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#0D0B09",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#8C8174",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#8C8174",
      "radius": "16px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "smoke-ink-editorial-monograph",
    "slug": "smoke-ink-editorial-monograph",
    "componentManifest": [
      "button",
      "card",
      "input",
      "textarea",
      "select",
      "dialog",
      "sheet",
      "tabs",
      "badge",
      "separator",
      "checkbox",
      "switch",
      "slider",
      "tooltip",
      "dropdown-menu",
      "table"
    ],
    "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
    "nativeTokenNames": {
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "background",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ]
    }
  }
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `smoke-ink-editorial-monograph`
Slug: `smoke-ink-editorial-monograph`

## Intent

Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph is a large-format editorial language that treats the screen like warm rag paper: disciplined literary hierarchy is interrupted by wet brush edges, drifting smoke veils, and fine-art negative space for a quiet but dramatic reading experience.

## 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": "#8C8174",
  "background": "#FFFFFF",
  "border": "#24211D",
  "error": "#8A2F25",
  "info": "#546A76",
  "muted": "#706A61",
  "primary": "#0D0B09",
  "secondary": "#3A3732",
  "success": "#4F6640",
  "surface": "#FFFFFF",
  "text": "#11100E",
  "warning": "#9A6A25"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "16px",
  "body_font": "Source Serif 4",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Cormorant+Garamond:wght@500;600;700&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,600;8..60,700&display=swap",
  "heading_font": "Cormorant Garamond",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.02em",
  "line_height": 1.55,
  "mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
  "scale_ratio": 1.28
}

## Visual character to preserve

- Warm paper-white background uses subtle radial gray washes and fine grain overlays so every surface feels like archival paper under diluted ink.
- Hero and feature cards carry translucent smoke plumes built from blurred pseudo-elements that drift across carbon-black editorial type without obscuring legibility.
- Content sits in an asymmetric monograph grid with a narrow folio rail, oversized left whitespace, and framed article plates instead of equal generic cards.
- Brushwork appears as irregular ink-rule dividers and wet gray washes behind pull quotes, using gradient masks and soft border edges rather than clean geometric lines.
- Typography pairs high-contrast literary serif headlines with compressed uppercase sans labels and italic expressive pull quotes for fine-art editorial hierarchy.

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "paper-collage",
  "material": "paper",
  "contour": "blob",
  "border": "solid",
  "underlay": true,
  "grain": true,
  "stickerBadges": false,
  "motion": "lift-rotate",
  "density": "balanced",
  "accents": [
    "primary",
    "accent",
    "secondary",
    "muted"
  ]
}

## Signature component recipes

### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.

### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.

### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.

### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.

### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.

## Preview shots

- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.

## Implementation contract

- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/smoke-ink-editorial-monograph/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 warm paper surfaces, carbon hairlines, wet gray washes, and blurred smoke layers together so monochrome remains dimensional.; Reserve expressive serif scale for titles, pull quotes, and issue numbers while keeping article body text calm and readable.; Anchor layouts with folio rails, plate frames, captions, and negative space before adding atmospheric effects.; Let ink rules and smoke fields follow the content grid so abstraction feels curated rather than random.; Use pure white token surfaces with translucent ink washes and grain overlays to imply warm paper without relying on tinted UI backgrounds.; Keep border radii either square, 16px, 24px, or fully round; most editorial plates should remain square.
- Do not: Do not add saturated color accents except extremely sparse editorial marks required for hierarchy.; Do not fill every area with texture; blank paper is a primary compositional element.; Do not use rounded SaaS cards, glossy buttons, or generic dashboard spacing.; Do not place smoke effects over small body copy or form labels where they reduce contrast.

## 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 SmokeInkEditorialMonographShadcnKit() {
  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">Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph</h2>
          <p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
            Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
            with the language-specific component recipes.
          </p>
        </div>
        <Button>Apply theme</Button>
      </div>

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

      <Card>
        <CardHeader>
          <CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
          <CardDescription>
            Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
            from components.md and preview-shots.json.
          </CardDescription>
        </CardHeader>
        <CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
          <Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
          <Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
        </CardContent>
        <CardFooter className="justify-between">
          <Badge>Ready</Badge>
          <Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
        </CardFooter>
      </Card>
    </section>
  );
}
```

## Layout notes

{
  "grid": "Desktop uses a 92px folio rail, a 1.25fr feature column, and a 0.75fr notes column with deliberately uneven row spans.",
  "breakpoints": "Desktop at 1024px and above uses the full asymmetric rail grid; tablet collapses to a top folio strip with two columns; mobile becomes a single-column monograph scroll.",
  "whitespace": "Margins are large and compositional: 32-96px gaps create gallery-like pauses, while text blocks stay narrow for literary reading."
}
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": "smoke-ink-editorial-monograph",
    "name": "Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph",
    "slug": "smoke-ink-editorial-monograph"
  },
  "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": [
    "Warm paper-white background uses subtle radial gray washes and fine grain overlays so every surface feels like archival paper under diluted ink.",
    "Hero and feature cards carry translucent smoke plumes built from blurred pseudo-elements that drift across carbon-black editorial type without obscuring legibility.",
    "Content sits in an asymmetric monograph grid with a narrow folio rail, oversized left whitespace, and framed article plates instead of equal generic cards.",
    "Brushwork appears as irregular ink-rule dividers and wet gray washes behind pull quotes, using gradient masks and soft border edges rather than clean geometric lines.",
    "Typography pairs high-contrast literary serif headlines with compressed uppercase sans labels and italic expressive pull quotes for fine-art editorial hierarchy."
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "paper-collage",
    "material": "paper",
    "contour": "blob",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": true,
    "grain": true,
    "stickerBadges": false,
    "motion": "lift-rotate",
    "density": "balanced",
    "accents": [
      "primary",
      "accent",
      "secondary",
      "muted"
    ]
  },
  "shots": [
    {
      "id": "application-shell",
      "title": "Application shell",
      "viewport": "desktop",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "select",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "separator",
        "table"
      ],
      "composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
      "mustShow": [
        "primary and secondary actions",
        "card hierarchy",
        "filterable state",
        "table or list density"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "component inventory walls",
        "placeholder-only content",
        "generic rounded SaaS chrome"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "workspace spread",
        "headline": "Smoke-Ink Editorial Monograph 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 warm paper surfaces, carbon hairlines, wet gray washes, and blurred smoke layers together so monochrome remains dimensional.",
      "Reserve expressive serif scale for titles, pull quotes, and issue numbers while keeping article body text calm and readable.",
      "Anchor layouts with folio rails, plate frames, captions, and negative space before adding atmospheric effects.",
      "Let ink rules and smoke fields follow the content grid so abstraction feels curated rather than random.",
      "Use pure white token surfaces with translucent ink washes and grain overlays to imply warm paper without relying on tinted UI backgrounds.",
      "Keep border radii either square, 16px, 24px, or fully round; most editorial plates should remain square."
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not add saturated color accents except extremely sparse editorial marks required for hierarchy.",
      "Do not fill every area with texture; blank paper is a primary compositional element.",
      "Do not use rounded SaaS cards, glossy buttons, or generic dashboard spacing.",
      "Do not place smoke effects over small body copy or form labels where they reduce contrast."
    ]
  }
}
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