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Quiet Dense Product Typography

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

Download DESIGN.md

Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.

the spec

specification

philosophy
summary
Aya Type Density Rhythm is a warm editorial workspace language for high-volume exploration: compact cards, measurable type cadence, and calm amber-teal state cues make dense information feel composed rather than crowded.
values
type-led hierarchycompact readable densityrhythmic evidence groupingwarm material restraintexplicit ready-state feedback
anti-values
×decorative emptiness×low-contrast metadata×generic gradient dashboards×unverified artifact placeholders
tokens
borders4 items
accent width
4px
character
precise dividers that create reading lanes
default width
1px
style
solid
colors14 items
accent
#D88C35
background
#F4EFE4
border
#D8CCB8
error
#B94A48
focus
#173F40
info
#2F5D8C
muted
#747065
primary
#245B5A
secondary
#8A5A32
success
#2F7A58
surface
#FFFDF8
surface_alt
#F9F3E8
text
#25231F
warning
#B8791D
motion3 items
duration
150ms
easing
cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1)
philosophy
fast confirmation without ornamental motion
radii6 items
full
9999px
lg
14px
md
9px
none
0
sm
4px
xl
22px
shadows3 items
lg
0 28px 70px rgba(37,35,31,.18)
md
0 14px 34px rgba(37,35,31,.12)
sm
0 1px 2px rgba(37,35,31,.08)
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 56, 72
surfaces3 items
bg pattern
subtle 24px ruled grid
card style
thin bordered cards with amber left-rule state
treatment
flat layered paper panels with occasional inset rails
typography8 items
base size
16px
body font
Inter
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700;800&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@500;600&display=swap
heading font
Inter
letter spacing
-0.01em
line height
1.5
mono font
IBM Plex Mono
scale ratio
1.18
rules
composition
Compose screens as editorial operations desks: a persistent navigation rail, a compact status ledger, and flexible cards that align labels and metrics to a visible rhythm.
density

Keep information dense with narrow gutters, short line lengths, grouped metadata, and clear row separators so scanning remains effortless.

hierarchy

Let typography and label cadence carry hierarchy first; reserve amber rules, teal fills, and coral markers for state and intervention.

signature patterns
left-rule accents for active explorations, selected rows, and current repair tasksmono metadata strips above every major content regionbordered ivory panels over a warm ruled backgroundsmall status pills paired with numeric confidence or readiness scorestimeline rails that expose curation rhythm and artifact provenance
layout
breakpoints
lg
1024
md
768
sm
640
xl
1280
grid

12 column desktop grid with fixed 280px context rail, 2 column tablet fallback, single column mobile stack

whitespace

8px spacing scale with 24px section rhythm and 40px hero pauses

guidance
do
  • show real UI state and artifact readiness
  • align dense metrics to a common baseline
  • use amber accents sparingly for active focus
  • maintain readable text contrast on warm surfaces
avoid
  • ship placeholder cards
  • hide provenance or file status
  • use browser-default controls
  • replace structure with decorative gradients
katagami spec
# Quiet Dense Product Typography

## Philosophy

Aya Type Density Rhythm is a warm editorial workspace language for high-volume exploration: compact cards, measurable type cadence, and calm amber-teal state cues make dense information feel composed rather than crowded.

### Values

- type-led hierarchy
- compact readable density
- rhythmic evidence grouping
- warm material restraint
- explicit ready-state feedback

### Anti-Values

- decorative emptiness
- low-contrast metadata
- generic gradient dashboards
- unverified artifact placeholders

### Visual Character

- warm parchment background with subtle ruled grid and paper-like white panels
- dense knowledge-work layout where headings, metadata strips, and table rows align to an 8px rhythm
- teal structural surfaces balanced by amber active rules and coral risk states
- small caps mono labels that make provenance, scores, and artifact state immediately scannable

## Tokens

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 4px
- **Character**: precise dividers that create reading lanes
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#D88C35` |
| background | `#F4EFE4` |
| border | `#D8CCB8` |
| error | `#B94A48` |
| focus | `#173F40` |
| info | `#2F5D8C` |
| muted | `#747065` |
| primary | `#245B5A` |
| secondary | `#8A5A32` |
| success | `#2F7A58` |
| surface | `#FFFDF8` |
| surface_alt | `#F9F3E8` |
| text | `#25231F` |
| warning | `#B8791D` |

### Motion

- **Duration**: 150ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1)
- **Philosophy**: fast confirmation without ornamental motion

### Radii

- **Full**: 9999px
- **Lg**: 14px
- **Md**: 9px
- **None**: 0
- **Sm**: 4px
- **Xl**: 22px

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 28px 70px rgba(37,35,31,.18)
- **Md**: 0 14px 34px rgba(37,35,31,.12)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 2px rgba(37,35,31,.08)

### Spacing

- **Base**: 8px
- **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,20,24,32,40,56,72]

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: subtle 24px ruled grid
- **Card Style**: thin bordered cards with amber left-rule state
- **Treatment**: flat layered paper panels with occasional inset rails

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: Inter
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700;800&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@500;600&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: Inter
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.01em
- **Line Height**: 1.5
- **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.18

## Rules

### Composition

Compose screens as editorial operations desks: a persistent navigation rail, a compact status ledger, and flexible cards that align labels and metrics to a visible rhythm.

### Density

Keep information dense with narrow gutters, short line lengths, grouped metadata, and clear row separators so scanning remains effortless.

### Hierarchy

Let typography and label cadence carry hierarchy first; reserve amber rules, teal fills, and coral markers for state and intervention.

### Signature Patterns

- left-rule accents for active explorations, selected rows, and current repair tasks
- mono metadata strips above every major content region
- bordered ivory panels over a warm ruled background
- small status pills paired with numeric confidence or readiness scores
- timeline rails that expose curation rhythm and artifact provenance

## Layout

### Breakpoints

- **Lg**: 1024
- **Md**: 768
- **Sm**: 640
- **Xl**: 1280

### Grid

12 column desktop grid with fixed 280px context rail, 2 column tablet fallback, single column mobile stack

### Whitespace

8px spacing scale with 24px section rhythm and 40px hero pauses

## Guidance

### Do

- show real UI state and artifact readiness
- align dense metrics to a common baseline
- use amber accents sparingly for active focus
- maintain readable text contrast on warm surfaces

### Don't

- ship placeholder cards
- hide provenance or file status
- use browser-default controls
- replace structure with decorative gradients
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Quiet Dense Product Typography"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  accent: "#D88C35"
  background: "#F4EFE4"
  border: "#D8CCB8"
  error: "#B94A48"
  focus: "#173F40"
  info: "#2F5D8C"
  muted: "#747065"
  primary: "#245B5A"
  secondary: "#8A5A32"
  success: "#2F7A58"
  surface: "#FFFDF8"
  surface_alt: "#F9F3E8"
  text: "#25231F"
  warning: "#B8791D"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Inter"
    fontSize: "1.643rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Inter"
    fontSize: "1.392rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "Inter"
    fontSize: "16px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
    letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  full: "9999px"
  lg: "14px"
  md: "9px"
  none: "0px"
  sm: "4px"
  xl: "22px"
spacing:
  base: "8px"
  xs: "4px"
  sm: "8px"
  md: "12px"
  lg: "16px"
  xl: "20px"
  2xl: "24px"
  3xl: "32px"
  4xl: "40px"
  step-8: "56px"
  step-9: "72px"
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-focus:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.focus}"
  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-surface_alt:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface_alt}"
  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"
---

# Quiet Dense Product Typography

## Overview

Aya Type Density Rhythm is a warm editorial workspace language for high-volume exploration: compact cards, measurable type cadence, and calm amber-teal state cues make dense information feel composed rather than crowded.

### Values

- type-led hierarchy
- compact readable density
- rhythmic evidence grouping
- warm material restraint
- explicit ready-state feedback

### Anti-Values

- decorative emptiness
- low-contrast metadata
- generic gradient dashboards
- unverified artifact placeholders

### Visual Character

- warm parchment background with subtle ruled grid and paper-like white panels
- dense knowledge-work layout where headings, metadata strips, and table rows align to an 8px rhythm
- teal structural surfaces balanced by amber active rules and coral risk states
- small caps mono labels that make provenance, scores, and artifact state immediately scannable

## 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 | `#D88C35` |
| background | `#F4EFE4` |
| border | `#D8CCB8` |
| error | `#B94A48` |
| focus | `#173F40` |
| info | `#2F5D8C` |
| muted | `#747065` |
| primary | `#245B5A` |
| secondary | `#8A5A32` |
| success | `#2F7A58` |
| surface | `#FFFDF8` |
| surface_alt | `#F9F3E8` |
| text | `#25231F` |
| warning | `#B8791D` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Inter, 1.643rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Inter, 1.392rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Inter, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.5.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.

## Layout

### Spacing Tokens

- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `20px`
- **2xl**: `24px`
- **3xl**: `32px`
- **4xl**: `40px`
- **Step-8**: `56px`
- **Step-9**: `72px`

### Breakpoints

- **Lg**: 1024
- **Md**: 768
- **Sm**: 640
- **Xl**: 1280

### Grid

12 column desktop grid with fixed 280px context rail, 2 column tablet fallback, single column mobile stack

### Whitespace

8px spacing scale with 24px section rhythm and 40px hero pauses

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 28px 70px rgba(37,35,31,.18)
- **Md**: 0 14px 34px rgba(37,35,31,.12)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 2px rgba(37,35,31,.08)

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `14px`
- **Md**: `9px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `4px`
- **Xl**: `22px`

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: subtle 24px ruled grid
- **Card Style**: thin bordered cards with amber left-rule state
- **Treatment**: flat layered paper panels with occasional inset rails

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 4px
- **Character**: precise dividers that create reading lanes
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid

## Components

### Composition

Compose screens as editorial operations desks: a persistent navigation rail, a compact status ledger, and flexible cards that align labels and metrics to a visible rhythm.

### Density

Keep information dense with narrow gutters, short line lengths, grouped metadata, and clear row separators so scanning remains effortless.

### Hierarchy

Let typography and label cadence carry hierarchy first; reserve amber rules, teal fills, and coral markers for state and intervention.

### Signature Patterns

- left-rule accents for active explorations, selected rows, and current repair tasks
- mono metadata strips above every major content region
- bordered ivory panels over a warm ruled background
- small status pills paired with numeric confidence or readiness scores
- timeline rails that expose curation rhythm and artifact provenance

## shadcn/ui Usage

When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.

DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/en-019edc15-8259-7f73-b03c-4b69f94ca567/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 show real UI state and artifact readiness
- Do align dense metrics to a common baseline
- Do use amber accents sparingly for active focus
- Do maintain readable text contrast on warm surfaces
- Don't ship placeholder cards
- Don't hide provenance or file status
- Don't use browser-default controls
- Don't replace structure with decorative gradients
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "quiet-dense-product-typography",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Quiet Dense Product Typography shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F4EFE4",
      "foreground": "#25231F",
      "card": "#FFFDF8",
      "card-foreground": "#25231F",
      "popover": "#FFFDF8",
      "popover-foreground": "#25231F",
      "primary": "#245B5A",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#8A5A32",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#747065",
      "muted-foreground": "#25231F",
      "accent": "#D88C35",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#B94A48",
      "border": "#D8CCB8",
      "input": "#D8CCB8",
      "ring": "#D88C35",
      "chart-1": "#245B5A",
      "chart-2": "#8A5A32",
      "chart-3": "#D88C35",
      "chart-4": "#2F7A58",
      "chart-5": "#B8791D",
      "sidebar": "#FFFDF8",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#25231F",
      "sidebar-primary": "#245B5A",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#2F5D8C",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#D8CCB8",
      "sidebar-ring": "#D88C35",
      "radius": "9px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#245B5A",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#D88C35",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#B94A48",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#D88C35",
      "chart-1": "#245B5A",
      "chart-2": "#8A5A32",
      "chart-3": "#D88C35",
      "chart-4": "#2F7A58",
      "chart-5": "#B8791D",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#245B5A",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#D88C35",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#D88C35",
      "radius": "9px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019edc15-8259-7f73-b03c-4b69f94ca567",
    "slug": "quiet-dense-product-typography",
    "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",
        "focus",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "surface_alt",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm",
        "xl"
      ],
      "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 · quiet-dense-product-typography
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgInter · 26px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdInter · 22px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdInter · 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
  • xl20px
  • 2xl24px
  • 3xl32px
  • 4xl40px
  • step-856px
  • step-972px

Shape

full9999px
lg14px
md9px
none0px
sm4px
xl22px
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: #F4EFE4;
  --foreground: #25231F;
  --card: #FFFDF8;
  --card-foreground: #25231F;
  --popover: #FFFDF8;
  --popover-foreground: #25231F;
  --primary: #245B5A;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #8A5A32;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #747065;
  --muted-foreground: #25231F;
  --accent: #D88C35;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #B94A48;
  --border: #D8CCB8;
  --input: #D8CCB8;
  --ring: #D88C35;
  --chart-1: #245B5A;
  --chart-2: #8A5A32;
  --chart-3: #D88C35;
  --chart-4: #2F7A58;
  --chart-5: #B8791D;
  --sidebar: #FFFDF8;
  --sidebar-foreground: #25231F;
  --sidebar-primary: #245B5A;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #2F5D8C;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #D8CCB8;
  --sidebar-ring: #D88C35;
  --radius: 9px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #245B5A;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #D88C35;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #B94A48;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #D88C35;
  --chart-1: #245B5A;
  --chart-2: #8A5A32;
  --chart-3: #D88C35;
  --chart-4: #2F7A58;
  --chart-5: #B8791D;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #245B5A;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #D88C35;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #D88C35;
  --radius: 9px;
}
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 QuietDenseProductTypographyShadcnKit() {
  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">Quiet Dense Product Typography</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": "quiet-dense-product-typography",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Quiet Dense Product Typography shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F4EFE4",
      "foreground": "#25231F",
      "card": "#FFFDF8",
      "card-foreground": "#25231F",
      "popover": "#FFFDF8",
      "popover-foreground": "#25231F",
      "primary": "#245B5A",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#8A5A32",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#747065",
      "muted-foreground": "#25231F",
      "accent": "#D88C35",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#B94A48",
      "border": "#D8CCB8",
      "input": "#D8CCB8",
      "ring": "#D88C35",
      "chart-1": "#245B5A",
      "chart-2": "#8A5A32",
      "chart-3": "#D88C35",
      "chart-4": "#2F7A58",
      "chart-5": "#B8791D",
      "sidebar": "#FFFDF8",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#25231F",
      "sidebar-primary": "#245B5A",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#2F5D8C",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#D8CCB8",
      "sidebar-ring": "#D88C35",
      "radius": "9px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#245B5A",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#D88C35",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#B94A48",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#D88C35",
      "chart-1": "#245B5A",
      "chart-2": "#8A5A32",
      "chart-3": "#D88C35",
      "chart-4": "#2F7A58",
      "chart-5": "#B8791D",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#245B5A",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#D88C35",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#D88C35",
      "radius": "9px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019edc15-8259-7f73-b03c-4b69f94ca567",
    "slug": "quiet-dense-product-typography",
    "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",
        "focus",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "surface_alt",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm",
        "xl"
      ],
      "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
# Quiet Dense Product Typography shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019edc15-8259-7f73-b03c-4b69f94ca567`
Slug: `quiet-dense-product-typography`

## Intent

Aya Type Density Rhythm is a warm editorial workspace language for high-volume exploration: compact cards, measurable type cadence, and calm amber-teal state cues make dense information feel composed rather than crowded.

## 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": "#D88C35",
  "background": "#F4EFE4",
  "border": "#D8CCB8",
  "error": "#B94A48",
  "focus": "#173F40",
  "info": "#2F5D8C",
  "muted": "#747065",
  "primary": "#245B5A",
  "secondary": "#8A5A32",
  "success": "#2F7A58",
  "surface": "#FFFDF8",
  "surface_alt": "#F9F3E8",
  "text": "#25231F",
  "warning": "#B8791D"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "16px",
  "body_font": "Inter",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700;800&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@500;600&display=swap",
  "heading_font": "Inter",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.01em",
  "line_height": 1.5,
  "mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
  "scale_ratio": 1.18
}

## Visual character to preserve

- warm parchment background with subtle ruled grid and paper-like white panels
- dense knowledge-work layout where headings, metadata strips, and table rows align to an 8px rhythm
- teal structural surfaces balanced by amber active rules and coral risk states
- small caps mono labels that make provenance, scores, and artifact state immediately scannable

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "paper-collage",
  "material": "paper",
  "contour": "pebble",
  "border": "solid",
  "underlay": true,
  "grain": true,
  "stickerBadges": false,
  "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/quiet-dense-product-typography/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: show real UI state and artifact readiness; align dense metrics to a common baseline; use amber accents sparingly for active focus; maintain readable text contrast on warm surfaces
- Do not: ship placeholder cards; hide provenance or file status; use browser-default controls; replace structure with decorative gradients

## 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 QuietDenseProductTypographyShadcnKit() {
  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">Quiet Dense Product Typography</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": {
    "lg": 1024,
    "md": 768,
    "sm": 640,
    "xl": 1280
  },
  "grid": "12 column desktop grid with fixed 280px context rail, 2 column tablet fallback, single column mobile stack",
  "whitespace": "8px spacing scale with 24px section rhythm and 40px hero pauses"
}
preview shotscompatibility fallback
{
  "artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
  "version": "preview-shots-v1",
  "generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
  "generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
  "requiresVisualProfile": true,
  "schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
  "renderable": true,
  "language": {
    "id": "en-019edc15-8259-7f73-b03c-4b69f94ca567",
    "name": "Quiet Dense Product Typography",
    "slug": "quiet-dense-product-typography"
  },
  "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 parchment background with subtle ruled grid and paper-like white panels",
    "dense knowledge-work layout where headings, metadata strips, and table rows align to an 8px rhythm",
    "teal structural surfaces balanced by amber active rules and coral risk states",
    "small caps mono labels that make provenance, scores, and artifact state immediately scannable"
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "paper-collage",
    "material": "paper",
    "contour": "pebble",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": false,
    "grain": true,
    "stickerBadges": false,
    "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": "Quiet Dense Product Typography 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": [
      "show real UI state and artifact readiness",
      "align dense metrics to a common baseline",
      "use amber accents sparingly for active focus",
      "maintain readable text contrast on warm surfaces"
    ],
    "dont": [
      "ship placeholder cards",
      "hide provenance or file status",
      "use browser-default controls",
      "replace structure with decorative gradients"
    ]
  }
}
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