Marginalia Loom Studio
A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Download DESIGN.md
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
specification
philosophy
tokens
borders4 items
- accent width
- 3px
- character
- ink hairlines, stitched left rules, and quiet separator gutters
- default width
- 1px
- style
- solid with occasional dotted reference underlines
colors12 items
motion3 items
- duration
- 160ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1)
- philosophy
- small paper-like reveal and focus transitions only; no bouncing, floating, or decorative animation
radii5 items
- full
- 9999px
- lg
- 6px
- md
- 4px
- none
- 0
- sm
- 2px
shadows3 items
- lg
- 0 22px 60px rgba(45,37,29,0.12)
- md
- 0 10px 30px rgba(45,37,29,0.08)
- sm
- 0 1px 0 rgba(45,37,29,0.10)
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
- bg pattern
- two low-opacity linear gradients forming page fibers and column guides
- card style
- flat paper slips divided by ink hairlines and sepia rule accents
- treatment
- warm laid paper with faint vertical fiber lines
typography8 items
- base size
- 16px
- body font
- Source Serif 4
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Newsreader:opsz,wght@6..72,500;6..72,650&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,600&display=swap
- heading font
- Newsreader
- letter spacing
- -0.01em
- line height
- 1.62
- mono font
- IBM Plex Mono
- scale ratio
- 1.22
rules
Compose screens like an annotated manuscript: dominant prose column in the center, reference and decision rails in the margins, and compact modules inserted only where they support the reading path.
Medium-dense but breathable: prose receives generous line-height while marginal notes, snippet chips, and analytical inserts are compact and sharply separated.
Use literary scale contrast, small-caps metadata, ruled labels, and bracketed reference numbers so readers can move from thesis to evidence to decision without scanning a dashboard.
layout
Desktop 1200px+ keeps both rails; tablet 768-1199px collapses the left rail under the prose and keeps a slim right rail; mobile below 767px stacks all rails after the active passage.
Twelve-column manuscript grid: central prose spans six columns, left evidence rail spans two, right synthesis rail spans three, with one column reserved for gutters and connectors.
Whitespace behaves like book margins: generous around the prose measure, tight inside notes, and expressed through separators rather than empty dashboard gaps.
guidance
- Keep the central reading column dominant and let modules support the prose rather than compete with it.
- Use bracketed references, small-caps labels, and marginal notes to reveal provenance progressively.
- Prefer flat paper surfaces, hairline separators, and typographic hierarchy over shadows or chromatic contrast.
- Make every compact module contain real synthesis content: summaries, decisions, tensions, or source trails.
- Do not turn the workspace into equal analytics cards, KPI tiles, or generic dashboard rows.
- Do not use glossy glass, heavy drop shadows, saturated gradients, or arbitrary rounded blobs.
- Do not scatter annotations decoratively; every note must point to a passage, decision, or source.
- Do not let command surfaces invent a second visual system separate from the manuscript grammar.
katagami spec
# Marginalia Loom Studio ## Philosophy Marginalia Loom Studio is an editorial synthesis language for workspaces where long-form prose, excerpts, decisions, and compact analytical modules are woven into one calm reading surface rather than scattered across a dashboard. ### Values - reading as the primary interaction - visible provenance without clutter - quietly structured synthesis - progressive disclosure through marginalia - decisions embedded beside evidence ### Anti-Values - metric-wall dashboards - floating glass panels - generic SaaS card grids - ornamental annotation noise ### Visual Character - A centered 680px prose column sits inside a 12-column page with asymmetric 220px marginal rails that become stacked notes on narrow screens. - Warm paper surfaces use subtle repeating linear-gradient fibers and 1px ink separators instead of shadows or saturated fills. - References appear as compact linked-snippet chips with bracket counters, dotted underline anchors, and hairline connector rules into the margin. - Analytical modules are narrow ruled inserts with small-caps labels, tabular numerals, and stitched left borders rather than full-width dashboard cards. - Command surfaces are paper-slip overlays pinned to the top rail with squared corners, ink focus rings, and restrained sepia accent bars. ## Tokens ### Borders - **Accent Width**: 3px - **Character**: ink hairlines, stitched left rules, and quiet separator gutters - **Default Width**: 1px - **Style**: solid with occasional dotted reference underlines ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | accent | `#A75B38` | | background | `#F3EBDD` | | border | `#D8C8AE` | | error | `#9B3D35` | | info | `#566F83` | | muted | `#8B7A66` | | primary | `#2D251D` | | secondary | `#76614B` | | success | `#5E744A` | | surface | `#FFF8EA` | | text | `#261F18` | | warning | `#B47A2F` | ### Motion - **Duration**: 160ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) - **Philosophy**: small paper-like reveal and focus transitions only; no bouncing, floating, or decorative animation ### Radii - **Full**: 9999px - **Lg**: 6px - **Md**: 4px - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 2px ### Shadows - **Lg**: 0 22px 60px rgba(45,37,29,0.12) - **Md**: 0 10px 30px rgba(45,37,29,0.08) - **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(45,37,29,0.10) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64] ### Surfaces - **Bg Pattern**: two low-opacity linear gradients forming page fibers and column guides - **Card Style**: flat paper slips divided by ink hairlines and sepia rule accents - **Treatment**: warm laid paper with faint vertical fiber lines ### Typography - **Base Size**: 16px - **Body Font**: Source Serif 4 - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Newsreader:opsz,wght@6..72,500;6..72,650&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,600&display=swap - **Heading Font**: Newsreader - **Letter Spacing**: -0.01em - **Line Height**: 1.62 - **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono - **Scale Ratio**: 1.22 ## Rules ### Composition Compose screens like an annotated manuscript: dominant prose column in the center, reference and decision rails in the margins, and compact modules inserted only where they support the reading path. ### Density Medium-dense but breathable: prose receives generous line-height while marginal notes, snippet chips, and analytical inserts are compact and sharply separated. ### Hierarchy Use literary scale contrast, small-caps metadata, ruled labels, and bracketed reference numbers so readers can move from thesis to evidence to decision without scanning a dashboard. ### Signature Patterns - Bracketed reference chips sit inline with dotted underlines and extend a 1px connector rule toward the relevant marginal annotation. - Decision trails are rendered as stacked paper slips with chronological roman numerals, left stitch borders, and one sepia status bar. - Context maps use thread-like hairlines between excerpt nodes, with only active nodes receiving a soft ink wash background. - Command palettes appear as editorial galleys: narrow centered slips, mono command labels, and squared ink focus outlines. ## Layout ### Breakpoints Desktop 1200px+ keeps both rails; tablet 768-1199px collapses the left rail under the prose and keeps a slim right rail; mobile below 767px stacks all rails after the active passage. ### Grid Twelve-column manuscript grid: central prose spans six columns, left evidence rail spans two, right synthesis rail spans three, with one column reserved for gutters and connectors. ### Whitespace Whitespace behaves like book margins: generous around the prose measure, tight inside notes, and expressed through separators rather than empty dashboard gaps. ## Guidance ### Do - Keep the central reading column dominant and let modules support the prose rather than compete with it. - Use bracketed references, small-caps labels, and marginal notes to reveal provenance progressively. - Prefer flat paper surfaces, hairline separators, and typographic hierarchy over shadows or chromatic contrast. - Make every compact module contain real synthesis content: summaries, decisions, tensions, or source trails. ### Don't - Do not turn the workspace into equal analytics cards, KPI tiles, or generic dashboard rows. - Do not use glossy glass, heavy drop shadows, saturated gradients, or arbitrary rounded blobs. - Do not scatter annotations decoratively; every note must point to a passage, decision, or source. - Do not let command surfaces invent a second visual system separate from the manuscript grammar. ### Accessibility Maintain strong ink-on-paper contrast, preserve visible focus outlines, never require connector lines alone to understand relationships, and keep prose measure readable at all breakpoints. ### Usage Context Best for knowledge synthesis products, research assistants, legal or policy review tools, editorial planning, source comparison, and AI context-weaving workspaces.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Marginalia Loom Studio"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#A75B38"
background: "#F3EBDD"
border: "#D8C8AE"
error: "#9B3D35"
info: "#566F83"
muted: "#8B7A66"
primary: "#2D251D"
secondary: "#76614B"
success: "#5E744A"
surface: "#FFF8EA"
text: "#261F18"
warning: "#B47A2F"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Newsreader"
fontSize: "1.816rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Newsreader"
fontSize: "1.488rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Source Serif 4"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.62
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
full: "9999px"
lg: "6px"
md: "4px"
none: "0px"
sm: "2px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "24px"
2xl: "32px"
3xl: "48px"
4xl: "64px"
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"
---
# Marginalia Loom Studio
## Overview
Marginalia Loom Studio is an editorial synthesis language for workspaces where long-form prose, excerpts, decisions, and compact analytical modules are woven into one calm reading surface rather than scattered across a dashboard.
### Values
- reading as the primary interaction
- visible provenance without clutter
- quietly structured synthesis
- progressive disclosure through marginalia
- decisions embedded beside evidence
### Anti-Values
- metric-wall dashboards
- floating glass panels
- generic SaaS card grids
- ornamental annotation noise
### Visual Character
- A centered 680px prose column sits inside a 12-column page with asymmetric 220px marginal rails that become stacked notes on narrow screens.
- Warm paper surfaces use subtle repeating linear-gradient fibers and 1px ink separators instead of shadows or saturated fills.
- References appear as compact linked-snippet chips with bracket counters, dotted underline anchors, and hairline connector rules into the margin.
- Analytical modules are narrow ruled inserts with small-caps labels, tabular numerals, and stitched left borders rather than full-width dashboard cards.
- Command surfaces are paper-slip overlays pinned to the top rail with squared corners, ink focus rings, and restrained sepia accent bars.
## 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 | `#A75B38` |
| background | `#F3EBDD` |
| border | `#D8C8AE` |
| error | `#9B3D35` |
| info | `#566F83` |
| muted | `#8B7A66` |
| primary | `#2D251D` |
| secondary | `#76614B` |
| success | `#5E744A` |
| surface | `#FFF8EA` |
| text | `#261F18` |
| warning | `#B47A2F` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Newsreader, 1.816rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Newsreader, 1.488rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Source Serif 4, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.62.
- **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`
### Breakpoints
Desktop 1200px+ keeps both rails; tablet 768-1199px collapses the left rail under the prose and keeps a slim right rail; mobile below 767px stacks all rails after the active passage.
### Grid
Twelve-column manuscript grid: central prose spans six columns, left evidence rail spans two, right synthesis rail spans three, with one column reserved for gutters and connectors.
### Whitespace
Whitespace behaves like book margins: generous around the prose measure, tight inside notes, and expressed through separators rather than empty dashboard gaps.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 0 22px 60px rgba(45,37,29,0.12)
- **Md**: 0 10px 30px rgba(45,37,29,0.08)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(45,37,29,0.10)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `6px`
- **Md**: `4px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `2px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: two low-opacity linear gradients forming page fibers and column guides
- **Card Style**: flat paper slips divided by ink hairlines and sepia rule accents
- **Treatment**: warm laid paper with faint vertical fiber lines
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 3px
- **Character**: ink hairlines, stitched left rules, and quiet separator gutters
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with occasional dotted reference underlines
## Components
### Composition
Compose screens like an annotated manuscript: dominant prose column in the center, reference and decision rails in the margins, and compact modules inserted only where they support the reading path.
### Density
Medium-dense but breathable: prose receives generous line-height while marginal notes, snippet chips, and analytical inserts are compact and sharply separated.
### Hierarchy
Use literary scale contrast, small-caps metadata, ruled labels, and bracketed reference numbers so readers can move from thesis to evidence to decision without scanning a dashboard.
### Signature Patterns
- Bracketed reference chips sit inline with dotted underlines and extend a 1px connector rule toward the relevant marginal annotation.
- Decision trails are rendered as stacked paper slips with chronological roman numerals, left stitch borders, and one sepia status bar.
- Context maps use thread-like hairlines between excerpt nodes, with only active nodes receiving a soft ink wash background.
- Command palettes appear as editorial galleys: narrow centered slips, mono command labels, and squared ink focus outlines.
## 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-f8b4-7ba2-88e8-35a26dd9273a/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 Keep the central reading column dominant and let modules support the prose rather than compete with it.
- Do Use bracketed references, small-caps labels, and marginal notes to reveal provenance progressively.
- Do Prefer flat paper surfaces, hairline separators, and typographic hierarchy over shadows or chromatic contrast.
- Do Make every compact module contain real synthesis content: summaries, decisions, tensions, or source trails.
- Don't Do not turn the workspace into equal analytics cards, KPI tiles, or generic dashboard rows.
- Don't Do not use glossy glass, heavy drop shadows, saturated gradients, or arbitrary rounded blobs.
- Don't Do not scatter annotations decoratively; every note must point to a passage, decision, or source.
- Don't Do not let command surfaces invent a second visual system separate from the manuscript grammar.
### Accessibility
Maintain strong ink-on-paper contrast, preserve visible focus outlines, never require connector lines alone to understand relationships, and keep prose measure readable at all breakpoints.
### Usage Context
Best for knowledge synthesis products, research assistants, legal or policy review tools, editorial planning, source comparison, and AI context-weaving workspaces.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "marginalia-loom-studio",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Marginalia Loom Studio shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F3EBDD",
"foreground": "#261F18",
"card": "#FFF8EA",
"card-foreground": "#261F18",
"popover": "#FFF8EA",
"popover-foreground": "#261F18",
"primary": "#2D251D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#76614B",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#8B7A66",
"muted-foreground": "#261F18",
"accent": "#A75B38",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9B3D35",
"border": "#D8C8AE",
"input": "#D8C8AE",
"ring": "#A75B38",
"chart-1": "#2D251D",
"chart-2": "#76614B",
"chart-3": "#A75B38",
"chart-4": "#5E744A",
"chart-5": "#B47A2F",
"sidebar": "#FFF8EA",
"sidebar-foreground": "#261F18",
"sidebar-primary": "#2D251D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#566F83",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8C8AE",
"sidebar-ring": "#A75B38",
"radius": "4px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#2D251D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#A75B38",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9B3D35",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#A75B38",
"chart-1": "#2D251D",
"chart-2": "#76614B",
"chart-3": "#A75B38",
"chart-4": "#5E744A",
"chart-5": "#B47A2F",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#2D251D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#A75B38",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#A75B38",
"radius": "4px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019edc15-f8b4-7ba2-88e8-35a26dd9273a",
"slug": "marginalia-loom-studio",
"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"
]
}
}
}
```embodiments
at a glance
Typography
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl24px
- 2xl32px
- 3xl48px
- 4xl64px
Shape
implementation kit
DESIGN.md with shadcn
Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.
advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #F3EBDD;
--foreground: #261F18;
--card: #FFF8EA;
--card-foreground: #261F18;
--popover: #FFF8EA;
--popover-foreground: #261F18;
--primary: #2D251D;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #76614B;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #8B7A66;
--muted-foreground: #261F18;
--accent: #A75B38;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #9B3D35;
--border: #D8C8AE;
--input: #D8C8AE;
--ring: #A75B38;
--chart-1: #2D251D;
--chart-2: #76614B;
--chart-3: #A75B38;
--chart-4: #5E744A;
--chart-5: #B47A2F;
--sidebar: #FFF8EA;
--sidebar-foreground: #261F18;
--sidebar-primary: #2D251D;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #566F83;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #D8C8AE;
--sidebar-ring: #A75B38;
--radius: 4px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #2D251D;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #A75B38;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #9B3D35;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #A75B38;
--chart-1: #2D251D;
--chart-2: #76614B;
--chart-3: #A75B38;
--chart-4: #5E744A;
--chart-5: #B47A2F;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #2D251D;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #A75B38;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #A75B38;
--radius: 4px;
}
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 MarginaliaLoomStudioShadcnKit() {
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">Marginalia Loom Studio</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "marginalia-loom-studio",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Marginalia Loom Studio shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F3EBDD",
"foreground": "#261F18",
"card": "#FFF8EA",
"card-foreground": "#261F18",
"popover": "#FFF8EA",
"popover-foreground": "#261F18",
"primary": "#2D251D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#76614B",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#8B7A66",
"muted-foreground": "#261F18",
"accent": "#A75B38",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9B3D35",
"border": "#D8C8AE",
"input": "#D8C8AE",
"ring": "#A75B38",
"chart-1": "#2D251D",
"chart-2": "#76614B",
"chart-3": "#A75B38",
"chart-4": "#5E744A",
"chart-5": "#B47A2F",
"sidebar": "#FFF8EA",
"sidebar-foreground": "#261F18",
"sidebar-primary": "#2D251D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#566F83",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8C8AE",
"sidebar-ring": "#A75B38",
"radius": "4px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#2D251D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#A75B38",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9B3D35",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#A75B38",
"chart-1": "#2D251D",
"chart-2": "#76614B",
"chart-3": "#A75B38",
"chart-4": "#5E744A",
"chart-5": "#B47A2F",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#2D251D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#A75B38",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#A75B38",
"radius": "4px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019edc15-f8b4-7ba2-88e8-35a26dd9273a",
"slug": "marginalia-loom-studio",
"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"
]
}
}
}
# Marginalia Loom Studio shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019edc15-f8b4-7ba2-88e8-35a26dd9273a`
Slug: `marginalia-loom-studio`
## Intent
Marginalia Loom Studio is an editorial synthesis language for workspaces where long-form prose, excerpts, decisions, and compact analytical modules are woven into one calm reading surface rather than scattered across a dashboard.
## 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": "#A75B38",
"background": "#F3EBDD",
"border": "#D8C8AE",
"error": "#9B3D35",
"info": "#566F83",
"muted": "#8B7A66",
"primary": "#2D251D",
"secondary": "#76614B",
"success": "#5E744A",
"surface": "#FFF8EA",
"text": "#261F18",
"warning": "#B47A2F"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "16px",
"body_font": "Source Serif 4",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Newsreader:opsz,wght@6..72,500;6..72,650&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,600&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Newsreader",
"letter_spacing": "-0.01em",
"line_height": 1.62,
"mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
"scale_ratio": 1.22
}
## Visual character to preserve
- A centered 680px prose column sits inside a 12-column page with asymmetric 220px marginal rails that become stacked notes on narrow screens.
- Warm paper surfaces use subtle repeating linear-gradient fibers and 1px ink separators instead of shadows or saturated fills.
- References appear as compact linked-snippet chips with bracket counters, dotted underline anchors, and hairline connector rules into the margin.
- Analytical modules are narrow ruled inserts with small-caps labels, tabular numerals, and stitched left borders rather than full-width dashboard cards.
- Command surfaces are paper-slip overlays pinned to the top rail with squared corners, ink focus rings, and restrained sepia accent bars.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "default",
"border": "dashed",
"underlay": false,
"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/marginalia-loom-studio/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: Keep the central reading column dominant and let modules support the prose rather than compete with it.; Use bracketed references, small-caps labels, and marginal notes to reveal provenance progressively.; Prefer flat paper surfaces, hairline separators, and typographic hierarchy over shadows or chromatic contrast.; Make every compact module contain real synthesis content: summaries, decisions, tensions, or source trails.
- Do not: Do not turn the workspace into equal analytics cards, KPI tiles, or generic dashboard rows.; Do not use glossy glass, heavy drop shadows, saturated gradients, or arbitrary rounded blobs.; Do not scatter annotations decoratively; every note must point to a passage, decision, or source.; Do not let command surfaces invent a second visual system separate from the manuscript grammar.
## 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 MarginaliaLoomStudioShadcnKit() {
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">Marginalia Loom Studio</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": "Desktop 1200px+ keeps both rails; tablet 768-1199px collapses the left rail under the prose and keeps a slim right rail; mobile below 767px stacks all rails after the active passage.",
"grid": "Twelve-column manuscript grid: central prose spans six columns, left evidence rail spans two, right synthesis rail spans three, with one column reserved for gutters and connectors.",
"whitespace": "Whitespace behaves like book margins: generous around the prose measure, tight inside notes, and expressed through separators rather than empty dashboard gaps."
}
{
"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-f8b4-7ba2-88e8-35a26dd9273a",
"name": "Marginalia Loom Studio",
"slug": "marginalia-loom-studio"
},
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"identityNotes": [
"A centered 680px prose column sits inside a 12-column page with asymmetric 220px marginal rails that become stacked notes on narrow screens.",
"Warm paper surfaces use subtle repeating linear-gradient fibers and 1px ink separators instead of shadows or saturated fills.",
"References appear as compact linked-snippet chips with bracket counters, dotted underline anchors, and hairline connector rules into the margin.",
"Analytical modules are narrow ruled inserts with small-caps labels, tabular numerals, and stitched left borders rather than full-width dashboard cards.",
"Command surfaces are paper-slip overlays pinned to the top rail with squared corners, ink focus rings, and restrained sepia accent bars."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "default",
"border": "dashed",
"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": "Marginalia Loom Studio 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": [
"Keep the central reading column dominant and let modules support the prose rather than compete with it.",
"Use bracketed references, small-caps labels, and marginal notes to reveal provenance progressively.",
"Prefer flat paper surfaces, hairline separators, and typographic hierarchy over shadows or chromatic contrast.",
"Make every compact module contain real synthesis content: summaries, decisions, tensions, or source trails."
],
"dont": [
"Do not turn the workspace into equal analytics cards, KPI tiles, or generic dashboard rows.",
"Do not use glossy glass, heavy drop shadows, saturated gradients, or arbitrary rounded blobs.",
"Do not scatter annotations decoratively; every note must point to a passage, decision, or source.",
"Do not let command surfaces invent a second visual system separate from the manuscript grammar."
]
}
}