Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace
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
- Flax threadlines: #D8CDBB regular dividers, #B9AA92 emphasized seams, accent bars only on role-critical modules.
- default width
- 1px
- style
- solid
colors12 items
motion3 items
- duration
- 140ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0.1, 1)
- philosophy
- Motion is a quiet thread-tightening cue: focus rings and row highlights fade in without translation, bounce, or card lift.
radii5 items
- full
- 9999px
- lg
- 6px
- md
- 4px
- none
- 0
- sm
- 2px
shadows3 items
- lg
- inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.65), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(95,81,61,0.08)
- md
- inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(95,81,61,0.06)
- sm
- none
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
- bg pattern
- Two-axis linear-gradient woven grid: 24px row threads and 96px column bands at opacity below 0.45.
- card style
- Flat bordered panels with square or 6px corners, inset dividing rules, and one optional role-thread accent on the left edge.
- treatment
- Warm parchment and bone surfaces with low-contrast woven grid underlay; never pure white against cold gray.
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=Inter+Tight:wght@500;600;700&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,500;8..60,600&display=swap
- heading font
- Inter Tight
- letter spacing
- -0.01em
- line height
- 1.58
- mono font
- IBM Plex Mono
- scale ratio
- 1.2
rules
Compose screens as a reading loom: a narrow persistent index rail, a broad editorial document column, and a right evidence rail sharing the same woven row grid.
Compact enterprise density with 8px increments, 44px minimum interactive rows, 65-74ch reading measure, and data tables that align to text baselines.
Hierarchy comes from typeface contrast, section rules, metadata labels, and accent thread placement; filled color blocks are limited to primary actions or small semantic knots.
layout
Mobile 375px single-column document with collapsible index; tablet 768px two-column document plus evidence stack; desktop 1180px+ three-pane loom.
Desktop uses a 12-column woven grid: 232px index rail, minmax(560px, 1fr) document body, and 336px evidence rail with shared 24px row rhythm.
Whitespace is measured and calm: 24px internal panel padding, 32px section gaps, 12px compact row gaps, and no decorative empty hero space.
guidance
- Use warm light neutrals, flat surfaces, and low-contrast woven grid lines to organize text-heavy workflows.
- Make data surfaces feel like annotations within the reading experience: ruled rows, compact deltas, and inline bars.
- Reserve accent color for role, state, ownership, and current position; keep most modules neutral.
- Keep radii committed to 0/2/4/6px geometry and avoid mixing arbitrary softness.
- Align every divider, status mark, and evidence chip to the 24px row rhythm.
- Do not create a generic analytics dashboard with floating KPI cards, chart grids, and saturated categorical palettes.
- Do not use woven texture as decorative wallpaper; if it does not structure layout, remove it.
- Do not set dense body text in small sans-serif gray or reduce contrast to look quiet.
- Do not add shadows, glassmorphism, gradients, or rounded pill overload as a substitute for hierarchy.
- Do not invent extra component systems for shadcn; translate this language through local primitives.
katagami spec
# Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace ## Philosophy Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace is a calm, text-first product language for research notes, briefs, and operational knowledge surfaces where structure is felt as a low-contrast woven grid rather than as ornamental pattern or dashboard spectacle. ### Values - Text earns the primary hierarchy through measure, line-height, and editorial grouping before icons, charts, or color appear. - Grid structure is visible but soft: woven columns, threadline dividers, and low-contrast bands organize dense knowledge without decoration. - Semantic color is sparse and role-based, reserved for ownership, status, and action cues in otherwise warm neutral surfaces. - Data appears as interface surface embedded in reading flows, not as a dashboard wall of charts. - Accessibility and enterprise durability matter: readable contrast, predictable states, and compact density that never becomes cramped. ### Anti-Values - No glossy SaaS cards, gradient hero panels, floating KPI dashboard tiles, or arbitrary candy-colored status palettes. - No ornamental textile motifs detached from layout; woven marks must align to rows, columns, dividers, or reading rails. - No novelty type or fragile low-contrast body copy; quietness must not reduce legibility. ### Visual Character - Use a CSS background made from two linear-gradients at 24px and 96px intervals to create a warm, low-contrast woven grid anchored to layout columns. - Build panels with square-to-6px radius geometry, 1px flax borders, and inset threadline dividers instead of shadows or floating cards. - Set long text in Source Serif 4 with Inter Tight navigation and IBM Plex Mono metadata, using 65-74ch measures and generous 1.58 body line-height. - Apply sparse role accents as left-edge woven bars, tiny status knots, and header underline threads, never as filled rainbow cards. - Represent metrics as inline data surfaces: small ruled tables, proportional text bars, and annotated rows embedded beside notes rather than chart canvases. ## Tokens ### Borders - **Accent Width**: 3px - **Character**: Flax threadlines: #D8CDBB regular dividers, #B9AA92 emphasized seams, accent bars only on role-critical modules. - **Default Width**: 1px - **Style**: solid ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | accent | `#A45F3B` | | background | `#F6F1E8` | | border | `#D8CDBB` | | error | `#9E3F35` | | info | `#516F83` | | muted | `#786F62` | | primary | `#5F513D` | | secondary | `#8B806E` | | success | `#58704B` | | surface | `#FFFDF8` | | text | `#27231C` | | warning | `#A77A2D` | ### Motion - **Duration**: 140ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0.1, 1) - **Philosophy**: Motion is a quiet thread-tightening cue: focus rings and row highlights fade in without translation, bounce, or card lift. ### Radii - **Full**: 9999px - **Lg**: 6px - **Md**: 4px - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 2px ### Shadows - **Lg**: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.65), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(95,81,61,0.08) - **Md**: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(95,81,61,0.06) - **Sm**: none ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64] ### Surfaces - **Bg Pattern**: Two-axis linear-gradient woven grid: 24px row threads and 96px column bands at opacity below 0.45. - **Card Style**: Flat bordered panels with square or 6px corners, inset dividing rules, and one optional role-thread accent on the left edge. - **Treatment**: Warm parchment and bone surfaces with low-contrast woven grid underlay; never pure white against cold gray. ### 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=Inter+Tight:wght@500;600;700&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,500;8..60,600&display=swap - **Heading Font**: Inter Tight - **Letter Spacing**: -0.01em - **Line Height**: 1.58 - **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono - **Scale Ratio**: 1.2 ## Rules ### Composition Compose screens as a reading loom: a narrow persistent index rail, a broad editorial document column, and a right evidence rail sharing the same woven row grid. ### Density Compact enterprise density with 8px increments, 44px minimum interactive rows, 65-74ch reading measure, and data tables that align to text baselines. ### Hierarchy Hierarchy comes from typeface contrast, section rules, metadata labels, and accent thread placement; filled color blocks are limited to primary actions or small semantic knots. ### Signature Patterns - Woven underlay gradient combines 24px horizontal threads and 96px vertical bands, clipped through major surfaces for structural continuity. - Role-thread module accents use a 3px left border plus two tiny square knots aligned to the first and last row of the component. - Not-dashboard data surfaces render metrics as inline ruled rows, proportional text bars, and evidence counts embedded beside paragraphs. - Threadline focus states use double outlines: a 1px dark inner ring and a 3px warm translucent outer seam with no glow. - Section headers carry an underline thread that extends into the grid column, connecting prose headings to adjacent evidence rails. ## Layout ### Breakpoints Mobile 375px single-column document with collapsible index; tablet 768px two-column document plus evidence stack; desktop 1180px+ three-pane loom. ### Grid Desktop uses a 12-column woven grid: 232px index rail, minmax(560px, 1fr) document body, and 336px evidence rail with shared 24px row rhythm. ### Whitespace Whitespace is measured and calm: 24px internal panel padding, 32px section gaps, 12px compact row gaps, and no decorative empty hero space. ## Guidance ### Do - Use warm light neutrals, flat surfaces, and low-contrast woven grid lines to organize text-heavy workflows. - Make data surfaces feel like annotations within the reading experience: ruled rows, compact deltas, and inline bars. - Reserve accent color for role, state, ownership, and current position; keep most modules neutral. - Keep radii committed to 0/2/4/6px geometry and avoid mixing arbitrary softness. - Align every divider, status mark, and evidence chip to the 24px row rhythm. ### Don't - Do not create a generic analytics dashboard with floating KPI cards, chart grids, and saturated categorical palettes. - Do not use woven texture as decorative wallpaper; if it does not structure layout, remove it. - Do not set dense body text in small sans-serif gray or reduce contrast to look quiet. - Do not add shadows, glassmorphism, gradients, or rounded pill overload as a substitute for hierarchy. - Do not invent extra component systems for shadcn; translate this language through local primitives. ### Accessibility Maintain WCAG AA contrast for all text and controls; semantic color must be paired with labels, icons, or shape knots so status never relies on hue alone.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#A45F3B"
background: "#F6F1E8"
border: "#D8CDBB"
error: "#9E3F35"
info: "#516F83"
muted: "#786F62"
primary: "#5F513D"
secondary: "#8B806E"
success: "#58704B"
surface: "#FFFDF8"
text: "#27231C"
warning: "#A77A2D"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Inter Tight"
fontSize: "1.728rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Inter Tight"
fontSize: "1.44rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Source Serif 4"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.58
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"
---
# Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace
## Overview
Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace is a calm, text-first product language for research notes, briefs, and operational knowledge surfaces where structure is felt as a low-contrast woven grid rather than as ornamental pattern or dashboard spectacle.
### Values
- Text earns the primary hierarchy through measure, line-height, and editorial grouping before icons, charts, or color appear.
- Grid structure is visible but soft: woven columns, threadline dividers, and low-contrast bands organize dense knowledge without decoration.
- Semantic color is sparse and role-based, reserved for ownership, status, and action cues in otherwise warm neutral surfaces.
- Data appears as interface surface embedded in reading flows, not as a dashboard wall of charts.
- Accessibility and enterprise durability matter: readable contrast, predictable states, and compact density that never becomes cramped.
### Anti-Values
- No glossy SaaS cards, gradient hero panels, floating KPI dashboard tiles, or arbitrary candy-colored status palettes.
- No ornamental textile motifs detached from layout; woven marks must align to rows, columns, dividers, or reading rails.
- No novelty type or fragile low-contrast body copy; quietness must not reduce legibility.
### Visual Character
- Use a CSS background made from two linear-gradients at 24px and 96px intervals to create a warm, low-contrast woven grid anchored to layout columns.
- Build panels with square-to-6px radius geometry, 1px flax borders, and inset threadline dividers instead of shadows or floating cards.
- Set long text in Source Serif 4 with Inter Tight navigation and IBM Plex Mono metadata, using 65-74ch measures and generous 1.58 body line-height.
- Apply sparse role accents as left-edge woven bars, tiny status knots, and header underline threads, never as filled rainbow cards.
- Represent metrics as inline data surfaces: small ruled tables, proportional text bars, and annotated rows embedded beside notes rather than chart canvases.
## 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 | `#A45F3B` |
| background | `#F6F1E8` |
| border | `#D8CDBB` |
| error | `#9E3F35` |
| info | `#516F83` |
| muted | `#786F62` |
| primary | `#5F513D` |
| secondary | `#8B806E` |
| success | `#58704B` |
| surface | `#FFFDF8` |
| text | `#27231C` |
| warning | `#A77A2D` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Inter Tight, 1.728rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Inter Tight, 1.44rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Source Serif 4, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.58.
- **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
Mobile 375px single-column document with collapsible index; tablet 768px two-column document plus evidence stack; desktop 1180px+ three-pane loom.
### Grid
Desktop uses a 12-column woven grid: 232px index rail, minmax(560px, 1fr) document body, and 336px evidence rail with shared 24px row rhythm.
### Whitespace
Whitespace is measured and calm: 24px internal panel padding, 32px section gaps, 12px compact row gaps, and no decorative empty hero space.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.65), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(95,81,61,0.08)
- **Md**: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(95,81,61,0.06)
- **Sm**: none
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `6px`
- **Md**: `4px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `2px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: Two-axis linear-gradient woven grid: 24px row threads and 96px column bands at opacity below 0.45.
- **Card Style**: Flat bordered panels with square or 6px corners, inset dividing rules, and one optional role-thread accent on the left edge.
- **Treatment**: Warm parchment and bone surfaces with low-contrast woven grid underlay; never pure white against cold gray.
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 3px
- **Character**: Flax threadlines: #D8CDBB regular dividers, #B9AA92 emphasized seams, accent bars only on role-critical modules.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid
## Components
### Composition
Compose screens as a reading loom: a narrow persistent index rail, a broad editorial document column, and a right evidence rail sharing the same woven row grid.
### Density
Compact enterprise density with 8px increments, 44px minimum interactive rows, 65-74ch reading measure, and data tables that align to text baselines.
### Hierarchy
Hierarchy comes from typeface contrast, section rules, metadata labels, and accent thread placement; filled color blocks are limited to primary actions or small semantic knots.
### Signature Patterns
- Woven underlay gradient combines 24px horizontal threads and 96px vertical bands, clipped through major surfaces for structural continuity.
- Role-thread module accents use a 3px left border plus two tiny square knots aligned to the first and last row of the component.
- Not-dashboard data surfaces render metrics as inline ruled rows, proportional text bars, and evidence counts embedded beside paragraphs.
- Threadline focus states use double outlines: a 1px dark inner ring and a 3px warm translucent outer seam with no glow.
- Section headers carry an underline thread that extends into the grid column, connecting prose headings to adjacent evidence rails.
## 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-019edcc5-75b8-7f60-acee-f878b9143f54/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 light neutrals, flat surfaces, and low-contrast woven grid lines to organize text-heavy workflows.
- Do Make data surfaces feel like annotations within the reading experience: ruled rows, compact deltas, and inline bars.
- Do Reserve accent color for role, state, ownership, and current position; keep most modules neutral.
- Do Keep radii committed to 0/2/4/6px geometry and avoid mixing arbitrary softness.
- Do Align every divider, status mark, and evidence chip to the 24px row rhythm.
- Don't Do not create a generic analytics dashboard with floating KPI cards, chart grids, and saturated categorical palettes.
- Don't Do not use woven texture as decorative wallpaper; if it does not structure layout, remove it.
- Don't Do not set dense body text in small sans-serif gray or reduce contrast to look quiet.
- Don't Do not add shadows, glassmorphism, gradients, or rounded pill overload as a substitute for hierarchy.
- Don't Do not invent extra component systems for shadcn; translate this language through local primitives.
### Accessibility
Maintain WCAG AA contrast for all text and controls; semantic color must be paired with labels, icons, or shape knots so status never relies on hue alone.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "quiet-woven-knowledge-workspace",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F6F1E8",
"foreground": "#27231C",
"card": "#FFFDF8",
"card-foreground": "#27231C",
"popover": "#FFFDF8",
"popover-foreground": "#27231C",
"primary": "#5F513D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#8B806E",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#786F62",
"muted-foreground": "#27231C",
"accent": "#A45F3B",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9E3F35",
"border": "#D8CDBB",
"input": "#D8CDBB",
"ring": "#A45F3B",
"chart-1": "#5F513D",
"chart-2": "#8B806E",
"chart-3": "#A45F3B",
"chart-4": "#58704B",
"chart-5": "#A77A2D",
"sidebar": "#FFFDF8",
"sidebar-foreground": "#27231C",
"sidebar-primary": "#5F513D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#516F83",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8CDBB",
"sidebar-ring": "#A45F3B",
"radius": "4px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#5F513D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#A45F3B",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9E3F35",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#A45F3B",
"chart-1": "#5F513D",
"chart-2": "#8B806E",
"chart-3": "#A45F3B",
"chart-4": "#58704B",
"chart-5": "#A77A2D",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#5F513D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#A45F3B",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#A45F3B",
"radius": "4px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019edcc5-75b8-7f60-acee-f878b9143f54",
"slug": "quiet-woven-knowledge-workspace",
"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: #F6F1E8;
--foreground: #27231C;
--card: #FFFDF8;
--card-foreground: #27231C;
--popover: #FFFDF8;
--popover-foreground: #27231C;
--primary: #5F513D;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #8B806E;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #786F62;
--muted-foreground: #27231C;
--accent: #A45F3B;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #9E3F35;
--border: #D8CDBB;
--input: #D8CDBB;
--ring: #A45F3B;
--chart-1: #5F513D;
--chart-2: #8B806E;
--chart-3: #A45F3B;
--chart-4: #58704B;
--chart-5: #A77A2D;
--sidebar: #FFFDF8;
--sidebar-foreground: #27231C;
--sidebar-primary: #5F513D;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #516F83;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #D8CDBB;
--sidebar-ring: #A45F3B;
--radius: 4px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #5F513D;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #A45F3B;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #9E3F35;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #A45F3B;
--chart-1: #5F513D;
--chart-2: #8B806E;
--chart-3: #A45F3B;
--chart-4: #58704B;
--chart-5: #A77A2D;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #5F513D;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #A45F3B;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #A45F3B;
--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 QuietWovenKnowledgeWorkspaceShadcnKit() {
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 Woven Knowledge Workspace</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": "quiet-woven-knowledge-workspace",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F6F1E8",
"foreground": "#27231C",
"card": "#FFFDF8",
"card-foreground": "#27231C",
"popover": "#FFFDF8",
"popover-foreground": "#27231C",
"primary": "#5F513D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#8B806E",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#786F62",
"muted-foreground": "#27231C",
"accent": "#A45F3B",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9E3F35",
"border": "#D8CDBB",
"input": "#D8CDBB",
"ring": "#A45F3B",
"chart-1": "#5F513D",
"chart-2": "#8B806E",
"chart-3": "#A45F3B",
"chart-4": "#58704B",
"chart-5": "#A77A2D",
"sidebar": "#FFFDF8",
"sidebar-foreground": "#27231C",
"sidebar-primary": "#5F513D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#516F83",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8CDBB",
"sidebar-ring": "#A45F3B",
"radius": "4px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#5F513D",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#A45F3B",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9E3F35",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#A45F3B",
"chart-1": "#5F513D",
"chart-2": "#8B806E",
"chart-3": "#A45F3B",
"chart-4": "#58704B",
"chart-5": "#A77A2D",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#5F513D",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#A45F3B",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#A45F3B",
"radius": "4px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019edcc5-75b8-7f60-acee-f878b9143f54",
"slug": "quiet-woven-knowledge-workspace",
"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"
]
}
}
}
# Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019edcc5-75b8-7f60-acee-f878b9143f54`
Slug: `quiet-woven-knowledge-workspace`
## Intent
Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace is a calm, text-first product language for research notes, briefs, and operational knowledge surfaces where structure is felt as a low-contrast woven grid rather than as ornamental pattern or dashboard spectacle.
## 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": "#A45F3B",
"background": "#F6F1E8",
"border": "#D8CDBB",
"error": "#9E3F35",
"info": "#516F83",
"muted": "#786F62",
"primary": "#5F513D",
"secondary": "#8B806E",
"success": "#58704B",
"surface": "#FFFDF8",
"text": "#27231C",
"warning": "#A77A2D"
}
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=Inter+Tight:wght@500;600;700&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,500;8..60,600&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Inter Tight",
"letter_spacing": "-0.01em",
"line_height": 1.58,
"mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
"scale_ratio": 1.2
}
## Visual character to preserve
- Use a CSS background made from two linear-gradients at 24px and 96px intervals to create a warm, low-contrast woven grid anchored to layout columns.
- Build panels with square-to-6px radius geometry, 1px flax borders, and inset threadline dividers instead of shadows or floating cards.
- Set long text in Source Serif 4 with Inter Tight navigation and IBM Plex Mono metadata, using 65-74ch measures and generous 1.58 body line-height.
- Apply sparse role accents as left-edge woven bars, tiny status knots, and header underline threads, never as filled rainbow cards.
- Represent metrics as inline data surfaces: small ruled tables, proportional text bars, and annotated rows embedded beside notes rather than chart canvases.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "editorial",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": false,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "lift",
"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/quiet-woven-knowledge-workspace/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 light neutrals, flat surfaces, and low-contrast woven grid lines to organize text-heavy workflows.; Make data surfaces feel like annotations within the reading experience: ruled rows, compact deltas, and inline bars.; Reserve accent color for role, state, ownership, and current position; keep most modules neutral.; Keep radii committed to 0/2/4/6px geometry and avoid mixing arbitrary softness.; Align every divider, status mark, and evidence chip to the 24px row rhythm.
- Do not: Do not create a generic analytics dashboard with floating KPI cards, chart grids, and saturated categorical palettes.; Do not use woven texture as decorative wallpaper; if it does not structure layout, remove it.; Do not set dense body text in small sans-serif gray or reduce contrast to look quiet.; Do not add shadows, glassmorphism, gradients, or rounded pill overload as a substitute for hierarchy.; Do not invent extra component systems for shadcn; translate this language through local primitives.
## 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 QuietWovenKnowledgeWorkspaceShadcnKit() {
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 Woven Knowledge Workspace</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
```
## Layout notes
{
"breakpoints": "Mobile 375px single-column document with collapsible index; tablet 768px two-column document plus evidence stack; desktop 1180px+ three-pane loom.",
"grid": "Desktop uses a 12-column woven grid: 232px index rail, minmax(560px, 1fr) document body, and 336px evidence rail with shared 24px row rhythm.",
"whitespace": "Whitespace is measured and calm: 24px internal panel padding, 32px section gaps, 12px compact row gaps, and no decorative empty hero space."
}
{
"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-019edcc5-75b8-7f60-acee-f878b9143f54",
"name": "Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace",
"slug": "quiet-woven-knowledge-workspace"
},
"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": [
"Use a CSS background made from two linear-gradients at 24px and 96px intervals to create a warm, low-contrast woven grid anchored to layout columns.",
"Build panels with square-to-6px radius geometry, 1px flax borders, and inset threadline dividers instead of shadows or floating cards.",
"Set long text in Source Serif 4 with Inter Tight navigation and IBM Plex Mono metadata, using 65-74ch measures and generous 1.58 body line-height.",
"Apply sparse role accents as left-edge woven bars, tiny status knots, and header underline threads, never as filled rainbow cards.",
"Represent metrics as inline data surfaces: small ruled tables, proportional text bars, and annotated rows embedded beside notes rather than chart canvases."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "editorial",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": false,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "still",
"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": "Quiet Woven Knowledge Workspace 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 light neutrals, flat surfaces, and low-contrast woven grid lines to organize text-heavy workflows.",
"Make data surfaces feel like annotations within the reading experience: ruled rows, compact deltas, and inline bars.",
"Reserve accent color for role, state, ownership, and current position; keep most modules neutral.",
"Keep radii committed to 0/2/4/6px geometry and avoid mixing arbitrary softness.",
"Align every divider, status mark, and evidence chip to the 24px row rhythm."
],
"dont": [
"Do not create a generic analytics dashboard with floating KPI cards, chart grids, and saturated categorical palettes.",
"Do not use woven texture as decorative wallpaper; if it does not structure layout, remove it.",
"Do not set dense body text in small sans-serif gray or reduce contrast to look quiet.",
"Do not add shadows, glassmorphism, gradients, or rounded pill overload as a substitute for hierarchy.",
"Do not invent extra component systems for shadcn; translate this language through local primitives."
]
}
}