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AYA Navigation as Weaving

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
A restrained product design language for dense AI/source navigation that treats information architecture like katagami and weaving: the interface is a calm sheet of paper cut by precise openings, with source trails acting as bridges that preserve context. AYA Navigation as Weaving avoids literal Japanese ornament and instead borrows structural ideas: cutouts reveal context, warp/weft alignment orders threads of evidence, knots mark bundled decisions, and negative space sets interaction pace. The result is an editorial, evidence-forward app language for citation-heavy AI tools, research workspaces, and provenance systems where trust comes from clarity, restraint, and visible lineage rather than decorative complexity.
values
reveal through apertures rather than heavy containers or modalsuse negative space as interaction pacing and source-comparison breathing roommake provenance traceable through bridged trails, citation ticks, and seal momentskeep blue as the single navigational accent for active routes, links, and openingsreserve red exclusively for verified provenance seals, signatures, and source sign-offtranslate katagami cutout logic into functional skeletons, not wallpapersupport dense text systems with Tufte-like data-ink restraint and clear annotations
anti-values
×pattern wallpaper that turns katagami into surface decoration×gratuitous waves, fans, cherry blossoms, or generic Japanese display styling×red used simultaneously for brand, error, warning, and verification×modal-heavy source previews that sever context from the reading surface×visual complexity masquerading as craft×full-bleed decorative illustrations where evidence trails should be visible
tokens
borders4 items
accent width
1px
default width
1px
pattern style
1px dashed or bridged rules only when encoding citation, lineage, confidence, or skeleton structure
style
solid
colors18 items
accent
#B44936
ai_blue
#285F9E
background
#FAF8F2
border
#E8E1D6
cutout
#FFFFFF
error
#8F3E31
info
#285F9E
ink
#2B2520
muted
#7A746C
paper
#FAF8F2
primary
#285F9E
seal_red
#B44936
secondary
#7A746C
stencil_shadow
#E8E1D6
success
#5F6F52
surface
#FFFFFF
text
#2B2520
warning
#A06F2B
motion3 items
duration
140ms
easing
cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1)
philosophy
Motion behaves like an aperture being lifted: short reveals, anchored origin, no bounce, no theatrical sliding modals.
radii5 items
full
9999px
lg
10px
md
6px
none
0
sm
2px
shadows3 items
lg
0 24px 56px rgba(43, 37, 32, 0.12)
md
0 10px 24px rgba(43, 37, 32, 0.08)
sm
0 1px 0 rgba(43, 37, 32, 0.06)
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 64, 80, 96
surfaces3 items
bg pattern
No wallpaper. Optional 1px bridged/dashed rules only for functional source trails, citation ticks, confidence bars, and lineage skeletons.
card style
Mostly unboxed modules; when enclosure is necessary, use cutout-white panels with hairline stencil-shadow borders and no decorative fill.
treatment
Warm paper canvas with white apertures and pale stencil-shadow edges.
typography8 items
base size
16px
body font
Literata
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Literata:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap
heading font
Inter
label tracking
0.04em
letter spacing
-0.015em
line height
1.55
mono font
IBM Plex Mono
rules
composition
Use a modular stencil grid: independent reading, source, and context blocks are separated by purposeful negative space rather than enclosing everything in heavy cards. Let primary content occupy the largest uninterrupted paper field. Open source previews as aperture popovers, peek panels, or inline cutouts that keep the originating line visible. Arrange trails horizontally or vertically like woven warp/weft paths: one axis for the user's reading thread, the other for provenance and context bundles.
density
Medium-low visual density with high informational capacity: rows and citations may be compact, but every bundle needs breathing room around its aperture. Prefer inline annotations, small multiples, and source ticks over summary charts. Dense tables should feel like a ruled stencil sheet: columns rhythmically aligned, separators hairline, and shading almost absent.
hierarchy
Build hierarchy first through typography, spacing, and aperture depth. Headings are crisp sans or quiet editorial serif/sans pairings; labels stay small, aligned, and unsentimental. Ai blue identifies links, active trails, selected apertures, and focus states. Seal red is a provenance vocabulary only. Secondary text recedes into warm gray-brown, while white cutouts and stencil shadow distinguish preview depth.
signature patterns
Aperture previews: white cutout panels with a 1px pale stencil-shadow border, anchored to the cited phrase by a blue bridge line.Source trail: a thin ai-blue breadcrumb/weft line with small citation ticks that can expand into lineage labels on hover or focus.Provenance seal: compact red stamp-like mark used only for verified source, signed bundle, or human-reviewed evidence.Context bundle knot: a small intersection marker where several source threads converge, opening a compact bundle peek instead of a modal.Lineage footer: quiet bottom trail listing origin, transformation, confidence, and sign-off as bridged text segments.Filter stencil: compact controls with cutout holes, square-ish rhythm, and blue active aperture indicators.Empty opening: empty states show available apertures or next source openings, not decorative charts or illustrations.
layout
breakpoints
Mobile <= 640px stacks reading thread, aperture preview, and lineage footer; tablet 641-1024px uses reading plus peek panel; desktop >= 1025px supports reading, side aperture, and bottom lineage trail.
density

Calm high-information density: compact citation controls and tables, but large unfilled paper zones around reading passages and source previews.

grid
12-column modular stencil grid on desktop with generous gutters. Reading surfaces, source apertures, and context bundles align to a shared 8px baseline so trails can bridge modules cleanly.
responsive
On small screens, source trails compress into tappable citation ticks with inline peek panels; never force full-screen modal previews unless content size makes it unavoidable.
whitespace
Negative space is the primary container. Use 24-40px gaps between major blocks; avoid nested card stacks. Let gaps imply ma and pause before additional context appears.
guidance
do
  • Use ai blue only for links, active apertures, current route, source trail, focus, and selectable evidence paths.
  • Use seal red only for provenance, verified source, sign-off, attestation, or human review marks.
  • Represent pattern as functional micro-structure: citation ticks, confidence bars, bridged rules, lineage marks.
  • Keep source previews anchored to the phrase or row that opened them.
  • Prefer inline progressive disclosure, peek panels, and compact bundles over modal interruption.
  • Design tables with hairline rules, rhythm, and citation ticks rather than heavy shading.
  • Let negative space carry the sense of craft and precision.
avoid
  • Do not use katagami-inspired pattern as wallpaper or decorative background texture.
  • Do not add waves, fans, cherry blossoms, or expressive Japanese display type as theme shorthand.
  • Do not use red for every error, alert, CTA, or brand accent; it is a seal vocabulary.
  • Do not bury sources in large modals detached from the originating evidence.
  • Do not fake craft with dense ornament, complex shadows, or excessive animated paths.
  • Do not over-metaphorize threads, knots, or loom parts with literal skeuomorphic graphics.
katagami spec
# AYA Navigation as Weaving

## Philosophy

A restrained product design language for dense AI/source navigation that treats information architecture like katagami and weaving: the interface is a calm sheet of paper cut by precise openings, with source trails acting as bridges that preserve context. AYA Navigation as Weaving avoids literal Japanese ornament and instead borrows structural ideas: cutouts reveal context, warp/weft alignment orders threads of evidence, knots mark bundled decisions, and negative space sets interaction pace. The result is an editorial, evidence-forward app language for citation-heavy AI tools, research workspaces, and provenance systems where trust comes from clarity, restraint, and visible lineage rather than decorative complexity.

### Values

- reveal through apertures rather than heavy containers or modals
- use negative space as interaction pacing and source-comparison breathing room
- make provenance traceable through bridged trails, citation ticks, and seal moments
- keep blue as the single navigational accent for active routes, links, and openings
- reserve red exclusively for verified provenance seals, signatures, and source sign-off
- translate katagami cutout logic into functional skeletons, not wallpaper
- support dense text systems with Tufte-like data-ink restraint and clear annotations

### Anti-Values

- pattern wallpaper that turns katagami into surface decoration
- gratuitous waves, fans, cherry blossoms, or generic Japanese display styling
- red used simultaneously for brand, error, warning, and verification
- modal-heavy source previews that sever context from the reading surface
- visual complexity masquerading as craft
- full-bleed decorative illustrations where evidence trails should be visible

### Visual Character

- Soft off-white paper fields with blackened-brown ink create a literary, non-clinical reading surface.
- White cutout apertures sit inside pale stencil-shadow edges, suggesting revealed information without boxed heaviness.
- Thin blue source trails, active links, and aperture outlines form the primary navigation weave.
- One-pixel dashed or bridged rules appear only where they carry citation, confidence, lineage, or loading structure.
- Small red seals mark verified provenance, source sign-off, or attested bundles; they never become general error color.
- Tables use stencil-like column rhythm, quiet rules, citation ticks, and minimal fill instead of zebra-striping or dashboard chrome.

## Tokens

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 1px
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Pattern Style**: 1px dashed or bridged rules only when encoding citation, lineage, confidence, or skeleton structure
- **Style**: solid

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#B44936` |
| ai_blue | `#285F9E` |
| background | `#FAF8F2` |
| border | `#E8E1D6` |
| cutout | `#FFFFFF` |
| error | `#8F3E31` |
| info | `#285F9E` |
| ink | `#2B2520` |
| muted | `#7A746C` |
| paper | `#FAF8F2` |
| primary | `#285F9E` |
| seal_red | `#B44936` |
| secondary | `#7A746C` |
| stencil_shadow | `#E8E1D6` |
| success | `#5F6F52` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#2B2520` |
| warning | `#A06F2B` |

### Motion

- **Duration**: 140ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1)
- **Philosophy**: Motion behaves like an aperture being lifted: short reveals, anchored origin, no bounce, no theatrical sliding modals.

### Radii

- **Full**: 9999px
- **Lg**: 10px
- **Md**: 6px
- **None**: 0
- **Sm**: 2px

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 24px 56px rgba(43, 37, 32, 0.12)
- **Md**: 0 10px 24px rgba(43, 37, 32, 0.08)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(43, 37, 32, 0.06)

### Spacing

- **Base**: 8px
- **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,40,48,64,80,96]

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: No wallpaper. Optional 1px bridged/dashed rules only for functional source trails, citation ticks, confidence bars, and lineage skeletons.
- **Card Style**: Mostly unboxed modules; when enclosure is necessary, use cutout-white panels with hairline stencil-shadow borders and no decorative fill.
- **Treatment**: Warm paper canvas with white apertures and pale stencil-shadow edges.

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: Literata
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Literata:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: Inter
- **Label Tracking**: 0.04em
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.015em
- **Line Height**: 1.55
- **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono

## Rules

### Composition

Use a modular stencil grid: independent reading, source, and context blocks are separated by purposeful negative space rather than enclosing everything in heavy cards. Let primary content occupy the largest uninterrupted paper field. Open source previews as aperture popovers, peek panels, or inline cutouts that keep the originating line visible. Arrange trails horizontally or vertically like woven warp/weft paths: one axis for the user's reading thread, the other for provenance and context bundles.

### Density

Medium-low visual density with high informational capacity: rows and citations may be compact, but every bundle needs breathing room around its aperture. Prefer inline annotations, small multiples, and source ticks over summary charts. Dense tables should feel like a ruled stencil sheet: columns rhythmically aligned, separators hairline, and shading almost absent.

### Hierarchy

Build hierarchy first through typography, spacing, and aperture depth. Headings are crisp sans or quiet editorial serif/sans pairings; labels stay small, aligned, and unsentimental. Ai blue identifies links, active trails, selected apertures, and focus states. Seal red is a provenance vocabulary only. Secondary text recedes into warm gray-brown, while white cutouts and stencil shadow distinguish preview depth.

### Signature Patterns

- Aperture previews: white cutout panels with a 1px pale stencil-shadow border, anchored to the cited phrase by a blue bridge line.
- Source trail: a thin ai-blue breadcrumb/weft line with small citation ticks that can expand into lineage labels on hover or focus.
- Provenance seal: compact red stamp-like mark used only for verified source, signed bundle, or human-reviewed evidence.
- Context bundle knot: a small intersection marker where several source threads converge, opening a compact bundle peek instead of a modal.
- Lineage footer: quiet bottom trail listing origin, transformation, confidence, and sign-off as bridged text segments.
- Filter stencil: compact controls with cutout holes, square-ish rhythm, and blue active aperture indicators.
- Empty opening: empty states show available apertures or next source openings, not decorative charts or illustrations.

## Layout

### Breakpoints

Mobile <= 640px stacks reading thread, aperture preview, and lineage footer; tablet 641-1024px uses reading plus peek panel; desktop >= 1025px supports reading, side aperture, and bottom lineage trail.

### Density

Calm high-information density: compact citation controls and tables, but large unfilled paper zones around reading passages and source previews.

### Grid

12-column modular stencil grid on desktop with generous gutters. Reading surfaces, source apertures, and context bundles align to a shared 8px baseline so trails can bridge modules cleanly.

### Responsive

On small screens, source trails compress into tappable citation ticks with inline peek panels; never force full-screen modal previews unless content size makes it unavoidable.

### Whitespace

Negative space is the primary container. Use 24-40px gaps between major blocks; avoid nested card stacks. Let gaps imply ma and pause before additional context appears.

## Guidance

### Do

- Use ai blue only for links, active apertures, current route, source trail, focus, and selectable evidence paths.
- Use seal red only for provenance, verified source, sign-off, attestation, or human review marks.
- Represent pattern as functional micro-structure: citation ticks, confidence bars, bridged rules, lineage marks.
- Keep source previews anchored to the phrase or row that opened them.
- Prefer inline progressive disclosure, peek panels, and compact bundles over modal interruption.
- Design tables with hairline rules, rhythm, and citation ticks rather than heavy shading.
- Let negative space carry the sense of craft and precision.

### Don't

- Do not use katagami-inspired pattern as wallpaper or decorative background texture.
- Do not add waves, fans, cherry blossoms, or expressive Japanese display type as theme shorthand.
- Do not use red for every error, alert, CTA, or brand accent; it is a seal vocabulary.
- Do not bury sources in large modals detached from the originating evidence.
- Do not fake craft with dense ornament, complex shadows, or excessive animated paths.
- Do not over-metaphorize threads, knots, or loom parts with literal skeuomorphic graphics.

### Accessibility

Maintain WCAG AA contrast on paper and cutout surfaces. Blue links and active apertures must include underline, bridge, or focus outline so color is not the only cue. Red seals require text labels such as Verified source or Signed bundle. Keyboard focus should use a visible ai-blue aperture outline with offset.

### Usage Context

Best for AI research assistants, source-grounded writing tools, knowledge bases, legal/research citation interfaces, provenance dashboards, and calm editorial workspaces where users must understand where every claim came from.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "AYA Navigation as Weaving"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  accent: "#B44936"
  ai_blue: "#285F9E"
  background: "#FAF8F2"
  border: "#E8E1D6"
  cutout: "#FFFFFF"
  error: "#8F3E31"
  info: "#285F9E"
  ink: "#2B2520"
  muted: "#7A746C"
  paper: "#FAF8F2"
  primary: "#285F9E"
  seal_red: "#B44936"
  secondary: "#7A746C"
  stencil_shadow: "#E8E1D6"
  success: "#5F6F52"
  surface: "#FFFFFF"
  text: "#2B2520"
  warning: "#A06F2B"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Inter"
    fontSize: "1.953rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.015em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Inter"
    fontSize: "1.563rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.015em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "Literata"
    fontSize: "16px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.55
    letterSpacing: "-0.015em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  full: "9999px"
  lg: "10px"
  md: "6px"
  none: "0px"
  sm: "2px"
spacing:
  base: "8px"
  xs: "4px"
  sm: "8px"
  md: "12px"
  lg: "16px"
  xl: "24px"
  2xl: "32px"
  3xl: "40px"
  4xl: "48px"
  step-8: "64px"
  step-9: "80px"
  step-10: "96px"
components:
  color-reference-accent:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
  color-reference-ai_blue:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.ai_blue}"
  color-reference-background:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
  color-reference-border:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
  color-reference-cutout:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.cutout}"
  color-reference-error:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
  color-reference-info:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
  color-reference-ink:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.ink}"
  color-reference-muted:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
  color-reference-paper:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.paper}"
  color-reference-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
  color-reference-seal_red:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.seal_red}"
  color-reference-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
  color-reference-stencil_shadow:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.stencil_shadow}"
  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"
---

# AYA Navigation as Weaving

## Overview

A restrained product design language for dense AI/source navigation that treats information architecture like katagami and weaving: the interface is a calm sheet of paper cut by precise openings, with source trails acting as bridges that preserve context. AYA Navigation as Weaving avoids literal Japanese ornament and instead borrows structural ideas: cutouts reveal context, warp/weft alignment orders threads of evidence, knots mark bundled decisions, and negative space sets interaction pace. The result is an editorial, evidence-forward app language for citation-heavy AI tools, research workspaces, and provenance systems where trust comes from clarity, restraint, and visible lineage rather than decorative complexity.

### Values

- reveal through apertures rather than heavy containers or modals
- use negative space as interaction pacing and source-comparison breathing room
- make provenance traceable through bridged trails, citation ticks, and seal moments
- keep blue as the single navigational accent for active routes, links, and openings
- reserve red exclusively for verified provenance seals, signatures, and source sign-off
- translate katagami cutout logic into functional skeletons, not wallpaper
- support dense text systems with Tufte-like data-ink restraint and clear annotations

### Anti-Values

- pattern wallpaper that turns katagami into surface decoration
- gratuitous waves, fans, cherry blossoms, or generic Japanese display styling
- red used simultaneously for brand, error, warning, and verification
- modal-heavy source previews that sever context from the reading surface
- visual complexity masquerading as craft
- full-bleed decorative illustrations where evidence trails should be visible

### Visual Character

- Soft off-white paper fields with blackened-brown ink create a literary, non-clinical reading surface.
- White cutout apertures sit inside pale stencil-shadow edges, suggesting revealed information without boxed heaviness.
- Thin blue source trails, active links, and aperture outlines form the primary navigation weave.
- One-pixel dashed or bridged rules appear only where they carry citation, confidence, lineage, or loading structure.
- Small red seals mark verified provenance, source sign-off, or attested bundles; they never become general error color.
- Tables use stencil-like column rhythm, quiet rules, citation ticks, and minimal fill instead of zebra-striping or dashboard chrome.

## 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 | `#B44936` |
| ai_blue | `#285F9E` |
| background | `#FAF8F2` |
| border | `#E8E1D6` |
| cutout | `#FFFFFF` |
| error | `#8F3E31` |
| info | `#285F9E` |
| ink | `#2B2520` |
| muted | `#7A746C` |
| paper | `#FAF8F2` |
| primary | `#285F9E` |
| seal_red | `#B44936` |
| secondary | `#7A746C` |
| stencil_shadow | `#E8E1D6` |
| success | `#5F6F52` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#2B2520` |
| warning | `#A06F2B` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Inter, 1.953rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Inter, 1.563rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Literata, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.55.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.

## Layout

### Spacing Tokens

- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `24px`
- **2xl**: `32px`
- **3xl**: `40px`
- **4xl**: `48px`
- **Step-8**: `64px`
- **Step-9**: `80px`
- **Step-10**: `96px`

### Breakpoints

Mobile <= 640px stacks reading thread, aperture preview, and lineage footer; tablet 641-1024px uses reading plus peek panel; desktop >= 1025px supports reading, side aperture, and bottom lineage trail.

### Density

Calm high-information density: compact citation controls and tables, but large unfilled paper zones around reading passages and source previews.

### Grid

12-column modular stencil grid on desktop with generous gutters. Reading surfaces, source apertures, and context bundles align to a shared 8px baseline so trails can bridge modules cleanly.

### Responsive

On small screens, source trails compress into tappable citation ticks with inline peek panels; never force full-screen modal previews unless content size makes it unavoidable.

### Whitespace

Negative space is the primary container. Use 24-40px gaps between major blocks; avoid nested card stacks. Let gaps imply ma and pause before additional context appears.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 24px 56px rgba(43, 37, 32, 0.12)
- **Md**: 0 10px 24px rgba(43, 37, 32, 0.08)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(43, 37, 32, 0.06)

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `10px`
- **Md**: `6px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `2px`

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: No wallpaper. Optional 1px bridged/dashed rules only for functional source trails, citation ticks, confidence bars, and lineage skeletons.
- **Card Style**: Mostly unboxed modules; when enclosure is necessary, use cutout-white panels with hairline stencil-shadow borders and no decorative fill.
- **Treatment**: Warm paper canvas with white apertures and pale stencil-shadow edges.

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 1px
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Pattern Style**: 1px dashed or bridged rules only when encoding citation, lineage, confidence, or skeleton structure
- **Style**: solid

## Components

### Composition

Use a modular stencil grid: independent reading, source, and context blocks are separated by purposeful negative space rather than enclosing everything in heavy cards. Let primary content occupy the largest uninterrupted paper field. Open source previews as aperture popovers, peek panels, or inline cutouts that keep the originating line visible. Arrange trails horizontally or vertically like woven warp/weft paths: one axis for the user's reading thread, the other for provenance and context bundles.

### Density

Medium-low visual density with high informational capacity: rows and citations may be compact, but every bundle needs breathing room around its aperture. Prefer inline annotations, small multiples, and source ticks over summary charts. Dense tables should feel like a ruled stencil sheet: columns rhythmically aligned, separators hairline, and shading almost absent.

### Hierarchy

Build hierarchy first through typography, spacing, and aperture depth. Headings are crisp sans or quiet editorial serif/sans pairings; labels stay small, aligned, and unsentimental. Ai blue identifies links, active trails, selected apertures, and focus states. Seal red is a provenance vocabulary only. Secondary text recedes into warm gray-brown, while white cutouts and stencil shadow distinguish preview depth.

### Signature Patterns

- Aperture previews: white cutout panels with a 1px pale stencil-shadow border, anchored to the cited phrase by a blue bridge line.
- Source trail: a thin ai-blue breadcrumb/weft line with small citation ticks that can expand into lineage labels on hover or focus.
- Provenance seal: compact red stamp-like mark used only for verified source, signed bundle, or human-reviewed evidence.
- Context bundle knot: a small intersection marker where several source threads converge, opening a compact bundle peek instead of a modal.
- Lineage footer: quiet bottom trail listing origin, transformation, confidence, and sign-off as bridged text segments.
- Filter stencil: compact controls with cutout holes, square-ish rhythm, and blue active aperture indicators.
- Empty opening: empty states show available apertures or next source openings, not decorative charts or illustrations.

## 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-019ee037-ada8-77b0-be9e-7858f1f48e7b/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 ai blue only for links, active apertures, current route, source trail, focus, and selectable evidence paths.
- Do Use seal red only for provenance, verified source, sign-off, attestation, or human review marks.
- Do Represent pattern as functional micro-structure: citation ticks, confidence bars, bridged rules, lineage marks.
- Do Keep source previews anchored to the phrase or row that opened them.
- Do Prefer inline progressive disclosure, peek panels, and compact bundles over modal interruption.
- Do Design tables with hairline rules, rhythm, and citation ticks rather than heavy shading.
- Do Let negative space carry the sense of craft and precision.
- Don't Do not use katagami-inspired pattern as wallpaper or decorative background texture.
- Don't Do not add waves, fans, cherry blossoms, or expressive Japanese display type as theme shorthand.
- Don't Do not use red for every error, alert, CTA, or brand accent; it is a seal vocabulary.
- Don't Do not bury sources in large modals detached from the originating evidence.
- Don't Do not fake craft with dense ornament, complex shadows, or excessive animated paths.
- Don't Do not over-metaphorize threads, knots, or loom parts with literal skeuomorphic graphics.

### Accessibility

Maintain WCAG AA contrast on paper and cutout surfaces. Blue links and active apertures must include underline, bridge, or focus outline so color is not the only cue. Red seals require text labels such as Verified source or Signed bundle. Keyboard focus should use a visible ai-blue aperture outline with offset.

### Usage Context

Best for AI research assistants, source-grounded writing tools, knowledge bases, legal/research citation interfaces, provenance dashboards, and calm editorial workspaces where users must understand where every claim came from.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "aya-navigation-as-weaving",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "AYA Navigation as Weaving shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#FAF8F2",
      "foreground": "#2B2520",
      "card": "#FFFFFF",
      "card-foreground": "#2B2520",
      "popover": "#FFFFFF",
      "popover-foreground": "#2B2520",
      "primary": "#285F9E",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#7A746C",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#7A746C",
      "muted-foreground": "#2B2520",
      "accent": "#B44936",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#8F3E31",
      "border": "#E8E1D6",
      "input": "#E8E1D6",
      "ring": "#B44936",
      "chart-1": "#285F9E",
      "chart-2": "#7A746C",
      "chart-3": "#B44936",
      "chart-4": "#5F6F52",
      "chart-5": "#A06F2B",
      "sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#2B2520",
      "sidebar-primary": "#285F9E",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#285F9E",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#E8E1D6",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B44936",
      "radius": "6px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#285F9E",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#B44936",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#8F3E31",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#B44936",
      "chart-1": "#285F9E",
      "chart-2": "#7A746C",
      "chart-3": "#B44936",
      "chart-4": "#5F6F52",
      "chart-5": "#A06F2B",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#285F9E",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#B44936",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B44936",
      "radius": "6px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019ee037-ada8-77b0-be9e-7858f1f48e7b",
    "slug": "aya-navigation-as-weaving",
    "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",
        "default_width",
        "pattern_style",
        "style"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "ai_blue",
        "background",
        "border",
        "cutout",
        "error",
        "info",
        "ink",
        "muted",
        "paper",
        "primary",
        "seal_red",
        "secondary",
        "stencil_shadow",
        "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",
        "label_tracking",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```
in the wild

embodiments

Design Language Preview

AYA Navigation as Weaving

Color Palette

primary
secondary
accent
background
surface
text
muted
border
error
success
warning
info

Typography

h1

Heading One

h2

Heading Two

h3

Heading Three

h4

Heading Four

body

Body text demonstrates the reading experience. Good typography is invisible — it lets the content speak without drawing attention to the letterforms themselves.

caption

Caption text for supplementary information and metadata.

code
const theme = applyTokens(designLanguage);
render(<App theme={theme} />);

Buttons

Form Controls

Navigation

tabs
Overview content area with contextual information about the design language.
segmented control
dropdown menu

Feedback & Status

badges
NewDefaultActivePendingErrorOutline
alerts
Info: A new version is available.
Success: Changes saved successfully.
Warning: Storage is almost full.
Error: Failed to process request.
progress
66% complete
tooltip
avatar
AKJDML

Containers & Overlays

card

Card Title

Cards group related content and actions. This example shows a basic content card with a title and description.

accordion

Design tokens are the atomic values of a design system — colors, spacing, typography, and other values stored as key-value pairs.

dialog
separator

Data Display

table
NameStatusCategoryScore
Neo BrutalismPublishedMaximalist94
Aero GlassDraftSpatial87
Signal UIReviewEnterprise91
stat cards
Languages
42
+12%
Elements
3,150
+8%
Usage
18.4k
+23%
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgInter · 31px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdInter · 25px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdLiterata · 16px · 400

The quick brown fox jumps

label-mdIBM Plex Mono · 12px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

Components

New
Card title

Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.

Spacing

  • base8px
  • xs4px
  • sm8px
  • md12px
  • lg16px
  • xl24px
  • 2xl32px
  • 3xl40px
  • 4xl48px
  • step-864px
  • step-980px
  • step-1096px

Shape

full9999px
lg10px
md6px
none0px
sm2px
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: #FAF8F2;
  --foreground: #2B2520;
  --card: #FFFFFF;
  --card-foreground: #2B2520;
  --popover: #FFFFFF;
  --popover-foreground: #2B2520;
  --primary: #285F9E;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #7A746C;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #7A746C;
  --muted-foreground: #2B2520;
  --accent: #B44936;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #8F3E31;
  --border: #E8E1D6;
  --input: #E8E1D6;
  --ring: #B44936;
  --chart-1: #285F9E;
  --chart-2: #7A746C;
  --chart-3: #B44936;
  --chart-4: #5F6F52;
  --chart-5: #A06F2B;
  --sidebar: #FFFFFF;
  --sidebar-foreground: #2B2520;
  --sidebar-primary: #285F9E;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #285F9E;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #E8E1D6;
  --sidebar-ring: #B44936;
  --radius: 6px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #285F9E;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #B44936;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #8F3E31;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #B44936;
  --chart-1: #285F9E;
  --chart-2: #7A746C;
  --chart-3: #B44936;
  --chart-4: #5F6F52;
  --chart-5: #A06F2B;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #285F9E;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #B44936;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #B44936;
  --radius: 6px;
}
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 AyaNavigationAsWeavingShadcnKit() {
  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">AYA Navigation as Weaving</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": "aya-navigation-as-weaving",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "AYA Navigation as Weaving shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#FAF8F2",
      "foreground": "#2B2520",
      "card": "#FFFFFF",
      "card-foreground": "#2B2520",
      "popover": "#FFFFFF",
      "popover-foreground": "#2B2520",
      "primary": "#285F9E",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#7A746C",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#7A746C",
      "muted-foreground": "#2B2520",
      "accent": "#B44936",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#8F3E31",
      "border": "#E8E1D6",
      "input": "#E8E1D6",
      "ring": "#B44936",
      "chart-1": "#285F9E",
      "chart-2": "#7A746C",
      "chart-3": "#B44936",
      "chart-4": "#5F6F52",
      "chart-5": "#A06F2B",
      "sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#2B2520",
      "sidebar-primary": "#285F9E",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#285F9E",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#E8E1D6",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B44936",
      "radius": "6px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#285F9E",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#B44936",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#8F3E31",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#B44936",
      "chart-1": "#285F9E",
      "chart-2": "#7A746C",
      "chart-3": "#B44936",
      "chart-4": "#5F6F52",
      "chart-5": "#A06F2B",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#285F9E",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#B44936",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B44936",
      "radius": "6px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019ee037-ada8-77b0-be9e-7858f1f48e7b",
    "slug": "aya-navigation-as-weaving",
    "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",
        "default_width",
        "pattern_style",
        "style"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "ai_blue",
        "background",
        "border",
        "cutout",
        "error",
        "info",
        "ink",
        "muted",
        "paper",
        "primary",
        "seal_red",
        "secondary",
        "stencil_shadow",
        "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",
        "label_tracking",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font"
      ]
    }
  }
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# AYA Navigation as Weaving shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019ee037-ada8-77b0-be9e-7858f1f48e7b`
Slug: `aya-navigation-as-weaving`

## Intent

A restrained product design language for dense AI/source navigation that treats information architecture like katagami and weaving: the interface is a calm sheet of paper cut by precise openings, with source trails acting as bridges that preserve context. AYA Navigation as Weaving avoids literal Japanese ornament and instead borrows structural ideas: cutouts reveal context, warp/weft alignment orders threads of evidence, knots mark bundled decisions, and negative space sets interaction pace. The result is an editorial, evidence-forward app language for citation-heavy AI tools, research workspaces, and provenance systems where trust comes from clarity, restraint, and visible lineage rather than decorative complexity.

## 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": "#B44936",
  "ai_blue": "#285F9E",
  "background": "#FAF8F2",
  "border": "#E8E1D6",
  "cutout": "#FFFFFF",
  "error": "#8F3E31",
  "info": "#285F9E",
  "ink": "#2B2520",
  "muted": "#7A746C",
  "paper": "#FAF8F2",
  "primary": "#285F9E",
  "seal_red": "#B44936",
  "secondary": "#7A746C",
  "stencil_shadow": "#E8E1D6",
  "success": "#5F6F52",
  "surface": "#FFFFFF",
  "text": "#2B2520",
  "warning": "#A06F2B"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "16px",
  "body_font": "Literata",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Literata:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap",
  "heading_font": "Inter",
  "label_tracking": "0.04em",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.015em",
  "line_height": 1.55,
  "mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono"
}

## Visual character to preserve

- Soft off-white paper fields with blackened-brown ink create a literary, non-clinical reading surface.
- White cutout apertures sit inside pale stencil-shadow edges, suggesting revealed information without boxed heaviness.
- Thin blue source trails, active links, and aperture outlines form the primary navigation weave.
- One-pixel dashed or bridged rules appear only where they carry citation, confidence, lineage, or loading structure.
- Small red seals mark verified provenance, source sign-off, or attested bundles; they never become general error color.
- Tables use stencil-like column rhythm, quiet rules, citation ticks, and minimal fill instead of zebra-striping or dashboard chrome.

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "paper-collage",
  "material": "paper",
  "contour": "default",
  "border": "dashed",
  "underlay": false,
  "grain": true,
  "stickerBadges": true,
  "motion": "lift",
  "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/aya-navigation-as-weaving/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 ai blue only for links, active apertures, current route, source trail, focus, and selectable evidence paths.; Use seal red only for provenance, verified source, sign-off, attestation, or human review marks.; Represent pattern as functional micro-structure: citation ticks, confidence bars, bridged rules, lineage marks.; Keep source previews anchored to the phrase or row that opened them.; Prefer inline progressive disclosure, peek panels, and compact bundles over modal interruption.; Design tables with hairline rules, rhythm, and citation ticks rather than heavy shading.; Let negative space carry the sense of craft and precision.
- Do not: Do not use katagami-inspired pattern as wallpaper or decorative background texture.; Do not add waves, fans, cherry blossoms, or expressive Japanese display type as theme shorthand.; Do not use red for every error, alert, CTA, or brand accent; it is a seal vocabulary.; Do not bury sources in large modals detached from the originating evidence.; Do not fake craft with dense ornament, complex shadows, or excessive animated paths.; Do not over-metaphorize threads, knots, or loom parts with literal skeuomorphic graphics.

## 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 AyaNavigationAsWeavingShadcnKit() {
  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">AYA Navigation as Weaving</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 <= 640px stacks reading thread, aperture preview, and lineage footer; tablet 641-1024px uses reading plus peek panel; desktop >= 1025px supports reading, side aperture, and bottom lineage trail.",
  "density": "Calm high-information density: compact citation controls and tables, but large unfilled paper zones around reading passages and source previews.",
  "grid": "12-column modular stencil grid on desktop with generous gutters. Reading surfaces, source apertures, and context bundles align to a shared 8px baseline so trails can bridge modules cleanly.",
  "responsive": "On small screens, source trails compress into tappable citation ticks with inline peek panels; never force full-screen modal previews unless content size makes it unavoidable.",
  "whitespace": "Negative space is the primary container. Use 24-40px gaps between major blocks; avoid nested card stacks. Let gaps imply ma and pause before additional context appears."
}
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-019ee037-ada8-77b0-be9e-7858f1f48e7b",
    "name": "AYA Navigation as Weaving",
    "slug": "aya-navigation-as-weaving"
  },
  "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": [
    "Soft off-white paper fields with blackened-brown ink create a literary, non-clinical reading surface.",
    "White cutout apertures sit inside pale stencil-shadow edges, suggesting revealed information without boxed heaviness.",
    "Thin blue source trails, active links, and aperture outlines form the primary navigation weave.",
    "One-pixel dashed or bridged rules appear only where they carry citation, confidence, lineage, or loading structure.",
    "Small red seals mark verified provenance, source sign-off, or attested bundles; they never become general error color.",
    "Tables use stencil-like column rhythm, quiet rules, citation ticks, and minimal fill instead of zebra-striping or dashboard chrome."
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "paper-collage",
    "material": "paper",
    "contour": "default",
    "border": "dashed",
    "underlay": false,
    "grain": true,
    "stickerBadges": true,
    "motion": "still",
    "density": "dense",
    "accents": [
      "primary",
      "accent",
      "secondary",
      "muted"
    ]
  },
  "shots": [
    {
      "id": "application-shell",
      "title": "Application shell",
      "viewport": "desktop",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "select",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "separator",
        "table"
      ],
      "composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
      "mustShow": [
        "primary and secondary actions",
        "card hierarchy",
        "filterable state",
        "table or list density"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "component inventory walls",
        "placeholder-only content",
        "generic rounded SaaS chrome"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "workspace spread",
        "headline": "AYA Navigation as Weaving 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 ai blue only for links, active apertures, current route, source trail, focus, and selectable evidence paths.",
      "Use seal red only for provenance, verified source, sign-off, attestation, or human review marks.",
      "Represent pattern as functional micro-structure: citation ticks, confidence bars, bridged rules, lineage marks.",
      "Keep source previews anchored to the phrase or row that opened them.",
      "Prefer inline progressive disclosure, peek panels, and compact bundles over modal interruption.",
      "Design tables with hairline rules, rhythm, and citation ticks rather than heavy shading.",
      "Let negative space carry the sense of craft and precision."
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not use katagami-inspired pattern as wallpaper or decorative background texture.",
      "Do not add waves, fans, cherry blossoms, or expressive Japanese display type as theme shorthand.",
      "Do not use red for every error, alert, CTA, or brand accent; it is a seal vocabulary.",
      "Do not bury sources in large modals detached from the originating evidence.",
      "Do not fake craft with dense ornament, complex shadows, or excessive animated paths.",
      "Do not over-metaphorize threads, knots, or loom parts with literal skeuomorphic graphics."
    ]
  }
}
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