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Context Weave Washi

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 quiet text-first product language for AYA workspaces where many sources, annotations, and metrics are woven into a legible field without becoming decorative textile or dashboard noise.
values
context over chromelegible layeringmeasured negative spacecraft translated as structureaccessible restraint
anti-values
×literal Japanese motifs or fabric patterns×generic white SaaS cards with arbitrary blue buttons×dense analytics walls that overpower reading
tokens
borders4 items
accent width
2px
character
ink-thin warm gray borders interrupted by indigo or persimmon cutline tabs
default width
1px
style
solid with occasional segmented overlay rules
colors12 items
accent
#C45E36
background
#F7F3EA
border
#D8D0C0
error
#A84632
info
#3E5F8A
muted
#6F716C
primary
#2F496E
secondary
#7B7467
success
#52745C
surface
#FCFAF4
text
#1E2428
warning
#C45E36
motion3 items
duration
160ms
easing
cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0.1, 1)
philosophy
interactions settle like a sheet being placed down: short opacity, border-color, and 1px translate shifts only
radii5 items
full
9999px
lg
8px
md
4px
none
0
sm
2px
shadows3 items
lg
0 24px 56px rgba(47,73,110,0.12)
md
0 12px 28px rgba(47,73,110,0.08)
sm
0 1px 0 rgba(30,36,40,0.06)
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
bg pattern
non-literal tonal grain only; no textile, floral, wave, or repeating craft motif
card style
flat bordered panels with occasional inset washi wells and clipped stencil tabs
treatment
matte light surfaces with subtle tonal layering and faint paper grain made from low-opacity radial and linear gradients
typography8 items
base size
16px
body font
IBM Plex Sans JP
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Sans+JP:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Literata:opsz,wght@7..72,500;7..72,600&display=swap
heading font
Literata
letter spacing
-0.012em
line height
1.58
mono font
IBM Plex Mono
scale ratio
1.22
rules
composition
Compose screens as a context weave: navigation map at the left, primary reading/work area in the center, and narrow marginal signals at the right with clear collapse behavior.
density

Medium-high information density is allowed only when divided into quiet bands, 8px rhythm, and breathable paragraph measures around 62 to 78 characters.

hierarchy
Let typography and rule placement create priority: Literata section headings, IBM Plex Sans JP body, mono metrics, sparse persimmon warnings, and indigo selected states.
signature patterns
Stencil-tabs: tiny rectangular edge tabs positioned with pseudo-elements on selected cards, buttons, and navigation rows.Marginal metrics: mono numeric chips aligned to the outer rail or paragraph edge, using hairline separators rather than filled badges.Layered context wells: inset panels in a second washi tone with clipped corner notches created by linear-gradient masks.Segmented ink rules: horizontal and vertical borders broken by small gaps to imply stencil cutlines without creating ornament.
layout
breakpoints

mobile 375px stacks rails below content; tablet 768px uses two columns with signals under the header; desktop 1200px restores three-column weave.

grid

Desktop uses a 248px context map, minmax central document column, and 220px marginal signal rail on a 24px gutter grid.

whitespace

Whitespace is treated as ma: large page gutters, 16px internal rhythm, and deliberate empty bands around section titles to keep dense context calm.

guidance
do
  • Use text as the primary material and keep controls visually quiet until focused or selected.
  • Place metrics near the document line or section they explain instead of isolating them in a dashboard.
  • Use indigo for links, selection, and focus; use persimmon only when attention must interrupt reading.
avoid
  • Do not add literal textile patterns, sakura, waves, fans, or ornamental Japanese graphics.
  • Do not turn every component into a card; prefer rules, wells, and margins for structure.
  • Do not use saturated color fills for routine states or heavy shadows that break the paper-like restraint.
katagami spec
# Context Weave Washi

## Philosophy

A quiet text-first product language for AYA workspaces where many sources, annotations, and metrics are woven into a legible field without becoming decorative textile or dashboard noise.

### Values

- context over chrome
- legible layering
- measured negative space
- craft translated as structure
- accessible restraint

### Anti-Values

- literal Japanese motifs or fabric patterns
- generic white SaaS cards with arbitrary blue buttons
- dense analytics walls that overpower reading

### Visual Character

- Use a pale washi field with two tonal surface layers: main panels in #FCFAF4 and inset notes in #F6F1E7 separated by one-pixel ink borders.
- Build a left context map and right marginal signal rail using CSS grid columns that collapse into stacked bands on narrow screens.
- Represent katagami stencil logic through small rectangular cutline tabs, offset rule segments, and masked corner notches rather than repeating motifs.
- Set reading content in generous line-height with compact mono inline metrics embedded as marginal annotations and underlined indigo text links.
- Reserve persimmon only for sparse alerts, thresholds, and one selected state while default interaction focus uses muted indigo rings.

## Tokens

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: ink-thin warm gray borders interrupted by indigo or persimmon cutline tabs
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with occasional segmented overlay rules

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#C45E36` |
| background | `#F7F3EA` |
| border | `#D8D0C0` |
| error | `#A84632` |
| info | `#3E5F8A` |
| muted | `#6F716C` |
| primary | `#2F496E` |
| secondary | `#7B7467` |
| success | `#52745C` |
| surface | `#FCFAF4` |
| text | `#1E2428` |
| warning | `#C45E36` |

### Motion

- **Duration**: 160ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0.1, 1)
- **Philosophy**: interactions settle like a sheet being placed down: short opacity, border-color, and 1px translate shifts only

### Radii

- **Full**: 9999px
- **Lg**: 8px
- **Md**: 4px
- **None**: 0
- **Sm**: 2px

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 24px 56px rgba(47,73,110,0.12)
- **Md**: 0 12px 28px rgba(47,73,110,0.08)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(30,36,40,0.06)

### Spacing

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

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: non-literal tonal grain only; no textile, floral, wave, or repeating craft motif
- **Card Style**: flat bordered panels with occasional inset washi wells and clipped stencil tabs
- **Treatment**: matte light surfaces with subtle tonal layering and faint paper grain made from low-opacity radial and linear gradients

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: IBM Plex Sans JP
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Sans+JP:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Literata:opsz,wght@7..72,500;7..72,600&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: Literata
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.012em
- **Line Height**: 1.58
- **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.22

## Rules

### Composition

Compose screens as a context weave: navigation map at the left, primary reading/work area in the center, and narrow marginal signals at the right with clear collapse behavior.

### Density

Medium-high information density is allowed only when divided into quiet bands, 8px rhythm, and breathable paragraph measures around 62 to 78 characters.

### Hierarchy

Let typography and rule placement create priority: Literata section headings, IBM Plex Sans JP body, mono metrics, sparse persimmon warnings, and indigo selected states.

### Signature Patterns

- Stencil-tabs: tiny rectangular edge tabs positioned with pseudo-elements on selected cards, buttons, and navigation rows.
- Marginal metrics: mono numeric chips aligned to the outer rail or paragraph edge, using hairline separators rather than filled badges.
- Layered context wells: inset panels in a second washi tone with clipped corner notches created by linear-gradient masks.
- Segmented ink rules: horizontal and vertical borders broken by small gaps to imply stencil cutlines without creating ornament.

## Layout

### Breakpoints

mobile 375px stacks rails below content; tablet 768px uses two columns with signals under the header; desktop 1200px restores three-column weave.

### Grid

Desktop uses a 248px context map, minmax central document column, and 220px marginal signal rail on a 24px gutter grid.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is treated as ma: large page gutters, 16px internal rhythm, and deliberate empty bands around section titles to keep dense context calm.

## Guidance

### Do

- Use text as the primary material and keep controls visually quiet until focused or selected.
- Place metrics near the document line or section they explain instead of isolating them in a dashboard.
- Use indigo for links, selection, and focus; use persimmon only when attention must interrupt reading.

### Don't

- Do not add literal textile patterns, sakura, waves, fans, or ornamental Japanese graphics.
- Do not turn every component into a card; prefer rules, wells, and margins for structure.
- Do not use saturated color fills for routine states or heavy shadows that break the paper-like restraint.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Context Weave Washi"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  accent: "#C45E36"
  background: "#F7F3EA"
  border: "#D8D0C0"
  error: "#A84632"
  info: "#3E5F8A"
  muted: "#6F716C"
  primary: "#2F496E"
  secondary: "#7B7467"
  success: "#52745C"
  surface: "#FCFAF4"
  text: "#1E2428"
  warning: "#C45E36"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Literata"
    fontSize: "1.816rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.012em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Literata"
    fontSize: "1.488rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.012em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Sans JP"
    fontSize: "16px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.58
    letterSpacing: "-0.012em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  full: "9999px"
  lg: "8px"
  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"
---

# Context Weave Washi

## Overview

A quiet text-first product language for AYA workspaces where many sources, annotations, and metrics are woven into a legible field without becoming decorative textile or dashboard noise.

### Values

- context over chrome
- legible layering
- measured negative space
- craft translated as structure
- accessible restraint

### Anti-Values

- literal Japanese motifs or fabric patterns
- generic white SaaS cards with arbitrary blue buttons
- dense analytics walls that overpower reading

### Visual Character

- Use a pale washi field with two tonal surface layers: main panels in #FCFAF4 and inset notes in #F6F1E7 separated by one-pixel ink borders.
- Build a left context map and right marginal signal rail using CSS grid columns that collapse into stacked bands on narrow screens.
- Represent katagami stencil logic through small rectangular cutline tabs, offset rule segments, and masked corner notches rather than repeating motifs.
- Set reading content in generous line-height with compact mono inline metrics embedded as marginal annotations and underlined indigo text links.
- Reserve persimmon only for sparse alerts, thresholds, and one selected state while default interaction focus uses muted indigo rings.

## 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 | `#C45E36` |
| background | `#F7F3EA` |
| border | `#D8D0C0` |
| error | `#A84632` |
| info | `#3E5F8A` |
| muted | `#6F716C` |
| primary | `#2F496E` |
| secondary | `#7B7467` |
| success | `#52745C` |
| surface | `#FCFAF4` |
| text | `#1E2428` |
| warning | `#C45E36` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Literata, 1.816rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Literata, 1.488rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: IBM Plex Sans JP, 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 stacks rails below content; tablet 768px uses two columns with signals under the header; desktop 1200px restores three-column weave.

### Grid

Desktop uses a 248px context map, minmax central document column, and 220px marginal signal rail on a 24px gutter grid.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is treated as ma: large page gutters, 16px internal rhythm, and deliberate empty bands around section titles to keep dense context calm.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 24px 56px rgba(47,73,110,0.12)
- **Md**: 0 12px 28px rgba(47,73,110,0.08)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(30,36,40,0.06)

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `8px`
- **Md**: `4px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `2px`

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: non-literal tonal grain only; no textile, floral, wave, or repeating craft motif
- **Card Style**: flat bordered panels with occasional inset washi wells and clipped stencil tabs
- **Treatment**: matte light surfaces with subtle tonal layering and faint paper grain made from low-opacity radial and linear gradients

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: ink-thin warm gray borders interrupted by indigo or persimmon cutline tabs
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with occasional segmented overlay rules

## Components

### Composition

Compose screens as a context weave: navigation map at the left, primary reading/work area in the center, and narrow marginal signals at the right with clear collapse behavior.

### Density

Medium-high information density is allowed only when divided into quiet bands, 8px rhythm, and breathable paragraph measures around 62 to 78 characters.

### Hierarchy

Let typography and rule placement create priority: Literata section headings, IBM Plex Sans JP body, mono metrics, sparse persimmon warnings, and indigo selected states.

### Signature Patterns

- Stencil-tabs: tiny rectangular edge tabs positioned with pseudo-elements on selected cards, buttons, and navigation rows.
- Marginal metrics: mono numeric chips aligned to the outer rail or paragraph edge, using hairline separators rather than filled badges.
- Layered context wells: inset panels in a second washi tone with clipped corner notches created by linear-gradient masks.
- Segmented ink rules: horizontal and vertical borders broken by small gaps to imply stencil cutlines without creating ornament.

## 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-019ee03a-3548-7fa3-b23e-fdcd33a59293/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 text as the primary material and keep controls visually quiet until focused or selected.
- Do Place metrics near the document line or section they explain instead of isolating them in a dashboard.
- Do Use indigo for links, selection, and focus; use persimmon only when attention must interrupt reading.
- Don't Do not add literal textile patterns, sakura, waves, fans, or ornamental Japanese graphics.
- Don't Do not turn every component into a card; prefer rules, wells, and margins for structure.
- Don't Do not use saturated color fills for routine states or heavy shadows that break the paper-like restraint.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "context-weave-washi",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Context Weave Washi shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F7F3EA",
      "foreground": "#1E2428",
      "card": "#FCFAF4",
      "card-foreground": "#1E2428",
      "popover": "#FCFAF4",
      "popover-foreground": "#1E2428",
      "primary": "#2F496E",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#7B7467",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#6F716C",
      "muted-foreground": "#1E2428",
      "accent": "#C45E36",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#A84632",
      "border": "#D8D0C0",
      "input": "#D8D0C0",
      "ring": "#C45E36",
      "chart-1": "#2F496E",
      "chart-2": "#7B7467",
      "chart-3": "#C45E36",
      "chart-4": "#52745C",
      "chart-5": "#C45E36",
      "sidebar": "#FCFAF4",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#1E2428",
      "sidebar-primary": "#2F496E",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#3E5F8A",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#D8D0C0",
      "sidebar-ring": "#C45E36",
      "radius": "4px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#2F496E",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#C45E36",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#A84632",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#C45E36",
      "chart-1": "#2F496E",
      "chart-2": "#7B7467",
      "chart-3": "#C45E36",
      "chart-4": "#52745C",
      "chart-5": "#C45E36",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#2F496E",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#C45E36",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#C45E36",
      "radius": "4px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019ee03a-3548-7fa3-b23e-fdcd33a59293",
    "slug": "context-weave-washi",
    "componentManifest": [
      "button",
      "card",
      "input",
      "textarea",
      "select",
      "dialog",
      "sheet",
      "tabs",
      "badge",
      "separator",
      "checkbox",
      "switch",
      "slider",
      "tooltip",
      "dropdown-menu",
      "table"
    ],
    "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
    "nativeTokenNames": {
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "background",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```
in the wild

embodiments

the full element showcase
embodiment · context-weave-washi
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgLiterata · 29px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdLiterata · 24px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdIBM Plex Sans JP · 16px · 400

The quick brown fox jumps

label-mdIBM Plex Mono · 12px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

Components

New
Card title

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

Spacing

  • base8px
  • xs4px
  • sm8px
  • md12px
  • lg16px
  • xl24px
  • 2xl32px
  • 3xl48px
  • 4xl64px

Shape

full9999px
lg8px
md4px
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.
primaryaccentsurfacemutederror
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: #F7F3EA;
  --foreground: #1E2428;
  --card: #FCFAF4;
  --card-foreground: #1E2428;
  --popover: #FCFAF4;
  --popover-foreground: #1E2428;
  --primary: #2F496E;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #7B7467;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #6F716C;
  --muted-foreground: #1E2428;
  --accent: #C45E36;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #A84632;
  --border: #D8D0C0;
  --input: #D8D0C0;
  --ring: #C45E36;
  --chart-1: #2F496E;
  --chart-2: #7B7467;
  --chart-3: #C45E36;
  --chart-4: #52745C;
  --chart-5: #C45E36;
  --sidebar: #FCFAF4;
  --sidebar-foreground: #1E2428;
  --sidebar-primary: #2F496E;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #3E5F8A;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #D8D0C0;
  --sidebar-ring: #C45E36;
  --radius: 4px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #2F496E;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #C45E36;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #A84632;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #C45E36;
  --chart-1: #2F496E;
  --chart-2: #7B7467;
  --chart-3: #C45E36;
  --chart-4: #52745C;
  --chart-5: #C45E36;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #2F496E;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #C45E36;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #C45E36;
  --radius: 4px;
}
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 ContextWeaveWashiShadcnKit() {
  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">Context Weave Washi</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": "context-weave-washi",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Context Weave Washi shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F7F3EA",
      "foreground": "#1E2428",
      "card": "#FCFAF4",
      "card-foreground": "#1E2428",
      "popover": "#FCFAF4",
      "popover-foreground": "#1E2428",
      "primary": "#2F496E",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#7B7467",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#6F716C",
      "muted-foreground": "#1E2428",
      "accent": "#C45E36",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#A84632",
      "border": "#D8D0C0",
      "input": "#D8D0C0",
      "ring": "#C45E36",
      "chart-1": "#2F496E",
      "chart-2": "#7B7467",
      "chart-3": "#C45E36",
      "chart-4": "#52745C",
      "chart-5": "#C45E36",
      "sidebar": "#FCFAF4",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#1E2428",
      "sidebar-primary": "#2F496E",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#3E5F8A",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#D8D0C0",
      "sidebar-ring": "#C45E36",
      "radius": "4px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#2F496E",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#C45E36",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#A84632",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#C45E36",
      "chart-1": "#2F496E",
      "chart-2": "#7B7467",
      "chart-3": "#C45E36",
      "chart-4": "#52745C",
      "chart-5": "#C45E36",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#2F496E",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#C45E36",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#C45E36",
      "radius": "4px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019ee03a-3548-7fa3-b23e-fdcd33a59293",
    "slug": "context-weave-washi",
    "componentManifest": [
      "button",
      "card",
      "input",
      "textarea",
      "select",
      "dialog",
      "sheet",
      "tabs",
      "badge",
      "separator",
      "checkbox",
      "switch",
      "slider",
      "tooltip",
      "dropdown-menu",
      "table"
    ],
    "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
    "nativeTokenNames": {
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "background",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ]
    }
  }
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Context Weave Washi shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019ee03a-3548-7fa3-b23e-fdcd33a59293`
Slug: `context-weave-washi`

## Intent

A quiet text-first product language for AYA workspaces where many sources, annotations, and metrics are woven into a legible field without becoming decorative textile or dashboard noise.

## 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": "#C45E36",
  "background": "#F7F3EA",
  "border": "#D8D0C0",
  "error": "#A84632",
  "info": "#3E5F8A",
  "muted": "#6F716C",
  "primary": "#2F496E",
  "secondary": "#7B7467",
  "success": "#52745C",
  "surface": "#FCFAF4",
  "text": "#1E2428",
  "warning": "#C45E36"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "16px",
  "body_font": "IBM Plex Sans JP",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=IBM+Plex+Sans+JP:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Literata:opsz,wght@7..72,500;7..72,600&display=swap",
  "heading_font": "Literata",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.012em",
  "line_height": 1.58,
  "mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
  "scale_ratio": 1.22
}

## Visual character to preserve

- Use a pale washi field with two tonal surface layers: main panels in #FCFAF4 and inset notes in #F6F1E7 separated by one-pixel ink borders.
- Build a left context map and right marginal signal rail using CSS grid columns that collapse into stacked bands on narrow screens.
- Represent katagami stencil logic through small rectangular cutline tabs, offset rule segments, and masked corner notches rather than repeating motifs.
- Set reading content in generous line-height with compact mono inline metrics embedded as marginal annotations and underlined indigo text links.
- Reserve persimmon only for sparse alerts, thresholds, and one selected state while default interaction focus uses muted indigo rings.

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "paper-collage",
  "material": "paper",
  "contour": "default",
  "border": "solid",
  "underlay": true,
  "grain": true,
  "stickerBadges": true,
  "motion": "still",
  "density": "dense",
  "accents": [
    "primary",
    "accent",
    "secondary",
    "muted"
  ]
}

## Signature component recipes

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

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

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

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

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

## Preview shots

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

## Implementation contract

- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/context-weave-washi/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 text as the primary material and keep controls visually quiet until focused or selected.; Place metrics near the document line or section they explain instead of isolating them in a dashboard.; Use indigo for links, selection, and focus; use persimmon only when attention must interrupt reading.
- Do not: Do not add literal textile patterns, sakura, waves, fans, or ornamental Japanese graphics.; Do not turn every component into a card; prefer rules, wells, and margins for structure.; Do not use saturated color fills for routine states or heavy shadows that break the paper-like restraint.

## 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 ContextWeaveWashiShadcnKit() {
  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">Context Weave Washi</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 stacks rails below content; tablet 768px uses two columns with signals under the header; desktop 1200px restores three-column weave.",
  "grid": "Desktop uses a 248px context map, minmax central document column, and 220px marginal signal rail on a 24px gutter grid.",
  "whitespace": "Whitespace is treated as ma: large page gutters, 16px internal rhythm, and deliberate empty bands around section titles to keep dense context calm."
}
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-019ee03a-3548-7fa3-b23e-fdcd33a59293",
    "name": "Context Weave Washi",
    "slug": "context-weave-washi"
  },
  "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 pale washi field with two tonal surface layers: main panels in #FCFAF4 and inset notes in #F6F1E7 separated by one-pixel ink borders.",
    "Build a left context map and right marginal signal rail using CSS grid columns that collapse into stacked bands on narrow screens.",
    "Represent katagami stencil logic through small rectangular cutline tabs, offset rule segments, and masked corner notches rather than repeating motifs.",
    "Set reading content in generous line-height with compact mono inline metrics embedded as marginal annotations and underlined indigo text links.",
    "Reserve persimmon only for sparse alerts, thresholds, and one selected state while default interaction focus uses muted indigo rings."
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "paper-collage",
    "material": "paper",
    "contour": "default",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": true,
    "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": "Context Weave Washi 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 text as the primary material and keep controls visually quiet until focused or selected.",
      "Place metrics near the document line or section they explain instead of isolating them in a dashboard.",
      "Use indigo for links, selection, and focus; use persimmon only when attention must interrupt reading."
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not add literal textile patterns, sakura, waves, fans, or ornamental Japanese graphics.",
      "Do not turn every component into a card; prefer rules, wells, and margins for structure.",
      "Do not use saturated color fills for routine states or heavy shadows that break the paper-like restraint."
    ]
  }
}
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