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Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism

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 workspace language for AYA: layered research, inline metrics, and marginal context are organized like sheets of washi on a desk, using absence, rhythm, and small state accents rather than decorative Japanese motifs.
values
Legible synthesis over visual spectacleMa as usable whitespace around dense contextLayered context that remains calm and traceableCraft restraint expressed through line, grain, and repetition
anti-values
×Literal fans, waves, lanterns, or ornamental Japanese pastiche×Saturated dashboard color and heavy analytics chrome×Generic rounded SaaS cards with interchangeable shadows
tokens
borders4 items
accent width
2px
character
Cool grey hairlines, small stencil gaps, and occasional indigo or persimmon edge marks.
default width
1px
style
solid with micro-dash separators where context changes
colors12 items
accent
#274E7A
background
#F7F2E8
border
#D8D1C4
error
#9B3D30
info
#496A8E
muted
#7B766E
primary
#1F2930
secondary
#6B655B
success
#4F6F52
surface
#FFFCF4
text
#171512
warning
#C66B2B
motion3 items
duration
160ms
easing
cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.0, 0.1, 1)
philosophy
States settle like paper alignment: opacity, border color, and 1px translation only; no bounce or flourish.
radii5 items
full
9999px
lg
8px
md
4px
none
0
sm
2px
shadows3 items
lg
0 18px 48px rgba(31,41,48,0.08)
md
0 8px 24px rgba(31,41,48,0.06)
sm
0 1px 0 rgba(23,21,18,0.05)
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
bg pattern
Layered repeating-linear-gradient fibers at low opacity plus sparse horizontal rule rhythm.
card style
Rectilinear paper panels with 1px cool grey borders, tiny clipped ticks, and little to no elevation.
treatment
Warm washi base with almost-flat paper sheets, faint fiber grain, and translucent overlays.
typography8 items
base size
16px
body font
Source Sans 3
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,500;9..144,650&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=Source+Sans+3:wght@400;500;600&display=swap
heading font
Fraunces
letter spacing
-0.012em
line height
1.55
mono font
IBM Plex Mono
scale ratio
1.2
rules
composition
Compose screens as layered editorial workspaces: a context map rail, a primary reading/synthesis plane, and a marginal analytics plane that supports the document without competing with it.
density

High information density is allowed inside ruled modules, but each cluster must breathe with generous gutters and clear negative-space pauses.

hierarchy

Use size, measure, line length, and rule weight before color; metrics sit inline or in the margin in mono type, while headlines remain sparse and serif.

signature patterns
Washi grain fields are built from two low-opacity repeating-linear-gradients so large quiet areas still feel materially authored.Katagami cut marks appear as absolute-positioned corner ticks and short border gaps on panels, tabs, and selected rows.Marginal signals use a dedicated right-side rail with tiny mono values, vertical rule alignment, and accent dots no larger than 6px.Inline metrics are embedded as bracketed mono capsules inside prose rows, avoiding separate chart cards unless comparison is necessary.Navigation behaves like a context map: nested labels, hairline connectors, and current-position indigo strokes replace large icon buttons.
layout
breakpoints

Desktop 1200px+, tablet 720-1199px collapses marginal signals below document, mobile <720px stacks rail, document, and metrics with sticky section tabs.

grid

Twelve-column desktop grid with 72px outer margins, a 220px context rail, fluid document center, and 248px marginal signal column.

whitespace

Whitespace is treated as ma: pauses of 24-48px separate conceptual layers, while 8-12px rhythm handles dense rows and inline annotations.

guidance
do
  • Use warm off-white, paper neutrals, sumi text, and hairline grey dividers as the default visual vocabulary.
  • Place analytics adjacent to documents as inline capsules, marginal values, or compact comparison strips.
  • Keep accents rare: indigo for focus/current location, persimmon for priority or warning, never for decoration.
  • Manifest Japanese craft through stencil logic, rhythm, grain, and restraint rather than literal motifs.
avoid
  • Do not add ornamental sakura, waves, fans, torii, or other literal cultural icons.
  • Do not use saturated chart palettes, glassmorphism, glossy gradients, or heavy drop shadows.
  • Do not turn every section into a rounded SaaS card; preserve editorial planes and rule-based structure.
  • Do not hide dense context behind icon-only navigation or ambiguous dashboard widgets.
katagami spec
# Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism

## Philosophy

A quiet text-first workspace language for AYA: layered research, inline metrics, and marginal context are organized like sheets of washi on a desk, using absence, rhythm, and small state accents rather than decorative Japanese motifs.

### Values

- Legible synthesis over visual spectacle
- Ma as usable whitespace around dense context
- Layered context that remains calm and traceable
- Craft restraint expressed through line, grain, and repetition

### Anti-Values

- Literal fans, waves, lanterns, or ornamental Japanese pastiche
- Saturated dashboard color and heavy analytics chrome
- Generic rounded SaaS cards with interchangeable shadows

### Visual Character

- A 12-column editorial grid with a narrow left context rail, broad reading column, and right marginal signal column defined by cool grey hairlines.
- Warm off-white page and slightly translucent paper panels use subtle repeating linear gradients for washi grain rather than shadows or color fills.
- Sumi text hierarchy pairs a precise serif headline face with a quiet sans body and compact mono metrics for document-adjacent analytics.
- Katagami stencil logic appears as clipped corner ticks, thin rule gaps, and repeated micro-dash separators instead of illustrative patterning.
- Interaction state is limited to restrained indigo focus rings and persimmon warning/priority marks, always occupying small inline or marginal zones.

## Tokens

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: Cool grey hairlines, small stencil gaps, and occasional indigo or persimmon edge marks.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with micro-dash separators where context changes

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#274E7A` |
| background | `#F7F2E8` |
| border | `#D8D1C4` |
| error | `#9B3D30` |
| info | `#496A8E` |
| muted | `#7B766E` |
| primary | `#1F2930` |
| secondary | `#6B655B` |
| success | `#4F6F52` |
| surface | `#FFFCF4` |
| text | `#171512` |
| warning | `#C66B2B` |

### Motion

- **Duration**: 160ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.0, 0.1, 1)
- **Philosophy**: States settle like paper alignment: opacity, border color, and 1px translation only; no bounce or flourish.

### Radii

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

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 18px 48px rgba(31,41,48,0.08)
- **Md**: 0 8px 24px rgba(31,41,48,0.06)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(23,21,18,0.05)

### Spacing

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

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: Layered repeating-linear-gradient fibers at low opacity plus sparse horizontal rule rhythm.
- **Card Style**: Rectilinear paper panels with 1px cool grey borders, tiny clipped ticks, and little to no elevation.
- **Treatment**: Warm washi base with almost-flat paper sheets, faint fiber grain, and translucent overlays.

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: Source Sans 3
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,500;9..144,650&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=Source+Sans+3:wght@400;500;600&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: Fraunces
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.012em
- **Line Height**: 1.55
- **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.2

## Rules

### Composition

Compose screens as layered editorial workspaces: a context map rail, a primary reading/synthesis plane, and a marginal analytics plane that supports the document without competing with it.

### Density

High information density is allowed inside ruled modules, but each cluster must breathe with generous gutters and clear negative-space pauses.

### Hierarchy

Use size, measure, line length, and rule weight before color; metrics sit inline or in the margin in mono type, while headlines remain sparse and serif.

### Signature Patterns

- Washi grain fields are built from two low-opacity repeating-linear-gradients so large quiet areas still feel materially authored.
- Katagami cut marks appear as absolute-positioned corner ticks and short border gaps on panels, tabs, and selected rows.
- Marginal signals use a dedicated right-side rail with tiny mono values, vertical rule alignment, and accent dots no larger than 6px.
- Inline metrics are embedded as bracketed mono capsules inside prose rows, avoiding separate chart cards unless comparison is necessary.
- Navigation behaves like a context map: nested labels, hairline connectors, and current-position indigo strokes replace large icon buttons.

## Layout

### Breakpoints

Desktop 1200px+, tablet 720-1199px collapses marginal signals below document, mobile <720px stacks rail, document, and metrics with sticky section tabs.

### Grid

Twelve-column desktop grid with 72px outer margins, a 220px context rail, fluid document center, and 248px marginal signal column.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is treated as ma: pauses of 24-48px separate conceptual layers, while 8-12px rhythm handles dense rows and inline annotations.

## Guidance

### Do

- Use warm off-white, paper neutrals, sumi text, and hairline grey dividers as the default visual vocabulary.
- Place analytics adjacent to documents as inline capsules, marginal values, or compact comparison strips.
- Keep accents rare: indigo for focus/current location, persimmon for priority or warning, never for decoration.
- Manifest Japanese craft through stencil logic, rhythm, grain, and restraint rather than literal motifs.

### Don't

- Do not add ornamental sakura, waves, fans, torii, or other literal cultural icons.
- Do not use saturated chart palettes, glassmorphism, glossy gradients, or heavy drop shadows.
- Do not turn every section into a rounded SaaS card; preserve editorial planes and rule-based structure.
- Do not hide dense context behind icon-only navigation or ambiguous dashboard widgets.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  accent: "#274E7A"
  background: "#F7F2E8"
  border: "#D8D1C4"
  error: "#9B3D30"
  info: "#496A8E"
  muted: "#7B766E"
  primary: "#1F2930"
  secondary: "#6B655B"
  success: "#4F6F52"
  surface: "#FFFCF4"
  text: "#171512"
  warning: "#C66B2B"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Fraunces"
    fontSize: "1.728rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.012em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Fraunces"
    fontSize: "1.44rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.012em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "Source Sans 3"
    fontSize: "16px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.55
    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"
---

# Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism

## Overview

A quiet text-first workspace language for AYA: layered research, inline metrics, and marginal context are organized like sheets of washi on a desk, using absence, rhythm, and small state accents rather than decorative Japanese motifs.

### Values

- Legible synthesis over visual spectacle
- Ma as usable whitespace around dense context
- Layered context that remains calm and traceable
- Craft restraint expressed through line, grain, and repetition

### Anti-Values

- Literal fans, waves, lanterns, or ornamental Japanese pastiche
- Saturated dashboard color and heavy analytics chrome
- Generic rounded SaaS cards with interchangeable shadows

### Visual Character

- A 12-column editorial grid with a narrow left context rail, broad reading column, and right marginal signal column defined by cool grey hairlines.
- Warm off-white page and slightly translucent paper panels use subtle repeating linear gradients for washi grain rather than shadows or color fills.
- Sumi text hierarchy pairs a precise serif headline face with a quiet sans body and compact mono metrics for document-adjacent analytics.
- Katagami stencil logic appears as clipped corner ticks, thin rule gaps, and repeated micro-dash separators instead of illustrative patterning.
- Interaction state is limited to restrained indigo focus rings and persimmon warning/priority marks, always occupying small inline or marginal zones.

## 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 | `#274E7A` |
| background | `#F7F2E8` |
| border | `#D8D1C4` |
| error | `#9B3D30` |
| info | `#496A8E` |
| muted | `#7B766E` |
| primary | `#1F2930` |
| secondary | `#6B655B` |
| success | `#4F6F52` |
| surface | `#FFFCF4` |
| text | `#171512` |
| warning | `#C66B2B` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Fraunces, 1.728rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Fraunces, 1.44rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Source Sans 3, 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**: `48px`
- **4xl**: `64px`

### Breakpoints

Desktop 1200px+, tablet 720-1199px collapses marginal signals below document, mobile <720px stacks rail, document, and metrics with sticky section tabs.

### Grid

Twelve-column desktop grid with 72px outer margins, a 220px context rail, fluid document center, and 248px marginal signal column.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is treated as ma: pauses of 24-48px separate conceptual layers, while 8-12px rhythm handles dense rows and inline annotations.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 18px 48px rgba(31,41,48,0.08)
- **Md**: 0 8px 24px rgba(31,41,48,0.06)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(23,21,18,0.05)

## Shapes

### Rounded

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

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: Layered repeating-linear-gradient fibers at low opacity plus sparse horizontal rule rhythm.
- **Card Style**: Rectilinear paper panels with 1px cool grey borders, tiny clipped ticks, and little to no elevation.
- **Treatment**: Warm washi base with almost-flat paper sheets, faint fiber grain, and translucent overlays.

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: Cool grey hairlines, small stencil gaps, and occasional indigo or persimmon edge marks.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with micro-dash separators where context changes

## Components

### Composition

Compose screens as layered editorial workspaces: a context map rail, a primary reading/synthesis plane, and a marginal analytics plane that supports the document without competing with it.

### Density

High information density is allowed inside ruled modules, but each cluster must breathe with generous gutters and clear negative-space pauses.

### Hierarchy

Use size, measure, line length, and rule weight before color; metrics sit inline or in the margin in mono type, while headlines remain sparse and serif.

### Signature Patterns

- Washi grain fields are built from two low-opacity repeating-linear-gradients so large quiet areas still feel materially authored.
- Katagami cut marks appear as absolute-positioned corner ticks and short border gaps on panels, tabs, and selected rows.
- Marginal signals use a dedicated right-side rail with tiny mono values, vertical rule alignment, and accent dots no larger than 6px.
- Inline metrics are embedded as bracketed mono capsules inside prose rows, avoiding separate chart cards unless comparison is necessary.
- Navigation behaves like a context map: nested labels, hairline connectors, and current-position indigo strokes replace large icon buttons.

## 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-019ee03c-6eb6-7e40-b45d-8d8f818dee49/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.

The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.

Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.

Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table

Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do Use warm off-white, paper neutrals, sumi text, and hairline grey dividers as the default visual vocabulary.
- Do Place analytics adjacent to documents as inline capsules, marginal values, or compact comparison strips.
- Do Keep accents rare: indigo for focus/current location, persimmon for priority or warning, never for decoration.
- Do Manifest Japanese craft through stencil logic, rhythm, grain, and restraint rather than literal motifs.
- Don't Do not add ornamental sakura, waves, fans, torii, or other literal cultural icons.
- Don't Do not use saturated chart palettes, glassmorphism, glossy gradients, or heavy drop shadows.
- Don't Do not turn every section into a rounded SaaS card; preserve editorial planes and rule-based structure.
- Don't Do not hide dense context behind icon-only navigation or ambiguous dashboard widgets.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "washi-editorial-workspace-minimalism",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F7F2E8",
      "foreground": "#171512",
      "card": "#FFFCF4",
      "card-foreground": "#171512",
      "popover": "#FFFCF4",
      "popover-foreground": "#171512",
      "primary": "#1F2930",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#6B655B",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#7B766E",
      "muted-foreground": "#171512",
      "accent": "#274E7A",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#9B3D30",
      "border": "#D8D1C4",
      "input": "#D8D1C4",
      "ring": "#274E7A",
      "chart-1": "#1F2930",
      "chart-2": "#6B655B",
      "chart-3": "#274E7A",
      "chart-4": "#4F6F52",
      "chart-5": "#C66B2B",
      "sidebar": "#FFFCF4",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#171512",
      "sidebar-primary": "#1F2930",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#496A8E",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#D8D1C4",
      "sidebar-ring": "#274E7A",
      "radius": "4px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#1F2930",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#274E7A",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#9B3D30",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#274E7A",
      "chart-1": "#1F2930",
      "chart-2": "#6B655B",
      "chart-3": "#274E7A",
      "chart-4": "#4F6F52",
      "chart-5": "#C66B2B",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#1F2930",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#274E7A",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#274E7A",
      "radius": "4px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019ee03c-6eb6-7e40-b45d-8d8f818dee49",
    "slug": "washi-editorial-workspace-minimalism",
    "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 · washi-editorial-workspace-minimalism
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgFraunces · 28px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdFraunces · 23px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdSource Sans 3 · 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.
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: #F7F2E8;
  --foreground: #171512;
  --card: #FFFCF4;
  --card-foreground: #171512;
  --popover: #FFFCF4;
  --popover-foreground: #171512;
  --primary: #1F2930;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #6B655B;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #7B766E;
  --muted-foreground: #171512;
  --accent: #274E7A;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #9B3D30;
  --border: #D8D1C4;
  --input: #D8D1C4;
  --ring: #274E7A;
  --chart-1: #1F2930;
  --chart-2: #6B655B;
  --chart-3: #274E7A;
  --chart-4: #4F6F52;
  --chart-5: #C66B2B;
  --sidebar: #FFFCF4;
  --sidebar-foreground: #171512;
  --sidebar-primary: #1F2930;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #496A8E;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #D8D1C4;
  --sidebar-ring: #274E7A;
  --radius: 4px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #1F2930;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #274E7A;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #9B3D30;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #274E7A;
  --chart-1: #1F2930;
  --chart-2: #6B655B;
  --chart-3: #274E7A;
  --chart-4: #4F6F52;
  --chart-5: #C66B2B;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #1F2930;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #274E7A;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #274E7A;
  --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 WashiEditorialWorkspaceMinimalismShadcnKit() {
  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">Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism</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": "washi-editorial-workspace-minimalism",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F7F2E8",
      "foreground": "#171512",
      "card": "#FFFCF4",
      "card-foreground": "#171512",
      "popover": "#FFFCF4",
      "popover-foreground": "#171512",
      "primary": "#1F2930",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#6B655B",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#7B766E",
      "muted-foreground": "#171512",
      "accent": "#274E7A",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#9B3D30",
      "border": "#D8D1C4",
      "input": "#D8D1C4",
      "ring": "#274E7A",
      "chart-1": "#1F2930",
      "chart-2": "#6B655B",
      "chart-3": "#274E7A",
      "chart-4": "#4F6F52",
      "chart-5": "#C66B2B",
      "sidebar": "#FFFCF4",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#171512",
      "sidebar-primary": "#1F2930",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#496A8E",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#D8D1C4",
      "sidebar-ring": "#274E7A",
      "radius": "4px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#1F2930",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#274E7A",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#9B3D30",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#274E7A",
      "chart-1": "#1F2930",
      "chart-2": "#6B655B",
      "chart-3": "#274E7A",
      "chart-4": "#4F6F52",
      "chart-5": "#C66B2B",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#1F2930",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#274E7A",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#274E7A",
      "radius": "4px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019ee03c-6eb6-7e40-b45d-8d8f818dee49",
    "slug": "washi-editorial-workspace-minimalism",
    "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
# Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019ee03c-6eb6-7e40-b45d-8d8f818dee49`
Slug: `washi-editorial-workspace-minimalism`

## Intent

A quiet text-first workspace language for AYA: layered research, inline metrics, and marginal context are organized like sheets of washi on a desk, using absence, rhythm, and small state accents rather than decorative Japanese motifs.

## 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": "#274E7A",
  "background": "#F7F2E8",
  "border": "#D8D1C4",
  "error": "#9B3D30",
  "info": "#496A8E",
  "muted": "#7B766E",
  "primary": "#1F2930",
  "secondary": "#6B655B",
  "success": "#4F6F52",
  "surface": "#FFFCF4",
  "text": "#171512",
  "warning": "#C66B2B"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "16px",
  "body_font": "Source Sans 3",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,500;9..144,650&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=Source+Sans+3:wght@400;500;600&display=swap",
  "heading_font": "Fraunces",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.012em",
  "line_height": 1.55,
  "mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
  "scale_ratio": 1.2
}

## Visual character to preserve

- A 12-column editorial grid with a narrow left context rail, broad reading column, and right marginal signal column defined by cool grey hairlines.
- Warm off-white page and slightly translucent paper panels use subtle repeating linear gradients for washi grain rather than shadows or color fills.
- Sumi text hierarchy pairs a precise serif headline face with a quiet sans body and compact mono metrics for document-adjacent analytics.
- Katagami stencil logic appears as clipped corner ticks, thin rule gaps, and repeated micro-dash separators instead of illustrative patterning.
- Interaction state is limited to restrained indigo focus rings and persimmon warning/priority marks, always occupying small inline or marginal zones.

## ShadSync visual profile

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

## Signature component recipes

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

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

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

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

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

## Preview shots

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

## Implementation contract

- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/washi-editorial-workspace-minimalism/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: Use warm off-white, paper neutrals, sumi text, and hairline grey dividers as the default visual vocabulary.; Place analytics adjacent to documents as inline capsules, marginal values, or compact comparison strips.; Keep accents rare: indigo for focus/current location, persimmon for priority or warning, never for decoration.; Manifest Japanese craft through stencil logic, rhythm, grain, and restraint rather than literal motifs.
- Do not: Do not add ornamental sakura, waves, fans, torii, or other literal cultural icons.; Do not use saturated chart palettes, glassmorphism, glossy gradients, or heavy drop shadows.; Do not turn every section into a rounded SaaS card; preserve editorial planes and rule-based structure.; Do not hide dense context behind icon-only navigation or ambiguous dashboard widgets.

## 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 WashiEditorialWorkspaceMinimalismShadcnKit() {
  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">Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism</h2>
          <p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
            Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
            with the language-specific component recipes.
          </p>
        </div>
        <Button>Apply theme</Button>
      </div>

      <Tabs defaultValue="components">
        <TabsList>
          <TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
        </TabsList>
      </Tabs>

      <Card>
        <CardHeader>
          <CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
          <CardDescription>
            Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
            from components.md and preview-shots.json.
          </CardDescription>
        </CardHeader>
        <CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
          <Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
          <Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
        </CardContent>
        <CardFooter className="justify-between">
          <Badge>Ready</Badge>
          <Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
        </CardFooter>
      </Card>
    </section>
  );
}
```

## Layout notes

{
  "breakpoints": "Desktop 1200px+, tablet 720-1199px collapses marginal signals below document, mobile <720px stacks rail, document, and metrics with sticky section tabs.",
  "grid": "Twelve-column desktop grid with 72px outer margins, a 220px context rail, fluid document center, and 248px marginal signal column.",
  "whitespace": "Whitespace is treated as ma: pauses of 24-48px separate conceptual layers, while 8-12px rhythm handles dense rows and inline annotations."
}
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-019ee03c-6eb6-7e40-b45d-8d8f818dee49",
    "name": "Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism",
    "slug": "washi-editorial-workspace-minimalism"
  },
  "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
  "primitives": [
    "button",
    "card",
    "input",
    "textarea",
    "select",
    "dialog",
    "sheet",
    "tabs",
    "badge",
    "separator",
    "checkbox",
    "switch",
    "slider",
    "tooltip",
    "dropdown-menu",
    "table"
  ],
  "identityNotes": [
    "A 12-column editorial grid with a narrow left context rail, broad reading column, and right marginal signal column defined by cool grey hairlines.",
    "Warm off-white page and slightly translucent paper panels use subtle repeating linear gradients for washi grain rather than shadows or color fills.",
    "Sumi text hierarchy pairs a precise serif headline face with a quiet sans body and compact mono metrics for document-adjacent analytics.",
    "Katagami stencil logic appears as clipped corner ticks, thin rule gaps, and repeated micro-dash separators instead of illustrative patterning.",
    "Interaction state is limited to restrained indigo focus rings and persimmon warning/priority marks, always occupying small inline or marginal zones."
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "paper-collage",
    "material": "paper",
    "contour": "default",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": false,
    "grain": true,
    "stickerBadges": false,
    "motion": "still",
    "density": "dense",
    "accents": [
      "primary",
      "accent",
      "secondary",
      "muted"
    ]
  },
  "shots": [
    {
      "id": "application-shell",
      "title": "Application shell",
      "viewport": "desktop",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "select",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "separator",
        "table"
      ],
      "composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
      "mustShow": [
        "primary and secondary actions",
        "card hierarchy",
        "filterable state",
        "table or list density"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "component inventory walls",
        "placeholder-only content",
        "generic rounded SaaS chrome"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "workspace spread",
        "headline": "Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism launch room",
        "description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
        "primaryAction": "Apply theme",
        "secondaryAction": "Review states",
        "stats": [
          {
            "label": "components",
            "value": "16",
            "tone": "accent"
          },
          {
            "label": "states",
            "value": "ready"
          },
          {
            "label": "density",
            "value": "balanced",
            "tone": "warning"
          }
        ],
        "rows": [
          {
            "label": "Primary flow",
            "value": "mapped",
            "status": "active"
          },
          {
            "label": "Token coverage",
            "value": "semantic",
            "status": "synced"
          },
          {
            "label": "Responsive proof",
            "value": "queued",
            "status": "review"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Active",
          "Synced",
          "Draft"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "detail-editor",
      "title": "Detail editor",
      "viewport": "tablet",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "textarea",
        "select",
        "checkbox",
        "switch",
        "slider",
        "dialog",
        "sheet"
      ],
      "composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
      "mustShow": [
        "focus ring",
        "error or destructive state",
        "dialog or sheet treatment",
        "written guidance content"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "unstyled browser controls",
        "floating cards inside cards",
        "missing labels"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "editing flow",
        "headline": "Language recipe editor",
        "description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
        "primaryAction": "Save recipe",
        "secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
        "fields": [
          {
            "label": "Component family",
            "value": "Narrative cards"
          },
          {
            "label": "State treatment",
            "value": "Visible focus + validation"
          },
          {
            "label": "Motion",
            "value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Focus",
          "Invalid",
          "Confirmed"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "data-operations",
      "title": "Data operations",
      "viewport": "mobile",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "dropdown-menu",
        "table",
        "tooltip",
        "separator"
      ],
      "composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
      "mustShow": [
        "responsive reflow",
        "dense row styling",
        "menu affordance",
        "status badge system"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "desktop-only tables",
        "text overflow",
        "default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "operations",
        "headline": "Compact review queue",
        "description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
        "primaryAction": "Resolve",
        "secondaryAction": "Filter",
        "rows": [
          {
            "label": "Button hierarchy",
            "value": "approved",
            "status": "ok"
          },
          {
            "label": "Table rhythm",
            "value": "needs pass",
            "status": "watch"
          },
          {
            "label": "Empty state",
            "value": "designed",
            "status": "done"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Queued",
          "Blocked",
          "Done"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "componentRecipes": [
    {
      "primitive": "button",
      "intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "card",
      "intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "input",
      "intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "textarea",
      "intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "select",
      "intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "dialog",
      "intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "sheet",
      "intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "tabs",
      "intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "badge",
      "intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "separator",
      "intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "checkbox",
      "intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "switch",
      "intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "slider",
      "intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "tooltip",
      "intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "dropdown-menu",
      "intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "table",
      "intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
    }
  ],
  "qualityRules": {
    "do": [
      "Use warm off-white, paper neutrals, sumi text, and hairline grey dividers as the default visual vocabulary.",
      "Place analytics adjacent to documents as inline capsules, marginal values, or compact comparison strips.",
      "Keep accents rare: indigo for focus/current location, persimmon for priority or warning, never for decoration.",
      "Manifest Japanese craft through stencil logic, rhythm, grain, and restraint rather than literal motifs."
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not add ornamental sakura, waves, fans, torii, or other literal cultural icons.",
      "Do not use saturated chart palettes, glassmorphism, glossy gradients, or heavy drop shadows.",
      "Do not turn every section into a rounded SaaS card; preserve editorial planes and rule-based structure.",
      "Do not hide dense context behind icon-only navigation or ambiguous dashboard widgets."
    ]
  }
}
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