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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 restrained text-first workspace language for AYA: warm paper surfaces, sumi typography, quiet contextual metrics, and katagami-inspired layering expressed through grids, margins, rules, and repeated stencil-like apertures rather than illustration.
values
Context remains readable before decorative; metrics and signals sit beside the document they explain.Japanese craft references are structural: paper grain, cut apertures, rhythm, and negative space instead of literal motifs.Warm neutrality carries the product while indigo and persimmon appear only as state, emphasis, and orientation cues.Dense information becomes calm through consistent measure, marginalia, and disciplined spacing intervals.
anti-values
×No ornamental waves, lanterns, faux brush graphics, or theme-park Japanese decoration.×No glossy SaaS cards, heavy gradients, bouncy animation, or color-coded dashboards that overwhelm text.×No generic component inventory scenes; the embodiment must read as a real editorial workspace.
tokens
borders4 items
accent width
2px
character
Cool grey hairlines define columns; indigo left rules and persimmon top ticks indicate state without filling surfaces.
default width
1px
style
solid with occasional inset double-rule for active context
colors12 items
accent
#B65A32
background
#F6F0E6
border
#D8D1C6
error
#9B3A2E
info
#3E5875
muted
#7B746B
primary
#24324A
secondary
#6F665C
success
#4D6B4B
surface
#FFFBF2
text
#24211D
warning
#B65A32
motion3 items
duration
160ms
easing
cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1)
philosophy
Quiet editorial motion: opacity, underline extension, and one-step paper lift only; never springy or ornamental.
radii5 items
full
9999px
lg
8px
md
4px
none
0
sm
2px
shadows3 items
lg
0 18px 48px rgba(45,39,31,0.10)
md
0 10px 24px rgba(45,39,31,0.06)
sm
0 1px 0 rgba(36,33,29,0.08)
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
surfaces3 items
bg pattern
Layered radial and linear CSS gradients create quiet paper fibre, plus sparse vertical rhythm marks in the margins.
card style
Rectangular paper panels with 1px cool grey rules, small 4px radius, inset title bands, and occasional clipped notch corners.
treatment
Warm washi paper fields with transparent grain overlays, flat matte surfaces, and only shallow stacked shadows.
typography8 items
base size
16px
body font
Source Serif 4
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Newsreader:opsz,wght@6..72,500;6..72,650&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,600&display=swap
heading font
Newsreader
letter spacing
-0.012em
line height
1.58
mono font
IBM Plex Mono
scale ratio
1.22
rules
composition
Compose screens as a document-centered workspace: left navigation becomes a context map, the main rail holds reading and editing, and the right margin carries inline metrics tied to nearby content.
density

Support high context density by grouping in narrow modules, using 8px/16px rhythm, and preserving large calm gutters around the primary reading column.

hierarchy
Prioritize textual hierarchy through serif scale, mono metric numerals, thin divider rules, and restrained label casing; color appears only after structure already communicates importance.
signature patterns
Context-map navigation uses stacked slim paper tabs with indigo hairline active edges and tiny mono counts aligned like margin folios.Document-adjacent analytics appear as right-margin notes connected by faint horizontal rules to the paragraph or source they summarize.Katagami aperture panels use CSS clip-path notches, inset divider slots, and repeated micro-rectangles to imply stencil cut logic.State chips are unfilled washi labels with one persimmon or indigo tick mark, mono numerals, and no saturated background blocks.Responsive reflow keeps the document first while marginal signals collapse into inline summary bands instead of becoming generic cards.
layout
breakpoints

Mobile 0-639px single document flow; tablet 640-1023px document plus collapsible summary rail; desktop 1024px+ three-column workspace.

grid

Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with a 224px context rail, flexible 680px document column, and 260px marginal signal column on an 8px baseline.

whitespace

Whitespace is ma-like and functional: wide gutters around reading, compact internal module spacing, and deliberate blank areas beside dense notes.

guidance
do
  • Use warm paper neutrals for most surfaces and rely on rules, spacing, and type scale before adding color.
  • Tie analytics and compact summaries directly to document regions with marginal placement or fine connector lines.
  • Apply indigo to active/focus states and persimmon to changed/warning states, checking contrast for text and controls.
  • Keep radii small and shadows shallow so surfaces feel like layered paper rather than floating glass.
avoid
  • Do not use literal Japanese motifs, brush illustrations, sakura icons, or ornamental pattern fills.
  • Do not turn metrics into colorful dashboard tiles detached from the reading context.
  • Do not use pillowy large radii, neon focus glows, heavy drop shadows, or gradient hero treatments.
  • Do not let compact density reduce line-height or contrast below accessible reading standards.
katagami spec
# Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism

## Philosophy

A restrained text-first workspace language for AYA: warm paper surfaces, sumi typography, quiet contextual metrics, and katagami-inspired layering expressed through grids, margins, rules, and repeated stencil-like apertures rather than illustration.

### Values

- Context remains readable before decorative; metrics and signals sit beside the document they explain.
- Japanese craft references are structural: paper grain, cut apertures, rhythm, and negative space instead of literal motifs.
- Warm neutrality carries the product while indigo and persimmon appear only as state, emphasis, and orientation cues.
- Dense information becomes calm through consistent measure, marginalia, and disciplined spacing intervals.

### Anti-Values

- No ornamental waves, lanterns, faux brush graphics, or theme-park Japanese decoration.
- No glossy SaaS cards, heavy gradients, bouncy animation, or color-coded dashboards that overwhelm text.
- No generic component inventory scenes; the embodiment must read as a real editorial workspace.

### Visual Character

- Use a centered document rail with a narrow context map column and a right marginal analytics column, all aligned to a shared 8px baseline grid.
- Render surfaces as warm off-white paper layers with one-pixel cool grey divider rules, barely raised shadows, and subtle repeating grain in CSS gradients.
- Set long-form copy in a high-legibility serif with compact sans labels and mono numerals, using generous line-height and short uppercase eyebrows.
- Create katagami stencil logic through clipped rectangular apertures, repeated hairline slots, and inset border notches instead of decorative icons.
- Reserve indigo for active navigation and focus rings, and persimmon for warnings or changed-state chips while all other signals remain sumi and grey.

## Tokens

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: Cool grey hairlines define columns; indigo left rules and persimmon top ticks indicate state without filling surfaces.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with occasional inset double-rule for active context

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#B65A32` |
| background | `#F6F0E6` |
| border | `#D8D1C6` |
| error | `#9B3A2E` |
| info | `#3E5875` |
| muted | `#7B746B` |
| primary | `#24324A` |
| secondary | `#6F665C` |
| success | `#4D6B4B` |
| surface | `#FFFBF2` |
| text | `#24211D` |
| warning | `#B65A32` |

### Motion

- **Duration**: 160ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1)
- **Philosophy**: Quiet editorial motion: opacity, underline extension, and one-step paper lift only; never springy or ornamental.

### Radii

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

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 18px 48px rgba(45,39,31,0.10)
- **Md**: 0 10px 24px rgba(45,39,31,0.06)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(36,33,29,0.08)

### Spacing

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

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: Layered radial and linear CSS gradients create quiet paper fibre, plus sparse vertical rhythm marks in the margins.
- **Card Style**: Rectangular paper panels with 1px cool grey rules, small 4px radius, inset title bands, and occasional clipped notch corners.
- **Treatment**: Warm washi paper fields with transparent grain overlays, flat matte surfaces, and only shallow stacked shadows.

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: Source Serif 4
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Newsreader:opsz,wght@6..72,500;6..72,650&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,600&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: Newsreader
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.012em
- **Line Height**: 1.58
- **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.22

## Rules

### Composition

Compose screens as a document-centered workspace: left navigation becomes a context map, the main rail holds reading and editing, and the right margin carries inline metrics tied to nearby content.

### Density

Support high context density by grouping in narrow modules, using 8px/16px rhythm, and preserving large calm gutters around the primary reading column.

### Hierarchy

Prioritize textual hierarchy through serif scale, mono metric numerals, thin divider rules, and restrained label casing; color appears only after structure already communicates importance.

### Signature Patterns

- Context-map navigation uses stacked slim paper tabs with indigo hairline active edges and tiny mono counts aligned like margin folios.
- Document-adjacent analytics appear as right-margin notes connected by faint horizontal rules to the paragraph or source they summarize.
- Katagami aperture panels use CSS clip-path notches, inset divider slots, and repeated micro-rectangles to imply stencil cut logic.
- State chips are unfilled washi labels with one persimmon or indigo tick mark, mono numerals, and no saturated background blocks.
- Responsive reflow keeps the document first while marginal signals collapse into inline summary bands instead of becoming generic cards.

## Layout

### Breakpoints

Mobile 0-639px single document flow; tablet 640-1023px document plus collapsible summary rail; desktop 1024px+ three-column workspace.

### Grid

Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with a 224px context rail, flexible 680px document column, and 260px marginal signal column on an 8px baseline.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is ma-like and functional: wide gutters around reading, compact internal module spacing, and deliberate blank areas beside dense notes.

## Guidance

### Do

- Use warm paper neutrals for most surfaces and rely on rules, spacing, and type scale before adding color.
- Tie analytics and compact summaries directly to document regions with marginal placement or fine connector lines.
- Apply indigo to active/focus states and persimmon to changed/warning states, checking contrast for text and controls.
- Keep radii small and shadows shallow so surfaces feel like layered paper rather than floating glass.

### Don't

- Do not use literal Japanese motifs, brush illustrations, sakura icons, or ornamental pattern fills.
- Do not turn metrics into colorful dashboard tiles detached from the reading context.
- Do not use pillowy large radii, neon focus glows, heavy drop shadows, or gradient hero treatments.
- Do not let compact density reduce line-height or contrast below accessible reading standards.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  accent: "#B65A32"
  background: "#F6F0E6"
  border: "#D8D1C6"
  error: "#9B3A2E"
  info: "#3E5875"
  muted: "#7B746B"
  primary: "#24324A"
  secondary: "#6F665C"
  success: "#4D6B4B"
  surface: "#FFFBF2"
  text: "#24211D"
  warning: "#B65A32"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Newsreader"
    fontSize: "1.816rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "-0.012em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Newsreader"
    fontSize: "1.488rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "-0.012em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "Source Serif 4"
    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"
---

# Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism

## Overview

A restrained text-first workspace language for AYA: warm paper surfaces, sumi typography, quiet contextual metrics, and katagami-inspired layering expressed through grids, margins, rules, and repeated stencil-like apertures rather than illustration.

### Values

- Context remains readable before decorative; metrics and signals sit beside the document they explain.
- Japanese craft references are structural: paper grain, cut apertures, rhythm, and negative space instead of literal motifs.
- Warm neutrality carries the product while indigo and persimmon appear only as state, emphasis, and orientation cues.
- Dense information becomes calm through consistent measure, marginalia, and disciplined spacing intervals.

### Anti-Values

- No ornamental waves, lanterns, faux brush graphics, or theme-park Japanese decoration.
- No glossy SaaS cards, heavy gradients, bouncy animation, or color-coded dashboards that overwhelm text.
- No generic component inventory scenes; the embodiment must read as a real editorial workspace.

### Visual Character

- Use a centered document rail with a narrow context map column and a right marginal analytics column, all aligned to a shared 8px baseline grid.
- Render surfaces as warm off-white paper layers with one-pixel cool grey divider rules, barely raised shadows, and subtle repeating grain in CSS gradients.
- Set long-form copy in a high-legibility serif with compact sans labels and mono numerals, using generous line-height and short uppercase eyebrows.
- Create katagami stencil logic through clipped rectangular apertures, repeated hairline slots, and inset border notches instead of decorative icons.
- Reserve indigo for active navigation and focus rings, and persimmon for warnings or changed-state chips while all other signals remain sumi and grey.

## 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 | `#B65A32` |
| background | `#F6F0E6` |
| border | `#D8D1C6` |
| error | `#9B3A2E` |
| info | `#3E5875` |
| muted | `#7B746B` |
| primary | `#24324A` |
| secondary | `#6F665C` |
| success | `#4D6B4B` |
| surface | `#FFFBF2` |
| text | `#24211D` |
| warning | `#B65A32` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Newsreader, 1.816rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Newsreader, 1.488rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Source Serif 4, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.58.
- **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 0-639px single document flow; tablet 640-1023px document plus collapsible summary rail; desktop 1024px+ three-column workspace.

### Grid

Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with a 224px context rail, flexible 680px document column, and 260px marginal signal column on an 8px baseline.

### Whitespace

Whitespace is ma-like and functional: wide gutters around reading, compact internal module spacing, and deliberate blank areas beside dense notes.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 18px 48px rgba(45,39,31,0.10)
- **Md**: 0 10px 24px rgba(45,39,31,0.06)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(36,33,29,0.08)

## Shapes

### Rounded

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

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: Layered radial and linear CSS gradients create quiet paper fibre, plus sparse vertical rhythm marks in the margins.
- **Card Style**: Rectangular paper panels with 1px cool grey rules, small 4px radius, inset title bands, and occasional clipped notch corners.
- **Treatment**: Warm washi paper fields with transparent grain overlays, flat matte surfaces, and only shallow stacked shadows.

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: Cool grey hairlines define columns; indigo left rules and persimmon top ticks indicate state without filling surfaces.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with occasional inset double-rule for active context

## Components

### Composition

Compose screens as a document-centered workspace: left navigation becomes a context map, the main rail holds reading and editing, and the right margin carries inline metrics tied to nearby content.

### Density

Support high context density by grouping in narrow modules, using 8px/16px rhythm, and preserving large calm gutters around the primary reading column.

### Hierarchy

Prioritize textual hierarchy through serif scale, mono metric numerals, thin divider rules, and restrained label casing; color appears only after structure already communicates importance.

### Signature Patterns

- Context-map navigation uses stacked slim paper tabs with indigo hairline active edges and tiny mono counts aligned like margin folios.
- Document-adjacent analytics appear as right-margin notes connected by faint horizontal rules to the paragraph or source they summarize.
- Katagami aperture panels use CSS clip-path notches, inset divider slots, and repeated micro-rectangles to imply stencil cut logic.
- State chips are unfilled washi labels with one persimmon or indigo tick mark, mono numerals, and no saturated background blocks.
- Responsive reflow keeps the document first while marginal signals collapse into inline summary bands instead of becoming generic cards.

## 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-019ee04e-c5c3-76b0-b535-45ab6e126c91/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 paper neutrals for most surfaces and rely on rules, spacing, and type scale before adding color.
- Do Tie analytics and compact summaries directly to document regions with marginal placement or fine connector lines.
- Do Apply indigo to active/focus states and persimmon to changed/warning states, checking contrast for text and controls.
- Do Keep radii small and shadows shallow so surfaces feel like layered paper rather than floating glass.
- Don't Do not use literal Japanese motifs, brush illustrations, sakura icons, or ornamental pattern fills.
- Don't Do not turn metrics into colorful dashboard tiles detached from the reading context.
- Don't Do not use pillowy large radii, neon focus glows, heavy drop shadows, or gradient hero treatments.
- Don't Do not let compact density reduce line-height or contrast below accessible reading standards.
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": "#F6F0E6",
      "foreground": "#24211D",
      "card": "#FFFBF2",
      "card-foreground": "#24211D",
      "popover": "#FFFBF2",
      "popover-foreground": "#24211D",
      "primary": "#24324A",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#6F665C",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#7B746B",
      "muted-foreground": "#24211D",
      "accent": "#B65A32",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#9B3A2E",
      "border": "#D8D1C6",
      "input": "#D8D1C6",
      "ring": "#B65A32",
      "chart-1": "#24324A",
      "chart-2": "#6F665C",
      "chart-3": "#B65A32",
      "chart-4": "#4D6B4B",
      "chart-5": "#B65A32",
      "sidebar": "#FFFBF2",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#24211D",
      "sidebar-primary": "#24324A",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#3E5875",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#D8D1C6",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B65A32",
      "radius": "4px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#24324A",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#B65A32",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#9B3A2E",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#B65A32",
      "chart-1": "#24324A",
      "chart-2": "#6F665C",
      "chart-3": "#B65A32",
      "chart-4": "#4D6B4B",
      "chart-5": "#B65A32",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#24324A",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#B65A32",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B65A32",
      "radius": "4px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019ee04e-c5c3-76b0-b535-45ab6e126c91",
    "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

Design Language Preview

Washi Editorial Workspace Minimalism

Color Palette

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

Typography

h1

Heading One

h2

Heading Two

h3

Heading Three

h4

Heading Four

body

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

caption

Caption text for supplementary information and metadata.

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

Buttons

Form Controls

Navigation

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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
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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: #F6F0E6;
  --foreground: #24211D;
  --card: #FFFBF2;
  --card-foreground: #24211D;
  --popover: #FFFBF2;
  --popover-foreground: #24211D;
  --primary: #24324A;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #6F665C;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #7B746B;
  --muted-foreground: #24211D;
  --accent: #B65A32;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #9B3A2E;
  --border: #D8D1C6;
  --input: #D8D1C6;
  --ring: #B65A32;
  --chart-1: #24324A;
  --chart-2: #6F665C;
  --chart-3: #B65A32;
  --chart-4: #4D6B4B;
  --chart-5: #B65A32;
  --sidebar: #FFFBF2;
  --sidebar-foreground: #24211D;
  --sidebar-primary: #24324A;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #3E5875;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #D8D1C6;
  --sidebar-ring: #B65A32;
  --radius: 4px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #24324A;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #B65A32;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #9B3A2E;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #B65A32;
  --chart-1: #24324A;
  --chart-2: #6F665C;
  --chart-3: #B65A32;
  --chart-4: #4D6B4B;
  --chart-5: #B65A32;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #24324A;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #B65A32;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #B65A32;
  --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": "#F6F0E6",
      "foreground": "#24211D",
      "card": "#FFFBF2",
      "card-foreground": "#24211D",
      "popover": "#FFFBF2",
      "popover-foreground": "#24211D",
      "primary": "#24324A",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#6F665C",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#7B746B",
      "muted-foreground": "#24211D",
      "accent": "#B65A32",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#9B3A2E",
      "border": "#D8D1C6",
      "input": "#D8D1C6",
      "ring": "#B65A32",
      "chart-1": "#24324A",
      "chart-2": "#6F665C",
      "chart-3": "#B65A32",
      "chart-4": "#4D6B4B",
      "chart-5": "#B65A32",
      "sidebar": "#FFFBF2",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#24211D",
      "sidebar-primary": "#24324A",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#3E5875",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#D8D1C6",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B65A32",
      "radius": "4px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#24324A",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#B65A32",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#9B3A2E",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#B65A32",
      "chart-1": "#24324A",
      "chart-2": "#6F665C",
      "chart-3": "#B65A32",
      "chart-4": "#4D6B4B",
      "chart-5": "#B65A32",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#24324A",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#B65A32",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B65A32",
      "radius": "4px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019ee04e-c5c3-76b0-b535-45ab6e126c91",
    "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-019ee04e-c5c3-76b0-b535-45ab6e126c91`
Slug: `washi-editorial-workspace-minimalism`

## Intent

A restrained text-first workspace language for AYA: warm paper surfaces, sumi typography, quiet contextual metrics, and katagami-inspired layering expressed through grids, margins, rules, and repeated stencil-like apertures rather than illustration.

## 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": "#B65A32",
  "background": "#F6F0E6",
  "border": "#D8D1C6",
  "error": "#9B3A2E",
  "info": "#3E5875",
  "muted": "#7B746B",
  "primary": "#24324A",
  "secondary": "#6F665C",
  "success": "#4D6B4B",
  "surface": "#FFFBF2",
  "text": "#24211D",
  "warning": "#B65A32"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "16px",
  "body_font": "Source Serif 4",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Newsreader:opsz,wght@6..72,500;6..72,650&family=Source+Serif+4:opsz,wght@8..60,400;8..60,600&display=swap",
  "heading_font": "Newsreader",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.012em",
  "line_height": 1.58,
  "mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
  "scale_ratio": 1.22
}

## Visual character to preserve

- Use a centered document rail with a narrow context map column and a right marginal analytics column, all aligned to a shared 8px baseline grid.
- Render surfaces as warm off-white paper layers with one-pixel cool grey divider rules, barely raised shadows, and subtle repeating grain in CSS gradients.
- Set long-form copy in a high-legibility serif with compact sans labels and mono numerals, using generous line-height and short uppercase eyebrows.
- Create katagami stencil logic through clipped rectangular apertures, repeated hairline slots, and inset border notches instead of decorative icons.
- Reserve indigo for active navigation and focus rings, and persimmon for warnings or changed-state chips while all other signals remain sumi and grey.

## ShadSync visual profile

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

## Signature component recipes

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

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

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

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

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

## Preview shots

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

## Implementation contract

- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/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 paper neutrals for most surfaces and rely on rules, spacing, and type scale before adding color.; Tie analytics and compact summaries directly to document regions with marginal placement or fine connector lines.; Apply indigo to active/focus states and persimmon to changed/warning states, checking contrast for text and controls.; Keep radii small and shadows shallow so surfaces feel like layered paper rather than floating glass.
- Do not: Do not use literal Japanese motifs, brush illustrations, sakura icons, or ornamental pattern fills.; Do not turn metrics into colorful dashboard tiles detached from the reading context.; Do not use pillowy large radii, neon focus glows, heavy drop shadows, or gradient hero treatments.; Do not let compact density reduce line-height or contrast below accessible reading standards.

## 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": "Mobile 0-639px single document flow; tablet 640-1023px document plus collapsible summary rail; desktop 1024px+ three-column workspace.",
  "grid": "Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with a 224px context rail, flexible 680px document column, and 260px marginal signal column on an 8px baseline.",
  "whitespace": "Whitespace is ma-like and functional: wide gutters around reading, compact internal module spacing, and deliberate blank areas beside dense notes."
}
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-019ee04e-c5c3-76b0-b535-45ab6e126c91",
    "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": [
    "Use a centered document rail with a narrow context map column and a right marginal analytics column, all aligned to a shared 8px baseline grid.",
    "Render surfaces as warm off-white paper layers with one-pixel cool grey divider rules, barely raised shadows, and subtle repeating grain in CSS gradients.",
    "Set long-form copy in a high-legibility serif with compact sans labels and mono numerals, using generous line-height and short uppercase eyebrows.",
    "Create katagami stencil logic through clipped rectangular apertures, repeated hairline slots, and inset border notches instead of decorative icons.",
    "Reserve indigo for active navigation and focus rings, and persimmon for warnings or changed-state chips while all other signals remain sumi and grey."
  ],
  "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 paper neutrals for most surfaces and rely on rules, spacing, and type scale before adding color.",
      "Tie analytics and compact summaries directly to document regions with marginal placement or fine connector lines.",
      "Apply indigo to active/focus states and persimmon to changed/warning states, checking contrast for text and controls.",
      "Keep radii small and shadows shallow so surfaces feel like layered paper rather than floating glass."
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not use literal Japanese motifs, brush illustrations, sakura icons, or ornamental pattern fills.",
      "Do not turn metrics into colorful dashboard tiles detached from the reading context.",
      "Do not use pillowy large radii, neon focus glows, heavy drop shadows, or gradient hero treatments.",
      "Do not let compact density reduce line-height or contrast below accessible reading standards."
    ]
  }
}
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