A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Portable DESIGN.md — tokens plus the paired art style. Agents must generate real images.
Strip-chart sweep: an open masthead nav across the header, then full-width sweep bands stacked down the page like a recorder strip — no command rail, no telemetry column. A continuous luminous trace threads the page over a measured graticule.
Hierarchy comes from phosphor brightness (aqua is brightest = the live signal), condensed display headings, and tabular mono numerics; scarce magenta/gold mark only threshold crossings.
Comfortable, instrument-grade: generous band padding, traces and graticule given room to read; numbers stay tabular and right-aligned so a column scans at a glance.
Continuous luminous aqua trace over a measured graticule; full-width sweep bands; scarce magenta/gold peak markers at threshold crossings; soft cyan bloom in place of shadow; two-typeface instrument voice (Saira Condensed + Spline Sans Mono).
Full-width sweep bands stacked vertically; the dashboard uses a 12-column band grid (8/4 splits) that collapses to single column. No fixed command rail or telemetry column. Internal rhythm on an 8px base.
Comfortable and measured: bands get 32px padding, traces and graticule wells get room to breathe; titles always padded above.
medium
minmax(0,1fr) columns and min-width:0 children so grids never blow out; single column on mobile with non-essential nav hidden; only the hero is full-bleed (100vw x 100svh); contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide.
lumiphor
Luminous phosphor CRT vector-trace technique tuned to an aqua-cyan signal on a deep indigo-violet ground; subjects render as a single sweeping waveform/aurora ribbon over a faint graticule, scanlines and bloom as texture, scarce magenta/gold flecks at signal peaks.
One full-bleed hero waveform with calm dark space lower-left for the headline overlay; sparklines and composite sweeps inside bands echo the same trace technique.
# Aurora ## Philosophy Aurora reads a system the way an oscilloscope reads a circuit: one luminous aqua trace riding a measured graticule on an indigo-violet night. You watch the line, and the line tells you everything — a signal surface, not a wall of rows. ### Values - The signal is the interface — a trace beats a thousand rows - A measured graticule grounds every value in amplitude and time - Aqua is nominal; scarce magenta and gold mean an event happened - Two-typeface instrument voice: condensed labels, mono data ### Anti-Values - Three-column command-rail-plus-telemetry console layouts - Terminal syntax-mark prefixes and stamped corner ticks on every panel - Rainbow neon excess; green-screen nostalgia; grey borders - Walls of tabular command-output rows in place of a plotted trace ### Visual Character - A single continuous luminous polyline is the load-bearing element — it threads the landing as a divider, rides a baseline in the embodiment, and becomes the live data plot in the dashboard. - Every surface carries a fine measured graticule grid; the grid is the layout, and content stacks in full-width sweep bands like a strip-chart recorder rather than in a rail-and-column grid. - The interface sits on a deep indigo-violet night ground with aqua-cyan phosphor as the brightest element and soft cyan bloom standing in for shadow. - Headings are condensed Saira; numerics, status tokens and micro-labels are Spline Sans Mono, tabular and right-aligned; body is Archivo. - Magenta and gold appear only at threshold crossings — a peak marker, a reserve floor — never as primary colour. ## Tokens ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | bg | `#0B0A1E` | | surface | `#131233` | | recess | `#0E0D26` | | text | `#E9ECFF` | | muted | `#8F92C8` | | primary | `#54F2E6` | | secondary | `#0E0D26` | | accent | `#54F2E6` | | on_accent | `#06121A` | | magenta | `#FF6AC2` | | gold | `#FFC75A` | | success | `#54F2E6` | | warning | `#FFC75A` | | error | `#FF6AC2` | | info | `#8AB4FF` | | border | `#2A2960` | | grid | `#1C1B45` | ### Typography - **Base Size**: 17px - **Body Font**: Archivo - **Heading Font**: Saira Condensed - **Mono Font**: Spline Sans Mono - **Heading Weight**: 600 - **Heading Transform**: none - **Letter Spacing**: -0.01em - **Line Height**: 1.6 - **Scale Ratio**: 1.2 - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Saira+Condensed:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Archivo:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Spline+Sans+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap ### Radii - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 0 - **Md**: 16px - **Lg**: 16px - **Full**: 9999px ### Shadows - **Sm**: 0 0 10px rgba(84,242,230,0.30) - **Md**: 0 0 28px rgba(84,242,230,0.22) - **Lg**: 0 0 64px rgba(84,242,230,0.18) - **Focus**: inset 0 0 0 1px #54F2E6, 0 0 10px rgba(84,242,230,0.30) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [6,12,20,32,48,72,112] ### Surfaces - **Bg Pattern**: graticule - **Card Style**: Flat indigo-violet bands with a measured graticule grid, soft cyan phosphor bloom, 16px radius, no borders; the live aqua trace is always the brightest element. - **Treatment**: phosphor-glow ### Borders - **Default Width**: 0 - **Accent Width**: 2px - **Style**: none - **Character**: No borders; separation comes from surface, cyan bloom, and the graticule division lines. Faint violet graticule lines (#2A2960 / #1C1B45) measure every band. ### Motion - **Duration**: 160ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1) - **Philosophy**: Snappy and meaningful: the trace draws on, sections rise once. The settled fully-rendered page is the default with no JS; motion is layered on top and respects prefers-reduced-motion. ## Rules ### Composition Strip-chart sweep: an open masthead nav across the header, then full-width sweep bands stacked down the page like a recorder strip — no command rail, no telemetry column. A continuous luminous trace threads the page over a measured graticule. ### Hierarchy Hierarchy comes from phosphor brightness (aqua is brightest = the live signal), condensed display headings, and tabular mono numerics; scarce magenta/gold mark only threshold crossings. ### Density Comfortable, instrument-grade: generous band padding, traces and graticule given room to read; numbers stay tabular and right-aligned so a column scans at a glance. ### Signature Continuous luminous aqua trace over a measured graticule; full-width sweep bands; scarce magenta/gold peak markers at threshold crossings; soft cyan bloom in place of shadow; two-typeface instrument voice (Saira Condensed + Spline Sans Mono). ## Layout ### Grid Full-width sweep bands stacked vertically; the dashboard uses a 12-column band grid (8/4 splits) that collapses to single column. No fixed command rail or telemetry column. Internal rhythm on an 8px base. ### Whitespace Comfortable and measured: bands get 32px padding, traces and graticule wells get room to breathe; titles always padded above. ### Density medium ### Responsive minmax(0,1fr) columns and min-width:0 children so grids never blow out; single column on mobile with non-essential nav hidden; only the hero is full-bleed (100vw x 100svh); contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide. ### Breakpoints - **Mobile**: < 760px single stacked column, nav hidden - **Tablet**: 760-1099px bands stack, 12-col splits collapse to 6/12 - **Desktop**: >= 1100px full 12-column band grid - **Ultrawide**: >= 1600px contained content capped and centred ## Guidance ### Do - Keep the aqua trace the brightest element on screen; everything quieter recedes. - Plot data as a continuous trace on a graticule; right-align numbers in Spline Sans Mono. - Use magenta and gold only at a threshold crossing — a peak, a reserve floor. - Open on a full-bleed luminous waveform hero with the headline set low and left. - Build separation with surface, cyan bloom, and graticule lines — never grey borders. ### Don't - Do not fall back to a three-column command-rail-plus-telemetry console layout. - Do not prefix labels with terminal syntax marks ($ > ::) or stamp corner ticks on panels. - Do not tip the palette into rainbow neon; aqua leads, magenta and gold stay scarce. - Do not use emoji on buttons or symbol-font glyphs in copy; use SVG/CSS primitives. - Do not hide the page behind a JS-only reveal; the settled state must render with no JS. ### Accessibility High-contrast phosphor text (#E9ECFF) on indigo ground (>= 7:1 for body). Status is never colour alone — every token carries a dot plus an uppercase label. Every interactive control has a visible focus state (inset aqua ring + bloom). Motion respects prefers-reduced-motion; the no-JS render is the full settled page. ## Imagery Direction ### Pairs With lumiphor ### Summary Luminous phosphor CRT vector-trace technique tuned to an aqua-cyan signal on a deep indigo-violet ground; subjects render as a single sweeping waveform/aurora ribbon over a faint graticule, scanlines and bloom as texture, scarce magenta/gold flecks at signal peaks. ### Subjects - a sweeping oscilloscope waveform ribbon - an aurora-like signal trace over a graticule - a single luminous contour of a measured phenomenon ### Usage One full-bleed hero waveform with calm dark space lower-left for the headline overlay; sparklines and composite sweeps inside bands echo the same trace technique.
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Aurora"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
bg: "#0B0A1E"
surface: "#131233"
recess: "#0E0D26"
text: "#E9ECFF"
muted: "#8F92C8"
primary: "#54F2E6"
secondary: "#0E0D26"
accent: "#54F2E6"
on_accent: "#06121A"
magenta: "#FF6AC2"
gold: "#FFC75A"
success: "#54F2E6"
warning: "#FFC75A"
error: "#FF6AC2"
info: "#8AB4FF"
border: "#2A2960"
grid: "#1C1B45"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Saira Condensed"
fontSize: "1.836rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Saira Condensed"
fontSize: "1.53rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Archivo"
fontSize: "17px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.6
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "Spline Sans Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
none: "0px"
sm: "0px"
md: "16px"
lg: "16px"
full: "9999px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "6px"
sm: "12px"
md: "20px"
lg: "32px"
xl: "48px"
2xl: "72px"
3xl: "112px"
components:
color-reference-bg:
backgroundColor: "{colors.bg}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-recess:
backgroundColor: "{colors.recess}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
color-reference-secondary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-on_accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.on_accent}"
color-reference-magenta:
backgroundColor: "{colors.magenta}"
color-reference-gold:
backgroundColor: "{colors.gold}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-grid:
backgroundColor: "{colors.grid}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
textColor: "#000000"
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"
---
# Aurora
## Overview
Aurora reads a system the way an oscilloscope reads a circuit: one luminous aqua trace riding a measured graticule on an indigo-violet night. You watch the line, and the line tells you everything — a signal surface, not a wall of rows.
### Values
- The signal is the interface — a trace beats a thousand rows
- A measured graticule grounds every value in amplitude and time
- Aqua is nominal; scarce magenta and gold mean an event happened
- Two-typeface instrument voice: condensed labels, mono data
### Anti-Values
- Three-column command-rail-plus-telemetry console layouts
- Terminal syntax-mark prefixes and stamped corner ticks on every panel
- Rainbow neon excess; green-screen nostalgia; grey borders
- Walls of tabular command-output rows in place of a plotted trace
### Visual Character
- A single continuous luminous polyline is the load-bearing element — it threads the landing as a divider, rides a baseline in the embodiment, and becomes the live data plot in the dashboard.
- Every surface carries a fine measured graticule grid; the grid is the layout, and content stacks in full-width sweep bands like a strip-chart recorder rather than in a rail-and-column grid.
- The interface sits on a deep indigo-violet night ground with aqua-cyan phosphor as the brightest element and soft cyan bloom standing in for shadow.
- Headings are condensed Saira; numerics, status tokens and micro-labels are Spline Sans Mono, tabular and right-aligned; body is Archivo.
- Magenta and gold appear only at threshold crossings — a peak marker, a reserve floor — never as primary colour.
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| bg | `#0B0A1E` |
| surface | `#131233` |
| recess | `#0E0D26` |
| text | `#E9ECFF` |
| muted | `#8F92C8` |
| primary | `#54F2E6` |
| secondary | `#0E0D26` |
| accent | `#54F2E6` |
| on_accent | `#06121A` |
| magenta | `#FF6AC2` |
| gold | `#FFC75A` |
| success | `#54F2E6` |
| warning | `#FFC75A` |
| error | `#FF6AC2` |
| info | `#8AB4FF` |
| border | `#2A2960` |
| grid | `#1C1B45` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Saira Condensed, 1.836rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Saira Condensed, 1.53rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Archivo, 17px, weight 400, line-height 1.6.
- **Label-Md**: Spline Sans Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.
## Layout
### Spacing Tokens
- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `6px`
- **Sm**: `12px`
- **Md**: `20px`
- **Lg**: `32px`
- **Xl**: `48px`
- **2xl**: `72px`
- **3xl**: `112px`
### Grid
Full-width sweep bands stacked vertically; the dashboard uses a 12-column band grid (8/4 splits) that collapses to single column. No fixed command rail or telemetry column. Internal rhythm on an 8px base.
### Whitespace
Comfortable and measured: bands get 32px padding, traces and graticule wells get room to breathe; titles always padded above.
### Density
medium
### Responsive
minmax(0,1fr) columns and min-width:0 children so grids never blow out; single column on mobile with non-essential nav hidden; only the hero is full-bleed (100vw x 100svh); contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide.
### Breakpoints
- **Mobile**: < 760px single stacked column, nav hidden
- **Tablet**: 760-1099px bands stack, 12-col splits collapse to 6/12
- **Desktop**: >= 1100px full 12-column band grid
- **Ultrawide**: >= 1600px contained content capped and centred
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Sm**: 0 0 10px rgba(84,242,230,0.30)
- **Md**: 0 0 28px rgba(84,242,230,0.22)
- **Lg**: 0 0 64px rgba(84,242,230,0.18)
- **Focus**: inset 0 0 0 1px #54F2E6, 0 0 10px rgba(84,242,230,0.30)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `0px`
- **Md**: `16px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Full**: `9999px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: graticule
- **Card Style**: Flat indigo-violet bands with a measured graticule grid, soft cyan phosphor bloom, 16px radius, no borders; the live aqua trace is always the brightest element.
- **Treatment**: phosphor-glow
### Borders
- **Default Width**: 0
- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Style**: none
- **Character**: No borders; separation comes from surface, cyan bloom, and the graticule division lines. Faint violet graticule lines (#2A2960 / #1C1B45) measure every band.
## Components
### Composition
Strip-chart sweep: an open masthead nav across the header, then full-width sweep bands stacked down the page like a recorder strip — no command rail, no telemetry column. A continuous luminous trace threads the page over a measured graticule.
### Hierarchy
Hierarchy comes from phosphor brightness (aqua is brightest = the live signal), condensed display headings, and tabular mono numerics; scarce magenta/gold mark only threshold crossings.
### Density
Comfortable, instrument-grade: generous band padding, traces and graticule given room to read; numbers stay tabular and right-aligned so a column scans at a glance.
### Signature
Continuous luminous aqua trace over a measured graticule; full-width sweep bands; scarce magenta/gold peak markers at threshold crossings; soft cyan bloom in place of shadow; two-typeface instrument voice (Saira Condensed + Spline Sans Mono).
## 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-019ef865-d349-7fa3-9cfd-7f4b2d4beb82/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 Keep the aqua trace the brightest element on screen; everything quieter recedes.
- Do Plot data as a continuous trace on a graticule; right-align numbers in Spline Sans Mono.
- Do Use magenta and gold only at a threshold crossing — a peak, a reserve floor.
- Do Open on a full-bleed luminous waveform hero with the headline set low and left.
- Do Build separation with surface, cyan bloom, and graticule lines — never grey borders.
- Don't Do not fall back to a three-column command-rail-plus-telemetry console layout.
- Don't Do not prefix labels with terminal syntax marks ($ > ::) or stamp corner ticks on panels.
- Don't Do not tip the palette into rainbow neon; aqua leads, magenta and gold stay scarce.
- Don't Do not use emoji on buttons or symbol-font glyphs in copy; use SVG/CSS primitives.
- Don't Do not hide the page behind a JS-only reveal; the settled state must render with no JS.
### Accessibility
High-contrast phosphor text (#E9ECFF) on indigo ground (>= 7:1 for body). Status is never colour alone — every token carries a dot plus an uppercase label. Every interactive control has a visible focus state (inset aqua ring + bloom). Motion respects prefers-reduced-motion; the no-JS render is the full settled page.
## Imagery Direction
### Pairs With
lumiphor
### Summary
Luminous phosphor CRT vector-trace technique tuned to an aqua-cyan signal on a deep indigo-violet ground; subjects render as a single sweeping waveform/aurora ribbon over a faint graticule, scanlines and bloom as texture, scarce magenta/gold flecks at signal peaks.
### Subjects
- a sweeping oscilloscope waveform ribbon
- an aurora-like signal trace over a graticule
- a single luminous contour of a measured phenomenon
### Usage
One full-bleed hero waveform with calm dark space lower-left for the headline overlay; sparklines and composite sweeps inside bands echo the same trace technique.
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "aurora",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Aurora shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#0B0A1E",
"foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"card": "#131233",
"card-foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"popover": "#131233",
"popover-foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"primary": "#54F2E6",
"primary-foreground": "#111111",
"secondary": "#0E0D26",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#8F92C8",
"muted-foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"accent": "#54F2E6",
"accent-foreground": "#111111",
"destructive": "#FF6AC2",
"border": "#2A2960",
"input": "#2A2960",
"ring": "#54F2E6",
"chart-1": "#54F2E6",
"chart-2": "#0E0D26",
"chart-3": "#54F2E6",
"chart-4": "#54F2E6",
"chart-5": "#FFC75A",
"sidebar": "#131233",
"sidebar-foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"sidebar-primary": "#54F2E6",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-accent": "#8AB4FF",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#2A2960",
"sidebar-ring": "#54F2E6",
"radius": "16px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#54F2E6",
"primary-foreground": "#111111",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#54F2E6",
"accent-foreground": "#111111",
"destructive": "#FF6AC2",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#54F2E6",
"chart-1": "#54F2E6",
"chart-2": "#0E0D26",
"chart-3": "#54F2E6",
"chart-4": "#54F2E6",
"chart-5": "#FFC75A",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#54F2E6",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-accent": "#54F2E6",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#54F2E6",
"radius": "16px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019ef865-d349-7fa3-9cfd-7f4b2d4beb82",
"slug": "aurora",
"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": {
"colors": [
"accent",
"bg",
"border",
"error",
"gold",
"grid",
"info",
"magenta",
"muted",
"on_accent",
"primary",
"recess",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"heading_transform",
"heading_weight",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"focus",
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
]
}
}
}
```The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
Keep Aurora and swap a palette and an art style onto it. The landing & dashboard recolor live.
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.
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #0B0A1E;
--foreground: #E9ECFF;
--card: #131233;
--card-foreground: #E9ECFF;
--popover: #131233;
--popover-foreground: #E9ECFF;
--primary: #54F2E6;
--primary-foreground: #111111;
--secondary: #0E0D26;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #8F92C8;
--muted-foreground: #E9ECFF;
--accent: #54F2E6;
--accent-foreground: #111111;
--destructive: #FF6AC2;
--border: #2A2960;
--input: #2A2960;
--ring: #54F2E6;
--chart-1: #54F2E6;
--chart-2: #0E0D26;
--chart-3: #54F2E6;
--chart-4: #54F2E6;
--chart-5: #FFC75A;
--sidebar: #131233;
--sidebar-foreground: #E9ECFF;
--sidebar-primary: #54F2E6;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #111111;
--sidebar-accent: #8AB4FF;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #2A2960;
--sidebar-ring: #54F2E6;
--radius: 16px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #54F2E6;
--primary-foreground: #111111;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #54F2E6;
--accent-foreground: #111111;
--destructive: #FF6AC2;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #54F2E6;
--chart-1: #54F2E6;
--chart-2: #0E0D26;
--chart-3: #54F2E6;
--chart-4: #54F2E6;
--chart-5: #FFC75A;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #54F2E6;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #111111;
--sidebar-accent: #54F2E6;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #111111;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #54F2E6;
--radius: 16px;
}
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 AuroraShadcnKit() {
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">Aurora</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "aurora",
"type": "registry:theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {
"font-sans": "Archivo, system-ui, sans-serif",
"font-mono": "Spline Sans Mono, ui-monospace, monospace",
"font-display": "Saira Condensed, Archivo, sans-serif",
"radius": "16px"
},
"light": {
"background": "#0B0A1E",
"foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"card": "#131233",
"card-foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"popover": "#131233",
"popover-foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"primary": "#54F2E6",
"primary-foreground": "#06121A",
"secondary": "#0E0D26",
"secondary-foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"muted": "#0E0D26",
"muted-foreground": "#8F92C8",
"accent": "#54F2E6",
"accent-foreground": "#06121A",
"destructive": "#FF6AC2",
"destructive-foreground": "#06121A",
"border": "#2A2960",
"input": "#2A2960",
"ring": "#54F2E6",
"chart-1": "#54F2E6",
"chart-2": "#FF6AC2",
"chart-3": "#FFC75A",
"chart-4": "#8AB4FF",
"chart-5": "#8F92C8"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0B0A1E",
"foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"card": "#131233",
"card-foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"popover": "#131233",
"popover-foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"primary": "#54F2E6",
"primary-foreground": "#06121A",
"secondary": "#0E0D26",
"secondary-foreground": "#E9ECFF",
"muted": "#0E0D26",
"muted-foreground": "#8F92C8",
"accent": "#54F2E6",
"accent-foreground": "#06121A",
"destructive": "#FF6AC2",
"destructive-foreground": "#06121A",
"border": "#2A2960",
"input": "#2A2960",
"ring": "#54F2E6",
"chart-1": "#54F2E6",
"chart-2": "#FF6AC2",
"chart-3": "#FFC75A",
"chart-4": "#8AB4FF",
"chart-5": "#8F92C8"
}
},
"visualProfile": {
"mode": "dark",
"ground": "indigo-violet night",
"material": "phosphor glow on flat bands, no borders, graticule grid texture",
"radius": { "wells": "0", "bands": "16px", "pills": "9999px" },
"elevation": "cyan bloom glow, never drop-shadow",
"accentUsage": "aqua primary; magenta + gold scarce, only at threshold crossings",
"typography": { "display": "Saira Condensed", "body": "Archivo", "mono": "Spline Sans Mono" },
"signature": "continuous luminous trace over a measured graticule; sweep bands"
}
}
# Aurora shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019ef865-d349-7fa3-9cfd-7f4b2d4beb82`
Slug: `aurora`
## Intent
Aurora reads a system the way an oscilloscope reads a circuit: one luminous aqua trace riding a measured graticule on an indigo-violet night. You watch the line, and the line tells you everything — a signal surface, not a wall of rows.
## 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:
{
"bg": "#0B0A1E",
"surface": "#131233",
"recess": "#0E0D26",
"text": "#E9ECFF",
"muted": "#8F92C8",
"primary": "#54F2E6",
"secondary": "#0E0D26",
"accent": "#54F2E6",
"on_accent": "#06121A",
"magenta": "#FF6AC2",
"gold": "#FFC75A",
"success": "#54F2E6",
"warning": "#FFC75A",
"error": "#FF6AC2",
"info": "#8AB4FF",
"border": "#2A2960",
"grid": "#1C1B45"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "17px",
"body_font": "Archivo",
"heading_font": "Saira Condensed",
"mono_font": "Spline Sans Mono",
"heading_weight": "600",
"heading_transform": "none",
"letter_spacing": "-0.01em",
"line_height": 1.6,
"scale_ratio": 1.2,
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Saira+Condensed:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Archivo:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Spline+Sans+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap"
}
## Visual character to preserve
- A single continuous luminous polyline is the load-bearing element — it threads the landing as a divider, rides a baseline in the embodiment, and becomes the live data plot in the dashboard.
- Every surface carries a fine measured graticule grid; the grid is the layout, and content stacks in full-width sweep bands like a strip-chart recorder rather than in a rail-and-column grid.
- The interface sits on a deep indigo-violet night ground with aqua-cyan phosphor as the brightest element and soft cyan bloom standing in for shadow.
- Headings are condensed Saira; numerics, status tokens and micro-labels are Spline Sans Mono, tabular and right-aligned; body is Archivo.
- Magenta and gold appear only at threshold crossings — a peak marker, a reserve floor — never as primary colour.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "system",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": false,
"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/aurora/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: Keep the aqua trace the brightest element on screen; everything quieter recedes.; Plot data as a continuous trace on a graticule; right-align numbers in Spline Sans Mono.; Use magenta and gold only at a threshold crossing — a peak, a reserve floor.; Open on a full-bleed luminous waveform hero with the headline set low and left.; Build separation with surface, cyan bloom, and graticule lines — never grey borders.
- Do not: Do not fall back to a three-column command-rail-plus-telemetry console layout.; Do not prefix labels with terminal syntax marks ($ > ::) or stamp corner ticks on panels.; Do not tip the palette into rainbow neon; aqua leads, magenta and gold stay scarce.; Do not use emoji on buttons or symbol-font glyphs in copy; use SVG/CSS primitives.; Do not hide the page behind a JS-only reveal; the settled state must render with no JS.
## 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 AuroraShadcnKit() {
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">Aurora</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
{
"grid": "Full-width sweep bands stacked vertically; the dashboard uses a 12-column band grid (8/4 splits) that collapses to single column. No fixed command rail or telemetry column. Internal rhythm on an 8px base.",
"whitespace": "Comfortable and measured: bands get 32px padding, traces and graticule wells get room to breathe; titles always padded above.",
"density": "medium",
"responsive": "minmax(0,1fr) columns and min-width:0 children so grids never blow out; single column on mobile with non-essential nav hidden; only the hero is full-bleed (100vw x 100svh); contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide.",
"breakpoints": {
"mobile": "< 760px single stacked column, nav hidden",
"tablet": "760-1099px bands stack, 12-col splits collapse to 6/12",
"desktop": ">= 1100px full 12-column band grid",
"ultrawide": ">= 1600px contained content capped and centred"
}
}
{
"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-019ef865-d349-7fa3-9cfd-7f4b2d4beb82",
"name": "Aurora",
"slug": "aurora"
},
"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 single continuous luminous polyline is the load-bearing element — it threads the landing as a divider, rides a baseline in the embodiment, and becomes the live data plot in the dashboard.",
"Every surface carries a fine measured graticule grid; the grid is the layout, and content stacks in full-width sweep bands like a strip-chart recorder rather than in a rail-and-column grid.",
"The interface sits on a deep indigo-violet night ground with aqua-cyan phosphor as the brightest element and soft cyan bloom standing in for shadow.",
"Headings are condensed Saira; numerics, status tokens and micro-labels are Spline Sans Mono, tabular and right-aligned; body is Archivo.",
"Magenta and gold appear only at threshold crossings — a peak marker, a reserve floor — never as primary colour."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "system",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"grain": false,
"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": "Aurora 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": [
"Keep the aqua trace the brightest element on screen; everything quieter recedes.",
"Plot data as a continuous trace on a graticule; right-align numbers in Spline Sans Mono.",
"Use magenta and gold only at a threshold crossing — a peak, a reserve floor.",
"Open on a full-bleed luminous waveform hero with the headline set low and left.",
"Build separation with surface, cyan bloom, and graticule lines — never grey borders."
],
"dont": [
"Do not fall back to a three-column command-rail-plus-telemetry console layout.",
"Do not prefix labels with terminal syntax marks ($ > ::) or stamp corner ticks on panels.",
"Do not tip the palette into rainbow neon; aqua leads, magenta and gold stay scarce.",
"Do not use emoji on buttons or symbol-font glyphs in copy; use SVG/CSS primitives.",
"Do not hide the page behind a JS-only reveal; the settled state must render with no JS."
]
}
}