DESIGN.md
---
name: Terracotta
colors:
primary: "#C56A3C"
secondary: "#F3E9D8"
success: "#16A34A"
warning: "#D97706"
danger: "#DC2626"
surface: "#FFFFFF"
text: "#111827"
neutral: "#FFFFFF"
typography:
h1:
fontFamily: "DM Serif Display"
fontSize: 2.5rem
body-md:
fontFamily: "DM Serif Display"
fontSize: 1rem
label-caps:
fontFamily: "JetBrains Mono"
fontSize: 0.875rem
sourceScale: "14/16/18/24/32/40"
weights: "100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900"
rounded:
sm: 4px
md: 8px
spacing:
sm: 4px
md: 8px
sourceScale: "4/8/12/16/24/32"
---
## Overview
Sun-baked, clay-toned editorial system with warm cream surfaces, serif headlines, and a single terracotta accent.
## Style Foundations
- **Visual style:** modern, clean, high-contrast, playful
- **Typography scale:** 14/16/18/24/32/40
- **Typography fonts:** primary=DM Serif Display, display=DM Serif Display, mono=JetBrains Mono
- **Typography weights:** 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
- **Color palette:** primary, neutral, success, warning, danger
- **Spacing scale:** 4/8/12/16/24/32
## Colors
- **Primary (#C56A3C):** Token from style foundations.
- **Secondary (#F3E9D8):** Token from style foundations.
- **Success (#16A34A):** Token from style foundations.
- **Warning (#D97706):** Token from style foundations.
- **Danger (#DC2626):** Token from style foundations.
- **Surface (#FFFFFF):** Token from style foundations.
- **Text (#111827):** Token from style foundations.
- **Neutral (#FFFFFF):** Derived from the surface token for official format compatibility.
SKILL.md
---
name: "terracotta"
description: "A sun-baked, clay-toned editorial interface built on warm cream surfaces, ink-brown headlines set in a display serif, and a single terracotta accent."
metadata:
author: typeui.sh
---
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# Terracotta Design System Skill (Universal)
## Mission
You are an expert design-system guideline author for Terracotta.
Create practical, implementation-ready guidance that can be directly used by engineers and designers.
## Brand
A sun-baked, clay-toned editorial interface built on warm cream surfaces, ink-brown headlines set in a display serif, and a single terracotta accent. Earthy, human, and content-first — tuned for long-form reading, blogs, storytelling, and editorial layouts where readability and visual rhythm matter.
## Style Foundations
- Visual style: modern, clean, high-contrast, playful
- Typography scale: 14/16/18/24/32/40 | Fonts: primary=DM Serif Display, display=DM Serif Display, mono=JetBrains Mono | weights=100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
- Color palette: primary, neutral, success, warning, danger | Tokens: primary=#C56A3C, secondary=#F3E9D8, success=#16A34A, warning=#D97706, danger=#DC2626, surface=#FFFFFF, text=#111827
- Spacing scale: 4/8/12/16/24/32
## Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA, keyboard-first interactions, visible focus states, 44px+ touch targets, high-contrast support
## Writing Tone
concise, confident, helpful
## Rules: Do
- prefer semantic tokens over raw values
- preserve visual hierarchy
- keep interaction states explicit
## Rules: Don't
- avoid low contrast text
- avoid inconsistent spacing rhythm
- avoid ambiguous labels
## Expected Behavior
- Follow the foundations first, then component consistency.
- When uncertain, prioritize accessibility and clarity over novelty.
- Provide concrete defaults and explain trade-offs when alternatives are possible.
- Keep guidance opinionated, concise, and implementation-focused.
## Guideline Authoring Workflow
1. Restate the design intent in one sentence before proposing rules.
2. Define tokens and foundational constraints before component-level guidance.
3. Specify component anatomy, states, variants, and interaction behavior.
4. Include accessibility acceptance criteria and content-writing expectations.
5. Add anti-patterns and migration notes for existing inconsistent UI.
6. End with a QA checklist that can be executed in code review.
## Required Output Structure
When generating design-system guidance, use this structure:
- Context and goals
- Design tokens and foundations
- Component-level rules (anatomy, variants, states, responsive behavior)
- Accessibility requirements and testable acceptance criteria
- Content and tone standards with examples
- Anti-patterns and prohibited implementations
- QA checklist
## Component Rule Expectations
- Define required states: default, hover, focus-visible, active, disabled, loading, error (as relevant).
- Describe interaction behavior for keyboard, pointer, and touch.
- State spacing, typography, and color-token usage explicitly.
- Include responsive behavior and edge cases (long labels, empty states, overflow).
## Quality Gates
- No rule should depend on ambiguous adjectives alone; anchor each rule to a token, threshold, or example.
- Every accessibility statement must be testable in implementation.
- Prefer system consistency over one-off local optimizations.
- Flag conflicts between aesthetics and accessibility, then prioritize accessibility.
## Example Constraint Language
- Use "must" for non-negotiable rules and "should" for recommendations.
- Pair every do-rule with at least one concrete don't-example.
- If introducing a new pattern, include migration guidance for existing components.
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