Adopt the Stitch google-labs-code/design.md format's two-layer shape:
YAML frontmatter carries machine-readable tokens, prose body covers the
six canonical sections. The sidecar DESIGN.json now extends frontmatter
rather than duplicating it.
- document.md: new frontmatter section, Step 2b staging, sidecar scoped
to extensions, Do's/Don'ts now cite PRODUCT.md anti-references by name,
OKLCH vs hex presented as project posture not mandate.
- design-parser.mjs: tiny YAML-subset reader, exposes model.frontmatter,
schemaVersion bumped to 2, prose-scraping fallback intact.
- live-browser.js: "basic view" CTA copy reflects frontmatter-first model.
- DESIGN.md: add frontmatter with 10 colors, 9 type roles, 7 components;
OKLCH values direct per The OKLCH-Only Rule.
- tests/design-parser.test.mjs: coverage for no-frontmatter, Stitch-shape,
missing-terminator, comment handling.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The format at https://stitch.withgoogle.com/docs/design-md/format/ defines
exactly six sections in a fixed order: Overview, Colors, Typography,
Elevation, Components, Do's and Don'ts. Our previous format used
non-compliant names (Visual Theme & Atmosphere, Color Palette & Roles,
Typography Rules, Component Stylings), a non-existent "Layout Principles"
section, and had no Do's and Don'ts.
Changes to reference/document.md:
- Fixed section list to match the spec character-for-character
- Added mandatory "Creative North Star" pattern at top of Overview
- Added Named Rules pattern (e.g. "The No-Line Rule") — stickier than
bullet lists for AI consumers, mirrors Stitch's own generator output
- Added explicit Do's and Don'ts section with concrete, forceful guardrails
- Elevation is now its own section (was buried in Components)
- Layout/motion/responsive content folds into Overview + Components
rather than inventing new top-level sections
- Guidance on forceful voice ("prohibited"/"forbidden"/"never") matching
PRODUCT.md's expert-decisive tone
- Pitfalls section warns against renaming sections or adding new ones
Changes to our DESIGN.md:
- Rewrote to use spec-compliant section headers with evocative subtitles
(e.g. "## 2. Colors: The Warm-Paper Palette")
- Opened with "Creative North Star: The Editorial Sanctuary"
- Added 11 Named Rules across sections (The One Voice Rule, The Paper-
Not-White Rule, The OKLCH-Only Rule, The Italic-Is-Voice Rule,
The 1.6 Leading Rule, The Fluid-Headlines-Only Rule, The Flat-By-
Default Rule, The Low-Alpha Rule, The Tinted-Shadow-Only-For-Accent
Rule, plus the existing implicit ones)
- Full Do's and Don'ts section with 10 Dos and 15 Don'ts, many of which
translate PRODUCT.md anti-references into concrete prohibitions
- Elevation section documents shadow vocabulary separately from Components
- Layout/spacing/motion content relocated to a sub-section under Components
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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