Atlas · platform specs

North star

AI design contract — UX + DX pillars, not a shell zoo.

north-star.md

Platform

Shared architecture for every design contract — MCP, filenames, JSON keys.

platform.md

Pricing

Why MCP is open source — COGS research and cost-plus decision.

pricing.md

UX

Operator experience — states, heuristics, disclosure, empty/error.

ux.md

DX

Developer + agent experience — golden path, load tiers, gates.

dx.md

Closed prefs

Brand · radius · paper tweaks via apply_prefs — not layout/animation freeform.

prefs.md

Agent stack

MCP · markdown · skills — why we ship all three and lead with MCP.

stack.md

Influences

Ranked inspirations and merge matrix.

influences.md

Absorb checklist

Take / leave / encode before influence-driven UI.

absorb.md

Meridian DNA

Cinematic warm paper — principles and surfaces.

meridian.md

Harbor DNA

Quiet ops admin — dense indexes, semantic status, no cinema.

harbor.md

Atlas DNA

Ink workbench — mono metadata, keyboard-first scanning.

atlas.md

Vellum DNA

Reading-first — typeset lanes, measured prose, ~65ch.

vellum.md

Sources

What we absorb from published craft — discipline, not pastiche.

sources.md

Layout

4px grid, shells, breakpoints, pane anatomy.

layout.md

Architecture

Layers, pipeline, frozen vs creative, extension.

architecture.md

Animations

Fluent motion ramp, micro-only, reduced motion.

animations.md

Color

OKLCH roles, brand sparingly, contrast.

color.md

Typography

Roles, mono data, typeset presets.

typography.md

Density

Task density, control heights, surfaces.

density.md

AI surfaces

Object-bound AI, provenance, activity.

ai-surfaces.md