{"version":"0.1","description":"The living knowledge tree: how sources become shipped work through the Designesy pipeline.","chain":[{"stage":"Source","description":"Observed material — external design intelligence, prior work, real artifacts.","public_examples":["External design intelligence research (W3C DTCG, Apple HIG, Material 3)","Cuelume interaction sound library","Transitions.dev motion reference","Better-ui and better-typography agent skills"]},{"stage":"Observation","description":"What was noticed. The raw finding before it becomes a claim.","public_examples":["No existing tool compiles principles into verifiable contracts","W3C DTCG 2025.10 does not define acoustic tokens","Press feedback at scale(0.97) feels physical; scale(0) feels broken"]},{"stage":"Claim","description":"A stated position derived from observation.","public_examples":["Motion is structural communication, not ornament","Acoustic tokens should be first-class design contract material","If the response is louder than the action, it fails"]},{"stage":"Tension","description":"An open problem or unresolved conflict.","public_examples":["Block-axis logical properties not yet migrated","Dual-source risk: human page and machine export can drift","Font-synthesis, logical properties, underline-from-font open tensions"]},{"stage":"Principle","description":"A working rule that resolves a tension.","public_examples":["Purpose earns form","Economy is intelligence","Responsibility is a design material"]},{"stage":"Pattern","description":"A reusable approach derived from principles.","public_examples":["Labs compile into contracts: experiment, review, adopt, version","Field checks verify live CSS against contract rules","Case studies document shipped work with honest outcomes"]},{"stage":"Contract Rule","description":"An enforceable, tokenized rule adopted into the design system.","public_examples":["Press settle: scale(0.97) at ~160ms with ease-out","Concentric border radius: outerRadius = innerRadius + padding","Rem-based scale: every text size is a rem multiple of the 16px root"]},{"stage":"Token / Component / Behavior","description":"The machine-readable expression of a contract rule.","public_examples":["--ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1)","--cue:action: press (Cuelume engine)","shape.radius.default: 6px"]},{"stage":"Verification Artifact","description":"Proof that the rule is live and working.","public_examples":["Field check · Poise (pass with notes)","Field check · Takt (pass with notes, 47,680 bytes CSS audited)","Field check · Cadence (pass with notes, 48,755 bytes CSS audited)","Keyboard path verification"]},{"stage":"Shipped Work","description":"Real artifacts produced using the contract.","public_examples":["designesy.org (live, v0.1.4, 12 packages, 5 machine exports)","Tile — interactive series composer (617 views on X)","Compile — principle compiler (built, pending hosting)","Continuity — founder narrative (shipped, underperformed, honest failure documented)"]}],"note":"The Graph prevents design knowledge from becoming anonymous taste. Every shipped artifact should trace backwards through this chain to a source."}