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A fallback, not an override. These rules fill the gap when the user gave no design direction. The moment the brief specifies a palette, a mood, a reference — their intent wins. Two exceptions that hold regardless: the contrast floor (in , where you choose the tokens), and the anti-genericism intent — derive the look from brand even when the user supplied the inputs.
styles/global.cssToken judgment (polarity, palette, contrast, type floors) lives in the @theme header in
styles/global.css — you’ll meet it when you set the tokens. This file governs the surfaces:
max-w-4xl mx-auto
around everything). Design for the viewport; use peripheral space intentionally.This constrains the how, not the what — the brief and the vertical decide what the pages are; INSTRUCTIONS decides which surfaces exist.