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feat(design-systems): central prose — guidance on the system, rationale on tokens
Last piece of the architecture in #2296. The operator: "the prose doesn't have
to live as one offs, there's a central system for managing it."

Two fields, both free-form:

  design_systems.guidance   the narrative a token table cannot hold — aesthetic,
                            voice and tone, what is deliberately out of scope.
  design_tokens.rationale   WHY a token is this value, which is a different
                            question from `purpose` (what it is FOR). "Success
                            equals Moss, aligned by design" is a rationale;
                            "page bg, deepest surface" is a purpose. Rules carry
                            the first routinely and a token row had nowhere to
                            put it.

Free-form rather than a column per category, deliberately. A schema with
`voice`, `aesthetic` and `scope` columns would bake one rulebook's table of
contents into every install (rule #115), leaving the next install three empty
columns and nowhere for what it actually cares about. Both nullable: a design
system with no prose at all is complete, not a draft.

`rationale` cascades like `purpose` — deepest non-empty wins — so an app
overriding a colour keeps the family's reasoning rather than blanking it. Same
argument as `supersedes`: the override was about the value, not the meaning.

In the generated sheet the inline comment prefers `purpose` and falls back to
`rationale`, so a token carrying only the why still says something instead of
rendering bare.
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"""The parent chain: walking it, and refusing to close it (milestone #254 step 1).
Pure functions over a `{id: parent_id}` literal, so a whole hierarchy is one line
of setup and no database is involved. That is the reason the cascade lives in its
own import-free module — see services/design_cascade.py.
"""
from types import SimpleNamespace
from scribe.services.design_cascade import ancestry, resolve_tokens, would_cycle
# --- ancestry ---------------------------------------------------------------
def test_ancestry_returns_the_chain_deepest_first():
"""Deepest first because that is the order resolution consumes it in: the
system being resolved wins over its parent, which wins over the root."""
parents = {1: None, 2: 1, 3: 2}
assert ancestry(3, parents) == [3, 2, 1]
def test_a_root_is_its_own_whole_chain():
"""A family system has no parent, and that is an ordinary state — not an
incomplete one. It must resolve to exactly itself."""
assert ancestry(1, {1: None}) == [1]
def test_a_missing_parent_truncates_rather_than_raising():
"""A parent that was soft-deleted (or filtered out of the caller's scope) is
a shorter chain, not a failed request. The alternative — raising — would make
one deleted system break every descendant's rendering."""
assert ancestry(3, {3: 2}) == [3, 2]
def test_a_system_absent_from_the_map_still_yields_itself():
assert ancestry(9, {}) == [9]
def test_ancestry_terminates_on_a_cycle_instead_of_hanging():
"""LOAD-BEARING, and the reason a visited-set exists even though writes are
guarded. A loop introduced by a direct DB edit or a future bug must degrade
to a truncated chain: truncation shows up in the result, a hang shows up as
an outage. Every id appears exactly once."""
parents = {1: 3, 2: 1, 3: 2}
chain = ancestry(1, parents)
assert chain == [1, 3, 2]
assert len(chain) == len(set(chain))
def test_ancestry_terminates_on_a_self_parent():
assert ancestry(1, {1: 1}) == [1]
# --- would_cycle ------------------------------------------------------------
def test_clearing_the_parent_never_cycles():
"""None means "make this a root", which is always safe."""
assert would_cycle(2, None, {1: None, 2: 1}) is False
def test_a_system_cannot_be_its_own_parent():
assert would_cycle(1, 1, {1: None}) is True
def test_an_ordinary_reparent_is_allowed():
"""family <- app is the shape the whole model exists for; it must not trip
the guard."""
assert would_cycle(2, 1, {1: None, 2: None}) is False
def test_a_direct_swap_is_refused():
"""A -> B, then B -> A. The two-system case, and the one a UI produces first
because both systems are on screen together."""
parents = {1: None, 2: 1}
assert would_cycle(1, 2, parents) is True
def test_an_indirect_loop_is_refused():
"""Three deep: root <- mid <- leaf, then root's parent set to leaf. Catching
this is what makes the check a chain walk rather than a parent comparison."""
parents = {1: None, 2: 1, 3: 2}
assert would_cycle(1, 3, parents) is True
def test_reparenting_onto_a_sibling_subtree_is_allowed():
"""Two branches off one root. Moving one under the other is legitimate — the
guard must refuse loops, not reorganisation."""
parents = {1: None, 2: 1, 3: 1}
assert would_cycle(3, 2, parents) is False
def test_the_guard_survives_a_hierarchy_that_is_already_corrupt():
"""If a cycle somehow already exists, the guard still has to answer rather
than spin — the write path is exactly where such a hierarchy gets repaired."""
parents = {1: 2, 2: 1, 3: None}
assert would_cycle(3, 1, parents) is False
assert would_cycle(1, 2, parents) is True
# --- resolution -------------------------------------------------------------
#
# The cascade proper (milestone #254 step 2). Hierarchies are stated as literals
# because resolve_tokens is pure and duck-typed — which is the whole reason it
# lives here rather than inside the service.
def _token(name, value_by_mode, group_name=None, purpose=None, order_index=0,
supersedes=None):
return SimpleNamespace(
name=name, value_by_mode=value_by_mode, group_name=group_name,
purpose=purpose, order_index=order_index, supersedes=supersedes or [],
)
# A family (1) and an app inheriting from it (2) — the shape the model exists for.
FAMILY, APP = 1, 2
PARENTS = {FAMILY: None, APP: FAMILY}
def _by_name(tokens):
return {t.name: t for t in tokens}
def test_a_system_with_no_tokens_of_its_own_inherits_the_whole_family_set():
"""The correct answer for an app that has not departed from the family yet —
and the state every app system starts in."""
resolved = resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{FAMILY: [_token("--fs-obsidian", {"base": "#14171a"})], APP: []},
)
assert [t.name for t in resolved] == ["--fs-obsidian"]
assert resolved[0].value_by_mode == {"base": "#14171a"}
assert resolved[0].origin_by_mode == {"base": FAMILY}
def test_the_deepest_system_wins_and_says_what_it_overrode():
"""Provenance is the point of the whole model: the effective set is just a
list without it, and "where does this app depart from the family?" becomes a
diff someone has to compute."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{
FAMILY: [_token("--fs-accent", {"base": "#6b2118"})],
APP: [_token("--fs-accent", {"base": "#5b4a8a"})],
},
))
accent = resolved["--fs-accent"]
assert accent.value_by_mode == {"base": "#5b4a8a"}
assert accent.origin_by_mode == {"base": APP}
# The shadowed ancestor is still there, behind the winner.
assert [c.system_id for c in accent.contributions["base"]] == [APP, FAMILY]
assert accent.contributions["base"][1].value == "#6b2118"
def test_overriding_one_mode_leaves_the_others_inherited():
"""LOAD-BEARING, and the argument that decided the storage shape. An accent
deepened for light backgrounds while dark is left alone must own `base` and
still inherit `dark` — which is why merging is per (name, MODE) and why the
value column is a map rather than a pair of columns."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{
FAMILY: [_token("--fs-accent", {"base": "#34a877", "dark": "#34a877"})],
APP: [_token("--fs-accent", {"base": "#15803d"})],
},
))
accent = resolved["--fs-accent"]
assert accent.value_by_mode == {"base": "#15803d", "dark": "#34a877"}
assert accent.origin_by_mode == {"base": APP, "dark": FAMILY}
def test_a_token_only_the_app_defines_is_not_an_override():
"""Introducing a token and overriding one are different acts, and a UI that
labelled both "overridden here" would misdescribe the first."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{FAMILY: [], APP: [_token("--fs-editor-caret", {"base": "#5b4a8a"})]},
))
caret = resolved["--fs-editor-caret"]
assert caret.origin_by_mode == {"base": APP}
assert caret.is_overridden_in(APP) is False
def test_is_overridden_in_is_true_only_for_the_system_that_shadowed():
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{
FAMILY: [_token("--fs-accent", {"base": "#6b2118"})],
APP: [_token("--fs-accent", {"base": "#5b4a8a"})],
},
))
accent = resolved["--fs-accent"]
assert accent.is_overridden_in(APP) is True
assert accent.is_overridden_in(FAMILY) is False
def test_three_levels_stack_nearest_first():
"""A chain deeper than family->app, to prove the walk isn't a single hop."""
parents = {1: None, 2: 1, 3: 2}
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
3, parents,
{
1: [_token("--fs-bg", {"base": "a"})],
2: [_token("--fs-bg", {"base": "b"})],
3: [_token("--fs-bg", {"base": "c"})],
},
))
bg = resolved["--fs-bg"]
assert bg.value_by_mode == {"base": "c"}
assert [c.value for c in bg.contributions["base"]] == ["c", "b", "a"]
def test_resolving_the_family_itself_ignores_its_children():
"""Inheritance runs one way. A family system resolved on its own must not
pick up an app's overrides — otherwise every app would restyle the house."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
FAMILY, PARENTS,
{
FAMILY: [_token("--fs-accent", {"base": "#6b2118"})],
APP: [_token("--fs-accent", {"base": "#5b4a8a"})],
},
))
assert resolved["--fs-accent"].value_by_mode == {"base": "#6b2118"}
def test_value_for_falls_back_to_the_base_mode():
"""A token that isn't mode-dependent carries only `base`, and asking it for
"dark" must yield that rather than nothing — the read rule the storage shape
implies."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
FAMILY, PARENTS, {FAMILY: [_token("--fs-radius-md", {"base": "8px"})]},
))
radius = resolved["--fs-radius-md"]
assert radius.value_for("dark") == "8px"
assert radius.value_for("base") == "8px"
def test_value_for_prefers_an_explicit_mode_over_the_fallback():
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
FAMILY, PARENTS,
{FAMILY: [_token("--fs-bg", {"base": "#f7f5ef", "dark": "#14171a"})]},
))
assert resolved["--fs-bg"].value_for("dark") == "#14171a"
def test_metadata_is_inherited_when_the_override_leaves_it_blank():
"""A child overriding a colour routinely says nothing about what the token is
FOR. Inheriting the family's description beats blanking it — the override was
about the value, not the meaning."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{
FAMILY: [_token(
"--fs-obsidian", {"base": "#14171a"},
group_name="surface", purpose="page bg, deepest surface",
)],
APP: [_token("--fs-obsidian", {"base": "#101317"})],
},
))
obsidian = resolved["--fs-obsidian"]
assert obsidian.group_name == "surface"
assert obsidian.purpose == "page bg, deepest surface"
assert obsidian.value_by_mode == {"base": "#101317"} # the value still won
def test_an_override_that_states_metadata_wins_it_too():
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{
FAMILY: [_token("--fs-x", {"base": "a"}, purpose="family says")],
APP: [_token("--fs-x", {"base": "b"}, purpose="app says")],
},
))
assert resolved["--fs-x"].purpose == "app says"
def test_an_override_at_default_order_keeps_the_familys_position():
"""order_index 0 is the column DEFAULT, so it reads as unstated. Treating it
as "first" would let a colour-only override drag its token to the top of the
group — a visible reshuffle nobody asked for."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{
FAMILY: [_token("--fs-x", {"base": "a"}, order_index=7)],
APP: [_token("--fs-x", {"base": "b"})],
},
))
assert resolved["--fs-x"].order_index == 7
def test_the_effective_set_is_ordered_by_group_then_position_with_ungrouped_last():
resolved = resolve_tokens(
FAMILY, PARENTS,
{FAMILY: [
_token("--fs-z", {"base": "1"}), # ungrouped
_token("--fs-b", {"base": "2"}, group_name="text", order_index=1),
_token("--fs-a", {"base": "3"}, group_name="surface", order_index=2),
_token("--fs-c", {"base": "4"}, group_name="surface", order_index=1),
]},
)
assert [t.name for t in resolved] == ["--fs-c", "--fs-a", "--fs-b", "--fs-z"]
def test_resolution_terminates_on_a_corrupt_hierarchy():
"""Resolution inherits ancestry's visited-set. A loop reaching this function
must produce a truncated set, not a hung request — the defensive half of the
cycle guard, exercised end to end."""
parents = {1: 2, 2: 1}
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
1, parents,
{1: [_token("--fs-a", {"base": "one"})], 2: [_token("--fs-b", {"base": "two"})]},
))
assert set(resolved) == {"--fs-a", "--fs-b"}
# Each system contributes exactly once, not endlessly.
assert len(resolved["--fs-a"].contributions["base"]) == 1
# --- supersedes -------------------------------------------------------------
#
# The declaration that replaces a prohibition. A design system stores what things
# ARE, so "pure white is never text" has no row — but "write this token instead
# of #fff" does, and it is the same fact stated forwards.
def test_supersedes_is_inherited_when_the_override_is_silent_about_it():
"""LOAD-BEARING. A child overriding a colour says nothing about which
literals it replaces, and blanking the family's declaration there would
silently disarm the check for every app that customises the token."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{
FAMILY: [_token("--fs-text", {"base": "#e8e4d8"}, supersedes=["#fff", "#ffffff"])],
APP: [_token("--fs-text", {"base": "#f0ece0"})],
},
))
text = resolved["--fs-text"]
assert text.supersedes == ("#fff", "#ffffff")
assert text.value_by_mode == {"base": "#f0ece0"} # the value still overrode
def test_an_override_that_states_its_own_supersedes_replaces_the_list():
"""Whole-list replacement, not a merge — an app that means "only #fff" must
be able to say so without inheriting entries it deliberately dropped."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{
FAMILY: [_token("--fs-text", {"base": "a"}, supersedes=["#fff", "#ffffff"])],
APP: [_token("--fs-text", {"base": "b"}, supersedes=["#fff"])],
},
))
assert resolved["--fs-text"].supersedes == ("#fff",)
def test_a_token_that_supersedes_nothing_resolves_to_an_empty_tuple():
"""Most tokens replace nothing. That has to be an empty sequence rather than
None, so no caller has to test for two kinds of nothing."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
FAMILY, PARENTS, {FAMILY: [_token("--fs-radius-md", {"base": "8px"})]},
))
assert resolved["--fs-radius-md"].supersedes == ()
def test_supersedes_survives_serialisation_as_a_list():
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
FAMILY, PARENTS,
{FAMILY: [_token("--fs-text", {"base": "#e8e4d8"}, supersedes=["#fff"])]},
))
assert resolved["--fs-text"].to_dict()["supersedes"] == ["#fff"]
def test_the_superseded_literal_need_not_match_the_tokens_own_value():
"""The whole reason this is DECLARED rather than derived. `#fff` and
Parchment are different colours, so a value-matching rule could never have
connected them — which is why the prohibition looked unrepresentable until
it was turned around."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
FAMILY, PARENTS,
{FAMILY: [_token("--fs-text", {"base": "#e8e4d8"}, supersedes=["#fff"])]},
))
text = resolved["--fs-text"]
assert text.value_by_mode["base"] not in text.supersedes
def test_rows_without_a_supersedes_attribute_at_all_still_resolve():
"""Duck-typed input: a caller passing rows from before the column existed
must not crash the cascade."""
legacy = SimpleNamespace(
name="--fs-x", value_by_mode={"base": "a"},
group_name=None, purpose=None, order_index=0,
)
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(FAMILY, PARENTS, {FAMILY: [legacy]}))
assert resolved["--fs-x"].supersedes == ()
# --- rationale --------------------------------------------------------------
def test_rationale_cascades_like_purpose_and_is_a_different_question():
"""`purpose` is what the token is FOR; `rationale` is why it is this value.
Rules carry the second routinely ("Success = Moss, aligned by design") and a
token row had nowhere to put it until now."""
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
APP, PARENTS,
{
FAMILY: [SimpleNamespace(
name="--fs-success", value_by_mode={"base": "#4a5d3f"},
group_name="semantic", purpose="success states",
rationale="equals Moss, aligned by design",
order_index=0, supersedes=[],
)],
APP: [_token("--fs-success", {"base": "#3f5236"})],
},
))
token = resolved["--fs-success"]
assert token.rationale == "equals Moss, aligned by design"
assert token.purpose == "success states"
assert token.value_by_mode == {"base": "#3f5236"} # the value still overrode
def test_a_token_without_a_rationale_resolves_to_none():
resolved = _by_name(resolve_tokens(
FAMILY, PARENTS, {FAMILY: [_token("--fs-x", {"base": "1px"})]},
))
assert resolved["--fs-x"].rationale is None