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theme.css is now generated from design system 2 (Scribe, inheriting FabledSword) plus a compatibility alias layer, so the record decides the styling rather than describing it after the fact. **Dark is now the base layer.** The kit is dark-mode-first, so `:root` carries the dark palette and `[data-theme="light"]` overrides it — the inverse of how this file read before. `useTheme` already sets the attribute explicitly to "light" or "dark", so the flip needed no JS change. It also closes the one-way scoping gap #251 recorded: there IS a `[data-theme="light"]` block now, so a container can add light as well as dark. **60 dark overrides became 12.** The other 48 were restating relationships the derivations now express: `--color-bg` follows `--fs-surface-page` because an alias resolves at use time, so it needs stating once rather than per mode. ## What the audit found, which is the actual deliverable **12 dead tokens, removed.** Declared in both modes, referenced by nothing: seven from the removed chat subsystem (bubbles, input bar), plus `--glow-soft`, `--color-action-ghost-border`, `--radius-pill` and two chat widths. 17% of the file was styling a feature that no longer exists. **16 names referenced but NEVER declared** — not by this change, not by the file before it. Fourteen carried hardcoded fallbacks, so pages rendered and nothing ever failed, but the fallback was what rendered, every time. Several were off the palette entirely: --color-primary-bg fell back to rgba(99,102,241,0.15) — an indigo --color-destructive fell back to #b85a4a — not the oxblood --color-status-cancelled fell back to #6b7280 — a grey from no palette here --color-muted fell back to #888 All 16 now resolve to real tokens. Expect small visual shifts exactly where a fallback had drifted; the shift is the fix. **Two tokens the app needed and never had**: `--fs-status-cancelled` (Scribe has had a cancelled task status since the lifecycle was built and never had a colour for it) and `--fs-layout-header` (referenced with a 52px fallback, so 52px was always the real value — just not one anybody could look up). ## The system grew to cover what the app improvised Per the operator: the kit wasn't growing with the app, and this is the result. Recorded as tokens with GAP RECORDED FROM PRACTICE in their rationale — action hover states, disabled opacity, the modal scrim, both code backgrounds, the table stripe, the CTA gradient and glows, the accent-deep and accent-wash tints, and the layout dimensions. Scribe's own system gained its domain semantics — task status, priority, overdue, wikilink — all DERIVED from family colours, so twelve rows of duplicated hex became twelve formulas and zero new values. Priority maps onto the semantic ladder deliberately: low is info, medium is warning, high is error. 95 tokens resolved, none valueless, 34 derived, no broken references, no cycles.
Fabled Scribe
A self-hosted work system-of-record for software projects, built to be driven by Claude Code. Notes, tasks, issues, projects, milestones, rules, and stored processes — reachable from Claude via a built-in MCP endpoint and a bundled Claude Code plugin, with a clean web UI for humans. No in-app LLM; Claude is the sole assistant.
Features
Notes and tasks with a Markdown editor, sub-tasks, milestones, issues, and kanban project workspaces. Stored processes, an engineering rulebook system, and semantic search with proactive knowledge-injection into Claude's context. A knowledge graph, per-user/group sharing, and a built-in MCP server (/mcp) plus a bundled Claude Code plugin so Claude can record and recall your work directly.
Quick Start
Prerequisites: Docker and Docker Compose. No GPU or local model needed — Claude is the sole assistant, reached over MCP.
Download docker-compose.quickstart.yml from this repo, then:
# Optional but recommended — set a secret key
export SECRET_KEY=your-random-secret-here
docker compose -f docker-compose.quickstart.yml up -d
Open http://localhost:5000. The first user to register becomes admin. To connect Claude, create an API key under Settings → API Keys and install the Claude Code plugin — see API Keys & MCP.
Development: To build from source, see Development.
Documentation
| Doc | Contents |
|---|---|
| Architecture | Stack, design decisions, data models, key services |
| Configuration | Environment variables, Docker Compose, production setup, security |
| Features | Detailed feature breakdown and keyboard shortcuts |
| Development | Dev workflow, CI/CD, migrations, release process |
| API Keys & MCP | API key management and Fable MCP install guide |
| SSO / OAuth | OIDC setup for Authentik, Keycloak, and other providers |
| API Reference | All REST API endpoints |
License
This project is privately maintained.