roast-my-design-system 7.3.1 → 7.3.3

package/README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gregkozakiewicz/roast-my-design-system/main/assets/roaster_logo_300px.png?v=7.3.0" width="72" alt="roast-my-design-system">
+<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gregkozakiewicz/roast-my-design-system/main/assets/roaster_logo_300px.png?v=7.3.2" width="72" alt="roast-my-design-system">
 
 # roast-my-design-system
 
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ Not to be confused with each other: **"Why this matters"** is generic, ships wit
 
 The full report for vercel/ai-chatbot, top to bottom, including "What the numbers mean", Claude's read of the scan, embedded right under the verdict:
 
-![The full diagnosis report for vercel/ai-chatbot in dark mode: health score, the line saying how the repo was read as a shadcn install, the What the numbers mean analysis written by Claude, priced Where to start moves each with its copy-the-fix-prompt button, the wrapped present with the agent rules, an agent trap callout, 3-yardstick tiles including the 2 shadcn tiles, the adoption map treemap, palette forensics, the shadcn theme variable by variable, spacing receipts, typography specimens, offenders, duplicates, and the component usage ledger](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gregkozakiewicz/roast-my-design-system/main/assets/report-full-dark.png?v=7.3.0)
+![The full diagnosis report for vercel/ai-chatbot in dark mode: health score, the line saying how the repo was read as a shadcn install, the What the numbers mean analysis written by Claude, priced Where to start moves each with its copy-the-fix-prompt button, the wrapped present with the agent rules, an agent trap callout, 3-yardstick tiles including the 2 shadcn tiles, the adoption map treemap, palette forensics, the shadcn theme variable by variable, spacing receipts, typography specimens, offenders, duplicates, and the component usage ledger](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gregkozakiewicz/roast-my-design-system/main/assets/report-full-dark.png?v=7.3.2)
 
 The same report in light mode (one file, built-in toggle):
 
-![The diagnosis report in light mode](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gregkozakiewicz/roast-my-design-system/main/assets/report-light-hero.png?v=7.3.0)
+![The diagnosis report in light mode](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gregkozakiewicz/roast-my-design-system/main/assets/report-light-hero.png?v=7.3.2)
 
 ## What makes the numbers trustworthy
 
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ After the roast, the skill also offers to write `design-system-rules.md` to disk
 
 - **[telekom/scale](https://gregkozakiewicz.github.io/roast-my-design-system/examples/telekom-scale.html)**: Stencil, 95 components read by tag, with Claude's notes embedded
 - **[adobe/spectrum-web-components](https://gregkozakiewicz.github.io/roast-my-design-system/examples/adobe-spectrum.html)**: Lit, the `--spectrum-*` namespace named in the header
+- **[npx shadcn create, fresh](https://gregkozakiewicz.github.io/roast-my-design-system/examples/shadcn-create-fresh.html)**: a factory install with all 61 components, scanned as is
 - **[vercel/ai-chatbot](https://gregkozakiewicz.github.io/roast-my-design-system/examples/vercel-ai-chatbot.html)**: React, with Claude's notes embedded
 - **[excalidraw/excalidraw](https://gregkozakiewicz.github.io/roast-my-design-system/examples/excalidraw-excalidraw.html)**
 - **[dubinc/dub](https://gregkozakiewicz.github.io/roast-my-design-system/examples/dubinc-dub.html)**

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "roast-my-design-system",
-  "version": "7.3.1",
+  "version": "7.3.3",
   "mcpName": "io.github.gregkozakiewicz/roast-my-design-system",
   "description": "Your AI can write the UI. This makes sure it writes your UI. A deterministic scanner scores your design system 0-100 against 34 public repos, reads React and web components (Stencil, Lit), hands you a copy-paste fix prompt for each top finding, writes rules for Claude, Cursor, Copilot and Windsurf with --apply, and runs as a local MCP server with --mcp.",
   "keywords": [

package/skills/roast-my-design-system/scripts/benchmark/benchmark.json

@@ -1852,8 +1852,8 @@
   },
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-      "builtAt": "2026-09-12T00:06:00.881Z",
-      "repoCount": 17,
+      "builtAt": "2026-09-12T19:02:27.297Z",
+      "repoCount": 16,
       "note": "every repo in the fleet the scanner reads as shadcn; the \"cleaner than\" line on a shadcn repo reads against these",
       "stats": {
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@@ -1867,7 +1867,6 @@
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@@ -1876,10 +1875,10 @@
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@@ -1902,9 +1900,9 @@
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@@ -1920,16 +1918,15 @@
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+          "median": 29,
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@@ -1945,7 +1942,6 @@
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@@ -1953,7 +1949,7 @@
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+          "p75": 4,
           "p90": 7
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+          "p75": 31,
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             20,
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             34,
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           "p25": 11,
           "median": 14,
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+          "p75": 20,
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@@ -2028,7 +2021,7 @@
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@@ -2051,10 +2043,10 @@
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+          "p90": 119
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@@ -2076,10 +2067,10 @@
             120,
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-          "median": 47,
-          "p75": 74,
-          "p90": 118
+          "p25": 10,
+          "median": 45,
+          "p75": 75,
+          "p90": 119
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@@ -2097,14 +2088,13 @@
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-            622,
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             1673
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             59
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@@ -2166,7 +2154,6 @@
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@@ -2178,8 +2165,8 @@
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@@ -2223,13 +2209,12 @@
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@@ -2247,14 +2232,13 @@
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+          "p90": 38
         }
       },
       "repos": [
@@ -2420,33 +2404,6 @@
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         },
-        {
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-          "baseColor": null,
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-          "ownFiles": 1389,
-          "metrics": {
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-            "greys": 22,
-            "spacing": 49,
-            "typefaces": 3,
-            "fontSizes": 43,
-            "radii": 28,
-            "shadows": 0,
-            "exactDuplicates": 23,
-            "inlineStyles": 49,
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-            "doorOverrides": 40
-          }
-        },
         {
           "repo": "formbricks/formbricks",
           "confidence": "high",

package/skills/roast-my-design-system/scripts/diagnose/index.mjs

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ const offenders = h.tokens.offenders ?? [];
 const candidates = [];
 const effColors = tokenLed ? colorStrays : colors.length;
 const effGreys = tokenLed ? greyStrays : greys.length;
-if (typefaces.length > 3) candidates.push({ ratio: typefaces.length / 3, text: `${typefaces.length} typefaces, brands use 2 or 3` });
+if (typefaces.length > 3) candidates.push({ ratio: typefaces.length / 3, text: `${typefaces.length} typefaces. Most products use 2 or 3` });
 else if (typefaces.length && fontFamilies.length > 6) candidates.push({ ratio: fontFamilies.length / 6, text: `${typefaces.length} typeface${typefaces.length > 1 ? 's' : ''} declared ${fontFamilies.length} different ways` });
 if (effColors > 24 * 1.25) candidates.push({ ratio: effColors / 24, text: tokenLed
   ? `${n(colorStrays)} hardcoded colours outside the token set, your agent will happily copy them at random`
@@ -285,15 +285,15 @@ if (effColors > 24 * 1.25) candidates.push({ ratio: effColors / 24, text: tokenL
 if (effGreys > 13 * 1.25) candidates.push({ ratio: effGreys / 13, text: tokenLed
   ? `${greyStrays} hardcoded greys outside the token set`
   : `${greys.length} shades of grey doing the job of 13` });
-if (spacingTotal > 15) candidates.push({ ratio: spacingTotal / 12, text: `${spacingTotal} off-scale spacing values where a dozen would do` });
-if (nearPairs.length >= 3) candidates.push({ ratio: 1 + nearPairs.length / 6, text: `${nearPairs.length} colour pairs are nearly identical (${nearPairs[0].a.value} next to ${nearPairs[0].b.value}), copy-paste, not decisions` });
-if (important.count >= 10) candidates.push({ ratio: 1 + important.count / 30, text: `${n(important.count)} !important declarations, the cascade admitting defeat` });
+if (spacingTotal > 15) candidates.push({ ratio: spacingTotal / 12, text: `${spacingTotal} spacing values sit outside the scale. A tidy system needs about 12` });
+if (nearPairs.length >= 3) candidates.push({ ratio: 1 + nearPairs.length / 6, text: `${nearPairs.length} pairs of colours are nearly the same (${nearPairs[0].a.value} next to ${nearPairs[0].b.value}). Each pair is 1 colour recorded twice` });
+if (important.count >= 10) candidates.push({ ratio: 1 + important.count / 30, text: `${n(important.count)} !important declarations. Each one forces a style through instead of fixing the rule that blocked it` });
 if (componentsMeasured && iconCollisions.length >= 5) candidates.push({ ratio: 1 + iconCollisions.length / 8, text: `two icon sets collide on ${iconCollisions.length} names` });
-if (componentsMeasured && hardDupes.length > 0) candidates.push({ ratio: 1 + hardDupes.length / 5, text: `${hardDupes.length} component${hardDupes.length > 1 ? 's' : ''} implemented more than once, so an agent asked for a Button has several random options` });
-if (inline.count > 20) candidates.push({ ratio: inline.count / 20, text: `${n(inline.count)} inline style blocks bypassing every system, and teaching your agent to do the same` });
-if (arbitraryCount >= 20) candidates.push({ ratio: arbitraryCount / 30, text: `${n(arbitraryCount)} arbitrary values like ${arbitrary[0].value} punched through the Tailwind scale, each one a precedent your agent will follow` });
-if (agentFiles.length === 0) candidates.push({ ratio: 1.3, text: `no agent rules, so your AI is guessing` });
-if ((h.staleRules ?? []).length >= 2) candidates.push({ ratio: 1.2 + h.staleRules.length / 10, text: `${h.staleRules.length} references in your agent rules point at things this scan can no longer find` });
+if (componentsMeasured && hardDupes.length > 0) candidates.push({ ratio: 1 + hardDupes.length / 5, text: `${hardDupes.length} component${hardDupes.length > 1 ? 's' : ''} exist in more than 1 version. An agent asked for a Button can not tell which one to use` });
+if (inline.count > 20) candidates.push({ ratio: inline.count / 20, text: `${n(inline.count)} inline style blocks skip the design system. An agent that reads them learns to do the same` });
+if (arbitraryCount >= 20) candidates.push({ ratio: arbitraryCount / 30, text: `${n(arbitraryCount)} values like ${arbitrary[0].value} are written outside the Tailwind scale. An agent that reads them learns to do the same` });
+if (agentFiles.length === 0) candidates.push({ ratio: 1.3, text: `No agent rules file, so your AI agent has nothing to follow` });
+if ((h.staleRules ?? []).length >= 2) candidates.push({ ratio: 1.2 + h.staleRules.length / 10, text: `${h.staleRules.length} lines in your agent rules refer to files that no longer exist` });
 const findings = candidates.sort((a, b) => b.ratio - a.ratio).map((c) => c.text);
 
 let verdict = findings.length === 0
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ function row(label, valText, refVal, value) {
 }
 const FALLBACK_TARGET = {
   colors: 'a system needs ~24', greys: 'a scale has up to 13', spacing: 'a dozen deliberate exceptions',
-  exactDuplicates: 'should be 0', inlineStyles: 'invisible to any system', nearPairs: 'copy-paste, not decisions',
-  important: 'the cascade admitting defeat', neverImported: 'the system nobody found', arbitrary: 'a handful of deliberate exceptions',
+  exactDuplicates: 'should be 0', inlineStyles: 'invisible to any system', nearPairs: '1 colour recorded twice',
+  important: 'forces a style through', neverImported: 'the system nobody found', arbitrary: 'a handful of deliberate exceptions',
   paintTin: 'the theme file already has a variable for it', doorOverrides: 'use a variant instead',
 };
 // Dress one judged tile for the page: formatted number, comparison rows.
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ function paletteSection() {
     <div class="usage-bar">${cells}${restCell}</div>
     ${ramp}
     ${nearPairs.length ? `
-    <div class="receipts">${eyebrow(`${nearPairs.length} nearly identical pair${nearPairs.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} · copy-paste, not decisions`)}
+    <div class="receipts">${eyebrow(`${nearPairs.length} nearly identical pair${nearPairs.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} · each pair is 1 colour recorded twice`)}
     <div class="chips-row">${nearPairs.slice(0, 8).map((pr) => `<span class="vchip" title="every channel within ${pr.d} of its twin"><i class="ndot" style="background:${swatch(pr.a.value)}"></i>${esc(pr.a.value)} ×${pr.a.count} <b class="nsim">≈</b> <i class="ndot" style="background:${swatch(pr.b.value)}"></i>${esc(pr.b.value)} ×${pr.b.count}</span>`).join('')}${nearPairs.length > 8 ? `<span class="vchip dim">+${nearPairs.length - 8} more</span>` : ''}</div>
     ${whyToggle('nearPairs')}</div>` : ''}
   </div>
@@ -514,31 +514,31 @@ function dupesTrap() {
   const hard = exactDupes.filter((d) => !d.wrapped);
   if (hard.length < 2) return '';
   const top = hard[0];
-  return trapBox(`&lt;${esc(top.name)}&gt; alone has ${top.files.length} implementations. An agent asked for one cannot tell which is canonical, so it picks at random or writes another, and every wrong pick becomes the example the next agent copies. This is the finding that multiplies itself.`);
+  return trapBox(`&lt;${esc(top.name)}&gt; alone has ${top.files.length} implementations. An agent asked for one can not tell which is the real one, so it picks 1 at random or writes another. Every wrong pick becomes the example the next agent copies.`);
 }
 function spacingTrap() {
   const candidates = [...spacing, ...(arbitrary ?? [])].filter((s) => s.count >= 15)
     .sort((a, b) => b.count - a.count);
   if (candidates.length) {
     const t = candidates[0];
-    return trapBox(`${esc(t.value)} appears ${t.count} times. An agent looking for how this repo does spacing reads repetition as intent, so it will write occurrence ${t.count + 1}. The most copied pattern here is the one you least want copied.`);
+    return trapBox(`${esc(t.value)} appears ${t.count} times. An agent looking for how this repo does spacing reads a repeated value as the rule, so it will write use number ${t.count + 1}. The most copied value here is the one you least want copied.`);
   }
   if (twSpacing.length > 0 && spacing.length >= 10) {
-    return trapBox(`Two spacing dialects coexist here: Tailwind steps and ${spacing.length} raw CSS values. A human knows which is legacy. An agent sees two valid options and matches whichever file it opened last, so every edit is a coin toss between systems.`);
+    return trapBox(`Two spacing dialects coexist here: Tailwind steps and ${spacing.length} raw CSS values. A person knows which one is old. An agent sees 2 valid options and follows whichever file it opened last, so each edit lands in one system or the other by chance.`);
   }
   return '';
 }
 function coloursTrap() {
   if (nearPairs.length < 6) return '';
-  return trapBox(`This palette holds ${nearPairs.length} pairs of colours a screen can barely tell apart. An agent asked for the brand grey cannot see the difference either, so it copies whichever twin is nearest, and when unsure it invents a third between them. Twins breed triplets.`);
+  return trapBox(`This palette holds ${nearPairs.length} pairs of colours a screen can barely tell apart. An agent asked for the brand grey can not see the difference either, so it copies whichever twin is nearest, and when unsure it writes a third between them. 2 becomes 3.`);
 }
 function inlineTrap() {
   if (inline.count < 50) return '';
-  return trapBox(`${n(inline.count)} inline styles live where the system should. An agent learns a codebase by example, and every inline style is an example that says the system is optional. Each exception it copies becomes the precedent for the next one.`);
+  return trapBox(`${n(inline.count)} inline styles live where the system should. An agent learns a codebase by example, and every inline style is an example that says the system is optional. Each one it copies becomes the example for the next.`);
 }
 function importantTrap() {
   if (important.count < 20) return '';
-  return trapBox(`${n(important.count)} !important declarations, and each one is a shouting match a previous developer decided to win by force. An agent whose style will not apply does what the repo taught it and shouts louder. The volume in this codebase only goes up.`);
+  return trapBox(`${n(important.count)} !important declarations, and each one forces a style through instead of fixing the rule that blocked it. An agent whose style will not apply does what the repo taught it and adds another. The count only goes up.`);
 }
 function collisionsTrap() {
   if (!collisions.length) return '';
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ function collisionsTrap() {
 function orphansTrap() {
   if (!componentsMeasured || isLibrary) return '';
   if (neverImported.length < 10) return '';
-  return trapBox(`${neverImported.length} components are never imported anywhere. An agent searching for a Button finds the abandoned ones alongside the canonical one with nothing to tell them apart, so yesterday's dead end becomes today's example.`);
+  return trapBox(`${neverImported.length} components are never imported anywhere. An agent searching for a Button finds the unused ones next to the real one with nothing to tell them apart, so an old dead end becomes today's example.`);
 }
 // At most three traps per report, in severity order: scarcity is what makes
 // the marker readable as a warning rather than wallpaper.
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ function spacingBars() {
     <div class="bar-track"><div class="bar${s.off ? ' bar-off' : ''}" style="width:${Math.max(2, Math.round((s.count / max) * 100))}%"></div></div>
     <span class="bar-count">${n(s.count)}</span></div>`).join('');
   const arb = arbitraryCount ? `
-    <div class="receipts">${eyebrow(`${n(arbitraryCount)} arbitrary values punched through the scale, one bracket at a time`)}
+    <div class="receipts">${eyebrow(`${n(arbitraryCount)} bracket values written outside the scale`)}
     <div class="chips-row">${arbitrary.slice(0, 10).map((a) => `<span class="vchip bad" title="${esc(a.files?.[0]?.file ?? '')}">${esc(a.value)} ×${a.count}</span>`).join('')}${arbitrary.length > 10 ? `<span class="vchip dim">+${arbitrary.length - 10} more</span>` : ''}</div>
     ${whyToggle('arbitrary')}</div>` : '';
   return `<section class="glass pad">
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ function inlineSection() {
   if (inline.count < 5 && important.count < 5) return '';
   const max = Math.max(...inline.files.slice(0, 6).map((f) => f.count), 1);
   const importantRow = important.count ? `
-    <div class="receipts">${eyebrow(`${n(important.count)} !important declaration${important.count === 1 ? '' : 's'} · the cascade admitting defeat`)}
+    <div class="receipts">${eyebrow(`${n(important.count)} !important declaration${important.count === 1 ? '' : 's'} · each one forces a style through`)}
     <div class="chips-row">${important.files.map((f) => `<span class="vchip bad" title="${esc(f.file)}">${esc(basename(f.file))} ×${f.count}</span>`).join('')}</div>
     ${whyToggle('important')}</div>` : '';
   const blocks = inline.count >= 5 ? `<div class="fam-rows">${inline.files.slice(0, 6).map((f) => `

package/skills/roast-my-design-system/scripts/lib/version.mjs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Single version constant for the engine — imported by diagnose (report
 // footer) and rules (generated-by line). This is the bump spot that used to
 // live as a const inside diagnose/index.mjs.
-export const VERSION = '7.3.1';
+export const VERSION = '7.3.3';
 // The shape of harvest.json and summary.json. Bumped only when a field is
 // renamed, removed or changes meaning; a new field is not a new schema. A
 // tool comparing two scans compares like with like by this number, not by VERSION.

package/skills/roast-my-design-system/scripts/mcp/engine.mjs

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export function validateContent(content, k) {
     const repoArb = (k.tokens.tailwind?.arbitrary ?? []).find((x) => x.value === a.value);
     const priorArb = discount(repoArb?.count, localArb, a.value);
     add('arbitrary-value', 'violation', a.index,
-      `Arbitrary bracket ${a.value}${priorArb ? `, already punched through the scale ${priorArb}x in this repo` : ''}.`,
+      `Bracket value ${a.value}${priorArb ? `, already written outside the scale ${priorArb}x in this repo` : ''}.`,
       'If the value repeats it is a decision: name it as a token. If it does not, use the nearest scale step.');
   }
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export function validateContent(content, k) {
   }
   for (const imp of got.important) {
     add('important', 'violation', imp.index,
-      '!important is the cascade admitting defeat.',
+      '!important forces a style through instead of fixing the rule that blocked it.',
       'Fix the selector or the source of the conflict instead of shouting over it.');
   }
 

package/skills/roast-my-design-system/scripts/mcp/tools.mjs

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export function getContext(k, { path = null } = {}) {
     ? 'SPACING: Tailwind scale only. No arbitrary brackets (p-[13px]); a repeating value is a token, not a bracket.'
     : k.spacingSeen.size
       ? `SPACING: this repo has no scale, just ${k.spacingSeen.size} values in circulation. Reuse one rather than inventing value number ${k.spacingSeen.size + 1}; do not treat them as a system.`
-      : 'SPACING: nothing on record yet. Whatever you pick becomes a precedent; pick something divisible by 4.');
+      : 'SPACING: nothing on record yet. Whatever you pick, the next agent will copy; pick something divisible by 4.');
 
   const faces = distinctTypefaces(t.fontFamilies ?? []);
   if (faces.length) L.push(`TYPE: ${faces.slice(0, 3).join(', ')}. No new typefaces, no hand-declared font stacks.`);
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export function findToken(k, { value } = {}) {
     }
     const prior = k.spacingSeen.get(v);
     if (prior) return `${v} is already in use ${prior}x in this repo. Consistent, so use it, but know it lives off any scale.`;
-    if (!k.spacingSeen.size) return `This repo has no spacing values on record to compare ${v} against. Whatever you pick becomes a precedent; pick something divisible by 4.`;
+    if (!k.spacingSeen.size) return `This repo has no spacing values on record to compare ${v} against. Whatever you pick, the next agent will copy; pick something divisible by 4.`;
     const near = [...k.spacingSeen.entries()].map(([val, count]) => ({ val, count, px: toPxLocal(val) }))
       .filter((x) => x.px !== null).sort((a, b) => Math.abs(a.px - px) - Math.abs(b.px - px))[0];
     return near

package/skills/roast-my-design-system/scripts/profiles/shadcn.mjs

@@ -93,6 +93,25 @@ function resolveAlias(root, wsRoot, alias) {
   return null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * The theme contract is the real signature of a shadcn install: the named
+ * variables (background, foreground, primary, muted, border, ring...) defined
+ * in a stylesheet. Door names and Radix imports are not enough. dubinc/dub
+ * has 12 catalogue-named files on Radix and cva, no components.json and 0 of
+ * these variables: its own token system, a shadcn ancestry, not a shadcn
+ * install. It was read as one from 7.2.0 to 7.3.2 (2026-09-13).
+ */
+const CONTRACT_ROWS = ['background', 'foreground', 'primary', 'muted', 'border', 'ring', 'accent', 'card', 'popover', 'destructive'];
+function themeContract(root, files) {
+  const seen = new Set();
+  for (const f of (files.styles ?? []).slice(0, 60)) {
+    const css = read(join(root, f));
+    for (const r of CONTRACT_ROWS) if (!seen.has(r) && new RegExp(`--${r}\\s*:`).test(css)) seen.add(r);
+    if (seen.size === CONTRACT_ROWS.length) break;
+  }
+  return seen.size;
+}
+
 /** Rows declared under a selector in a CSS text: name -> value. */
 function rowsUnder(css, selector) {
   const out = new Map();
@@ -209,11 +228,14 @@ export default {
       else { const i = installs.find((x) => x.uiDir === s.dir); i.catalogueNames = Math.max(i.catalogueNames, s.catalogueNames); }
     }
 
-    // 3. the decision: a marker plus a folder, or a folder that is plainly the
-    // catalogue by name (8+). Same bar the profiler used for vendoredUi.
+    // 3. the decision. With components.json: the CLI's own marker plus a
+    // catalogue folder. Without it: a catalogue by name AND the theme contract
+    // in a stylesheet (5 or more of shadcn's named variables); names and
+    // Radix alone describe half the React world.
+    const contract = themeContract(root, files);
     const withConfigAndDir = installs.filter((i) => i.config && i.uiDir);
     const byName = installs.filter((i) => i.catalogueNames >= 8);
-    if (!withConfigAndDir.length && !byName.length) return null;
+    if (!withConfigAndDir.length && !(byName.length && contract >= 5)) return null;
 
     installs.sort((a, b) => b.catalogueNames - a.catalogueNames || (b.config ? 1 : 0) - (a.config ? 1 : 0));
     const primary = installs[0];
@@ -229,6 +251,7 @@ export default {
       if (i.config) evidence.push(`components.json in ${dirname(i.config) === '.' ? 'the root' : dirname(i.config)}${i.uiDir ? `, ${i.catalogueNames} catalogue component${i.catalogueNames === 1 ? '' : 's'} in ${i.uiDir}` : ', no catalogue folder found through its alias'}`);
       else evidence.push(`${i.catalogueNames} catalogue components in ${i.uiDir}, no components.json`);
     }
+    evidence.push(contract ? `${contract} of shadcn's ${CONTRACT_ROWS.length} theme variables defined` : 'no shadcn theme variables found in any stylesheet');
     if (kit?.style) evidence.push(`style ${kit.style}${kit.baseColor ? `, base colour ${kit.baseColor}` : ''}${kit.tailwind ? `, Tailwind ${kit.tailwind}` : ''}`);
 
     // 4. write the facts every consumer reads

package/skills/roast-my-design-system/scripts/rules/build.mjs

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ if (neverImported.length >= 3) {
   section('Styling discipline');
   rule(`Never write ${reusable.length ? '`style={{ ... }}`' : 'inline `style="..."` attributes'} for static values; styling belongs to classes and tokens where the system can see it.`);
   if ((t.inlineStyles?.count ?? 0) > 0) lines.push(`  (${t.inlineStyles.count} static inline block${t.inlineStyles.count === 1 ? '' : 's'} already exist; do not add to them.)`);
-  if ((t.important?.count ?? 0) >= 3) rule(`Never write !important; the scan found ${t.important.count} declaration${t.important.count === 1 ? '' : 's'} already. When a style does not apply, fix the selector or the source of the conflict instead of shouting over it.`);
+  if ((t.important?.count ?? 0) >= 3) rule(`Never write !important; the scan found ${t.important.count} declaration${t.important.count === 1 ? '' : 's'} already. When a style does not apply, fix the selector or the source of the conflict instead of forcing the style through.`);
   rule('Before styling anything new, look at a neighbouring component and match how it does it. Consistency with the repo beats personal preference.');
   
   lines.push('');

package/skills/roast-my-design-system/scripts/sarif/index.mjs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const RULES = {
   'duplicate-component': { name: 'Duplicated component', desc: 'A component implemented more than once. An agent asked for it has several plausible answers.' },
   'never-imported-component': { name: 'Component nobody imports', desc: 'Defined in the system, imported by nothing. It sits there as a wrong answer waiting to be picked.' },
   'inline-styles': { name: 'Inline style blocks', desc: 'Static values written as style attributes, bypassing the system and teaching the agent to do the same.' },
-  'important-styles': { name: '!important declarations', desc: 'The cascade admitting defeat. Fix specificity at the source and these stop being necessary.' },
+  'important-styles': { name: '!important declarations', desc: 'Forces a style through instead of fixing the rule that blocked it. Fix specificity at the source and these stop being necessary.' },
   'stray-colors': { name: 'Hardcoded colours', desc: 'Colour values no token names. Each one is a value the agent will happily copy.' },
   'stale-rule-reference': { name: 'Stale agent-rule reference', desc: 'The agent rules reference something this scan can no longer find. A rule the agent obeys is worse than no rule when the repo has moved on.' },
 };