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# WIRED Usage
Design System 2.0 package guide for OpenDesign agents and reviewers.
## Read Order
1. Read this file first to understand the package contract.
2. Read `DESIGN.md` for visual intent, constraints, and anti-patterns.
3. Paste `tokens.css` into the first artifact `<style>` block before writing component CSS.
4. Use `components.manifest.json` for the compact component inventory; open `components.html` when exact selectors or states matter.
5. Inspect `preview/` pages when a visual sanity check is useful.
## Design Highlights
- Newsstand-density editorial grid: rules and whitespace, never cards or shadows
- Custom serif display + technical mono kickers — the Condé-Nast-meets-engineering-lab voice
- Strictly square corners on every image, container, and ribbon (only icon buttons are circular)
- 2px hard black borders on buttons and links — printerly, not webby
## Do
- Preserve the schema token names exactly so cross-brand switching stays reliable.
- Use `--accent` for primary actions, links, focus states, and one clear focal element.
- Reuse component groups from `components.manifest.json` before inventing new controls.
- Treat `source/` files as audit evidence for the bundled fixture backfill.
## Avoid
- Avoid raw hex values outside the copied `:root` token block.
- Avoid redefining Tailwind or design-token values independently of `tokens.css`.
- Avoid claiming original upstream source evidence; this package is based on the curated bundled fixture.
- Avoid adding new component recipes that are not represented in `components.html` or `DESIGN.md`.