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DESIGN.md from alookai/alook is a DESIGN.md file: the design rules coding agents follow in that repo.
mdr add alookai/alook/DESIGN.md@git:20261106.21b95c5Pins git:20261106.21b95c5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 14 of 14 checks passed
- Kind
- DESIGN.md file
- Repository
- alookai/alook
- Path
DESIGN.md- Versions recorded
- 20
- Latest version
- git:20261106.21b95c5, committed Nov 6, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 7, 2026
- Size
- 33,135 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,492
- License
- Apache-2.0
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
## Overview This is the Alook design system. It is organized in layers: the **why** (context, principles), the **what** (foundations — color, type, spacing, elevation, shape, motion), the **how** (components, patterns), and the **words** (voice, do's & don'ts). Light and dark are both first-class, and the app adapts across two breakpoints — **desktop** and **mobile**. Every token below resolves through CSS variables in `src/web/src/app/globals.css` — read values from there, never hard-code a hex or oklch in a component. ## Design Context ### Users Power users and tasteful hackers who want Your Personal Company with a minimalist, collaborative approach. They value control over their infrastructure, appreciate good tooling, and have strong aesthetic sensibilities. They use Alook in focused work sessions — managing agents, reviewing task output, and iterating on instructions. ### Brand Personality **Warm, precise, and utilitarian.** Alook feels like a well-crafted tool made by someone who cares — not cold and corporate, not flashy and consumer. It earns trust through restraint and clarity. Every element has a reason. 3-word personality: **Warm. Sharp. Purposeful.** …
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How to install
mdr add alookai/alook/DESIGN.md@sha256:411b30484b0dd8a4The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261106.21b95c5, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 20 versions of this file, between Jul 7, 2026 and Nov 6, 2026, about one every 6 days.
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| git:20261106.21b95c5 latest | 2026-11-06 | 21b95c5 | 33,135 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261106.4b2d42f | 2026-11-06 | 4b2d42f | 30,960 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261105.afbdea7 | 2026-11-05 | afbdea7 | 30,007 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261105.bc26bcd | 2026-11-05 | bc26bcd | 29,050 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261102.98d7080 | 2026-11-02 | 98d7080 | 29,143 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261102.c48c65e | 2026-11-02 | c48c65e | 28,441 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261102.377c9f9 | 2026-11-02 | 377c9f9 | 27,582 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261101.758a31c | 2026-11-01 | 758a31c | 27,025 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261101.4ba74eb | 2026-11-01 | 4ba74eb | 26,089 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261022.6aa5c18 | 2026-10-22 | 6aa5c18 | 24,602 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261022.2c355ea | 2026-10-22 | 2c355ea | 24,502 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261022.6d1885a | 2026-10-22 | 6d1885a | 24,376 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261021.e3f092f | 2026-10-21 | e3f092f | 24,220 B | A | view · diff |
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| git:20260908.68c58d7 | 2026-09-08 | 68c58d7 | 20,359 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.ef03a87 | 2026-08-28 | ef03a87 | 20,089 B | A | view · diff |
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| git:20260819.54e9286 | 2026-08-19 | 54e9286 | 18,842 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260707.43861cb | 2026-07-07 | 43861cb | 18,852 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
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Source
alookai/alook · 1,492 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hkx364ptivos2tzw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=alookai/alook/DESIGN.md GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/411b30484b0dd8a4dec8eacecbd4234e4367867b84ec15b5bc97a95f466acc38
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