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DESIGN.md from theclaymethod/artifacture is a DESIGN.md file: the design rules coding agents follow in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add theclaymethod/artifacture/DESIGN.md@git:20261012.3f894d1

Pins git:20261012.3f894d1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 14 of 14 checks passed
Kind
DESIGN.md file
Repository
theclaymethod/artifacture
Path
DESIGN.md
Versions recorded
11
Latest version
git:20261012.3f894d1, committed Oct 12, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 23, 2026
Size
12,289 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
MIT

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

# Artifacture visual language

ISO is the default host for new explainers, diagrams, posters, slides, and videos. Use the `3b1b` preset for mathematical mechanisms and derivations. Combine either with Lieflat's data encodings when the explanation includes observations. Retained presets and external brands keep their authored tokens. Retired palettes must migrate to a kept theme.

## Composition

Each chart, diagram, or section answers a question. Establish hierarchy with position, scale, weight, and spacing. Use containers for an interaction or a bounded technical region; let prose sit on the page.

Remove any element whose removal changes neither understanding nor operation. Do not add kickers, decorative numbering, status badges, metric tiles, source-like labels, or captions that repeat the title. Keep real sources, units, sequence, navigation, and state visible.

## Default: ISO illustrations

Use a white canvas, readable neutral text, fine gray geometry, and one cyan accent. The accent identifies the active causal object, edge, or trace. Keep small labels in readable neutral ink. Move the accent when the cause moves; do not leave unrelated objects colored.
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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add theclaymethod/artifacture/DESIGN.md@sha256:f9f93ccc8a2842c4

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261012.3f894d1, 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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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_zlpacx6dtjs5k5zd.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_zlpacx6dtjs5k5zd)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 11 versions of this file, between Aug 23, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026, about one every 5 days.

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git:20261012.3f894d1 latest2026-10-12 3f894d1 12,289 BA view · diff
git:20261011.c090b6c2026-10-11 c090b6c 12,758 BA view · diff
git:20261011.5cfccd72026-10-11 5cfccd7 11,961 BA view · diff
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git:20261007.38e910c2026-10-07 38e910c 9,091 BA view · diff
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git:20260908.6a69b912026-09-08 6a69b91 5,492 BA view · diff
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git:20260823.30a51fa2026-08-23 30a51fa 12,732 BA view · diff
git:20260823.6b1fcf02026-08-23 6b1fcf0 12,707 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  14 of 14 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (12289 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

theclaymethod/artifacture · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-18 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zlpacx6dtjs5k5zd
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=theclaymethod/artifacture/DESIGN.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f9f93ccc8a2842c469214a600ce6bf6188e7a20d6b939752d95514ce5b91e83a

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