tinte: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

tinte CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from Railly/tinte. It costs 2,881 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for Tinte, a design-system tool that creates and previews shared visual themes for interfaces. They describe its theme formats, color generation, image-based theme extraction, live editing, and project structure.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when changing theme generation, color palettes, image extraction, live previews, shadcn presets, or the Next.js interface that edits and displays themes.
Why use it?
They explain how themes move between design tools and code, and where the main theme, preview, and editor parts live. This helps agents work within Tinte’s existing design-system architecture.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md.

This is Railly/tinte's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on tinte itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything tinte configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to Railly/tinte. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Railly/tinte

Made for: Claude Code.

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CLAUDE.md · 282 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 282 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Tinte - Agent-Native Design System Infrastructure

Generate, compile, install, and preview design systems from one source of truth. Compatible with shadcn/cli v4 presets and registries.

What It Does

  • Compile theme graph to shadcn v4 registry:base + registry:font presets
  • Convert between 19+ theme formats (shadcn/ui, VS Code, terminals, design tools)
  • Generate semantic color palettes using OKLCH color space
  • Extract themes from images via Ray API
  • Live theme editing with real-time preview
  • Serve installable presets: npx shadcn@latest add https://tinte.dev/api/preset/{slug}

Tech Stack

  • Next.js 16 with TypeScript and App Router
  • Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui for UI components
  • Culori for OKLCH color manipulation
  • Shiki + Monaco Editor for syntax highlighting
  • Zustand + nuqs for state management
  • React Context for theme state
  • Bun for package management

Architecture

Key Directories

src/
├── app/                  # Pages (workbench, experiment, bingo, vscode)
├── providers/theme.tsx   # Single theme context provider
├── components/
│   ├── shared/          # Theme components (switcher, selector, editor)
│   ├── preview/         # Provider-specific previews (vscode, shadcn, terminals)
│   └── workbench/       # Workbench components
├── hooks/               # Custom hooks (theme, monaco, shiki, workbench)
├── stores/              # Zustand stores (workbench, export)
├── lib/                 # Conversion logic and providers registry
└── types/               # TypeScript definitions

Color Philosophy - Flexoki-Inspired

Continuous Scale: bg → bg-2 → ui → ui-2 → ui-3 → tx-3 → tx-2 → tx

  • Light mode: bg (lightest) → tx (darkest)
  • Dark mode: bg (darkest) → tx (lightest)
  • OKLCH color space for perceptual consistency

Token Meanings:

  • bg/bg-2: Main/elevated surfaces
  • ui/ui-2/ui-3: Borders, hover states, active states
  • tx-3/tx-2/tx: Faint, muted, primary text
  • primary/accent/secondary: Functional colors

Read the full file on GitHub · 282 lines

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  1. 2mo ago First seen · 282 lines · 2,881 tokens per session scan A 10ae6199f9dc

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tinte CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Railly/tinte (626 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,881 tokens to every session, about $0.0115 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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