Use it when preparing a brand without saving; use brand_create to stage or create it. Returns complete template slots, validation findings, a recipe with provenance and gaps, or draft evidence. derive takes exactly one of tokens, css or absolute cssPath. Template replies use compact JSON so all themes fit inline. Full schema: oods://schemas/brand_read.input.json.

Inputs

Name Type Required Description
action "template" | "validate" | "derive" | "show" yes Choose template, validate, derive, show.
tokens object no A DTCG document with your own token names. Group $type is inherited; {group.token} aliases resolve inside the document. Actions: derive.
css string no A shadcn theme CSS entry, in place of tokens. Actions: derive. See full schema for details.
cssPath string no Absolute path to the shadcn theme CSS entry, in place of tokens or css. Read only. Actions: derive.
hints object no Exact dot-separated token paths, or CSS custom property names, that override inference. Invalid hints produce gaps, never silent fallback. Actions: derive.
from object no Where the starting values come from: an existing brand (default A), optionally with one of the shipped presets over it; or a recipe, which gives the complete brand, graded. Actions: template.
brand_id string no The id the brand will have. Checked when given: capitals then digits (ACME, A1) or a letter then lower-case letters and digits (Acme, acme2), at most 32 characters, and no existing brand's id in any case. Actions: validate.
documents object no The filled template: one plain design-token document per theme, brand-relative (surface.canvas, not color.brand.<id>.surface.canvas), each slot {"$type": "color", "$value": "<CSS colour>"}. Actions: validate.
recipe object no A brand recipe in place of documents: the brand it gives is checked, and for create written, like filled documents. Actions: validate.
draftId string no Actions: show (required).

Outputs

The package ships no output schema for this tool.

A real call

Recorded by this site's harbor run, step template, with the published OODS Foundry 0.11.0.

Its input:

{
  "action": "template"
}

Its result, first lines:

{
  "action": "template",
  "from": {
    "brand": "A"
  },
  "slots": {
    "base": 103,
    "dark": 96,
    "hc": 96
  },
  "documents": {
    "base": {
      "surface": {
        "canvas": {
          "$type": "color",
          "$value": "oklch(1 0 286)",
          "$description": "Primary application canvas."
        },
        "raised": {
          "$type": "color",
          "$value": "oklch(1 0 286)",
          "$description": "Raised card surface."
        },
        "subtle": {
          "$type": "color",
          "$value": "oklch(0.97 0 286)",
          "$description": "Subtle secondary surface."
        },
        "disabled": {
          "$type": "color",
          "$value": "oklch(0.97 0 286)",
          "$description": "Surface colour for disabled or inactive UI."
        },
        "backdrop": {
          "$type": "color",
          "$value": "oklch(0.145 0 286)",
          "$description": "Backdrop scrim surface."
        },
        "inverse": {
          "$type": "color",
          "$value": "oklch(0.145 0 286)",
          "$description": "Inverse surface for dark-on-light treatments."
        },
        "interactive": {
          "primary": {
            "default": {
              "$type": "color",
              "$value": "oklch(0.145 0 286)",
              "$description": "Primary interactive surface default state."
            },
            "hover": {
              "$type": "color",
              "$value": "oklch(0.3361 0 286)",
              "$description": "Primary interactive surface hover state."
            },
            "pressed": {
              "$type": "color",
              "$value": "oklch(0.2626 0 286)",
              "$description": "Primary interactive surface pressed state."
            }

The whole call, 62 KB of JSON