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# Implementation Notes

**Session ID**: `phase13-session02-design-tokens-and-layout-shell` **Package**: public-website **Started**: 2026-06-01 16:42 **Last Updated**: 2026-06-01 17:04

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## Session Progress

| Metric              | Value     |
| ------------------- | --------- |
| Tasks Completed     | 24 / 24   |
| Estimated Remaining | 0 minutes |
| Blockers            | 0         |

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## Task Log

### 2026-06-01 - Session Start

**Environment verified**:

* [x] Prerequisites confirmed with `.spec_system/scripts/check-prereqs.sh --json --env --package public-website`
* [x] Node.js path confirmed: `/home/aiwithapex/.nvm/versions/node/v26.2.0/bin/node` reports `v26.2.0`
* [x] npm path confirmed: `/home/aiwithapex/.nvm/versions/node/v26.2.0/bin/npm` reports `11.16.0`
* [x] Directory structure ready for `public-website`
* [x] Database not applicable for this static Astro session

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### Task T001 - Verify Session 01 validation and website inventory

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:42 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:42 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Confirmed Session 01 validation result is PASS with 20/20 tasks complete and website typecheck/build passing.
* Confirmed Node.js `v26.2.0` and npm `11.16.0` are available when prepending `/home/aiwithapex/.nvm/versions/node/v26.2.0/bin` to `PATH`.
* Current source inventory is minimal: `src/env.d.ts` and `src/pages/index.astro`; package configs, `public/favicon.svg`, generated `.astro/`, `dist/`, and package-local `node_modules/` are present from Session 01.

**Files Changed**:

* `.spec_system/specs/phase13-session02-design-tokens-and-layout-shell/implementation-notes.md` - Created session notes and recorded prerequisite evidence.

**BQC Fixes**:

* N/A - setup evidence only.

***

### Task T002 - Audit starter inline route styles

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:43 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:43 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* `public-website/src/pages/index.astro` currently owns the full HTML document, metadata tags, favicon, global reset, route background, header, navigation, hero, CTA links, status panel, foundation cards, terminal block, and responsive rules.
* Replacement targets: move document markup and global stylesheet import to `BaseLayout.astro`; move skip link/header/main/footer chrome to `Shell.astro`; move navigation link definitions to `src/data/navigation.ts`; move full-width sections to `Section.astro`; replace CTA, status, card, badge, and metric treatment with system primitives.
* The route should keep only page-specific content composition and no `<style>` block after conversion.

**Files Changed**:

* `.spec_system/specs/phase13-session02-design-tokens-and-layout-shell/implementation-notes.md` - Recorded replacement targets before editing the home route.

**BQC Fixes**:

* N/A - source audit only.

***

### Task T003 - Review website planning sources

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:43 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:44 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Reviewed `.spec_system/PRD/phase_13/PRD_phase_13.md`, `.spec_system/PRD/phase_13/session_02_design_tokens_and_layout_shell.md`, `public-website/README_public-website.md`, `public-website/build-site-plan.md`, and `public-website/website_ux.md`.
* Required token set: Space Black, Navy Obsidian, transparent Obsidian, Cyber Cyan, Hyper Purple, Matrix Green, Crimson Laser, Ice White, and Tactical Slate.
* Required font plan: local-first display stack using Orbitron/Rajdhani fallbacks, body stack using Outfit/system fallbacks, and code stack using JetBrains Mono/monospace fallbacks with no third-party font request in this session.
* Confirmed `assets/showcase/factionos-website-mockup.png` is not committed, so text guidance is the canonical design input for this session.
* Confirmed ADR posture: local-first npm workspace remains the baseline, and analytics stays absent by default.

**Files Changed**:

* `.spec_system/specs/phase13-session02-design-tokens-and-layout-shell/implementation-notes.md` - Recorded planning source review and mockup absence.

**BQC Fixes**:

* N/A - planning review only.

***

### Task T004 - Prepare website shell directories

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:44 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:45 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Created the website foundation directories for styles, data, layouts, layout components, navigation components, and system primitives.
* Structure prepared: `src/styles`, `src/data`, `src/layouts`, `src/components/layout`, `src/components/navigation`, and `src/components/system`.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/styles/` - Created directory for shared CSS.
* `public-website/src/data/` - Created directory for navigation data.
* `public-website/src/layouts/` - Created directory for Astro layouts.
* `public-website/src/components/layout/` - Created directory for shell and section primitives.
* `public-website/src/components/navigation/` - Created directory for skip link, header, mobile navigation, and footer.
* `public-website/src/components/system/` - Created directory for reusable system primitives.
* `.spec_system/specs/phase13-session02-design-tokens-and-layout-shell/implementation-notes.md` - Recorded created structure.

**BQC Fixes**:

* N/A - directory preparation only.

***

### Task T005 - Create global CSS foundation

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:45 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:49 **Duration**: 4 minutes

**Notes**:

* Added a global reset, required Cyber-Tactical color tokens, local-first display/body/code font stacks, spacing/radius tokens, focus rings, layout helpers, hero helpers, status indicators, and responsive wrapping rules.
* Added reduced-motion guardrails that disable continuous scanline and pulse animation while preserving static borders and state indicators.
* Font plan remains privacy-conscious: only local font names and system fallbacks are referenced; no third-party font request was introduced.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/styles/global.css` - New shared reset, tokens, accessibility, layout, motion, and responsive foundation.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Accessibility and platform compliance: Added visible `:focus-visible` rings and reduced-motion handling for continuous decorative effects.
* Contract alignment: Defined required token names and shared utility classes before component adoption.

***

### Task T006 - Define shared navigation metadata

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:49 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:51 **Duration**: 2 minutes

**Notes**:

* Added typed internal primary navigation, external demo/docs destinations, footer groups, and mobile utility links.
* External demo and docs links include explicit descriptions, external labels, and accessible labels so components do not need to infer link posture.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/data/navigation.ts` - New shared navigation metadata and types.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Contract alignment: Centralized navigation shapes and external affordance fields.
* Accessibility and platform compliance: Added accessible labels for external demo/docs destinations.

***

### Task T007 - Create BaseLayout

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:51 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:52 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added the document-level Astro layout, global stylesheet import, viewport/description/canonical/favicon basics, and a clear Session 03 metadata placeholder.
* Kept the layout static-output only and avoided analytics, hosted scripts, or server assumptions.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/layouts/BaseLayout.astro` - New base document layout.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Contract alignment: Added typed layout props with safe defaults.
* Error information boundaries: No runtime script or external service behavior introduced.

***

### Task T008 - Create ContentLayout

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:52 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:53 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added a standard content layout that composes `BaseLayout`, `Shell`, and `Section` with bounded widths and wrapping-friendly prose defaults.
* Kept sections unframed so page sections do not become nested decorative cards.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/layouts/ContentLayout.astro` - New reusable content page layout.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Contract alignment: Typed layout props and width variants for later page sessions.
* Accessibility and platform compliance: Keeps one shell/main route contract through `Shell`.

***

### Task T009 - Create LegalLayout

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:53 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:54 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added a legal/policy layout with draft review affordances, noindex by default, and explicit copy that the static shell does not add hosted forms, account handling, analytics capture, or policy acceptance workflows.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/layouts/LegalLayout.astro` - New legal page layout with review-state treatment.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Error information boundaries: Legal layout avoids claims of policy approval or hosted workflow completion.
* Contract alignment: Review status is a visible prop-driven affordance.

***

### Task T010 - Create Section primitive

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:54 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:56 **Duration**: 2 minutes

**Notes**:

* Added a reusable section primitive with plain, full-width band, and inset variants plus constrained narrow/content/wide inner widths.
* The primitive uses full-width bands and unframed constrained layouts, not floating page-section cards.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/layout/Section.astro` - New responsive section primitive.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Accessibility and platform compliance: Supports accessible labels and labelled-by wiring.
* Contract alignment: Stable variant and width props for later page builders.

***

### Task T011 - Create SkipLink

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:56 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:57 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added a keyboard-reachable skip link with a stable default target of `main-content` and visible focused state.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/navigation/SkipLink.astro` - New skip link component.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Accessibility and platform compliance: Added a visible focus-revealed skip link and stable target contract.

***

### Task T012 - Create Header

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:50 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:51 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added route-aware desktop navigation, brand home link, explicit external demo/docs actions, and a mobile navigation control mount.
* Desktop external links use visible `EXT` affordances plus screen-reader external text and safe `noopener noreferrer` targets.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/navigation/Header.astro` - New shared header component.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Accessibility and platform compliance: Added aria labels, active route state, and keyboard-reachable links.
* Error information boundaries: Header copy avoids hosted validation, identity, analytics, or form claims.

***

### Task T013 - Create MobileNavigation

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:51 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:52 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added an accessible mobile menu button, route-aware links, visible external affordances, no-JavaScript fallback navigation, Escape close handling, link-click close handling, desktop viewport reset, and pageshow reset.
* Duplicate toggles are ignored during a short transition lock to avoid inconsistent open/closed state.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/navigation/MobileNavigation.astro` - New mobile navigation component and local browser script.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Duplicate action prevention: Added a transition lock around menu toggles.
* State freshness on re-entry: Reset mobile menu on link activation, desktop viewport change, Escape close, and pageshow.
* Accessibility and platform compliance: Added button labels, `aria-expanded`, `aria-controls`, focus restore on Escape, and a no-JavaScript navigation fallback.

***

### Task T014 - Create Footer

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:52 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:53 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added product, resource, trust, and legal footer groups from shared navigation data.
* Added conservative boundary copy: the shell adds no analytics, hosted forms, auth, hosted identity, or production-hosted validation claim.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/navigation/Footer.astro` - New shared footer component.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Error information boundaries: Footer avoids overclaiming hosted services or launch validation.
* Accessibility and platform compliance: Footer groups use semantic nav/list structure and explicit external affordances.

***

### Task T015 - Create Shell

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:53 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:53 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Composed skip link, header, main landmark, footer, and decorative background layers into one shell component.
* Decorative scanline and glow layers rely on the global reduced-motion guardrails added in T005.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/layout/Shell.astro` - New shared page chrome composition.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Accessibility and platform compliance: Added a stable main landmark id and skip-link target.
* State freshness on re-entry: Shell delegates mobile navigation reset to the mounted mobile navigation component.

***

### Task T016 - Create ButtonLink

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:53 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:54 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added primary, secondary, ghost, and danger link-button variants with cyber-sweep hover/focus treatment and stable dimensions.
* External links include safe target/rel attributes, visible `EXT` affordance, and screen-reader external text.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/system/ButtonLink.astro` - New reusable link-button primitive.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Accessibility and platform compliance: Added external link text and focus-compatible hover treatment.
* Error information boundaries: No external behavior beyond explicit link navigation.

***

### Task T017 - Create Badge

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:54 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:54 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added visible-label badge variants for neutral, online/local, planned, warning, and critical states.
* Badges include text labels and optional values so state is not communicated by color alone.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/system/Badge.astro` - New status badge primitive.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Accessibility and platform compliance: Badge state includes text labels and optional values, not color-only indicators.

***

### Task T018 - Create Panel

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:54 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:55 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added a framed panel primitive for repeated items and tool-like surfaces with stable spacing, constrained dimensions, and variants.
* The primitive is intentionally an item/tool frame, not a wrapper for whole page sections.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/system/Panel.astro` - New repeated-item panel primitive.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Contract alignment: Added explicit variant contract for repeated panel surfaces.
* Accessibility and platform compliance: Uses semantic article structure and text content, not decorative-only indicators.

***

### Task T019 - Create MetricStrip

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:55 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:55 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Added a responsive metric strip that renders metrics in caller order with explicit labels, values, optional details, and tone variants.
* Long labels and values wrap inside fixed grid tracks instead of resizing neighboring content.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/system/MetricStrip.astro` - New metric strip primitive.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Contract alignment: Added typed metric item shape and deterministic ordering.
* Accessibility and platform compliance: Metrics include text labels and an aria-label for the group.

***

### Task T020 - Convert starter home route

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:55 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:56 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Replaced the starter route's inline document markup and inline CSS with `BaseLayout`, `Shell`, `Section`, `ButtonLink`, `Badge`, `Panel`, and `MetricStrip`.
* Preserved the no-analytics, no-forms, no-auth, no-server-adapter, no-hosted-validation boundary in page copy.
* Confirmed `index.astro` no longer contains `<style>`, `<!doctype>`, `<html>`, or `<body>` markup.
* Adjusted `MetricStrip` to accept readonly metric arrays so route-local constant data remains type-safe.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/pages/index.astro` - Converted home route to shared shell and system primitives.
* `public-website/src/components/system/MetricStrip.astro` - Accepted readonly metric arrays for route-local constants.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Contract alignment: Route now consumes shared component contracts instead of owning duplicate CSS and document structure.
* Error information boundaries: Home copy avoids analytics, auth, hosted form, hosted identity, or production-hosted validation claims.
* Accessibility and platform compliance: CTA links use external affordances and the route inherits skip/header/main/footer landmarks from `Shell`.

***

### Task T021 - Run website typecheck and build

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:56 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:57 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* `PATH=/home/aiwithapex/.nvm/versions/node/v26.2.0/bin:$PATH npm --workspace @factionos/public-website run typecheck` passed.
* `PATH=/home/aiwithapex/.nvm/versions/node/v26.2.0/bin:$PATH npm --workspace @factionos/public-website run build` passed and generated one static page plus sitemap output.

**Files Changed**:

* `.spec_system/specs/phase13-session02-design-tokens-and-layout-shell/implementation-notes.md` - Recorded validation evidence.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Contract alignment: Typecheck and build validated component prop contracts and static Astro output.

***

### Task T022 - Run focused Biome checks

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:57 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 16:58 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* Initial focused format check found five mechanical formatting differences in new website files.
* Applied `npx biome format --write --files-ignore-unknown=true public-website/src ...` to touched website and session files.
* Final focused format check passed for `public-website/src`, `tasks.md`, and `implementation-notes.md`.
* Final focused lint check passed for `public-website/src`, `tasks.md`, and `implementation-notes.md`.

**Files Changed**:

* `public-website/src/components/system/Badge.astro` - Biome formatting.
* `public-website/src/components/system/ButtonLink.astro` - Biome formatting.
* `public-website/src/components/system/Panel.astro` - Biome formatting.
* `public-website/src/data/navigation.ts` - Biome formatting.
* `public-website/src/styles/global.css` - Biome formatting.
* `.spec_system/specs/phase13-session02-design-tokens-and-layout-shell/implementation-notes.md` - Recorded check evidence.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Contract alignment: Focused format/lint pass confirmed touched website source stays within repository style rules.

***

### Task T023 - Browser smoke desktop and mobile

**Started**: 2026-06-01 16:59 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 17:03 **Duration**: 4 minutes

**Notes**:

* Served the built static output with `npm --workspace @factionos/public-website run preview -- --host 127.0.0.1 --port 4324`.
* Playwright Chromium smoke passed at `1280x900` and `390x844`.
* Verified title, main landmark, desktop nav visibility, mobile nav visibility, skip link first focus, skip link focus transfer to main, no horizontal overflow, external demo/docs `target`/`rel`/`EXT` affordances, mobile menu open/close state, Escape close, link activation close, and reduced-motion disabling of scanline and status pulse animations.
* Visual screenshots reviewed with no obvious text overlap, clipping, or inaccessible shell controls: `/tmp/factionos-public-website-preview-desktop.png` and `/tmp/factionos-public-website-preview-mobile.png`.

**Files Changed**:

* `.spec_system/specs/phase13-session02-design-tokens-and-layout-shell/implementation-notes.md` - Recorded browser-smoke evidence.

**BQC Fixes**:

* State freshness on re-entry: Browser smoke confirmed mobile menu reset on Escape and link activation.
* Accessibility and platform compliance: Browser smoke confirmed skip link behavior, keyboard focus, mobile nav controls, and external link affordances.
* Accessibility and platform compliance: Reduced-motion emulation confirmed continuous decorative animation is disabled.

***

### Task T024 - Validate encoding, line endings, motion, and dependency posture

**Started**: 2026-06-01 17:03 **Completed**: 2026-06-01 17:04 **Duration**: 1 minute

**Notes**:

* ASCII check passed for `public-website/src`, `tasks.md`, and `implementation-notes.md`.
* CRLF check passed for `public-website/src`, `tasks.md`, and `implementation-notes.md`.
* Reduced-motion CSS includes `prefers-reduced-motion: reduce`, `scroll-behavior: auto`, and static `animation: none` overrides for continuous decorative effects.
* Browser smoke in T023 confirmed reduced-motion emulation disables scanline and status pulse animations.
* Excluded dependency check passed: `public-website/package.json` does not include React, Tailwind, shadcn/ui, Astro Cloudflare adapter, Astro checker, or Astro Tailwind integration.

**Files Changed**:

* `.spec_system/specs/phase13-session02-design-tokens-and-layout-shell/implementation-notes.md` - Recorded final quality evidence.

**BQC Fixes**:

* Accessibility and platform compliance: Confirmed reduced-motion implementation and browser behavior.
* Contract alignment: Confirmed no excluded frontend/runtime dependencies were introduced.

***


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