# `ir/` — technology-neutral design blueprint

This directory holds the **intermediate representation (IR)** of the whynot design
language: tokens, per-component contracts, and reference exemplars, in a form that
carries no framework assumptions.

## Decision: `ir/` is committed

`ir/` is **checked into git**, on purpose. The IR is the diffable blueprint of the
shared language — committing it means a re-extract (`make ir`) surfaces every
blueprint change as a reviewable git diff, and adapters have a stable, versioned
input. It is a build *input*, not a throwaway build *output*.

What is committed:

- `tokens.json` — all tokens, W3C DTCG format.
- `components/<Name>.json` — one contract per component.
- `exemplars/<Name>.{png,html}` — reference renders from the designbook preview.
- `schema/` + `SCHEMA.md` — the contract definitions (this is what T01 delivered).

## Direction of flow

```
Claude Design (React)  ──/design-sync──▶  designbook/  ──make ir──▶  ir/  ──make adapt-lit──▶  adapters/lit/
```

One-way. The only writer of `tokens.json`, `components/`, and `exemplars/` is the
extractor (`scripts/ir-extract.mjs`, T05). **Do not hand-edit those** — change the
language in Claude Design and re-propagate. The `schema/` files and these docs are
the exception: they are authored here.

See [`SCHEMA.md`](./SCHEMA.md) for the full contract spec and a worked `Button`
exemplar.