the constitution at a glance
the handoff
One button, one paste, one house style.
Every _bad app is one self-contained HTML file — no frameworks, no CDNs, no webfonts, no storage. Copy the protocol puts the full v1.2 text on the clipboard. Paste it into any AI, say “build it in _bad style”, and the output is a sibling of everything already live.
Nothing leaves this page on its own. Copy writes to your clipboard, nothing else.
§0 · how to use this protocol
§1 · design philosophy
§2 · design tokens — exact values
Tap any value to copy it. Both themes are first-class: nothing ships that only looks right in the dark.
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status is color, color is status
§3 · typography
One font stack: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif. Never a webfont. All numbers tabular-nums, tight tracking.
the scale, rendered at true size
the signature move
Tiny uppercase ghost label above a huge bold number, small muted note below. The number speaks; the label whispers. Use it everywhere a metric lives.
Voice rules (§7)
§4 · component library — live
Fourteen parts. Build from these; invent new ones only in this same voice. Everything below is the real thing, running.
§5–§6 · the ship check
Sixteen lines. A build is not finished until every one of them is true. Tick them as you verify — the count is in memory only, per §6.
§5 · layout law
§9 · design currency
_bad tracks the state of the art but never chases it. Every trend is adopted, adapted, or rejected — and the verdict is written down. Never adopt a trend silently.
§8 · the family — live right now
Every app below is a sibling: same tokens, same parts, same rules. Verified by loading each URL on Aug 12, 2026.
the build chain
§10 · changelog — append, never rewrite
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this app
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