Comprehensive design research package for the ao dashboard, session
detail page, and orchestrator terminal. Produced via competitive analysis
of 14 products (Linear, Vercel, Railway, Fly.io, Inngest, WandB, LangSmith,
Supabase, and more) + Playwright CSS extraction from live sites + full
codebase audit.
Artifacts:
- docs/design/design-brief.md Main design brief (v2, Playwright-updated)
- docs/design/session-detail-design-brief.md /sessions/[id] design spec
- docs/design/orchestrator-terminal-design-brief.md Orchestrator page spec
- docs/design/token-reference.css Drop-in CSS replacement for globals.css
- docs/design/competitive-analysis-raw.md Raw research notes, all 14 sites
- docs/design/design-brief-v1.md Original text-only brief (pre-Playwright)
- docs/design/README.md Index + research methods summary
- docs/design/screenshots/linear-homepage.png Playwright-captured screenshot
- docs/design/screenshots/railway-homepage.png Playwright-captured screenshot
Key findings:
- Linear CSS token values verified via Playwright (body bg #08090A, accent
#7070FF, Berkeley Mono monospace, type scale, radius, transitions)
- Recommended palette: #0C0C11 base (blue-cast dark vs current GitHub #0d1117)
- Highest-impact change: load Inter Variable via next/font/google
- Orchestrator terminal needs visual differentiation (violet accent, status strip)
- token-reference.css is ready to drop into packages/web/src/app/globals.css
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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