Records in your repository

Shows the loom/ folder in a repository: rules, owners, exceptions and decisions as files next to the code.

Organism · stable · v1.0.0 · owner: Site system lead · contract 19 of 20 points (open: figma)

Do and don't

Do: On Govern

Rendered by repo-tree.ts

Open example: Records in your repository · Do: On Govern Use the full-page example to follow page links.

Records as files.

Do: Real names

Rendered by repo-tree.ts

Open example: Records in your repository · Do: Real names Use the full-page example to follow page links.

The names Loom writes.

Don't: Invented folders

Rendered by repo-tree.ts

Open example: Records in your repository · Don't: Invented folders Use the full-page example to follow page links.

Only the layout Loom writes.

Don't: Without its caption

Rendered by repo-tree.ts

Open example: Records in your repository · Don't: Without its caption Use the full-page example to follow page links.

Say what it is.

Rules

RuleWhyCheck
The records in your repository is drawn from the loom/ folder layout Loom writes (scripts/site/diagrams.ts) at build time.A figure read from the real records cannot drift from them.Automated: npm run site:build (reads the data; fails if it is missing)
The tree matches the loom/ layout Loom writes.Readers will look for these files.Review: Owner

API

No props.

Contract details

The full contract: identity, anatomy, variants, states, tokens, layout, motion, accessibility, content, tests

Identity

AspectValue
Idrepo-tree
LayerOrganisms
Categoryfigure
OwnerSite system lead
Statusstable
Version1.0.0
Sourceapps/showcase/site/system/organisms/repo-tree.ts (private repository; the contract and the render function are this one module)
VersionDateChange
1.0.02026-10-26Records in your repository, drawn at build time from the loom/ folder layout Loom writes (scripts/site/diagrams.ts).

Use when

  • Govern. Why: Governance as files is easiest to believe as a file tree.

Do not use when

  • For a client's real repository. Why: It shows the layout, not a client's files.

Anatomy

PartWhat it is
rootfigure.visual.d-repo
treediv.repo-tree with folders and files
arrowsWhat reads what

Made of: figure-frame, rows-list, tag, caption.

Used in: pages directly.

Variants

VariantWhenWhy
defaultWherever its claim is made.One drawing per claim keeps the evidence consistent.

States

StateRendered or not applicable
defaultdefault
hoverNot applicable: The records in your repository is not interactive, so it has no hover state.
focus-visibleNot applicable: The records in your repository does not take focus; links and buttons inside it carry their own focus ring.
activeNot applicable: The records in your repository cannot be pressed.
disabledNot applicable: The records in your repository has nothing to disable.
loadingNot applicable: The records in your repository is rendered at build time and is complete when the page loads.
emptyNot applicable: The records in your repository is not rendered without content; the builder skips it.
errorNot applicable: The records in your repository shows no data that can fail.
currentNot applicable: The records in your repository has no current item.
visitedNot applicable: The records in your repository is not a link.
expandedNot applicable: The records in your repository does not open or close.

Tokens

PartToken
tree.font--font-mono
folder.rule--rule-hair --line
--repo-tree-gap-space-8var(--space-8)
--repo-tree-gap-space-10var(--space-10)
--repo-tree-font-type-figurevar(--type-figure)
--repo-tree-padding-left-space-7var(--space-7)
--repo-tree-color-teal-inkvar(--teal-ink)
--repo-tree-gap-space-5var(--space-5)
--repo-tree-gap-space-1var(--space-1)
--repo-tree-padding-space-5var(--space-5)
--repo-tree-padding-space-6var(--space-6)
--repo-tree-background-cottonvar(--cotton)
--repo-tree-box-shadow-rule-framevar(--rule-frame)
--repo-tree-font-size-fs-smallvar(--fs-small)
--repo-tree-color-ink-2var(--ink-2)

Layout

AspectValue
breakpointsRequired review at 390, 768, 1024 and 1440 px; execution is not implied by this declaration; the figure reflows to one column under 768 px.
wrappingLabels wrap; drawings scale to the column.
textExpansionJapanese labels are 20 to 40% longer and wrap inside their cells.

Spacing and rhythm

AspectValue
internalInside the Figure frame's --space-7 padding.
external--space-9 above and below in prose.
rhythmAfter the text whose claim it proves.

Motion

AspectValue
NoneA record is evidence: it holds still so it can be read.

Runtime and reuse

  1. Render-only element; mount any registered child enhancements separately. Preserve required Site CSS, fonts, responsive and locale rules from nativeElement.

Accessibility passport

AspectValue
rolefigure, named by its caption
nameThe caption, and a text alternative for any drawing
keyboardNot interactive unless stated.
focusLinks inside are in reading order.
screenReaderReads the figure's text and caption; drawings have role=img with a description.
contrastInk on surface 14:1; dyes used only as marks with their words.
targetNot a target.

Content

SlotLengthVoice
file1 pathReal file names

Good: “loom/rules.json”

Bad: “config.txt”

Japanese: File names stay English.

Icons and illustrations

None: this element uses no icon or illustration of its own.

Decisions and exceptions

Usage

4 uses across the built pages (measured by npm run site:system).

Tests

AspectValue
unittests/unit/site-system.test.ts: renders every do and don't example through the registry and checks the classes it owns
visualNot yet: there are no screenshot baselines; the Library page is checked for sideways scroll at 1440 px by tests/site/system.spec.ts
a11ytests/site/system.spec.ts: axe (0 serious or critical) on the element's Library page in light and dark
parityscripts/site/system/check.ts: Library examples are rendered by the same render function the site imports

Figma

not-yet: The Loom Site Figma library is the last stage of the plan; this element is not mapped yet.

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