Install

Getting started

Getting startedInstallationThe agent skill

Foundations

FoundationColorsSpacingShadowsMotionTranslucencyForm factors

Ambient vocabulary

Core8
OrbCharacterStreamingTextMessageBranchesMessagePairReferenceChipsShimmerPlaceholderContextChip · ContextChipViewCommandPalette
Messages13
ComposerReviewCommentAttachMenu · AskAIMessageActionsFollowUpSuggestionsErrorStateMessageQueueReasoningPanelReasoningEffortMessageAttachmentsQuoteReplyFeedbackDialogDayDivider · MessageTime
Tool use8
ToolCallToolTimelineTerminalBlockCodeDiffReviewableDiffParallelToolsToolFailureCodeRunner
Knowledge3
WebSearchInlineCitationResearchReport

Reference

Governing documents7
start.mdDESIGN.mdREADME.mdCLAUDE.mdMotion specAmbient shell specFigma sync
reference / governing documents

The documents

The files that actually govern this system, rendered here from the same release the site is built against. Each page carries the full document and a copy button, so an agent can be handed the exact rules.

The system

start.md

The official way in, written for the agent: the whole setup journey as one followable document — also served raw at /start.md.

DESIGN.md

The constitution: the two vocabularies, the token rules, the ambient layer contract, and every governance decision in the log.

README.md

What ambientui is, the two ways to take it, and how the repo proves its own claims before printing them.

Working rules

CLAUDE.md

The rules the AI works under: tokens only, sanctioned components only, and what counts as a governance event.

Motion spec

The global motion contract for porting — roles, characters, and the arrival choreography.

Ambient shell spec

The complete behavior contract for porting the assistant's shell: every mode, gesture and transition it must honour.

Figma sync

Code → Figma, variables only, code wins on conflict — the procedure and the drift check.