ceti-brand

name	ceti-brand
description	Canonical CETI brand system shared by noether-course, milton, editorial-dashboard, client-briefing-dashboard, lattice-ops, acos, and client forks (e.g. Hormel). Use whenever building or restyling any CETI dashboard, course shell, briefing, lattice, or when the user mentions CETI brand, CETI tokens, unify dashboards, brand alignment, or Milton × CETI.

CETI Brand — Shared Design DNA

One studio. Many surfaces. Milton Glaser's philosophy is the contract; CETI is the default preset.

Source of truth

Asset	Path
Tokens	milton/references/tokens.css
Philosophy	milton/PRINCIPLES.md
Brand values	milton/BRAND_BOOK.md
Web bar	milton/WEB.md
Process	milton/META_PROMPT.md
Modes	milton/MODES.md
Course lock	noether-course/assets/style-card.md + lesson-shell.html

Surfaces

Surface skill	data-mode / fork
noether-course	course
editorial-dashboard	editorial
client-briefing-dashboard	briefing
lattice-ops, acos	lattice
editorial-dashboard-hormel-genai	Hormel green preset (process stays CETI)

Non-negotiables

1. Warm grounds only.
2. Token names frozen; values only via mode or documented fork.
3. Type stacks per mode (see BRAND_BOOK) — no random fonts.
4. Original SVG marks for concept heroes; no emoji-as-icon.
5. AA contrast; reduced motion; keyboard.
6. Zero hype copy.

Agent workflow

1. Identify surface → set data-mode.
2. Load tokens (canonical or fork).
3. Build structure from the surface skill (sections, research, gates).
4. Audit against Milton five rules + surface quality checklist.
5. If multiple surfaces ship together, verify sibling rhythm (spacing, eyebrow mono, actor restraint).

Unification checklist (run across all dashboards)

• No pure #fff / #000 grounds
• No purple-pink AI gradients
• Display face present on titles
• Mono eyebrows on sections
• Shared ease curve language
• Dark mode or explicit dark-first (lattice) documented
• Cross-links to milton + this skill in SKILL.md