Building Style Specifications

The style specification is the deliverable of the extraction process — a structured document that captures every invariant element in a format the generation pipeline can consume directly. It is not a mood board. It is not an inspiration document. It is a technical specification.

The specification has seven sections, one per DNA dimension. Each section includes: the extracted values (hex codes, pixel dimensions, font specs, percentage ratios), the tolerance range (how much deviation is acceptable — palette hue +-3 degrees, font weight +-100), and verification criteria (how the critic agent will evaluate adherence to this dimension). The tolerance ranges are critical — too tight, and the generator cannot produce usable variation; too loose, and consistency erodes.

For our brand, the specification reads: "Primary: #00ffff, tolerance: hue +-2 degrees, saturation +-5%. Background: #000000, no tolerance. Font: Exo 2, no substitutions. Glow effect: text-shadow 0 0 20px rgba(0,255,255,0.5), tolerance on spread: +-4px." The critic evaluates every generated asset against this specification. Pass or fail. No subjective judgment.