# Build brief: Aurora

Resource base: https://mejohnc.org (or the preview host used to obtain this file).

Use this direction within the user’s requested project and existing design constraints.

## Illustrative use case, not project requirements
A music discovery page with an aurora header and solid album rows.

A lighting treatment built from broad, luminous color fields. It supplies atmosphere behind an interface rather than a navigation model.

## Essential cues
- Diffuse gradients
- Dark grounding surface
- Sparse luminous accents

## Recipe
- Keep the gradient behind the header.
- Put body text on an opaque panel.
- Use one accent for the primary action.

## Optional decoration
Atmosphere comes from a gradient; custom images are optional.

## Avoid
Animating the entire background or placing small text over changing colors.

## Values and validation
Read [tokens](/territories/aurora/tokens.json) and [acceptance checklist](/territories/aurora/checklist.md). Use [the working example](/territories/aurora/example/) to inspect color roles, spacing, hierarchy, and interaction states. It is a UI translation, not a reproduction of historical art. Tokens describe the base UI; [example CSS](/territories/assets/example.css) contains the style-specific composition and decorative layer. Preview navigation with `?navigation=top`, `?navigation=sidebar`, or `?navigation=tabs`; combine with `project`. Use [Compare](/territories/compare/) for mobile (390 px), tablet (820 px), and desktop (1440 px) viewports.

## Delivery
Preserve real content and existing working behavior. Check keyboard, narrow layout, error, empty, and success states. Report any departures from this recipe with a reason. Do not claim to have inspected a preview or run checks that you could not access.

Schema 1.0.0; revision f5fd78058ba2.