diff --git a/DECISIONS.md b/DECISIONS.md
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---
+## 2026-07-02: Brand refresh — Iris + Gold; glyphs may carry ONE gold gesture via a theme var
+
+**Context**: The brand kit in `assets/brand/` was replaced (2026 Iris + Gold refresh): body color moves from violet `#8b5cf6` to Iris `#5A3EF0`, volt lime `#CCFF00` is retired, and the "impulse" — the one thing Synapse adds — is now always Gold `#FFD23F`. The in-app glyphs previously had a hard rule: pure `currentColor`, never a baked color (`brand-icons.test.ts` failed on any `#`). The new glyph grammar puts the single gold gesture *inside* the glyphs, which that rule forbade.
+
+**Decision**: Glyph bodies stay `currentColor` (host UI supplies the ink), but each glyph may carry **one** gold gesture expressed only as `style="…var(--synapse-gold, #FFD23F)"`. The var is themed in `styles.css` (`body { --synapse-gold: #FFD23F }`, deepened to `#E8B419` on `.theme-light` for contrast on white). The test now strips the exact token `var(--synapse-gold, #FFD23F)` before asserting no `#` remains, so the canonical fallback is the *only* hex a glyph can bake. `synapse-main` stays impulse-free (neutral fallback); `synapse-actions` becomes the S-Signal at glyph weight (the brain mark is retired; the neuron remains the proposals mark).
+
+**Alternatives considered**:
+- **Keep glyphs pure `currentColor`** — rejected; the refresh's whole grammar is "gold = what Synapse adds", and a mono glyph set can't say that.
+- **Bake `#FFD23F` directly** — rejected; light themes need the deepened `#E8B419`, and a literal hex can't retheme.
+
+**Rationale**: The CSS var keeps one retunable source of truth per surface while the fallback keeps the assets self-contained (they render correctly outside Obsidian, e.g. on GitHub).
+
+**Impact**: `assets/brand/*` (all marks + glyphs), `src/brand-icons.ts` (regenerated bodies), `brand-icons.test.ts` (color rule), `styles.css` (gold tokens), README hero (animated banner) + sponsor badges (Iris/Gold). No behavior change beyond visuals.
+
+---
+
## 2026-06-29: Raw caught errors get the same redaction as strings (`redactError`)
**Context**: `redactSecrets()` — the single redaction source (`shared/redact.ts`) — only operates on **strings**. Several console sinks log a caught value directly (`console.warn('…failed', err)` / `console.error('…', err)`), handing the bare `Error` object — and its `.stack`, which embeds `.message` — to the console. A secret echoed into an error message by an upstream API or a thrown exception would reach the console **verbatim**, bypassing redaction. This audit found five such raw-error sinks across audio, rem, elaboration, and shared.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-
+
# Synapse
@@ -416,8 +416,8 @@ Then run `npm run dev` to rebuild automatically on changes. Reload Obsidian (Cmd
Synapse is free and open source. If it has earned a place in your workflow,
you can support continued development:
-[](https://github.com/sponsors/dustinkeeton)
-[](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dustinkeeton)
+[](https://github.com/sponsors/dustinkeeton)
+[](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dustinkeeton)
## License
diff --git a/assets/brand/README.md b/assets/brand/README.md
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-# Synapse brand assets
+# Synapse brand kit — Iris + Gold (2026 refresh)
-Canonical visual assets for Synapse. The full brand guidelines — palette, typography, voice/tone, name treatment, and mark usage rules — live in [`.claude/skills/brand-guidelines/SKILL.md`](../../.claude/skills/brand-guidelines/SKILL.md); read that before using or modifying anything here.
+Drop-in replacement for `assets/brand/`. The S is now **fired**: an action-potential spike in gold slashes the synaptic cleft of the iris S. One system, two tiers.
-## Inventory
+## Palette
-| Asset | Description | Use for |
-|-------|-------------|---------|
-| `icon.svg` | "The S-Signal" mark — 256×256 viewBox, transparent background, flat palette colors only | Plugin icon contexts, avatars, favicons, anywhere square **above ~24px** |
-| `icon-small.svg` | Optical-size cut of the S-Signal — 256×256 viewBox, transparent, flat palette only. Widened cleft, enlarged volt bead on a thinned Gap Black chip, plain open receptor terminal (ring dropped) | Renders **at or below ~24px**: 16px favicons, 16–24px list/UI icons |
-| `icon-mono.svg` | In-app **proposals** identity mark — a single-color `currentColor` **neuron** (dendrites → filled soma → axon carrying one impulse) on a **`0 0 100 100` viewBox**, no palette colors. Registered as the `synapse` icon by `registerSynapseIcons()` (`src/brand-icons.ts`), kept byte-synced with this file's inner content. Intentionally diverges from the S-Signal — see [In-app neuron/brain marks](#in-app-neuronbrain-marks) | Color-stripping surfaces: Obsidian ribbon/UI (the `synapse` icon), and any monochrome context |
-| `glyphs/*.svg` | The Synapse **UI glyph set** — 13 mono `currentColor` icons on **`0 0 100 100` viewBox**, flat, no palette colors. Feature/action glyphs for the Synapse Actions sidebar and commands (see [Glyph set](#glyph-set-glyphs) below) | Registered via `registerSynapseIcons()` in `src/brand-icons.ts`; rendered by the host UI and feature-tinted in the Synapse Actions sidebar |
-| `icon-accepted.svg` | **Accept-state** cut of the S-Signal — 256×256, transparent, flat palette only. The cleft is bridged in violet (gap jumped) and the single Impulse Volt spark has **landed in the receptor**, now closed/filled instead of an open ring | The **accepted** outcome of a proposal: accept-button confirmation, accepted-link badges, the end frame of the accept-flash. Pairs with `icon.svg` (open) — not the default identity. Use **above ~24px** |
-| `banner.svg` | README hero — 1280×320, self-contained dark background, mark + wordmark + tagline | Top of README; safe on both GitHub light and dark themes |
-| `social-preview.svg` / `social-preview.png` | GitHub social preview (og:image) — 1280×640 full-bleed dark, hero-scale mark + wordmark + "for Obsidian" + standing tagline; PNG is the uploadable render (<1 MB) | Repo Settings → Social preview; link unfurls (Slack/Discord/X). Critical ink stays ≥64px from edges (client crops/rounding). Not for the README (that is `banner.svg`); don't crop or overlay text |
+| Role | Value | Use |
+|------|-------|-----|
+| Iris | `#5A3EF0` | Brand body (arcs, soma, receptor), UI accents |
+| Gold | `#FFD23F` | The impulse — the only color Synapse insists on everywhere |
+| Gold (light surfaces) | `#E8B419` | Same hue, deepened for contrast on white |
+| Ground | `#0A0718` | Brand dark; also the spike's chip on light backgrounds |
+| Ion | `#F3F0FF` | Text on dark |
+| Lilac | `#B7A8FF` | Secondary text on dark |
+| App body | `currentColor` | In-app marks/glyphs inherit the theme's ink |
-### Size cutover: canonical vs small cut
+**Volt lime (`#CCFF00`) is retired.** The old violet `#8b5cf6` is superseded by Iris.
-Use **`icon.svg`** above ~24px and **`icon-small.svg`** at ~24px and below. Below ~24px the canonical spark — the firing moment that carries the whole brand story — merges into the S spine and disappears. `icon-small.svg` deliberately sacrifices letterform polish (wider cleft, fatter bead, plainer receptor) to keep one clearly visible lime point in the gap down to 16px. Above ~24px that trade is unnecessary and the canonical mark's full directional comet and open receptor ring read cleanly — use it there.
+## Two tiers
-Both color variants are for surfaces that **keep** color. For surfaces that strip it, use `icon-mono.svg` (below).
+- **Identity tier** (README, social, store, avatars): full-color marks — `icon.svg`, `icon-small.svg` (≤24px), `icon-accepted.svg`, `banner.svg` / `banner-animated.svg`, `social-preview.svg`.
+- **Theme tier** (ribbon, sidebars, commands): `icon-mono.svg` + `glyphs/` — body is `currentColor`, impulse is `var(--synapse-gold, #FFD23F)`. Define in `styles.css`:
-### Monochrome in-app marks (`icon-mono.svg`, `glyphs/synapse-actions.svg`)
+```css
+body { --synapse-gold: #FFD23F; }
+.theme-light { --synapse-gold: #E8B419; }
+```
-Obsidian's ribbon and UI render icons as a single `currentColor` silhouette — gradients and palette colors are discarded. `icon-mono.svg` (the `synapse` proposals mark, now a **neuron**) and `glyphs/synapse-actions.svg` (the actions launcher, a **brain**) are built for exactly that: every stroke and fill is `currentColor`, so the host UI's text color drives them (Ion White on dark, Gap Black on white — verified on both). Both carry a single round-capped **impulse** and **intentionally diverge from the canonical S-Signal** (see [In-app neuron/brain marks](#in-app-neuronbrain-marks)); they are no longer mono cuts of it.
+## The glyph grammar (Topology)
-They are authored on a **`0 0 100 100`** viewBox (not the family's 256) because that is Obsidian's `addIcon` convention — each file's inner content is the literal string registered by `registerSynapseIcons()` in `src/brand-icons.ts`. **Keep them in sync:** if you edit an asset, update its registered body (and vice-versa); `brand-icons.test.ts` fails on drift. Use these only on color-stripping or monochrome surfaces; anywhere color survives, use `icon.svg` / `icon-small.svg`.
+Soma (filled) = what exists · ring (open) = what's proposed · line = connection · **gold = what Synapse adds** (the act, or on Enrich, the added metadata). Verb → shape: expand=fan · attach=gold leaves · condense=merge · file=tree · run-all=cascade · examine=dive · format=wave→line · link=bridge.
-### Glyph set (`glyphs/`)
-
-The `glyphs/` folder holds the **Synapse UI glyph set**: 13 monochrome `currentColor` icons, one per feature/action, authored on the same **`0 0 100 100`** viewBox as `icon-mono.svg`. Their inner content is registered via **`registerSynapseIcons()` in `src/brand-icons.ts`** (alongside the `synapse` body, which stays byte-synced with `icon-mono.svg`). The host UI supplies the color, and the **Synapse Actions sidebar tints each glyph per feature** (elaboration→blue, enrichment→green, organize→orange, deep-dive→purple, rem→pink, summarize→red, tidy→orange, video→yellow, main→muted). Never bake palette colors in — they are `currentColor` only.
-
-| Glyph | Subject |
-|-------|---------|
-| `synapse-elaboration` | Stub note + lines growing outward (expand a stub into a full note) |
-| `synapse-enrichment` | Note + short connector stubs ending in open terminals (attach metadata) |
-| `synapse-organize` | A note filed into a folder |
-| `synapse-deep-dive` | Note + magnifier penetrating the page (examine one note in depth) |
-| `synapse-summarize` | Lines condensing inward into a note (mirror of elaboration) |
-| `synapse-tidy` | A note whose ragged lines resolve to flush-aligned (normalize/align) |
-| `synapse-rem` | Two notes (filled source + outlined relation) joined by one link |
-| `synapse-video` | Media panel + play triangle (external media/tooling) |
-| `synapse-main` | A plain note — neutral fallback, deliberately low-energy |
-| `synapse-transcribe` | Audio waveform + note (sound → linked text; also the Transcribe ribbon) |
-| `synapse-fire` | A folder with one bold arrow sweeping through it (run all features over a directory) |
-| `synapse-checkpoints` | Resume triangle + a broken ring (manage/resume interrupted runs) |
-| `synapse-actions` | A **brain** with one impulse across it (the Synapse actions launcher / command center) |
-
-These are line/silhouette glyphs that share one system: a ~76×76 live area, a single stroke weight (~8 at the artboard), round caps and joins throughout, one consistent rounded-rect radius for panels/folders, and **one canonical note shape** (a rounded portrait page) used identically wherever a note appears. Solid fill marks the single *subject* of each action; everything else is outlined. **Exception:** `synapse-actions` is now a **brain** in-app identity mark carrying one impulse (see [In-app neuron/brain marks](#in-app-neuronbrain-marks)); the other twelve glyphs stay impulse-free and contain no spark, cleft, or "S".
-
-### Accept-state variant (`icon-accepted.svg`)
-
-The canonical mark encodes the proposal-approval safety model as geometry: the impulse jumps toward an **open, unfilled receptor ring** — a proposed connection, not yet accepted. `icon-accepted.svg` is that mark resolved to the moment of **accept**: the charged cleft is bridged in Synapse Violet (the gap has been jumped — the connection is made) and the single Impulse Volt spark has **landed in the receptor**, which is now **closed/filled** instead of an open ring. The spark sheds its directional comet taper and settles into a round bead at rest, seated in the receptor with its Gap Black chip intact so the lime survives on white.
-
-It is still **one volt element** — the landed bead is the only lime in the composition. Use it only to show the **accepted** outcome (accept-button confirmation, accepted-link badge, the end frame of the accept-flash); it is a state *pair* with `icon.svg` (open/proposed), **not** a replacement default identity. Size it like the canonical mark — **above ~24px**; it has no dedicated small cut.
-
-The **open → closed motion spec** (the accept-flash) lives in the brand guidelines under *Accept-flash motion spec*: timing, what the single volt element does frame-to-frame, how the receptor fills, the explicit one-volt-rule compliance, and the no-glow/no-blur rule. It is spec only — not wired into any UI.
-
-## The mark in one sentence
-
-An "S" traced by a neural impulse: two violet synaptic arcs broken by a charged cleft, one Impulse Volt spark (`#CCFF00`) firing left-to-right across the gap, from a filled source ball toward an open receptor ring that closes only on accept.
+Exceptions: `synapse-main` is deliberately impulse-free (neutral fallback). `synapse-actions` is the S itself at glyph weight — the brain is retired; the neuron (`icon-mono`) remains the proposals mark.
## Hard rules
-- Use only palette colors (see guidelines). Never recolor the mark or detach the spark. **Exception:** `icon-mono.svg` and everything in `glyphs/` are intentionally single-color `currentColor` — no palette colors, no lime accent, no Gap Black chip. They are the color-agnostic variants; the rules below about the volt spark and its chip do not apply to them.
-- **Impulse on the in-app identity marks only.** `synapse` (`icon-mono.svg`, neuron) and `synapse-actions` (brain) each carry one round-capped impulse; no other `glyphs/` icon may contain a spark, lime, cleft, or an "S" silhouette.
-- **One volt element per composition** — the spark is the only bright accent, ever.
-- On white backgrounds the spark keeps its Gap Black outline/chip; never remove it.
-- The mark is flat — no glows, blurs, drop shadows, or gradients in the mark itself.
-- Don't place text over the banner or crop it.
+- One gold gesture per composition (Enrich's leaf set counts as one gesture).
+- On white, the identity spike keeps its Ground chip; never remove it.
+- Flat only — no glows, blurs, shadows; gradients allowed on backgrounds, never in the mark.
+- Use `icon-small.svg` at or below ~24px; the canonical spike merges below that.
+- Keep `glyphs/` byte-synced with `registerSynapseIcons()` in `src/brand-icons.ts`.
-## Verifying changes
+## Notes
-Assets are hand-written SVG. After any edit, render and inspect before committing (macOS, no dependencies):
-
-```sh
-qlmanage -t -s 1024 -o /tmp .svg # writes /tmp/.svg.png — open and check
-```
-
-Check dark (`#131019`) and white backgrounds, plus a ~48px copy for small-size legibility. For the `glyphs/` set, **16px is the design size** — render each glyph at ~16px *and* ~48px on both backgrounds and confirm crisp single-color legibility; reduce detail (never thin strokes below ~6.25 at the 100 artboard) if a glyph muddies at 16px. The `designer` agent (`.claude/agents/designer.md`) does this loop automatically.
-
-## Wanted (not yet produced)
-
-- _Nothing currently open. The UI glyph set (`glyphs/`), the accept-state variant (`icon-accepted.svg`), and the accept-flash motion spec are done; see above._
-
-## In-app neuron/brain marks
-
-> **In-app neuron/brain marks (divergent from the S-Signal).** `icon-mono.svg` (the `synapse` glyph) and `glyphs/synapse-actions.svg` are now in-app identity marks drawn around a **neuron** (proposals) and a **brain** (the actions launcher / command center), each carrying a single round-capped impulse. They **intentionally diverge from the canonical S-Signal** — they are no longer mono cuts of it. The full-color S-Signal family (`icon.svg`, `icon-small.svg`, `icon-accepted.svg`, `banner.svg`, `social-preview.*`) is unchanged and remains the canonical identity.
->
-> **Sanctioned motifs.** For these two `currentColor` in-app marks only, **neuron, brain, and electricity (impulse/charge)** are sanctioned — a deliberate, scoped relaxation of the brain/neuron ban. It does not extend to the full-color S-Signal or the rest of the `glyphs/` set, which stay neuron-/brain-/spark-free.
+- `banner-animated.svg` loops the spike draw-on (SMIL — plays in GitHub READMEs).
+- `accept-flash.svg` + `accept-flash.md` — the proposed→accepted motion: 700ms, spike morphs into a bead that lands in the receptor while the cleft bridges. Spec only; not wired into UI.
+- Rasterize `social-preview.svg` to PNG (≤1MB) before uploading to repo settings, e.g. `qlmanage -t -s 1280 -o /tmp kit/social-preview.svg`.
diff --git a/assets/brand/accept-flash.md b/assets/brand/accept-flash.md
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+# Accept-flash — motion spec (Iris + Gold)
+
+The transition from **proposed** (`icon.svg`: live spike, open receptor) to **accepted** (`icon-accepted.svg`: bridged cleft, gold seated in a closed receptor). Total **700 ms**, played once on accept, `fill: freeze`.
+
+| Phase | Time (ms) | What moves | Easing |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Charge | 0–120 | Spike pumps: stroke 11 → 13 → 11 (amplitude, not scale) | ease-out |
+| Jump | 120–260 | Spike collapses tail-first (dash-offset 0 → length); a gold bead (r13) emerges at its head | cubic-bezier(.3, 0, .9, 1) |
+| Travel | 260–480 | Bead rides the axon path into the terminal | cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .55, 1) |
+| Bridge | 300–420 | Iris bridge draws across the cleft behind the bead (dash-offset 80 → 0) | ease-in-out |
+| Land | 480–620 | Bead settles r18 → 15; receptor ring pops stroke 14 → 18 → 14 | ease-out, one overshoot, no bounce |
+| Rest | 620–700 | Hold. End state ≡ `icon-accepted.svg` | — |
+
+Bead path (256 grid): `M174 133 L177.4 141.9 A46 46 0 0 1 107 200.9 L85.7 177.8`
+
+## Rules
+
+- **One gold element at all times.** The spike morphs into the bead — they never coexist for more than one frame.
+- **No glow, no blur, no shadow.** Energy is geometry: amplitude, overshoot, squash.
+- Motion only on dash-offset, transform, and motion-path (compositor-friendly).
+- Never longer than 700 ms — longer reads as ceremony, not confirmation.
+- `prefers-reduced-motion`: replace with a 120 ms crossfade from open to accepted. No travel.
+
+## Implementations
+
+- **SMIL reference**: `accept-flash.svg` (looping demo: 600 ms open hold → flash → 1.1 s accepted hold → reset; production plays once and freezes).
+- **Obsidian (CSS)**: bead as an element with `offset-path` set to the bead path; spike collapse via `stroke-dashoffset` transition; gate with `matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)')`.
+- End state must compose identically to `icon-accepted.svg` — the flash is a transition between the two shipped marks, never a third look.
diff --git a/assets/brand/accept-flash.svg b/assets/brand/accept-flash.svg
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diff --git a/assets/brand/banner-animated.svg b/assets/brand/banner-animated.svg
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--- a/assets/brand/banner.svg
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@@ -1,38 +1,34 @@
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+ More connections. Brighter thoughts.
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diff --git a/assets/brand/icon-mono.svg b/assets/brand/icon-mono.svg
index 2634bfd..3d64057 100644
--- a/assets/brand/icon-mono.svg
+++ b/assets/brand/icon-mono.svg
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
+
+
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diff --git a/assets/brand/icon-small.svg b/assets/brand/icon-small.svg
index edbcf0c..30cfba4 100644
--- a/assets/brand/icon-small.svg
+++ b/assets/brand/icon-small.svg
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
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diff --git a/assets/brand/icon.svg b/assets/brand/icon.svg
index 8305d6f..8280e8f 100644
--- a/assets/brand/icon.svg
+++ b/assets/brand/icon.svg
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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diff --git a/assets/brand/social-preview.png b/assets/brand/social-preview.png
index d2dea4d..ab7d877 100644
Binary files a/assets/brand/social-preview.png and b/assets/brand/social-preview.png differ
diff --git a/assets/brand/social-preview.svg b/assets/brand/social-preview.svg
index 5467865..848cac8 100644
--- a/assets/brand/social-preview.svg
+++ b/assets/brand/social-preview.svg
@@ -1,39 +1,34 @@
+ synapsefor Obsidian
+ More connections. Brighter thoughts.
+
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diff --git a/docs/plans/donation-sponsorship-plan.md b/docs/plans/donation-sponsorship-plan.md
index b347613..39117dd 100644
--- a/docs/plans/donation-sponsorship-plan.md
+++ b/docs/plans/donation-sponsorship-plan.md
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ Placement: **near the bottom**, after Features / Install / Usage — never in th
Synapse is free and open source. If it has earned a place in your workflow,
you can support continued development:
-[](https://github.com/sponsors/dustinkeeton)
-[](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/)
+[](https://github.com/sponsors/dustinkeeton)
+[](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/)
```
-(Badge colors above use the brand violets — Synapse Violet `#8b5cf6` and Threshold Violet `#5b21b6` — so the section reads as part of the identity rather than stock badge clutter.)
+(Badge colors above use the brand palette — Iris `#5A3EF0` and Gold `#FFD23F` — so the section reads as part of the identity rather than stock badge clutter.)
### d) Settings panel (optional, non-intrusive)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 404d9eb..6371935 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
{
"name": "synapse",
- "version": "1.0.7",
+ "version": "1.0.10",
"lockfileVersion": 3,
"requires": true,
"packages": {
"": {
"name": "synapse",
- "version": "1.0.7",
+ "version": "1.0.10",
"license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
"devDependencies": {
"@emnapi/core": "^1.7.1",
@@ -5104,6 +5104,7 @@
"integrity": "sha512-QP88BAKvMam/3NxH6vj2o21R6MjxZUAd6nlwAS/pnGvN9IVLocLHxGYIzFhg6fUQ+5th6P4dv4eW9jX3DSIj7A==",
"dev": true,
"license": "MIT",
+ "peer": true,
"engines": {
"node": ">=12"
},
@@ -6395,7 +6396,6 @@
"integrity": "sha512-2AvhNX3mb8zd6Zy7INTtSpl1F15HW6Wnqj0srWlkKLcpYl/gMIMJiyuGq2KeI2YFxUPjdlB+3Lc10seMLtL4cA==",
"dev": true,
"license": "ISC",
- "peer": true,
"bin": {
"yaml": "bin.mjs"
},
diff --git a/src/brand-icons.test.ts b/src/brand-icons.test.ts
index dc17060..a89c45a 100644
--- a/src/brand-icons.test.ts
+++ b/src/brand-icons.test.ts
@@ -44,13 +44,18 @@ describe('brand-icons', () => {
}
});
- it('draws every glyph as a non-empty currentColor silhouette with no baked palette color', () => {
+ it('draws every glyph as a currentColor silhouette; gold only via the theme var', () => {
for (const [name, body] of Object.entries(SYNAPSE_ICONS)) {
expect(body, name).toBeTruthy();
- // Color comes from the host UI (mono ribbon/palette, CSS tint in the
- // sidebar) — the bodies must use currentColor and never a hardcoded hex.
+ // Body ink comes from the host UI via currentColor; the only other color
+ // allowed is the impulse gold, and only through the theme var (with its
+ // canonical fallback) so styles.css can retune it per light/dark surface.
expect(body, name).toContain('currentColor');
- expect(body.includes('#'), `${name} must not bake a hex color`).toBe(false);
+ const withoutGold = body.split('var(--synapse-gold, #FFD23F)').join('');
+ expect(
+ withoutGold.includes('#'),
+ `${name} must not bake a color outside var(--synapse-gold, #FFD23F)`,
+ ).toBe(false);
}
});
diff --git a/src/brand-icons.ts b/src/brand-icons.ts
index 7313102..ef10214 100644
--- a/src/brand-icons.ts
+++ b/src/brand-icons.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
* Bespoke Synapse icon glyphs, registered with Obsidian's `addIcon` (#349).
*
* Each value is SVG *inner content* on the `0 0 100 100` viewBox `addIcon`
- * expects, drawn in `currentColor` — the host UI supplies the color (ribbon/
- * palette render mono; the Synapse actions sidebar tints per feature via CSS).
+ * expects. Bodies are drawn in `currentColor` — the host UI supplies the ink —
+ * while the impulse (the one gold gesture per glyph, 2026 Iris+Gold refresh)
+ * is `var(--synapse-gold, #FFD23F)`, themed per surface in `styles.css`.
*
* The glyph NAMES are the contract in `src/commands/icons.ts` (`FEATURE_ICONS`
* + the per-action `icon` overrides in the registry); keep this map in lockstep
@@ -17,46 +18,45 @@
import { addIcon } from 'obsidian';
/**
- * Monochrome `currentColor` in-app proposals mark: a NEURON (dendrites, a filled
- * soma, and an axon carrying one round-capped impulse), built around the brand's
- * impulse/charge idea (#349 review). Mirrors `assets/brand/icon-mono.svg` and
- * INTENTIONALLY diverges from the canonical full-color S-Signal (`icon.svg` etc.),
- * which is unchanged. Do not recolor; the color comes from the host UI via
- * `currentColor`.
+ * In-app proposals mark: a NEURON (dendrites, a filled soma, and an axon
+ * carrying the impulse), built around the brand's impulse/charge idea (#349
+ * review). Mirrors `assets/brand/icon-mono.svg` — body in `currentColor`, the
+ * axon spike in the gold var — and INTENTIONALLY diverges from the canonical
+ * full-color S-Signal (`icon.svg` etc.). Do not recolor the body; its ink
+ * comes from the host UI via `currentColor`.
*/
export const SYNAPSE_ICON_SVG =
- ' ' +
- ' ' +
- '';
+ '';
/**
* name -> inner SVG content for every Synapse-registered glyph. Keys MUST match
* the names in `src/commands/icons.ts` and the ribbon/view references in
- * `src/main.ts` / `src/views/synapse-actions-view.ts`. The per-feature and
- * per-action glyphs share one line-icon system (round caps/joins, one stroke
- * weight, a canonical note shape, filled = the action's subject). The two in-app
- * identity marks `synapse` (neuron) and `synapse-actions` (brain) each carry a
- * round-capped impulse and intentionally diverge from the canonical S-Signal;
- * the remaining glyphs stay impulse-free.
+ * `src/main.ts` / `src/views/synapse-actions-view.ts`. One line-icon system
+ * (round caps/joins, one stroke weight) speaking the Topology grammar: filled
+ * soma = what exists, open ring = what is proposed, line = connection, and the
+ * single gold gesture = what Synapse adds (`var(--synapse-gold, #FFD23F)`).
+ * `synapse-main` is deliberately impulse-free as the neutral fallback.
*/
export const SYNAPSE_ICONS: Readonly> = {
// In-app proposals identity mark — neuron (proposals ribbon + proposal views).
synapse: SYNAPSE_ICON_SVG,
- // Launcher (Synapse actions ribbon + sidebar view = brain) + per-action overrides.
- 'synapse-actions': '',
- 'synapse-transcribe': '',
- 'synapse-fire': '',
- 'synapse-checkpoints': '',
- // Per-feature default glyphs.
- 'synapse-main': '',
- 'synapse-elaboration': '',
- 'synapse-enrichment': '',
- 'synapse-organize': '',
- 'synapse-deep-dive': '',
- 'synapse-summarize': '',
- 'synapse-tidy': '',
- 'synapse-rem': '',
- 'synapse-video': '',
+ // Launcher (Synapse actions ribbon + sidebar view) — the S-Signal itself at
+ // glyph weight (the brain mark is retired; the neuron remains the proposals mark).
+ 'synapse-actions': '',
+ // Per-action override glyphs.
+ 'synapse-transcribe': '',
+ 'synapse-fire': '',
+ 'synapse-checkpoints': '',
+ // Per-feature default glyphs (synapse-main is deliberately impulse-free).
+ 'synapse-main': '',
+ 'synapse-elaboration': '',
+ 'synapse-enrichment': '',
+ 'synapse-organize': '',
+ 'synapse-deep-dive': '',
+ 'synapse-summarize': '',
+ 'synapse-tidy': '',
+ 'synapse-rem': '',
+ 'synapse-video': '',
};
/**
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 7a76f70..97a5666 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@
--synapse-color-video-rgb: 220, 180, 70;
}
+/*
+ * Brand impulse gold (2026 Iris+Gold refresh). Every registered glyph draws
+ * its body in currentColor and its single gold gesture in this var (see
+ * src/brand-icons.ts / assets/brand/README.md). Deepened on light surfaces
+ * for contrast against white.
+ */
+body {
+ --synapse-gold: #FFD23F;
+}
+
+.theme-light {
+ --synapse-gold: #E8B419;
+}
+
/*
* Cap the height of embedded videos so portrait-oriented content
* (TikTok, Instagram Reels, phone recordings) does not dominate the note.
+ 