Start a Design System Work Session

Step 1 — Living brief summary

Product: Verdant — a B2B sustainability reporting and carbon accounting platform for enterprise ESG teams. Calm, grounded, trustworthy; data-dense but not clinical.

Key decisions recorded (by area):

Current state:

• Implemented: Button (primary/secondary/ghost), Input (text/password), Badge (status), DataTable (sortable), Card, Modal, Toast
• Stubbed: Select, DatePicker, TagInput
• Missing: no chart components yet; no Combobox

Open questions:

• Does Select need a multi-value variant for Phase 1, or can we defer to TagInput?
• Should DatePicker open inline (calendar) or in a popover? Mobile behavior unclear.

Step 2 — Scope confirmation and conflict check

Session goal: Add the Select component — controlled, single-value, with optional search/filter within the dropdown.

Conflict check: The open question in the living brief asks whether Select needs a multi-value variant for Phase 1. Before implementing a single-value only component, I need to resolve this — if multi-value is needed in Phase 1, the architecture must support it from the start (the DOM structure and keyboard behavior differ significantly between single and multi-select).

Flagging conflict: Do not proceed until this is resolved. If multi-value is deferred, mark it explicitly in the living brief before implementation begins so it isn't added mid-sprint.

[Resolution from user: multi-value is deferred to Phase 2. Single-value with search only for Phase 1. TagInput will handle multi-value patterns. Proceed.]

Step 3 — Relevant synthesis documents

For adding the Select component:

• Token architecture — to confirm token consumption pattern for the new component
• Accessibility floor — Select has complex keyboard requirements (arrow navigation, escape to close, search focus management) that must be verified against the floor before spec is written

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Typography and color architecture not needed this session — Select uses existing semantic tokens; no new token categories are introduced.

Step 4 — Readiness confirmation

Ready to begin.

Current system state: Token foundation complete; 7 components implemented; 3 stubbed. Select is next.

Session goal: Implement Select component — single-value, with search, deferred multi-value.

Relevant documents loaded: Token architecture, Accessibility floor.

Resolved before starting: Multi-value deferred to Phase 2 per user decision. Living brief will be updated to record this resolution after implementation.