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Frontend Redesign — Design Spec
Date: 2026-06-03
Status: Approved
Overview
Complete replacement of the existing frontend UI layer, strictly following the HTML prototype designs in the Prototype/ folder. The API layer (api/), mock data (data/), and TypeScript types (types/) are preserved unchanged. Only the UI layer is rewritten.
Design System
CSS Variables (Design Tokens)
Defined in frontend/src/styles/globals.css, extracted directly from prototypes:
/* Sidebar (light rail) */
--rail-bg: #ffffff
--rail-surface: #f7f8fa
--rail-fg: #111827
--rail-muted: #8b929e
--rail-border: #e8eaed
--rail-hover: rgba(0,0,0,.04)
--rail-active: rgba(226,0,116,.07)
/* Canvas */
--bg: #f2f4f7
--surface: #ffffff
--fg: #111827
--muted: #6b7280
--border: #e5e7eb
/* Brand */
--accent: #e20074
--accent-dim: rgba(226,0,116,.10)
--accent-hover: #c8006a
--success: #16a34a
--warn: #d97706
--danger: #dc2626
/* Typography */
--font-display: "TeleNeoWeb-Bold", "Inter", -apple-system, sans-serif
--font-body: "TeleNeoWeb-Regular", "Inter", -apple-system, sans-serif
--font-mono: ui-monospace, "JetBrains Mono", Menlo, monospace
/* Layout */
--sidebar-w: 232px
--radius-sm: 6px
--radius-md: 10px
--radius-pill: 9999px
--shadow-card: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.06), 0 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,.04)
/* Dark mode: data-theme="dark" overrides all above */
Dark Mode
Toggle via data-theme="dark" on <html>. Persisted to localStorage. Sidebar footer button triggers toggle.
Architecture
File Structure (UI layer only — rewrite)
frontend/src/
├── styles/
│ └── globals.css ← Rewrite: design tokens + base reset
├── components/
│ └── layout/
│ ├── AppShell.tsx ← Rewrite: CSS grid sidebar(232px) + content-area
│ ├── Sidebar.tsx ← New: brand + nav groups + user footer + theme toggle
│ └── Topbar.tsx ← New: sticky topbar (per-page title + actions)
├── pages/
│ ├── Overview/
│ │ └── OverviewPage.tsx ← New: launcher index
│ ├── Status/
│ │ └── StatusPage.tsx ← Rewrite: system status dashboard
│ ├── Perception/
│ │ ├── PerceptionPage.tsx ← Rewrite: regulatory signals
│ │ └── EventFeed.tsx ← Rewrite: feed pane
│ ├── Docs/
│ │ └── DocsPage.tsx ← Rewrite: document management
│ ├── Compliance/
│ │ └── CompliancePage.tsx ← Rewrite: compliance analysis workspace
│ └── RagChat/
│ └── RagChatPage.tsx ← Rewrite: regulation Q&A chat
├── router/
│ └── AppRouter.tsx ← Rewrite: 6 routes with sidebar layout
├── api/ ← PRESERVE unchanged
├── data/ ← PRESERVE unchanged
└── types/ ← PRESERVE unchanged
Navigation (Sidebar)
Permanent left sidebar, 232px wide. Groups:
Main
- Overview (grid icon)
- Regulatory Signals (eye/radar icon) — badge: high-impact count
- System Status (list icon) — badge: active issues count
Workbench
- Documents (file icon)
- Compliance Analysis (shield icon)
Chat
- Regulation Q&A (chat bubble icon)
Footer: user avatar (TS) + name/role + theme toggle button.
Active item: accent-colored left border bar (3px) + accent background tint.
Pages
1. Overview
- Hero section: title + subtitle + CTA buttons (Open dashboard, Jump to regulation chat)
- Summary card (scope: 6 screens / Backend-aware flows / Review posture)
- Workflow steps (6-column grid): 01 Dashboard → 06 Chat
- Screen grid (2×3): clickable cards with mini mockup previews
2. System Status (dashboard-sidebar.html)
- Topbar: "System Status" title + search + "Export status" btn + "New upload" btn (primary)
- Stats grid (4-col): Documents total / Vector chunks / High-impact signals / Last 90 days — values fetched from
/api/v1/perception/stats - Panel grid (1.4fr + 0.9fr):
- Left: Workflow queue (task rows: name/status/progress/CTA) + Active compliance programs (program rows + KPI strip: Retrieval hit rate / Evidence coverage / Reviewer SLA with meter bars)
- Right: System health (service rows: name/status) + Regulatory watch (event rows: date/title/summary clamp-2)
- Footer: brand name + live green dot + "Online"
3. Regulatory Signals (perception.html)
- Topbar: title + subtitle monospace + search + Refresh btn
- Stats bar (4-col, flush, no card borders): Total / High impact (danger color) / Medium impact (warn color) / Last 90 days (accent color) — fetched from
/api/v1/perception/stats - Filter bar: Source chips (All/MIIT/UN-ECE/ISO/GB Comm./EUR-Lex/IATF) + separator + Impact chips (All/High/Medium/Low)
- Two-pane split (360px + 1fr):
- Left feed pane: scrollable event cards (source tag colored, standard code, status pill, title, summary clamp-2, date, tags, impact dot). Selected card gets accent border + glow ring.
- Right analysis pane: empty state with ring icon. On select: detail card (source/code/status/title/summary/meta) + action row (Run impact analysis btn, Stop btn, Source link) + Affected documents card (doc rows: score%/name/clause/snippet) + AI output card (SSE streaming with blink cursor, markdown rendering)
- Footer: live dot + "Live feed" + brand
4. Documents (document-management.html)
- Topbar: title + search + filter controls + "Upload document" primary btn
- Filter bar: status chips (All/Ready/Embedding/Failed/Pending) + regulation type filter
- Document table: rows with doc name, status pill (ok/warn/risk), upload time, chunk count, action CTAs (Inspect/Analyze/Resolve)
- Rows link to document detail view
5. Compliance Analysis (compliance-analysis.html)
- Topbar: title + search + "New analysis" primary btn
- Hero: eyebrow + h1 + description + nav buttons
- Three-column workspace (0.95fr + 1.25fr + 0.9fr):
- Col 1 — Retrieved regulations: source items (standard name, helper text, score pills, status pill)
- Col 2 — Document paragraph under review: source text block with
<mark>highlights + Analysis stages (4 progress bars: Clause retrieval / Requirement extraction / Gap analysis / Recommendation synthesis) - Col 3 — Findings and conclusion: finding items (title/description/status pill) + conclusion box (recommended replacement text) + action items (Next action / Escalation)
6. Regulation Q&A (regulation-chat.html)
- Two-column layout: main chat area + right citation rail
- Topbar: chat title + export btn
- Chat area: message bubbles (user right/assistant left), streaming cursor blink, citation superscripts
- Citation rail: source doc rows (score/name/clause/snippet)
- Input area: textarea + quick-prompt chips + send button (primary)
Component Patterns
Status Pills
.status.ok → green dot + green bg tint
.status.warn → amber dot + amber bg tint
.status.risk → red dot + red bg tint
.status.info → blue dot + blue bg tint
Buttons
- Default: border + surface bg, 32px height
- Primary: accent bg, white text
- Small: 28px height
Cards
border-radius: 10px,box-shadow: var(--shadow-card),padding: 16px 18px
Nav badges
- Accent-tinted pill, monospace font, 10px
Preserved (No Changes)
frontend/src/api/— all API client filesfrontend/src/data/— all mock data filesfrontend/src/types/— TypeScript definitionsfrontend/src/contexts/ThemeContext.tsx— theme state (adapt to use data-theme on html element)
Tech Stack
React 19 + TypeScript + Vite + TailwindCSS 4 + React Router 7. Lucide React for icons.