# Token Source-of-Truth

> Define every design primitive — color, space, radius, the type scale, size, duration, z-index — exactly once as a custom property in the tokens layer, and forbid any downstream literal where a token exists.

Record: `algo:token-source-of-truth`
Kind: css-cascade
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algo-token-source-of-truth
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algo/token-source-of-truth/closure

## composes

- [Canonical Data](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/canonical-data.md)

## composed-by

- [CSS Type-Cascade Kernel](https://banes-lab.com/records/algo/css-type-cascade-concern.md)