{% manifest %}

Attributes

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	string	✓	Unqualified manifest id (e.g., 'product')
scope	string	—	Space-separated list of visibility scopes

Valid Children

Tag	Multiplicity
{% tldr %}	[1]
{% explanation %}	[*]
{% value %}	[*]
{% principle %}	[*]
{% goal %}	[*]
{% requirement %}	[*]
{% rule %}	[*]
{% example %}	[*]

The manifest tag captures foundational project identity: Values, Principles, Goals, and non-functional Requirements. It is used by AI agents to align their suggestions with the “soul” of the project.

Child tags

Tag	Attributes	Description
value	id (required), label (required)	A core value. Prose body describes it in detail.
principle	id (required), label (required)	A design or engineering principle. Prose body describes its rationale.
goal	id (required), label (required), status (optional: `pending	achieved`)
requirement	id (required), priority (optional: `must	should
rule	id (required), force (required: `must	should), realm(optional:global

NFRs in a manifest are referenced from design rules using ref="manifest/\{id\}#id".

Manifest with value, principle, goal, and requirement

tagmanifestvalueprinciple manifest-tag-children

{% manifest id="product" scope="public agent" %}

  {% value id="simplicity" label="Radical Simplicity" %}
  Favor zero-config over flexibility.
  {% /value %}

  {% principle id="local-first" label="Local-First" %}
  Always store data on the user's machine.
  {% /principle %}

  {% goal id="ship-v1" label="Ship v1" status="pending" %}
  Deliver the core feature set to early adopters.
  {% /goal %}

  {% requirement id="response-time" priority="must" %}
  The system must respond within 200ms for all read operations.
  {% /requirement %}

{% /manifest %}

Tag Tree

{% tldr %}[1]One-sentence summary rendered as a lead paragraph and used as the document's short description throughout the site.{% explanation %}[*]Provides targeted advice or collapsible detail for a specific audience. Renders as a callout () or a disclosure element (). Supports full Markdown in the body.{% value %}[*]Declares a core project value inside a manifest.{% principle %}[*]Declares a design or engineering principle inside a manifest.{% goal %}[*]Declares a product or business goal inside a manifest with a status tracking its achievement.{% requirement %}[*]Defines a granular product requirement — the primary unit of traceability in StarSpec.{% rule %}[*]Declares a named convention or constraint in a blueprint, domain, or manifest — optionally traced to a motivating spec item.{% example %}[*]Embeds a named, filterable example inline in a document and collects it in the global Examples Gallery.