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    "schema": "dashcore-design/1",
    "slug": "dashcore",
    "generated_at": "2026-09-10T20:00:10+00:00",
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        "client": "Dashcore",
        "product": "The design tool itself: the standard, the designs, and the mockups. Used by John and Travis while shaping a new project.",
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        "notes": "This is the default the tool wears. Deliberately quiet so a client's design reads as the design, not this one."
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            "why": "A plain, saturated blue that reads as a tool rather than a brand, well away from the reds and ambers used for status."
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