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Production-grade architectural rulebook for Tailwind CSS v4. Engineered to eliminate LLM hallucinations, enforce strict deterministic conventions, and prevent architectural drift across Cursor IDE, Claude Code CLI, and autonomous multi-agent pipelines.

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02 / DRIFT ANALYSIS & VALUE PROPOSITION

Failure Patterns Prevented for Tailwind CSS v4

Without This Rule (Default LLM Behavior)Vulnerable

Tailwind CSS v4 is an entirely new CSS-first engine that completely replaces javascript-based `tailwind.config.js` with native `@theme` directives in CSS. Outdated LLMs continually hallucinate obsolete tailwind.config.js configurations.

Hallucination Symptoms

Invokes deprecated or removed APIs from older model training weights
Generates conflicting configuration files and invalid imports
Silently drops type-safety, boundaries, or transaction isolation

With This Rule (Guaranteed Invariants)Deterministic

Configure themes directly in globals.css using `@theme` and `@import 'tailwindcss';`.

Never generate or modify legacy `tailwind.config.js` or `tailwind.config.ts` files.

Use CSS custom properties for dynamic color palettes.

Enforce consistent utility ordering: layout -> spacing -> typography -> background -> borders -> interactivity.

03 / VERIFIED CODE PATTERNS

Code Standards: Anti-Pattern vs Verified Implementation

Discouraged Anti-Pattern

// Discouraged in v4: Obsolete tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: { colors: { brand: "#f97316" } }
  }
};

Verified Production Standard

@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-brand-primary: #f97316;
  --font-display: "Geist Sans", sans-serif;
}

04 / REPOSITORY PLACEMENT & INSTALLATION

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05 / ROUTE DIRECTORY & CROSS-TOOLING

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