This page has moved. See Component Lifecycle for the full end-to-end guide — from specification through build, hardening, and ongoing maintenance.

The component lifecycle covers:

• Before You Start — Is this actually a new component, or can existing ones solve it?
• Phase 1: Specification — Research, draft spec, review, vibe test → Component Specification Protocol
• Phase 2: Build — Implement, test, document, PR → Component Build Protocol
• Phase 3: Hardening — audit, fix, and prove it → a full grading
• Ongoing: Nightly Auditor — Automated drift detection → Night Watch Component Auditor

For implementation conventions (file structure, StyleX, tokens, templates), see Component Authoring Guide.