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+/**
+ * design-to-css.js
+ * 
+ * A professional utility to transform design.md specifications into CSS Custom Properties.
+ * Part of the Crypto Disco Strategic Contribution Package.
+ * 
+ * @version 1.0.0
+ * @license Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+
+/**
+ * Main execution function
+ */
+function main() {
+    const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+    const inputPath = args[0] || 'DESIGN.md';
+    const outputPath = args[1] || 'design-tokens.css';
+
+    console.log(`🏗️  Transforming ${inputPath} to ${outputPath}...`);
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync(inputPath)) {
+        console.error(`❌ Error: Input file ${inputPath} not found.`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const content = fs.readFileSync(inputPath, 'utf8');
+        const yamlPart = extractYaml(content);
+        if (!yamlPart) {
+            throw new Error('No valid YAML frontmatter found.');
+        }
+
+        const data = parseSimplifiedYaml(yamlPart);
+        const cssContent = generateCss(data);
+
+        fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, cssContent);
+        console.log(`✅ Success! CSS tokens written to ${outputPath}`);
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(`❌ Transformation failed: ${err.message}`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extracts YAML frontmatter between --- delimeters
+ */
+function extractYaml(content) {
+    const match = content.match(/^---\r?\n([\s\S]*?)\r?\n---/);
+    return match ? match[1] : null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A simplified YAML parser for flat and nested tokens (recursive)
+ * Handles basic key-value pairs and indentation-based nesting
+ */
+function parseSimplifiedYaml(yamlStr) {
+    const lines = yamlStr.split(/\r?\n/);
+    const result = {};
+    const stack = [{ indent: -1, obj: result }];
+
+    for (let line of lines) {
+        if (!line.trim() || line.trim().startsWith('#')) continue;
+
+        const indent = line.search(/\S/);
+        const [keyPart, ...valParts] = line.trim().split(':');
+        const key = keyPart.trim();
+        let value = valParts.join(':').trim();
+
+        // Strip inline comments (only if # is preceded by whitespace)
+        const commentIndex = value.indexOf(' #');
+        if (commentIndex !== -1) {
+            value = value.substring(0, commentIndex).trim();
+        }
+
+        while (stack.length > 1 && indent <= stack[stack.length - 1].indent) {
+            stack.pop();
+        }
+
+        if (value === '' || value === undefined) {
+            // It's a parent object
+            const newObj = {};
+            stack[stack.length - 1].obj[key] = newObj;
+            stack.push({ indent, obj: newObj });
+        } else {
+            // It's a leaf value
+            // Remove quotes if present
+            const cleanVal = value.replace(/^['"](.*)['"]$/, '$1');
+            stack[stack.length - 1].obj[key] = cleanVal;
+        }
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generates CSS Custom Properties from the token data
+ */
+function generateCss(data) {
+    let css = `/**\n * Generated by design-to-css.js\n * Source: DESIGN.md\n */\n\n:root {\n`;
+    
+    function walk(obj, prefix = '') {
+        const entries = Object.entries(obj);
+        for (const [key, value] of entries) {
+            const fullKey = prefix ? `${prefix}-${key}` : key;
+            if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
+                walk(value, fullKey);
+            } else {
+                // Ignore metadata fields like version, name, description
+                if (!['version', 'name', 'description'].includes(fullKey)) {
+                    css += `  --${fullKey}: ${value};\n`;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    walk(data);
+    css += `}\n`;
+    return css;
+}
+
+main();