From 5112a3685d8ac7a25fc047bd65b844c062b2d730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Manning <will@willmanning.io>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 15:51:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add lib/theme.ts source-of-truth and theme-parity verify
 check

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Manning <will@willmanning.io>
---
 scripts/verify.ts | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/lib/og.tsx    |  7 ++++---
 src/lib/theme.ts  | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/lib/theme.ts

diff --git a/scripts/verify.ts b/scripts/verify.ts
index 236adb4..ea180e9 100644
--- a/scripts/verify.ts
+++ b/scripts/verify.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
  *
  * Runs against a live server (default http://localhost:3000, override with
  * `BASE`). Designed to be run after `bun run start` — checks sitemap, robots,
- * RSS feeds, OG images, canonicals, JSON-LD on posts, and internal links.
+ * RSS feeds, OG images, canonicals, JSON-LD on posts, internal links, and
+ * theme-token parity between `src/lib/theme.ts` and `src/app/globals.css`.
  *
  * Usage:
  *   bun run start &
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@
  * Exits 1 if any check fails.
  */
 
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { THEME } from "../src/lib/theme";
+
 const BASE = process.env.BASE ?? "http://localhost:3000";
 
 type CheckResult = {
@@ -369,6 +374,41 @@ async function checkInternalLinks(
   pass("internal links", `${targets.size} checked`);
 }
 
+// Asserts that the TS-side palette in `src/lib/theme.ts` matches the
+// CSS-side declarations in `globals.css`. Drift here would mean OG image
+// generation paints with one shade and the site renders with another —
+// exactly the bug this check is here to catch. Currently only
+// `THEME.background` has a corresponding CSS variable (`--background` in
+// `:root`); `THEME.foreground` is white-on-dark and uses Tailwind's
+// built-in `text-white`, so there's nothing to assert against in CSS.
+async function checkThemeParity(): Promise<void> {
+  let css: string;
+  try {
+    css = await readFile(
+      path.join(process.cwd(), "src", "app", "globals.css"),
+      "utf-8"
+    );
+  } catch (err) {
+    fail(
+      "theme parity",
+      `failed to read globals.css: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+  const re = new RegExp(
+    `--background:\\s*${THEME.background.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, "\\\\$&")};`,
+    "i"
+  );
+  if (!re.test(css)) {
+    fail(
+      "theme parity",
+      `--background in globals.css does not match THEME.background (${THEME.background})`
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+  pass("theme parity", `--background = ${THEME.background}`);
+}
+
 // The /api/subscribe handler instantiates `new Resend(...)` *inside* the
 // request handler so the build doesn't fail when RESEND_API_KEY is unset.
 // When the env var is missing it returns 503 with a JSON error body. We
@@ -435,6 +475,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   await checkRssXml();
   await checkRssJson();
   await checkRssAtom();
+  await checkThemeParity();
   await checkSubscribe();
 
   const htmlByPath = new Map<string, string>();
diff --git a/src/lib/og.tsx b/src/lib/og.tsx
index 82fbf68..704cc2a 100644
--- a/src/lib/og.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/og.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ImageResponse } from "next/og";
 import { siteName } from "@/lib/constants";
+import { THEME } from "@/lib/theme";
 
 export const OG_SIZE = { width: 1200, height: 630 } as const;
 export const OG_CONTENT_TYPE = "image/png";
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ function OgCard({
         flexDirection: "column",
         justifyContent: "space-between",
         padding: "80px",
-        backgroundColor: "#0a0a0a",
-        color: "#ffffff",
+        backgroundColor: THEME.background,
+        color: THEME.foreground,
         fontFamily: "sans-serif"
       }}
     >
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ function OgCard({
             fontWeight: 300,
             lineHeight: 1.08,
             letterSpacing: "-0.02em",
-            color: "#ffffff"
+            color: THEME.foreground
           }}
         >
           {title}
diff --git a/src/lib/theme.ts b/src/lib/theme.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91abf24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/theme.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Palette source of truth for TS-side consumers (OG image generation,
+ * scripts). The CSS-side source lives in `src/app/globals.css` under
+ * `:root` (and `@theme inline` aliases). The two MUST stay in sync —
+ * `scripts/verify.ts` enforces this in CI for the values that exist on
+ * both sides.
+ *
+ * `foreground` is currently white-on-dark and shows up in the site as the
+ * built-in Tailwind `text-white` (no `--color-foreground` CSS variable).
+ * We track it here anyway so the OG components have a single name to
+ * import, and so a future move to a CSS-side `--color-foreground` token
+ * has an obvious destination.
+ *
+ * If you change a palette value here, change it in `globals.css` too and
+ * update the verify check's expected values.
+ */
+export const THEME = {
+  background: "#101010",
+  foreground: "#ffffff"
+} as const;
+
+export type ThemeKey = keyof typeof THEME;