Manifest

Every skin MUST contain a manifest.json at its root. It is the entry point the Validator and app read first.

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
spec	number	✅	Specification version the skin targets. 1 for v1.
id	string	✅	Reverse-DNS identifier, e.g. com.acme.dark.
version	string	✅	Skin version, semver. Independent of spec.
metadata	string	✅	Path to the metadata file.
tokens	string	✅	Path to the theme tokens file.
assets	string	➖	Path to the assets folder, if any.

Example

{
  "spec": 1,
  "id": "com.acme.dark",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "metadata": "metadata.json",
  "tokens": "theme/tokens.json",
  "assets": "assets/"
}

Rules

• spec MUST be an integer supported by the target (v1 → 1).
• id MUST be unique and stable across releases of the same skin.
• Paths MUST be relative and stay inside the skin root. See Folder Structure.