ContentAnnotate

Annotate

Annotated content with margin notes. Regular content flows normally while nested note tags appear as annotations alongside the text.

Margin notes

Notes float in the right margin next to the content they annotate.

{% annotate %}
The refrakt.md framework builds on Markdoc to provide a semantic content transformation pipeline. Authors write standard Markdown with lightweight tag annotations, and the framework handles the rest — parsing, transforming, and rendering into structured, themed HTML.

{% note %}
Markdoc is an open-source Markdown-based authoring system created by Stripe. It extends Markdown with a custom tag syntax that enables structured content without sacrificing readability.
{% /note %}

Runes are the core abstraction — they wrap ordinary Markdown and reinterpret it based on context. A heading inside a nav rune becomes a group title; a list inside a recipe rune becomes ingredients. The same primitives take on different meaning depending on which rune contains them.
{% /annotate %}
<div data-rune="annotate" data-rune-fields="{&quot;variant&quot;:&quot;margin&quot;}">
  <div data-name="body">
    <p>The refrakt.md framework builds on Markdoc to provide a semantic content transformation pipeline. Authors write standard Markdown with lightweight tag annotations, and the framework handles the rest — parsing, transforming, and rendering into structured, themed HTML.</p>
    <aside data-field="note" data-rune="annotate-note">
      <div data-name="body">
        <p>Markdoc is an open-source Markdown-based authoring system created by Stripe. It extends Markdown with a custom tag syntax that enables structured content without sacrificing readability.</p>
      </div>
    </aside>
    <p>Runes are the core abstraction — they wrap ordinary Markdown and reinterpret it based on context. A heading inside a nav rune becomes a group title; a list inside a recipe rune becomes ingredients. The same primitives take on different meaning depending on which rune contains them.</p>
  </div>
</div>

The refrakt.md framework builds on Markdoc to provide a semantic content transformation pipeline. Authors write standard Markdown with lightweight tag annotations, and the framework handles the rest — parsing, transforming, and rendering into structured, themed HTML.

Runes are the core abstraction — they wrap ordinary Markdown and reinterpret it based on context. A heading inside a nav rune becomes a group title; a list inside a recipe rune becomes ingredients. The same primitives take on different meaning depending on which rune contains them.

<div class="rf-annotate rf-annotate--margin" data-variant="margin" data-elevation="flush" data-rune="annotate" data-density="full">
  <div data-name="body" class="rf-annotate__body" data-section="body">
    <p>The refrakt.md framework builds on Markdoc to provide a semantic content transformation pipeline. Authors write standard Markdown with lightweight tag annotations, and the framework handles the rest — parsing, transforming, and rendering into structured, themed HTML.</p>
    <aside data-field="note" class="rf-annotate-note" data-rune="annotate-note" data-density="full">
      <div data-name="body" class="rf-annotate-note__body">
        <p>Markdoc is an open-source Markdown-based authoring system created by Stripe. It extends Markdown with a custom tag syntax that enables structured content without sacrificing readability.</p>
      </div>
    </aside>
    <p>Runes are the core abstraction — they wrap ordinary Markdown and reinterpret it based on context. A heading inside a nav rune becomes a group title; a list inside a recipe rune becomes ingredients. The same primitives take on different meaning depending on which rune contains them.</p>
  </div>
</div>

Inline notes

Use variant="inline" to show annotations as highlighted blocks within the flow.

{% annotate variant="inline" %}
Runes use standard Markdoc tag syntax.

{% note %}
This means any Markdoc-compatible editor will understand them.
{% /note %}

The content inside a rune is regular Markdown.
{% /annotate %}
<div data-rune="annotate" data-rune-fields="{&quot;variant&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;}">
  <div data-name="body">
    <p>Runes use standard Markdoc tag syntax.</p>
    <aside data-field="note" data-rune="annotate-note">
      <div data-name="body">
        <p>This means any Markdoc-compatible editor will understand them.</p>
      </div>
    </aside>
    <p>The content inside a rune is regular Markdown.</p>
  </div>
</div>

Runes use standard Markdoc tag syntax.

The content inside a rune is regular Markdown.

<div class="rf-annotate rf-annotate--inline" data-variant="inline" data-elevation="flush" data-rune="annotate" data-density="full">
  <div data-name="body" class="rf-annotate__body" data-section="body">
    <p>Runes use standard Markdoc tag syntax.</p>
    <aside data-field="note" class="rf-annotate-note" data-rune="annotate-note" data-density="full">
      <div data-name="body" class="rf-annotate-note__body">
        <p>This means any Markdoc-compatible editor will understand them.</p>
      </div>
    </aside>
    <p>The content inside a rune is regular Markdown.</p>
  </div>
</div>

Attributes

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
variant"margin" | "tooltip" | "inline"Annotation display style: margin, tooltip, or inline

Universal attributes

bg

The background layer (SPEC-088): image, video, gradient, flat overlay wash and legibility scrim, in a single injected layer behind the rune's content.

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
bgstringBackground preset applied to this block
bg-fromstringGradient start colour — a semantic token name (→ var(--rf-color-*))
bg-gradient"to-t" | "to-b" | "to-l" | "to-r" | "to-tr" | "to-br" | "to-bl" | "to-tl"Gradient direction (bounded named set)
bg-gradient-type"linear" | "radial" | "conic"Gradient type
bg-tostringGradient end colour — a semantic token name
bg-viastringOptional middle gradient stop — a semantic token name
scrim"top" | "bottom" | "left" | "right" | "none"Scrim direction (heaviest edge); presence turns the scrim on, "none" opts out of the default cover scrim
scrim-blur"none" | "sm" | "md" | "lg"Frost scrim blur amount
scrim-strength"sm" | "md" | "lg"Gradient scrim strength
scrim-tone"dark" | "light"Whether the scrim darkens (for light text) or lightens (for dark text)
scrim-type"gradient" | "frost"Scrim treatment: gradient (default) or frost (backdrop blur)
dropcap

Per-instance drop-cap opt-in (SPEC-108).

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
dropcapbooleanStyle the opening letter of a prose body as a drop cap (SPEC-108). Honoured only when the body reads as prose; ignored otherwise.
elevation

The chrome/depth ladder (SPEC-107). The skin maps each rung to a chrome bundle by attribute, so there is no BEM class.

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
elevation"sunken" | "flush" | "flat" | "raised" | "floating" | "overlay" | "none" | "sm" | "md" | "lg"Surface depth on the SPEC-107 ladder (sunken→overlay); none/sm/md/lg are deprecated aliases
inset

Internal padding override.

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
inset"flush" | "tight" | "default" | "loose" | "breathe"Inner padding of this block
motion

Scroll-reveal entrance (SPEC-105). The author declares the character, the theme owns the choreography, a behaviour owns the timing.

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
reveal"none" | "fade" | "slide" | "scale" | "blur"Scroll-reveal entrance character (none|fade|slide|scale|blur); the theme owns the choreography
staggerbooleanCascade this block's items in as it reveals (no-op on single-child runes)
reading

Editorial register for body text (SPEC-108). The author picks the register; the theme owns the magnitude.

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
reading"fine" | "ui" | "prose"Reading register for this block’s body (SPEC-108): fine | ui | prose. The theme owns the editorial treatment.
spacing

Block-level rhythm override.

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
spacing"flush" | "tight" | "default" | "loose" | "breathe"Vertical spacing above and below this block
substrate

Generated pattern fills (SPEC-087). Markers only — the engine sets the attributes and cell/opacity custom properties, CSS draws the pattern.

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
substrate"dots" | "grid" | "lines" | "cross" | "checker" | "none"Generated surface pattern
substrate-fill"inherit" | "inset"Surface fill the pattern sits on (full colour stays with tint)
substrate-opacity"sm" | "md" | "lg"Pattern ink strength
substrate-size"sm" | "md" | "lg"Pattern cell size
substrate-target"self" | "media"Which surface the pattern fills (overrides the rune/theme default)
tint

Per-rune colour override (SPEC-053): a named tint from the theme registry, with inline per-token overrides layered on top.

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
tintstringColor tint preset applied to this block
tint-mode"auto" | "dark" | "light"Whether the tint adapts to auto, dark, or light mode
width

The track a block rune occupies.

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription
width"compact" | "narrow" | "content" | "wide" | "full"Maximum width constraint for this block
Not availableWhy
framethis rune declares neither a `frameTarget` nor a media section
prominencethis rune has no page-section header