---
id: robin-reference-guidance
kind: work
title: "Specs Stop at the Component. Governance Doesn't."
work_kind: "essay"
date: "2026-08-30"
url: "https://brandstructure.design/articles/reference-and-guidance"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/robin-reference-guidance.md
---

# Specs Stop at the Component. Governance Doesn't.

## Edges

- about -> Agentic governance, Component contracts, Context engineering, Documentation schema
- <- authored <- Robin Di Capua