Rivetous Foundation

Most frontend teams spend the first weeks of every project rebuilding the same buttons, inputs, and layout primitives they built on the last one. The Foundation ends that. One sprint. One source of truth. Every UI your team builds from here draws from it.

Timeline

1-week fixed sprint

Investment

£3,750 + VAT

Prerequisite for

SaaS Starter and Website Starter


What your team inherits

The Foundation is not a template. It is a purpose-built component library, engineered entirely around your brand, with every decision documented so your engineers can build on it with confidence from day one.

  • Your brand, locked in as code. Typography scales, colour palettes, spacing systems, and dark/light mode tokens are translated from your brand guidelines into a design token architecture your entire codebase references. One change propagates everywhere.
  • Up to 12 production-ready components. You select from our catalog. Each component is fully themed to your brand, accessible by default, and documented with usage examples your team can refer to without asking you.
  • A living Storybook reference. Every component is documented and demoed. New engineers can get up to speed without a handholding session. Designers can verify implementation without digging through source code.
  • Strict TypeScript throughout. Prop types, variant constraints, and token contracts are enforced at compile time. The codebase catches misuse before it reaches a browser.

Component catalog

Select up to 12 components from the catalog as part of your Foundation sprint. Additional components can be added at any time via Component Add-On Sprints.

Foundation components

  • Button
  • Card
  • Input
  • Badge
  • Text (Typography)

Interactive UI components

  • Accordion
  • Dialog (Modal)
  • Menu (Dropdown)
  • Popover
  • Select (Dropdown)
  • Tabs
  • Checkbox
  • Radio Group
  • Table
  • Form Field
  • Collapsible

Charts, tooltips, sliders, and other advanced components are available via Component Add-On Sprints.


Why the Foundation comes first

By separating the UI foundation from application logic before any product work begins, your website and your SaaS dashboard both draw from the same source. New engineers inherit a reference, not a mystery. New features start from a component that already exists, not a blank file.


Scope boundaries

To guarantee delivery within the 1-week sprint, scope is fixed at kickoff:

  • Included: Design tokens, layout primitives, standard interactive components, form controls, overlays, and typography elements.
  • Excluded: Multi-step wizard patterns, complex data charts, and bespoke third-party widget integrations. All available via Add-On Sprints.
  • Required from you: Finalised brand guidelines, colour palettes, asset logs, and font files before the sprint clock starts.

Ready to build on something solid?

Every Rivetous engagement starts here. Book your Foundation sprint and get a component library your team will actually use.

Book Your Onboarding Slot