DX: token alias / inheritance explorer in admin

[jackgranatowski]

Type: DX · Tier: fast-follow

Summary

In the admin token editor, let users click any --sf-* token and see its full derivation chain: source → resolved semantic → derived (hover/tint/shade), including alias relationships.

Why

Answers "where does this value come from?" — currently opaque. Helps users understand the cascade before overriding.

Verified state (2026-06-20)

grep alias-chain|derivation-chain|inheritance-explorer in includes/ + admin app = ABSENT. Listed as a planned item in docs/roadmap.md.

Constraints

Requires the inventory/parser to track alias relationships (may depend on the framework's published manifest).

Acceptance criteria

• Per-token "derivation chain" view in the admin token editor
• Shows source → resolved → derived + alias links
• Reads relationships from the inventory/manifest (no hand-maintained map)

[jackgranatowski]

Closing rationale, for the record: as scoped ("in the admin token editor"), this targets admin-app/src/, which is vendored/synced from codeslash-dev/SLASHED → configurator/src/ per this repo's CLAUDE.md (overwritten on every npm run sync, except files in .syncignore). Any UI work here belongs upstream in codeslash-dev/SLASHED, not this repo. If still wanted, please re-file against that repo — the only piece that would legitimately live in SLASHED-Plugins is exposing alias/derivation relationships in the token inventory/manifest for that upstream UI to consume.

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