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# Appearance

The Appearance tab lets admins customise how Filed looks for the entire firm. Changes made here apply to every member of the workspace.

## Who can change appearance

The Appearance tab is visible and accessible to admins only. Members with Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 roles do not see this tab in the Settings navigation.

## Firm logo

Upload a PNG, JPG, or SVG file to set the firm's logo (recommended size 256x256 px or larger). The logo appears wherever the workspace identity is displayed. Click the logo placeholder area to open a file picker; the upload begins immediately, and a preview replaces the placeholder once complete.

## Theme presets

Three built-in presets are available from the **Theme** dropdown:

| Preset         | Description                       | Swatch colours                   |
| -------------- | --------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| **Filed**      | Warm espresso and cream (default) | Cream, espresso brown, warm tan  |
| **Filed B\&W** | Clean black and white             | White, near-black, light grey    |
| **Filed 1.0**  | Legacy Filed blues and warm stone | White, navy blue, warm off-white |

Selecting a preset immediately applies its colour values as the starting point. You can then fine-tune individual colours using the CSS variable editor below. Selecting a preset replaces any previously applied overrides.

## Fonts

Under **Overrides**, two font upload slots are available:

* **Primary font** - used for headings and prominent text
* **Secondary font** - used for body and supporting text

Accepted formats are WOFF2 and TTF. Click **Upload** next to either slot to select a file; once uploaded, the filename is shown with a checkmark. If no custom font is set, Filed's default typefaces are used.

## Colours and CSS variables

The CSS variable editor is organised into groups. Each group controls a specific aspect of the interface:

* **Core** - background, foreground, border, input border, and focus ring colours
* **Primary** - the main action colour and its foreground and hover states
* **Secondary & Muted** - secondary backgrounds, muted surfaces, and accent colours
* **Card** - card surface and card text colours
* **Sidebar** - sidebar background, text, primary, accent, and border colours
* **Destructive** - colour used for destructive actions and alerts
* **Radius** - border radius values (base, XS, SM, MD, LG)
* **Shadow** - shadow values for MD and LG elevations
* **Sign-off levels** - distinct colours for each review stage (AI, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3)

### Sign-off level colours

Each sign-off stage in a client's review workflow has its own colour token: AI, Level 1 (L1), Level 2 (L2), and Level 3 (L3). These colours appear on document-level sign-off indicators throughout the binder and review views. Setting a distinct colour per level makes it easy to see which review stage a document has reached at a glance.

### Light and dark mode editing

A toggle switch in the Appearance header switches the editor between light-mode and dark-mode variable sets. Edits made in light mode only affect the light palette; edits in dark mode only affect the dark palette. The live preview updates in real time as you type colour values, so you can see the effect before saving.

## AI agent persona

The **AI agent** section lets you set the name and handle used when the AI surfaces in comments and workflows:

* **Name** - a display name shown in the interface (placeholder: "Agent")
* **Handle** - a short identifier prefixed with `@`, with no spaces (placeholder: "agent")

These values affect how the agent is addressed and referenced across the workspace.

## Dark mode

Dark mode is a personal, per-device preference controlled by the toggle next to the Appearance heading; switching it does not affect other users' view. It determines which variable set (light or dark) is applied to your session, and also controls which set you are editing in the CSS variable editor.

## Saving and resetting

A **Save** button sits in the sticky header bar at the top of the Appearance page and becomes active only when there are unsaved changes. Clicking it saves the logo, fonts, theme selection, colour overrides, and AI agent settings together in a single operation. A success toast confirms the save.

To undo all customisations, open the three-dot menu next to the Save button and select **Reset to defaults**, then confirm in the dialog. Resetting removes the custom logo, clears font uploads, restores the Filed preset colours, and clears the AI agent name and handle.

**Walkthrough: customise appearance**

1. On the Appearance tab, click the **Logo** placeholder to upload a PNG, JPG, or SVG. Pick a starting palette from the **Theme** dropdown (for example, Filed B\&W), and optionally upload **Primary** and **Secondary** fonts under Overrides. Below, the CSS variable editor lists each colour group with editable Light and Dark values; type a new hex value (or use the colour picker) to adjust any one. Use the toggle next to the **Appearance** heading to switch between editing the light and dark palettes.

![The Appearance page: logo upload, theme preset, font overrides, and the colour variable editor](https://storage.googleapis.com/filed-prod-public-assets/walkthroughs/appearance/image1.webp)

2. Scroll to the **AI agent** section to set the agent's **Name** and **Handle** (the `@` identifier). When you have unsaved changes, the **Save** button in the header activates; click it to save the logo, fonts, theme, colour overrides, and AI agent settings together. A success toast confirms the save.

![The AI agent name and handle fields, with the sign-off level colours above](https://storage.googleapis.com/filed-prod-public-assets/walkthroughs/appearance/image2.webp)

3. To undo all customisations, open the **⋯** menu next to Save and choose **Reset to defaults**. A confirmation dialog warns that you will lose all customisations; confirm to restore the Filed defaults.

![The Reset appearance confirmation dialog](https://storage.googleapis.com/filed-prod-public-assets/walkthroughs/appearance/image3.webp)


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