Monokai Dark Crisp is a high-contrast Monokai dark theme for Visual Studio Code.
Files
themes/monokai-dark-crisp-color-theme.json: the theme file loaded by VS Code.
theme-source/monokai-dark-crisp-color-name-map.json: reusable color names, such as surface.gray02, border.normal, and shell.statusBar.
theme-source/monokai-dark-crisp-theme-key-name-map.json: maps VS Code theme keys to color name paths.
scripts/generate-theme.py: reads the token source and mapping file, resolves token paths to color values, and updates the generated sections in themes/monokai-dark-crisp-color-theme.json.
package.json: the VS Code extension manifest and python script definitions.
Example mapping:
{
"editor.background": "surface.gray02",
"statusBar.background": "shell.statusBar"
}
Generate the Theme
Install the Python dependency once:
python -m pip install json5
Run:
python scripts/generate-theme.py
Run this after editing the color name map or theme key name map.
Modify the Theme
To update a shared color value, edit theme-source/monokai-dark-crisp-color-name-map.json.
To change which color name is used by a VS Code theme key, edit theme-source/monokai-dark-crisp-theme-key-name-map.json.
To maintain a color outside the generated mapping, edit themes/monokai-dark-crisp-color-theme.json directly.