diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-sections.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-sections.test.ts
index dd3c393..40390d5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-sections.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-sections.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,45 @@ describe('missingSections', () => {
     expect(missingSections(state)).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it('returns empty for missing sections listed as omitted', () => {
+    const state = buildState({
+      omitted: ['spacing', 'rounded'],
+      colors: { primary: '#ff0000' },
+    });
+
+    expect(missingSections(state)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('still reports sections not listed as omitted', () => {
+    const state = buildState({
+      omitted: ['spacing'],
+      colors: { primary: '#ff0000' },
+    });
+
+    const findings = missingSections(state);
+    expect(findings.map(d => d.path)).toEqual(['rounded']);
+  });
+
+  it('matches omitted section names case-insensitively', () => {
+    const state = buildState({
+      omitted: ['Spacing'],
+      colors: { primary: '#ff0000' },
+      rounded: { regular: '4px' },
+    });
+
+    expect(missingSections(state)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('treats empty omitted lists like no omitted key', () => {
+    const state = buildState({
+      omitted: [],
+      colors: { primary: '#ff0000' },
+      rounded: { regular: '4px' },
+    });
+
+    expect(missingSections(state).map(d => d.path)).toEqual(['spacing']);
+  });
+
   it('returns empty when no colors exist (nothing to compare against)', () => {
     const state = buildState({});
     expect(missingSections(state)).toEqual([]);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-sections.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-sections.ts
index 7fcc205..4ae7908 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-sections.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-sections.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ import type { RuleDescriptor, RuleFinding } from './types.js';
  */
 export function missingSections(state: DesignSystemState): RuleFinding[] {
   const findings: RuleFinding[] = [];
+  const omitted = new Set((state.omitted ?? []).map(section => section.toLowerCase()));
   const sections = [
     { map: state.spacing, name: 'spacing', fallback: 'Layout spacing will fall back to agent defaults.' },
     { map: state.rounded, name: 'rounded', fallback: 'Corner rounding will fall back to agent defaults.' },
   ];
 
   for (const { map, name, fallback } of sections) {
+    if (omitted.has(name)) continue;
+
     if (map.size === 0 && state.colors.size > 0) {
       findings.push({
         path: name,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-typography.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-typography.test.ts
index b76022d..7f23801 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-typography.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-typography.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,33 @@ describe('missingTypography', () => {
     expect(missingTypography(state)).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it('returns empty when typography is listed as omitted', () => {
+    const state = buildState({
+      omitted: ['typography'],
+      colors: { primary: '#ff0000' },
+    });
+
+    expect(missingTypography(state)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('matches omitted typography case-insensitively', () => {
+    const state = buildState({
+      omitted: ['Typography'],
+      colors: { primary: '#ff0000' },
+    });
+
+    expect(missingTypography(state)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('treats empty omitted lists like no omitted key', () => {
+    const state = buildState({
+      omitted: [],
+      colors: { primary: '#ff0000' },
+    });
+
+    expect(missingTypography(state).map(d => d.path)).toEqual(['typography']);
+  });
+
   it('returns empty when no colors defined (nothing to compare against)', () => {
     const state = buildState({});
     expect(missingTypography(state)).toEqual([]);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-typography.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-typography.ts
index 03ba9f5..ed6048d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-typography.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/linter/rules/missing-typography.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ import type { RuleDescriptor, RuleFinding } from './types.js';
  * reducing the author's control over the design system's typographic identity.
  */
 export function missingTypography(state: DesignSystemState): RuleFinding[] {
+  const omitted = new Set((state.omitted ?? []).map(section => section.toLowerCase()));
+  if (omitted.has('typography')) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
   if (state.typography.size === 0 && state.colors.size > 0) {
     return [{
       path: 'typography',
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.ts
index bee269f..8421844 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.ts
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ export class ModelHandler implements ModelSpec {
         designSystem: {
           name: input.name,
           description: input.description,
+          omitted: input.omitted,
           colors,
           typography,
           rounded,
@@ -438,4 +439,4 @@ function forEachLeaf(
       fn(fullPath, value);
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/model/spec.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/model/spec.test.ts
index 01a0a33..45cb13e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/model/spec.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/model/spec.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@
 
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'bun:test';
 import { isValidColor, isStandardDimension, isParseableDimension, parseDimensionParts, isTokenReference } from './spec.js';
+import { ModelHandler } from './handler.js';
+import type { ParsedDesignSystem } from '../parser/spec.js';
+
+const handler = new ModelHandler();
+
+function makeParsed(overrides: Partial<ParsedDesignSystem> = {}): ParsedDesignSystem {
+  return {
+    sourceMap: new Map(),
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
 
 describe('isValidColor', () => {
   const validColors = ['#ff0000', '#FF0000', '#abc', '#ABC', '#647D66', '#000', '#fff', 'red', 'blue'];
@@ -95,3 +106,24 @@ describe('isTokenReference', () => {
     expect(isTokenReference('{ colors.primary }')).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe('omitted model metadata', () => {
+  it('passes omitted through to the design system state', () => {
+    const result = handler.execute(makeParsed({
+      omitted: ['spacing', 'rounded'],
+    }));
+
+    expect(result.designSystem.omitted).toEqual(['spacing', 'rounded']);
+  });
+
+  it('treats omitted as a known top-level key', () => {
+    const result = handler.execute(makeParsed({
+      omitted: ['typography'],
+      sourceMap: new Map([
+        ['omitted', { line: 1, column: 0, block: 'frontmatter' as const }],
+      ]),
+    }));
+
+    expect(result.designSystem.unknownKeys).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/model/spec.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/model/spec.ts
index 115ee47..701553e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/model/spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/model/spec.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export const VALID_COMPONENT_SUB_TOKENS = _VALID_COMPONENT_SUB_TOKENS;
 export interface DesignSystemState {
   name?: string | undefined;
   description?: string | undefined;
+  omitted?: string[] | undefined;
   colors: Map<string, ResolvedColor>;
   typography: Map<string, ResolvedTypography>;
   rounded: Map<string, ResolvedDimension>;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/handler.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/handler.ts
index 4475aab..d1c0faa 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/handler.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ export class ParserHandler implements ParserSpec {
       version: typeof raw['version'] === 'string' ? raw['version'] : undefined,
       name: typeof raw['name'] === 'string' ? raw['name'] : undefined,
       description: typeof raw['description'] === 'string' ? raw['description'] : undefined,
+      omitted: Array.isArray(raw['omitted']) ? raw['omitted'].filter(v => typeof v === 'string') : undefined,
       colors: raw['colors'] as Record<string, string> | undefined,
       typography: raw['typography'] as Record<string, Record<string, string | number>> | undefined,
       rounded: raw['rounded'] as Record<string, string> | undefined,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/spec.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/spec.test.ts
index 28f6250..c393db6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/spec.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/spec.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'bun:test';
-import { ParserInputSchema } from './spec.js';
+import { ParserHandler } from './handler.js';
+import { ParserInputSchema, SCHEMA_KEYS } from './spec.js';
 
 describe('ParserInputSchema', () => {
   it('rejects empty content', () => {
@@ -31,3 +32,62 @@ describe('ParserInputSchema', () => {
     expect(result.success).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe('SCHEMA_KEYS', () => {
+  it('includes omitted as a known top-level key', () => {
+    expect(SCHEMA_KEYS).toContain('omitted');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('omitted frontmatter parsing', () => {
+  const handler = new ParserHandler();
+
+  it('extracts omitted string arrays', () => {
+    const result = handler.execute({
+      content: `---
+omitted:
+  - spacing
+  - rounded
+colors:
+  primary: "#ff0000"
+---`,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    if (result.success) {
+      expect(result.data.omitted).toEqual(['spacing', 'rounded']);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('ignores non-array omitted values', () => {
+    const result = handler.execute({
+      content: `---
+omitted: typography
+colors:
+  primary: "#ff0000"
+---`,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    if (result.success) {
+      expect(result.data.omitted).toBeUndefined();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('filters non-string omitted entries', () => {
+    const result = handler.execute({
+      content: `---
+omitted:
+  - spacing
+  - 42
+  - true
+  - rounded
+---`,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true);
+    if (result.success) {
+      expect(result.data.omitted).toEqual(['spacing', 'rounded']);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/spec.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/spec.ts
index 6e84d12..b3878f3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/parser/spec.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export interface ParsedDesignSystem {
   version?: string | undefined;
   name?: string | undefined;
   description?: string | undefined;
+  omitted?: string[] | undefined;
   colors?: Record<string, any> | undefined;
   typography?: Record<string, Record<string, any>> | undefined;
   rounded?: Record<string, any> | undefined;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ export const SCHEMA_KEYS = [
   'version',
   'name',
   'description',
+  'omitted',
   'colors',
   'typography',
   'rounded',