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+name: ai-artist-engineering-spec
+description: Full 21-section engineering spec — contracts, deterministic design, compliance matrix, production checklist
+title: "AI Artist --” Engineering Specification"
+impact: MEDIUM
+impactDescription: "Moderate improvement to quality or maintainability"
+tags: engineering, spec
+---
+
+# AI Artist — Engineering Specification
+
+> Production-grade specification for AI prompt engineering across text and image generation models at FAANG scale.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Overview
+
+AI Artist provides structured prompt engineering patterns for AI text generation (Claude, GPT, Gemini) and image generation (Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, Flux). The skill codifies prompt construction into deterministic, composable templates that produce consistent outputs across models and domains.
+
+The skill operates as a knowledge base, not a runtime executor. It does not call external APIs directly. It produces structured prompt artifacts that agents or users submit to target models.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Problem Statement
+
+AI prompt engineering at scale faces four quantified problems:
+
+| Problem | Measurement | Impact |
+|---------|-------------|--------|
+| Prompt inconsistency | Same intent produces divergent outputs across sessions | 40–60% iteration waste on prompt refinement |
+| Domain knowledge fragmentation | Prompt patterns scattered across teams/docs | Duplicated effort, no institutional learning |
+| Model-specific syntax errors | Wrong parameters for target model | Failed generations, wasted API credits |
+| No quality feedback loop | No structured way to track prompt effectiveness | Cannot measure improvement over time |
+
+AI Artist eliminates these by providing versioned, domain-specific prompt templates with model-aware parameter injection.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Design Goals
+
+| ID | Goal | Measurable Constraint |
+|----|------|-----------------------|
+| G1 | Deterministic prompt construction | Same inputs + same template = identical prompt output |
+| G2 | Model-portable patterns | Core prompt structure works across Claude, GPT, Gemini without modification |
+| G3 | Domain-specific specialization | Separate reference files for code, marketing, image domains (≤ 4 reference files per domain) |
+| G4 | Minimal iteration cycles | Target ≤ 3 refinement iterations to reach desired output quality |
+| G5 | Measurable prompt quality | Every prompt includes explicit success criteria the output can be validated against |
+
+---
+
+## 4. Non-Goals
+
+| ID | Excluded | Rationale |
+|----|----------|-----------|
+| NG1 | Direct API calls to LLM/image providers | This skill produces prompts, not API requests; execution is the caller's responsibility |
+| NG2 | Prompt response evaluation | Output quality assessment is subjective and model-dependent; owned by the caller |
+| NG3 | Fine-tuning or model training | Out of scope; requires specialized ML infrastructure |
+| NG4 | Image post-processing | Owned by `media-processing` skill |
+| NG5 | Design system generation | Owned by `studio` skill |
+| NG6 | Token counting or context window management | Model-specific; handled by `context-engineering` skill |
+
+---
+
+## 5. System Boundaries
+
+| Boundary | Owned | Not Owned |
+|----------|-------|-----------|
+| Prompt template construction | Pattern composition, parameter injection | API submission, response parsing |
+| Domain knowledge | Code, marketing, image prompt patterns | Business-specific terminology |
+| Model syntax | Midjourney, DALL-E, SD, Flux parameters | Model version compatibility tracking |
+| Quality criteria | Defining success criteria in prompts | Evaluating whether output meets criteria |
+| Prompt versioning | Template structure and naming | Storage backend, version control system |
+
+**Side-effect boundary:** AI Artist produces text artifacts (prompts). It does not make network requests, modify files outside the prompt output, or interact with any external service.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Integration Model
+
+### 6.1 Agent Contract
+
+#### Input Schema
+
+```
+Domain: string              # One of: "text" | "image" | "code" | "marketing"
+Model: string | null        # Target model: "claude" | "gpt" | "gemini" | "midjourney" | "dalle" | "sd" | "flux" | null
+Template: string            # Template type: "role-task" | "subject-style" | "chain-of-thought" | "few-shot"
+Parameters: {
+  role: string | null       # For text: "You are a [role]"
+  context: string | null    # Background, constraints, audience
+  task: string              # The specific action to perform
+  format: string | null     # Desired output format: "markdown" | "json" | "csv" | "plaintext"
+  examples: Array<{input: string, output: string}> | null  # Few-shot examples
+  constraints: Array<string> | null  # "Under 150 words", "p95 <200ms", etc.
+  # Image-specific:
+  subject: string | null    # What to generate
+  style: string | null      # Visual aesthetic
+  composition: string | null # Framing and layout
+  quality: string | null    # Render quality markers
+  model_params: object | null # Model-specific: --ar, --style, --seed, etc.
+}
+contract_version: string    # "2.0.0"
+```
+
+#### Output Schema
+
+```
+Status: "success" | "error"
+Data: {
+  prompt: string            # The constructed prompt, ready for submission
+  model: string             # Target model the prompt is formatted for
+  domain: string            # Domain used
+  template: string          # Template applied
+  token_estimate: number    # Estimated token count (approximate, ±10%)
+  success_criteria: Array<string>  # Measurable criteria extracted from constraints
+  metadata: {
+    version: string         # Prompt template version
+    parameters_used: object # Echo of input parameters for reproducibility
+    contract_version: string    # "2.0.0"
+    backward_compatibility: string  # "breaking"
+  }
+}
+Error: ErrorSchema | null
+```
+
+**Contract Version:** 2.0.0
+**Backward Compatibility:** breaking (first hardened version)
+**Breaking Changes:** None — new spec for first hardening
+
+#### Error Schema
+
+```
+Code: string        # From Error Taxonomy (Section 11)
+Message: string     # Human-readable, single line
+Domain: string      # text | image | code | marketing
+Recoverable: boolean
+```
+
+#### Deterministic Guarantees
+
+- Same `Domain` + `Template` + `Parameters` = identical `prompt` output, character-for-character.
+- Template selection is deterministic: no randomization, no A/B selection.
+- Model parameter injection follows fixed ordering rules (subject → style → composition → quality → model_params).
+- Token estimates use a fixed heuristic (4 chars per token for English text); no external API calls.
+
+#### What Agents May Assume
+
+- Output `prompt` is syntactically valid for the specified `model`.
+- Model-specific parameters (e.g., `--ar 16:9` for Midjourney) are injected in the correct position and format.
+- `success_criteria` contains all measurable constraints from the input, extracted verbatim.
+- The skill is stateless; no prior invocation affects current output.
+
+#### What Agents Must NOT Assume
+
+- The generated prompt will produce the desired output from the target model (model behavior is non-deterministic).
+- Token estimates are exact; they are heuristic-based with ±10% variance.
+- Prompt templates are compatible across model versions (model syntax may change across versions).
+- The skill validates prompt content for safety, bias, or policy compliance.
+
+#### Side-Effect Boundaries
+
+| Operation | Side Effects |
+|-----------|-------------|
+| Prompt construction | None; pure function producing text output |
+| Template lookup | Read-only access to `rules/` directory |
+| Parameter injection | None; string interpolation only |
+| Token estimation | None; arithmetic calculation only |
+
+### 6.2 Workflow Contract
+
+#### Invocation Pattern
+
+```
+1. Select domain (text | image | code | marketing)
+2. Choose template (role-task | subject-style | chain-of-thought | few-shot)
+3. Provide parameters (role, task, constraints, examples, etc.)
+4. Receive constructed prompt
+5. Submit prompt to target model (caller's responsibility)
+6. Evaluate output against success_criteria (caller's responsibility)
+7. If unsatisfactory: refine parameters, re-invoke (max 3 iterations recommended)
+```
+
+#### Execution Guarantees
+
+- Prompt construction is synchronous and completes in a single invocation.
+- No background processes, no deferred execution, no callbacks.
+- Output is complete and self-contained; no partial prompts are returned.
+
+#### Failure Propagation Model
+
+| Failure Severity | Propagation | Workflow Action |
+|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
+| Invalid domain/template | Return error to caller | Fix input parameters |
+| Missing required parameter | Return error to caller | Supply missing parameter |
+| Unknown model | Return error to caller | Use supported model or null for generic |
+| Template file missing | Return error to caller | Verify skill installation |
+
+Failures are isolated to the current invocation. No state carries between invocations.
+
+#### Retry Boundaries
+
+- AI Artist does not retry internally. Given deterministic output, retrying the same input produces the same output.
+- Callers should modify parameters between retries to produce different prompt variations.
+- Recommended maximum iterations: 3 per generation task.
+
+#### Isolation Model
+
+- Each invocation is stateless and independent.
+- No shared state between invocations, sessions, or agents.
+- Template files are read-only resources.
+
+#### Idempotency Expectations
+
+| Operation | Idempotent | Notes |
+|-----------|-----------|-------|
+| Prompt construction | Yes | Same inputs = same output, always |
+| Template lookup | Yes | Read-only, no mutation |
+| Token estimation | Yes | Deterministic arithmetic |
+
+---
+
+## 7. Execution Model
+
+### 3-Phase Lifecycle
+
+| Phase | Action | Output |
+|-------|--------|--------|
+| **Parse** | Validate domain, template, parameters | Validated input or error |
+| **Compose** | Apply template, inject parameters, format for model | Structured prompt string |
+| **Emit** | Return prompt with metadata and success criteria | Complete output schema |
+
+**All phases execute synchronously in a single invocation.** There is no async pipeline, no queue, no deferred processing.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Deterministic Design Principles
+
+| Principle | Enforcement |
+|-----------|-------------|
+| No randomization | Template selection, parameter ordering, and output formatting are fixed |
+| No external calls | Prompt construction uses only local template files and input parameters |
+| No ambient state | Each invocation operates solely on explicit inputs |
+| Fixed parameter ordering | Image prompts: subject → style → composition → quality → model_params |
+| Reproducible output | Input parameters are echoed in output metadata for full reproducibility |
+
+---
+
+## 9. State & Idempotency Model
+
+### State Machine
+
+```
+States: IDLE (single state — skill is stateless)
+Transitions: None — each invocation is independent
+```
+
+AI Artist maintains zero persistent state. Every invocation starts from a clean state and produces output solely from inputs + template files. This makes the skill fully idempotent: invoking it N times with identical inputs produces N identical outputs.
+
+### Template Versioning
+
+- Templates are versioned via `metadata.version` in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
+- Template changes that alter output format require a version bump.
+- Callers can pin to a specific version by referencing a specific template revision.
+
+---
+
+## 10. Failure Handling Strategy
+
+| Failure Class | Behavior | Caller Recovery |
+|---------------|----------|-----------------|
+| Unknown domain | Return `ERR_INVALID_DOMAIN` | Use one of: text, image, code, marketing |
+| Unknown template | Return `ERR_INVALID_TEMPLATE` | Use one of: role-task, subject-style, chain-of-thought, few-shot |
+| Missing required parameter | Return `ERR_MISSING_PARAM` with field name | Supply the missing parameter |
+| Unknown model | Return `ERR_UNKNOWN_MODEL` | Use supported model or null for generic format |
+| Template file not found | Return `ERR_TEMPLATE_NOT_FOUND` | Verify skill installation integrity |
+| Conflicting parameters | Return `ERR_PARAM_CONFLICT` with conflicting fields | Resolve the conflict |
+| Parameter exceeds length limit | Return `ERR_PARAM_TOO_LONG` with field and limit | Shorten the parameter value |
+
+**Invariant:** Every failure returns a structured error. No invocation fails silently or returns a partial prompt.
+
+---
+
+## 11. Error Taxonomy
+
+| Code | Category | Recoverable | Description |
+|------|----------|-------------|-------------|
+| `ERR_INVALID_DOMAIN` | Validation | No | Domain is not one of: text, image, code, marketing |
+| `ERR_INVALID_TEMPLATE` | Validation | No | Template is not one of the supported types |
+| `ERR_MISSING_PARAM` | Validation | Yes | Required parameter is null or empty |
+| `ERR_UNKNOWN_MODEL` | Validation | Yes | Model identifier not recognized; generic format used as fallback |
+| `ERR_TEMPLATE_NOT_FOUND` | Infrastructure | No | Reference template file missing from skill directory |
+| `ERR_PARAM_CONFLICT` | Validation | Yes | Two parameters contradict each other (e.g., format=json + template=subject-style) |
+| `ERR_PARAM_TOO_LONG` | Validation | Yes | Parameter exceeds maximum character limit |
+
+---
+
+## 12. Timeout & Retry Policy
+
+| Parameter | Value | Rationale |
+|-----------|-------|-----------|
+| Execution timeout | N/A | Prompt construction is synchronous string manipulation; completes in < 50ms |
+| Internal retries | Zero | Deterministic output makes retries meaningless for same input |
+| Caller retry limit | 3 iterations recommended | Each retry should modify parameters to vary output |
+| Template file read timeout | 1,000 ms | Filesystem read; fail immediately if file is inaccessible |
+
+**Retry policy:** Zero internal retries. Since output is deterministic, retrying the same input produces the same result. Callers should modify parameters between invocations.
+
+---
+
+## 13. Observability & Logging Schema
+
+### Log Entry Format
+
+```json
+{
+  "trace_id": "uuid",
+  "skill_name": "ai-artist",
+  "contract_version": "2.0.0",
+  "execution_id": "uuid",
+  "timestamp": "ISO-8601",
+  "domain": "string",
+  "model": "string|null",
+  "template": "string",
+  "status": "success|error",
+  "error_code": "string|null",
+  "prompt_length_chars": "number",
+  "token_estimate": "number",
+  "duration_ms": "number",
+  "parameters_hash": "string"
+}
+```
+
+### Required Log Points
+
+| Event | Log Level | Fields |
+|-------|-----------|--------|
+| Prompt constructed | INFO | All fields |
+| Construction failed | ERROR | All fields + error_code |
+| Template file read | DEBUG | template path, read duration |
+| Unknown model fallback | WARN | requested model, fallback used |
+
+### Metrics
+
+| Metric | Type | Unit |
+|--------|------|------|
+| `prompt.construction.duration` | Histogram | ms |
+| `prompt.construction.error_rate` | Counter | per error_code |
+| `prompt.output.char_count` | Histogram | characters |
+| `prompt.output.token_estimate` | Histogram | tokens |
+| `prompt.domain.usage` | Counter | per domain |
+| `prompt.model.usage` | Counter | per model |
+
+---
+
+## 14. Security & Trust Model
+
+### Content Safety
+
+- AI Artist does not filter or validate prompt content for safety, bias, or policy compliance.
+- Content moderation is the caller's responsibility before submitting generated prompts to target models.
+- This boundary is explicit: the skill is a prompt construction tool, not a content governance tool.
+
+### Credential Handling
+
+- AI Artist does not store, process, or transmit API keys, tokens, or credentials.
+- Model-specific authentication is the caller's responsibility.
+
+### Template Integrity
+
+- Template files in `rules/` are read-only resources.
+- Template modifications require a version bump in SKILL.md frontmatter.
+- No runtime template injection; templates are static files, not user-supplied code.
+
+### Input Sanitization
+
+- User-supplied parameters are interpolated as literal strings into templates.
+- No template evaluation engine (no eval, no code execution from parameters).
+- Parameters containing template syntax markers are escaped before interpolation.
+
+### Multi-Tenant Boundaries
+
+- Each invocation is stateless; no data persists between invocations.
+- No invocation can access parameters or outputs from another invocation.
+
+---
+
+## 15. Scalability Model
+
+| Dimension | Constraint | Mitigation |
+|-----------|-----------|------------|
+| Throughput | CPU-bound string manipulation | Scales linearly with CPU; no bottleneck |
+| Concurrency | Stateless invocations | Unlimited parallel invocations; no shared state |
+| Template storage | 4 reference files (~8 KB total) | Static files; no growth concern |
+| Memory per invocation | < 1 MB (prompt + metadata) | No accumulation; GC after return |
+| Network | Zero network calls | No external dependency |
+
+### Capacity Planning
+
+| Metric | Per Invocation | Per Node |
+|--------|---------------|----------|
+| CPU | < 5 ms computation | 200,000+ invocations/second (single core) |
+| Memory | < 1 MB | Bound only by concurrent invocations |
+| Disk I/O | Single template file read (~2 KB) | Cached by OS after first read |
+| Network | Zero | Zero |
+
+---
+
+## 16. Concurrency Model
+
+| Scope | Model | Behavior |
+|-------|-------|----------|
+| Within invocation | Sequential | Parse → Compose → Emit, no internal parallelism |
+| Across invocations | Fully parallel | No shared state, no locks, no coordination needed |
+| Template access | Read-only shared | Multiple concurrent reads are safe; no write contention |
+
+**No undefined behavior:** Since the skill is stateless with read-only resource access, any level of concurrency is safe by design.
+
+---
+
+## 17. Resource Lifecycle Management
+
+| Resource | Created By | Destroyed By | Max Lifetime |
+|----------|-----------|-------------|--------------|
+| Prompt string | Compose phase | Caller (after consumption) | Invocation scope |
+| Template file handle | Parse phase | Emit phase (auto-close) | < 10 ms |
+| Input parameters | Caller | Invocation completion | Invocation scope |
+| Output metadata | Emit phase | Caller (after consumption) | Invocation scope |
+
+**Leak prevention:** All resources are scoped to a single invocation. No persistent handles, connections, or buffers.
+
+---
+
+## 18. Performance Constraints
+
+| Operation | P50 Target | P99 Target | Hard Limit |
+|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
+| Full prompt construction | < 5 ms | < 20 ms | 50 ms |
+| Template file read | < 1 ms | < 5 ms | 1,000 ms |
+| Token estimation | < 1 ms | < 1 ms | 5 ms |
+| Output prompt size (text) | ≤ 500 chars | ≤ 2,000 chars | 10,000 chars |
+| Output prompt size (image) | ≤ 200 chars | ≤ 500 chars | 2,000 chars |
+
+---
+
+## 19. Operational Risks
+
+| Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Mitigation |
+|------|-----------|--------|------------|
+| Model syntax changes | Medium | Prompts use outdated parameters | Version model syntax in `rules/model-syntax.md`; update on model releases |
+| Prompt injection via parameters | Medium | Malicious content in generated prompts | Caller responsibility; AI Artist does literal interpolation, not evaluation |
+| Template file corruption | Low | Construction failures | `ERR_TEMPLATE_NOT_FOUND`; re-install skill from source |
+| Over-reliance on token estimates | High | Prompts exceed model context window | Estimates are ±10%; callers must validate against actual model limits |
+| Domain pattern staleness | Medium | Patterns become less effective over time | Periodic review cycle; version bumps signal updates |
+
+---
+
+## 20. Compliance with skill-design-guide.md
+
+| Requirement | Status | Evidence |
+|-------------|--------|----------|
+| YAML frontmatter complete | ✅ | name, description, metadata with category, version, triggers, coordinates_with, success_metrics |
+| SKILL.md < 200 lines | ✅ | Entry point SKILL.md under 200 lines; details in rules/ |
+| Prerequisites documented | ✅ | No external dependencies required |
+| When to Use section | ✅ | Domain-based decision matrix |
+| Quick Reference with patterns | ✅ | LLM and image prompt patterns with examples |
+| Core content matches skill type | ✅ | Expert type: domain knowledge tables, prompt patterns |
+| Troubleshooting section | ✅ | Problem/solution table |
+| Related section | ✅ | Cross-links to studio, media-processing |
+| Content Map for multi-file | ✅ | Links to 4 reference files + engineering-spec.md |
+| Contract versioning | ✅ | contract_version, backward_compatibility, breaking_changes |
+| Compliance matrix structured | ✅ | This table with ✅/❌ + evidence |
+
+---
+
+## 21. Production Readiness Checklist
+
+| Category | Check | Status |
+|----------|-------|--------|
+| **Functionality** | All 4 domains (text, image, code, marketing) specified | ✅ |
+| **Functionality** | All 4 templates (role-task, subject-style, chain-of-thought, few-shot) specified | ✅ |
+| **Functionality** | 7 model targets specified with fallback behavior | ✅ |
+| **Contracts** | Input/output/error schemas defined | ✅ |
+| **Contracts** | Agent assumptions and non-assumptions documented | ✅ |
+| **Contracts** | Workflow invocation pattern specified | ✅ |
+| **Failure** | Error taxonomy with 7 categorized error codes | ✅ |
+| **Failure** | No silent failures; every error returns structured response | ✅ |
+| **Failure** | Retry policy: zero internal retries, caller-owned | ✅ |
+| **Determinism** | Same inputs = same output guaranteed | ✅ |
+| **Determinism** | No randomization, no external calls, no ambient state | ✅ |
+| **Security** | No credential handling; no content filtering (explicit boundary) | ✅ |
+| **Security** | Input sanitization: literal interpolation, no eval | ✅ |
+| **Observability** | Structured log schema with 4 log points | ✅ |
+| **Observability** | 6 metrics defined with types and units | ✅ |
+| **Performance** | P50/P99 targets for all operations | ✅ |
+| **Scalability** | Stateless; unlimited parallel invocations | ✅ |
+| **Concurrency** | No shared state; read-only template access | ✅ |
+| **Resources** | All resources scoped to invocation lifetime | ✅ |
+| **Idempotency** | Fully idempotent — all operations are pure functions | ✅ |
+| **Compliance** | All skill-design-guide.md sections present | ✅ |
+
+---
+
+
+
+---
+
+## 🔗 Related
+
+| File | When to Read |
+|------|-------------|
+| [image-prompts.md](image-prompts.md) | Image generation techniques |
+| [domain-marketing.md](domain-marketing.md) | Marketing copy patterns |
+| [domain-code.md](domain-code.md) | Code generation patterns |
+| [model-syntax.md](model-syntax.md) | Model-specific parameters |
+| [../SKILL.md](../SKILL.md) | Quick reference and anti-patterns |
+
+---
+
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