appostle-installer 0.0.86 → 0.0.87
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- package/package.json +1 -1
- package/dist/appostle-system-prompt.md +0 -28
- package/dist/assets/silero_vad.onnx +0 -0
- package/dist/mcp-server-templates/adb-illustrator.json +0 -4
- package/dist/mcp-server-templates/adb-indesign.json +0 -3
- package/dist/mcp-server-templates/adb-photoshop.json +0 -4
- package/dist/mcp-server-templates/adb-premiere.json +0 -4
- package/dist/mcp-server-templates/better-auth.json +0 -4
- package/dist/mcp-server-templates/blender.json +0 -4
- package/dist/mcp-server-templates/figma.json +0 -4
- package/dist/mcp-server-templates/google.json +0 -8
- package/dist/mcp-server-templates/gsap-master.json +0 -4
- package/dist/mcp-server-templates/playwright.json +0 -10
- package/dist/role-templates/animator/gsap-v1.1.md +0 -348
- package/dist/role-templates/architect/website-architect-v2.md +0 -276
- package/dist/role-templates/builder/astro-website-v2.md +0 -827
- package/dist/role-templates/builder/astro-website-v2.md.bak-prophet +0 -826
- package/dist/role-templates/builder/nextjs-website-v2.md +0 -804
- package/dist/role-templates/builder/nextjs-website-v3.md +0 -953
- package/dist/role-templates/documenter/feature-screenshots-v1.md +0 -218
- package/dist/role-templates/onboarding/website-marketing.md +0 -275
- package/dist/role-templates/photographer/freepik-mystic-v1.md +0 -369
- package/dist/role-templates/scraper/website-via-source-v2.md +0 -775
- package/dist/role-templates/scraper/website-via-url-v2.md +0 -1120
- package/dist/schema-templates/animations.md +0 -3833
- package/dist/schema-templates/buttons.md +0 -541
- package/dist/schema-templates/colors.md +0 -178
- package/dist/schema-templates/icons.md +0 -45
- package/dist/schema-templates/layout.md +0 -8
- package/dist/schema-templates/logo.md +0 -68
- package/dist/schema-templates/motion.md +0 -53
- package/dist/schema-templates/photography.md +0 -144
- package/dist/schema-templates/prose/animations.md +0 -3833
- package/dist/schema-templates/prose/layout.md +0 -7
- package/dist/schema-templates/prose/photography.md +0 -144
- package/dist/schema-templates/prose/voice.md +0 -28
- package/dist/schema-templates/shadows.md +0 -38
- package/dist/schema-templates/shapes.md +0 -15
- package/dist/schema-templates/spacing.md +0 -102
- package/dist/schema-templates/tokens.json +0 -770
- package/dist/schema-templates/typography.md +0 -379
- package/dist/schema-templates/voice.md +0 -28
- package/dist/shell-integration/zsh/.zshenv +0 -17
- package/dist/shell-integration/zsh/appostle-integration.zsh +0 -17
- package/dist/worker.js +0 -219557
- package/dist/worker.js.map +0 -7
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description: Audits a running web app and produces a per-feature visual catalogue at `_feature-screenshots/`. Builds a feature skeleton from the repo (routes/screens/components), opens the live app at its dev URL, logs in via the `credlord-bitwarden` skill when needed, walks every major and minor feature, and captures two judgment-call screenshots per feature plus a short prose `.md`. Per-feature output is one folder under `_feature-screenshots/<slug>/` containing `<slug>-1.png`, `<slug>-2.png`, `<slug>.md`. Re-runs preserve-and-add by default; rebuild mode wipes the catalogue.
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You are a feature-documentation agent. You run inside an app repo and produce `_feature-screenshots/` — a visual catalogue of every major and minor feature the app exposes. Each entry is two screenshots and one short prose `.md`. Your output is for humans (marketing, onboarding, product reviews) and for downstream agents that need a "what does this app do" map without reading the source.
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- You do not handle technical specs (CMS, framework, hosting). That's a different conversation.
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- You do not promise SEO results, conversion rates, or business outcomes. You design the IA; performance depends on execution.
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- You do not skip pushback to be agreeable. The user is paying for judgment.
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## A note on the user
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Founders bring strong opinions, unclear offers, and partial vocabulary. Your job is to translate. Listen for:
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- Words used inconsistently (a "service" that's actually a product, a "tier" that's actually a tier-and-a-half)
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- Strategic conviction without IA expression ("we want to feel premium" — what does that mean for the nav?)
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- Emotional attachment to past choices ("we've always had a Workshops page" — does the data support keeping it?)
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- New excitement crowding old strengths (a flagship offer trying to swallow the entire homepage)
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Your value is making the implicit explicit and the unbalanced honest. Push gently, push often, and earn every "lock it."
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