dsh-hyperframes 0.9.1 → 0.9.2

package/skills/hyperframes-cli/SKILL.md

@@ -1,179 +1,97 @@
 ---
 name: hyperframes-cli
-description: >
-  Use the HyperFrames CLI development loop: init, add, catalog, capture, lint, check, snapshot,
-  compare, grade-compare, preview, play, present, beats, keyframes, single or batch render, publish,
-  cloud, cloudrun, feedback, lambda, doctor, browser, info, upgrade, skills, compositions, timeline, history, docs,
-  benchmark, telemetry, transcribe, auth, tts, and remove-background. Also use when diagnosing build
-  or render failures. validate, inspect, and layout are deprecated aliases; use check. Covers local,
-  HeyGen-hosted cloud, AWS Lambda, and Google Cloud Run rendering.
+description: The HyperFrames CLI by job - scaffold, check, look at frames, edit the timeline, preview, render locally or in the cloud, publish, project history - plus reading its JSON and recovering from build or render failures.
 ---
 
-**Plugin installs:** Before setup or freshness commands, follow [plugin execution rules](../hyperframes/references/plugin-installation.md) when this skill is inside a HyperFrames plugin. Standalone installs keep the update instructions below.
+**Plugin installs:** Before setup or freshness commands, follow [plugin execution rules](../hyperframes/references/plugin-installation.md) when this skill is inside a HyperFrames plugin.
 
 # HyperFrames CLI
 
-Run commands as `npx hyperframes ...` unless project instructions provide a wrapper. Obey the wrapper when present. The CLI requires Node.js 22 or newer and FFmpeg.
+Run `npx hyperframes <command>` unless the project gives a wrapper; then use the wrapper. It needs Node.js 22+ and FFmpeg. Every command has `--help`; most take `--json`, and a failure prints `✗ …`, a `Fix:` line and exits non-zero.
 
-## Development loop
+## Commands by job
 
-1. **Scaffold:** `npx hyperframes init <project>` (centered blank). Or capture a site. Pass `--example=<name>` only to start from a named example.
-2. **Find the move:** if the request names an asset, sound, image, voice or fast visual edit, resolve it through `/media-use` before proposing a plan. Otherwise, before authoring motion by hand, search for a primitive that already does it: `npx hyperframes catalog --query "reveal a headline one line at a time"`. Ask for the effect you want rather than the mechanism you have in mind. Install with `npx hyperframes add <name>` (see `/hyperframes-registry`). Author by hand only once nothing fits.
-3. **Author:** write the composition using `/hyperframes-core`. To know what is on a project's timeline (tracks, clips, starts, ends, what plays), run `npx hyperframes timeline --json` instead of reading `index.html` and every sub-composition file: nested rows carry absolute main-timeline `absStart`/`absEnd` and their owning `file`, not just their local, per-sub-composition time. Prefer `--json` over the text form; it costs fewer tokens for the same or better correctness. See `references/upgrade-info-misc.md` for one-liners that answer common questions without reading the whole output.
-4. **Get fast feedback while editing:** run `npx hyperframes lint` after the first HTML pass and after structural changes.
-5. **Run the final gate:** run `npx hyperframes check`; it reruns lint before opening the browser. Do not prepend a redundant standalone lint invocation. Add `--snapshots` for annotated overview frames and finding crops.
-6. **Inspect sub-compositions:** when `index.html` mounts `data-composition-src`, capture midpoint snapshots and inspect each mounted scene.
-7. **Open the final Studio preview:** run `npx hyperframes preview --background`, verify the URL returns HTTP 200, hand the timeline project URL to the user, and ask whether to revise or render. Keep it alive until review ends.
-8. **Render only after approval:** use `--quality draft` while iterating, `--quality looks` for the first real encode (the CLI default), and `--quality delivery` for final delivery.
-9. **Verify the output:** confirm the file exists and is non-empty. Read the render summary's second line (`beginframe` vs `screenshot`, GPU, stage timings). `screenshot` + `software gpu` on Linux is the slow path. `ffprobe -v error -show_format -show_streams` and compare duration (and fps if the brief set it) to the root `data-duration`.
+| Job | Commands |
+| --- | --- |
+| Start | `init <dir>` (blank; `--example <name>` only when asked), `capture <url>` |
+| Read a project | `info`, `compositions`, `timeline --json`, `docs <topic>` |
+| Check it | `lint` while writing; `check --json` as the gate (lint, runtime, layout, contrast) |
+| Look at it | `snapshot` (`--at <t,…>`, `--range START,END`, `--composition <id>`, `--zoom`, `--angle`, `--against <video>`), `keyframes`, `compare`, `audio` |
+| Edit the timeline | `timeline` with `move`, `trim`, `split`, `set`, `duplicate`, `delete`, `apply`, `undo`, `ids` |
+| Reuse | `catalog`, `add` (`/hyperframes-registry`) |
+| Media and sound | `media-treatment`, `grade-compare`, `remove-background`, `tts`, `transcribe`, `beats`, `normalize-audio` (`/media-use`) |
+| Show and ship | `preview`, `present` (`/slideshow`), `render`, `publish`, `cloud`, `lambda`, `cloudrun` |
+| Desktop app | `open`, `catch-up` |
+| Upkeep | `doctor`, `browser`, `upgrade`, `skills`, `usage`, `clean`, `feedback` |
 
-<!-- history (trial): remove this block together with the command -->
-
-### Project history in your turn
-
-Every write to the project is kept as an entry that can be undone. Use it at two moments only, never on every step:
-
-- **Start of a turn:** `npx hyperframes history begin --who <your-name> --label "<what you are about to do>"`, then `npx hyperframes history --since mine --who <your-name>` to see what the person changed since your last turn. Build on their edits; never overwrite them.
-- **A check failed, or the person says it got worse:** `npx hyperframes history undo --who <your-name>` undoes your newest turn and leaves the person's edits alone. Do not hand-edit back. On a conflict it exits 2 and prints both choices.
-
-End each turn with `npx hyperframes history end`, so your writes read as yours, not as "Changed outside the app". While a turn is open, every write to the project counts as yours until 10 minutes pass without one; after that the turn has ended by itself.
-
-<!-- /history (trial) -->
-
-## Mandatory creator-edit cross-references
-
-- Before authoring or diagnosing a zoom, punch-in/punch-out, reframe, camera
-  move, or any keyframe motion, read `/hyperframes-keyframes` first.
-- Before `hyperframes keyframes`, read `/hyperframes-keyframes`; the command
-  surfaces animation trajectories and does not diagnose clip cuts.
-- For a cut, trim, splice, reorder, or source timing edit, read
-  `/hyperframes-core` and use its clip/timeline contract.
-- For fade-in/fade-out, crossfade, track gain, volume automation, ducking,
-  voiceover carve, or FX on placed audio, read `/hyperframes-audio`. Load core
-  alongside it when clip placement or picture timing also changes.
-- A request naming an asset, sound, image, voice or fast visual edit resolves through `/media-use` before a plan is proposed.
-  Copy creator edit markup from `/hyperframes-core` → `references/creator-editing-recipes.md`.
-
-```bash
-# Fast iteration check; repeat while authoring as needed.
-npx hyperframes lint
-
-# Required final gate; includes lint.
-npx hyperframes check
-npx hyperframes preview --background
-npx hyperframes render --quality looks --output out.mp4
-test -s out.mp4
-ffprobe -v error -show_format -show_streams out.mp4
-```
-
-`check` runs lint first, then uses one browser session and one seek pass to audit runtime errors, failed requests, layout, `*.motion.json` assertions, and WCAG contrast. Persistent findings gate the exit code; transient entrance or exit findings are informational. Use `--strict` to gate warnings. `validate`, `inspect`, and `layout` remain aliases for compatibility but must not appear in new instructions or scripts.
-
-## Preview before render
-
-Open the final composition preview (`#project/<name>`) only after `check` passes, to review the assembled timeline. The plan in chat and the `storyboard.html` sketch sheet are not approval of the final video. Rendering always requires the final approval defined by `hyperframes/references/review-loop.md`.
-
-## Sub-composition smoke test
-
-Static audits cannot catch every mount failure. When the project uses sub-compositions, capture at least one visible midpoint for each host slot:
-
-```bash
-npx hyperframes snapshot --at <t1>,<t2>,<t3>
-```
-
-Treat tiny unstyled content, canvas-sized icons, missing hero elements, or timeline-registration timeouts as render-blocking mount defects. See `hyperframes-core/references/sub-compositions.md` for the corresponding fixes.
+`validate`, `inspect` and `layout` are deprecated aliases of `check`; `events` is telemetry for skills' own scripts. Don't run them.
 
-## Agent conventions
+## The loop
 
-- **Search the catalog before writing motion by hand.** `npx hyperframes catalog --query "<the beat, in plain English>"`. Search is entirely local: there is no hosted tier, no account, and the query text is never sent anywhere. By default it ranks on vocabulary shared with the item's name, title, description and tags, which misses any phrasing that does not reuse the catalog's own wording. Add `--on-device` to rank by meaning instead (see the offline tier below).
-- **Query in English even when the video is not.** Both tiers index an English catalog, so a query in another script produces no searchable terms and returns nothing. Describe the move in English; the on-screen copy stays in whatever language the video needs. `No searchable words in query` means exactly this and is not a missing component, so do not report it as a catalog gap.
-- **Read which tier answered; never infer it from results appearing.** With `--json` the envelope carries `query`, `tier` (`on-device` or `words`), `tier_detail`, `dropped`, `unindexed`, `shown`, `total` and `results`, plus `top_score` when the answering tier produces one and `warnings` when a tier was asked for and could not run, or when a search returned nothing and a better tier is still waiting on someone's consent. A weak result on `words` is expected; the same result on `on-device` is a bug. `top_score` is on-device only and has no threshold behind it: the ranker returns the whole catalog in some order for every query, so read it as evidence rather than as a pass or fail.
-- **`dropped` and `unindexed` are opposite skews between the registry and the on-device index, and rewording the query fixes neither.** `dropped` counts ranked names this registry cannot install, so the strongest matches are the ones being lost. `unindexed` counts registry moves the index cannot see at all, which no query can ever return. Refreshing the registry is not the answer to either: its manifest carries a 24h TTL and heals itself, while the vectors are a separately published artifact fetched into `~/.hyperframes/catalog/`. Re-running with `--on-device` refetches that index when `unindexed` is above zero, so that is the remedy to hand the user. A pure over-coverage skew (`dropped` above zero while `unindexed` is zero) does not trigger the refetch; clearing `~/.hyperframes/catalog/` is the only way out of that one. Both counts are of names rather than of results, so either can exceed `total`.
-- **When a search comes back with nothing worth installing, say so.** `npx hyperframes feedback --search-miss "<the query you ran>" --wanted "<the move you needed>" --tier <the tier that answered>`. You do not have to assemble that line: `catalog --query` prints it pre-filled, and every `--json` search envelope carries it as `report_gap` with the query and tier already correct — fill in `--wanted` and send. This is the only path that sends a query anywhere, and it is a separate deliberate command precisely so plain `catalog --query` keeps its promise of sending nothing. **Report on either tier**, whenever the results do not do the thing; do not hold out for the on-device tier, which needs a consented 33 MB download and is therefore off in most agent runs — waiting for it means never reporting at all. The tier rides along in the report, so a vocabulary miss stays distinguishable from a meaning miss without you having to judge which one you hit. What comes back is a list of moves the catalog does not have yet, read directly rather than guessed from install counts, so the phrasing that matters is the effect you wanted, not the item name you imagined. It carries no rating and never lands in the rating metric.
-- **Offer the offline tier; never enable it silently.** A one-time ~33 MB download (a quantized ONNX build of `bge-small-en-v1.5` plus its tokenizer, pinned to a fixed revision) and the catalog vectors from the registry, both cached under `~/.hyperframes/`, neither added to the project or any package. Once cached it ranks by meaning with nothing sent. Say the size out loud and let the person decide, then pass `--on-device` (with `-y` to skip the prompt) once they agree. The interactive offer only fires on a TTY. Under `--json` there is no prompt, but a search that found nothing puts the same ask in `warnings`, so read that array and put the decision to the user yourself. When the person asks what the download is, why this model, or what leaves the machine, point them to https://hyperframes.heygen.com/developers/catalog-search.
+1. Write, then `npx hyperframes lint` after the first pass and after structural changes.
+2. `npx hyperframes check --json` and fix every error. While a lint error remains the layout and contrast audits don't run; "0 samples" means nothing was checked. Contrast failures carry a `suggestedColor`. A finding at a single sample (an entrance in flight) is info; a 3 s+ video with no visible change fails `sweep_static`.
+3. `npx hyperframes snapshot` and read the PNGs (under `.hyperframes/artifacts/snapshots/`): that is how you see the video. With sub-compositions, snapshot a midpoint of every scene; tiny unstyled content or a missing hero is a mount defect (`../hyperframes/references/format.md`).
+4. `npx hyperframes preview --background`, check the URL answers 200, give the person the project URL and wait, unless they asked for the file or for no stops. Passing checks alone is not a reason to render.
+5. When it is time to render (step 4): `npx hyperframes render --quality looks --output out.mp4` (`draft` while iterating, `delivery` for the final). Confirm the file is non-empty and its `ffprobe` duration matches the root `data-duration`, then look at decoded frames.
 
-- Prefer `--json` for agent and CI calls. Server-mode `render`, `preview`, and `play` do not provide ordinary JSON output; `preview --selection --json` and `preview --context --json` are query-mode exceptions.
-- `doctor --json` always exits zero. Gate on its payload:
+"This element" or the current selection: `npx hyperframes preview --context --json --context-fields selection`; `no-selection` means ask them to click it.
 
-  ```bash
-  npx hyperframes doctor --json | jq -e '.ok' >/dev/null
-  ```
+## Edit the timeline
 
-- Non-TTY mode is automatic and scaffolds the centered blank. Pass `--example` only to start from a named example. Use `--non-interactive` to force flag-only mode on a TTY.
-- Use one `HYPERFRAMES_RUN_ID` for all commands in the same verification loop.
-- Use `--strict`, `--strict-all`, and `--strict-variables` when the corresponding warnings, variables, or CI conditions must gate the render.
-- JSON paths redact the home directory as `$HOME`; do not try to reverse the redaction.
-- When a hosted cloud project approaches or exceeds the 200 MB upload limit, use `cloud render --dry-run --json` and follow the `.hyperframesignore` investigation in `references/cloud.md`. Never ignore an asset merely because it is large.
-- Never render merely because checks pass. Pause at the final preview and wait for approval.
+These are the edits Studio itself makes, so the result stays in Studio's shape.
 
-## Studio-directed edits
+- `timeline --json` lists clips with absolute `absStart`/`absEnd`, owning `file` and the `#id` ref the edit commands take (`timeline ids` stamps missing ids).
+- `timeline move|trim|split|set|duplicate|delete <ref> … --plan --json` previews one edit; run it again without `--plan`. `--start`, `--end`, `--duration` set one edge or the length.
+- An edit is refused when the clip would overlap a neighbour (`--overwrite`, or move the neighbour first) or end past its composition: raise the root's `data-duration` first. No command changes `data-duration`.
+- Several edits at once: a JSON file such as `[{"verb": "move", "ref": "#outro", "time": "9"}]`, then `timeline apply plan.json --json`. Each run prints a `receipt`; save it and `timeline undo receipt.json` reverts it.
 
-When the user refers to “this element” or the current selection, query Studio instead of guessing:
-
-```bash
-npx hyperframes preview --context --json --context-fields selection
-```
-
-Use `selection.target.hfId` when available, otherwise its selector and source file. If the result reports `no-selection`, ask the user to click the element and rerun. Request only the context slices you need; use `--context-detail full` only for computed styles or editable text metadata. Full behavior and failure codes live in `references/preview-render.md`.
-
-## Render choices
-
-| Need                                     | Command                                                                       |
-| ---------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Fast local iteration                     | `npx hyperframes render --quality draft`                                      |
-| First real encode                        | `npx hyperframes render --quality looks --output out.mp4`                     |
-| Final local delivery                     | `npx hyperframes render --quality delivery --output out.mp4`                  |
-| Reproducible container render            | `npx hyperframes render --docker --strict --output out.mp4`                   |
-| Local variable-driven batch render       | `npx hyperframes render --batch rows.json --output "renders/{name}.mp4"`      |
-| HeyGen-hosted zero-infrastructure render | `npx hyperframes cloud render`                                                |
-| Self-managed distributed AWS render      | `npx hyperframes lambda render <project> --width 1920 --height 1080 --wait`   |
-| Self-managed distributed GCP render      | `npx hyperframes cloudrun render <project> --width 1920 --height 1080 --wait` |
-
-Skill attribution is automatic — the examples above need no `--skill`. A project scaffolded by a workflow (`hyperframes init --skill=<workflow>`) records its owning skill in `hyperframes.json`, and every later render inherits it on anonymous telemetry: re-renders, `npm run render`, and `--batch` alike. Pass `--skill=<slug>` explicitly only to stamp a project that was not created through a workflow (its first render then persists it).
-
-Use cloud rendering when the user wants hosted rendering without local Chrome, FFmpeg, or AWS. Use Lambda only when AWS ownership is a requirement. Use Cloud Run only when GCP ownership is a requirement. Read the matching reference before running any cloud path.
-
-After verifying a successful render, send one feedback report unless telemetry is disabled or the user opted out:
-
-```bash
-npx hyperframes feedback --rating <0-10> --comment "<specific result or friction>"
-```
-
-Keep clean-run feedback concise. For any bug or friction, capture a **reproduction packet** before submitting; do not send only a symptom summary. Include the rerunnable command (relative to the project directory — feedback is submitted to a public channel, so do **not** paste absolute paths, home-directory prefixes, or user/machine identifiers), expected versus actual behavior, exact error (also strip absolute paths from stack traces — keep basename + line, drop the leading directory), whether output completed/fell back/failed, workaround, and repro-project status. For a rating ≤ 7 that describes a visual defect (black frame, flicker, corrupt output, wrong frame, blank output, other visual anomaly), also include a `COMPOSITION_STRUCTURE:` block — a privacy-preserving structural anatomy (element census + attribute presence + timeline shape) so maintainers can pattern-match against known bug families without the composition ZIP. Agents auto-fill this via the composition-census helper; the human user does not fill it by hand. If the issue did not reproduce again, say so and still include the last failing command and logs. Use `--file-issue` only with consent: it publishes a minimal reproduction to a public URL. The required packet format and privacy warning live in `references/preview-render.md`.
-
-## Read the matching reference before running a command
-
-The following references and owning skills are mandatory command contracts, not optional background reading. Before running a command in the table, read its matching row.
-
-| Need                                                                                               | Reference                             |
-| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
-| `init`, `capture`, `skills`                                                                        | `references/init-and-scaffold.md`     |
-| `lint`, `check`, motion sidecars, `snapshot`                                                       | `references/lint-validate-inspect.md` |
-| `compare`, `grade-compare`, variable-driven `render --batch`                                       | `references/compare-and-batch.md`     |
-| `beats` for an existing project's Studio beat grid                                                 | `references/beats.md`                 |
-| `preview`, `play`, `render`, `publish`, Studio context, feedback                                   | `references/preview-render.md`        |
-| `doctor`, browser management                                                                       | `references/doctor-browser.md`        |
-| `auth`, HeyGen-hosted cloud rendering, and template variables                                      | `references/cloud.md`                 |
-| AWS Lambda deployment and rendering                                                                | `references/lambda.md`                |
-| Google Cloud Run deployment and rendering                                                          | `references/cloudrun.md`              |
-| `info`, `upgrade`, `compositions`, `timeline`, `docs`, `benchmark`, telemetry, media preprocessing | `references/upgrade-info-misc.md`     |
-
-For composition variables, also read `/hyperframes-core` → `references/variables-and-media.md`. For `hyperframes add` and `hyperframes catalog`, use `/hyperframes-registry`. Before `hyperframes present`, read `/slideshow`; before `hyperframes keyframes`, read `/hyperframes-keyframes`. For TTS, transcription, captions, or background removal choices, use `/media-use`.
-
-The specialized commands are deliberately documented by their owning workflows:
-
-```bash
-npx hyperframes present <project-dir> --port 3004 --no-open
-npx hyperframes beats <project-dir> --json
-npx hyperframes keyframes <project-dir> --json
-npx hyperframes media-treatment --capabilities
-npx hyperframes figma asset KEY:10-20
-```
+<!-- history (trial): remove this block together with the command -->
 
-`present` serves a navigable deck with presenter and audience synchronization. `beats` is the standalone Studio beat-grid utility defined in `references/beats.md`. `keyframes` surfaces seek-safe animation and motion-path diagnostics. `media-treatment` discovers, applies, and clears deterministic looks on local footage — start with `--capabilities` for the overview and `--capability <name>` for one family; `/media-use` owns which treatment a brief is asking for. `figma` imports over the REST API with the `asset`, `tokens`, and `component` subcommands and needs `FIGMA_TOKEN`; motion and shader import have no REST endpoint and are agent-only, so `/figma` owns those.
+## Project history
 
-## Commands you should not run
+Every write is kept and can be undone. At the start of a turn, `npx hyperframes history begin --who <you> --label "<plan>"`, then `history --since mine --who <you>` to see what the person changed; build on their edits. A check failed or they say it got worse: `history undo --who <you>`, never hand-edit back. End the turn with `history end`.
 
-Two entries in `hyperframes --help` are not part of the authoring loop, and reaching for them wastes a turn:
+<!-- /history (trial) -->
 
-- `events` is the telemetry endpoint skills use to report their **own** invocation, ideally from a bundled script. It emits an anonymous event and exits 0 no matter what you pass it. It is not a way to read telemetry back, and an agent has no reason to call it by hand.
-- `validate`, `inspect`, and `layout` are deprecated aliases kept for old scripts. `check` is the one that is maintained, and it is what every reference in this skill assumes.
+## Render where
+
+| Need | Command |
+| --- | --- |
+| Local | `render --quality looks --output out.mp4` (`draft`, `delivery`) |
+| Reproducible container | `render --docker --strict --output out.mp4` |
+| Batch from variables | `render --batch rows.json --output "renders/{name}.mp4"` |
+| Hosted, no local Chrome or FFmpeg | `cloud render` (`references/cloud.md`) |
+| Your own AWS or GCP | `lambda render`, `cloudrun render` (`references/lambda.md`, `references/cloudrun.md`) |
+
+A 30 s film renders in a minute or two: run it in the foreground. Detach only a render longer than your tool's timeout (`HYPERFRAMES_RENDER_DETACHED=1`, its own group, output to a log) and wait with `until grep -qE 'Render (complete|failed)' render.log; do sleep 5; done`, never `pgrep -f`, which matches its own loop and waits until the tool times out.
+
+After a verified render, send one `feedback --rating`, plus a report for anything the person asked for that HyperFrames can't do, unless telemetry is off: `references/feedback.md`.
+
+## When a command fails
+
+| Symptom | Fix |
+| --- | --- |
+| Chrome missing or won't start | `npx hyperframes browser ensure`; `doctor --json` always exits 0, gate on `.ok` |
+| A heavy page isn't ready in time | Raise `--timeout` on `check` or `snapshot` |
+| Unusual codec looks blank | Keep `--proxy` on (the default) |
+| Render slow on Linux | The summary's second line says `screenshot` + `software gpu`: the slow path |
+| `capture` fails or writes `BLOCKED.md` | Take nothing from its partial files; retry into a new `-o` folder |
+| Disk tight | `clean --dry-run`, then `clean`; never delete `.hyperframes` (it holds history) |
+
+## References
+
+Read the row before running its command.
+
+| Commands | Read |
+| --- | --- |
+| `init`, `capture`, `skills` | `references/init-and-scaffold.md` |
+| `lint`, `check`, motion sidecars, `snapshot` | `references/lint-validate-inspect.md` |
+| `compare`, `grade-compare`, `render --batch` | `references/compare-and-batch.md` |
+| `beats` | `references/beats.md` |
+| `preview`, `play`, `render`, `publish`, Studio context | `references/preview-render.md` |
+| `doctor`, `browser` | `references/doctor-browser.md` |
+| `auth`, `cloud`, template variables | `references/cloud.md` |
+| `lambda`, `cloudrun` | `references/lambda.md`, `references/cloudrun.md` |
+| `info`, `upgrade`, `compositions`, `timeline`, `docs`, `usage`, telemetry | `references/upgrade-info-misc.md` |
+| `--strict` flags, run ids, `clean`, shader lint, JSON paths | `references/conventions.md` |
+| `keyframes` | `../hyperframes/references/motion.md` (Seeing motion) |

package/skills/hyperframes-cli/references/beats.md

@@ -8,12 +8,8 @@ npx hyperframes beats ./my-video
 npx hyperframes beats ./my-video --json
 ```
 
-The project must contain a local music `<audio>` source. Mark it with `data-timeline-role="music"`; an id containing `music`, `bgm`, or `soundtrack` is also recognized. The command analyzes that file in headless Chrome and writes `beats/<audio-relative-path>.json`.
+The project must contain a local music `<audio>` source. Mark it with `data-timeline-role="music"`; an id containing `music`, `bgm`, or `soundtrack` is also recognized. The command decodes that file with ffmpeg, tracks its beats, and writes `beats/<audio-relative-path>.json`.
 
-If no beats are detected, the command fails and writes nothing. If Chrome is unavailable, run:
+If the track has no steady beat, the command fails and writes nothing. If ffmpeg is missing, run `npx hyperframes doctor`.
 
-```bash
-npx hyperframes browser ensure
-```
-
-For a complete beat-synced video, route through `/music-to-video`. That workflow owns a different audio-driven pipeline and its `audiomap.json`; do not replace its analyzer with this Studio utility.
+For a whole video cut to a music track, see `/hyperframes` → `references/film.md`.

package/skills/hyperframes-cli/references/cloud.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ npx hyperframes auth refresh            # force-refresh an OAuth token before a
 npx hyperframes auth logout             # clear the stored credential
 ```
 
-Credential resolution order (first match wins): `HEYGEN_API_KEY`, then `HYPERFRAMES_API_KEY`, then `~/.heygen/credentials`. Point at a different backend with `HEYGEN_API_URL` (default `https://api.heygen.com`).
+Credential resolution order (first match wins): `HEYGEN_API_KEY`, then `HYPERFRAMES_API_KEY`, then `HEYGEN_ACCESS_TOKEN` (an OAuth token a host app injects; never refreshed or saved), then `~/.heygen/credentials`. Point at a different backend with `HEYGEN_API_URL` (default `https://api.heygen.com`).
 
 ## The render pipeline
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ npx hyperframes cloud render --quality high --fps 60
 
 ## Templates and variables
 
-Cloud rendering supports [composition variables](../../hyperframes-core/references/variables-and-media.md#variables): declare `data-composition-variables` on the composition, then fill them at render time.
+Cloud rendering supports [composition variables](../../hyperframes/references/format.md#variables): declare `data-composition-variables` on the composition, then fill them at render time.
 
 ```bash
 npx hyperframes cloud render --variables '{"title":"Q4 Recap","theme":"dark"}'
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ npx hyperframes cloud render --asset-id asst_abc123 --variables '{"name":"Ada"}'
 npx hyperframes cloud render --asset-id asst_abc123 --variables '{"name":"Linus"}'
 ```
 
-For high-volume personalized batches, both self-managed paths provide JSONL fan-out: AWS Lambda (`lambda.md`) and Google Cloud Run (`cloudrun.md`). The full variables schema (types, declarative bindings, sub-composition overrides, precedence) lives in the `hyperframes-core` skill.
+For high-volume personalized batches, both self-managed paths provide JSONL fan-out: AWS Lambda (`lambda.md`) and Google Cloud Run (`cloudrun.md`). The full variables schema (types, declarative bindings, sub-composition overrides, precedence) lives in [`/hyperframes` format.md](../../hyperframes/references/format.md#variables).
 
 ## Fire-and-forget and webhooks
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ npx hyperframes cloud render --callback-url https://example.com/hf-hook --no-wai
 | `--no-wait`       | Submit and exit immediately; print the `render_id`. |
 | `--callback-url`  | HTTPS webhook fired when the render terminates.     |
 | `--callback-id`   | Opaque tracking ID echoed in webhook payloads.      |
-| `--poll-interval` | Poll cadence in seconds (default `10`).             |
+| `--poll-interval` | Poll cadence in seconds (default `2`).              |
 | `--max-wait`      | Max poll duration in minutes (default `60`).        |
 
 ## Managing renders

package/skills/hyperframes-cli/references/cloudrun.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ npx hyperframes cloudrun destroy --project <gcp-project>
 
 `sites create` uploads a content-addressed project archive for reuse by `render-batch`; pass its `--site-id` to that command to skip the batch upload. Single `cloudrun render` currently resolves the project from its directory and does not consume `--site-id`. Both render commands require `--width` and `--height`; supported output formats are `mp4`, `mov`, `png-sequence`, and `webm`. Use `--output-resolution 4k` to supersample an authored composition without changing its layout dimensions.
 
-Common render flags are `--fps 24|30|60`, `--quality draft|standard|high`, `--codec h264|h265` for MP4, `--chunk-size`, `--max-parallel-chunks`, `--target-chunk-frames`, `--render-id`, `--output-key`, `--wait`, and `--wait-interval-ms`. Use `--json` for machine-readable output.
+Common render flags are `--fps 24|25|30|60`, `--quality draft|standard|high`, `--codec h264|h265` for MP4, `--chunk-size`, `--max-parallel-chunks`, `--target-chunk-frames`, `--render-id`, `--output-key`, `--wait`, and `--wait-interval-ms`. Use `--json` for machine-readable output.
 
 For a variable-driven single render:
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ npx hyperframes cloudrun render ./template \
   --wait
 ```
 
-Use exactly one of `--variables` and `--variables-file`. Read [`variables-and-media.md`](../../hyperframes-core/references/variables-and-media.md#variables) for the composition-side contract.
+Use exactly one of `--variables` and `--variables-file`. Read [Variables](../../hyperframes/references/format.md#variables) for the composition-side contract.
 
 ## JSONL batches
 

package/skills/hyperframes-cli/references/conventions.md

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# CLI conventions for agents and CI
+
+- Prefer `--json` for agent and CI calls. Server-mode `render`, `preview`, and `play` do not provide ordinary JSON output; `preview --selection --json` and `preview --context --json` are query-mode exceptions.
+- `doctor --json` always exits zero. Gate on its payload:
+
+  ```bash
+  npx hyperframes doctor --json | jq -e '.ok' >/dev/null
+  ```
+
+- Non-TTY mode is automatic and scaffolds the centered blank. Pass `--example` only to start from a named example. Use `--non-interactive` to force flag-only mode on a TTY.
+- Use one `HYPERFRAMES_RUN_ID` for all commands in the same verification loop.
+- When disk is tight, run `npx hyperframes clean` (`--dry-run` to list first); it removes what dead renders left and idle caches that rebuild themselves, never outputs, sources or anything a running render uses. Write disposable QC frames to a temp dir, then remove only that owned directory. Managed snapshot runs retain the newest 10 plus current/latest/rendered evidence; active captures and runs younger than 24 hours are protected. Copy intentional before/after evidence outside managed storage before it ages out. Never delete `.hyperframes` wholesale: it also holds project history.
+- Use `--strict`, `--strict-all`, and `--strict-variables` when the corresponding warnings, variables, or CI conditions must gate the render.
+- For `shader_unbounded_cosine_pow`, clamp the cosine to `[0, 1]` before `pow(1 - cosine, exponent)`; a lower-only `max` is insufficient. Then preview and export on the affected GPU to confirm. Lint only recognizes static shader expressions, and software rendering can miss hardware-specific invalid pixels.
+- JSON paths redact the home directory as `$HOME`; do not try to reverse the redaction.
+- When a hosted cloud project approaches or exceeds the 200 MB upload limit, use `cloud render --dry-run --json` and follow the `.hyperframesignore` investigation in `references/cloud.md`. Never ignore an asset merely because it is large.
+- Never render merely because checks pass. Pause at the final preview and wait for approval.

package/skills/hyperframes-cli/references/doctor-browser.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Run `doctor` first when:
 
 Common issues:
 
-- **Missing FFmpeg** — install via `brew install ffmpeg` (macOS) or your package manager.
+- **Missing FFmpeg** — install via `brew install ffmpeg` (macOS) or your package manager, or [configure existing binaries](#configure-ffmpeg-without-a-package-manager).
 - **Missing bundled Chrome** — run `npx hyperframes browser ensure`.
 - **Low memory** — close other Chromes, reduce `--workers`, or use `--quality draft`.
 - **Chrome exits instantly inside an agent sandbox (macOS)** — seatbelt-style sandboxes
@@ -44,6 +44,29 @@ Common issues:
   blocker is identified, BEFORE any optional fallback work: a later session failure must
   not erase the report of work already done.
 
+### Configure FFmpeg without a package manager
+
+Get FFmpeg and FFprobe binaries for your operating system and architecture from the [FFmpeg download page](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html). Both must be executable. You can use them without Homebrew or a system-wide installation:
+
+```bash
+export HYPERFRAMES_FFMPEG_PATH="/absolute/path/to/ffmpeg"
+export HYPERFRAMES_FFPROBE_PATH="/absolute/path/to/ffprobe"
+npx hyperframes doctor --json
+```
+
+Set both variables in the environment that launches HyperFrames. On Windows, point them at `ffmpeg.exe` and `ffprobe.exe` using your shell's environment-variable syntax. A configured path takes precedence over automatic discovery; a missing configured file is reported as missing.
+
+Alternatively, put the binaries in `.hyperframes/bin/ffmpeg` and `.hyperframes/bin/ffprobe` (`.exe` on Windows), then run HyperFrames from that project's directory. Discovery checks `PATH` before this project-local directory, so use the environment variables when you need a particular build.
+
+Verify the **FFmpeg** and **FFprobe** entries in `doctor --json` report `ok: true` and the expected paths. To gate only these encoding dependencies with `jq`:
+
+```bash
+npx hyperframes doctor --json | jq -e \
+  '[.checks[] | select(.name == "FFmpeg" or .name == "FFprobe")] | length == 2 and all(.ok)'
+```
+
+The report's top-level `ok` also includes optional tools such as Docker and local voice providers; those failures do not require installing them for a local video render. Check Chrome separately with the browser commands below.
+
 ## browser
 
 ```bash

package/skills/hyperframes-cli/references/feedback.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Feedback reports
+
+After verifying a successful render, send one feedback report unless telemetry is disabled or the user opted out:
+
+```bash
+npx hyperframes feedback --rating <0-10> --comment "<specific result or friction>"
+```
+
+Keep clean-run feedback concise. For any bug or friction, capture a **reproduction packet** before submitting; do not send only a symptom summary. Include the rerunnable command (relative to the project directory — feedback is submitted to a public channel, so do **not** paste absolute paths, home-directory prefixes, or user/machine identifiers), expected versus actual behavior, exact error (also strip absolute paths from stack traces — keep basename + line, drop the leading directory), whether output completed/fell back/failed, workaround, and repro-project status. For a rating ≤ 7 that describes a visual defect (black frame, flicker, corrupt output, wrong frame, blank output, other visual anomaly), also include a `COMPOSITION_STRUCTURE:` block — a privacy-preserving structural anatomy (element census + attribute presence + timeline shape) so maintainers can pattern-match against known bug families without the composition ZIP. Agents auto-fill this via the composition-census helper; the human user does not fill it by hand. If the issue did not reproduce again, say so and still include the last failing command and logs. Use `--file-issue` only with consent: it publishes a minimal reproduction to a public URL. The required packet format and privacy warning live in `references/preview-render.md`.
+
+Two more reports are a `--comment` with no `--rating`, so they never count in the rating metric. Send them unless telemetry is disabled or the user opted out, under the same privacy rules:
+
+- **Missing feature.** Whenever the person asks for something HyperFrames or the host app cannot do, or can only do with a workaround, send one report per ask: `npx hyperframes feedback --comment "MISSING FEATURE: <what the person asked for, in their words, with names, clients, figures and paths left out> | WORKAROUND: <what you did instead, or none>"`. The report is about the capability they wanted, never their content or anything private. A catalog search that found nothing goes to `--search-miss` instead.
+- **Host app.** When `HYPERFRAMES_CLIENT` is set, the CLI is running inside a host app. When that app itself gets in the way (a panel, button, preview or export that misbehaves), send `npx hyperframes feedback --comment "HOST APP: <what happened>"` with the reproduction packet.

package/skills/hyperframes-cli/references/init-and-scaffold.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # init, capture, skills
 
-<!-- registry-items: allow=blank,landscape-4k,portrait-4k,square-4k,product-launch-video,hyperframes-core,media-use -->
+<!-- registry-items: allow=blank,landscape-4k,portrait-4k,square-4k,media-use -->
 
 Scaffolding commands. Use these instead of creating files by hand — they set up the right file structure, copy media, run transcription, and install AI coding skills.
 
@@ -23,12 +23,17 @@ Templates: `blank`, `warm-grain`, `play-mode`, `swiss-grid`, `vignelli`, `decisi
 Other useful flags:
 
 - `--resolution` — preset: `landscape` (1920×1080), `portrait` (1080×1920), `landscape-4k`, `portrait-4k`, `square` (1080×1080), `square-4k`. Aliases: `1080p`, `4k`, `uhd`, `1080p-square`, `4k-square`.
-- `--skill=<slug>` — record the owning authoring workflow (e.g. `product-launch-video`) in `hyperframes.json`, so every later render of this project — re-renders, `npm run render`, `--batch` — is attributed to it on anonymous telemetry without re-passing the flag. Creation workflows set this automatically; you rarely pass it by hand.
-- `--skip-skills` — **temporarily ignored**: `init` always checks AI coding skills against GitHub while the skills.sh registry catches up. To opt out (CI/tests), set the `HYPERFRAMES_SKIP_SKILLS=1` env var instead.
+- `--skill=<slug>` — record the owning skill (e.g. `hyperframes`) in `hyperframes.json`, so every later render of this project — re-renders, `npm run render`, `--batch` — is attributed to it on anonymous telemetry without re-passing the flag. You rarely pass it by hand.
+- `--skip-skills` — leave AI coding skills alone: `init` does not install the core set. `HYPERFRAMES_SKIP_SKILLS=1` does the same.
 - `--skip-transcribe` — don't auto-transcribe `--audio` / `--video` with Whisper.
 - `--model`, `--language` — Whisper model / language for the auto-transcription.
 
-When using `--tailwind`, invoke the `hyperframes-core` (Tailwind reference) skill before editing classes or theme tokens. The scaffold uses Tailwind v4 browser runtime patterns, not Studio's Tailwind v3 setup.
+**Tailwind** (`--tailwind`): the scaffold pins the Tailwind v4 browser runtime, not Studio's Tailwind v3 setup.
+
+- Keep the pinned runtime; never swap in `cdn.tailwindcss.com`. Renders wait for `window.__tailwindReady` before frame 0. For offline or locked-down renders, compile to CSS and ship the stylesheet.
+- Theme and custom utilities go in `<style type="text/tailwindcss">` with `@theme` and `@utility`. No v3 `@tailwind base/components/utilities`, no `tailwind.config.js`; `@config` and `@plugin` abort the browser compile.
+- Write complete class tokens in the HTML. The runtime only sees classes it can scan, so never build a render-critical class name at seek time (`bg-${color}-500`); vary items through CSS variables (`style="--i: 2"`) or data variants.
+- Tailwind is for static layout and style; timing stays in GSAP or another seekable runtime.
 
 When `--audio` or `--video` is supplied, `init` transcribes the file with Whisper. For voice/model selection see the `media-use` skill.
 
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ npx hyperframes capture https://example.com --skip-vision   # skip optional AI c
 npx hyperframes capture https://example.com --max-screenshots 12
 npx hyperframes capture https://example.com --timeout 60000 # page-load timeout in ms
 npx hyperframes capture https://example.com --capture-budget 90000 # post-navigation budget
+HYPERFRAMES_CAPTURE_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:3128 npx hyperframes capture https://example.com # behind an egress proxy
 ```
 
 Captures a live URL as an editable HyperFrames project: screenshots become layered scenes, assets are downloaded locally, and the result is a normal project you can `lint` / `preview` / `render`. Use this when the user supplies a URL as the starting point for a video.
@@ -60,9 +66,8 @@ degraded phase without retaining sensitive payloads.
 
 Treat a non-zero exit, JSON `ok: false`, or an output `BLOCKED.md` as a **hard stop**. Do not render,
 build, or infer brand/design data from partial files in a blocked capture. A successful capture may
-degrade an optional phase within budget, but its structural output still has to satisfy the owning
-workflow's gate. Exit zero and file existence alone are not semantic success: require the current
-invocation's JSON `ok: true`, no `BLOCKED.md`, and artifacts usable for that workflow. Run each retry
+degrade an optional phase within budget, but its structural output still has to be usable. Exit zero and file existence alone are not semantic success: require the current
+invocation's JSON `ok: true`, no `BLOCKED.md`, and artifacts usable for the video. Run each retry
 into a fresh output directory; never merge or reuse a blocked attempt's partial output.
 
 ## skills
@@ -71,4 +76,4 @@ into a fresh output directory; never merge or reuse a blocked attempt's partial
 npx hyperframes skills    # install HyperFrames skills for AI coding tools
 ```
 
-One-time setup that adds the HyperFrames skill pack (`hyperframes-core`, `-creative`, `-animation`, `-cli`, `-registry`, `-media`, plus the `product-launch-video` and `hyperframes` orchestrators) to the local AI coding environment so agents follow the framework conventions. Re-run after major HyperFrames upgrades.
+One-time setup that adds the HyperFrames skill pack (/hyperframes with its references, /hyperframes-cli, /hyperframes-registry, /media-use, /figma, /slideshow, /remotion-to-hyperframes) to the local AI coding environment so agents follow the framework conventions. Re-run after major HyperFrames upgrades.

package/skills/hyperframes-cli/references/lambda.md

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Builds `packages/aws-lambda/dist/handler.zip` and SAM-deploys the stack (Lambda
 | `--chrome-source` | `sparticuz`                     | `sparticuz` or `chrome-headless-shell` |
 | `--memory`        | `10240`                         | Lambda memory in MB                    |
 | `--skip-build`    | off                             | Reuse existing `handler.zip`           |
+| `--no-warm`       | warm                            | Skip the warm-up call after deploy     |
 
 ## Upload a reusable site
 
@@ -84,13 +85,16 @@ Starts a Step Functions execution. Returns immediately with a `renderId` unless
 | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `--width` / `--height`  | Output dimensions in pixels                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 | `--output-resolution`   | Supersampling preset (engages Chrome `deviceScaleFactor`) — `landscape` / `landscape-4k` / `portrait` / `portrait-4k` / `square` / `square-4k`, plus aliases (`1080p`, `4k`, `uhd`, `hd`, `1080p-portrait`, `4k-portrait`, `1080p-square`, `4k-square`). Use this to render an authored-at-1080p composition at 4K without re-laying-out — see footgun below. |
-| `--fps`                 | `24` / `30` / `60`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
+| `--fps`                 | `24` / `25` / `30` / `60`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | `--format`              | `mp4` / `mov` / `png-sequence` / `webm` (default `mp4`)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | `--codec`               | `h264` / `h265` (mp4 only)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 | `--quality`             | `draft` / `standard` / `high`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | `--chunk-size`          | Frames per chunk (default `240`)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | `--max-parallel-chunks` | Max concurrent chunks (default `16`)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `--target-chunk-frames` | Cap frames per chunk and let the planner add chunks up to the parallel limit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| `--keyframe-interval`   | MP4 only: a keyframe at least every N seconds (a maximum: chunk joins add keyframes)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
+| `--max-bitrate`         | MP4 only: peak bitrate cap, held per chunk (a join can burst up to one buffer)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| `--buffer-size`         | MP4 only: buffer for `--max-bitrate` (default twice it)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | `--site-id`             | Reuse an existing site (skip upload)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `--execution-name`      | Explicit Step Functions execution name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
 | `--output-key`          | Explicit final S3 object key                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ Starts a Step Functions execution. Returns immediately with a `renderId` unless
 
 **`--width` / `--height` footgun.** Setting `--width 3840 --height 2160` against a composition whose `data-width="1920"` silently produces 1080p — the runtime lays out the page at the composition's authored dimensions and the CLI flags are ignored for layout. To actually output at 4K, use `--output-resolution 4k` (supersamples via `deviceScaleFactor`). The CLI now prints a warning when CLI dimensions disagree with the composition's `data-width` / `data-height` and `--output-resolution` is not set; the warning is suppressed when `--json` is on or `index.html` isn't on disk (`--site-id` flows).
 
-For variable-driven templates, declare the schema in the composition and pass either `--variables` or `--variables-file`, never both. `--strict-variables` checks local project input before any render starts. Also read [`variables-and-media.md`](../../hyperframes-core/references/variables-and-media.md#variables).
+For variable-driven templates, declare the schema in the composition and pass either `--variables` or `--variables-file`, never both. `--strict-variables` checks local project input before any render starts. Also read [Variables](../../hyperframes/references/format.md#variables).
 
 ## Render a JSONL batch