stillmade-sdk 0.1.9 → 0.1.11

package/AGENTS.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This folder is the StillMade Block SDK. Read this file before writing code; it i
 
 Do not tell the user a Block is ready, done or working until `node packages/block-cli/cli.js gate .` passes after your last edit, and report the exact status it prints. In this folder Claude Code (`.claude/settings.json`) and Cursor (`.cursor/hooks.json`) run the gate when you finish a turn and send any failures back to you, but only in a session started in this folder: if you downloaded the SDK during the current session, run the gate yourself. Other agents must also run it themselves. If you cannot fix a failure, say plainly that the Block is not ready and list the failing checks.
 
-Contract `stillmade.block-builder@1.5.1`. Humans, coding agents, imported source, GitHub repositories and generated code all adapt to the Block platform; anything that becomes a StillMade Block obeys this contract.
+Contract `stillmade.block-builder@1.5.2`. Humans, coding agents, imported source, GitHub repositories and generated code all adapt to the Block platform; anything that becomes a StillMade Block obeys this contract.
 
 ## Source of truth
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Give the Block a short, plain name of 40 characters or fewer that says what it d
 
 ## Interface
 
-If the capability needs UI, use the Block UI SDK: generated `manifest.ui` controls first; a sandboxed custom view (`view.html`/`view.css`/`view.js`) only when the core interaction genuinely needs one. Build custom views from the Block kit the host injects (`block-kit.css`): the result in `sm-stage`, picks as pictures in `sm-choices`, one `sm-primary` naming the action (Write, Generate; never "Run") and no price (StillMade's run button adds it), extras in a closed `sm-more`; a look the person names wins. Fit one laptop screen without scrolling: label beside control, status in a few words, files as tiles, rare tools as icons. Drop words nobody needs; put helpful ones in a closed `sm-hint`. Expose the capability, not the implementation: meaningful controls, sensible defaults, preview, direct manipulation, progress, clear errors and visible outputs. Do not show raw JSON, internal IDs, filesystem details, provider terminology or developer settings unless the Block is itself a developer tool. When a person chooses among options they need to hear or see (voices, music, sounds, fonts, looks, colors, templates or images), let them preview each option before choosing: a sample to play or a thumbnail, from the Block's own files or the host's free samples, never a paid generation. Leave previews out only when the builder states there is nothing to preview. Choices StillMade owns, such as voices and models in the run review, already show their samples. Follow the host appearance (Light, Dark and White) and the mobile layout contract: one interface for every screen size that fits a 320 CSS-pixel phone without horizontal scrolling.
+If the capability needs UI, use the Block UI SDK: generated `manifest.ui` controls first; a sandboxed custom view (`view.html`/`view.css`/`view.js`) only when the core interaction genuinely needs one. Build custom views from the Block kit the host injects (`block-kit.css`): the result in `sm-stage`, picks as pictures in `sm-choices`, one `sm-primary` naming the action (Write, Generate; never "Run") and no price (StillMade's run button adds it), extras in a closed `sm-more`; a look the person names wins. Fit one laptop screen without scrolling: label beside control, status in a few words, files as tiles, rare tools as icons, (i) on unclear controls. Drop words nobody needs; put helpful ones in a closed `sm-hint`. Expose the capability, not the implementation: meaningful controls, sensible defaults, preview, direct manipulation, progress, clear errors and visible outputs. Do not show raw JSON, internal IDs, filesystem details, provider terminology or developer settings unless the Block is itself a developer tool. When a person chooses among options they need to hear or see (voices, music, sounds, fonts, looks, colors, templates or images), let them preview each option before choosing: a sample to play or a thumbnail, from the Block's own files or the host's free samples, never a paid generation. Leave previews out only when the builder states there is nothing to preview. Choices StillMade owns, such as voices and models in the run review, already show their samples. Follow the host appearance (Light, Dark and White) and the mobile layout contract: one interface for every screen size that fits a 320 CSS-pixel phone without horizontal scrolling.
 
 ## Shared editing
 

package/INTERFACE_DESIGN.md

@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ exception, never unrelated technical UI.
     a file is too big.
 14. Rare tools (update, schedule, history, reload) are named icon buttons
     beside the action, never sections under the work.
+15. An (i) beside anything a newcomer could misread. A setting, status or
+    number whose effect is not obvious from its label ("Duplicates", "FPS",
+    "Commit", "Ready to render") gets a closed `sm-hint` next to it with one
+    or two plain sentences. On generated controls StillMade shows the input's
+    `description` as that (i), so write a `description` for every input that
+    needs one. Obvious controls ("Photos", "Tone") get none.
 
 ## 4. What StillMade checks
 

package/PASTE_TO_LLM.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 <!-- builder-contract:start (generated by npm run build:sdk; do not edit) -->
 
-## Block builder contract (stillmade.block-builder@1.5.1)
+## Block builder contract (stillmade.block-builder@1.5.2)
 
-Contract `stillmade.block-builder@1.5.1`. Humans, coding agents, imported source, GitHub repositories and generated code all adapt to the Block platform; anything that becomes a StillMade Block obeys this contract.
+Contract `stillmade.block-builder@1.5.2`. Humans, coding agents, imported source, GitHub repositories and generated code all adapt to the Block platform; anything that becomes a StillMade Block obeys this contract.
 
 ### Source of truth
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Give the Block a short, plain name of 40 characters or fewer that says what it d
 
 ### Interface
 
-If the capability needs UI, use the Block UI SDK: generated `manifest.ui` controls first; a sandboxed custom view (`view.html`/`view.css`/`view.js`) only when the core interaction genuinely needs one. Build custom views from the Block kit the host injects (`block-kit.css`): the result in `sm-stage`, picks as pictures in `sm-choices`, one `sm-primary` naming the action (Write, Generate; never "Run") and no price (StillMade's run button adds it), extras in a closed `sm-more`; a look the person names wins. Fit one laptop screen without scrolling: label beside control, status in a few words, files as tiles, rare tools as icons. Drop words nobody needs; put helpful ones in a closed `sm-hint`. Expose the capability, not the implementation: meaningful controls, sensible defaults, preview, direct manipulation, progress, clear errors and visible outputs. Do not show raw JSON, internal IDs, filesystem details, provider terminology or developer settings unless the Block is itself a developer tool. When a person chooses among options they need to hear or see (voices, music, sounds, fonts, looks, colors, templates or images), let them preview each option before choosing: a sample to play or a thumbnail, from the Block's own files or the host's free samples, never a paid generation. Leave previews out only when the builder states there is nothing to preview. Choices StillMade owns, such as voices and models in the run review, already show their samples. Follow the host appearance (Light, Dark and White) and the mobile layout contract: one interface for every screen size that fits a 320 CSS-pixel phone without horizontal scrolling.
+If the capability needs UI, use the Block UI SDK: generated `manifest.ui` controls first; a sandboxed custom view (`view.html`/`view.css`/`view.js`) only when the core interaction genuinely needs one. Build custom views from the Block kit the host injects (`block-kit.css`): the result in `sm-stage`, picks as pictures in `sm-choices`, one `sm-primary` naming the action (Write, Generate; never "Run") and no price (StillMade's run button adds it), extras in a closed `sm-more`; a look the person names wins. Fit one laptop screen without scrolling: label beside control, status in a few words, files as tiles, rare tools as icons, (i) on unclear controls. Drop words nobody needs; put helpful ones in a closed `sm-hint`. Expose the capability, not the implementation: meaningful controls, sensible defaults, preview, direct manipulation, progress, clear errors and visible outputs. Do not show raw JSON, internal IDs, filesystem details, provider terminology or developer settings unless the Block is itself a developer tool. When a person chooses among options they need to hear or see (voices, music, sounds, fonts, looks, colors, templates or images), let them preview each option before choosing: a sample to play or a thumbnail, from the Block's own files or the host's free samples, never a paid generation. Leave previews out only when the builder states there is nothing to preview. Choices StillMade owns, such as voices and models in the run review, already show their samples. Follow the host appearance (Light, Dark and White) and the mobile layout contract: one interface for every screen size that fits a 320 CSS-pixel phone without horizontal scrolling.
 
 ### Shared editing
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Optional custom view interfaces are supported, but generated manifest.ui control
 
 *When:* StillMade's builder adds this section when the person asks for an interface, preview or controls, or refines a Block that has one.
 
-A custom interface is the optional package-level view:{html,css?,themedCss?,javascript?}; when refining, preserve and refine base.view. Design it by StillMade's interface principles, in order: Function first: unless the person asks for a design direction, build from the Block kit (`sm-block`, `sm-stage`, `sm-choices`, `sm-actions`, `sm-more`) and ship little or no CSS of your own. A direction the person names wins over the kit. Show the thing being made: the preview, media or result gets the largest area (`sm-stage`). Never a JSON dump, source editor, manifest or diagnostic panel unless the task is about source. One obvious next action (`sm-primary`); peers are quiet buttons or named icons. Seven or fewer choices in view. The action button names what it does ("Write", "Generate image", "Make video"), never "Run", "Run step", "Submit" or "Review cost". Show no credit numbers: StillMade puts the price beside the verb on its own run button ("Write · 1 credit"), with a chip for the model, quality or count when they can change. Pressing it runs at that price; a confirmation appears only when the server price is higher. Pictures over words: choices people see or hear are thumbnails, swatches, samples or glyphs (`sm-choices`), not word lists. Icons carry an accessible name and tooltip; never emoji. Words only when needed. Drop what nobody needs to finish the task (intros, "how it works", restating the Block name). Words that might help start collapsed (`sm-hint`, `sm-more`). Errors, spending approvals, stale inputs and destructive steps stay visible, in few words. Strong defaults; secondary settings go in `sm-more`, closed. Compact: the whole Block fits one laptop screen without scrolling. A short setting is one row, its label beside the control; no card around a single control. Status is a dot or a few words ("No narration yet"), never a paragraph; the reason sits behind an `sm-hint`. Files are tiles: a saved file is a thumbnail or chip and adding one is a + tile. Never the bare browser file picker, and no size limits in view until a file is too big. Rare tools (update, schedule, history, reload) are named icon buttons beside the action, never sections under the work. One workspace: no cards inside cards, no second title, step counter or Back/Next bar; the host owns navigation. Status sits beside the action it describes (`sm-status`), in a few words. Keep the page in normal scroll flow; no sticky media or control strips unless the editing task needs them. Text scene descriptions are planning notes, never a storyboard or an approved frame. Its DOM controller is separate from manifest runtime code. The view may also declare appearance:"original" or "host". For an imported design, preserve its colors with appearance:"original" and view.css; no themed replacement is required. Preserve base.view.appearance when refining unless the user requests a change. Omitted/host appearance retains the existing Light, Dark and White requirement: supply semantic colors in view.css or a complete replacement view.themedCss. An original-style view may optionally supply valid themedCss for a StillMade appearance preview. Use StillMade variables (--bg,--fg,--fg-muted,--border-tok,--r-3) only when opting into host styling; do not redefine host tokens in the themed variant. Appearance never relaxes sandbox constraints: no CSS escapes/filters/blending, imports/url(), or element.style mutations in JS. Use classes for UI state; media pixels retain their colors. Both CSS fields have the same 32 KiB limit; all existing shared-state, security and permission checks still apply. Declare elements in html, bind with document.getElementById/querySelector and addEventListener; use literal property access, array methods, textContent, input.value, button.disabled and canvas. Initial values: StillMade.onInput(values=>{...}); await StillMade.run(inputBindings) returns validated output bindings from the isolated package runtime; catch errors and show results. No computation in the DOM controller; put it in code/recipe. Disable the action button while pending.
+A custom interface is the optional package-level view:{html,css?,themedCss?,javascript?}; when refining, preserve and refine base.view. Design it by StillMade's interface principles, in order: Function first: unless the person asks for a design direction, build from the Block kit (`sm-block`, `sm-stage`, `sm-choices`, `sm-actions`, `sm-more`) and ship little or no CSS of your own. A direction the person names wins over the kit. Show the thing being made: the preview, media or result gets the largest area (`sm-stage`). Never a JSON dump, source editor, manifest or diagnostic panel unless the task is about source. One obvious next action (`sm-primary`); peers are quiet buttons or named icons. Seven or fewer choices in view. The action button names what it does ("Write", "Generate image", "Make video"), never "Run", "Run step", "Submit" or "Review cost". Show no credit numbers: StillMade puts the price beside the verb on its own run button ("Write · 1 credit"), with a chip for the model, quality or count when they can change. Pressing it runs at that price; a confirmation appears only when the server price is higher. Pictures over words: choices people see or hear are thumbnails, swatches, samples or glyphs (`sm-choices`), not word lists. Icons carry an accessible name and tooltip; never emoji. Words only when needed. Drop what nobody needs to finish the task (intros, "how it works", restating the Block name). Words that might help start collapsed (`sm-hint`, `sm-more`). Errors, spending approvals, stale inputs and destructive steps stay visible, in few words. Strong defaults; secondary settings go in `sm-more`, closed. Compact: the whole Block fits one laptop screen without scrolling. A short setting is one row, its label beside the control; no card around a single control. Status is a dot or a few words ("No narration yet"), never a paragraph; the reason sits behind an `sm-hint`. Files are tiles: a saved file is a thumbnail or chip and adding one is a + tile. Never the bare browser file picker, and no size limits in view until a file is too big. Rare tools (update, schedule, history, reload) are named icon buttons beside the action, never sections under the work. An (i) beside anything a newcomer could misread: a setting, status or number whose effect is not obvious from its label gets a closed `sm-hint` with one or two sentences. Give every input that needs one a `description`; StillMade shows it as that (i). Obvious controls get none. One workspace: no cards inside cards, no second title, step counter or Back/Next bar; the host owns navigation. Status sits beside the action it describes (`sm-status`), in a few words. Keep the page in normal scroll flow; no sticky media or control strips unless the editing task needs them. Text scene descriptions are planning notes, never a storyboard or an approved frame. Its DOM controller is separate from manifest runtime code. The view may also declare appearance:"original" or "host". For an imported design, preserve its colors with appearance:"original" and view.css; no themed replacement is required. Preserve base.view.appearance when refining unless the user requests a change. Omitted/host appearance retains the existing Light, Dark and White requirement: supply semantic colors in view.css or a complete replacement view.themedCss. An original-style view may optionally supply valid themedCss for a StillMade appearance preview. Use StillMade variables (--bg,--fg,--fg-muted,--border-tok,--r-3) only when opting into host styling; do not redefine host tokens in the themed variant. Appearance never relaxes sandbox constraints: no CSS escapes/filters/blending, imports/url(), or element.style mutations in JS. Use classes for UI state; media pixels retain their colors. Both CSS fields have the same 32 KiB limit; all existing shared-state, security and permission checks still apply. Declare elements in html, bind with document.getElementById/querySelector and addEventListener; use literal property access, array methods, textContent, input.value, button.disabled and canvas. Initial values: StillMade.onInput(values=>{...}); await StillMade.run(inputBindings) returns validated output bindings from the isolated package runtime; catch errors and show results. No computation in the DOM controller; put it in code/recipe. Disable the action button while pending.
 Standard custom view code (no `view.config.json` frame runtime) is checked before it runs. These rules come straight from the validator; frame views run in their own sandbox and may build the page with ordinary DOM calls such as `createElement`:
 
 - **HTML elements:** only `div`, `section`, `article`, `header`, `footer`, `main`, `aside`, `nav`, `h1`, `h2`, `h3`, `h4`, `p`, `span`, `strong`, `em`, `i`, `small`, `br`, `hr`, `label`, `input`, `textarea`, `button`, `select`, `option`, `optgroup`, `fieldset`, `legend`, `output`, `progress`, `meter`, `ul`, `ol`, `li`, `dl`, `dt`, `dd`, `figure`, `figcaption`, `img`, `video`, `audio`, `source`, `canvas`, `table`, `thead`, `tbody`, `tfoot`, `tr`, `th`, `td`, `pre`, `code`, `details`, `summary`. No scripts, iframes, SVG, forms, comments or inline event attributes; media URLs must be `data:` or `blob:`.

package/SDK.md

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ The archive needs Node.js 22 or later and nothing else; its runtime is bundled,
 
 ## Block builder contract
 
-Contract `stillmade.block-builder@1.5.1`. Humans, coding agents, imported source, GitHub repositories and generated code all adapt to the Block platform; anything that becomes a StillMade Block obeys this contract.
+Contract `stillmade.block-builder@1.5.2`. Humans, coding agents, imported source, GitHub repositories and generated code all adapt to the Block platform; anything that becomes a StillMade Block obeys this contract.
 
 ### Source of truth
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Give the Block a short, plain name of 40 characters or fewer that says what it d
 
 ### Interface
 
-If the capability needs UI, use the Block UI SDK: generated `manifest.ui` controls first; a sandboxed custom view (`view.html`/`view.css`/`view.js`) only when the core interaction genuinely needs one. Build custom views from the Block kit the host injects (`block-kit.css`): the result in `sm-stage`, picks as pictures in `sm-choices`, one `sm-primary` naming the action (Write, Generate; never "Run") and no price (StillMade's run button adds it), extras in a closed `sm-more`; a look the person names wins. Fit one laptop screen without scrolling: label beside control, status in a few words, files as tiles, rare tools as icons. Drop words nobody needs; put helpful ones in a closed `sm-hint`. Expose the capability, not the implementation: meaningful controls, sensible defaults, preview, direct manipulation, progress, clear errors and visible outputs. Do not show raw JSON, internal IDs, filesystem details, provider terminology or developer settings unless the Block is itself a developer tool. When a person chooses among options they need to hear or see (voices, music, sounds, fonts, looks, colors, templates or images), let them preview each option before choosing: a sample to play or a thumbnail, from the Block's own files or the host's free samples, never a paid generation. Leave previews out only when the builder states there is nothing to preview. Choices StillMade owns, such as voices and models in the run review, already show their samples. Follow the host appearance (Light, Dark and White) and the mobile layout contract: one interface for every screen size that fits a 320 CSS-pixel phone without horizontal scrolling.
+If the capability needs UI, use the Block UI SDK: generated `manifest.ui` controls first; a sandboxed custom view (`view.html`/`view.css`/`view.js`) only when the core interaction genuinely needs one. Build custom views from the Block kit the host injects (`block-kit.css`): the result in `sm-stage`, picks as pictures in `sm-choices`, one `sm-primary` naming the action (Write, Generate; never "Run") and no price (StillMade's run button adds it), extras in a closed `sm-more`; a look the person names wins. Fit one laptop screen without scrolling: label beside control, status in a few words, files as tiles, rare tools as icons, (i) on unclear controls. Drop words nobody needs; put helpful ones in a closed `sm-hint`. Expose the capability, not the implementation: meaningful controls, sensible defaults, preview, direct manipulation, progress, clear errors and visible outputs. Do not show raw JSON, internal IDs, filesystem details, provider terminology or developer settings unless the Block is itself a developer tool. When a person chooses among options they need to hear or see (voices, music, sounds, fonts, looks, colors, templates or images), let them preview each option before choosing: a sample to play or a thumbnail, from the Block's own files or the host's free samples, never a paid generation. Leave previews out only when the builder states there is nothing to preview. Choices StillMade owns, such as voices and models in the run review, already show their samples. Follow the host appearance (Light, Dark and White) and the mobile layout contract: one interface for every screen size that fits a 320 CSS-pixel phone without horizontal scrolling.
 
 ### Shared editing
 
@@ -7224,9 +7224,9 @@ Ask the assistant to return source files or one `.stillmade.json` package. Run t
 
 <!-- builder-contract:start (generated by npm run build:sdk; do not edit) -->
 
-### Block builder contract (stillmade.block-builder@1.5.1)
+### Block builder contract (stillmade.block-builder@1.5.2)
 
-Contract `stillmade.block-builder@1.5.1`. Humans, coding agents, imported source, GitHub repositories and generated code all adapt to the Block platform; anything that becomes a StillMade Block obeys this contract.
+Contract `stillmade.block-builder@1.5.2`. Humans, coding agents, imported source, GitHub repositories and generated code all adapt to the Block platform; anything that becomes a StillMade Block obeys this contract.
 
 ### Source of truth
 
@@ -7274,7 +7274,7 @@ Give the Block a short, plain name of 40 characters or fewer that says what it d
 
 ### Interface
 
-If the capability needs UI, use the Block UI SDK: generated `manifest.ui` controls first; a sandboxed custom view (`view.html`/`view.css`/`view.js`) only when the core interaction genuinely needs one. Build custom views from the Block kit the host injects (`block-kit.css`): the result in `sm-stage`, picks as pictures in `sm-choices`, one `sm-primary` naming the action (Write, Generate; never "Run") and no price (StillMade's run button adds it), extras in a closed `sm-more`; a look the person names wins. Fit one laptop screen without scrolling: label beside control, status in a few words, files as tiles, rare tools as icons. Drop words nobody needs; put helpful ones in a closed `sm-hint`. Expose the capability, not the implementation: meaningful controls, sensible defaults, preview, direct manipulation, progress, clear errors and visible outputs. Do not show raw JSON, internal IDs, filesystem details, provider terminology or developer settings unless the Block is itself a developer tool. When a person chooses among options they need to hear or see (voices, music, sounds, fonts, looks, colors, templates or images), let them preview each option before choosing: a sample to play or a thumbnail, from the Block's own files or the host's free samples, never a paid generation. Leave previews out only when the builder states there is nothing to preview. Choices StillMade owns, such as voices and models in the run review, already show their samples. Follow the host appearance (Light, Dark and White) and the mobile layout contract: one interface for every screen size that fits a 320 CSS-pixel phone without horizontal scrolling.
+If the capability needs UI, use the Block UI SDK: generated `manifest.ui` controls first; a sandboxed custom view (`view.html`/`view.css`/`view.js`) only when the core interaction genuinely needs one. Build custom views from the Block kit the host injects (`block-kit.css`): the result in `sm-stage`, picks as pictures in `sm-choices`, one `sm-primary` naming the action (Write, Generate; never "Run") and no price (StillMade's run button adds it), extras in a closed `sm-more`; a look the person names wins. Fit one laptop screen without scrolling: label beside control, status in a few words, files as tiles, rare tools as icons, (i) on unclear controls. Drop words nobody needs; put helpful ones in a closed `sm-hint`. Expose the capability, not the implementation: meaningful controls, sensible defaults, preview, direct manipulation, progress, clear errors and visible outputs. Do not show raw JSON, internal IDs, filesystem details, provider terminology or developer settings unless the Block is itself a developer tool. When a person chooses among options they need to hear or see (voices, music, sounds, fonts, looks, colors, templates or images), let them preview each option before choosing: a sample to play or a thumbnail, from the Block's own files or the host's free samples, never a paid generation. Leave previews out only when the builder states there is nothing to preview. Choices StillMade owns, such as voices and models in the run review, already show their samples. Follow the host appearance (Light, Dark and White) and the mobile layout contract: one interface for every screen size that fits a 320 CSS-pixel phone without horizontal scrolling.
 
 ### Shared editing
 
@@ -7432,7 +7432,7 @@ Optional custom view interfaces are supported, but generated manifest.ui control
 
 *When:* StillMade's builder adds this section when the person asks for an interface, preview or controls, or refines a Block that has one.
 
-A custom interface is the optional package-level view:{html,css?,themedCss?,javascript?}; when refining, preserve and refine base.view. Design it by StillMade's interface principles, in order: Function first: unless the person asks for a design direction, build from the Block kit (`sm-block`, `sm-stage`, `sm-choices`, `sm-actions`, `sm-more`) and ship little or no CSS of your own. A direction the person names wins over the kit. Show the thing being made: the preview, media or result gets the largest area (`sm-stage`). Never a JSON dump, source editor, manifest or diagnostic panel unless the task is about source. One obvious next action (`sm-primary`); peers are quiet buttons or named icons. Seven or fewer choices in view. The action button names what it does ("Write", "Generate image", "Make video"), never "Run", "Run step", "Submit" or "Review cost". Show no credit numbers: StillMade puts the price beside the verb on its own run button ("Write · 1 credit"), with a chip for the model, quality or count when they can change. Pressing it runs at that price; a confirmation appears only when the server price is higher. Pictures over words: choices people see or hear are thumbnails, swatches, samples or glyphs (`sm-choices`), not word lists. Icons carry an accessible name and tooltip; never emoji. Words only when needed. Drop what nobody needs to finish the task (intros, "how it works", restating the Block name). Words that might help start collapsed (`sm-hint`, `sm-more`). Errors, spending approvals, stale inputs and destructive steps stay visible, in few words. Strong defaults; secondary settings go in `sm-more`, closed. Compact: the whole Block fits one laptop screen without scrolling. A short setting is one row, its label beside the control; no card around a single control. Status is a dot or a few words ("No narration yet"), never a paragraph; the reason sits behind an `sm-hint`. Files are tiles: a saved file is a thumbnail or chip and adding one is a + tile. Never the bare browser file picker, and no size limits in view until a file is too big. Rare tools (update, schedule, history, reload) are named icon buttons beside the action, never sections under the work. One workspace: no cards inside cards, no second title, step counter or Back/Next bar; the host owns navigation. Status sits beside the action it describes (`sm-status`), in a few words. Keep the page in normal scroll flow; no sticky media or control strips unless the editing task needs them. Text scene descriptions are planning notes, never a storyboard or an approved frame. Its DOM controller is separate from manifest runtime code. The view may also declare appearance:"original" or "host". For an imported design, preserve its colors with appearance:"original" and view.css; no themed replacement is required. Preserve base.view.appearance when refining unless the user requests a change. Omitted/host appearance retains the existing Light, Dark and White requirement: supply semantic colors in view.css or a complete replacement view.themedCss. An original-style view may optionally supply valid themedCss for a StillMade appearance preview. Use StillMade variables (--bg,--fg,--fg-muted,--border-tok,--r-3) only when opting into host styling; do not redefine host tokens in the themed variant. Appearance never relaxes sandbox constraints: no CSS escapes/filters/blending, imports/url(), or element.style mutations in JS. Use classes for UI state; media pixels retain their colors. Both CSS fields have the same 32 KiB limit; all existing shared-state, security and permission checks still apply. Declare elements in html, bind with document.getElementById/querySelector and addEventListener; use literal property access, array methods, textContent, input.value, button.disabled and canvas. Initial values: StillMade.onInput(values=>{...}); await StillMade.run(inputBindings) returns validated output bindings from the isolated package runtime; catch errors and show results. No computation in the DOM controller; put it in code/recipe. Disable the action button while pending.
+A custom interface is the optional package-level view:{html,css?,themedCss?,javascript?}; when refining, preserve and refine base.view. Design it by StillMade's interface principles, in order: Function first: unless the person asks for a design direction, build from the Block kit (`sm-block`, `sm-stage`, `sm-choices`, `sm-actions`, `sm-more`) and ship little or no CSS of your own. A direction the person names wins over the kit. Show the thing being made: the preview, media or result gets the largest area (`sm-stage`). Never a JSON dump, source editor, manifest or diagnostic panel unless the task is about source. One obvious next action (`sm-primary`); peers are quiet buttons or named icons. Seven or fewer choices in view. The action button names what it does ("Write", "Generate image", "Make video"), never "Run", "Run step", "Submit" or "Review cost". Show no credit numbers: StillMade puts the price beside the verb on its own run button ("Write · 1 credit"), with a chip for the model, quality or count when they can change. Pressing it runs at that price; a confirmation appears only when the server price is higher. Pictures over words: choices people see or hear are thumbnails, swatches, samples or glyphs (`sm-choices`), not word lists. Icons carry an accessible name and tooltip; never emoji. Words only when needed. Drop what nobody needs to finish the task (intros, "how it works", restating the Block name). Words that might help start collapsed (`sm-hint`, `sm-more`). Errors, spending approvals, stale inputs and destructive steps stay visible, in few words. Strong defaults; secondary settings go in `sm-more`, closed. Compact: the whole Block fits one laptop screen without scrolling. A short setting is one row, its label beside the control; no card around a single control. Status is a dot or a few words ("No narration yet"), never a paragraph; the reason sits behind an `sm-hint`. Files are tiles: a saved file is a thumbnail or chip and adding one is a + tile. Never the bare browser file picker, and no size limits in view until a file is too big. Rare tools (update, schedule, history, reload) are named icon buttons beside the action, never sections under the work. An (i) beside anything a newcomer could misread: a setting, status or number whose effect is not obvious from its label gets a closed `sm-hint` with one or two sentences. Give every input that needs one a `description`; StillMade shows it as that (i). Obvious controls get none. One workspace: no cards inside cards, no second title, step counter or Back/Next bar; the host owns navigation. Status sits beside the action it describes (`sm-status`), in a few words. Keep the page in normal scroll flow; no sticky media or control strips unless the editing task needs them. Text scene descriptions are planning notes, never a storyboard or an approved frame. Its DOM controller is separate from manifest runtime code. The view may also declare appearance:"original" or "host". For an imported design, preserve its colors with appearance:"original" and view.css; no themed replacement is required. Preserve base.view.appearance when refining unless the user requests a change. Omitted/host appearance retains the existing Light, Dark and White requirement: supply semantic colors in view.css or a complete replacement view.themedCss. An original-style view may optionally supply valid themedCss for a StillMade appearance preview. Use StillMade variables (--bg,--fg,--fg-muted,--border-tok,--r-3) only when opting into host styling; do not redefine host tokens in the themed variant. Appearance never relaxes sandbox constraints: no CSS escapes/filters/blending, imports/url(), or element.style mutations in JS. Use classes for UI state; media pixels retain their colors. Both CSS fields have the same 32 KiB limit; all existing shared-state, security and permission checks still apply. Declare elements in html, bind with document.getElementById/querySelector and addEventListener; use literal property access, array methods, textContent, input.value, button.disabled and canvas. Initial values: StillMade.onInput(values=>{...}); await StillMade.run(inputBindings) returns validated output bindings from the isolated package runtime; catch errors and show results. No computation in the DOM controller; put it in code/recipe. Disable the action button while pending.
 Standard custom view code (no `view.config.json` frame runtime) is checked before it runs. These rules come straight from the validator; frame views run in their own sandbox and may build the page with ordinary DOM calls such as `createElement`:
 
 - **HTML elements:** only `div`, `section`, `article`, `header`, `footer`, `main`, `aside`, `nav`, `h1`, `h2`, `h3`, `h4`, `p`, `span`, `strong`, `em`, `i`, `small`, `br`, `hr`, `label`, `input`, `textarea`, `button`, `select`, `option`, `optgroup`, `fieldset`, `legend`, `output`, `progress`, `meter`, `ul`, `ol`, `li`, `dl`, `dt`, `dd`, `figure`, `figcaption`, `img`, `video`, `audio`, `source`, `canvas`, `table`, `thead`, `tbody`, `tfoot`, `tr`, `th`, `td`, `pre`, `code`, `details`, `summary`. No scripts, iframes, SVG, forms, comments or inline event attributes; media URLs must be `data:` or `blob:`.
@@ -9631,6 +9631,12 @@ exception, never unrelated technical UI.
     a file is too big.
 14. Rare tools (update, schedule, history, reload) are named icon buttons
     beside the action, never sections under the work.
+15. An (i) beside anything a newcomer could misread. A setting, status or
+    number whose effect is not obvious from its label ("Duplicates", "FPS",
+    "Commit", "Ready to render") gets a closed `sm-hint` next to it with one
+    or two plain sentences. On generated controls StillMade shows the input's
+    `description` as that (i), so write a `description` for every input that
+    needs one. Obvious controls ("Photos", "Tone") get none.
 
 ### 4. What StillMade checks
 
@@ -12293,7 +12299,7 @@ Optional custom view interfaces are supported, but generated manifest.ui control
 
 *When:* StillMade's builder adds this section when the person asks for an interface, preview or controls, or refines a Block that has one.
 
-A custom interface is the optional package-level view:{html,css?,themedCss?,javascript?}; when refining, preserve and refine base.view. Design it by StillMade's interface principles, in order: Function first: unless the person asks for a design direction, build from the Block kit (`sm-block`, `sm-stage`, `sm-choices`, `sm-actions`, `sm-more`) and ship little or no CSS of your own. A direction the person names wins over the kit. Show the thing being made: the preview, media or result gets the largest area (`sm-stage`). Never a JSON dump, source editor, manifest or diagnostic panel unless the task is about source. One obvious next action (`sm-primary`); peers are quiet buttons or named icons. Seven or fewer choices in view. The action button names what it does ("Write", "Generate image", "Make video"), never "Run", "Run step", "Submit" or "Review cost". Show no credit numbers: StillMade puts the price beside the verb on its own run button ("Write · 1 credit"), with a chip for the model, quality or count when they can change. Pressing it runs at that price; a confirmation appears only when the server price is higher. Pictures over words: choices people see or hear are thumbnails, swatches, samples or glyphs (`sm-choices`), not word lists. Icons carry an accessible name and tooltip; never emoji. Words only when needed. Drop what nobody needs to finish the task (intros, "how it works", restating the Block name). Words that might help start collapsed (`sm-hint`, `sm-more`). Errors, spending approvals, stale inputs and destructive steps stay visible, in few words. Strong defaults; secondary settings go in `sm-more`, closed. Compact: the whole Block fits one laptop screen without scrolling. A short setting is one row, its label beside the control; no card around a single control. Status is a dot or a few words ("No narration yet"), never a paragraph; the reason sits behind an `sm-hint`. Files are tiles: a saved file is a thumbnail or chip and adding one is a + tile. Never the bare browser file picker, and no size limits in view until a file is too big. Rare tools (update, schedule, history, reload) are named icon buttons beside the action, never sections under the work. One workspace: no cards inside cards, no second title, step counter or Back/Next bar; the host owns navigation. Status sits beside the action it describes (`sm-status`), in a few words. Keep the page in normal scroll flow; no sticky media or control strips unless the editing task needs them. Text scene descriptions are planning notes, never a storyboard or an approved frame. Its DOM controller is separate from manifest runtime code. The view may also declare appearance:"original" or "host". For an imported design, preserve its colors with appearance:"original" and view.css; no themed replacement is required. Preserve base.view.appearance when refining unless the user requests a change. Omitted/host appearance retains the existing Light, Dark and White requirement: supply semantic colors in view.css or a complete replacement view.themedCss. An original-style view may optionally supply valid themedCss for a StillMade appearance preview. Use StillMade variables (--bg,--fg,--fg-muted,--border-tok,--r-3) only when opting into host styling; do not redefine host tokens in the themed variant. Appearance never relaxes sandbox constraints: no CSS escapes/filters/blending, imports/url(), or element.style mutations in JS. Use classes for UI state; media pixels retain their colors. Both CSS fields have the same 32 KiB limit; all existing shared-state, security and permission checks still apply. Declare elements in html, bind with document.getElementById/querySelector and addEventListener; use literal property access, array methods, textContent, input.value, button.disabled and canvas. Initial values: StillMade.onInput(values=>{...}); await StillMade.run(inputBindings) returns validated output bindings from the isolated package runtime; catch errors and show results. No computation in the DOM controller; put it in code/recipe. Disable the action button while pending.
+A custom interface is the optional package-level view:{html,css?,themedCss?,javascript?}; when refining, preserve and refine base.view. Design it by StillMade's interface principles, in order: Function first: unless the person asks for a design direction, build from the Block kit (`sm-block`, `sm-stage`, `sm-choices`, `sm-actions`, `sm-more`) and ship little or no CSS of your own. A direction the person names wins over the kit. Show the thing being made: the preview, media or result gets the largest area (`sm-stage`). Never a JSON dump, source editor, manifest or diagnostic panel unless the task is about source. One obvious next action (`sm-primary`); peers are quiet buttons or named icons. Seven or fewer choices in view. The action button names what it does ("Write", "Generate image", "Make video"), never "Run", "Run step", "Submit" or "Review cost". Show no credit numbers: StillMade puts the price beside the verb on its own run button ("Write · 1 credit"), with a chip for the model, quality or count when they can change. Pressing it runs at that price; a confirmation appears only when the server price is higher. Pictures over words: choices people see or hear are thumbnails, swatches, samples or glyphs (`sm-choices`), not word lists. Icons carry an accessible name and tooltip; never emoji. Words only when needed. Drop what nobody needs to finish the task (intros, "how it works", restating the Block name). Words that might help start collapsed (`sm-hint`, `sm-more`). Errors, spending approvals, stale inputs and destructive steps stay visible, in few words. Strong defaults; secondary settings go in `sm-more`, closed. Compact: the whole Block fits one laptop screen without scrolling. A short setting is one row, its label beside the control; no card around a single control. Status is a dot or a few words ("No narration yet"), never a paragraph; the reason sits behind an `sm-hint`. Files are tiles: a saved file is a thumbnail or chip and adding one is a + tile. Never the bare browser file picker, and no size limits in view until a file is too big. Rare tools (update, schedule, history, reload) are named icon buttons beside the action, never sections under the work. An (i) beside anything a newcomer could misread: a setting, status or number whose effect is not obvious from its label gets a closed `sm-hint` with one or two sentences. Give every input that needs one a `description`; StillMade shows it as that (i). Obvious controls get none. One workspace: no cards inside cards, no second title, step counter or Back/Next bar; the host owns navigation. Status sits beside the action it describes (`sm-status`), in a few words. Keep the page in normal scroll flow; no sticky media or control strips unless the editing task needs them. Text scene descriptions are planning notes, never a storyboard or an approved frame. Its DOM controller is separate from manifest runtime code. The view may also declare appearance:"original" or "host". For an imported design, preserve its colors with appearance:"original" and view.css; no themed replacement is required. Preserve base.view.appearance when refining unless the user requests a change. Omitted/host appearance retains the existing Light, Dark and White requirement: supply semantic colors in view.css or a complete replacement view.themedCss. An original-style view may optionally supply valid themedCss for a StillMade appearance preview. Use StillMade variables (--bg,--fg,--fg-muted,--border-tok,--r-3) only when opting into host styling; do not redefine host tokens in the themed variant. Appearance never relaxes sandbox constraints: no CSS escapes/filters/blending, imports/url(), or element.style mutations in JS. Use classes for UI state; media pixels retain their colors. Both CSS fields have the same 32 KiB limit; all existing shared-state, security and permission checks still apply. Declare elements in html, bind with document.getElementById/querySelector and addEventListener; use literal property access, array methods, textContent, input.value, button.disabled and canvas. Initial values: StillMade.onInput(values=>{...}); await StillMade.run(inputBindings) returns validated output bindings from the isolated package runtime; catch errors and show results. No computation in the DOM controller; put it in code/recipe. Disable the action button while pending.
 Standard custom view code (no `view.config.json` frame runtime) is checked before it runs. These rules come straight from the validator; frame views run in their own sandbox and may build the page with ordinary DOM calls such as `createElement`:
 
 - **HTML elements:** only `div`, `section`, `article`, `header`, `footer`, `main`, `aside`, `nav`, `h1`, `h2`, `h3`, `h4`, `p`, `span`, `strong`, `em`, `i`, `small`, `br`, `hr`, `label`, `input`, `textarea`, `button`, `select`, `option`, `optgroup`, `fieldset`, `legend`, `output`, `progress`, `meter`, `ul`, `ol`, `li`, `dl`, `dt`, `dd`, `figure`, `figcaption`, `img`, `video`, `audio`, `source`, `canvas`, `table`, `thead`, `tbody`, `tfoot`, `tr`, `th`, `td`, `pre`, `code`, `details`, `summary`. No scripts, iframes, SVG, forms, comments or inline event attributes; media URLs must be `data:` or `blob:`.

package/UI_AESTHETIC.md

@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ before/after examples from an Image Panels project (Voiceover 1,210 px to about
   file is too big.
 - Rare tools (version update, schedule, history, reload) are icon buttons in the
   header with a tooltip, plus a dot on the Step chip when one needs attention.
+- An (i) beside anything a newcomer could misread: a setting, status or number
+  whose effect isn't obvious from its label gets a small info toggle with one or
+  two plain sentences. Obvious controls get none. On Steps the (i) comes from the
+  input's `description`.
 - Mockups: `docs/ui-review/compact-principles.html`.
 
 ## Icon preference

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "stillmade-sdk",
-  "version": "0.1.9",
+  "version": "0.1.11",
   "description": "StillMade Block SDK, CLI and examples",
   "license": "PolyForm-Shield-1.0.0",
   "type": "module",