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package/assets/.agent/skills/hyperframes-animation/rules/depth-scatter-assemble.md

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----
-name: depth-scatter-assemble
-description: N elements scatter into / reassemble from a rotating 3D depth-cloud, each starting at a deterministic index-derived 3D offset and settling to a clean flat layout.
-metadata:
-  tags: 3d, scatter, assemble, depth, cloud, tumble, kinetic, letter, fragment, logo, reassemble
----
-
-# Depth Scatter ↔ Assemble
-
-N elements (glyphs, cards, icons, logo fragments) fly in from a rotating 3D depth-cloud and lock into a clean on-screen layout — or the reverse. Each element starts at a **deterministic** 3D offset (translateZ depth + rotateX/rotateY + an x/y scatter derived from its index), then tweens to its assembled flat position (`z: 0, rotation: 0`). Because every scattered position is computed by trig on the element's index — never `Math.random` — it renders identically every frame.
-
-Distinct from `orbit-3d-entry` (flip-in then a continuous orbit) and `center-outward-expansion` (a flat 2D burst from one shared center): here each element has its **own** point in a 3D cloud, and the resolve is a flat assembled layout, not an orbit or a radial spray.
-
-## How It Works
-
-Each element resolves to a flat layout position (`targetX/Y`, set once in CSS or via `data-*`). Its **scattered** state is derived from its index `i`:
-
-```js
-const GOLDEN = Math.PI * (3 - Math.sqrt(5)); // ~2.39943 rad — even angular spread, no clumping
-const a = i * GOLDEN; // this element's angle in the cloud
-const scatterX = Math.cos(a) * RADIUS; // index-derived, deterministic
-const scatterY = Math.sin(a) * RADIUS;
-const scatterZ = Z_NEAR - (i / (n - 1)) * (Z_NEAR - Z_FAR); // stepped depth across the cloud
-const rotX = Math.sin(a) * TUMBLE; // tumble orientation, also from the angle
-const rotY = Math.cos(a) * TUMBLE;
-```
-
-A single 0→1 `progress` proxy interpolates each element between scattered and assembled (lerp every channel). At `progress = 0` the elements form the depth-cloud; at `progress = 1` they sit flat in the layout. Run it forward and it's **assemble**; the cloud itself slowly rotates (a stage `rotateY` tween) so the scatter has life before it locks.
-
-Requires `perspective` on the stage and `transform-style: preserve-3d` on the stage AND each element, or the z-depth and tumble flatten to a 2D scale.
-
-## HTML
-
-```html
-<div
-  class="scene"
-  id="assemble-scene"
-  data-composition-id="assemble-scene"
-  data-start="0"
-  data-duration="4"
-  data-track-index="0"
->
-  <!-- The cloud rotates; the layout lives inside it. targetX/Y = each
-       element's FLAT assembled offset from stage center (px). -->
-  <div class="cloud-stage">
-    <div class="frag" data-target-x="-260" data-target-y="0">{glyph1}</div>
-    <div class="frag" data-target-x="-130" data-target-y="0">{glyph2}</div>
-    <div class="frag" data-target-x="0" data-target-y="0">{glyph3}</div>
-    <div class="frag" data-target-x="130" data-target-y="0">{glyph4}</div>
-    <div class="frag" data-target-x="260" data-target-y="0">{glyph5}</div>
-  </div>
-</div>
-```
-
-For a logo lockup, `targetX/Y` describe the parts' resting layout; for kinetic type, one `.frag` per glyph (inject spans from the phrase string at setup so width is exact — see Variations).
-
-## CSS
-
-```css
-.scene {
-  position: relative;
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
-  display: grid;
-  place-items: center;
-  background: {bgColor};
-  perspective: 1400px; /* REQUIRED — without it, z-depth + tumble read as flat 2D scale */
-}
-.cloud-stage {
-  position: relative;
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
-  display: grid;
-  place-items: center;
-  transform-style: preserve-3d; /* REQUIRED — preserves child 3D context */
-  will-change: transform;
-}
-.frag {
-  position: absolute;
-  /* Live at stage center; GSAP translates each one to its layout / cloud point. */
-  top: 50%;
-  left: 50%;
-  display: grid;
-  place-items: center;
-  font-family: {font};
-  font-weight: 900;
-  font-size: 120px;
-  color: {textColor};
-  transform-style: preserve-3d; /* each fragment keeps its own 3D context */
-  backface-visibility: hidden; /* hides the mirrored face mid-tumble */
-  will-change: transform, opacity;
-}
-```
-
-## GSAP Timeline
-
-```html
-<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.14.2/dist/gsap.min.js"></script>
-<script>
-  window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
-  const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-
-  const frags = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(".frag"));
-  const n = frags.length;
-  const GOLDEN = Math.PI * (3 - Math.sqrt(5)); // ~2.39943 — even spread, no clumps
-
-  // RADIUS, Z_NEAR, Z_FAR, TUMBLE, ASSEMBLE_DUR, ASSEMBLE_EASE, STAGGER,
-  // CLOUD_SPIN_DEG, CLOUD_SPIN_DUR — named constants per "How to Choose Values".
-
-  // Precompute each fragment's deterministic scattered state from its index.
-  const scatter = frags.map((el, i) => {
-    const a = i * GOLDEN;
-    const depthT = n > 1 ? i / (n - 1) : 0;
-    return {
-      x: Math.cos(a) * RADIUS,
-      y: Math.sin(a) * RADIUS,
-      z: Z_NEAR - depthT * (Z_NEAR - Z_FAR),
-      rotationX: Math.sin(a) * TUMBLE,
-      rotationY: Math.cos(a) * TUMBLE,
-    };
-  });
-
-  // 1) Park every fragment in the cloud BEFORE any tween fires.
-  frags.forEach((el, i) => {
-    const s = scatter[i];
-    gsap.set(el, {
-      xPercent: -50,
-      yPercent: -50, // bake self-centering so x/y are offsets from stage center
-      x: s.x,
-      y: s.y,
-      z: s.z,
-      rotationX: s.rotationX,
-      rotationY: s.rotationY,
-      opacity: 0,
-    });
-  });
-
-  // 2) The cloud rotates so the scatter has life before / during assembly.
-  tl.to(
-    ".cloud-stage",
-    { rotationY: CLOUD_SPIN_DEG, duration: CLOUD_SPIN_DUR, ease: "power1.out" },
-    0,
-  );
-
-  // 3) ASSEMBLE — each fragment tweens from its cloud point to its flat target.
-  frags.forEach((el, i) => {
-    tl.to(
-      el,
-      {
-        x: Number(el.dataset.targetX),
-        y: Number(el.dataset.targetY),
-        z: 0,
-        rotationX: 0,
-        rotationY: 0,
-        opacity: 1,
-        duration: ASSEMBLE_DUR,
-        ease: ASSEMBLE_EASE, // out-ease — fragments fly in then settle
-      },
-      i * STAGGER, // index stagger reads as "cloud collapsing inward"
-    );
-  });
-
-  window.__timelines["assemble-scene"] = tl;
-</script>
-```
-
-## Variations
-
-### Tumble-swap (mid-shot hand-off between two phrases)
-
-The signature for `kinetic-type-beats` beat changes: one phrase's glyphs scatter **into** the cloud at the same moment the next phrase's glyphs assemble **out** of it — a 3D hand-off between two states, never an empty frame. Two glyph sets share the cloud; drive both with one shared 0→1 `progress` so they cross deterministically.
-
-```js
-// outgoing[] and incoming[] are two glyph arrays, each with precomputed scatter[] (above).
-const swap = { p: 0 };
-tl.to(
-  swap,
-  {
-    p: 1,
-    duration: SWAP_DUR,
-    ease: "power2.inOut",
-    onUpdate: () => {
-      const p = swap.p;
-      outgoing.forEach((el, i) => {
-        // 1 → 0: layout → cloud (scatters AWAY)
-        const s = outScatter[i];
-        const tx = Number(el.dataset.targetX);
-        const ty = Number(el.dataset.targetY);
-        el.style.opacity = String(1 - p);
-        el.style.transform =
-          `translate(-50%,-50%) translate3d(${tx + (s.x - tx) * p}px,${ty + (s.y - ty) * p}px,${s.z * p}px)` +
-          ` rotateX(${s.rotationX * p}deg) rotateY(${s.rotationY * p}deg)`;
-      });
-      incoming.forEach((el, i) => {
-        // 0 → 1: cloud → layout (assembles IN)
-        const s = inScatter[i];
-        const tx = Number(el.dataset.targetX);
-        const ty = Number(el.dataset.targetY);
-        el.style.opacity = String(p);
-        el.style.transform =
-          `translate(-50%,-50%) translate3d(${s.x + (tx - s.x) * p}px,${s.y + (ty - s.y) * p}px,${s.z * (1 - p)}px)` +
-          ` rotateX(${s.rotationX * (1 - p)}deg) rotateY(${s.rotationY * (1 - p)}deg)`;
-      });
-    },
-  },
-  SWAP_AT,
-);
-```
-
-Inject a per-glyph span set for each phrase at setup (so `targetX` per glyph is the exact laid-out advance width — measure after `document.fonts.ready`), and hide each set's opacity to 0 until its window.
-
-### Radial letter-explode → resolve
-
-A flat-plane special case (the `kinetic-type-beats` "letters explode radially then resolve" GAP): set `Z_NEAR = Z_FAR = 0` and `TUMBLE` small so the cloud is a 2D ring, then reverse the assemble for the explode — fragments fling out to `scatter[i]` then snap back to layout. Pure in-plane, no depth.
-
-### Scatter-OUT (final-frame exit only)
-
-Reverse the assemble (layout → cloud, opacity 1→0) ONLY as the composition's last beat. A scatter-out mid-shot reads as an exit and breaks the shot — keep entrances and hand-offs as assemble or tumble-swap.
-
-### Parallax depth slide-in (logo lockup)
-
-For `logo-assemble-lockup`, give back layers a larger `|Z_FAR|` and a longer `ASSEMBLE_DUR`, foreground parts a shallower depth and shorter duration — parts at different depths slide in at different apparent speeds (parallax) and lock into the lockup.
-
-## How to Choose Values
-
-- **n (ELEMENT_COUNT)** — fragments / glyphs in the cloud
-  - Range: 4–14 (glyph sets follow the word length; for fragments/cards stay 4–9)
-  - Effects: few reads as deliberate assembly; many reads as a dense swarm condensing
-  - Constraints: above ~14 the cloud crowds the center and individual paths stop reading
-
-- **RADIUS** — cloud spread in the x/y plane, px
-  - Range: 250–700 px
-  - Effects: small = a tight knot that barely separates; large = fragments arrive from the frame edges
-  - Constraints: keep the farthest scatter inside frame at the chosen `perspective`, or fragments pop in from off-screen with no travel read
-
-- **Z_NEAR / Z_FAR** — depth band of the cloud, px (front / back)
-  - Range: Z_NEAR +150 to +450; Z_FAR −150 to −500
-  - Effects: a wide band (e.g. +400 / −400) gives strong fly-toward / recede-from camera depth; a narrow band keeps it nearly flat
-  - Constraints: very large `|z|` against a short `perspective` over-distorts (fragments smear huge then tiny) — widen `perspective` to match
-
-- **TUMBLE** — peak rotateX/rotateY of scattered fragments, deg
-  - Range: 40–110°
-  - Effects: low = fragments drift in nearly upright; high = they tumble through space and rotate upright on arrival
-  - Constraints: with `backface-visibility: hidden`, glyphs past 90° show blank mid-tween (intended for the tumble); for cards with content on one face, cap near 80°
-
-- **ASSEMBLE_DUR** — per-fragment cloud → layout tween, s
-  - Range: 0.7–1.4 s
-  - Effects: short = snappy lock-in; long = a floating condense
-  - Constraints: `(n − 1) × STAGGER + ASSEMBLE_DUR` must fit the scene's assembly window
-
-- **ASSEMBLE_EASE** — shared ease across fragments
-  - Discrete choice: `power3.out`, `expo.out`, `back.out(1.4)`
-  - Selection: `power3.out` default (fly in, settle). `expo.out` snaps hard at the end. `back.out` adds a small overshoot as parts seat. Avoid `in` easings — fragments look sucked backward into the cloud mid-air.
-
-- **STAGGER** — gap between successive fragments' assembly starts, s
-  - Range: 0.03–0.09 s
-  - Effects: < 0.03 = a single chord (whole cloud collapses at once); > 0.09 = a slow drip that loses the "swarm" read
-  - Constraints: `n × STAGGER` should stay below `ASSEMBLE_DUR` so the cloud is collapsing as one motion, not a queue
-
-- **CLOUD_SPIN_DEG / CLOUD_SPIN_DUR** — stage rotateY over the assembly, deg / s
-  - Range: 15–60° over a duration ≥ `ASSEMBLE_DUR`
-  - Effects: a gentle spin gives the scatter life so it doesn't read as a frozen explosion diagram; too fast competes with the assembly
-  - Constraints: keep finite and ending by settle — no `repeat`
-
-- **SWAP_DUR / SWAP_AT** (tumble-swap) — hand-off length / when it fires, s
-  - Range: SWAP_DUR 0.5–1.0 s; SWAP_AT on the beat boundary
-  - Effects: shorter = a hard cross; longer = a visible dissolve-through-cloud
-  - Constraints: outgoing and incoming MUST share one `progress` (one tween) so they cross at the same instant
-
-## Key Principles
-
-- **`perspective` on the scene root + `preserve-3d` on stage AND each fragment** — without all three, z-depth and tumble collapse to a flat scale
-- **Every scattered value is index-derived** — `cos/sin(i × GOLDEN)`, stepped `z` by `i/(n−1)`. The golden angle spreads points evenly with no clumps and (critically) **no `Math.random`**, so the cloud is byte-identical every render
-- **`gsap.set` the cloud BEFORE adding tweens** — park each fragment at its scatter point with `opacity: 0` first; the assemble tweens FROM there. Skipping the set leaves frame 0 showing the assembled layout, then a teleport when the first tween starts
-- **Resolve flat** — the settled state is `z: 0, rotationX: 0, rotationY: 0` in the layout. A cloud that resolves still-tilted reads as unfinished
-- **Assemble / hand-off only; scatter-OUT is an exit** — fragments leaving for the cloud mid-shot reads as the shot ending. Use forward assemble for entrances, tumble-swap for beat changes; reserve scatter-out for the final frame
-- **Depth ordering is automatic** — inside `preserve-3d`, paint order follows actual Z, so nearer fragments correctly occlude farther ones with no manual z-index (unlike the orbit case, where the orbit is faked in 2D and needs capped z-index)
-
-## Critical Constraints
-
-- **No `Math.random` / `Date.now`** — derive every scatter coordinate from the index (golden-angle trig + stepped depth). This is the whole point of the rule: a randomized cloud renders differently each frame and the seek breaks
-- **No CSS `transition`** — all motion is GSAP tweens on the paused timeline
-- **No `repeat` / `yoyo` / infinite** — the cloud spin and every assemble are finite, one-shot tweens that end before settle
-- **Timeline must be paused**: `gsap.timeline({ paused: true })`
-- **Registry key = `data-composition-id`**
-- **Transform aliases only** — `x`, `y`, `z`, `scale`, `rotation`/`rotationX`/`rotationY`. Never `width`/`height`/`left`/`top`; `x`/`y` compose with the `xPercent/yPercent -50` self-centering
-- **`will-change: transform`** on stage + fragments — many simultaneous 3D transforms benefit from compositor hints
-- **In tumble-swap, one shared `progress` for both glyph sets** — two separate tweens can drift out of phase under seek and the cross stops looking like a single hand-off
-
-## Combinations
-
-- [orbit-3d-entry.md](orbit-3d-entry.md) — alternative 3D entrance (settles into a continuous orbit instead of a flat lockup); shares the `perspective` + `preserve-3d` stage setup
-- [hacker-flip-3d.md](hacker-flip-3d.md) — per-glyph 3D flip/decode as the fragments seat; layer for a "letters tumble in AND decode on arrival" read
-- [3d-text-depth-layers.md](3d-text-depth-layers.md) — give the assembled wordmark a stacked extrusion once it locks
-- [center-outward-expansion.md](center-outward-expansion.md) — flat 2D cousin (single shared center, no depth) when perspective isn't wanted
-- [press-release-spring.md](press-release-spring.md) — a spring settle on the assembled lockup once the cloud resolves
-- [sine-wave-loop.md](sine-wave-loop.md) — idle breathe on the resolved layout instead of a frozen hold
-
-## Pairs with HF skills
-
-- `/hyperframes-animation` — timeline + `onUpdate` API (the shared-progress tumble-swap)
-- `/hyperframes-core` — composition wiring
-- `/hyperframes-cli` — `hyperframes lint`
+---
+name: depth-scatter-assemble
+description: N elements scatter into / reassemble from a rotating 3D depth-cloud, each starting at a deterministic index-derived 3D offset and settling to a clean flat layout.
+metadata:
+  tags: 3d, scatter, assemble, depth, cloud, tumble, kinetic, letter, fragment, logo, reassemble
+---
+
+# Depth Scatter ↔ Assemble
+
+N elements (glyphs, cards, icons, logo fragments) fly in from a rotating 3D depth-cloud and lock into a clean on-screen layout — or the reverse. Each element starts at a **deterministic** 3D offset (translateZ depth + rotateX/rotateY + an x/y scatter derived from its index), then tweens to its assembled flat position (`z: 0, rotation: 0`). Because every scattered position is computed by trig on the element's index — never `Math.random` — it renders identically every frame.
+
+Distinct from `orbit-3d-entry` (flip-in then a continuous orbit) and `center-outward-expansion` (a flat 2D burst from one shared center): here each element has its **own** point in a 3D cloud, and the resolve is a flat assembled layout, not an orbit or a radial spray.
+
+## How It Works
+
+Each element resolves to a flat layout position (`targetX/Y`, set once in CSS or via `data-*`). Its **scattered** state is derived from its index `i`:
+
+```js
+const GOLDEN = Math.PI * (3 - Math.sqrt(5)); // ~2.39943 rad — even angular spread, no clumping
+const a = i * GOLDEN; // this element's angle in the cloud
+const scatterX = Math.cos(a) * RADIUS; // index-derived, deterministic
+const scatterY = Math.sin(a) * RADIUS;
+const scatterZ = Z_NEAR - (i / (n - 1)) * (Z_NEAR - Z_FAR); // stepped depth across the cloud
+const rotX = Math.sin(a) * TUMBLE; // tumble orientation, also from the angle
+const rotY = Math.cos(a) * TUMBLE;
+```
+
+A single 0→1 `progress` proxy interpolates each element between scattered and assembled (lerp every channel). At `progress = 0` the elements form the depth-cloud; at `progress = 1` they sit flat in the layout. Run it forward and it's **assemble**; the cloud itself slowly rotates (a stage `rotateY` tween) so the scatter has life before it locks.
+
+Requires `perspective` on the stage and `transform-style: preserve-3d` on the stage AND each element, or the z-depth and tumble flatten to a 2D scale.
+
+## HTML
+
+```html
+<div
+  class="scene"
+  id="assemble-scene"
+  data-composition-id="assemble-scene"
+  data-start="0"
+  data-duration="4"
+  data-track-index="0"
+>
+  <!-- The cloud rotates; the layout lives inside it. targetX/Y = each
+       element's FLAT assembled offset from stage center (px). -->
+  <div class="cloud-stage">
+    <div class="frag" data-target-x="-260" data-target-y="0">{glyph1}</div>
+    <div class="frag" data-target-x="-130" data-target-y="0">{glyph2}</div>
+    <div class="frag" data-target-x="0" data-target-y="0">{glyph3}</div>
+    <div class="frag" data-target-x="130" data-target-y="0">{glyph4}</div>
+    <div class="frag" data-target-x="260" data-target-y="0">{glyph5}</div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+```
+
+For a logo lockup, `targetX/Y` describe the parts' resting layout; for kinetic type, one `.frag` per glyph (inject spans from the phrase string at setup so width is exact — see Variations).
+
+## CSS
+
+```css
+.scene {
+  position: relative;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  background: {bgColor};
+  perspective: 1400px; /* REQUIRED — without it, z-depth + tumble read as flat 2D scale */
+}
+.cloud-stage {
+  position: relative;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  transform-style: preserve-3d; /* REQUIRED — preserves child 3D context */
+  will-change: transform;
+}
+.frag {
+  position: absolute;
+  /* Live at stage center; GSAP translates each one to its layout / cloud point. */
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  font-family: {font};
+  font-weight: 900;
+  font-size: 120px;
+  color: {textColor};
+  transform-style: preserve-3d; /* each fragment keeps its own 3D context */
+  backface-visibility: hidden; /* hides the mirrored face mid-tumble */
+  will-change: transform, opacity;
+}
+```
+
+## GSAP Timeline
+
+```html
+<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.14.2/dist/gsap.min.js"></script>
+<script>
+  window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
+  const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
+
+  const frags = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(".frag"));
+  const n = frags.length;
+  const GOLDEN = Math.PI * (3 - Math.sqrt(5)); // ~2.39943 — even spread, no clumps
+
+  // RADIUS, Z_NEAR, Z_FAR, TUMBLE, ASSEMBLE_DUR, ASSEMBLE_EASE, STAGGER,
+  // CLOUD_SPIN_DEG, CLOUD_SPIN_DUR — named constants per "How to Choose Values".
+
+  // Precompute each fragment's deterministic scattered state from its index.
+  const scatter = frags.map((el, i) => {
+    const a = i * GOLDEN;
+    const depthT = n > 1 ? i / (n - 1) : 0;
+    return {
+      x: Math.cos(a) * RADIUS,
+      y: Math.sin(a) * RADIUS,
+      z: Z_NEAR - depthT * (Z_NEAR - Z_FAR),
+      rotationX: Math.sin(a) * TUMBLE,
+      rotationY: Math.cos(a) * TUMBLE,
+    };
+  });
+
+  // 1) Park every fragment in the cloud BEFORE any tween fires.
+  frags.forEach((el, i) => {
+    const s = scatter[i];
+    gsap.set(el, {
+      xPercent: -50,
+      yPercent: -50, // bake self-centering so x/y are offsets from stage center
+      x: s.x,
+      y: s.y,
+      z: s.z,
+      rotationX: s.rotationX,
+      rotationY: s.rotationY,
+      opacity: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
+  // 2) The cloud rotates so the scatter has life before / during assembly.
+  tl.to(
+    ".cloud-stage",
+    { rotationY: CLOUD_SPIN_DEG, duration: CLOUD_SPIN_DUR, ease: "power1.out" },
+    0,
+  );
+
+  // 3) ASSEMBLE — each fragment tweens from its cloud point to its flat target.
+  frags.forEach((el, i) => {
+    tl.to(
+      el,
+      {
+        x: Number(el.dataset.targetX),
+        y: Number(el.dataset.targetY),
+        z: 0,
+        rotationX: 0,
+        rotationY: 0,
+        opacity: 1,
+        duration: ASSEMBLE_DUR,
+        ease: ASSEMBLE_EASE, // out-ease — fragments fly in then settle
+      },
+      i * STAGGER, // index stagger reads as "cloud collapsing inward"
+    );
+  });
+
+  window.__timelines["assemble-scene"] = tl;
+</script>
+```
+
+## Variations
+
+### Tumble-swap (mid-shot hand-off between two phrases)
+
+The signature for `kinetic-type-beats` beat changes: one phrase's glyphs scatter **into** the cloud at the same moment the next phrase's glyphs assemble **out** of it — a 3D hand-off between two states, never an empty frame. Two glyph sets share the cloud; drive both with one shared 0→1 `progress` so they cross deterministically.
+
+```js
+// outgoing[] and incoming[] are two glyph arrays, each with precomputed scatter[] (above).
+const swap = { p: 0 };
+tl.to(
+  swap,
+  {
+    p: 1,
+    duration: SWAP_DUR,
+    ease: "power2.inOut",
+    onUpdate: () => {
+      const p = swap.p;
+      outgoing.forEach((el, i) => {
+        // 1 → 0: layout → cloud (scatters AWAY)
+        const s = outScatter[i];
+        const tx = Number(el.dataset.targetX);
+        const ty = Number(el.dataset.targetY);
+        el.style.opacity = String(1 - p);
+        el.style.transform =
+          `translate(-50%,-50%) translate3d(${tx + (s.x - tx) * p}px,${ty + (s.y - ty) * p}px,${s.z * p}px)` +
+          ` rotateX(${s.rotationX * p}deg) rotateY(${s.rotationY * p}deg)`;
+      });
+      incoming.forEach((el, i) => {
+        // 0 → 1: cloud → layout (assembles IN)
+        const s = inScatter[i];
+        const tx = Number(el.dataset.targetX);
+        const ty = Number(el.dataset.targetY);
+        el.style.opacity = String(p);
+        el.style.transform =
+          `translate(-50%,-50%) translate3d(${s.x + (tx - s.x) * p}px,${s.y + (ty - s.y) * p}px,${s.z * (1 - p)}px)` +
+          ` rotateX(${s.rotationX * (1 - p)}deg) rotateY(${s.rotationY * (1 - p)}deg)`;
+      });
+    },
+  },
+  SWAP_AT,
+);
+```
+
+Inject a per-glyph span set for each phrase at setup (so `targetX` per glyph is the exact laid-out advance width — measure after `document.fonts.ready`), and hide each set's opacity to 0 until its window.
+
+### Radial letter-explode → resolve
+
+A flat-plane special case (the `kinetic-type-beats` "letters explode radially then resolve" GAP): set `Z_NEAR = Z_FAR = 0` and `TUMBLE` small so the cloud is a 2D ring, then reverse the assemble for the explode — fragments fling out to `scatter[i]` then snap back to layout. Pure in-plane, no depth.
+
+### Scatter-OUT (final-frame exit only)
+
+Reverse the assemble (layout → cloud, opacity 1→0) ONLY as the composition's last beat. A scatter-out mid-shot reads as an exit and breaks the shot — keep entrances and hand-offs as assemble or tumble-swap.
+
+### Parallax depth slide-in (logo lockup)
+
+For `logo-assemble-lockup`, give back layers a larger `|Z_FAR|` and a longer `ASSEMBLE_DUR`, foreground parts a shallower depth and shorter duration — parts at different depths slide in at different apparent speeds (parallax) and lock into the lockup.
+
+## How to Choose Values
+
+- **n (ELEMENT_COUNT)** — fragments / glyphs in the cloud
+  - Range: 4–14 (glyph sets follow the word length; for fragments/cards stay 4–9)
+  - Effects: few reads as deliberate assembly; many reads as a dense swarm condensing
+  - Constraints: above ~14 the cloud crowds the center and individual paths stop reading
+
+- **RADIUS** — cloud spread in the x/y plane, px
+  - Range: 250–700 px
+  - Effects: small = a tight knot that barely separates; large = fragments arrive from the frame edges
+  - Constraints: keep the farthest scatter inside frame at the chosen `perspective`, or fragments pop in from off-screen with no travel read
+
+- **Z_NEAR / Z_FAR** — depth band of the cloud, px (front / back)
+  - Range: Z_NEAR +150 to +450; Z_FAR −150 to −500
+  - Effects: a wide band (e.g. +400 / −400) gives strong fly-toward / recede-from camera depth; a narrow band keeps it nearly flat
+  - Constraints: very large `|z|` against a short `perspective` over-distorts (fragments smear huge then tiny) — widen `perspective` to match
+
+- **TUMBLE** — peak rotateX/rotateY of scattered fragments, deg
+  - Range: 40–110°
+  - Effects: low = fragments drift in nearly upright; high = they tumble through space and rotate upright on arrival
+  - Constraints: with `backface-visibility: hidden`, glyphs past 90° show blank mid-tween (intended for the tumble); for cards with content on one face, cap near 80°
+
+- **ASSEMBLE_DUR** — per-fragment cloud → layout tween, s
+  - Range: 0.7–1.4 s
+  - Effects: short = snappy lock-in; long = a floating condense
+  - Constraints: `(n − 1) × STAGGER + ASSEMBLE_DUR` must fit the scene's assembly window
+
+- **ASSEMBLE_EASE** — shared ease across fragments
+  - Discrete choice: `power3.out`, `expo.out`, `back.out(1.4)`
+  - Selection: `power3.out` default (fly in, settle). `expo.out` snaps hard at the end. `back.out` adds a small overshoot as parts seat. Avoid `in` easings — fragments look sucked backward into the cloud mid-air.
+
+- **STAGGER** — gap between successive fragments' assembly starts, s
+  - Range: 0.03–0.09 s
+  - Effects: < 0.03 = a single chord (whole cloud collapses at once); > 0.09 = a slow drip that loses the "swarm" read
+  - Constraints: `n × STAGGER` should stay below `ASSEMBLE_DUR` so the cloud is collapsing as one motion, not a queue
+
+- **CLOUD_SPIN_DEG / CLOUD_SPIN_DUR** — stage rotateY over the assembly, deg / s
+  - Range: 15–60° over a duration ≥ `ASSEMBLE_DUR`
+  - Effects: a gentle spin gives the scatter life so it doesn't read as a frozen explosion diagram; too fast competes with the assembly
+  - Constraints: keep finite and ending by settle — no `repeat`
+
+- **SWAP_DUR / SWAP_AT** (tumble-swap) — hand-off length / when it fires, s
+  - Range: SWAP_DUR 0.5–1.0 s; SWAP_AT on the beat boundary
+  - Effects: shorter = a hard cross; longer = a visible dissolve-through-cloud
+  - Constraints: outgoing and incoming MUST share one `progress` (one tween) so they cross at the same instant
+
+## Key Principles
+
+- **`perspective` on the scene root + `preserve-3d` on stage AND each fragment** — without all three, z-depth and tumble collapse to a flat scale
+- **Every scattered value is index-derived** — `cos/sin(i × GOLDEN)`, stepped `z` by `i/(n−1)`. The golden angle spreads points evenly with no clumps and (critically) **no `Math.random`**, so the cloud is byte-identical every render
+- **`gsap.set` the cloud BEFORE adding tweens** — park each fragment at its scatter point with `opacity: 0` first; the assemble tweens FROM there. Skipping the set leaves frame 0 showing the assembled layout, then a teleport when the first tween starts
+- **Resolve flat** — the settled state is `z: 0, rotationX: 0, rotationY: 0` in the layout. A cloud that resolves still-tilted reads as unfinished
+- **Assemble / hand-off only; scatter-OUT is an exit** — fragments leaving for the cloud mid-shot reads as the shot ending. Use forward assemble for entrances, tumble-swap for beat changes; reserve scatter-out for the final frame
+- **Depth ordering is automatic** — inside `preserve-3d`, paint order follows actual Z, so nearer fragments correctly occlude farther ones with no manual z-index (unlike the orbit case, where the orbit is faked in 2D and needs capped z-index)
+
+## Critical Constraints
+
+- **No `Math.random` / `Date.now`** — derive every scatter coordinate from the index (golden-angle trig + stepped depth). This is the whole point of the rule: a randomized cloud renders differently each frame and the seek breaks
+- **No CSS `transition`** — all motion is GSAP tweens on the paused timeline
+- **No `repeat` / `yoyo` / infinite** — the cloud spin and every assemble are finite, one-shot tweens that end before settle
+- **Timeline must be paused**: `gsap.timeline({ paused: true })`
+- **Registry key = `data-composition-id`**
+- **Transform aliases only** — `x`, `y`, `z`, `scale`, `rotation`/`rotationX`/`rotationY`. Never `width`/`height`/`left`/`top`; `x`/`y` compose with the `xPercent/yPercent -50` self-centering
+- **`will-change: transform`** on stage + fragments — many simultaneous 3D transforms benefit from compositor hints
+- **In tumble-swap, one shared `progress` for both glyph sets** — two separate tweens can drift out of phase under seek and the cross stops looking like a single hand-off
+
+## Combinations
+
+- [orbit-3d-entry.md](orbit-3d-entry.md) — alternative 3D entrance (settles into a continuous orbit instead of a flat lockup); shares the `perspective` + `preserve-3d` stage setup
+- [hacker-flip-3d.md](hacker-flip-3d.md) — per-glyph 3D flip/decode as the fragments seat; layer for a "letters tumble in AND decode on arrival" read
+- [3d-text-depth-layers.md](3d-text-depth-layers.md) — give the assembled wordmark a stacked extrusion once it locks
+- [center-outward-expansion.md](center-outward-expansion.md) — flat 2D cousin (single shared center, no depth) when perspective isn't wanted
+- [press-release-spring.md](press-release-spring.md) — a spring settle on the assembled lockup once the cloud resolves
+- [sine-wave-loop.md](sine-wave-loop.md) — idle breathe on the resolved layout instead of a frozen hold
+
+## Pairs with HF skills
+
+- `/hyperframes-animation` — timeline + `onUpdate` API (the shared-progress tumble-swap)
+- `/hyperframes-core` — composition wiring
+- `/hyperframes-cli` — `hyperframes lint`