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+---
+name: product-aware-heuristics
+description: Use when Defines specific visual and structural design heuristics and React/Tailwind templates tailored to different product types (SaaS, developer tools, AI interfaces, landing pages, fintech, e-commerce, and editorial).
+version: 5.0.0
+last-updated: 2026-09-13
+skills:
+  - ui-reasoning-engine
+  - interface-design
+  - baseline-ui
+  - better-ui
+tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, Edit, Write
+scripts-binding:
+  - .agent/scripts/lint_runner.js
+  - .agent/scripts/verify_all.js
+---
+
+# Product-Aware Heuristics — Category-Specific Design Systems
+
+## Mandatory Pre-Flight Context Inspection
+
+Before generating, refactoring, or reviewing code in the `product-aware-heuristics` domain, inspect these 5 critical parameters:
+
+1. **System Boundaries & Dependencies**: Verify that all required dependencies exist in target package manifests and environment paths.
+2. **Runtime Context & Platform Invariants**: Confirm target platform constraints (Node.js, Browser, Mobile OS, Edge runtime) before applying APIs.
+3. **Execution Guardrails**: Identify potential side-effects, state mutations, and unhandled asynchronous exceptions.
+4. **Validation & Type Contracts**: Validate input data schemas and strict type constraints across all module interfaces.
+5. **Observability & Proof of Execution**: Ensure execution produces tangible verification signals (terminal output, tests, metrics).
+
+## Activation Boundaries
+
+- **Activate when:** Use when Defines specific visual and structural design heuristics and React/Tailwind templates tailored to different product types (SaaS, developer tools, AI interfaces, landing pages, fintech, e-commerce, and editorial).
+- **DO NOT activate when:** The task falls outside the `product-aware-heuristics` domain or is managed by a different dedicated specialist.
+
+## 🔁 Multi-Pass Execution Protocol
+
+Execute all non-trivial tasks through this 7-pass cognitive loop:
+
+| Pass | Phase | Core Action |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Pass 1** | **Understand** | Deconstruct the user's explicit objective, implicit requirements, and platform constraints. |
+| **Pass 2** | **Plan** | Decompose the task into smallest logical steps; map dependencies and required tool calls. |
+| **Pass 3** | **Execute** | Implement the solution with production-grade craft, zero placeholders, and strict typing. |
+| **Pass 4** | **Verify** | Run linters, unit tests, or compiler checks to validate structural correctness. |
+| **Pass 5** | **Attack** | Perform an adversarial review searching for edge-case failures, race conditions, and traps. |
+| **Pass 6** | **Improve** | Eliminate discovered friction, optimize performance, and harden error boundaries. |
+| **Pass 7** | **Quality Gate** | Enforce Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) with concrete terminal proof before finalizing. |
+
+---
+
+## 🛠️ Technical Architecture & Reference Recipes
+
+---
+
+
+---
+
+## 1. SaaS & Enterprise Applications
+
+- **Goal:** Operational efficiency, scannability, multi-record management, and action density.
+- **Visual Tone:** Swiss Precision or Soft Minimal. Clear borders, muted tinted grays, and highly legible typography.
+- **Heuristics:**
+  - **Data Density:** Prefer structured tables and compact list views. Spacing should be tight but consistent (`8px` to `16px` grid).
+  - **Keyboard Workflows:** All common actions must have keyboard shortcuts. Tab focus paths must be linear and predictable.
+  - **Filters & Actions:** Provide global filters, batch action bars (appearing only when records are selected), and quick search boundaries.
+  - **Responsive:** Grid layouts reflow to linear scroll cards on smaller screens; large tabular displays must support horizontal scrolling with sticky primary columns.
+
+### SaaS Code Template (Dense Dynamic Table with Sidebar Detail Panel)
+
+```tsx
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Filter, MoreHorizontal, FileText, Check, ChevronRight, X } from 'lucide-react';
+
+export function SaaSDataTable({ records }) {
+  const [selectedIds, setSelectedIds] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const [activeDetailId, setActiveDetailId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  const activeRecord = records.find(r => r.id === activeDetailId);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="w-full flex gap-4 bg-[var(--bg-base)] p-4 rounded-[var(--radius-lg)]">
+      {/* Table Main Area */}
+      <div className="flex-1 bg-[var(--bg-surface)] border border-[var(--border-subtle)] rounded-[var(--radius-md)] overflow-hidden shadow-[var(--shadow-sm)]">
+        {/* Table Toolbar */}
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-3 border-b border-[var(--border-subtle)] bg-[var(--bg-base)]">
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+            <button className="flex items-center gap-1.5 px-3 py-1.5 bg-white dark:bg-[var(--bg-surface-raised)] border border-[var(--border-subtle)] rounded-[var(--radius-sm)] text-[var(--text-secondary)] hover:text-[var(--text-primary)] transition-all text-xs font-medium">
+              <Filter size={14} /> Filter
+            </button>
+          </div>
+          {selectedIds.length > 0 && (
+            <div className="flex items-center gap-2 animate-fade-in">
+              <span className="text-xs text-[var(--text-secondary)]">
+                {selectedIds.length} selected
+              </span>
+              <button className="px-3 py-1.5 bg-[var(--color-error)] text-white text-xs font-semibold rounded-[var(--radius-sm)] hover:opacity-90 transition-all">
+                Delete Selected
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Table container */}
+        <div className="overflow-x-auto">
+          <table className="w-full border-collapse text-left text-xs">
+            <thead>
+              <tr className="border-b border-[var(--border-subtle)] bg-[var(--bg-base)] text-[var(--text-muted)] uppercase tracking-wider font-semibold">
+                <th className="p-3 w-8">
+                  <input
+                    type="checkbox"
+                    onChange={e => setSelectedIds(e.target.checked ? records.map(r => r.id) : [])}
+                    checked={selectedIds.length === records.length}
+                    className="rounded border-[var(--border-subtle)]"
+                  />
+                </th>
+                <th className="p-3 font-semibold">Name</th>
+                <th className="p-3 font-semibold">Status</th>
+                <th className="p-3 font-semibold">Usage</th>
+                <th className="p-3"></th>
+              </tr>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody className="divide-y divide-[var(--border-subtle)]">
+              {records.map(record => (
+                <tr
+                  key={record.id}
+                  onClick={() => setActiveDetailId(record.id)}
+                  className={`hover:bg-[var(--bg-base)]/50 transition-colors group cursor-pointer ${activeDetailId === record.id ? 'bg-[var(--bg-base)]' : ''}`}
+                >
+                  <td className="p-3" onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
+                    <input
+                      type="checkbox"
+                      checked={selectedIds.includes(record.id)}
+                      onChange={e =>
+                        setSelectedIds(prev =>
+                          e.target.checked
+                            ? [...prev, record.id]
+                            : prev.filter(id => id !== record.id),
+                        )
+                      }
+                      className="rounded border-[var(--border-subtle)]"
+                    />
+                  </td>
+                  <td className="p-3 font-medium text-[var(--text-primary)]">{record.name}</td>
+                  <td className="p-3">
+                    <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 px-2 py-0.5 rounded-full text-[10px] font-semibold bg-emerald-500/10 text-emerald-500">
+                      <span className="w-1.5 h-1.5 rounded-full bg-emerald-500" /> Active
+                    </span>
+                  </td>
+                  <td className="p-3 font-mono text-[var(--text-secondary)]">{record.usage} GB</td>
+                  <td className="p-3 text-right" onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}>
+                    <button className="p-1 rounded hover:bg-[var(--bg-surface-raised)] text-[var(--text-muted)] group-hover:text-[var(--text-primary)] transition-all">
+                      <MoreHorizontal size={14} />
+                    </button>
+                  </td>
+                </tr>
+              ))}
+            </tbody>
+          </table>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Detail Slideout Panel */}
+      {activeRecord && (
+        <div className="w-[300px] border border-[var(--border-subtle)] bg-[var(--bg-surface)] p-4 rounded-[var(--radius-md)] shadow-[var(--shadow-lg)] flex flex-col justify-between animate-slide-in">
+          <div>
+            <div className="flex justify-between items-center mb-4">
+              <h3 className="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wider text-[var(--text-primary)]">
+                Record details
+              </h3>
+              <button
+                onClick={() => setActiveDetailId(null)}
+                className="p-1 text-[var(--text-secondary)] hover:bg-[var(--bg-base)] rounded"
+              >
+                <X size={14} />
+              </button>
+            </div>
+            <div className="space-y-3">
+              <div>
+                <span className="text-[10px] text-[var(--text-muted)] block">Name</span>
+                <span className="text-xs font-semibold text-[var(--text-primary)]">
+                  {activeRecord.name}
+                </span>
+              </div>
+              <div>
+                <span className="text-[10px] text-[var(--text-muted)] block">Usage Metrics</span>
+                <span className="text-xs font-mono text-[var(--text-secondary)]">
+                  {activeRecord.usage} Gigabytes
+                </span>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <button className="w-full mt-6 py-2 bg-[var(--color-primary)] text-white hover:bg-[var(--color-primary-hover)] rounded text-xs font-semibold transition-all">
+            Open full report
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 2. Developer Tools
+
+- **Goal:** Technical clarity, command-driven inputs, diagnostics readability, and low cognitive overhead.
+- **Visual Tone:** Swiss Precision or Neon Cyberpunk. Dark backgrounds, high contrast, monospace font blocks, and flat borders.
+- **Heuristics:**
+  - **Monospace Integration:** Log listings, code snippets, status outputs, and parameters must be wrapped in `<code/>` or `<pre/>` containers using `JetBrains Mono` or equivalent.
+  - **Interactive Consoles:** Integrate quick-copy buttons for snippets. Terminal emulator areas should have responsive layouts that prevent truncation of long lines.
+  - **Status Indicators:** Use explicit semantic color markers (e.g., solid red circle for critical error, pulsing green for active daemon) accompanied by text labels, never color alone.
+  - **Density:** Extreme. Maximize visible data on-screen; minimize decorative card wrapping and whitespace.
+
+### Developer Tool Code Template (Terminal log stream)
+
+```tsx
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Copy, Terminal, Check } from 'lucide-react';
+
+export function DevConsole({ logs }) {
+  const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false);
+  const command = 'npm run dev --port 8080';
+
+  const handleCopy = () => {
+    navigator.clipboard.writeText(command);
+    setCopied(true);
+    setTimeout(() => setCopied(false), 2000);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="w-full bg-[var(--bg-base)] dark:bg-black border border-[var(--border-default)] rounded-[var(--radius-sm)] overflow-hidden font-mono shadow-[var(--shadow-sm)]">
+      {/* Console Header */}
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between px-3 py-2 bg-[var(--bg-surface)] border-b border-[var(--border-subtle)]">
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs text-[var(--text-secondary)]">
+          <Terminal size={14} /> console.log
+        </div>
+        <button
+          onClick={handleCopy}
+          className="flex items-center gap-1 px-2 py-1 text-[10px] bg-[var(--bg-surface-raised)] border border-[var(--border-subtle)] rounded text-[var(--text-secondary)] hover:text-[var(--text-primary)] transition-all"
+        >
+          {copied ? <Check size={12} className="text-emerald-500" /> : <Copy size={12} />}
+          {copied ? 'Copied' : 'Copy'}
+        </button>
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Console Body */}
+      <div className="p-3 text-xs text-slate-300 space-y-1.5 overflow-y-auto max-h-[300px] leading-relaxed">
+        <div className="text-[var(--text-muted)]">$ {command}</div>
+        {logs.map((log, index) => (
+          <div key={index} className="flex gap-2 items-start">
+            <span className="text-[var(--text-muted)] select-none">[{log.time}]</span>
+            <span
+              className={
+                log.type === 'error'
+                  ? 'text-rose-400'
+                  : log.type === 'warn'
+                    ? 'text-amber-400'
+                    : 'text-emerald-400'
+              }
+            >
+              {log.type.toUpperCase()}:
+            </span>
+            <span className="text-slate-100">{log.message}</span>
+          </div>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 3. Consumer Marketing & Landing Pages
+
+- **Goal:** Emotional appeal, high conversion flows, brand differentiation, and typographic pacing.
+- **Visual Tone:** Editorial, Dark Luxury, Swiss Precision, or Organic Natural.
+- **Heuristics:**
+  - **Layout Asymmetry:** Avoid 50/50 hero templates. Use overlapping layers, full-bleed media breakouts, and dramatic grid breaks.
+  - **Typography Hierarchy:** Large, expressive display headings paired with highly legible body columns constrained to `60-70ch` to prevent eye strain.
+  - **Controlled Motion:** Use scroll-driven reveals (e.g., clip-path reveals, stagger entry) to guide reading flow. Avoid constant looping animations.
+  - **Visual Proof Grid:** Grid rows for logos and customer reviews must balance visual weight and scale.
+
+### Landing Page Code Template (Asymmetric Hero Section)
+
+```tsx
+import React from 'react';
+import { ArrowRight } from 'lucide-react';
+
+export function AsymmetricHero() {
+  return (
+    <section className="relative w-full py-20 px-4 md:px-8 overflow-hidden bg-[var(--bg-base)]">
+      <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-12 gap-12 items-center">
+        {/* Left Side: Editorial Typography Column (Spans 7 columns) */}
+        <div className="lg:col-span-7 space-y-6">
+          <span className="inline-flex px-3 py-1 text-[10px] uppercase font-bold tracking-widest bg-[var(--color-primary)]/10 text-[var(--color-primary)] rounded-full">
+            Flagship Release
+          </span>
+          <h1 className="text-4xl md:text-6xl font-extrabold tracking-tight leading-[1.05] text-[var(--text-primary)] text-wrap-balance">
+            Create interfaces that feel{' '}
+            <span className="underline decoration-wavy decoration-[var(--color-primary)]">
+              human
+            </span>{' '}
+            again.
+          </h1>
+          <p className="text-base text-[var(--text-secondary)] max-w-[55ch] leading-relaxed text-wrap-pretty">
+            We extract clean, reusable design principles from elite developer interfaces and encode
+            them into deterministic token specifications.
+          </p>
+          <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-4 pt-4">
+            <button className="flex items-center gap-2 px-6 py-3 bg-[var(--color-primary)] text-white hover:bg-[var(--color-primary-hover)] active:scale-95 transition-all rounded-[var(--radius-soft)] text-sm font-semibold shadow-[var(--shadow-md)]">
+              Get Started <ArrowRight size={16} />
+            </button>
+            <button className="px-6 py-3 border border-[var(--border-default)] hover:bg-[var(--bg-surface-raised)] transition-all rounded-[var(--radius-soft)] text-sm font-semibold text-[var(--text-secondary)]">
+              View Design Kit
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        {/* Right Side: Visual Accent Panel (Spans 5 columns, asymmetric displacement) */}
+        <div className="lg:col-span-5 relative mt-8 lg:mt-0">
+          <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-tr from-[var(--color-primary)]/20 to-transparent blur-3xl -z-10" />
+          <div className="bg-[var(--bg-surface)] border border-[var(--border-subtle)] p-6 rounded-[var(--radius-lg)] shadow-[var(--shadow-lg)] transform hover:-translate-y-1 hover:rotate-1 transition-all duration-300">
+            <h3 className="text-base font-bold text-[var(--text-primary)] mb-2">
+              Picasso v3 Token Output
+            </h3>
+            <pre className="text-[10px] font-mono text-[var(--text-secondary)] bg-[var(--bg-base)] p-3 rounded border border-[var(--border-subtle)] overflow-x-auto">
+              {`{
+  "theme": "dark-luxury",
+  "primary": "oklch(65% 0.22 250)",
+  "geometry": {
+    "radius-default": "12px",
+    "border-subtle": "1px hairlines"
+  }
+}`}
+            </pre>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 4. AI Interfaces
+
+- **Goal:** Interactive stream clarity, model transparency, history containment, and prompting accessibility.
+- **Visual Tone:** Neo-Glassmorphism, Dark Luxury, or Soft Minimal.
+- **Heuristics:**
+  - **Streaming Content States:** Show skeleton overlays or pulsing typing indicator bubbles during LLM processing. Stream response blocks chunk-by-chunk without layout shifts.
+  - **System Boundaries:** Visually differentiate user inputs, assistant responses, and system alerts (using background tinting or subtle border lines).
+  - **Actionable Prompts:** Provide quick-start suggestion chips at the bottom of empty chat views.
+  - **Scroll Locking:** Automatically anchor chat containers to the bottom as long messages render, but release lock if the user manually scrolls up to read history.
+
+### AI Chat Code Template (Input Prompt Area)
+
+```tsx
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Send, Sparkles } from 'lucide-react';
+
+export function AIChatInput({ onSubmit }) {
+  const [input, setInput] = useState('');
+  const suggestions = ['Generate SaaS Layout', 'Optimize CSS Grids', 'APCA Contrast Check'];
+
+  return (
+    <div className="w-full max-w-2xl mx-auto space-y-3 p-4 bg-[var(--bg-surface)] border border-[var(--border-subtle)] rounded-[var(--radius-md)] shadow-[var(--shadow-md)]">
+      {/* Suggestions Chips Row */}
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+        {suggestions.map((sug, i) => (
+          <button
+            key={i}
+            onClick={() => setInput(sug)}
+            className="flex items-center gap-1.5 px-3 py-1.5 bg-[var(--bg-base)] hover:bg-[var(--bg-surface-raised)] border border-[var(--border-subtle)] rounded-full text-xs text-[var(--text-secondary)] hover:text-[var(--text-primary)] transition-all font-medium"
+          >
+            <Sparkles size={12} className="text-[var(--color-primary)]" /> {sug}
+          </button>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+
+      {/* Input Text Form */}
+      <form
+        onSubmit={e => {
+          e.preventDefault();
+          if (input.trim()) {
+            onSubmit(input);
+            setInput('');
+          }
+        }}
+        className="flex gap-2 items-center border border-[var(--border-default)] rounded-[var(--radius-sm)] px-3 py-2 bg-[var(--bg-base)] focus-within:ring-1 focus-within:ring-[var(--color-primary)] transition-all"
+      >
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          value={input}
+          onChange={e => setInput(e.target.value)}
+          placeholder="Ask Antigravity UI to design..."
+          className="flex-1 bg-transparent border-0 outline-none text-xs text-[var(--text-primary)] placeholder-[var(--text-muted)]"
+        />
+        <button
+          type="submit"
+          disabled={!input.trim()}
+          className="p-2 bg-[var(--color-primary)] text-white hover:bg-[var(--color-primary-hover)] disabled:bg-[var(--text-muted)] disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed rounded-[var(--radius-sm)] transition-all"
+        >
+          <Send size={14} />
+        </button>
+      </form>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 5. Fintech & Dashboards
+
+- **Goal:** Financial precision, trust, quick status retrieval, and clean charts.
+- **Visual Tone:** Soft Minimal or Dark Luxury. Green/red semantic indicators should be soft sage and terracotta to avoid harsh, alarmist styling.
+- **Heuristics:**
+  - **Tabular Data Precision:** Use tabular numbers (`font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums`) to align digits perfectly in records.
+  - **Interactive Visualizations:** Chart axes must have visible grids and clear legend labels. Hover tooltips must follow mouse movements and show precise numerical values.
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 Edge-Case & Failure Mode Matrix
+
+| Scenario | Risk | Mitigation Strategy |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Empty or Null Inputs** | Unhandled exception or unexpected rendering collapse | Enforce fallback guards, optional chaining, and explicit empty state handlers |
+| **Network Timeout / Latency** | Hanging operations or duplicate side-effects | Implement bounded abort controllers, exponential backoff, and idempotency keys |
+| **Concurrency / Race Conditions** | Stale state overwrite or inconsistent data mutations | Use atomic transactions, mutex locking, or cancel-on-resubmit controls |
+| **Invalid Schema / Malformed Payload** | Downstream runtime errors or security injection | Validate boundary payloads with Zod/Pydantic schemas prior to execution |
+| **Resource / Memory Saturation** | OOM errors, frame drops, or memory leaks | Clean up listeners, cancel active timers, and enforce pagination/virtualization |
+
+---
+
+## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps Table
+
+| Anti-Pattern | What AI Commonly Does Wrong | What Is Actually Correct |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Uncontrolled Re-render Loop** | Mutating state inside render bodies or omitting hook dependencies | Wrap effects with explicit deps and isolate reactive derivations in useMemo |
+| **Accessibility Neglect** | Interactive <div> without role="button", tabIndex, or onKeyDown | Use semantic <button> or provide ARIA role, keyboard handlers, and focus ring |
+| **Layout Shift Flash** | Images/dynamic content without aspect-ratio or explicit dimensions | Enforce aspect-ratio or skeleton placeholders to guarantee zero CLS |
+
+---
+
+## 🏛️ Tribunal Verification & Guardrails
+
+**Active Reviewers:** `frontend-reviewer` · `type-safety` · `ui-ux-auditor` · `complexity-reviewer`
+**Slash Command:** `/review` or `/tribunal-full`
+
+### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit Checklist
+
+```
+✅ Are all component props strictly typed with zero implicit "any"?
+✅ Are responsive breakpoints, fluid typography, and optical balance verified?
+✅ Is accessibility (ARIA labels, keyboard focus, contrast) validated?
+✅ Are re-renders minimized and state lifecycles cleanly separated?
+✅ Did I verify all imported UI components and icon sets actually exist?
+```
+
+### 🛑 Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) Protocol
+
+**CRITICAL:** You must follow a strict "evidence-based closeout" state machine.
+- ❌ **Forbidden:** Declaring a task complete because the output "looks correct."
+- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing test suites, compiler success, or equivalent operational proof) that your output works as intended.

package/.agents/skills/progressive-blur/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: progressive-blur
+description: Use when Smooth progressive backdrop blurs, depth overlays, and modern glassmorphism using CSS mask-image and multi-layered backdrop filters without GPU performance drops.
+version: 5.0.0
+last-updated: 2026-09-13
+skills:
+  - 60fps-animation
+  - better-colors
+  - baseline-ui
+tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, Edit, Write
+scripts-binding:
+  - .agent/scripts/lint_runner.js
+  - .agent/scripts/verify_all.js
+---
+
+# Progressive Blur — Multi-Layered Glassmorphism & Depth
+
+## Mandatory Pre-Flight Context Inspection
+
+Before generating, refactoring, or reviewing code in the `progressive-blur` domain, inspect these 5 critical parameters:
+
+1. **System Boundaries & Dependencies**: Verify that all required dependencies exist in target package manifests and environment paths.
+2. **Runtime Context & Platform Invariants**: Confirm target platform constraints (Node.js, Browser, Mobile OS, Edge runtime) before applying APIs.
+3. **Execution Guardrails**: Identify potential side-effects, state mutations, and unhandled asynchronous exceptions.
+4. **Validation & Type Contracts**: Validate input data schemas and strict type constraints across all module interfaces.
+5. **Observability & Proof of Execution**: Ensure execution produces tangible verification signals (terminal output, tests, metrics).
+
+## Activation Boundaries
+
+- **Activate when:** Use when Smooth progressive backdrop blurs, depth overlays, and modern glassmorphism using CSS mask-image and multi-layered backdrop filters without GPU performance drops.
+- **DO NOT activate when:** The task falls outside the `progressive-blur` domain or is managed by a different dedicated specialist.
+
+## 🔁 Multi-Pass Execution Protocol
+
+Execute all non-trivial tasks through this 7-pass cognitive loop:
+
+| Pass | Phase | Core Action |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Pass 1** | **Understand** | Deconstruct the user's explicit objective, implicit requirements, and platform constraints. |
+| **Pass 2** | **Plan** | Decompose the task into smallest logical steps; map dependencies and required tool calls. |
+| **Pass 3** | **Execute** | Implement the solution with production-grade craft, zero placeholders, and strict typing. |
+| **Pass 4** | **Verify** | Run linters, unit tests, or compiler checks to validate structural correctness. |
+| **Pass 5** | **Attack** | Perform an adversarial review searching for edge-case failures, race conditions, and traps. |
+| **Pass 6** | **Improve** | Eliminate discovered friction, optimize performance, and harden error boundaries. |
+| **Pass 7** | **Quality Gate** | Enforce Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) with concrete terminal proof before finalizing. |
+
+---
+
+## 🛠️ Technical Architecture & Reference Recipes
+
+---
+
+
+---
+
+## 3 Progressive Blur Techniques
+
+### 1. Multi-Step Masked Progressive Blur
+
+To prevent harsh edge cutoffs in blurred headers or footers, blend 4 progressive blur layers using linear gradient masks:
+
+```css
+.progressive-blur-header {
+  position: sticky;
+  top: 0;
+  z-index: 40;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.blur-layer-1 {
+  backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
+  mask: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0, 0, 0, 1) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 25%);
+}
+
+.blur-layer-2 {
+  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
+  mask: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0, 0, 0, 1) 25%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 65%);
+}
+
+.blur-layer-3 {
+  backdrop-filter: blur(16px);
+  mask: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0, 0, 0, 1) 65%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 1) 100%);
+}
+```
+
+### 2. Glass Card Depth Recipe
+
+```css
+.glass-card {
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.65);
+  backdrop-filter: blur(16px) saturate(180%);
+  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(16px) saturate(180%);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
+  box-shadow: 0 8px 32px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
+}
+
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+  .glass-card {
+    background: rgba(18, 18, 20, 0.7);
+    border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
+    box-shadow: 0 8px 32px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.37);
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### 3. GPU Hardware Acceleration Protection
+
+Backdrop blurs can cause frame drops if animated directly.
+
+- **Rule**: Never animate `backdrop-filter: blur()` properties during scroll or transitions. Animate `opacity` of a static blurred pseudo-element instead!
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 Edge-Case & Failure Mode Matrix
+
+| Scenario | Risk | Mitigation Strategy |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **Empty or Null Inputs** | Unhandled exception or unexpected rendering collapse | Enforce fallback guards, optional chaining, and explicit empty state handlers |
+| **Network Timeout / Latency** | Hanging operations or duplicate side-effects | Implement bounded abort controllers, exponential backoff, and idempotency keys |
+| **Concurrency / Race Conditions** | Stale state overwrite or inconsistent data mutations | Use atomic transactions, mutex locking, or cancel-on-resubmit controls |
+| **Invalid Schema / Malformed Payload** | Downstream runtime errors or security injection | Validate boundary payloads with Zod/Pydantic schemas prior to execution |
+| **Resource / Memory Saturation** | OOM errors, frame drops, or memory leaks | Clean up listeners, cancel active timers, and enforce pagination/virtualization |
+
+---
+
+## 🤖 LLM-Specific Traps Table
+
+| Anti-Pattern | What AI Commonly Does Wrong | What Is Actually Correct |
+|:---|:---|:---|
+| **The Instant Pop Trap** | Conditionally unmounting elements without animated interpolation | Use AnimatePresence or coordinate morphs with continuous geometry |
+| **Layout Thrashing** | Animating width, height, top, or left inside animation loops | Animate composite-only transform (translate3d, scale) and opacity |
+| **Sluggish Duration** | Setting micro-interaction transitions to 600ms+ causing interface lag | Cap interactive feedback at 160ms–240ms with snappy ease-out curves |
+
+---
+
+## 🏛️ Tribunal Verification & Guardrails
+
+**Active Reviewers:** `frontend-reviewer` · `motion-reviewer` · `ui-ux-auditor`
+**Slash Command:** `/review` or `/tribunal-full`
+
+### ✅ Pre-Flight Self-Audit Checklist
+
+```
+✅ Does animation maintain 60fps/120fps using transform and opacity?
+✅ Is optical mass conserved across state interpolations without volume collapse?
+✅ Is duration capped within micro-interaction budgets (160ms–280ms)?
+✅ Is prefers-reduced-motion respected with graceful instant fallbacks?
+✅ Did I prevent layout thrashing and continuous geometry mutations?
+```
+
+### 🛑 Verification-Before-Completion (VBC) Protocol
+
+**CRITICAL:** You must follow a strict "evidence-based closeout" state machine.
+- ❌ **Forbidden:** Declaring a task complete because the output "looks correct."
+- ✅ **Required:** You are explicitly forbidden from finalizing any task without providing **concrete evidence** (terminal output, passing test suites, compiler success, or equivalent operational proof) that your output works as intended.