Content-pipeline Increment 2, part 1 (the experience). Implements design §11
(docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-24-content-pipeline-design.md):
- Rotating pool (§11.1): each ring scale references a POOL of vetted clips
(docs/content-candidate-pool.md); the player picks a random member on landing.
player.ring.Scale gains `pool` + pure `pick_clip_id(scale, r)` (injected
randomness); the pick happens at the API boundary (random.random()), a delta=0
advance is the initial/re-roll pick. clips.py parses/exposes the pool; the
client lands on move.target_clip_id. Back-compat: a scale with only clip_id is
a pool of one.
- Rename ring scale forest -> coast (new land<->sea scale, orbit..reef); ring
order cosmos -> orbit -> coast -> reef -> abyss -> wrap. Cleanup: dropped the
leftover local media (cosmos_traverse, orbit_westcoast, old forest/reef, the
Increment-1 orbit/abyss single bases); new coast-edge transition placeholders.
- Time-windowed tracked labels (§11.2): annotations gain appear/disappear
(loop-normalized, wraps across the seam); a label shows only while on screen
and its box tracks the subject. abyss + reef pools authored as test material.
- Progressive LEFT detail tiers (§11.3): per-object `salience` (first shows at
Left 5-salience) + tiered strings (general -> specific -> scientific -> +fact)
escalating with the Left knob; replaces flat min_level gating. Strings may be a
tier list or a static string (back-compat). No engine change (client reads
overlay.level).
- Progressive RIGHT emotion tiers (§11.4): affect vocabulary escalates basic ->
compound with the Right knob (dream.strength); appearance still gated by
min(left,right). No engine change.
New simulator/build_pool_manifest.py holds the hand-authored content and emits
the 19-clip pool manifest (the reproducible baseline). setup_scales_media.py
marked superseded. 251 passed / 4 skipped (+ ring pool + API pool/window tests).
By-eye visual review deferred to the operator (no Chrome on this box).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace the pre-baked SD restyle variants (too fluid — the painting re-rolled
every keyframe and the flow-warp melted frames) with a deterministic, real-time
dream that holds STILL across the loop; only the footage's own motion moves.
Design: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-22-right-axis-deterministic-dream-design.md
Engine (player/alteration.py): Restyle(variant) -> Dream(strength, intensity);
Calibration.right_variant_map -> dream_gain. player/state.py: a Right change is a
LIVE_UPDATE now, not a crossfade (only a clip swap crossfades). Plan dict
restyle -> dream. Tests migrated; 233 green. (No new Python behavior for the
client-render swap below.)
Renderer (simulator front-end): the Right dream is a WebGL2 Kuwahara shader on a
<canvas> over the live video — edge-preserving, so motion/structure stay crisp;
the dream is the same footage, just stylized (no blur). Ramped by the knob; max
goes "trippy" (vivid saturation + ~45deg hue drift + posterize, concentrated near
max via t=intensity^2). Phase-1 luminous-haze (CSS+bloom) was built then retired
by eye (blur read as out-of-focus video). Mood grade rides as a CSS filter on the
canvas; bloom layer removed.
Dev ergonomics that fell out of the iteration:
- /dev/version + a 1s client poll = live-reload (open tab never runs stale
renderer code; reloads on my edits AND server restarts).
- no-cache on the dev server; an on-screen error banner + crash-proof render so a
silent throw can't masquerade as "nothing is changing".
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Left-brain HUD look-and-feel pass (judged by eye in the sim):
- corner-bracket targeting reticles (capped arms) replace plain boxes
- translucent label chips, legible over any frame
- two sensor channels: cyan detections (with deterministic confidence
scores) vs amber measurements (center crosshair)
- bbox-sized "ANALYSIS . L{n} . {k} OBJ" status tag, escalating with Left
Affect channel (emotions in the HUD), per
docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-22-affect-channel-hud-design.md:
- surfaces only when BOTH knobs up; strength = min(left, right)
- stable per-scene palette, more words appear with combined strength
- soft glowing violet words on their own opacity layer (the dream
leaking into the machine's read); math in player/alteration.py
- forest/cosmos/abyss palettes in the manifest; 5 new unit tests
Simulator no-cache middleware so by-eye iteration never serves a stale
app.js / api response (fixes the latent "plan has affect but clip.affect
empty" stale-/api/clips bug).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
A multi-detent encoder spin previously chained one full transition per scale
crossed (e.g. +5 ≈ 5 placeholder morphs ≈ 12-15s), which feels sluggish for a
fast spin. Design §3 anticipates this: "transitions chain, or past a speed
threshold a faster blended pass is used."
`player.ring.advance_ring` gains an opt-in `fast_spin_threshold` (canonical
default `DEFAULT_FAST_SPIN_THRESHOLD = 3`). A spin batches its detents into one
advance() call, so `abs(delta)` is the input layer's proxy for spin speed; at or
above the threshold the move collapses to a single blended pass — one
`TransitionStep` (the arrival edge, marked `blended`, landing straight on the
destination, `RingMove.fast=True`) instead of the full chain. Landing index,
seam-crossing (`wrapped`), and arrival edge/direction are exactly the full
chain's; only the in-between transitions are dropped.
The policy is opt-in (default off) because the pure function cannot observe
wall-clock spin speed — the simulator/firmware, which can, enables it. This keeps
all existing complete-chain behavior and tests intact. The simulator passes the
default threshold and plays the blended step at 2.5× (FAST_BLEND_RATE); a
dedicated fast-blend clip can replace the accelerated arrival-edge placeholder
when real transition media exists.
- player/ring.py: TransitionStep.blended, RingMove.fast, threshold param + policy
- simulator/clips.py: serialize fast/blended in ring_move_to_dict
- simulator/app.py: apply DEFAULT_FAST_SPIN_THRESHOLD at /api/ring/advance
- simulator/static/app.js: play a blended step at FAST_BLEND_RATE
- docs: scales design §3, USER_GUIDE, ROADMAP slice-3 note
Tests: +9 (ring policy, serializer, API). Suite 224 passed / 2 skipped.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add scale-ring navigation to the simulator per the scales-library design §3:
an endless rotary-encoder control (relative, vs the absolute 0-4 experience
knobs) walks a closed ring of neutral "scales of nature" clips, with placeholder
AI zoom/warp transitions between adjacent scales and a small->large wrap (the
infinite-zoom payoff).
- player/ring.py (new, canonical pure logic): ScaleRing + advance_ring; one
transition clip per edge, played forward zooming inward / reversed outward;
modulo wrap both ways; chained steps for a multi-detent spin. Mirrors
player/content.py conventions (frozen dataclasses, pure functions).
- simulator: load_ring + ring_to_dict/ring_move_to_dict; GET /api/ring and
POST /api/ring/advance (Python owns step/wrap/transition math; the browser
only plays the returned transition(s) then settles on the target scale).
- frontend: endless-encoder control (zoom in/out buttons + stage scroll),
current-scale readout, multi-clip active-scale selection, transition playback.
- media: two cheap true-PD scales so the ring is demonstrable -- cosmos
(NASA/Hubble) + abyss (NOAA Ocean Exploration), provenance recorded in the
manifest, bytes generated as labelled placeholders by setup_scales_media.py.
The expensive multi-strength flow-stabilized Right re-bake is DEFERRED (new
scales carry a raw base only) until the ring is liked; Pi renderer +
serial/firmware remain deferred (simulator-first).
- docs: ROADMAP slice-3 done; USER_GUIDE scale-ring gesture; plan doc.
Verified: pytest 215 passed / 2 skipped (+22 new); sim boots, /api/ring +
/api/ring/advance correct incl. wrap, media served, and a headless-Chrome CDP
drive walked cosmos -> forest -> abyss -> (wrap) -> cosmos with the active clip
reloading correctly.
Spec: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-07-scales-library-and-right-axis-pipeline-design.md (§3)
Plan: docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-07-scale-ring-navigation.md
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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