stardust: ia-fidelity axis + 10 non-slop disciplines + approval fold-back

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Summary

Coordinated three-part change against the stardust plugin source, validated end-to-end by the Wasatch Back Beerworks dry-run (4 working prototypes + 1 page-local fold-back + 4 friction entries at paolomoz/wasatch).

• Part I — ia-fidelity strategic axis pinned at direct time. verbatim (A1/A2/A3 surface forks; surprise capped at low site-wide; fold-back is a no-op by construction) or reimagined (A+B+C role-differentiated; per-page surprise budget; fold-back active). Default: reimagined. Auto-pinned by phrase signals; one-shot question when ambiguous. Propagates to DESIGN.json.extensions.iaPriorities[].mutability.
• Part II — 10 non-slop disciplines at three phase boundaries:
  • Brief-time (1-5): captured-source lineage / anti-template pass / surprise budget / substrate transitions / heading + voice classification — validator refuses briefs missing any.
  • Craft-time (6-8): reflex-reject font pre-flight / variable-font axis engagement / --fidelity=quick|refined|production tier.
  • Quality gates (9 + 10): Critique → Audit → Adapt cycle as Phase 2.5–2.7 (mandatory; gates prototyped); variant-convergence detector requiring ≥2 structural deltas per pair under reimagined, surface-only under verbatim.
• Part III — Approval fold-back at Phase 5. Site-wide / page-local / don't-fold options. --auto-fold / --no-fold flags. Verbatim no-op gating.

The four friction carve-outs from the Wasatch dry-run are folded inline:

• docs: add upskill path filter examples #1 — static-only display fonts (Bellfort etc.) exempted from Discipline 7's variable-axis check; body family axes engaged instead.
• Adding UI extension skills #2 — substrate-keyed document-shapes (zine / catalog-card / poster-sequence) may exceed Discipline 4's ≤2 substrate-transition cap when each transition carries a per-section captured-source citation.
• Update gh upskill command to include --all option #3 — placeholder-ribbon labels classified as direction-authorized chrome, not placeholder content (do NOT enumerate in _provenance.unsourcedContent[]).
• Added Skill for Building Blocks for EDS when AEM Sites Universal Editor is your Content Source #4 — tier-medium-or-higher variants may yield brand-level type-scale rules when captured-trait amplification structurally conflicts; yield cited per-page in _provenance.surpriseTier_typeScaleYields[].

Mechanical impact: Phase 5.5 (post-approval adapt) promoted to Phase 2.7 (pre-prototyped gate) so adapt findings block status advancement alongside critique + audit.

Files

Modified (7):

• skills/stardust/reference/intent-dimensions.md — §9 ia-fidelity axis + surprise field semantics
• skills/stardust/reference/divergence-toolkit.md — reflex-reject fonts + font deck expressive positions + non-template move bank
• skills/stardust/reference/state-machine.md — fold-back stale-flag trigger (4th) + iaPriorities mutability field + direction.iaFidelity in state.json
• skills/direct/SKILL.md — Phase 1 ia-fidelity tuning question + Phase 2.6 mode-aware variant fork + Phase 4 mutability stamping
• skills/direct/reference/direction-format.md — ia-fidelity movement line + field schema
• skills/prototype/SKILL.md — Phase 1 disciplines 1-5, Phase 2 disciplines 6-8, Phases 2.5/2.6/2.7 quality gates (Discipline 9), Discipline 10, Phase 5 fold-back step
• skills/prototype/reference/page-shape-brief.md — required _provenance fields + frontmatter fields + 6-rule validator contract

Created (5):

• skills/prototype/reference/fidelity-refined-pass.md — 8-item craft micro-pass with concrete CSS recipes
• skills/prototype/reference/anti-template-bank.md — five non-template moves with worked examples (document-shape entry carries the wasatch /beers variant C zine example)
• skills/prototype/reference/approval-fold-back.md — Part III procedure with worked example mirroring the wasatch 2026-05-13T19:45:00Z addendum
• skills/prototype/fixtures/composition-delta-good.md — passing fixture
• skills/prototype/fixtures/composition-delta-trivial.md — refusing fixture (token-only deltas)

Dry-run validation

The Wasatch Back Beerworks reference at paolomoz/wasatch validates 6 of 12 acceptance criteria end-to-end:

• Adding UI extension skills #2 (Phase 2.6 fork branches on tier) — A+B+C rendered on /beers
• feat: add mode-scoped dispatcher skills for cloud and 6.5lts #6 (static-style flag on expressive direction) — friction docs: add upskill path filter examples #1 Bellfort exemption
• chore(deps): update dependency jsdom to v27.4.0 - autoclosed #7 (Critique → Audit → Adapt by default) — ran on 4 primaries
• fix(deps): update dependency sharp to ^0.34.0 #8 (JS-dependent-hidden-state detector) — PASS on all 4 files via the html.js-anim gate pattern
• Dependency Dashboard #9 (multi-variant rejects trivial compositionDelta) — /beers A/B/C declared 5 deltas per pair
• chore(deps): update actions/checkout action to v6 #10 (Phase 5 fold-back surfaces diff) — /beers C approved page-local; addendum landed in stardust/direction.md

Two real bugs caught by the audit half of Discipline 9 (not by critique): WCAG miscalculation off by 0.27–1.86 points on multiple Cutthroat pairs (substrate darkened #1c8a7a → #177566, pour-link recolored yellow → white); LCP image lazy-loaded on first /beers catalog entry (loading="eager" + fetchpriority="high").

Test plan

• AC docs: add upskill path filter examples #1 (verbatim question fires on ambiguous IA-fidelity phrase) — one direct run with "refresh the home page"
• AC Update gh upskill command to include --all option #3 (brief-time validator refusal) — feed a malformed brief missing capturedSourceLineage
• AC Added Skill for Building Blocks for EDS when AEM Sites Universal Editor is your Content Source #4 + chore(deps): update actions/setup-node action to v6 - autoclosed #11 (verbatim surprise cap + verbatim fold-back no-op) — one direct run with "same IA, swap the surface"; render A1/A2/A3; approve A1; verify fold-back no-op
• AC chore: Configure Renovate #5 (reflex-font refusal) — author a brief declaring Fraunces + Inter + DM Sans; expect refusal with off-list substitutes
• AC Add query-opportunities skill for Sites Optimizer #12 (subsequent runs consume updated direction) — re-prototype /beers in a future session; verify page-local fold-back addendum is read

A single one-page verbatim dry-run closes #1, #4, #11 in one shot.

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⚠️ stardust — 5 warning(s)

⚠ Found 32 orphaned file(s) not linked from manifest entrypoints:
- skills/direct/reference/direction-format.md
- skills/direct/reference/palette-picker.md
- skills/direct/reference/palettes/README.md
- skills/extract/reference/brand-review-template.md
- skills/extract/reference/brand-surface.md
- skills/extract/reference/current-state-schema.md
- skills/extract/reference/ia-extraction.md
- skills/extract/reference/playwright-recipe.md
- skills/migrate/reference/content-preservation.md
- skills/migrate/reference/metadata-and-jsonld.md
- skills/migrate/reference/migration-procedure.md
- skills/migrate/reference/template-and-module-rendering.md
- skills/prepare-migration/SKILL.md
- skills/prototype/fixtures/composition-delta-good.md
- skills/prototype/fixtures/composition-delta-trivial.md
- skills/prototype/reference/anti-template-bank.md
- skills/prototype/reference/approval-fold-back.md
- skills/prototype/reference/canon-extraction.md
- skills/prototype/reference/fidelity-refined-pass.md
- skills/prototype/reference/mobile-nav-collapse.md
- skills/prototype/reference/page-shape-brief.md
- skills/prototype/reference/proposed-file-shell.md
- skills/prototype/reference/publish-sample.md
- skills/stardust/reference/artifact-map.md
- skills/stardust/reference/data-attributes.md
- skills/stardust/reference/divergence-toolkit.md
- skills/stardust/reference/impeccable-command-map.md
- skills/stardust/reference/intent-dimensions.md
- skills/stardust/reference/intent-examples.md
- skills/stardust/reference/intent-reasoning.md
- skills/stardust/reference/state-machine.md
- skills/stardust/reference/token-contract.md
⚠ Found 4 skill file(s) outside spec directories (references/, assets/, scripts/):
- skills/direct/reference/palettes/library.json
- skills/prototype/fixtures/mobile-nav-collapse-example.html
- skills/prototype/fixtures/mobile-nav-audit.mjs
- skills/prototype/fixtures/mobile-nav-broken-example.html
⚠ Skill 'extract': SKILL.md is approximately 7994 tokens (recommended maximum: 5000). Consider moving detailed content to separate reference files.
⚠ Skill 'direct': SKILL.md is approximately 15590 tokens (recommended maximum: 5000). Consider moving detailed content to separate reference files.
⚠ Skill 'prototype': SKILL.md is approximately 13260 tokens (recommended maximum: 5000). Consider moving detailed content to separate reference files.

Context Cost

Skills
  - stardust: 33 front-loaded, 1.5k on-demand tokens
  - extract: 45 front-loaded, 8k on-demand tokens
  - direct: 96 front-loaded, 15.6k on-demand tokens
  - prototype: 90 front-loaded, 13.3k on-demand tokens
  - migrate: 65 front-loaded, 3.9k on-demand tokens

Total: 329 front-loaded, 42.2k on-demand tokens

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✅ All 1 tile(s) lint passed with 5 warning(s) total.

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