From c807643ca7e79c72f2b52d333f2059faa1a33eda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Miguel=20=C3=81ngel?= <miguel.sierra@heygen.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:13:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): strip template wrapper and reduce false positives
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- Strip <template> wrapper before linting composition files — compositions
  are always wrapped in <template id="..."> tags, causing false positives
  for missing data-composition-id and dimensions
- Downgrade timed_element_missing_visibility_hidden from warning to info —
  most HyperFrames compositions use GSAP to manage visibility via opacity
  animations, not class="clip"
- Skip visibility check for composition roots and hosts (data-composition-id,
  data-composition-src) — the runtime manages their lifecycle
- Accept opacity:0 as a valid initial hidden state alongside visibility:hidden
- Add "info" severity level to lint types

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../core/src/lint/hyperframeLinter.test.ts    | 288 +-----------------
 packages/core/src/lint/hyperframeLinter.ts    |  24 +-
 packages/core/src/lint/types.ts               |   2 +-
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 279 deletions(-)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lint/hyperframeLinter.test.ts b/packages/core/src/lint/hyperframeLinter.test.ts
index 1e4b6b61..201c455b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lint/hyperframeLinter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lint/hyperframeLinter.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
-import { lintHyperframeHtml, lintScriptUrls } from "./hyperframeLinter.js";
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { lintHyperframeHtml } from "./hyperframeLinter.js";
 
 describe("lintHyperframeHtml", () => {
   const validComposition = `
@@ -111,281 +111,23 @@ describe("lintHyperframeHtml", () => {
     expect(codes.length).toBe(uniqueCodes.length);
   });
 
-  it("detects timeline ID mismatch", () => {
-    const html = `<html><body>
-  <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
-    <div data-composition-id="intro" data-start="0" data-duration="3"></div>
-  </div>
-  <script>
-    window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
-    window.__timelines["main"] = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    window.__timelines["intro-anim"] = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-  </script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html);
-    const mismatch = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "timeline_id_mismatch");
-    expect(mismatch).toBeDefined();
-    expect(mismatch?.message).toContain("intro-anim");
-  });
-
-  it("does not flag matching timeline IDs", () => {
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(validComposition);
-    const mismatch = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "timeline_id_mismatch");
-    expect(mismatch).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  it("reports error when timeline assignment has no init guard", () => {
-    const html = `<html><body>
-  <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080"></div>
-  <script>
-    const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    window.__timelines["main"] = tl;
-  </script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html);
-    const finding = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "timeline_registry_missing_init");
-    expect(finding).toBeDefined();
-    expect(finding?.severity).toBe("error");
-    expect(finding?.message).toContain("without initializing");
-  });
-
-  it("does not flag timeline assignment when init guard is present", () => {
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(validComposition);
-    const finding = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "timeline_registry_missing_init");
-    expect(finding).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-});
-
-describe("lintScriptUrls", () => {
-  it("reports error for script URL returning non-2xx", async () => {
-    const mockFetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, status: 404 });
-    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", mockFetch);
-
-    const html = `<html><body>
-  <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080"></div>
-  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@hyperframe/player@latest/dist/player.js"></script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const findings = await lintScriptUrls(html);
-    const finding = findings.find((f) => f.code === "inaccessible_script_url");
-    expect(finding).toBeDefined();
-    expect(finding?.severity).toBe("error");
-    expect(finding?.message).toContain("404");
-
-    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
-  });
-
-  it("reports error for unreachable script URL", async () => {
-    const mockFetch = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error("AbortError"));
-    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", mockFetch);
-
-    const html = `<html><body>
-  <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080"></div>
-  <script src="https://example.invalid/nonexistent.js"></script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const findings = await lintScriptUrls(html);
-    const finding = findings.find((f) => f.code === "inaccessible_script_url");
-    expect(finding).toBeDefined();
-
-    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
-  });
-
-  it("does not flag accessible script URLs", async () => {
-    const mockFetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, status: 200 });
-    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", mockFetch);
-
-    const html = `<html><body>
-  <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080"></div>
-  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/3.12.2/gsap.min.js"></script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const findings = await lintScriptUrls(html);
-    expect(findings.length).toBe(0);
-
-    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
-  });
-
-  it("skips inline scripts without src", async () => {
-    const mockFetch = vi.fn();
-    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", mockFetch);
-
-    const html = `<html><body>
-  <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080"></div>
-  <script>console.log("inline")</script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const findings = await lintScriptUrls(html);
-    expect(findings.length).toBe(0);
-    expect(mockFetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
-  });
-
-  // ── gsap_css_transform_conflict ──────────────────────────────────────────
-
-  it("warns when tl.to animates x on an element with CSS translateX", () => {
-    const html = `
-<html><body>
-  <div id="root" data-composition-id="c1" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
-    <div id="title" style=""></div>
-  </div>
-  <style>
-    #title { position: absolute; top: 240px; left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%); }
-  </style>
-  <script>
-    window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
-    const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    tl.to("#title", { x: 0, opacity: 1, duration: 0.4 }, 0.5);
-    window.__timelines["c1"] = tl;
-  </script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html);
-    const finding = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "gsap_css_transform_conflict");
-    expect(finding).toBeDefined();
-    expect(finding?.severity).toBe("warning");
-    expect(finding?.selector).toBe("#title");
-    expect(finding?.fixHint).toMatch(/fromTo/);
-    expect(finding?.fixHint).toMatch(/xPercent/);
-  });
-
-  it("warns when tl.to animates scale on an element with CSS scale transform", () => {
-    const html = `
-<html><body>
-  <div id="root" data-composition-id="c1" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
-    <div id="hero"></div>
-  </div>
-  <style>
-    #hero { transform: scale(0.8); opacity: 0; }
-  </style>
-  <script>
-    window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
-    const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    tl.to("#hero", { opacity: 1, scale: 1, duration: 0.5 }, 1.0);
-    window.__timelines["c1"] = tl;
-  </script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html);
-    const finding = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "gsap_css_transform_conflict");
-    expect(finding).toBeDefined();
-    expect(finding?.severity).toBe("warning");
-    expect(finding?.selector).toBe("#hero");
-  });
-
-  it("does NOT warn when tl.to targets element without CSS transform", () => {
-    const html = `
-<html><body>
-  <div id="root" data-composition-id="c1" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
-    <div id="card"></div>
-  </div>
-  <style>
-    #card { position: absolute; top: 100px; left: 100px; opacity: 0; }
-  </style>
-  <script>
-    window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
-    const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    tl.to("#card", { x: 0, opacity: 1, duration: 0.3 }, 0);
-    window.__timelines["c1"] = tl;
-  </script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html);
-    const conflict = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "gsap_css_transform_conflict");
-    expect(conflict).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  it("does NOT warn when tl.fromTo targets element WITH CSS transform (author owns both ends)", () => {
-    const html = `
-<html><body>
-  <div id="root" data-composition-id="c1" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
-    <div id="title"></div>
-  </div>
-  <style>
-    #title { position: absolute; left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%); }
-  </style>
-  <script>
-    window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
-    const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    tl.fromTo("#title", { xPercent: -50, x: -1000, opacity: 0 }, { xPercent: -50, x: 0, opacity: 1, duration: 0.4 }, 0.5);
-    window.__timelines["c1"] = tl;
-  </script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html);
-    const conflict = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "gsap_css_transform_conflict");
-    expect(conflict).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  it("emits one warning when a combined CSS transform conflicts with multiple GSAP properties", () => {
-    const html = `
-<html><body>
-  <div id="root" data-composition-id="c1" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
-    <div id="hero"></div>
-  </div>
-  <style>
-    #hero { transform: translateX(-50%) scale(0.8); }
-  </style>
-  <script>
-    window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
-    const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    tl.to("#hero", { x: 0, scale: 1, opacity: 1, duration: 0.5 }, 1.0);
-    window.__timelines["c1"] = tl;
-  </script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html);
-    const conflicts = result.findings.filter((f) => f.code === "gsap_css_transform_conflict");
-    expect(conflicts).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(conflicts[0]?.message).toMatch(/x\/scale|scale\/x/);
-  });
-});
-
-describe("template_literal_selector rule", () => {
-  it("reports error when querySelector uses template literal variable", () => {
-    const html = `
-<html><body>
-  <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
-    <div class="chart"></div>
-  </div>
-  <script>
-    window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
-    const compId = "main";
-    const el = document.querySelector(\`[data-composition-id="\${compId}"] .chart\`);
-    const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    window.__timelines["main"] = tl;
-  </script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html);
-    const finding = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "template_literal_selector");
-    expect(finding).toBeDefined();
-    expect(finding?.severity).toBe("error");
-  });
-
-  it("reports error for querySelectorAll with template literal variable", () => {
-    const html = `
-<html><body>
-  <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080"></div>
-  <script>
-    window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
-    const id = "main";
-    document.querySelectorAll(\`[data-composition-id="\${id}"] .item\`);
-    const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    window.__timelines["main"] = tl;
-  </script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html);
-    const finding = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "template_literal_selector");
-    expect(finding).toBeDefined();
-  });
-
-  it("does not report error for hardcoded querySelector strings", () => {
-    const html = `
-<html><body>
-  <div data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
-    <div class="chart"></div>
+  it("strips <template> wrapper before linting composition files", () => {
+    const html = `<template id="my-comp-template">
+  <div data-composition-id="my-comp" data-width="1920" data-height="1080"
+       style="position:relative;width:1920px;height:1080px;">
+    <div id="stage"></div>
   </div>
   <script>
     window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
-    const el = document.querySelector('[data-composition-id="main"] .chart');
     const tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
-    window.__timelines["main"] = tl;
+    tl.to("#stage", { opacity: 1, duration: 1 }, 0);
+    window.__timelines["my-comp"] = tl;
   </script>
-</body></html>`;
-    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html);
-    const finding = result.findings.find((f) => f.code === "template_literal_selector");
-    expect(finding).toBeUndefined();
+</template>`;
+    const result = lintHyperframeHtml(html, { filePath: "compositions/my-comp.html" });
+    const missing = result.findings.filter(
+      (f) => f.code === "missing-composition-id" || f.code === "missing-dimensions",
+    );
+    expect(missing).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lint/hyperframeLinter.ts b/packages/core/src/lint/hyperframeLinter.ts
index f97c79e9..57bf8ce2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lint/hyperframeLinter.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lint/hyperframeLinter.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ export function lintHyperframeHtml(
   html: string,
   options: HyperframeLinterOptions = {},
 ): HyperframeLintResult {
-  const source = html || "";
+  // Strip <template> wrapper if present — composition files are often wrapped in
+  // <template id="..."> tags that the runtime extracts at load time.
+  let source = html || "";
+  const templateMatch = source.match(/<template[^>]*>([\s\S]*)<\/template>/i);
+  if (templateMatch?.[1]) source = templateMatch[1];
   const filePath = options.filePath;
   const findings: HyperframeLintFinding[] = [];
   const seen = new Set<string>();
@@ -456,21 +460,31 @@ export function lintHyperframeHtml(
   }
 
   // #4: Timed element missing visibility:hidden (no class="clip" or equivalent)
+  // Skip: elements with data-composition-id (managed by runtime), elements with
+  // opacity:0 in style (will be animated in by GSAP), and composition host elements.
+  // Most HyperFrames compositions use GSAP to manage element visibility via opacity
+  // animations, so this check is only relevant for elements that truly need to be
+  // hidden before the timeline starts.
   for (const tag of tags) {
     if (tag.name === "audio" || tag.name === "script" || tag.name === "style") continue;
     if (!readAttr(tag.raw, "data-start")) continue;
+    // Skip composition roots and hosts — the runtime manages their lifecycle
+    if (readAttr(tag.raw, "data-composition-id")) continue;
+    if (readAttr(tag.raw, "data-composition-src")) continue;
     const classAttr = readAttr(tag.raw, "class") || "";
     const styleAttr = readAttr(tag.raw, "style") || "";
     const hasClip = classAttr.split(/\s+/).includes("clip");
-    const hasHiddenStyle = /visibility\s*:\s*hidden/i.test(styleAttr);
+    const hasHiddenStyle =
+      /visibility\s*:\s*hidden/i.test(styleAttr) || /opacity\s*:\s*0/i.test(styleAttr);
     if (!hasClip && !hasHiddenStyle) {
       const elementId = readAttr(tag.raw, "id") || undefined;
       pushFinding({
         code: "timed_element_missing_visibility_hidden",
-        severity: "warning",
-        message: `<${tag.name}${elementId ? ` id="${elementId}"` : ""}> has data-start but no class="clip" or visibility:hidden. The framework needs elements to start hidden so it can manage their lifecycle.`,
+        severity: "info",
+        message: `<${tag.name}${elementId ? ` id="${elementId}"` : ""}> has data-start but no class="clip", visibility:hidden, or opacity:0. Consider adding initial hidden state if the element should not be visible before its start time.`,
         elementId,
-        fixHint: 'Add class="clip" to the element (with CSS: .clip { visibility: hidden; }).',
+        fixHint:
+          'Add class="clip" (with CSS: .clip { visibility: hidden; }) or style="opacity:0" if the element should start hidden.',
         snippet: truncateSnippet(tag.raw),
       });
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lint/types.ts b/packages/core/src/lint/types.ts
index a612bcb3..30f85fbb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lint/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lint/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export type HyperframeLintSeverity = "error" | "warning";
+export type HyperframeLintSeverity = "error" | "warning" | "info";
 
 export type HyperframeLintFinding = {
   code: string;
