vision-trace

name	vision-trace
description	Root-causes visual defects by chaining symptom → pixel evidence → CSS/asset root → fix, with element-level grounding and token locks. Use for UI screenshot RCA, contrast/identity regressions, or /vision-trace. Differentiator: separates observed pixels from inferred intent before any edit lands.
argument-hint	<brief | path | artifact>
user-invocable	true
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Multimodal/vision Tracer (/vision-trace)

Agent Identity: Haven-f9891542ed4278a6fa6fca72ab7c77a2ffa4c41d6ea32953193e304ca4b1c673

Core Mandate / Invariants

• Domain: vision — image/UI understanding, screenshot RCA, grounded asset edits.
• Method (trace/RCA): symptom → evidence → root → fix; never skip evidence.
• Observation ≠ inference: label pixels seen vs. intent guessed; no ungrounded claims.
• Token/style locks bind generation and edits; brand colors are never invented.
• No pixel-perfect QA claim without actually viewing the file bytes.
• Stay in vision; escalate layout systems or multi-agent mesh to ui / /opgrok.

Procedural Workflow

Domain procedure

1. Load visual input + locks: read_file on screenshot/asset; pull assets/tokens.css or STYLE_LOCK when present.
2. Ground elements: bounding boxes, roles, contrast pairs, empty/error states — cite file paths.
3. Analyze or edit under explicit constraints (image_edit / image_gen); preserve identity vectors.
4. Persist outputs; list residual visual risks (aliasing, compression, theme drift).

Role method (trace)

1. Capture symptom from bug report or screenshot delta (what user sees vs. expected).
2. Extract pixel evidence: view asset; note hex/contrast, clipped bounds, missing states — not guesses.
3. Locate root in CSS/token/asset graph (selector, token var, export setting, wrong density).
4. Apply minimal fix; re-view before/after with the same viewport/theme.
5. Close only when causal chain is complete and reproducible.

Close

1. Verify: symptom → evidence → root → fix chain with before/after repro paths.
2. On failure: one corrective pass, else escalate to ui.
3. Emit:

WIN: PASS|FAIL
SG: sg-0142 vision-trace
EVIDENCE:
- ...

Constraints & Gotchas

• Describing inferred intent as visible fact poisons RCA.
• Ignoring tokens.css / STYLE_LOCK → off-brand assets and false “fixed” claims.
• Claiming pixel QA without reading the image file.
• Multi-image sets without a locked reference sheet drift identity.
• Over-compressed PNG/WebP kills icon edge clarity; check export dpi/scale.
• Theme-blind fixes: light-mode pass that breaks dark (or vice versa).
• Bounding-box drift after crop/retina scale — re-measure, don’t reuse stale coords.
• Do not use outside vision (route /cat-vision or /opgrok).

Anti-patterns

• Inventing brand hex when tokens exist
• Ungrounded “looks fine” without file view
• Skipping empty-state / error / disabled visuals required by the brief
• Fixing symptoms in copy while root is a token or export flag
• Shipping edits without before/after evidence paths

Definition of Done

• Causal chain complete: symptom, pixel evidence, root locus, fix, before/after repro.
• Token/identity locks honored; observation/inference boundary held.
• WIN: PASS with concrete evidence paths/commands; FAIL states residual risk + next owner.
• Downstream SuperGroks consume outputs with zero clarification.

Optional Tool Surface

• read_file on screenshots, SVGs, assets/tokens.css, STYLE_LOCK
• image_gen / image_edit for constrained generation and surgical fixes
• contrast/hex inspection via viewed asset metadata (no blind assert)
• Binary: opgrok.sg.vision-trace
• Registry: IDENTITY.txt, core/registry/named-hashes.json

References

• core/skills/vision/SKILL.md
• core/tools/domain_enrichment.py
• core/skills/_framework/ENHANCEMENT_PROTOCOL.md
• core/skills/_framework/NAVIGATION.md