atelier

Atelier's native asset tools — image→webp compression, video→webp frame sequences, scrollytelling scaffolding, and AI video generation (Gemini Omni Flash / Veo 3.1) with a graceful no-credentials fallback. Load when handling images, video, storytelling sections, or media generation.

Turn any component site, asset library, or API into something agents can use — a registry entry, a skill, or a full MCP server. Load when the user says "add this site/library to Atelier" or wants to contribute a new integration.

The Atelier operating loop — understand → clarify → plan → execute → review → compare-vs-done-state. Governs when to stop, when to ask, which model tier runs each phase, and when to think deep or compact. Load for ANY nontrivial task.

The thinking protocol — load FIRST on every prompt, before any other skill. Makes any model (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku) reason like a principal engineer - decisive answers, root-cause debugging, security reflexes, outcome-first communication. This is step 0 of the loop.

The design-truth gateway — resolves which design files are authoritative right now (core law + self-learning overlays). Run at the START of any UI/design task, before reading the design law.

The Atelier Auth Law — production-hardened session architecture (rotating refresh tokens, families, grace window, silent refresh, sliding window) plus the anti-patterns that corrupt auth. Load before designing or touching ANY authentication code.

The Atelier Clean Code Law — 250-word-per-file budget, DRY via the graph, ponytail minimalism, and the comment policy. Load before writing or refactoring any source code.

The Atelier deployment advisor — where to host frontend, backend, database, and workers, with real cost expectations. Load when choosing hosting, estimating costs, or setting up deploys/CI.

The Atelier Design Law — premium, industrial-grade UI. Load BEFORE any UI/design work (pages, components, animations, icons, landing pages). Defines the style vocabulary, tokens, motion physics, component canon, reference canon, and the banned AI-slop anti-style.

The Atelier Structure Law — canonical, industrial-standard file structures per stack (Next.js, FastAPI, monorepo, full platform), naming rules, and the intake questions that settle layout once. Load before scaffolding or moving files.