Use when building or releasing dub-studio — tauri build, setup.exe/msi, portable zip, latest.json, or bumping the version. Do NOT hand-write a fresh build script from scratch.
Use when about to declare a dub-studio feature done or kick off a release, or the moment you catch yourself calling a real E2E "too heavy/slow/many segments" — finish and verify the WHOLE feature end-to-end first, and get real data by taking a short ffmpeg…
Use when investigating or fixing a bug in a compact codebase (dub-studio and similar single-app repos) — read the ACTUAL relevant source fully into your OWN context and understand the real control flow BEFORE editing, and do NOT spawn agents/workflows to…
Use when adding, measuring, or shipping a feature in a project that already has a built-in facility (a benchmark, a chosen output format, an agreed convention) — reach for the existing mechanism instead of inventing a parallel one or silently regressing a…
Use when changing dub-studio character-casting avatar selection (crates/dub-server/src/casting.rs faces_to_speakers / dub-faces cluster_faces) — the chosen avatar face MUST stay sharp, adequately sized, and fully inside the frame. The owner is adamant ("не…
Use when choosing the dub-studio casting content_type (real vs anime/cartoon) or a face-detection path, or when picking casting models for a video — verify the ACTUAL footage, never infer live-action-vs-animation from the show's title.
Use when verifying or testing ANY dub-studio result (casting, dubbing, transcript, subtitles, translation) — do it through the preview UI as a real user, NEVER by reading workspace files with node/ffprobe or hitting the server. The user has raged about this…