maintain-art-style-contract

name	maintain-art-style-contract
description	Maintain, generate, or validate the host repository STYLE.md art contract from OpenCaw .styles templates. Use when visual work must preserve a project art direction, when a user asks to choose or change art styles, or when art roles need to verify that STYLE.md still references valid style templates.

When to use

Use when ../STYLE.md is missing, stale, newly generated, or relevant to any visual, game-art, generated-image, UI-art, sprite, tileset, VFX, or art-handoff task.

Workflow

1. Read ../STYLE.md first when it exists; treat it as the authoritative project art contract.
2. If ../STYLE.md is missing or the user asks to change the style mix, inspect ./.styles/INDEX.md and select the smallest useful template set.
3. Generate or regenerate with ./commands/generate-style.sh "<STYLE1>" ["STYLE2" ...]; use --inline only when the user explicitly asks for embedded template text.
4. Validate the generated contract with ./commands/validate-style-contract.sh.
5. During art production, check outputs against both the active STYLE.md and the relevant role constraints.
6. When a style conflict affects gameplay readability, asset metadata, engine loading, or UI contrast, call out the impacted owner role before proceeding.

Output

• selected style template names
• any missing or conflicting style instructions
• whether STYLE.md was generated, left unchanged, or needs user confirmation
• validation command output summary
• role handoff notes when style decisions affect game design, engineering, QA, or documentation

Commands

• ./commands/generate-style.sh "<STYLE1>" ["STYLE2" ...]
• ./commands/generate-style.sh --inline "<STYLE1>" ["STYLE2" ...]
• ./commands/validate-style-contract.sh [STYLE.md]