ARIS-Movie-Director

Phase 2/3 of a movie — bake + cross-model-verify a movie from an authored comic.json. Per frame: render the content-SVG blueprint, bake via the agent mcp__codex__codex sidecar, gate with a 3-reviewer cross-model panel (narrative [currently the codex CLI] ‖ Gemini visual ‖ Codex visual, deterministic fuse), keep/retry/assemble, write the wiki trace, project to the viewer. The movie-side twin of method-figure's render half. (Author the comic.json first with the comic-author skill.)

Generate a publication-grade method / architecture / pipeline / workflow figure (a paper or README 'Figure 1') as an AUDITABLE object, not a one-shot prompt. A deterministic JSON blueprint LOCKS the content; an image model (gpt-image-2, baked by the agent via mcp__codex__codex — Codex GPT-5.5 xhigh, sandbox workspace-write) bakes the aesthetic from a labeled-condition render + the project's real identity refs; a cross-model panel (Gemini + Codex) blind-transcribes the result and a script hard-diffs it against the blueprint; the loop regenerates until Gemini AND Codex approve and the diff is empty — then the calling agent (Claude) gives the structural sign-off. NOT for statistical plots (use a plotting tool) or photo scenes.

Phase-1 (S4) of a comic movie — PRODUCE the canonical reusable references the whole spiral conditions on. Per asset it bakes ONE canonical 1:1 white-bg identity ref via the agent mcp__codex__codex sidecar bake (Codex native image_gen — conditioned, never hand-pasted) OR, for a deterministic motif (clock/chart/stamp/star-map), emits a single-source parametric SVG from a python generator (asset_lib.py). Hashes + base64-encodes the bake into the asset node's output_ref (all 6 fields or it's a schema violation), versions every ref _v{NNN} with a supersedes self-edge, and runs a single-source collision gate. GENERATES ONLY — it NEVER self-locks/approves (that is the cross-model asset-review-loop's job, a different model family). Identity is BRING-YOUR-OWN; the ARIS chibi duo is only the worked example.

Phase-1 (S5) UPSTREAM ref-asset gate — the bounded cross-model adversarial loop that LOCKS one reusable identity-locked asset (character sheet / location plate / prop cutout / text-panel / logo-free symbol) BEFORE it can be composited into any panel. This is NOT the panel_gate (composed-output) or the assembly_gate (cross-panel) — it gates the refs that FEED both, so identity drift is caught at the source, not downstream. Two layers: (1) a MANDATORY static single-source collision check (check_asset_collisions.py — 'one visual dialect, never two', enforced by tool) + zero-text/literal build-asserts; (2) a per-round 3-reviewer panel (Claude narrative ‖ Gemini visual ‖ Codex synth) that blind-scores 5 dims and LOCKS only at 准×3 unanimity (prior_lock_count>=3 approvals in the SAME round) — else regenerate (route to comic-asset-ref-generator) or, at MAX_REVIEW_ROUNDS, escalate the asset REQUIREMENT back to outline/storyboard. Hard IP veto. Use when you say 'lock this character ref', 'asset gate', 'ref review', 'is

Phase 1 ORCHESTRATOR of a movie/comic — turn a fuzzy story idea into the Authored Source of Truth (a schema-valid comic.json + its locked asset library) by driving the detailed author skills in order (intent → style → outline → storyboard → assets → blueprints → prompts → comic.json), each gated by comic-cross-layer-gate, so comic-director (Phase 2/3) can bake + cross-model-verify it. You don't hand-write comic.json; this is the workflow your agent runs to author it. Use when the user says "做个漫画/电影", "from this idea make a comic", "author the comic.json", "run the comic pipeline".

Phase-1 comic-author step (post-final eval) — a DOUBLE-BLIND A/B of two FINAL whole comics: our cross-model-audited progressive render (the comic-author + comic-director output) vs a naive single-shot baseline. A single sealed coin-flip hides which is which; two cross-model reviewers (Codex + Gemini) score both on a fixed rubric reading only a SHARED blind spec (intent + ART_BIBLE); only AFTER both reviews land do we unseal, re-label, and write a Chinese comparison.md + the A/B verdict nodes. editability/traceability is the structural wedge that can win even when the baseline looks prettier. Use when the user says "和 baseline 比", "blind comparison", "A/B 评测", "对比 baseline", "盲评", "whole-comic vs one-shot", or a finished comic needs a baseline-relative honest verdict. NOT an authoring skill and NOT the per-panel panel_gate / assembly_gate — those run DURING production; this runs AFTER, on two complete works.

Phase-1 (S7 of the comic-author suite) — turn ONE locked panel_spec into a deterministic content-SVG blueprint that becomes the bake condition (reference #1 of the agent mcp__codex__codex sidecar bake), by WRITING A PYTHON GENERATOR (never raw SVG in chat — LLMs botch coordinates). The HEADLINE comic-pivot rule: the image bakes NO bubbles at all — draw only characters + scene + leave negative-space SAFE ZONES; HTML/CSS owns the entire bubble. Every panel gets a content_svg (a figure OR a layout blueprint); a baked figure-panel must declare expected_literals verbatim. Single-source collision check is mandatory. Gated by comic-cross-layer-gate --gate blueprint. Use when the storyboard is locked and you need each panel's deterministic generation condition; do NOT use to bake the panel (that is comic-director) or to write the verdict-stamp/curve assets (that is comic-asset-ref-generator).

Phase-1 (S9, the FINAL comic-author step) — assemble the LOCKED storyboard + locked per-panel blueprints into ONE schema-valid `comic.json` (the comic-ir/1.0 contract boundary handed to comic-director / run_comic.py). Project the page_order + each panel's condition{} + render fields into `pages[]` + keyed `panels{}` per schemas/comic.schema.json; author ONLY authored fields and leave image_path/active_attempt_id/wiki_node_id EMPTY for the engine. THE step where page-count integrity is reconciled and the orphan-panel class of bug is caught (a panel defined in panels{} that no page references — ship that and the finale silently vanishes) — caught by an INLINE whole-comic reconcile this skill runs (page_refs vs panels{} keys vs the storyboard page_order), because the deterministic scripts are per-page and the schema leaves condition/content_svg OPTIONAL. Gated by comic-cross-layer-gate --gate compile (the DETERMINISTIC gate: both run_comic.py --dry-run AND cli/validate_wiki.py must exit 0). Use when the user say

Phase-1 Layer-2 of a comic — turn a LOCKED skeleton (intent_spec + the pre-locked beat/shot list) into an approved outline_spec: a 6-column beat table that binds every ARIS capability to a STORY COST, plus the continuity-motif contract the storyboard layer will be held to. NOT free creation — editorial adaptation of a pre-locked skeleton via 3 parallel lenses → cross-model (Codex) synthesis → a density/restructure pass → a USER-approval HARD GATE. Cross-model synthesis is part of authoring here, not post-review. Author the comic.json downstream with comic-storyboard-creator + comic-blueprint-author; this skill only produces the outline + motif contract.

"Phase-1 step of comic-author — the DETERMINISTIC compiler (搬运工原則) that turns ONE gate-approved panel_spec + its status:locked blueprint into the EXACT fixed-section bake string for the spiral engine via the shipped scripts/build_prompt.py (+ the canonical scripts/_validate.py vetoes). No Codex call in the happy path; it only emits, the engine bakes. Composes style_prefix + condition_string, injects the active failure_mode repair note on retry, and hard-REJECTS banned vocab (camera/lens/lighting/quality padding). Routes html_bubbles[] to the JSON viewer overlay, NEVER into the bake string (no baked bubbles unless the panel is text_mode:baked). Refuses unless the upstream blueprint is status==locked (the cross-layer gate's hand-off token) and every ref is a REAL locked asset path. Use when a panel_spec is locked and you need its prompt_bundle, just before comic-director's panel_gate."

Phase-1 comic-author step — turn a LOCKED, user-approved outline into the page-first storyboard that IS the authoring source of truth: a fixed page order BEFORE any prose, the MOTIF STATE TABLE (the master per-panel continuity ledger), a fixed 9-field per-panel spec, and one deduped canonical asset contract. Decompose beats→pages→panels, 抽卡 K page/panel-order lineages by feasibility, then fill every panel one unit at a time. Writes a storyboard_spec + a motif_ledger (read by comic-continuity-audit) + N panel_spec nodes. Use when the user says "做分镜", "storyboard", "排页", "panel spec", "分镜稿", or the outline layer is locked and approved and you need the per-panel authoring layer the thin comic-author SOP defers to. Two-stage under the N1 contract: a PROVISIONAL structural gate pass on draft assets now, the FINAL asset-resolution validation after the asset layer locks.

"Phase-1 (S2) of the comic-author suite — compile the project's ART_BIBLE.md into an EXECUTABLE convergence target, not aesthetic prose. The bible is the ONE visual dialect read verbatim into every bake prompt AND into every visual reviewer's rubric (`style_consistency`/`identity_consistency` literally = 'conforms to this file'). A `bootstrap` parses the bible into immutable per-dimension `style_anchor` wiki nodes (palette / line / shading / two-world warm-vs-cyber lighting / identity-lock / per-world STYLE_PREFIX / text-mode / forbidden / by-design exceptions); a deterministic `validate` lints candidate authoring text against the FORBIDDEN list + identity-lock + world-mismatch; an append-only `update` Gemini-harvests recurring drift from KEEP panels into by-design exceptions. Auto-bootstrap if the bible is missing; otherwise LEAVE LOCKED. Locked anchors are immutable — pivoting the style = a fresh project, never an in-place edit."

End-to-end Pipeline A in ONE slash-command — turn a fuzzy story idea into a cross-model-audited, image-based movie + a clickable viewer. Chains comic-author (Phase 1 — intent→style→outline draft→provisional storyboard→assets→final locks→blueprints→prompts→comic.json) → the zero-credit p0_proof spending gate (agent fan-out + run_p0_proof.py mints the digest-bound certificate) → comic-director (Phase 2/3 — the agent-sidecar bake spiral, page by page → HTML viewer). Two hard HUMAN gates (intent + outline) pause for approval; everything else is agent-driven + cross-model gated. This is the slash-command entry, like ARIS's /research-pipeline — an AGENT workflow, NOT a shell binary. Use when the user says "/movie-pipeline '…'", "做个电影/漫画 end-to-end", "from this idea make the whole movie", "long-horizon image-based movie generation".

Phase-1 Layer-0 of the comic-author suite — turn ANY raw idea / a locked video skeleton / an audience note into ONE schema-valid intent_spec node that fixes the logline (an editorial climax), the tagline, and the named DUAL-IDENTITY design constraint the whole comic optimizes against. Codex-as-parser (raw bytes + schema, never Claude's gloss) + reviewer-independence + banned-vocab lint + confidence-gated under_review routing + a HARD user-approval gate. It NEVER invents panels, assets, or storyboard detail, and NEVER silently defaults — every assumption becomes an uncertainties[] entry. Use it whenever a comic starts from a fuzzy brief and you need a locked, auditable premise before outlining.