All 9 guardrail items present

PASS/FAIL/WARN labels used

WARN for near-limit Act 1

Data attribution flagged

Cut lines missing flagged

Profile slide budgets used

Recurring issue flagged

Pattern score projection

Structured summary block

4-tier structure present

Signature tier from profile

Contextual tier from profile

Shake It Up has 1-2 items

[RECURRING] tag used

[CONTEXTUAL] tag used

New to You from never_used

Actionable recommendations

Skips static files

Skips conflict copies

Skips template files

Background colors extracted

Per-slide breakdown present

Global design statistics

Shape type detail

Font extraction

Footer detection

Recursive directory scan

Valid JSON output

Top-level DB structure

Config captures source directories

Talk fields extracted

URL fields parsed

New talks default to pending

No-sources talk flagged as unprocessable

Slide source determination

Static files skipped

Conflict copies skipped

Template files skipped

PPTX-to-talk matching

Scan report with counts

PPTX highest priority

Video-only talks are processable

No-video talks not processable

Multiple slide_source values used

Video extraction output named by YouTube ID

Slides fail + video available = fallback to video

Partial processing when one source fails

All fail = distinct failure status

Processing log explains decisions

Illustration Style Anchor section present

Multiple format anchors

Visual continuity conventions documented

Format field on every slide

EXCEPTION slides have justification

Image prompt uses [STYLE ANCHOR] token

Illustration field present

Prompt richer than description

Visual continuity: FIG numbering

Visual continuity: progressive form

Standard outline structure preserved

Standard guardrails present

Illustration coverage guardrail runs

Missing Format field detected

Missing EXCEPTION justification detected

Missing [STYLE ANCHOR] detected

Low-quality prompts flagged

Data attribution issue flagged

Rushed closing detected

Cut lines missing

Correct PASS/FAIL labeling

Illustration checks in guardrail summary

Build specification format

Build-00 is empty frame

Final build tagged [FULL]

Backwards-chaining workflow described

Build naming convention

Build slides count toward budget

Speaker notes on final step only

BLANK layout for all builds

Explicit preservation instructions

Safety suffixes mentioned

Parent slide replaced by build sequence

Regenerate for content additions

Edit for content removal

Simplified anchor flagged

Safety suffix: no new elements

Safety suffix: background continuation

Explicit preservation instructions

Versioned output naming

Fix mode for near-perfect images

PIL masking flagged as wrong approach

Missing preservation flagged

Content modification via edit flagged

Output deck exists and opens

Slide count preserved

Notes present on correct slides

Notes content matches input

notesMaster relationship declared

notesMasterIdLst element present

notesMasterIdLst references a real relationship

notesMasterIdLst is not duplicated

Skill script used, not ad-hoc code

Verification report documents the checks

Full success categorized correctly

Transcript fail + slides OK = partial

Slides fail + transcript OK = partial

Both fail = skip/fail status

Missing sources = distinct skip

No video = not processable

Slide source set to pptx

Slide source set to both

Slide source set to pdf

Summary additive only

Summary has new content

Opening pattern analyzed

Narrative structure analyzed

Humor documented

Audience interaction noted

Areas for improvement

Structured data fields

Opening type categorized correctly

Closing type categorized correctly

Verbatim signature phrases

Verbatim opening lines

Verbatim closing lines

Transition phrases extracted

JSON schema completeness

Template demo slides removed

Speaker notes present

Footer on every slide

Layout selection from profile

No adjacent color repeat

White/black reserved for images

No slide numbers

Footer color adapts

Correct slide count

Build plan documents decisions

Speaker prefixes in notes

Footer includes co-presenter

Role split documented

Handoff points marked

Riley owns tooling section

Riley owns incident section

Morgan keeps opening/closing

Adaptation checklist produced

Three-part close preserved

Verbal handoff cues

Abstract word count

Takeaway count

Speaker bio included

Title present

Presentation spec produced

Spec includes mode

No full architecture

Speaker voice in abstract

Spec includes duration

Spec includes profanity register

Spec includes commercial intent

Spec includes shownotes slug

Anti-sell awareness

Required top-level keys

Speaker fields from config

Speaker badges present

Speaker badges grounded in vault stats

Signature patterns with usage counts

never_used_patterns listed

guardrail_sources.slide_budgets is array

instrument_catalog populated

confirmed_intents carried over

pacing data populated

antipattern_frequency present

Presentation Spec block

Section time + slide range headers

Opening sequence structure

Multiple typed placeholder categories

Meme brief format

CUT LINE marker

Callback flags

Speaker notes in outline

Closing sequence completeness

Slide count within budget

Analysis file location

All 14 dimensions present

English-only quote format

Language-tagged verbal signatures

Structured data fields

Pattern score formula

Observable patterns only

Verbatim examples

Tracking DB updated

Areas for improvement present

Presentation Patterns Scoring section

Deck saved and re-opens

New picture shape on closing slide

QR decodes to expected URL

QR background matches slide purple

QR foreground is white (auto-contrast)

QR PNG dimensions are consistent

Tracking database has qr_codes entry

QR PNG path is relative

Skill script used, not ad-hoc code

Verification report documents observed values

Agent surfaces missing shortener config

Agent asks user to choose a shortener

Agent does NOT generate QR with raw URL without asking

Shownotes URL uses slug from Presentation Spec

Talk slug matches spec exactly

Agent references generate-qr.py as the tool

Agent distinguishes missing config from opt-out

Talk slug read from Presentation Spec

Shownotes URL constructed from pattern + spec slug

Bitly custom back-half is the talk slug

QR encodes bitly URL, not raw shownotes URL

generate-qr.py used, not qrcode library directly

Command uses --shownotes-url (not --short-url)

Tracking DB update mentioned

No silent degradation to raw URL

Extraction script used

Valid JSON output

Talk slug from spec

Code block URL excluded

Image prompt URL excluded

Duplicate URL deduplicated

Multiple resource types present

Book references extracted

RFC references extracted

Each resource has slide context

Script command includes --spec argument

Resources step appears before shownotes

extract-resources.py referenced for extraction

Speaker review mentioned

Shownotes reads from resources.json

Only approved resources in shownotes

Shownotes URL from spec slug

Shownotes draft has resources section

All Phase 6 steps covered

QR step references generate-qr.py

resources.json in talk directory

3-5 slide candidates suggested

Illustration slides ranked highest

Bio slide excluded

Shownotes slide excluded

Title hook is 5 words or fewer

generate-thumbnail.py referenced

Profile style preference applied

Profile title position applied

Profile brand colors applied

Speaker photo from profile path

Face preservation mentioned

Iterate not restart strategy

Style changed to split_panel

Title position changed to top

Title text unchanged

Slide image unchanged

Face preservation strengthened

generate-thumbnail.py used

Slide image from illustrations directory

Original vs revised comparison

Speaker photo path unchanged

Agent detects missing shownotes

Shownotes creation listed as prerequisite

Shownotes step comes before video step

Agent does NOT assume shownotes exist

Prerequisites check includes 4 files

Prerequisites check includes YouTube URL

Agent reads video_publishing config

Video embed method from profile

Output deck exists and opens

Correct total slide count

Placeholder at position 3

Placeholder at position 5

Placeholder at position 8

Yellow background on placeholders

Original slides preserved in order

Skill script used

Subtitles present on placeholders

Non-destructive output

Rhetoric clarification — one question at a time

Intent confirmation stored

Humor grading per beat

Spontaneous humor probe

Promote to planned recommendation

Blind spot — demo engagement

Blind spot — theatrical opening

Infrastructure config captured

Session marked complete

Rhetoric summary updated

Per-joke grading

Joke questions grounded in observations

Meme slide questions

Spontaneous humor capture

Promotion prompt

Blind spot questions

Demo reaction questions

Recency adaptation — recent

Recency adaptation — old

Structured output format

Wide-angle detection

Hash threshold recommendation

Slide region crop suggestion

Multi-language transcript handling

Whisper hallucination detection

Transcript source tracking

Speaker identity verification

Recording type classification

Structured diagnostics output

Clean recording passes cleanly