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## Harness: repo quality audit

- When asked for a complete audit, to test all commands, improve repo/code quality, find security/usability/flow failures, identify refactors, add missing tests, continue a previous audit, or verify whether the repo is ready, use the `tdmcp-quality-audit` skill.
- The quality team is defined in `.claude/agents/` and mirrored for Codex in `.codex/agents/`; the skill is mirrored in `.claude/skills/tdmcp-quality-audit/` and `.agents/skills/tdmcp-quality-audit/`.
- Keep findings evidence-backed with PASS / FAIL / UNVERIFIED buckets, and do not report TouchDesigner or hardware-dependent checks as passing unless they were actually run.

## Visual layout integrity

- Never allow accidental overlap between UI elements, generated project components, nodes, cards, controls, text, canvases, media, or visual assets.
- When creating new projects, tools, docs previews, dashboards, diagrams, or frontend screens, keep the composition organized with explicit spacing, stable grids or flex layouts, responsive constraints, and predictable stacking order.
- Treat any element that covers, invades, clips, or visually competes with another as a defect to fix before delivery, unless the overlap is explicitly requested and intentionally designed.
- Verify relevant desktop, mobile, or preview states when a change affects visual layout.

## TouchDesigner node layout

- Never create TouchDesigner operators, COMPs, generated project components, or bridge-managed nodes in a stacked pile. This applies inside `tdmcp_bridge`, inside every generated container, and to any node created through Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 3, recipes, bridge endpoints, raw Python snippets, docs examples, or tests.
- Every operator creation path must assign explicit, deterministic layout coordinates immediately after creation (`nodeX`/`nodeY` or the local equivalent). Do not rely on TouchDesigner's default drop position, inherited cursor position, or repeated `0,0` placement.
- Arrange generated networks by clear roles and data flow: inputs/control nodes on the left or top, processing chains in ordered rows or columns, outputs/previews on the right or bottom, with enough spacing that names, viewers, flags, and parameter panels remain readable.
- Use stable spacing constants, grid helpers, or existing auto-layout helpers when creating multiple nodes. If a tool creates a variable number of nodes, compute positions from indexes and roles so the layout remains organized at every count.
- Treat duplicate or near-duplicate node coordinates, clipped node labels, or visually crowded generated networks as defects. Fix the layout before reporting the work complete.
- When changing any node-creation code, verify the resulting TouchDesigner network layout by inspecting coordinates, running the relevant layout helper/test, or checking a live/preview network when available.

## Live Nervous System / AI Party POC

- Reuse `src/automation/showDirectorSchema.ts`, `showDirectorRuntime.ts`, `aiPartyPoc.ts`, `aiPartyGateway.ts`, and `telegramShowGateway.ts` before adding new policy, approval, or Telegram architecture.
- The LLM only interprets intent into structured `ShowIntent` JSON. It never dispatches raw DMX, raw Python, arbitrary endpoints, fixture channels, PA/mixer controls, laser, moving-head, blackout, freeze, or unbounded fog/strobe.
- The policy engine is authoritative. Hazardous or physical effects must become `approval_required` or `block`, and approval must be rechecked against current state before dispatch.
- Dry-run and simulation are default. Real hardware dispatch requires `HARDWARE_ENABLED=true`, `DMX_LIVE_ENABLED=true`, a policy-allowed plan, and explicit operator approval.
- Run focused POC tests with `npm run ai-party:test`; run the local dashboard with `npm run ai-party:dev`; build the TouchDesigner demo network with `npm run ai-party:td-build`.
- Done means the dashboard, policy decisions, approval queue, JSONL audit log, Telegram path, TD-offline behavior, and simulated dispatch are all verified; live hardware may remain explicitly simulated unless venue validation has happened.