{
  "schema": "project-telos.creative-engine/v1",
  "tool": "telos.creative.engine",
  "generated_at": "1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "contract": {
    "protocol_agnostic": true,
    "receipts_required": true,
    "raw_assets_required_for_interop": false,
    "io_surfaces": [
      "cli-json",
      "mcp-json-rpc",
      "browser-canvas",
      "web-audio",
      "file-artifact",
      "app-bridge"
    ],
    "verdicts": [
      "MATCH",
      "DRIFT",
      "UNVERIFIABLE"
    ],
    "privacy_boundary": "Interop requires hashes, specs, receipts, and redacted artifact refs; raw prompts, raw private assets, and private evidence are not required."
  },
  "domains": [
    {
      "id": "generative_art",
      "purpose": "Seeded visual systems for repeatable variation, critique, and replay."
    },
    {
      "id": "retro_cgi",
      "purpose": "Wireframes, shaded primitives, old-computer display language, and measurement overlays."
    },
    {
      "id": "raster_fx",
      "purpose": "Dither, pixel sorting, halftone, glitch, CRT, chromatic, contour, and export filters."
    },
    {
      "id": "sound",
      "purpose": "Web Audio and DFT-backed sound generation, sonification, and audio-reactive visuals."
    },
    {
      "id": "film_media",
      "purpose": "Shot/frame transforms, poster systems, film texture, and media export receipts."
    },
    {
      "id": "typography",
      "purpose": "Display typography, generative glyph studies, and font-lab style experiments."
    },
    {
      "id": "math_physics",
      "purpose": "Flow fields, harmonographs, n-dimensional geometry, particles, and measurable constants."
    },
    {
      "id": "node_graph",
      "purpose": "TouchDesigner-compatible recipes and modular effect graphs for app, TUI, and IDE hosts."
    },
    {
      "id": "verification",
      "purpose": "Scene specs, action identities, receipt chains, replay, and MATCH/DRIFT/UNVERIFIABLE checks."
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "id": "dither.ordered-bayer",
      "status": "live",
      "source": "demo/effects-engine.js",
      "domain": "raster_fx",
      "interop": "scene-spec layer dither",
      "claim": "Ordered threshold texture for low-bit previews and export stress tests."
    },
    {
      "id": "pixel-sort.luminance-runs",
      "status": "live",
      "source": "demo/effects-engine.js",
      "domain": "raster_fx",
      "interop": "scene-spec layer pixelsort",
      "claim": "Luminance-ranked row fragments that make raster transforms inspectable."
    },
    {
      "id": "halftone.press-screen",
      "status": "live",
      "source": "demo/effects-engine.js",
      "domain": "film_media",
      "interop": "scene-spec layer halftone",
      "claim": "Dot-gain and press-screen texture for poster and print previews."
    },
    {
      "id": "audio.additive-web-audio",
      "status": "revival-ready",
      "source": "demo/render-sound/index.mjs",
      "domain": "sound",
      "interop": "web-audio node or artifact renderer",
      "claim": "Additive wave and spectral tools can become sound layers with receipts."
    },
    {
      "id": "font.generative-glyph-lab",
      "status": "planned",
      "source": "docs/brand/telos-hero.png",
      "domain": "typography",
      "interop": "font specimen artifact with receipt",
      "claim": "Kilon and Conso presentation can seed future generated glyph and specimen tools without committing purchased font files."
    },
    {
      "id": "touchdesigner.node-graph-compatible",
      "status": "planned",
      "source": "demo/effects-protocol.js",
      "domain": "node_graph",
      "interop": "scene-spec graph nodes and ports",
      "claim": "Effects can be represented as modular recipe nodes for visual-programming hosts."
    },
    {
      "id": "physics.particle-field",
      "status": "live",
      "source": "demo/effects-engine.js",
      "domain": "math_physics",
      "interop": "scene-spec layer generative",
      "claim": "Seeded particle and flow-field sketches expose sensitivity and perturbation maps."
    },
    {
      "id": "cgi.clustered-forward-lighting",
      "status": "live",
      "source": "demo/effects-engine.js",
      "domain": "retro_cgi",
      "interop": "scene-spec layer clustered",
      "claim": "Screen clusters and light bins preview a future clustered-forward renderer."
    },
    {
      "id": "renderer.capability-probe",
      "status": "live",
      "source": "demo/rendering-capabilities.mjs",
      "domain": "verification",
      "interop": "CLI/MCP renderer profile and fallback contract",
      "claim": "Hosts can select WebGPU, WebGL2, canvas, or static artifact rendering with explicit fallback, privacy, and verification gates."
    },
    {
      "id": "sensor.measurement-layers",
      "status": "live",
      "source": "demo/measurement-layers.mjs",
      "domain": "verification",
      "interop": "CLI/MCP sensor and measurement packet",
      "claim": "Histogram, dither, splat, cluster, and audio meters expose measurable state for creative and scientific artifacts."
    },
    {
      "id": "kernel.deterministic-creative-core",
      "status": "live",
      "source": "demo/creative-kernels.mjs",
      "domain": "generative_art",
      "interop": "CLI/MCP kernel packet and reusable ES module",
      "claim": "Ordered dithering, pixel sorting, harmonograph paths, and clustered light bins are available as deterministic kernels with receipt hashes."
    }
  ],
  "rendering_capabilities": {
    "tool": "telos.rendering.capabilities",
    "contract": "project-telos.rendering-capabilities/v1",
    "profiles": [
      "webgpu-splat-clustered",
      "webgl2-cluster-preview",
      "canvas2d-receipt-renderer",
      "static-artifact-receipt"
    ],
    "boundary": "Renderer capability selection is separate from verification. A selected GPU path is an execution choice; claims still require receipts, benchmarks, and MATCH/DRIFT/UNVERIFIABLE checks."
  },
  "measurement_layers": {
    "tool": "telos.measurement.layers",
    "contract": "project-telos.measurement-layers/v1",
    "layers": [
      "visual.histogram-field",
      "visual.dither-spectrum-meter",
      "spatial.splat-probe",
      "lighting.cluster-meter",
      "audio.spectral-meter"
    ],
    "boundary": "Measurement layers expose evidence signals. Crucible still owns verdicts, and raw private assets are not required for interop."
  },
  "live_modules": [
    {
      "path": "demo/effects-engine.js",
      "role": "Dependency-free browser creative layer for file, web, and app surfaces."
    },
    {
      "path": "demo/effects-protocol.js",
      "role": "Scene spec, preset, action identity, receipt hash, and replay protocol."
    },
    {
      "path": "demo/creative-kernels.mjs",
      "role": "Deterministic ordered-dither, pixel-sort, plotter, and clustered-light kernels for shared engine hosts."
    },
    {
      "path": "demo/render-nd",
      "role": "N-dimensional geometry, projection, raster, and WebGL organ."
    },
    {
      "path": "demo/render-sound",
      "role": "Sound synthesis and DFT organ for sonification and audio-reactive work."
    },
    {
      "path": "demo/sense-core",
      "role": "Perception, feature, pyramid, distribution, and fusion organ."
    },
    {
      "path": "demo/viable-viz",
      "role": "Subject, regulator, reconcile, embed, certificate, and flagship loop organ."
    }
  ],
  "sensor_measurement_layers": [
    {
      "id": "visual.histogram-field",
      "status": "live",
      "inputs": [
        "canvas pixels",
        "image artifacts",
        "video frames"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "luminance histogram",
        "contrast map",
        "dither stability receipt"
      ],
      "why": "Dithering, poster, and glitch work need measurable tone structure instead of only aesthetic description."
    },
    {
      "id": "visual.dither-spectrum-meter",
      "status": "live",
      "inputs": [
        "luminance pixels",
        "threshold matrix",
        "dither algorithm candidate"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "unique levels",
        "transition count",
        "algorithm candidates",
        "dither stability receipt"
      ],
      "why": "Dithering is a core creative primitive and needs measurable structure for ordered, void-and-cluster, and blue-noise inspired paths."
    },
    {
      "id": "spatial.splat-probe",
      "status": "live",
      "inputs": [
        "Gaussian splat assets",
        "camera path",
        "measurement overlays"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "splat count",
        "view coverage",
        "occlusion notes",
        "asset provenance refs"
      ],
      "why": "Splat scenes should be inspectable as captured data, not just pretty radiance-field images."
    },
    {
      "id": "lighting.cluster-meter",
      "status": "live",
      "inputs": [
        "cluster grid",
        "light bins",
        "overlay layers"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "lights per cluster",
        "overdraw estimate",
        "overlay legibility verdict"
      ],
      "why": "Clustered or Forward+ rendering needs measurement gates for visibility, performance, and overlay readability."
    },
    {
      "id": "audio.spectral-meter",
      "status": "live",
      "inputs": [
        "Web Audio graph",
        "generated waveform",
        "media artifact"
      ],
      "outputs": [
        "frequency bins",
        "transient markers",
        "audio-reactive timing receipt"
      ],
      "why": "Sound-related creative work should expose spectral state for models, artists, and replay checks."
    }
  ],
  "effect_libraries": [
    {
      "id": "raster_print_core",
      "status": "live",
      "modules": [
        "demo/effects-engine.js",
        "demo/creative-kernels.mjs"
      ],
      "primitives": [
        "ordered dithering",
        "pixel sorting",
        "halftone",
        "poster grid",
        "CRT and chromatic split"
      ],
      "next": [
        "blue-noise texture kernel",
        "void-and-cluster matrix generator",
        "palette quantization meter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "cgi_render_core",
      "status": "live",
      "modules": [
        "demo/effects-engine.js",
        "demo/rendering-capabilities.mjs",
        "demo/creative-kernels.mjs"
      ],
      "primitives": [
        "retro wireframes",
        "clustered light bins",
        "Gaussian-splat stand-ins",
        "depth and contour overlays"
      ],
      "next": [
        "WebGPU splat viewer fixture",
        "WebGL2 clustered preview",
        "static artifact fallback"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "math_physics_core",
      "status": "live",
      "modules": [
        "demo/render-nd",
        "demo/viable-viz",
        "demo/creative-kernels.mjs"
      ],
      "primitives": [
        "n-dimensional projection",
        "harmonograph paths",
        "flow and particle fields",
        "reconcile certificates"
      ],
      "next": [
        "bundle-coordinate overlays",
        "zenzic operation visualizers",
        "perturbation sensitivity maps"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sound_media_core",
      "status": "revival-ready",
      "modules": [
        "demo/render-sound",
        "demo/measurement-layers.mjs"
      ],
      "primitives": [
        "DFT spectra",
        "additive Web Audio",
        "sonification",
        "audio-reactive timing receipts"
      ],
      "next": [
        "audio-reactive point cloud nodes",
        "media timeline receipts",
        "spectral-to-visual modulation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "typography_design_core",
      "status": "planned",
      "modules": [
        "tools/render_flagship_heroes.py",
        "docs/brand"
      ],
      "primitives": [
        "flagship hero art",
        "display specimens",
        "poster systems",
        "future glyph generation"
      ],
      "next": [
        "font specimen receipts",
        "glyph-field generator",
        "README poster wall"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "revival_candidates": [
    {
      "path": "demo/render-nd",
      "kind": "local organ",
      "status": "present",
      "why": "Bring n-dimensional geometry, depth, projection, raster, and WebGL back into Studio scenes."
    },
    {
      "path": "demo/render-sound",
      "kind": "local organ",
      "status": "present",
      "why": "Restore sound generation and spectral analysis as first-class creative layers."
    },
    {
      "path": "demo/sense-core",
      "kind": "local organ",
      "status": "present",
      "why": "Use feature extraction and fusion to let models inspect creative artifacts instead of only describe them."
    },
    {
      "path": "demo/viable-viz",
      "kind": "local organ",
      "status": "present",
      "why": "Keep creative work tied to reconcile, certificate, and regulator primitives."
    },
    {
      "path": "../studio-engine/studio_engine/organs/raster.py",
      "kind": "sibling repo organ",
      "status": "revive",
      "why": "Recover raster effects, dithering, quantization, and image transform code."
    },
    {
      "path": "../studio-engine/studio_engine/organs/sonify.py",
      "kind": "sibling repo organ",
      "status": "revive",
      "why": "Connect visual constants to sound and audio proofs."
    },
    {
      "path": "../studio-engine/studio_engine/organs/flowfield.py",
      "kind": "sibling repo organ",
      "status": "revive",
      "why": "Use flow fields for generative motion, sensitivity maps, and scientific overlays."
    },
    {
      "path": "../studio-engine/studio_engine/organs/harmonograph.py",
      "kind": "sibling repo organ",
      "status": "revive",
      "why": "Restore plotter-friendly oscillator drawings and pendulum studies."
    },
    {
      "path": "../studio-engine/studio_engine/strand/webaudio.py",
      "kind": "sibling repo strand",
      "status": "revive",
      "why": "Emit browser-native audio graphs from engine recipes."
    },
    {
      "path": "../studio-engine/showcase/media.js",
      "kind": "sibling repo showcase",
      "status": "revive",
      "why": "Recover media presentation and capture utilities for the public demo."
    },
    {
      "path": "../studio-libs/render-sound/index.mjs",
      "kind": "sibling library",
      "status": "revive",
      "why": "Reuse tested sound rendering code in the Telos Studio without duplicating it."
    }
  ],
  "roadmap": [
    {
      "phase": "revive",
      "focus": "Restore dormant dithering, pixel sorting, media, sound, flow, harmonograph, and raster organs into runnable adapters."
    },
    {
      "phase": "compose",
      "focus": "Represent effects, media, audio, and verification as node-graph recipes usable from IDE, CLI, TUI, MCP, and app hosts."
    },
    {
      "phase": "generate",
      "focus": "Add typography, glyph, poster, film, audio-reactive, and scientific-art generators with export receipts."
    },
    {
      "phase": "verify",
      "focus": "Every creative action emits scene specs, hashes, receipt chains, replay handles, and MATCH/DRIFT/UNVERIFIABLE results."
    }
  ],
  "presentation": {
    "fonts": [
      "Kilon",
      "Conso"
    ],
    "github_surfaces": [
      "README hero",
      "repo description",
      "demo poster wall",
      "engine manifest"
    ],
    "source_leads": [
      "https://www.reddit.com/r/posterdesign/",
      "https://www.reddit.com/r/design_critiques/"
    ],
    "source_lead_boundary": "Design critique communities are treated as operator-provided inspiration leads; no community artwork is copied into the repository."
  },
  "research_receipts": {
    "math_educator_video_leads": "demo/research/youtube-math-educator-receipts.json",
    "rendering_pipeline": "demo/research/rendering-pipeline-seeds.json",
    "creative_kernel_sources": [
      "https://doi.org/10.1117/12.59015",
      "https://diglib.eg.org/items/6342d4d6-5220-4376-a5c6-a153058f4a3c",
      "https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.04079",
      "https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16447"
    ],
    "mission": "Assist mathematicians, physicists, shader artists, and educators with formula-visible, replayable, receipt-backed creative and scientific demos.",
    "representative_leads": [
      "https://www.youtube.com/@InigoQuilez",
      "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAMiS2PGTEE",
      "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf1FKWaSpEY"
    ],
    "boundary": "Video metadata is a source lead. Scientific, benchmark, model-release, and implementation claims require stronger source receipts and Crucible assessments before promotion to MATCH."
  }
}