fix(skills): pipeline fixes from prompt-guide validation (BGM, caption accent, voice, PR version)

skills-manifest.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       "files": 144
     },
     "faceless-explainer": {
-      "hash": "7f8f31695723756b",
+      "hash": "09bc257e79dabebc",
       "files": 18
     },
     "figma": {
@@ -46,23 +46,23 @@
       "files": 10
     },
     "media-use": {
-      "hash": "6c4aa8649e1eaf99",
-      "files": 121
+      "hash": "f6f3af6648b1bd81",
+      "files": 122
     },
     "motion-graphics": {
       "hash": "0f1ac928e387a74c",
       "files": 23
     },
     "music-to-video": {
-      "hash": "901a19d0680f8c1b",
+      "hash": "5bb405421a7e19ba",
       "files": 132
     },
     "pr-to-video": {
-      "hash": "800b4c11cda4658b",
+      "hash": "a93fde2b33b26e75",
       "files": 22
     },
     "product-launch-video": {
-      "hash": "937dcd6c581fb054",
+      "hash": "14404973ef5d38a0",
       "files": 20
     },
     "remotion-to-hyperframes": {

skills/faceless-explainer/SKILL.md

@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ Goal: Generate narration, word timings, music, and audio metadata from the appro
 
 Start audio after Step 3 approval. Run it in the background, then continue to Step 4. (Sign-in status was already shown in Step 0; the engine falls back automatically.)
 
-`node <SKILL_DIR>/scripts/audio.mjs --script ./SCRIPT.md --storyboard ./STORYBOARD.md --hyperframes . --out ./audio_meta.json &`
+**Choose the narration voice from the user's ask before invoking.** If the request named a voice, gender, or tone, pick a matching voice id and pass it with `--voice <id>`. The pipeline default is otherwise **Marcia (female)** on HeyGen / `am_michael` on Kokoro — so a request like "a male voice" is silently ignored unless you pass the flag. Voice ids are provider-specific; resolve against whichever provider Step 0's sign-in status selected: **HeyGen** (signed in) via `node ../media-use/audio/scripts/heygen-tts.mjs --list` (or `GET /v3/voices?engine=starfish`); **Kokoro** (offline) via the voice table in `../media-use/audio/references/tts.md` (prefixes `am_`/`bm_` male, `af_`/`bf_` female). Omit `--voice` only when the user expressed no preference.
+
+`node <SKILL_DIR>/scripts/audio.mjs --script ./SCRIPT.md --storyboard ./STORYBOARD.md --hyperframes . --out ./audio_meta.json --voice <voice-id> &`
 
 The audio script handles narration, word timings, BGM lookup from HeyGen's music library, and timing metadata. BGM mood comes from the storyboard's `music:` field. This uses the HeyGen Audio API for retrieval, not generation, and the same `~/.heygen` credential as TTS. For provider details, read `../media-use/audio/references/tts.md`.
 

skills/faceless-explainer/scripts/assemble-index.mjs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 // video, frames only). Durations come from STORYBOARD (audio sync-durations
 // writes them), NOT from here; this file carries only media PATHS, keyed by
 // frame number:
-//   { "bgm":   { "path": "assets/bgm/x.mp3", "volume": 0.8 } | null,
+//   { "bgm":   { "path": "assets/bgm/x.mp3", "volume": 0.12 } | null,
 //     "voices":[ { "frame": 3, "path": "assets/voice/03.wav" } ],
 //     "sfx":   [ { "frame": 3, "file": "assets/sfx/x.mp3", "offset_s": 0,
 //                  "duration_s": 1.0, "volume": 0.35 } ] }
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import { parseStoryboard } from "./lib/storyboard.mjs";
 import { parseFormat } from "./lib/dimensions.mjs";
 import { stageAssets } from "./lib/assets.mjs";
 import { parseColors, semanticColors } from "./lib/tokens.mjs";
+import { bgmDefaultVolume } from "../../media-use/audio/scripts/lib/bgm.mjs";
 
 // ---------- argv ----------
 const argv = process.argv.slice(2);
@@ -388,7 +389,9 @@ if (audio.bgm?.path) {
         `bgm is ${cov.dur?.toFixed?.(1) ?? "?"}s (< ${TOTAL}s) and could not be extended (${cov.reason}) — the tail will be silent; install ffmpeg`,
       );
     }
-    const vol = audio.bgm.volume != null ? audio.bgm.volume : voiceCount > 0 ? 0.8 : 0.9;
+    // An explicit volume from audio_meta always wins; otherwise the shared
+    // media-use default (bed ~ -18 dB under narration, forward for a silent film).
+    const vol = audio.bgm.volume != null ? audio.bgm.volume : bgmDefaultVolume(voiceCount > 0);
     body.push(
       `      <!-- BGM -->`,
       `      <audio`,

skills/faceless-explainer/scripts/build-frame.mjs

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
   parseFonts,
   pickAccent,
   semanticColors,
+  STATUS_ROLE_KEY,
   UA_DEFAULT_COLORS,
 } from "./lib/tokens.mjs";
 
@@ -253,11 +254,7 @@ if (brandColors.length && presetColors.length) {
     let next;
     if (val === prDark) next = mapDark;
     else if (val === prLight) next = mapLight;
-    else if (
-      /(?:^|[-_])(?:positive|negative|success|error|warning|danger|good|bad|up|down)(?:[-_]|$)/i.test(
-        key,
-      )
-    )
+    else if (STATUS_ROLE_KEY.test(key))
       // semantic status colors (green/red …) — the HUE carries the meaning; never repaint.
       // MUST precede the accent checks: a preset's red "negative" is often its 2nd-most-chromatic
       // color and would otherwise be claimed as accent2 and recolored to the brand hue.

skills/faceless-explainer/scripts/lib/tokens.mjs

@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ export const UA_DEFAULT_COLORS = new Set(
   ["#0000EE", "#0000FF", "#0000CC", "#1A0DAB", "#551A8B", "#EE0000"].map((c) => c.toUpperCase()),
 );
 
+// Semantic STATUS roles (green "positive", red "negative"/"error", amber "warning" …). Their HUE
+// carries the meaning, so they are never a brand ACCENT — a status red is frequently the most
+// chromatic color in a palette (e.g. #dc2626 chroma 182 beats a deep-blue accent #1E40AF chroma
+// 145) and would otherwise win a pure chroma ranking, painting captions/highlights the error red.
+// build-frame.mjs uses this same key set to protect status colors during the preset→brand remix.
+export const STATUS_ROLE_KEY =
+  /(?:^|[-_])(?:positive|negative|success|error|warning|danger|good|bad|up|down|info|neutral|alert|caution|critical)(?:[-_]|$)/i;
+
 // Pick the brand ACCENT — never by raw chroma alone, never a UA-default link color.
 // Priority:
 //   1) with capture colorStats → the colorful color that RECURS across the UI. The brand
@@ -134,7 +142,8 @@ export function brandRolesFromStats(stats, colorsInOrder) {
 // Map a list of [key, value] colors to semantic roles. ink = a dark/ink-named
 // color (else darkest); canvas = a paper/cream/white-named color (else lightest);
 // accents = whatever's left, ranked by chroma (the loudest color is almost always
-// the brand accent) — UA-default link colors excluded so a stray <a> color never wins.
+// the brand accent) — UA-default link colors AND semantic status colors (positive/
+// negative/error…) excluded so neither a stray <a> color nor a status red ever wins.
 // For an unkeyed brand list, pass synthetic keys — name matching simply no-ops and it
 // falls back to luminance/chroma, which is what we want. NOTE: when capture colorStats
 // exist, prefer brandRolesFromStats() — it picks by function, not these proxies.
@@ -154,7 +163,13 @@ export function semanticColors(colors) {
     byLum[byLum.length - 1] ?? colors[colors.length - 1],
   );
   const accents = colors
-    .filter(([, v]) => v !== ink && v !== canvas && !UA_DEFAULT_COLORS.has(String(v).toUpperCase()))
+    .filter(
+      ([k, v]) =>
+        v !== ink &&
+        v !== canvas &&
+        !UA_DEFAULT_COLORS.has(String(v).toUpperCase()) &&
+        !STATUS_ROLE_KEY.test(k), // a status red/green carries meaning by hue — never an accent
+    )
     .sort((a, b) => chroma(b[1]) - chroma(a[1]))
     .map(([, v]) => v);
   return { ink, canvas, accent: accents[0] ?? ink, accent2: accents[1] ?? accents[0] ?? ink };

skills/media-use/audio/references/bgm.md

@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ One music bed per composition, produced by the shared audio engine (`scripts/aud
 ```jsonc
 {
   "path": "assets/bgm/track.mp3",
-  "volume": 0.8,
+  "volume": 0.12,
   "mode": "retrieve",
   "query": "calm cinematic underscore",
   "duration_s": 42.0,
 }
 ```
 
-`volume` is 0.8 under narration, 0.9 for a silent film (no voice). `bgm_pending` is `false` — the file is on disk when the engine returns.
+`volume` comes from the engine's `bgmDefaultVolume()`: `BGM_BED_VOLUME` (currently `0.12` ≈ -18 dB — a bed under the voice) under narration, `BGM_SILENT_VOLUME` (currently `0.9`) for a silent film (no voice). Tune those constants in `scripts/lib/bgm.mjs`, not call sites. An explicit `volume` in `audio_meta.json` always overrides this default. `bgm_pending` is `false` — the file is on disk when the engine returns.
 
 ## Local generation (fallback) — Lyria → MusicGen
 

skills/media-use/audio/scripts/lib/bgm.mjs

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ import { pythonInvocation } from "./python.mjs";
 const r3 = (x) => Number(x.toFixed(3));
 const lyriaKey = () => process.env.GEMINI_API_KEY || process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY || "";
 
+// Default BGM level. Under narration music is a bed that must stay under the
+// voice — 0.12 linear ≈ -18 dB. A silent film (no voice) has no voice to duck
+// beneath, so BGM sits forward at 0.9. Callers may override per composition.
+export const BGM_BED_VOLUME = 0.12;
+export const BGM_SILENT_VOLUME = 0.9;
+export const bgmDefaultVolume = (hasVoice) => (hasVoice ? BGM_BED_VOLUME : BGM_SILENT_VOLUME);
+
 const BGM_PY_DEPS = ["transformers", "torch", "soundfile", "numpy"];
 const BGM_PY_PROBE =
   "import transformers, soundfile, torch, numpy; from transformers import MusicgenForConditionalGeneration";
@@ -51,7 +58,7 @@ export async function retrieveBgm({ query, headers, hyperframesDir, hasVoice })
   await downloadTo(top.audio_url, join(hyperframesDir, rel));
   return {
     path: rel,
-    volume: hasVoice ? 0.8 : 0.9,
+    volume: bgmDefaultVolume(hasVoice),
     query: q,
     mode: "retrieve",
     duration_s: typeof top.duration === "number" ? r3(top.duration) : null,
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@ export function generateBgmDetached({
   mkdirSync(join(hyperframesDir, "assets", "bgm"), { recursive: true });
   const log = join(hyperframesDir, "assets", "bgm", `bgm-${Date.now()}.log`);
   const targetS = Math.max(1, durationS);
-  const baseMeta = { path: rel, mode: null, volume: hasVoice ? 0.8 : 0.9, pending: true };
+  const baseMeta = { path: rel, mode: null, volume: bgmDefaultVolume(hasVoice), pending: true };
 
   const lyriaConfigured = !!lyriaKey() && !!lyriaRecipe && existsSync(lyriaRecipe);
 

skills/media-use/audio/scripts/lib/bgm.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { BGM_BED_VOLUME, BGM_SILENT_VOLUME, bgmDefaultVolume } from "./bgm.mjs";
+
+// Regression: narrated pipelines used to ship BGM at 0.8 (≈ -2 dB), ~16 dB
+// hotter than a music bed under a voice should be. The default under narration
+// must be a proper bed (≈ -18 dB); a silent film keeps the louder default.
+
+const dbfs = (linear) => 20 * Math.log10(linear);
+
+test("BGM under narration is a bed near -18 dB", () => {
+  assert.equal(bgmDefaultVolume(true), BGM_BED_VOLUME);
+  assert.equal(BGM_BED_VOLUME, 0.12);
+  const db = dbfs(BGM_BED_VOLUME);
+  assert.ok(db < -17 && db > -19, `bed should be ≈ -18 dB, got ${db.toFixed(1)} dB`);
+});
+
+test("a silent film (no voice) keeps BGM forward", () => {
+  assert.equal(bgmDefaultVolume(false), BGM_SILENT_VOLUME);
+  assert.equal(BGM_SILENT_VOLUME, 0.9);
+});
+
+test("the narrated default is well below the voice (≈ 0 dBFS)", () => {
+  // Voice sits at data-volume="1" (0 dBFS); the bed must be ~16+ dB under it.
+  const separation = dbfs(1) - dbfs(bgmDefaultVolume(true));
+  assert.ok(
+    separation >= 16,
+    `bed should sit ≥16 dB under the voice, got ${separation.toFixed(1)} dB`,
+  );
+});

skills/music-to-video/scripts/assemble-index.mjs

@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ for (const m of mounted) {
   body.push("");
 }
 
-// BGM (track 11) — full duration; duck slightly when VO present
+// BGM (track 11) — full duration. Here the music IS the content (music-first
+// skill), so it never drops to the explainer pipelines' narration-bed default
+// (bgmDefaultVolume() 0.12 ≈ -18 dB): an incidental VO ducks it only slightly.
 let bgmEmitted = false;
 if (existsSync(join(hyperframesDir, bgmRel))) {
   const vol = voiceCount > 0 ? 0.8 : 0.9;

skills/pr-to-video/SKILL.md

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Initialize only if `hyperframes.json` is missing. Name `<project>` from the PR i
 
 ## Step 1: Ingest the PR (no capture)
 
-Goal: Fetch the PR's facts and fold them into the project as the source of information. There is **no website capture**. `fetch-pr.mjs` runs `gh` deterministically — completing the files list via paginated `gh api` so a large PR doesn't truncate at ~100 files, and writing only `capture/pr.json` + `capture/diff.patch` (no scratch dir). Then `ingest.mjs` folds that into the synthetic capture package offline.
+Goal: Fetch the PR's facts and fold them into the project as the source of information. There is **no website capture**. `fetch-pr.mjs` runs `gh` deterministically — completing the files list via paginated `gh api` so a large PR doesn't truncate at ~100 files, and writing only `capture/pr.json` + `capture/diff.patch` (no scratch dir). For MERGED PRs it also resolves a best-effort `shipped_version` (+ `version_source`) into `pr.json`, so the end card can cite a real version instead of inventing one. Then `ingest.mjs` folds that into the synthetic capture package offline.
 
 ```bash
 PR="<url | owner/repo#N | N>"
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ Goal: Generate narration, word timings, music, and audio metadata from the appro
 
 Start audio after Step 3 approval. Run it in the background, then continue to Step 4.
 
-`node <SKILL_DIR>/scripts/audio.mjs --script ./SCRIPT.md --storyboard ./STORYBOARD.md --hyperframes . --out ./audio_meta.json &`
+**Choose the narration voice from the user's ask before invoking.** If the request named a voice, gender, or tone, pick a matching voice id and pass it with `--voice <id>`. The pipeline default is otherwise **Marcia (female)** on HeyGen / `am_michael` on Kokoro — so a request like "a male voice" is silently ignored unless you pass the flag. Voice ids are provider-specific; resolve against whichever provider Step 0's sign-in status selected: **HeyGen** (signed in) via `node ../media-use/audio/scripts/heygen-tts.mjs --list` (or `GET /v3/voices?engine=starfish`); **Kokoro** (offline) via the voice table in `../media-use/audio/references/tts.md` (prefixes `am_`/`bm_` male, `af_`/`bf_` female). Omit `--voice` only when the user expressed no preference.
+
+`node <SKILL_DIR>/scripts/audio.mjs --script ./SCRIPT.md --storyboard ./STORYBOARD.md --hyperframes . --out ./audio_meta.json --voice <voice-id> &`
 
 The audio script handles narration, word timings, BGM lookup from HeyGen's music library, and timing metadata. BGM mood comes from the storyboard's `music:` field. This uses the HeyGen Audio API for retrieval, not generation, and the same `~/.heygen` credential as TTS. For provider details, read `../media-use/audio/references/tts.md`.
 

skills/pr-to-video/references/story-design.md

@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ The `credits` frame is an avatar row with names + roles + an "approved" check. O
 
 Every other frame has **no** `asset_candidates` (the visuals are invented downstream from `scene` + the diff).
 
+### Versions on the end card (cta / changelog)
+
+A `cta` ("upgrade to vN", "npm i pkg@N") or a changelog "what's new in vN" wants a real version — and **a version is the one fact you must never invent.** A PR carries no shipping version, so Step 1 resolves a best-effort one for MERGED PRs and writes it into `capture/extracted/visible-text.txt` as a `Shipped in: <version> (<source>)` meta line (mirrored in `capture/pr.json` as `shipped_version` / `version_source`). Use it:
+
+- **`Shipped in:` present** → use that exact version on the end card. A `version_source` of `unreleased` means the change is on the default branch but not yet in a tagged release — say "shipping in the next release" rather than pinning a tag.
+- **No `Shipped in:` line** (open PR, or no version resolvable) → **state the repo / PR URL only** ("read the PR at github.com/…", "pull it") and do **not** name or guess a version number.
+
 ## Per-frame length budget — ≤ 9 s, word count is the real measurement
 
 The largest quality bug in PR videos is **scripts that talk too long**. TTS runs at **~2.2 words/second**, so a 45-word "7-second" script is really 20 seconds, and the visual phase has to pad the tail with idle drift (the video reads as "shimmering"). Budget by word count:

skills/pr-to-video/scripts/assemble-index.mjs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 // video, frames only). Durations come from STORYBOARD (audio sync-durations
 // writes them), NOT from here; this file carries only media PATHS, keyed by
 // frame number:
-//   { "bgm":   { "path": "assets/bgm/x.mp3", "volume": 0.8 } | null,
+//   { "bgm":   { "path": "assets/bgm/x.mp3", "volume": 0.12 } | null,
 //     "voices":[ { "frame": 3, "path": "assets/voice/03.wav" } ],
 //     "sfx":   [ { "frame": 3, "file": "assets/sfx/x.mp3", "offset_s": 0,
 //                  "duration_s": 1.0, "volume": 0.35 } ] }
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import { parseStoryboard } from "./lib/storyboard.mjs";
 import { parseFormat } from "./lib/dimensions.mjs";
 import { stageAssets } from "./lib/assets.mjs";
 import { parseColors, semanticColors } from "./lib/tokens.mjs";
+import { bgmDefaultVolume } from "../../media-use/audio/scripts/lib/bgm.mjs";
 
 // ---------- argv ----------
 const argv = process.argv.slice(2);
@@ -388,7 +389,9 @@ if (audio.bgm?.path) {
         `bgm is ${cov.dur?.toFixed?.(1) ?? "?"}s (< ${TOTAL}s) and could not be extended (${cov.reason}) — the tail will be silent; install ffmpeg`,
       );
     }
-    const vol = audio.bgm.volume != null ? audio.bgm.volume : voiceCount > 0 ? 0.8 : 0.9;
+    // An explicit volume from audio_meta always wins; otherwise the shared
+    // media-use default (bed ~ -18 dB under narration, forward for a silent film).
+    const vol = audio.bgm.volume != null ? audio.bgm.volume : bgmDefaultVolume(voiceCount > 0);
     body.push(
       `      <!-- BGM -->`,
       `      <audio`,

skills/pr-to-video/scripts/build-frame.mjs

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
   parseFonts,
   pickAccent,
   semanticColors,
+  STATUS_ROLE_KEY,
   UA_DEFAULT_COLORS,
 } from "./lib/tokens.mjs";
 
@@ -253,11 +254,7 @@ if (brandColors.length && presetColors.length) {
     let next;
     if (val === prDark) next = mapDark;
     else if (val === prLight) next = mapLight;
-    else if (
-      /(?:^|[-_])(?:positive|negative|success|error|warning|danger|good|bad|up|down)(?:[-_]|$)/i.test(
-        key,
-      )
-    )
+    else if (STATUS_ROLE_KEY.test(key))
       // semantic status colors (green/red …) — the HUE carries the meaning; never repaint.
       // MUST precede the accent checks: a preset's red "negative" is often its 2nd-most-chromatic
       // color and would otherwise be claimed as accent2 and recolored to the brand hue.