diff --git a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-12-crucible-assets-builder-design.md b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-12-crucible-assets-builder-design.md
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--- a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-12-crucible-assets-builder-design.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-12-crucible-assets-builder-design.md
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Seven commands:
model-name mismatches (read-only).
- `crucible assets fix-mdl` — lowercase `.mdl` filenames and rewrite ASCII
model/root names to match each file's stem.
-- `crucible assets check-dupes` — report runtime-name (basename) collisions in
- directories, or hak-scoped collisions across `assets/*.yml` manifests.
+- `crucible assets check-dupes` — report runtime-name (basename) collisions
+ across directories.
- `crucible assets clean-dupes` — delete files from a "clean" tree whose
basename collides with anything in a "primary" tree.
@@ -235,21 +235,21 @@ candidate only if it needs a content fix (name mismatch) or a filename
lowercase, so the expensive per-file read/rewrite runs only on the few that
matter, not the whole tree.
-## `crucible assets check-dupes [--manifests]
…`
+## `crucible assets check-dupes …`
-Port of `check-duplicate-names.sh`. Read-only. NWN packs hak entries by
-basename, not path, so files at different paths with the same basename
-(case-insensitively) silently clobber on pack. This flags them.
-
-- Directory mode (default): across all `` args, report any two files whose
- lowercased basename matches.
-- `--manifests`: additionally read every `assets/*.yml` in the current repo and
- report basename collisions **within the same hak** (`.assets[].path` grouped
- by `.assets[].hak`), reusing Crucible's existing `gopkg.in/yaml.v3` parsing.
- Requires no external `yq`.
+Port of `check-duplicate-names.sh`'s **directory mode only**. Read-only. NWN
+packs hak entries by basename, not path, so files at different paths with the
+same basename (case-insensitively) silently clobber on pack. Across all ``
+args, report any two files whose lowercased basename matches.
Exit non-zero if any collision is found.
+The script's `--manifests` mode (hak-scoped collisions read from `assets/*.yml`)
+is **not** ported here — it inspects manifest structure, not files on disk, so
+it belongs with the manifest/depot tooling. It moves in the follow-up spec (see
+Out of scope); until then `sow-assets-manifest` keeps
+`check-duplicate-names.sh` solely for that mode.
+
## `crucible assets clean-dupes [--dry-run] `
Port of `clean-duplicate-names.sh`. Deletes files from the `` tree whose
@@ -269,22 +269,24 @@ Exit zero on success with a count of removed (or would-remove) files.
(`crucible.sh`) and uses `crucible depot` from its Makefile, so it resolves a
released `crucible` with zero extra setup.
-- **Delete** the four folded driver scripts: `scripts/check-ascii-mdl.sh`,
- `scripts/fix-mdl-model-names.sh`, `scripts/check-duplicate-names.sh`,
- `scripts/clean-duplicate-names.sh`.
+- **Delete** the three fully-folded driver scripts: `scripts/check-ascii-mdl.sh`,
+ `scripts/fix-mdl-model-names.sh`, `scripts/clean-duplicate-names.sh`.
- **Repoint** the Makefile targets to the wrapper:
- `check-mdl` → `./crucible.sh assets check-mdl …`
- `fix-mdl` → `./crucible.sh assets fix-mdl [--dry-run] …`
- - `check-dupes` → `./crucible.sh assets check-dupes …` and
- `./crucible.sh assets check-dupes --manifests`
+ - `check-dupes` — its directory scan → `./crucible.sh assets check-dupes …`;
+ the `check-duplicate-names.sh --manifests` line stays as-is.
- `clean-dupes` → `./crucible.sh assets clean-dupes [--dry-run] `
- - the `haks` target's `check-duplicate-names.sh --manifests` guard →
- `./crucible.sh assets check-dupes --manifests`
-- **Keep for now:** `scripts/mdl-scan.awk` and `scripts/mdl-name-lib.sh`. They
- are still sourced by `import.sh` for its batched pre-import gate (~28× faster
- than per-file, on a hot path). They retire in the follow-up below. Because
- both the awk classifier and the Go `mdl` module must agree, the port keeps
- detection byte-for-byte identical (a shared fixture set checks this).
+- **Keep for now:**
+ - `scripts/check-duplicate-names.sh` — kept **only** for its `--manifests`
+ mode, still called by the `check` and `haks` targets. Its directory mode is
+ superseded by `crucible assets check-dupes`. Ported and deleted in the
+ follow-up.
+ - `scripts/mdl-scan.awk` and `scripts/mdl-name-lib.sh` — still sourced by
+ `import.sh` for its batched pre-import gate (~28× faster than per-file, on a
+ hot path). They retire in the follow-up too. Because both the awk classifier
+ and the Go `mdl` module must agree, the port keeps detection byte-for-byte
+ identical (a shared fixture set checks this).
Nothing in `sow-assets-manifest` is committed by this project's plan except the
script deletions and Makefile edits; that repo's change lands as its own commit
@@ -292,12 +294,15 @@ once the new `crucible` release with `assets` is available.
## Out of scope — follow-up spec
-Moving the **depot-interacting pipeline** (`import.sh`, `sync-assets.sh`,
-`export.sh`, and the inline mdl gate) into `crucible depot` is a separate
-project with its own spec. When `import.sh` becomes `crucible depot import`, its
-gate uses the in-process `internal/assets/mdl` module and
-`scripts/mdl-scan.awk` + `scripts/mdl-name-lib.sh` are deleted. This spec
-deliberately stops at the standalone integrity tools to keep one focused plan.
+Moving the **depot-interacting pipeline** into `crucible depot` is a separate
+project with its own spec
+(`2026-07-12-crucible-depot-pipeline-migration-design.md`). It covers
+`import.sh`, `sync-assets.sh`, `export.sh`, the inline mdl gate, and the
+`check-duplicate-names.sh --manifests` manifest-collision check. When that lands:
+its gate uses the in-process `internal/assets/mdl` module, and
+`scripts/mdl-scan.awk`, `scripts/mdl-name-lib.sh`, and
+`scripts/check-duplicate-names.sh` are all deleted. This spec deliberately stops
+at the standalone, file-on-disk integrity tools to keep one focused plan.
## Error handling
@@ -327,8 +332,7 @@ Go tests in `internal/assets`:
a model that then passes `CheckNames`. A parity fixture set shared in intent
with `mdl-scan.awk` so the Go port and the still-present awk agree.
- `check-dupes`/`clean-dupes`: temp trees asserting basename-collision
- detection (case-insensitive), the `--manifests` hak-scoped path against a
- small `assets/*.yml` fixture, the overlap guard, and `--dry-run` mutating
+ detection (case-insensitive), the overlap guard, and `--dry-run` mutating
nothing.
External engine/upscaler calls are exercised through the `run` indirection with
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-12-crucible-depot-pipeline-migration-design.md b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-12-crucible-depot-pipeline-migration-design.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# Crucible `depot` pipeline migration — design (charter / draft)
+
+Date: 2026-07-12
+Status: **draft — needs its own brainstorming pass before implementation.**
+Depends on: `2026-07-12-crucible-assets-builder-design.md` (the `assets` builder
+and `internal/assets/mdl` module) landing first.
+
+This is a scoping charter, not an implementation-ready design. The scripts it
+covers are nontrivial and lean heavily on `sow-assets-manifest/scripts/lib.sh`
+(~35 KB). A full design requires studying `lib.sh` and the manifest format in
+depth; that work happens in this spec's own brainstorming before any code.
+
+## Why this exists
+
+`sow-assets-manifest` is the last consumer still carrying real builder logic in
+shell. The `assets` spec folded its standalone integrity tools into Crucible but
+deliberately left the **depot-interacting pipeline** behind, because those
+scripts read/write the content-addressed depot and the asset manifests — depot
+domain, and a bigger lift. This charter completes the migration so
+`sow-assets-manifest` becomes what the other consumers already are: a thin
+caller of released `crucible` binaries with no vendored toolkit logic.
+
+## What moves into `crucible depot`
+
+The depot builder already owns `status/push/verify/get/pull`. This adds the
+authoring side:
+
+| Script | Proposed command | What it does today |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `import.sh` (318 lines) | `crucible depot import [prefix…]` | Import an edit tree into the depot + manifests: sticky per-path member assignment, new paths to the tail member, per-category `max_bytes` rebalance (spill overflow forward, no full repack), a local stat-cache to skip unchanged files, batched hashing + parallel `depot_put_many`. |
+| `sync-assets.sh` (61 lines) | `crucible depot sync [prefix…]` | Full reconcile = import + prune manifest entries whose path no longer exists (scoped by prefix when given). Delegates to `import.sh`. |
+| `export.sh` (96 lines) | `crucible depot export [glob] [--hak m] [--restype ext] --to ` | Materialize a manifest-selected subset out of the depot into a clean edit tree (category paths preserved, no metadata). |
+| `check-duplicate-names.sh --manifests` | `crucible depot check-dupes` (name TBD) | Hak-scoped basename collisions read from `assets/*.yml` (`.assets[].path` grouped by `.assets[].hak`). Manifest-structure check, not files on disk. |
+
+The inline **pre-import mdl gate** in `import.sh` (batched `mdl-scan.awk` pass
+that aborts on an H/B model-name mismatch before any blob is hashed/uploaded)
+is reimplemented with the in-process `internal/assets/mdl` module from the
+`assets` spec — same H/B contract, no subprocess.
+
+## What retires when this lands
+
+Deleted from `sow-assets-manifest/scripts/` once the commands above are wired
+and the Makefile is repointed:
+
+- `import.sh`, `sync-assets.sh`, `export.sh`
+- `mdl-scan.awk`, `mdl-name-lib.sh` (only remaining consumer was `import.sh`)
+- `check-duplicate-names.sh` (its directory mode already superseded by
+ `crucible assets check-dupes`; the `--manifests` mode moves here)
+- whatever else in `lib.sh` becomes dead once the above are gone (assess during
+ design — `lib.sh` also serves `build-haks.sh`, `pack-haks.sh`, `promote.sh`,
+ etc., which are **not** in scope here, so `lib.sh` likely shrinks, not dies)
+
+Makefile targets `import`, `sync`, `haks` (its sync/import/dupe steps), `export`
+repoint to `./crucible.sh depot …`.
+
+## Known hard parts (resolve in brainstorming)
+
+- **Manifest read/write parity.** Byte-stable output, member `max_bytes`
+ rebalance semantics, sticky path→member assignment. Must match the current
+ awk/`lib.sh` behavior or diff-review of manifests becomes noise. Crucible
+ already parses these manifests (`internal/pipeline`, hak build) — reuse, don't
+ reinvent.
+- **Depot backends.** `import`/`export` drive bunny/cdn/local through
+ `lib.sh`'s `depot_put_many`/`depot_require_write` (incl. the
+ `BUNNY_STORAGE_PASSWORD` prompt and cdn→bunny write normalization). Crucible's
+ `internal/depot` already speaks these backends for pull/push — the authoring
+ side should share that client, not a second implementation.
+- **Stat-cache.** `import.sh`'s `.cache/import//.tsv` skip-unchanged
+ optimization is the dominant re-import speedup. Decide whether Crucible
+ reproduces it, replaces it (content-addressing already dedupes uploads), or
+ drops it with a measured justification.
+- **Throughput.** The shell versions are already batched to avoid per-file
+ forks; a Go port should be at least as fast (in-process, no forks) — verify,
+ don't assume.
+- **Scoping semantics.** Prefix-scoped import/prune (segment-boundary match) and
+ export glob matching (`**`/`*`/literal dots, no shell expansion) must port
+ exactly.
+
+## Out of scope
+
+The HAK build/pack/promote/publish scripts (`build-haks.sh`, `pack-haks.sh`,
+`promote.sh`, `publish-release*.sh`, `hak-artifact-record.sh`) and their
+`lib.sh` support. `crucible hak build` already exists; whether these thin
+release wrappers also migrate is a separate question, not this charter.
+
+## Next step
+
+Brainstorm this charter into a full design: read `lib.sh` and the manifest
+format, settle the hard parts above, then write the implementation-ready spec
+and plan. Do not implement from this document.