Pre-submission checklist

Run this before spending a generation. Each item maps to a failure that costs a full run to discover.

Spec

[ ] Is there one premise sentence? Two premises means two pieces.
[ ] Is every line in the bucket that matches its scope? Global rules inside a beat stop applying at the next beat.
[ ] Does every reference state both what it controls and what not to take from it?
[ ] Is every distinct subject bound individually? No "Images 1–4 define four characters".
[ ] When several references show one object, is the output count stated? (exactly one lamp appears throughout)
[ ] Are references selected per stage rather than all required at once?
[ ] Are negatives specific to this piece? Delete anything inherited that names a risk this piece does not have.

[ ] Does every stage end on a visible state — not a feeling, not "continues"?
[ ] Does each stage contain one primary change?
[ ] Is every emotion anchored to 2–4 observable cues?
[ ] Is every uncommon craft term written as term + observable description?
[ ] Are subject count, wardrobe, prop ownership, and spatial relationships stated where they must hold?
[ ] For a keyframe sequence: is the order explicit and does each image have one role?
[ ] For an extension: is the boundary written on the correct side — and for a backward extension, is the source's first frame stated as the end state?

[ ] Was granularity decided before the beats were written?
[ ] Is the granularity the loosest one that still meets the constraint?
[ ] If second-level: is there a genuine external hard constraint, or did it arrive by habit?
[ ] Are time ranges consecutive and non-overlapping?
[ ] Is any range demanding impossible density (several distinct actions inside one second)?
[ ] For a re-skin: was granularity inherited from the DNA instead of re-asked?

[ ] Does the target model have a profile? If not, has a probe been run and recorded?
[ ] Is the reference addressing syntax emitted in the model's exact form?
[ ] Is every bias-layer line justified for this model — not imported from another one?
[ ] Has any anti-default phrasing been checked against this model's baseline for overshoot?
[ ] Does the spec fit the model's real reference count, duration, and multi-shot support?
[ ] Is every degrade reported rather than applied silently?
[ ] For a comparison run: is the spec held at the intersection of both models' capabilities, with only addressing translated?

[ ] Should the edit own this transition instead? Fades, dissolves, flash cuts, and wipes are cheaper and more controllable in post.
[ ] Is the transition type named at the cut point?
[ ] Are no hard cut / nothing appears from nowhere applied only where a seam actually needs protecting — not as a default?
[ ] Does the model support hard cuts at all, if the spec depends on them?

[ ] Reviewed in order: identity → locks → end states → motion and seams → audio, stopping at the first failure?
[ ] Regenerating only what failed?
[ ] Did anything learned get written into the profile rather than patched into this one spec?
[ ] If a piece is now verified working: should its DNA be extracted?