diff --git a/.agents/skills/changelog-video/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/changelog-video/SKILL.md
index 93b7ac7225..6eb6bb73fb 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/changelog-video/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/changelog-video/SKILL.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ scaffold.
 
 ### 6 · Gates (all green before presenting)
 
-1. `bun run --cwd packages/cli hyperframes check --caption-zone "x0=0;y0=.90;x1=1;y1=1;severity=error;seek=.02,.06,.10,.14,.18,.22,.26,.30,.34,.38,.42,.46,.50,.54,.58,.62,.66,.70,.74,.78,.82,.86,.90,.94,.98"` (or the installed
+1. `node packages/cli/bin/hyperframes.mjs check --caption-zone "x0=0;y0=.90;x1=1;y1=1;severity=error;seek=.02,.06,.10,.14,.18,.22,.26,.30,.34,.38,.42,.46,.50,.54,.58,.62,.66,.70,.74,.78,.82,.86,.90,.94,.98"` (or the installed
    `hyperframes` CLI from the repo-local `skills/hyperframes-cli/` skill) —
    0 errors (contrast: dim text ≥ .66 alpha; scene content stays above the
    caption rail). Do NOT reach for
diff --git a/.agents/skills/changelog-video/examples/master-skeleton.html b/.agents/skills/changelog-video/examples/master-skeleton.html
index 401b22285a..53b23add95 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/changelog-video/examples/master-skeleton.html
+++ b/.agents/skills/changelog-video/examples/master-skeleton.html
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
       border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14); border-radius: 12px; padding: 10px 18px; }
     #progress { top: 58px; right: 76px; display: flex; gap: 10px; }
     #progress .dot { width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; background: rgba(245,246,244,.18); }
-    .slide { position: absolute; inset: 0; opacity: 0; }
+    /* The clip element itself carries NO opacity base and is never targeted by GSAP:
+       the framework owns a clip's visibility window, and `gsap_animates_clip_element`
+       is an ERROR-severity lint rule. Seams animate the inner .swrap instead. */
+    .slide { position: absolute; inset: 0; }
+    .swrap { position: absolute; inset: 0; opacity: 0; }
     .sec-chip { position: absolute; top: 128px; left: 76px; font-family: 'TT Norms Mono', monospace;
       font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: .05em; color: rgba(245,246,244,.72);
       background: rgba(255,255,255,.05); border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14);
@@ -52,17 +56,23 @@
 
     <!-- Title (film open — authors its OWN entry; exit is stamped) -->
     <div id="s-title" class="slide clip" data-start="0" data-duration="<CUT1>" data-track-index="1">
-      <!-- mono kicker date · ABC Solar h1 · green rule -->
+      <div id="w-title" class="swrap">
+        <!-- mono kicker date · ABC Solar h1 · green rule -->
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <!-- One slide per theme. data-start = EXACTLY the ledger cut time.
+         Every slide holds ONE inner .swrap (#w-*) and the ledger's exit/entry
+         selectors name THAT wrapper, never the #s-* clip element.
          Shell composed at local t=0; internal beats ≥0.4s after the cut,
          done ≥0.45s before the next. Put data-layout-allow-overlap only on
          the specific text blocks that deliberately layer. -->
     <div id="s-t1" class="slide clip" data-start="<CUT1>" data-duration="<DUR1>" data-track-index="1">
-      <div class="sec-chip">01 · <THEME></div>
-      <div class="sec-head"><HEADLINE></div>
-      <!-- the mock, from references/visualization-registry.md, y ∈ [288, 944] -->
+      <div id="w-t1" class="swrap">
+        <div class="sec-chip">01 · <THEME></div>
+        <div class="sec-head"><HEADLINE></div>
+        <!-- the mock, from references/visualization-registry.md, y ∈ [288, 944] -->
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <!-- s-t2..tN, then outro (kicker · "See what shipped." · green rule · URL chip) -->
@@ -81,6 +91,15 @@
     tl.to('#kicker-chip', { autoAlpha: 1, y: 0, duration: 0.5, ease: 'power3.out' }, 0.1);
     // tl.set('#dot1', { backgroundColor: '#f5f6f4' }, <CUT1>); …
 
+    // Title entry — authored HERE, never stamped (seam-stamp owns every other
+    // wrapper entry). immediateRender:false is load-bearing: seam-stamp emits a
+    // zero-duration tl.set(#w-title, autoAlpha:0) at the title's cut, and a
+    // zero-duration GSAP tween immediate-renders at BUILD time. Without the flag
+    // this fromTo captures that 0 as its start value and tweens 0 → 0, which the
+    // seam gate reports as `exit-visible … op 0.00` while exit-vector PASSES.
+    tl.fromTo('#w-title', { autoAlpha: 0 },
+      { autoAlpha: 1, duration: 0.30, ease: 'power2.out', immediateRender: false }, 0);
+
     // ══ per-scene internal beats ══
     // init states: gsap.set(...) at build time; motion: sequential tl.to(...) only.
     // Every beat lands on a vo-words.json timestamp (local = master − scene start).
diff --git a/.agents/skills/changelog-video/references/build-spec.md b/.agents/skills/changelog-video/references/build-spec.md
index 395d6bf8dd..6a70d7a621 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/changelog-video/references/build-spec.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/changelog-video/references/build-spec.md
@@ -81,11 +81,18 @@ otherwise) and must stay flat 2D (no 3D ancestors).
 ## Seams + internal life (doctrine mechanics)
 
 - `ledger.json`: every ordinary seam `cut-the-curve LEFT` (x, dir −1), exit
-  and entry selectors = the slide wrappers. Outro entry `travel: 8`.
+  and entry selectors = the inner `.swrap` wrappers (`#w-*`), NEVER the `#s-*`
+  clip element — `gsap_animates_clip_element` is an error-severity lint rule and
+  every stamped seam writes `autoAlpha`. Outro entry `travel: 8`.
 - `seam-stamp.mjs --ledger ledger.json --write index.html` owns ALL wrapper
   entries/exits — author none yourself. Title (film open) authors its own
-  entry only.
-- Slides: CSS `opacity: 0` base; `data-start` = exactly the cut time.
+  entry only, and that entry MUST pass `immediateRender: false`: the stamped
+  zero-duration `tl.set(autoAlpha: 0)` at the title's cut renders at BUILD time,
+  so an entry without the flag captures 0 as its start and tweens 0 → 0. The
+  symptom is `exit-visible … op 0.00` with `exit-vector` PASSING — moving but
+  invisible. Neither a CSS opacity base nor a longer clip window fixes it.
+- Slides: the `.swrap` carries the CSS `opacity: 0` base, not the `.slide` clip
+  element; `data-start` = exactly the cut time.
 - Each scene's shell (chip, headline, mock chrome, initial state) is
   COMPOSED at local t=0 — the wrapper flies it in. Internal reveals start
   ≥0.4s after the cut and end ≥0.45s before the next cut (stamped exits
diff --git a/.agents/skills/motion-doctrine/scripts/seam-gate.mjs b/.agents/skills/motion-doctrine/scripts/seam-gate.mjs
index 569c91bbbd..16893a18a7 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/motion-doctrine/scripts/seam-gate.mjs
+++ b/.agents/skills/motion-doctrine/scripts/seam-gate.mjs
@@ -73,9 +73,27 @@ async function ensureServer() {
     delete env.HYPERFRAME_RUNTIME_URL; // wrong value fails silently as 200 HTML
     // `preview` backgrounds itself when stdin/stdout aren't TTYs, which they never are here: the
     // launcher would exit 0 before the server is up and detach it out of our process group.
+    // Default to the REPO-LOCAL CLI whenever this skill is running from its repo
+    // checkout. The gate this script backs is defined against that build, and the
+    // skill forbids `npx hyperframes@latest` for it, so defaulting to the published
+    // package here would let the two gates measure different runtimes. npx stays the
+    // fallback for a copy of the skill living outside the repo.
+    const repoCli = join(
+      import.meta.dirname,
+      "..",
+      "..",
+      "..",
+      "..",
+      "packages",
+      "cli",
+      "bin",
+      "hyperframes.mjs",
+    );
     const cmd = flag(
       "server-cmd",
-      `npx --yes hyperframes preview --foreground --no-open --port ${port}`,
+      existsSync(repoCli)
+        ? `node "${repoCli}" preview --foreground --no-open --port ${port}`
+        : `npx --yes hyperframes preview --foreground --no-open --port ${port}`,
     );
     const child = spawn("sh", ["-c", cmd.replace(/\{port\}/g, String(port))], {
       cwd: project,
diff --git a/.claude/skills/changelog-video/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/changelog-video/SKILL.md
index 93b7ac7225..6eb6bb73fb 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/changelog-video/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/changelog-video/SKILL.md
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ scaffold.
 
 ### 6 · Gates (all green before presenting)
 
-1. `bun run --cwd packages/cli hyperframes check --caption-zone "x0=0;y0=.90;x1=1;y1=1;severity=error;seek=.02,.06,.10,.14,.18,.22,.26,.30,.34,.38,.42,.46,.50,.54,.58,.62,.66,.70,.74,.78,.82,.86,.90,.94,.98"` (or the installed
+1. `node packages/cli/bin/hyperframes.mjs check --caption-zone "x0=0;y0=.90;x1=1;y1=1;severity=error;seek=.02,.06,.10,.14,.18,.22,.26,.30,.34,.38,.42,.46,.50,.54,.58,.62,.66,.70,.74,.78,.82,.86,.90,.94,.98"` (or the installed
    `hyperframes` CLI from the repo-local `skills/hyperframes-cli/` skill) —
    0 errors (contrast: dim text ≥ .66 alpha; scene content stays above the
    caption rail). Do NOT reach for
diff --git a/.claude/skills/changelog-video/examples/master-skeleton.html b/.claude/skills/changelog-video/examples/master-skeleton.html
index 401b22285a..53b23add95 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/changelog-video/examples/master-skeleton.html
+++ b/.claude/skills/changelog-video/examples/master-skeleton.html
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
       border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14); border-radius: 12px; padding: 10px 18px; }
     #progress { top: 58px; right: 76px; display: flex; gap: 10px; }
     #progress .dot { width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; background: rgba(245,246,244,.18); }
-    .slide { position: absolute; inset: 0; opacity: 0; }
+    /* The clip element itself carries NO opacity base and is never targeted by GSAP:
+       the framework owns a clip's visibility window, and `gsap_animates_clip_element`
+       is an ERROR-severity lint rule. Seams animate the inner .swrap instead. */
+    .slide { position: absolute; inset: 0; }
+    .swrap { position: absolute; inset: 0; opacity: 0; }
     .sec-chip { position: absolute; top: 128px; left: 76px; font-family: 'TT Norms Mono', monospace;
       font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: .05em; color: rgba(245,246,244,.72);
       background: rgba(255,255,255,.05); border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14);
@@ -52,17 +56,23 @@
 
     <!-- Title (film open — authors its OWN entry; exit is stamped) -->
     <div id="s-title" class="slide clip" data-start="0" data-duration="<CUT1>" data-track-index="1">
-      <!-- mono kicker date · ABC Solar h1 · green rule -->
+      <div id="w-title" class="swrap">
+        <!-- mono kicker date · ABC Solar h1 · green rule -->
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <!-- One slide per theme. data-start = EXACTLY the ledger cut time.
+         Every slide holds ONE inner .swrap (#w-*) and the ledger's exit/entry
+         selectors name THAT wrapper, never the #s-* clip element.
          Shell composed at local t=0; internal beats ≥0.4s after the cut,
          done ≥0.45s before the next. Put data-layout-allow-overlap only on
          the specific text blocks that deliberately layer. -->
     <div id="s-t1" class="slide clip" data-start="<CUT1>" data-duration="<DUR1>" data-track-index="1">
-      <div class="sec-chip">01 · <THEME></div>
-      <div class="sec-head"><HEADLINE></div>
-      <!-- the mock, from references/visualization-registry.md, y ∈ [288, 944] -->
+      <div id="w-t1" class="swrap">
+        <div class="sec-chip">01 · <THEME></div>
+        <div class="sec-head"><HEADLINE></div>
+        <!-- the mock, from references/visualization-registry.md, y ∈ [288, 944] -->
+      </div>
     </div>
 
     <!-- s-t2..tN, then outro (kicker · "See what shipped." · green rule · URL chip) -->
@@ -81,6 +91,15 @@
     tl.to('#kicker-chip', { autoAlpha: 1, y: 0, duration: 0.5, ease: 'power3.out' }, 0.1);
     // tl.set('#dot1', { backgroundColor: '#f5f6f4' }, <CUT1>); …
 
+    // Title entry — authored HERE, never stamped (seam-stamp owns every other
+    // wrapper entry). immediateRender:false is load-bearing: seam-stamp emits a
+    // zero-duration tl.set(#w-title, autoAlpha:0) at the title's cut, and a
+    // zero-duration GSAP tween immediate-renders at BUILD time. Without the flag
+    // this fromTo captures that 0 as its start value and tweens 0 → 0, which the
+    // seam gate reports as `exit-visible … op 0.00` while exit-vector PASSES.
+    tl.fromTo('#w-title', { autoAlpha: 0 },
+      { autoAlpha: 1, duration: 0.30, ease: 'power2.out', immediateRender: false }, 0);
+
     // ══ per-scene internal beats ══
     // init states: gsap.set(...) at build time; motion: sequential tl.to(...) only.
     // Every beat lands on a vo-words.json timestamp (local = master − scene start).
diff --git a/.claude/skills/changelog-video/references/build-spec.md b/.claude/skills/changelog-video/references/build-spec.md
index 395d6bf8dd..6a70d7a621 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/changelog-video/references/build-spec.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/changelog-video/references/build-spec.md
@@ -81,11 +81,18 @@ otherwise) and must stay flat 2D (no 3D ancestors).
 ## Seams + internal life (doctrine mechanics)
 
 - `ledger.json`: every ordinary seam `cut-the-curve LEFT` (x, dir −1), exit
-  and entry selectors = the slide wrappers. Outro entry `travel: 8`.
+  and entry selectors = the inner `.swrap` wrappers (`#w-*`), NEVER the `#s-*`
+  clip element — `gsap_animates_clip_element` is an error-severity lint rule and
+  every stamped seam writes `autoAlpha`. Outro entry `travel: 8`.
 - `seam-stamp.mjs --ledger ledger.json --write index.html` owns ALL wrapper
   entries/exits — author none yourself. Title (film open) authors its own
-  entry only.
-- Slides: CSS `opacity: 0` base; `data-start` = exactly the cut time.
+  entry only, and that entry MUST pass `immediateRender: false`: the stamped
+  zero-duration `tl.set(autoAlpha: 0)` at the title's cut renders at BUILD time,
+  so an entry without the flag captures 0 as its start and tweens 0 → 0. The
+  symptom is `exit-visible … op 0.00` with `exit-vector` PASSING — moving but
+  invisible. Neither a CSS opacity base nor a longer clip window fixes it.
+- Slides: the `.swrap` carries the CSS `opacity: 0` base, not the `.slide` clip
+  element; `data-start` = exactly the cut time.
 - Each scene's shell (chip, headline, mock chrome, initial state) is
   COMPOSED at local t=0 — the wrapper flies it in. Internal reveals start
   ≥0.4s after the cut and end ≥0.45s before the next cut (stamped exits
diff --git a/.claude/skills/motion-doctrine/scripts/seam-gate.mjs b/.claude/skills/motion-doctrine/scripts/seam-gate.mjs
index 569c91bbbd..16893a18a7 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/motion-doctrine/scripts/seam-gate.mjs
+++ b/.claude/skills/motion-doctrine/scripts/seam-gate.mjs
@@ -73,9 +73,27 @@ async function ensureServer() {
     delete env.HYPERFRAME_RUNTIME_URL; // wrong value fails silently as 200 HTML
     // `preview` backgrounds itself when stdin/stdout aren't TTYs, which they never are here: the
     // launcher would exit 0 before the server is up and detach it out of our process group.
+    // Default to the REPO-LOCAL CLI whenever this skill is running from its repo
+    // checkout. The gate this script backs is defined against that build, and the
+    // skill forbids `npx hyperframes@latest` for it, so defaulting to the published
+    // package here would let the two gates measure different runtimes. npx stays the
+    // fallback for a copy of the skill living outside the repo.
+    const repoCli = join(
+      import.meta.dirname,
+      "..",
+      "..",
+      "..",
+      "..",
+      "packages",
+      "cli",
+      "bin",
+      "hyperframes.mjs",
+    );
     const cmd = flag(
       "server-cmd",
-      `npx --yes hyperframes preview --foreground --no-open --port ${port}`,
+      existsSync(repoCli)
+        ? `node "${repoCli}" preview --foreground --no-open --port ${port}`
+        : `npx --yes hyperframes preview --foreground --no-open --port ${port}`,
     );
     const child = spawn("sh", ["-c", cmd.replace(/\{port\}/g, String(port))], {
       cwd: project,