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Restores the 208 catalog items reverted after their previews 404'd in
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that caused the outage.

The generator no longer writes a preview document to docs/public. That writer,
and the machinery under it, existed only to produce files the docs host
discards, so it is gone rather than bypassed. Items now embed the composition
itself via a payload, which is what the previous change already does for the
items that were already in the catalog.

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# Contributing a Block or Component to the Registry
Guide the user from idea to merged PR for a new registry block or component.
## Workflow
```
1. Clarify → 2. Scaffold → 3. Build → 4. Validate → 5. Preview → 6. Ship
```
### Step 1: Clarify
Ask what they're building. The registry has two item types:
- **Block** (`registry/blocks/`, type `hyperframes:block`) — a full standalone composition with fixed dimensions and duration. Caption styles, VFX effects, title cards, lower thirds.
- **Component** (`registry/components/`, type `hyperframes:component`) — a reusable snippet with no fixed dimensions or duration. CSS effects, text treatments, overlays that adapt to any composition size.
Then ask:
- One-sentence description of the effect
- Visual reference (URL, screenshot, or description)
- Who uses this and when?
### Step 2: Scaffold
Create the registry structure:
**For blocks:**
```
registry/blocks/{block-name}/
{block-name}.html
registry-item.json
```
**For components:**
```
registry/components/{component-name}/
{component-name}.html
registry-item.json
```
**Naming convention:**
| Item name | ID prefix | Example IDs |
| ---------------- | --------- | ---------------------- |
| `cap-hormozi` | `hz` | `hz-cg-0`, `hz-cw-3` |
| `cap-typewriter` | `tw` | `tw-cg-0`, `tw-ch-0-5` |
| `vfx-chrome` | `vc` | `vc-canvas` |
Use a 2-3 letter prefix. ALL element IDs must use this prefix to avoid collisions in sub-compositions.
**registry-item.json** — use the canonical templates in [templates.md](templates.md) (block and component variants, both with all required fields).
### Step 3: Build
Apply the correct template based on type. See [templates.md](templates.md) for copy-paste starters.
#### Caption blocks
**Non-negotiable caption rules:**
- Font: **96px minimum** for proportional fonts. **64-72px acceptable for monospace** (wider characters need less size).
- Readability: `-webkit-text-stroke: 2-3px` OR multi-layer `text-shadow`
- Overflow: call `window.__hyperframes.fitTextFontSize()` on every group
- Karaoke: highlight active word via `tl.to(wordEl, { color/scale }, WORDS[wi].start)`
- Hard kill: `tl.set(groupEl, { opacity: 0, visibility: "hidden" }, g.end)` on EVERY group
- **Never use `tl.from(el, { opacity: 0 })` at the same position as `tl.set(el, { opacity: 1 })`** — the from clobbers the set. Use `tl.to` instead.
**Per-character animation** (typewriter, scramble):
- Wrap each character in `<span>` with ID `{prefix}-ch-{group}-{char}`
- Stagger via `tl.set` at computed intervals from word timestamps
- Cursors/decorative elements: use `tl.set` at intervals — NOT CSS animation (not seekable)
**Positioning variants:**
- Centered: `display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;`
- Lower-third: `position: absolute; bottom: 100px; left: 0; width: 100%; text-align: center;`
- Left-aligned: `position: absolute; bottom: 100px; left: 120px; text-align: left;`
#### VFX blocks (Three.js)
- Use `three@0.147.0` from CDN (global script)
- `tl.eventCallback("onUpdate", renderScene); renderScene();` — NO requestAnimationFrame
- State proxy pattern: GSAP animates plain JS object, render function reads it
- Seeded PRNG (`mulberry32`) for randomness
#### All types
- **Placeholder content is monochrome** — read
[placeholder-material.md](placeholder-material.md) before choosing a single colour. Stand-in
screens, images, cards, avatars, logos and chart series use four alpha steps of the
composition's ink; accent marks one element and never a placeholder.
- `data-composition-id` MUST match `window.__timelines["id"]`
- All element IDs prefixed with block abbreviation
- `gsap.timeline({ paused: true })` — always paused
- No `Math.random()`, no `Date.now()`
### Step 4: Validate
```bash
hyperframes lint # 0 errors required
hyperframes check --no-contrast # 0 console errors required
```
### Step 5: Preview
```bash
# Render preview video
hyperframes render -o preview.mp4
# Snapshot for visual QA
hyperframes snapshot --at "1.0,3.0,5.0,7.0"
# Publish to hyperframes.dev for review
npx hyperframes publish
```
**Catalog preview image** — The catalog card uses a PNG at `docs/images/catalog/{kind}/{name}.png` (where `{kind}` is `blocks` or `components`). Generate it from a snapshot, then:
- **HeyGen internal contributors:** run `scripts/upload-docs-images.sh` (requires AWS profile `engineering-767398024897`)
- **External contributors:** attach the preview MP4 to your PR description. A maintainer will generate and upload the catalog image before merging.
### Step 6: Ship
**All steps are required. Missing any one produces a broken catalog entry.**
`{kind}` is `blocks` or `components` depending on what you built in Step 1.
```bash
# 1. Create branch
git checkout -b feat/registry-{name}
# 2. Format HTML
npx oxfmt registry/{kind}/{name}/*.html
# 3. Regenerate registry/registry.json from the item directories.
# Do not hand-edit it: an entry added by hand survives until the next
# regeneration and then vanishes, and one left behind for a directory that
# no longer exists is worse, because `hyperframes add <name>` resolves the
# name and then fails on missing files.
npx tsx scripts/generate-registry-items.ts
# 4. Generate catalog docs page
npx tsx scripts/generate-catalog-pages.ts
# 5. Publish to hyperframes.dev so reviewers can preview
npx hyperframes publish
# 6. Stage everything
git add registry/{kind}/{name}/ registry/registry.json docs/catalog/
# 7. Commit
git commit -m "feat(registry): add {name} — {one sentence}"
# 8. Push and open PR with hyperframes.dev link
git push origin feat/registry-{name}
gh pr create --title "feat(registry): {name}" --body "preview: {hyperframes.dev-url}"
```
**If you don't have a GitHub account:** you need one to open a PR. Sign up at https://github.com/signup, then run `gh auth login`.
## Quality Gate
- [ ] `hyperframes lint` → 0 errors
- [ ] `hyperframes check` → 0 console errors
- [ ] `npx oxfmt --check` passes
- [ ] `registry/registry.json` updated with new entry
- [ ] `scripts/generate-catalog-pages.ts` run (docs page generated)
- [ ] `npx hyperframes publish` run (claim your project URL)
- [ ] Preview MP4 attached to PR (external) or catalog PNG uploaded (internal)
- [ ] All IDs unique and prefixed