Longform → Content

One raw recording in → a published content system out: relayouted full edit + burned captions + cold open, 4–8 vertical shorts, CTR thumbnails, and scheduled posts.

Every gate below is MANDATORY, in order. Skipping a gate or a self-test is a failure, not a shortcut. Violating the letter of these rules is violating their spirit. Each rule exists because an agent already broke it in production (see Red Flags).

Gates (run in order)

digraph gates {
    "G0 Setup check" -> "G1 Brand check" -> "G2 Edit pipeline" -> "G3 Thumbnails" -> "G4 Publish";
    "G0 Setup check" -> "STOP: give user references/SETUP.md installs, wait" [label="tool missing"];
    "G1 Brand check" -> "Run brand intake (references/BRAND.md)" [label="no DESIGN.md"];
    "G4 Publish" -> "STOP: user has no Zernio → onboarding in references/PUBLISHING.md" [label="no account"];
}