{
  "schemaVersion": 2,
  "automatic": {"width": 1920, "height": 1080, "fps": 30, "durationSeconds": "sum of ingredient steps", "durationToleranceSeconds": 0.12, "videoCodec": "h264", "audioCodec": "aac", "audioRequired": true},
  "technicalGates": [
    "schemaVersion 2 ingredient contract passes",
    "sourceVideo master is rejected",
    "required browser, terminal, narration, caption, checkpoint, and final ingredients exist",
    "authorized local media remains inside media/ and is long enough",
    "1920x1080 H.264/AAC output matches the ingredient timeline",
    "receipt binds input, runtime, and output hashes",
    "providerCalls equals zero"
  ],
  "visualGates": ["retro grid visible", "macOS window chrome visible", "numbered step badge visible", "neon checkpoint readable", "captions readable", "progress rail visible", "native result is framed without distortion"],
  "humanReview": {"required": true, "criteria": ["watch and hear the entire video", "narration is intelligible", "captions match speech", "native result audio is preserved", "pacing feels intentional", "no generic slide-deck substitution"]}
}