How this knowledge base works
Moodbook — Internal Docs Portal (knowledge database)
A single searchable internal documentation site for the Moodbook team, hosted on the shop's own domain: https://moodbook.gr/pages/team-docs (unlisted — share by link). Grouped sidebar TOC + live full-text search. Fully self-contained.
⭐ Standing rule
Every new custom app/feature we build for the e-shop is also added here. When a new tool ships, adding its docs to this portal is part of "done" — this keeps the team self-serve instead of depending on one person.
Files
build_docs_portal.py— the generator. Reads a curatedDOCSlist of.mdfiles from acrossD:\Shopify Codingand emits:docs-portal.html— standalone (open locally / offline).<theme>/templates/page.team-docs.liquid+<theme>/snippets/team-docs-c*.liquid— the Shopify page (content chunked so each Liquid file stays < ~85 KB, under Shopify's ~100 KB per-file limit). All HTML is wrapped in{% raw %}so the docs' own Liquid examples render literally.update_docs.bat— double-click to regenerate → git commit → git pull → git push. Deploy is via the Shopify GitHub integration (the live thememoodbook-theme/main#199828406604 onmoodstaff.myshopify.comauto-deploys from the GitHubmainbranch), so a git push IS the deploy — do NOTshopify theme push.
Add a new app's docs (the whole workflow)
- Write the tool's doc(s) as
.md(README / manual / handoff). - Open
build_docs_portal.py→ add an entry to theDOCSlist:("Group title", [("Display title", "relative/path/to/DOC.md"), ...])(a path may be a glob, e.g.".../Module *.md"; missing files are skipped). - Double-click
update_docs.bat. Done — it's live within ~1 minute.
One-time setup (already done)
A Shopify Page with handle team-docs, assigned the team-docs theme template.
Requirements
pip install markdown (the bat installs it on first run).
Live Preview — README (τεχνικό)
In-house Live Preview — production pipeline (Phase 2)
Batch tooling that turns personalized orders into print-ready covers, replacing the
Cloudlift app's server export. The storefront (snippets/live-preview.liquid +
assets/live-preview.js) captures each personalization into properties[_preview]
(a JSON descriptor) using artwork-relative % geometry. These scripts consume that
same descriptor, so what the customer saw == what prints.
Shopify order ──▶ order_to_md.py ──▶ 1 MD per cart item ──▶ stamp.py ──▶ print PDF
(front-matter + (base variant PDF
```json descriptor) from Illustrator)
Requirements
python -m pip install pymupdf pillow "fonttools[woff]" brotli
Fonts are already solved — do not go looking for the originals. Neither
PyMuPDF nor Pillow reads .woff2, but WOFF2 is only a compression wrapper, so
woff2_to_sfnt.py unwraps the storefront files in woff2/ back into usable
TTF/OTF in print-fonts/. All 11 faces are committed and verified to carry
Greek (Α α ά ώ ς ϊ ΐ). fonts.json maps each metafield family to its file, and
stamp.py / mockup_png.py pick the right one per layer from the
descriptor — no --font needed.
Scripts
fetch_orders.py — Shopify → orders.json
python fetch_orders.py --shop moodstaff.myshopify.com --unfulfilled --out out/queue.json
- Admin GraphQL,
read_orders. Auth via$SHOPIFY_SHOP/$SHOPIFY_TOKENor the nearest gitignoredexport-token.txt. The token is never printed. - Guards the
_previewname collision. Cloudlift writes a property also called_previewholding a PNG URL; ours holds a JSON descriptor. A line item counts as ours only when_previewparses as JSON with a non-emptylayers. --unfulfilledis the print queue;--name "#7653"pulls one order.
order_to_md.py — order → descriptors
python order_to_md.py --order order.json --out-dir out/ [--covers covers.json]
order.json— a Shopify Admin API order (or a list). Line items without a_previewproperty are skipped (non-personalized).--covers— optional{ "<variantId>": "covers/x.pdf" }map. Falls back to the conventioncovers/<product>-<variantId>.pdf.- Emits one self-contained
.mdper personalized line item: readable front-matter (order, variant, base_pdf, customer_text) + the exact descriptor as a ```json block.
stamp.py — descriptor → stamped PDF
python stamp.py --descriptor out/order_1001_item_1111.md --out final.pdf [--verify] [--png proof.png]
- Reads a
.md(json fence +base_pdffrom front-matter) or a plain.json(then pass--base). - Stamps each text layer at its % box, auto-shrinking to fit width (mirrors the
browser
fitText), with the descriptor's color/weight/alignment/uppercase. - Draws line by line at explicit baselines on EVERY path, advance =
size × leading. Recorded
linesare drawn verbatim; without them it wraps the text itself (the same greedy break-word rule asmockup_png.py).insert_textboxis not used at all — it silently ignoreslineheighton faces with compressed metrics (Cavafy asked 1.15, got ~0.77 — order #7675). - Picks the font per layer from the descriptor's
font.familyviafonts.json. An unknown family falls back loudly and names the substitute; with no usable fallback it refuses rather than print the wrong typeface.--fontforces one file for every layer, as a deliberate override.
run_batch.py / print_queue.bat — the whole print run, one command
print_queue.bat double-click: today's unfulfilled queue
python run_batch.py --order "#7653" one order
The single source for every cover, personalised or not. Each mapped line item leaves ready for the printer, so nobody opens Illustrator to fetch a plain cover:
| line item | what it gets |
|---|---|
| personalised | the customer's text stamped onto the variant's custom PDF |
| not personalised | the variant's standard PDF, copied in as-is |
| Cloudlift (legacy) | reported, never touched — see below |
covers.production.json maps each variantId to both variations. A variant with
only a custom file blocks non-personalised orders rather than guessing.
⚠ A Cloudlift line item must never be handed a standard cover. It carries
personalisation this pipeline cannot reproduce (its _preview is a rendered PNG
URL, not a descriptor), so a standard cover would silently drop the customer's
text. Those are listed separately in the manifest as manual work.
Output: one PDF per line item, a mockup PNG per personalised item,
ALL_COVERS.pdf with every cover merged in manifest order and repeated per
quantity — that is the file you print — and MANIFEST.md.
Every personalised item goes through two gates, and there are three outcomes, not two:
| ✅ | both gates agree — in ALL_COVERS.pdf |
| ❌ ΔΕΝ ΤΑΙΡΙΑΖΕΙ | a gate said the print differs from what the customer saw — renamed .BLOCKED.pdf and kept out |
| ⚠ ΧΩΡΙΣ ΠΛΗΡΗ ΕΛΕΓΧΟ | printed, but nobody could check it — no witness, an m=desc capture, an expired object, the network down, no calib |
The third class is the point. A cover nobody could check is not a cover that failed, and a cover that failed is not one nobody could check — collapsing the two would put «η εκτύπωση δεν συμφωνεί με ό,τι είδε ο πελάτης» in front of the owner for a DNS blip. The closing line says how many were actually compared against the customer's screen, right under how many are ready, because a green result with fewer checks is a worse result.
--no-gate skips the photograph gate; everything is then reported ΧΩΡΙΣ ΠΛΗΡΗ
ΕΛΕΓΧΟ, never as passed.
accents.py / text_fixes.py — the customer's own spelling
python accents_selftest.py
python accents.py "Ο γαμος μας" # ad hoc, one string
python text_fixes.py "#7721" --word "Στελιος=Στέλιος"
python text_fixes.py "#7670" --as-typed
python text_fixes.py --list
Not a gate on the print. The other three ask whether the cover matches what the
customer saw; this asks whether what they saw is what they meant, and only the
owner can answer that — so a flagged item comes out ✋ ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΕΙ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ,
stamped as .HOLD.pdf, out of ALL_COVERS.pdf, and never ΜΠΛΟΚΑΡΙΣΜΕΝΟ.
One rule, no dictionary: a Greek word of two or more syllables carries exactly one tone. Syllables are counted as maximal runs of vowels, which is a lower bound — two runs is always two syllables, «Μαρια» has two runs and three syllables — so the counter can miss a flag and can never invent one. ALL-CAPS is skipped (Greek drops tones in capitals), as are Latin, digits and emoji.
⚠ The lexicon cannot help and has been checked. All three tables in
MOODBOOK_DETECTOR_LINT/lexicon/data/ are stored DE-ACCENTED, so they can say a
word exists and never where its tone goes. Nothing here proposes a spelling: the
cover carries a person's name.
A decision is a word substitution applied to content AND to every recorded
line, so lines stays true and the photograph gate still runs — see
text_fixes.py for why a replacement text would re-wrap and reopen #7673.
text_fixes.json is gitignored; it holds customers' names.
print_gate.py — the photograph against the print
python print_gate_selftest.py # 14 cases + a 152-render sweep
python run_batch_selftest.py # the WIRING, against a live witness
python print_gate.py --descriptor d.json --pdf out.pdf --base-pdf cover.pdf \
--image-url "<the order's _lp_image>"
⚠ Run both. print_gate_selftest.py proves the gate answers correctly;
run_batch_selftest.py proves run_batch.py asks it and listens to the answer.
Both real defects of this work lived in the second one and were invisible to the
first — see HANDOFF.md → Shipped 2026-08-25, second pass.
The only check that can contradict layers[].lines. check_orders.py asks
whether the transcript describes a layout that could have existed and
check_match.py asks whether the PDF and the mockup flow the same way — but
when there ARE recorded lines both renderers read them, so a wrong transcript
comes out green from both. This one subtracts the cover from the stored
capture, subtracts the base artwork from the stamped PDF, and compares the two
through one operator (ink.py): which line boxes hold text, and how tall the
block of ink is.
⚠ Only an m=dom capture is a witness. m=desc was drawn FROM the
descriptor, so its agreeing with it proves nothing — those come back ΧΩΡΙΣ
ΠΛΗΡΗ ΕΛΕΓΧΟ. A missing m= is desc; every order before 2026-08-24 is one.
⚠ _lp_image carries the customer's text inside ?v=<base64 descriptor>.
Base64 is not redaction. Nothing the gate prints may contain it — only the
object key — and a fixture holds it to that, because run_batch.py writes this
output straight into MANIFEST.md.
mockup_png.py — descriptor → customer-facing PNG
python mockup_png.py --descriptor out/order_1001_item_1111.md --out out/mockup.png [--width 700]
- Renders what the CUSTOMER saw (text on the square cover image), not the print artwork. Local by default: no hosting, no writes.
- Close, not pixel-identical — Pillow metrics vs the browser's. The
pixel-accurate reference stays the
_preview_linkviewer. --upload --order-id <id>pushes it to Shopify Files and points an order metafield of typefile_referenceat it (that type is what makes the Admin render a thumbnail). Needswrite_files/write_orders. A frozen copy — fix the geometry later and the PNG silently keeps the old render.
woff2_to_sfnt.py — storefront WOFF2 → printable TTF/OTF
python woff2_to_sfnt.py --in woff2 --out print-fonts
- Run it after adding a font to
woff2/, then add the family tofonts.json. - Reports Greek coverage per face, so a subsetted upload is visible instead of dropping characters at print time.
--verifyre-extracts the stamped text and prints its measured % center vs the descriptor box center (dx/dy should be ~0).--pngwrites a raster proof.
Descriptor schema (one per cart item)
{
"v": 1, "product": "our_wedding", "variantId": 456,
"base": "https://cdn.shopify.com/.../our_wedding-snow.png",
"renderedBase": "https://cdn.shopify.com/.../our_wedding-snow.png",
"layers": [
{ "id": "title", "content": "Στη Μαρία\nκαι στον Γιώργο\nμε αγάπη",
"lines": ["Στη Μαρία", "και στον Γιώργο", "με αγάπη"],
"multiline": true,
"box": { "x": 12, "y": 35, "w": 76, "h": 34 },
"font": { "family": "Astir", "renderedFamily": "Astir, serif",
"url": "https://cdn.shopify.com/.../Astir.woff2",
"sizePct": 60, "weight": 700, "leading": 1.15,
"color": "#3a2a1a", "align": "center", "transform": "none" } }
]
}
lines — the browser's own line breaks (the reason all three agree)
layers[].lines is the list of VISUAL lines the customer actually saw, captured
at add-to-cart by walking the overlay's text node with a Range and noting where
the character's top edge changes. Print and the mockup draw those lines verbatim
instead of re-wrapping.
This exists because the three renderers measure text differently and were
disagreeing on real orders: the same dedication came out 5 lines in print and 6
in the mockup, and insert_textbox silently ignored lineheight on faces with
compressed metrics (Cavafy asked 1.15, got 0.77, and the lines collided). With
lines recorded, no downstream engine makes a flow decision at all — and because
stamp.py then draws line by line at explicit baselines, the advance is exactly
size × leading, i.e. the value tuned per font in the box-tool.
Capture is skipped while the chosen webfont is still loading, since breaks
measured against the fallback face would be wrong (via faceLoaded(), which asks
the document.fonts registry for a face at status loaded — not
document.fonts.check(), which returns true for a family that was never
declared).
⚠️
linesis a hint, not evidence. On order 7673 the recorded lines (["Nef & Dim","","“","Our w","edding”"]) did not match what the customer saw — the same product on a desktop and two phones all rendered“Our wedding”on one line.
linesandfont.sizePctare captured together and fail together. On 7673 the recorded size was 22.4% of a 276 pt box = 61.8 pt, at which“Our wedding”measures 352 pt against a 304 pt box — 16% too wide — and five lines need 355 pt of a 276 pt box. No single layout satisfies both, becausefitText()had bailed on a box with no size and left the previous fit'ssizePctbeside breaks measured in an unfitted DOM.Since 2026-08-21 the storefront refuses to record
lineswhen the fit did not run, or when a break splits a word that would have fitted alone. Downstream, for orders taken before that, the break is repaired rather than dropped —repairLines()inlive-preview-cart.js,lines_guard.pyinstamp.py,mockup_png.pyandorder_to_md.py— because dropping leaves the renderer to re-wrap at the same brokensizePct, which on 7673 gives“Our/wedding”, a third layout nobody saw. Repair lands at 52.5 pt against the customer's own 51.2 pt. The print log says! LINES …, the.mdcarries alines_warning, and the order-preview page shows a yellow strip and draws what will print. Left alone: a break inside a word too long to fit any line, and a break after a dash or a slash. See HANDOFF.md → Things that will bite you.
Descriptors without lines
(anything captured before this, or refused by the guard) still work — both
renderers fall back to their own wrapping, and check_match.py flags them if
they diverge. Since 2026-08-24 stamp.py's fallback also draws its own wrap
at explicit baselines (advance = size × leading) instead of insert_textbox,
so the leading survives on every face: on #7675 the spacing drift went from
33% to 0.0%, and what can still block is a genuine break-point disagreement
between the two engines — which is exactly the gate's job.
A BLANK line in the text (typed or recorded) is invisible to PDF text
extraction but takes a full line box in both renderers, so the gate compares
only the text-bearing lines and divides each measured gap by the line boxes it
spans — otherwise a healthy blank read as double leading and blocked real
dedications. A genuinely collapsed leading still blocks, blank or not;
check_match_selftest.py proves all four directions.
renderedBase and font.renderedFamily are what the browser actually painted
— heroImg.currentSrc and getComputedStyle(overlayText).fontFamily — recorded
beside base and font.family, which are only what it was told to paint.
Nothing renders from them; the order-preview page compares them and warns. The
worst failure in this feature renders perfectly: if the personalised cover 404s
the hero keeps showing the gallery photo and every health check still passes, so
renderedBase is the only record that the customer's name went onto generic
artwork. Compare by file, not by string — Liquid emits protocol-relative
URLs and currentSrc always resolves to an absolute one.
box and font.sizePct are % of the artwork/page — the single source of truth
shared by the Illustrator artboard, the browser preview, and this stamping step.
font.sizePct is the FINAL fitted size the customer saw (autofit fill or their
stepped size), so print reproduces it exactly. content may contain \n;
stamp.py wraps, aligns (font.align), two-axis auto-fits, and vertically
centres — matching the storefront overlay exactly. base (cover URL) and
font.url (font file) make the descriptor self-contained so the cart page and
the order-preview viewer can re-render it without any product context; stamp.py
ignores them (it uses the base PDF + a local font file).
Cart & order preview (no image hosting)
The personalised cover is never rasterised or saved — it is composed ad-hoc (base cover image + text overlay) from the descriptor everywhere it appears:
- Cart / drawer / add-to-cart notification —
assets/live-preview-cart.js(loaded globally inlayout/theme.liquid) overlays the text on the base cover for each line item; click a preview to zoom. Personalised items are detected by the_preview/_preview_baseline item properties. - Order admin verification — each item carries a hidden
_preview_link={shop}/pages/cover-preview?view=cover-preview&d=<base64 descriptor>. The merchant clicks it in the Shopify order andtemplates/page.cover-preview.liquidre-renders the exact zoomable cover on the shop's own domain. Onecover-previewPage total (create it once: a Page whose handle iscover-preview) — it is reused per order via the?d=query param, so nothing is created per order and there is no storage. Theview=param picks the template, so assigning it to the Page in the admin is optional;sections/main-page.liquidbounces older links that lack the param. - Health monitoring —
assets/live-preview-health.jswatches a real customer's session and reports when the preview silently stops working (overlay missing or collapsed, artwork not loaded or not matching the descriptor, descriptor empty or unparseable, text undrawn, webfont fell back) plus the engage → add-to-cart funnel, todataLayerand Clarity tags. It never sends the customer's text. - Line item properties captured per personalised item:
Κείμενο(visible text),_lp_preview(descriptor —_previewbefore 2026-08-20, a name Cloudlift also uses for a PNG URL, which made the admin render ours as a broken image; readers take both),_preview_base(cover URL),_custom_product=Yes(flag to hide cash-on-delivery etc.),_preview_link(the viewer URL). The_prefix hides a property from the customer but keeps it on the order / in the admin.
Sample fixtures (checked in)
sample_base.pdf, sample_item.json, sample_order.json, covers.json — run the
full chain to self-check:
python order_to_md.py --order sample_order.json --out-dir out --covers covers.json
python stamp.py --descriptor out/order_1001_item_1111.md --out out/final.pdf --verify --png out/final.png
Expected: dx=-0.0 dy=+0.0 and «ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ» centered on the cover.
Authoring config — the print PDF is the coordinate system
The box lives in two frames at once: % of the storefront image for the browser
overlay, and points on the print artwork for stamp.py. They are not related
by any formula — the storefront image is a square scene with the book sitting
inside it, the print PDF is a full wrap (back cover + spine + front cover). A
percentage on one means nothing on the other.
The old tool derived boxPt = box% × artworkPt anyway, and defaulted artworkPt
to A5 portrait (420×595). On the real 350×250 mm wrap that put the text at
x 88→273 mm — starting inside the back cover, crossing the spine, ending
mid-front. Every configured product carried that.
box-tool.html — align once, place once
Three stacked layers, the way you would do it in Illustrator:
- Load the print PDF. It is the back layer and it defines the coordinate
system; its true page size becomes
artworkPt, read from the file. - Load the storefront image on top and press 1 · Ευθυγράμμιση. Drag and scale it (opacity slider, arrow keys = 1 pt, Shift = 10 pt) until the fixed landmarks coincide — logo, small logo right, «HELLO PAPER PERSON». They line up exactly because the mockup was made from this PDF.
- Press 2 · Τοποθέτηση and place the box once. Both frames fall out of that
single placement:
boxPtdirectly,box% through the alignment.
The alignment is saved as calib (where the mockup sits on the artwork, in
points), so the product can be reopened and nudged without eyeballing it again.
Cross-check: placing the box on the front panel of a 350×250 wrap yields
box = 24.3 / 23.6 / 51.3, against the 25.3 / 22.4 / 52.8 that was authored
independently by dragging on the storefront image. The percentage side was always
right; only the points side was broken.
One product metafield (paste the tool output)
Create a product metafield definition once: key custom.live_preview, type
JSON. Then on each product, paste the whole JSON the tool produced into that
field. That's it — one field, one paste. The snippet reads box (%) for the live
overlay and boxPt+artworkPt (points) for exact print. No metaobject needed.
Example value (what the tool outputs):
{ "box": {"x":25,"y":50,"w":50,"h":10},
"artworkPt": {"w":420,"h":595}, "boxPt": {"x":105,"y":298,"w":210,"h":60},
"font": {"family":"Astir","sizePct":70,"color":"#3a2a1a","align":"center"},
"fonts": [ {"label":"Χειρόγραφη","family":"Astir","url":"https://cdn.shopify.com/.../Astir.woff2"} ],
"size": {"min":40,"max":100,"step":8} }
size (optional) overrides the block's per-product size bounds — see below.
Storefront controls (theme block settings)
On the product's Live preview block (Theme editor → Product information), beyond position/colour/fonts:
- Autofit (
autofit_fill, default on): the text grows to the largest size that fits the box on both axes. The customer's text always fills the box. - Size +/− buttons (
show_size_stepper): optional small stepper the customer uses to enlarge/shrink the text, bounded by Min / Max (size_min/size_max, % of box height) in steps ofsize_step. Hybrid with autofit: default = fill, − down to min, + back to fill; it never overflows. The chosen size is written to the descriptor asfont.sizePct, sostamp.pyprints it exactly (no script change). - Labels (
font_label/size_label/align_label) shown above each control. - Tooltips (
label_tip/font_tip/size_tip/align_tip): optional(i)help text next to a label; blank hides it.
The legacy "Customer font choices" (font_options) block setting was removed —
customer fonts now come only from the custom.live_preview fonts array above.
box (%) is relative to the storefront cover image — load that exact image in the
tool. fonts (optional, per product) is the customer font dropdown: upload each
font file to Shopify Files, then add a Label | Family | URL line per font in the
tool's "Customer fonts" box. The storefront loads them via @font-face and the
first one is the default.
fonts_to_woff2.py — make fonts web-friendly
Convert your fonts (TTF/OTF/TTC/WOFF) to compact, web-optimised WOFF2 before
uploading to Shopify Files. Requires pip install "fonttools[woff]" brotli.
python fonts_to_woff2.py --in "C:/path/to/fonts" # a folder
python fonts_to_woff2.py --in cover.otf --out web-fonts # a single file
It writes .woff2 files and prints the family name to use for each, e.g.
Astir | Astir | <paste URL> — the exact line to paste into the tool's Customer
fonts box (just fill in the Shopify Files URL after uploading the .woff2).
(Type1/.pfb and other non-sfnt formats need FontForge first.)
Store-side setup still required (manual)
- Base PDFs — export one cover PDF per color variant from Illustrator; the artboard aspect ratio must equal the storefront base image's.
- Per-variant base images — upload each variant's preview mockup to Shopify
Files and set the variant metafield
custom.preview_base_image(or leave the block's singlebase_imagefor one-variant products). - Font licensing — the files are in the repo and the pipeline works; what is still open is whether each family's licence covers print as well as web embedding. Converting WOFF2 back to OTF changes nothing legally: same font, same licence. Confirm per family, Astir included.
- ~~Order export~~ — done, see
fetch_orders.pyabove. - Inline thumbnail on the order line item — not achievable without a server.
Cloudlift manages it because it renders the PNG and hosts it before add-to-cart,
so the URL is already in the line item property; the Admin then shows it inline.
Line item properties are immutable once the order exists, so nothing the batch
produces can get back onto the line. Reaching parity means a client-side canvas
render plus an upload endpoint (app proxy) — i.e. re-introducing hosting. The
no-server options are the
_preview_linkviewer (one click, never stale) andmockup_png.py --upload, which puts a thumbnail on the order's Metafields card after the batch runs. ```
Live Preview — Technical handoff
In-house Live Preview — Technical Handoff
Status: LIVE in production since 2026-08-19. Everything below the "Historical" line predates the cutover and is kept for context only — where it disagrees with this section, this section wins.
Working in parallel
Several sessions work on this tool at once, each in its own worktree under
.claude/worktrees/. Nothing here has ever been a merge conflict — main
serialises the commits — but a stale worktree is a real hazard, and it fails
silently. Before you touch anything under tools/live-preview/:
git fetch && git merge --ff-only main
A worktree that predates a shipped fix hands you the pre-fix file. Edit it,
commit, merge, and the fix is gone with nothing to warn you: on 2026-08-24 two
idle worktrees were still holding a stamp.py from before b6a3243 — the commit
that stopped the print stamp trusting insert_textbox when an order carries no
recorded lines. Re-fixing that by hand would have been the second time.
A merged branch is 0 ahead of main. One line separates finished work from
work still sitting in someone's tree:
git rev-list --left-right --count HEAD...main
This section is the register. If your session is not in it, add it.
Register — 2026-08-24
| worktree | branch | what it carried | state |
|---|---|---|---|
jolly-bouman-b0eed8 |
claude/keen-bardeen-149cc2 |
stamp.py wraps the text itself when lines is absent, and keeps the leading (b6a3243) |
merged, idle |
vat-tax-tracking-tool-6a9737 |
claude/competent-merkle-2a4eb0 |
USER_MANUAL production section catches up with print_queue.bat (3bf2888) |
merged, idle |
dazzling-turing-e6a103 |
claude/live-preview-cover-printing-37b67e |
the two notification blocks that read order. in an email, so neither had ever run (12af817) |
merged, idle |
epic-dijkstra-761f37 |
claude/epic-dijkstra-761f37 |
check_match.py: a measured gap that crosses a blank line is divided by the line boxes it spans, so a blank dedication stops reading as 2x drift (e32e3f3) |
merged |
parallel-sessions-coordination-24cc37 |
claude/parallel-sessions-coordination-24cc37 |
the capture drew every cover in the print spread's coordinates on the storefront photograph (62e8ba8); then stopped redrawing our own record and let the browser draw it (94ae504) | merged |
print-gate-392ae0 |
claude/print-gate-392ae0 |
the print gate: print_gate.py + ink.py + fixtures, the calib and single-line width checks, run_batch.py's third outcome, then run_batch_selftest.py and the two wiring bugs it found |
merged 2026-08-25 |
All four worked the same directory in the same afternoon and none of them
collided, because each landed on main before the next started. That ordering is
the whole mechanism — it is not luck, and it stops working the moment two
sessions hold uncommitted edits to the same file at once.
It was tested the same afternoon: two sessions edited this file within minutes
of each other, one adding this section and one adding its own row. It cost
nothing, because both had committed and git merge-tree --write-tree main
<branch> answered the question before either of us guessed at it. That command
is the cheap check — it resolves the merge in memory and touches no working
tree, so it is safe to run against a branch someone else is actively using.
Where things stand
The in-house block is enabled on the shared product.moodbooks-redesigned
template and the Cloudlift app block is disabled — one commit, because both
write properties[_preview] and two live systems would collide. The Cloudlift
app embed is a separate theme-settings toggle and was disabled by hand from
the theme editor; cloudlift now returns 0 matches on a live PDP.
13 products live, 39 variants, each with custom.live_preview (geometry +
fonts), custom_preview_base_image and custom_preview_text_color.
| product | variants | fonts |
|---|---|---|
| our_wedding, my_baptism, the_honeymoon, pregnancy_journal, new_moms_journal, new_dads_journal | 6/4/3/4/3/1 | 8 adult faces |
| pes-mou-pappou, grandmother_journal, tell_me_mom, tell_me_dad | 3/1/1/1 | Astir, Cavafy (+Memories) |
| kidsfeelings | 1 | Qute, Tobi, LittleFont |
| school_planner | 5 | Astir + the 3 kids faces |
| travel_planner | 6 | Astir, Marilia, Nadiri, Memories |
Shipped since the cutover (PR #7, rebase-merged)
- The order's
_preview_linknow carries?view=cover-preview, so it resolves regardless of which template the Page is assigned;sections/main-page.liquidbounces links that predate it. - The descriptor property was renamed
_lp_preview; every reader still accepts_previewfor older orders. This was the broken image in the order admin. - Autofit starts at 85% of the per-font ceiling (
sizeStart), not 100%, so a short dedication no longer lands enormous with+already disabled. - The −/+ and alignment buttons are 44×44 with a 2px border.
assets/live-preview-health.js, the customer notice, the cart hold, and the Google Form → Apps Script → GitHub issue chain (see Monitoring below).- The
faceLoaded()guard replaceddocument.fonts.check().
Verified by 42 assertions across four Playwright suites (headless Chromium at
/opt/pw-browsers/chromium-*/chrome-linux/chrome; note that moodbook.gr,
cdn.shopify.com and docs.google.com are unreachable from that sandbox, so
harnesses must be fully local — self-hosted fonts included, or every measurement
silently runs against a serif fallback).
Shipped 2026-08-21 — lines stops being taken on trust
Everything here came out of order 7673 and is described in full under Things
that will bite you → the lines caveat.
reflow()re-captures the descriptor. It re-fitted the text on every resize and heroloadand never re-recorded, so an order could carry line breaks from a layout the customer no longer had.overflow-wrap: anywhere→break-wordon.lp-overlay-text,.lp-cart-text,.lp-mini-text.anywhereis what permitsw|edding.fitText()now reports whether it ran, and nolinesare recorded when it did not. This is the root cause: the fit bails on a box with no size, and the descriptor was pairing those unfitted breaks with asizePctfrom an earlier fit — two layouts in one record, which is why 7673's numbers are impossible.- A break that splits a word which would have fitted a line of its own is
refused at capture by
wrapsAreCredible(), which measures it. - Downstream the same break is repaired, not discarded —
repairLines()inlive-preview-cart.jsandlines_guard.pyin the print pipeline — because on an order already taken thesizePctfailed alongside the lines, so re-wrapping produces a third layout nobody saw. Measured on 7673: repair lands at 52.5 pt against the customer's own 51.2 pt. - The descriptor records
renderedBaseandfont.renderedFamily— what the browser painted, beside what it was told to paint. - The order-preview page warns, in Greek, when the recorded lines were repaired, when the cover on screen was not the cover recorded, or when the webfont that the lines were measured against was not the one asked for — and it draws the cover on exactly the recorded number of lines, so it cannot warn about a break and then show one.
- Recorded lines render under
white-space: preeverywhere, so no renderer can quietly turn a transcript into one line more. - Order 7673 now prints
Nef & Dim/ blank line /“Our wedding”, verified by stamping its own descriptor onto its own artwork in Marilia.
Verified by 48 assertions in tools/live-preview/harness/ (Chromium against a
fully local harness with the real Astir face self-hosted) plus the print
pipeline run end to end on order 7673's own descriptor, onto its own artwork,
in Marilia — the resulting PDF reads Nef & Dim / blank / “Our wedding”. The pre-fix reflow() is kept in the suite as a negative control,
so the regression cannot come back unnoticed.
Shipped 2026-08-23 — a blank cover now asks one question
Came out of the three abandoned checkouts of 2026-08-22, analysed end to end from Shopify, Clarity session recordings and GA4. Two of those three customers had engaged with the personaliser and typed; the third never touched it and reached the buy button with all five properties empty.
assets/live-preview-confirm.js, plus a<dialog>insnippets/live-preview.liquid. When a personalisable product is about to enter the cart with the text field untouched, it asks once: «Σίγουρα δεν θέλεις να τυπώσουμε στο εξώφυλλο το δικό σου μήνυμα; Είναι ΔΩΡΕΑΝ». «ΝΑΙ θέλω» scrolls to the field and focuses it; «ΟΧΙ δεν θέλω» adds. The wording is the shop owner's own, approved 2026-08-23 and pinned verbatim by an assertion — do not reword it without asking him.- Asked once per page, whichever way they answer, and a variant change does not re-ask. An earlier version re-asked after «ΝΑΙ θέλω» if the field was still empty; the owner read that as a button refusing to work, and he is right.
- The hook is
submitin the capture phase — the single choke point for the main button, the Enter key, and the mobile sticky bar, which adds by.click()ing that same button. The sticky script is not touched at all. Dawn's ProductForm listens on bubble, so this runs first and can stop it. - Stopping is deliberately narrow.
preventDefault+stopPropagation+stopImmediatePropagationfire ONLY on the path where the dialog opens, andansweredis set before the re-submit — so every submit that actually adds to the cart passes through untouched. That is what keeps a later capture hook (tools/cover-capture) able to run on the same event without coordination. - Not a broken-order guard. An empty descriptor prints the variant's standard cover (320b5d2); nothing downstream fails. This is only about a customer who never learned the cover could carry their words.
- Restyled the same evening (8e06941) after a photo from a real handset showed a
flat grey box in the browser's own font, two identical buttons, and a row that
had wrapped by accident. It now carries the theme's Neutra Text,
#cb1e1eon «ΝΑΙ θέλω» — the same red as add-to-cart — a grid that stacks by decision on a phone rather than reflowing, and labels centred on both axes by the button box instead of by the UA default, which loses to any theme rule and does not centre a label that has wrapped to two lines.
The rate is small, and it is written down as small. Counting only line items
where this block actually rendered, and only after the cutover landed on main:
2 of 11. An earlier pass reported "4 of 13" — it counted from midnight on
2026-08-19 and swept in Cloudlift items. The durable argument is the geometry,
not the count: the sticky bar is on screen from first paint while the field sits
at 909px against an 812px viewport, confirmed by the owner on his own handset.
See tools/abandoned-checkouts/README.md for both ways to get this number wrong.
#7674 is the strongest of the two, for a reason worth keeping. Its beacon
fired overlay-missing at add-to-cart — and the overlay is mounted lazily by
activate(), whose only four call sites sit inside onInput(), onFontChange(),
setAlign() and onSizeStep(). So no overlay is not an absence to be explained
away: it is positive proof the customer never typed, never changed the face,
never touched alignment and never touched size. That customer was then shown a
false "preview did not load" and had add-to-cart disabled under them — a separate
defect, fixed in f712c74 — which is why the population it proves is real but the
sale it cost is not attributable to this.
Verified by 28 assertions in tools/live-preview/harness/confirm.html (fully
local, runs straight against the asset, no build step), plus an end-to-end pass on
the live storefront reading cart.js before and after: empty field → dialog
opens, 0 → 0 items; «ΟΧΙ δεν θέλω» → 0 → 1; a second empty add → no dialog,
1 → 2. Deploy verified by md5 against themes(roles:[MAIN]){ files }, both files
written within one second of each other.
Shipped 2026-08-24 — print stops trusting insert_textbox even without lines
Came out of order 7675 (Cavafy). Its descriptor carried lines: null — the
webfont had not loaded at add-to-cart, so the capture refused to record breaks,
exactly as designed — which sent stamp.py down its insert_textbox fallback.
That call silently ignores lineheight= on faces with compressed metrics:
Cavafy asked 1.15 and got ~0.77, the printed lines sat 9.9% of the box height
apart where the mockup (Pillow, which obeys leading) had 14.8%, and
check_match.py blocked the run at 33% drift. The cover was fixed by hand —
print_runs/20260824_1408/MANIFEST.md → «Διορθώθηκε χειροκίνητα».
stamp.py now wraps the text ITSELF on the no-lines path — the same greedy
break-word rule as mockup_png.py, re-derived at every candidate size the way
the browser's fitText does — and then draws exactly like the recorded-lines
path: line by line at explicit baselines, advance = size × leading.
insert_textbox is gone from the file, so the leading survives on every face
and the two renderers can only part company where their METRICS disagree —
the residue the gate exists to judge.
Verified by re-running the whole 2026-08-24 batch from its archived orders:
all ten previously-green personalised covers still ✅ — including the two
no-lines ones the old code passed (7680 Astir, 7681 Royal) — the checked-in
fixtures still land dx/dy≈0, and 7675 itself now measures 0.0% spacing
drift. It still blocks, on ONE break point (PyMuPDF ends line 1 «πιο»,
Pillow «την»): two engines wrapping a long text differently is a human's call
by design, and that order is already printed. The blank-line residue this
paragraph used to record is closed — next section.
Shipped 2026-08-24 — a blank line is space, not leading
The spacing check compared each measured gap between consecutive PDF lines
against the mockup's declared per-line step_ratio. A blank line takes a full
line box in BOTH renderers but leaves no glyphs, so pdf_lines() cannot see
it and the measured gap across one reads as double the step: any descriptor
whose text held a blank line false-blocked at the gate. Probed with
"Αγαπημένη μου\n\nΜαρία" (no lines, Astir): both renderers drew the
identical 3-line layout, stamp --verify landed dy=+0.0, and the gate blocked
at 93%. The same arithmetic bit recorded lines holding a blank — a
7673-shaped descriptor (["Nef & Dim", "", "“Our wedding”"]) blocked
identically. It predates the insert_textbox removal (a replica of that path
blocked the same probe at 66%).
check_match.py now divides each measured gap by the number of line boxes it
spans — read off the layout's text_lines, whose blanks mark exactly where
the unseen boxes sit, and only when the visible-line counts agree (when they
don't, check 1 is already blocking and the mapping means nothing). The
division does not soften the gate: a genuinely collapsed leading shrinks the
per-box quotient the same way it shrinks a plain gap, so Cavafy's 0.77 still
blocks with or without a blank in the text.
check_match_selftest.py holds the fixture in all four directions — blank
healthy PASSES, blank collapsed BLOCKS, plain collapsed BLOCKS (the #7675
shape), plain healthy PASSES — built at exact synthetic baselines so no font
metric blurs what is measured. Against the pre-fix gate it fails the first
case at exactly 100% drift, which is the 2× arithmetic by name.
Verified: the probe and the 7673-shaped descriptor both ✅ (3.3% and 0.0% drift), the sample chain still lands dx/dy = 0.0, and the archived 2026-08-24 batch re-run returns 18/18 identical verdicts — 7675 still blocks, now only on the break-point disagreement that is a human's call by design.
Shipped 2026-08-25 — the print gate: the photograph gets a vote
print_gate.py, ink.py, print_gate_selftest.py, wired into run_batch.py.
Built from PRINT_GATE_SPEC.md and the adversarial review beside it.
What it does. Subtract renderedBase from the stored capture; subtract the
base artwork PDF from the stamped PDF; crop both to the box; rasterise the print
side to the photo crop's pixel height; then ask both sides the same two
questions through the same code — which line boxes hold text, and how tall
the block of ink is. Neither side's answer is compared against lines; they
are compared against each other, which is the only way a wrong transcript can
lose.
Three things the spec got wrong, found by measuring:
- Contiguous ink bands are not the line count. Confirmed independently:
three lines of ordinary Greek into
our_wedding's real box, 150 dpi, threshold 28 — Cavafy, Nadiri, Roboto and Memories return 4 bands for 3 healthy lines, split by a 1.44–2.40 pt gap under an accent or above a descender. Caps returns 3/3 on all eight. The spec's suggested repairs both make it worse: a minimum band height does not close a 2 pt gap, and smoothing closes the REAL gaps first (21 of 96 combinations wrong, against 11 raw). What works is the slot grid —.lp-overlayis a flex box centring one block of T line boxes ofsizePct/100 × leading, so the grid has no free parameter. A gap that splits a line still lands in that line's slot. - Occupancy alone is not enough, and it fails in the direction that ships a wrong cover. A layout with one line FEWER than the transcript records is centred inside the longer grid and still touches every slot — the pattern matches and it sails through, on 7 of 8 faces. Its block of ink is exactly one pitch shorter, which nothing else in the pipeline can be, so the second question is a length and needs no threshold at all.
stamp.py's shrink valve breaks a shared ruler. It starts at the descriptor'ssizePctand shrinks until PyMuPDF's metrics fit — measured 4.0% at worst on healthy items, 33% when the recorded lines are stale. Laying the descriptor's pitch over the print then reports a line-count disagreement that is really a size difference. Each side's grid is now built at the size that side actually used (the print's read offget_text("dict")spans), and the size ratio is reported.
Calibration, and it is a floor. 8 faces × 14 healthy line shapes = 112
renders, against 8 × 5 defective = 40, with the photo side drawn by Pillow and
the print side stamped by stamp.py itself — two engines and a JPEG q0.92 hop,
the same asymmetry the real gate faces.
worst healthy block drift 0.056 line threshold 0.45
least defective drift 0.903 line -> 8x the noise, half the signal
worst blank-slot spill 3.86% of peak -> ink.SLOT_SHARE 0.10
two engines on one font 4.1% on width -> check_orders LINE_OVERFLOW 0.50
Zero healthy covers blocked, zero defective missed. These are desktop
libraries standing in for iOS Safari's text shaper — re-measure when there is
more than one real m=dom witness. Today there is exactly one, #7688.
Two more checks came out of the review, and both are free:
- The
calibcross-check (print_gate.py, every order, no photo, no network). The descriptor carriesbox% ANDboxPt;caliblives only in the repo. Recompute one from the other and you test that the config file still matches the metafield the descriptor came from. Noise floor 0.0495 pp across all 52 values of the 13 shipped configs — that residual is rounding, becausebox-tool.htmlDERIVESboxfromboxPtthroughcalib. Signal: the+100 ptboxPt.xinjection thatcheck_match.pypassed with a green tick measures 15.188 pp. Threshold 1.0 pp. - The single-line width check (
check_orders.py). Its loop wasrange(len(grp) - 1)— only ever pairs — so one recorded line that could never have fitted the box was never asked about. Margin 50%, and it is wide on purpose: two desktop libraries reading the SAME font file disagree by up to 4.1% on the width of the same Greek string, and the customer's browser is a third shaper.
And one live bug the review found in run_batch.py: when mockup_png.py
failed, ok_png went false, good stayed True, and the cover went into
ALL_COVERS.pdf ungated and counted in «N εξώφυλλα έτοιμα». There are now
three outcomes — ✅ / ❌ ΔΕΝ ΤΑΙΡΙΑΖΕΙ / ⚠ ΧΩΡΙΣ ΠΛΗΡΗ ΕΛΕΓΧΟ — only the middle
one may rename a PDF, the third has its own manifest section, and the closing
line says how many covers were actually compared against the customer's screen.
⚠ _lp_image is the customer's text. It carries ?v=<base64 of the whole
descriptor> and the descriptor carries content; base64 is not redaction, and
run_batch.py writes the gate's stdout verbatim into MANIFEST.md. Everything
the gate emits goes through redact(), only the object key is ever printed, and
a fixture asserts no output line holds a long base64 run.
Shipped 2026-08-25, second pass — where the bugs actually were
The gate's own fixtures were green through both of these. Neither was in the gate. Both were in the seam around it, and both collapsed the three outcomes back into two — silently, in the direction that prints an unchecked cover or blocks a healthy one.
-
--no-pngswitched off the photograph gate. The two gates were written under oneelif args.no_png:, so a flag whose documented job is "skip the mockup PNG and the match check" also disabled a check that needs no mockup. Six covers printed, one of them the poisoned #7685 shape, and the run said nothing. Found the first time the gate was given a reachable witness: the sandbox reaches no cover host, sofetch_imagehad only ever taken its failure branch andrun_batch's «συγκρίθηκαν» counter had never once been above zero. No fixture had exercised a flag combination. -
A Greek console turned "unchecked" into "blocked". cp1253 cannot encode «⚠» or «❌», so
print_gate.pyraisedUnicodeEncodeErroron its own headline and Python exited 1 — whichrun_batch.pyreads as BLOCKED. On any console not switched to UTF-8, every order without a witness would have come out «η εκτύπωση δεν συμφωνεί με ό,τι είδε ο πελάτης», with a traceback, in front of the owner — which is most of the queue today, and precisely the failure the three-outcome contract exists to prevent.print_queue.batsetschcp 65001andPYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8and would have hidden it forever; the README documentspython run_batch.py --order …directly, which does not. The exit code no longer depends on whether printing worked, and_console_never_dies()now guardsrun_batch.py,check_orders.pyandcheck_match.pytoo — all three print Greek and all three had the same exposure.
The lesson, and it is the one worth carrying: the checks were tested, the
wiring was not. run_batch_selftest.py closes that — it drives the real
run_batch.py as a subprocess against a witness served from a thread-local HTTP
server, which is the only way to reach that seam from a sandbox that resolves
neither moodbook.gr nor cdn.shopify.com. 16 assertions: the six witness
outcomes, the renaming, the counts, both flag combinations, both encodings, and
the customer's text staying out of the manifest. Verified to FAIL against the
pre-fix code before being kept.
Two smaller things from the same pass:
oknow means every check ran, not "the witness agreed". It readelif gated:, so a product with nocalibreported exit 0 with its geometry check silently missing. A product whose metafield carries noboxPtcan no longer read ✅ until someone adds it — which is the point.- A descriptor with more than one layer says so.
stamp.pystamps every layer and this gate reads the first. No shipped product has a second one, so it is named rather than fixed — judging it needs a grid design with no product to test against.
Shipped 2026-08-31 — the gate meets 31 witnesses and four of its numbers were wrong
The gate shipped 2026-08-25 calibrated against fixtures: 8 faces x 14 line
shapes drawn by Pillow and stamped by MuPDF. BLOCK_PITCH_TOL's comment said so
and asked for a re-cut "when there is more than one real witness".
On 2026-08-31 the unfulfilled queue held 41 personalised line items, 31 with an
m=dom witness. The gate blocked 10 of 41. Nine were its own measurement.
| what it said | what was true |
|---|---|
| #7732 "the picture has 4.02 lines, the print 0.87" | the picture has ONE line and two stray pixels. ink_span cut at v > 0, so one pixel of 540 in a row counted as text and stretched the block from 0.215 of the box to 0.976 |
| #7710 "the picture shows 1 line, the print 4" | the gate cannot see this cover at all. The cut is derived from the descriptor's font.color (#d9c7c5 → separation 129 → cut 43); the widest difference anywhere in the box is 43, and ONE pixel of 79,060 reaches it |
| #7716/#7718 "the picture shows 6 lines, the print 4" | the same lines, sitting half a line lower. Both blocks are the same height to 0.05 of a line |
| #7698/#7724 "line 2 ends «♡» in the PDF and «♡» in the mockup" | it ends «♡» in both. _drawn_elsewhere stripped every character the primary face lacks, but only the COLOUR-emoji ones go in as pictures — «♡» (U+2661, seguisym) is stamped as ordinary text and the PDF's text layer has it |
| #7703 "PDF 3 lines ≠ mockup 4" | three lines and a picture. The fourth line held only «🤍», which is an image and leaves nothing to extract |
| #7698/#7724 "line spacing 19.2% against 24.4%, 21% drift" | the text had not moved. pdf_lines returned the line's bbox top, which rises with the tallest ascender on the line — and «♡» out of seguisym is taller than Marilia |
Four constants, each re-cut against the 31:
ink.SPAN_FLOOR = 0.02— a row joins the ink block only above 2% of the busiest row. Worst stray measured: 1.6% (#7698, 2 pixels against 125). A real line's densest row cannot fall underSLOT_SHARE= 10%.print_gate.INK_VISIBLE_SHARE = 0.05— under 5% of the print's ink, the photograph is not evidence and the item is ΧΩΡΙΣ ΠΛΗΡΗ ΕΛΕΓΧΟ, never ΜΠΛΟΚΑΡΙΣΜΕΝΟ. Measured spread on the 31: healthy 97.0%–126.6%, #7710 0.02%. There is no middle.print_gate.ALIGN_TOL = 0.25— past a quarter line the per-line PATTERN is not comparable and the OFFSET is the finding. Measured: 28 of 31 sit between −0.11 and +0.02; two sit at +0.46 and +0.47.check_match.pdf_linesnow returns the baseline (span["origin"]), not the bbox top. Containment still uses the bbox — that question is about ink.
⚠ The order the checks are APPENDED is load-bearing, because blocked[0] is
the headline. A missed wrap makes the block a line taller, which moves its centre
half a line, which moves every line across a slot boundary — it trips all three.
Only the first is the defect; the rest are its shadow. The order is
lines → block → align, and both orderings that put align earlier were
caught by print_gate_selftest.py renaming a known defect: "one wrap the
transcript missed" became VERTICAL_OFFSET, and #7685's poisoned transcript
became BLOCK_HEIGHT. Both still blocked; both would have sent the reader
looking in the wrong place.
After: 4 blocked of 41, and all four are real.
- #7697
pes-mou-pappou— no transcript, and the two engines wrap «Κωνσταντίνος Δημητρακάκης» differently (1 line against 2). Nobody recorded what the customer saw, so nobody can settle it but a human. - #7716, #7718
our_wedding— the print stamps the text half a line higher than the customer's screen (+0.46, +0.47). Line count right, height right, position wrong. Both transcripts carry more blank line boxes than visible lines, which is the thread to pull: 🔴 root cause still unknown. - #7720
pregnancy_journal— the print's ink block is 0.98 of a line taller than the photograph's, with occupancy matching on both sides. That is precisely the shape the block-height check was written for.
The selftests are the regression guard and all four pass: 12/12, 4/4, 18/18, and the 152-render sweep at 0 healthy blocked / 0 defective missed.
Shipped 2026-08-31 — the tone check, and the fourth outcome it needed
Greek customers leave the tone off a name constantly, and until now nothing
looked. accents.py looks; it never fixes.
The rule needs no dictionary, and no dictionary could have done it. Modern Greek monotonic orthography: a word of two or more syllables carries exactly one tone. What is on these covers is FIRST NAMES AND SURNAMES — the one class of word no lexicon covers — so «Νεφελη» has to be flaggable without anyone having heard of Νεφέλη.
⚠ And the lexicon we own could not have placed the tone anyway.
MOODBOOK_DETECTOR_LINT/lexicon/data/ holds 200.000 Greek forms, and all
three tables are stored DE-ACCENTED — freq.tsv.gz has «νεφελη»,
lemma.tsv.gz has «ααρων», neighbours.tsv.gz has «αβαειο». They can say a
word exists; they cannot say where its tone goes. Checked on 2026-08-31 — do not
go looking there again. (Their data is CC BY-SA: internal use carries no
obligation, copying it into a repo does.)
Syllables are counted as MAXIMAL RUNS OF VOWELS, which is a lower bound and that is the point. Two runs are separated by a consonant and a consonant is never a nucleus, so two runs is always two syllables; the reverse fails — «Μαρια» has two runs and three syllables. Under-counting can only lose a flag. It can never invent one, and an invented one is what would cost the shop: the owner is being asked to look at covers before printing, and a check that cries about «μια» or «ΝΕΦΕΛΗ» teaches him to skip the list.
one run, silent μια για δυο πια ναι και ποιος μου μας ALL-CAPS, silent ΝΕΦΕΛΗ ΚΑΙ ΔΗΜΟΣ (Greek drops tones in capitals) two runs, flagged Νεφελη Μαρια Δημος Νικος γαμος αυτη ετσι
Measured on the live queue of 2026-08-31: 5 of 39 line items, all five real — «Νικος», «Δημητρα», «Στελιος», «Ειρηνη», «γαμος», one swear word, and one plain typo («λσλυτερη») that the rule caught for free.
A FOURTH outcome, and it had to be a fourth. «ΜΠΛΟΚΑΡΙΣΤΗΚΕ» means the print
disagrees with the screen; these covers agree with the screen perfectly and it
is the SCREEN that needs a decision. Filing them under the same word would teach
the owner that a block is sometimes nothing, which is the one thing the gate
cannot afford. So: ✋ ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΕΙ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ, stamped, kept as .HOLD.pdf, out of
ALL_COVERS.pdf — drawn on purpose, because the decision is about how a name
looks on a cover and he should be able to open it and look.
The decision is a WORD SUBSTITUTION, never a replacement text — text_fixes.py.
Handing the queue new text throws lines away, stamp.py re-wraps, and the
cover can come out with breaks nobody has seen: that is order #7673, the defect
this whole pipeline exists to prevent. Substituting word for word inside BOTH
content and every recorded line keeps the transcript true. Verified on the
live queue: #7721 corrected («Στελιος»→«Στέλιος», «Ειρηνη»→«Ειρήνη») still
passes print_gate against the OLD photograph and comes out ✅, because a
tone mark does not move the layout.
⚠ An approval is not a missing check. The first wiring appended the approval
to notes, which is the list that demotes an item to ΧΩΡΙΣ ΠΛΗΡΗ ΕΛΕΓΧΟ — so a
corrected cover that the photograph gate had compared and passed was reported as
one nobody could check, and the run's "unchecked" count went up by one for a
cover that was more verified than before. remarks is now a separate list: it
prints, it reaches the manifest, and it never touches the verdict.
Half a correction still holds the cover. «Νίκος & Δημητρα» is worse than «Νικος & Δημητρα» — the first looks decided.
text_fixes.json is gitignored: it holds customers' names verbatim and is a
working note beside the print queue, not a record.
Tests: accents_selftest.py, and the suite is now five — 12/12, 4/4, 18/18, the
152-render sweep, and this one.
Shipped 2026-08-31 — the queue stops printing orders that are not orders, and #7710's colour is named
Three of the covers in that day's run belonged to CANCELLED orders. #7669,
7670 and #7688 were VOIDED, cancelled AND archived, and had been coming out of
print_queue.bat as covers to print for days — #7669 and #7670 even as ✅.
fetch_orders.py --unfulfilled now appends status:open, which excludes
cancelled and archived in one word, at the API, before anything is drawn.
⚠ PENDING IS NOT «UNPAID» IN THIS SHOP, and a paid-only filter is a trap.
Greek IRIS and bank transfer sit in PENDING until the money lands. On the
2026-08-31 queue that was 4 orders of 48 — and three of them were orders the
owner had that same hour asked to print. A literal paid-only rule would have
removed them without a word, which is the one failure a print queue must never
have: nobody looks for what is missing. So the money splits three ways:
VOIDED / REFUNDED / PARTIALLY_REFUNDED / EXPIRED dropped, named
PENDING / AUTHORIZED / PARTIALLY_PAID WITHHELD, named,
and `--include-pending`
PAID printed
#7710 — the cover was painted in another variant's colour
The order says #d9c7c5 (Steel Teal's custom.preview_text_color). The
photograph was painted in #606161 — Champagne Pink's, another variant of
the same product, left behind when the customer moved between colours. The
print is correct; the customer's screen was not.
What made it invisible: the descriptor records renderedFamily — the face
the browser actually resolved, beside the one we asked for — and has done since
the 7673 work. It records no renderedColor. So a colour that diverged from
state.font.color left no trace in the order at all, and naming it took a
photograph, a variant-colour table and a median-of-ink measurement.
Three changes, and the first is the one that matters:
renderedColornow rides besiderenderedFamily. Every order from here carries what the browser actually painted.check_orders.pycan see this before anything is printed; no photograph needed.- The colour is set
!important, exactly asfont-familyalready was and for the reason recorded there — a theme rule on gallery descendants beats a plain inline value. reflow()re-resolves the variant's colour. It runs on the new hero'sload, which is the one path that fires after Dawn re-renders the gallery without arender()— so a colour resolved before the form input caught up stayed on the cover permanently. COLOUR ONLY:applyVariantVisual()can swap the hero, and swapping it from the hero's own load handler is a loop.
And so the gate says it out loud: ink.dominant_ink() measures the colour the
photograph was actually painted in, so the ungated message is now «η παραγγελία
λέει #d9c7c5, ο browser ζωγράφισε #606161» instead of «δεν κρίθηκε».
⚠ The 31 descriptors were checked and they are not the problem. The
descriptor inside _lp_image's ?v= (written at capture) and the one in
_lp_preview (written at add-to-cart) were compared field by field across all
31 witnessed line items: variantId, base, renderedBase, colour, family,
sizePct, align, leading, line count, character count, box — zero differences.
The capture and the order agree. What diverged was the PAINT and the state, and
only a renderedColor will ever show that in the order itself.
A correction may not move the layout
text_fixes.layout_risk() counts what a substitution did to the shape: line
count, per-line character count, total length, word count. And run_batch.py
asks check_orders for the verdict BEFORE and AFTER the fix — if it got worse,
the cover is blocked as «Η ΔΙΟΡΘΩΣΗ ΧΑΛΑΕΙ ΤΗ ΔΙΑΤΑΞΗ». A tone is the same
character count in every face we ship, which is why substitution inside the
recorded lines is safe; «Νικος → Νικόλαος» is not, and a line already wrapped to
the edge of the box would then overflow. A cover that is correctly spelled and
wrongly set is worse than the one it replaced, because nobody re-reads a cover
they just fixed.
--accept-gate
The owner looked at #7716 and #7718 — half a line high — and judged them
cosmetic. There was no way to say so, and the covers were unprintable from the
queue. text_fixes.py "#7716" --accept-gate "<γιατί>" prints over a block; the
reason is required, and every reason it overrode is printed, reaches the
manifest and is counted. It never silences a check.
Running the storefront harness on Windows
tools/ios-safari/suite-chrome.mjs. The harness needs a page that is actually
visible — every embedded pane here reports document.visibilityState:
'hidden' and the suite's fits run behind requestAnimationFrame, which a
hidden page never services, so it hangs at «running…» forever. Playwright's
headless page reports visible. channel: 'chrome' uses the Chrome already
installed, so nothing is downloaded. 82/82 green with the changes above.
(The harness README still says 48; the suite has grown.)
Shipped 2026-08-31 — #7697 and #7720, and the repair rewrap is for
Both were blocked and the owner asked for both to be printed as they stood. The
browser was asked first — simulate-orders.mjs --engines chromium, Chrome 151
via channel:'chrome', four widths — and it reversed which one was broken.
#7697 was never wrong. «Κωνσταντίνος Δημητρακάκης» comes out on ONE line at
desktop, narrow, phone and Android alike, which is what stamp.py prints. The
block came from check_match.py: mockup_png.py (Pillow) wraps it to two, and
with no transcript there was nothing to break the tie. The tie-breaker is the
browser, and it sides with the print. --accept-gate, with that as the reason.
#7720 was wrong, and «as it stands» would have printed it wrong.
transcript 5 lines, breaking after «this», «to», «the», «beautiful»
Chrome ×4 4 lines, breaking after «journal», «treasure», «the», «ahead!»
photograph ink 3.90 lines tall against the print's 4.88 — one line SHORT
Two witnesses that have never met — the customer's own capture and a fresh browser run at the order's own size — agree with each other and against the record. The transcript is stale; this is the #7673 family.
So text_fixes.py --rewrap: throw the recorded lines away and let the
printer wrap the text itself. ⚠ It needs EVIDENCE and the docstring says so.
layers[].lines is the whole design and discarding it is how you get a THIRD
layout nobody has seen — in a broken transcript sizePct is usually broken with
it (52.5pt against the screen's 51.2pt on #7673). It is safe only when something
other than the transcript says what the screen showed, and says it twice.
The proof it worked is the gate itself: #7720 went from BLOCK_HEIGHT 0.98 to ✅. Re-wrapped, the print reproduces the photograph. Nothing else in the run moved.
⚠ A deliberate rewrap always lands the transcript check on ΧΩΡΙΣ — that is what
it IS — so run_batch.py stops reading that transition as damage when the
decision is rewrap. ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ still blocks: an impossible layout is impossible
however it got there.
The queue is now 38 ready, 0 blocked, 0 waiting — 27 compared against the customer's own photograph, 7 ΧΩΡΙΣ ΠΛΗΡΗ ΕΛΕΓΧΟ (6 of them orders too old to carry a picture, plus #7710 whose picture was painted in the wrong colour).
Shipped 2026-09-03 — COD, an order range, the final sigma, and a raster older than its own text
--min-order / --max-order. Shopify's order query has no range operator
for name, so the number is filtered client-side. It is a STRING in the API
(«#7700») and comparing those as strings puts #999 after #7700 — hence int(),
and a name that is not a number is NAMED rather than assumed in or out.
COD is PENDING forever by design. Cash on delivery is not money that failed
to arrive; it arrives when the courier hands the parcel over, and the parcel
cannot exist until the cover is printed — withholding it deadlocks the order. So
a PENDING order on a COD gateway is printable.
⚠ No COD order has ever reached this queue, and that is deliberate:
live-preview.js sets properties[_custom_product] on every personalised item
precisely so the checkout can hide cash on delivery for them. Measured over the
35 unfulfilled orders from #7700: shopify_payments, IRIS, Bank Deposit, PayPal,
Revolut, Viva — not one COD. The branch is there for the day that setting
changes; it is not a path anyone has seen work.
A Greek word cannot end in σ. That position is ς, always, with no exception
in the modern language — the same shape of rule as the tone, no dictionary, and
it cannot be wrong. Order #7736 typed «Ο γαμος μασ»: the tone check caught the
«γαμος» and walked straight past the «μασ», one run away from a hardback that
said so. FINAL_SIGMA.
⚠ THE RASTER AND THE DESCRIPTOR ARE NOT TAKEN ATOMICALLY
Order #7735 blocked on three checks at once. The photograph shows
Ο γάμος μας / Ελένη κ, / Θάνος three lines
and the order's own content — identical in _lp_preview AND in the ?v=
attached to the image itself — is
Ο γάμος μας / (blank) / Ελένη και Θάνος
which is what stamp.py prints and what Chrome produces at all four widths.
The picture is of an EARLIER moment than the text it was uploaded with.
This is a second member of the family #7710 opened. There the paint held a stale
COLOUR while the descriptor was current; here the paint holds stale TEXT while
the descriptor is current. The 2026-08-31 audit that compared ?v= against
_lp_preview across 31 line items and found zero differences was answering a
narrower question than it looked: both of those are written from state, so
they agree by construction. What can lag is the third thing —
paintOverlay()'s raster of the DOM.
🔴 Open: make the capture atomic. The raster must be taken from the same
moment as the descriptor it ships with, or carry its own timestamp so the gate
can refuse a witness older than the text. Until then a stale witness reads as a
layout disagreement, which is a lie about the cover, and the only way out is
--accept-gate with a measurement — which is what #7735 got.
text_fixes.json no longer dies with the worktree
It is gitignored, which makes it invisible to git AND to git worktree — so a
recycled worktree took every decision the owner had recorded in it. On
2026-09-03 that was seven approvals, three of them corrections already applied
to covers, saved only because the old directory had not been deleted yet.
git rev-parse --git-common-dir answers with the MAIN repository's .git from
inside any worktree, so its parent is the checkout that outlives them; the file
now lives there. MOODBOOK_TEXT_FIXES overrides it.
Shipped 2026-09-03 — the one check that is not our own code marking its own homework
Every gate in this pipeline compares two things WE produced. check_orders
reads the descriptor our code wrote. check_match compares two renderers that
both read layers[].lines. Even print_gate's photograph is rasterised by our
paintOverlay(). A defect upstream of all of them — the code writing down the
wrong text — would come out green everywhere, and #7735 is what made that
concrete: three gates fired at once and none of them could say WHICH artefact
was stale.
There is a second path, and it owes us nothing. The visible
properties[«Γράψε το κείμενο…»] is an ordinary textarea inside the product
form. Shopify receives it whether or not live-preview.js ran, parsed anything,
or agreed with itself. The descriptor is written BY that code. So:
descriptor.content == the visible field ⟹ the text about to print IS
what the customer submitted
not because anyone read the JavaScript and believed it, but because two things that had to disagree did not.
Measured before wiring it, over 120 days: 73 personalised line items, ZERO disagreements — #7735 included. That is what settled which of that order's two artefacts was stale: the picture, not the text. The owner's question — «I don't remember which of the two the print comes from» — has a one-word answer (the DESCRIPTOR) and now a standing proof rather than an assurance.
check_orders.check_typed(), wired into run_batch.py as GATE 0a, blocking.
Nothing downstream can recover from printing the wrong words.
⚠ ASKED BEFORE ANY CORRECTION IS APPLIED. An approved fix changes the descriptor on purpose, so after it the two paths are MEANT to differ; asking afterwards would block every corrected cover for doing what it was told.
⚠ Whitespace is not the question. The textarea keeps the customer's CRLF and
trailing spaces; content comes from textarea.value, which the HTML spec
normalises to LF. Comparing raw reports every order broken. Both sides collapse
whitespace runs first — a difference that survives that is a difference in what
will be printed.
⚠ The message carries counts, never the text. A fixture asserts it: the customer's words must not reach a log to explain that the customer's words are wrong.
Shipped 2026-09-03 — the picture now says what it drew
Order #7735 shipped a photograph of «Ελένη κ,» attached to a descriptor that said «Ελένη και Θάνος». Three gates fired at once and not one of them could say WHICH artefact was stale; it took a browser re-run and a side-by-side render to find out. The reason is one line of missing bookkeeping.
runCapture() takes sig — the descriptor, out of state. paintOverlay()
then reads overlayText.textContent — out of the DOM. Two different moments,
and nothing compared them. The existing guards both compare sig with the
CURRENT state (sendCapture's first line, and sealCapture at add-to-cart), so
a raster of an EARLIER moment passes every one of them: the snapshot is current,
the state is current, and the picture is not.
The raster now certifies its own content. paintOverlay() hangs the exact
string it serialised on the resolved image (_lpText, _lpAt), and
sendCapture() refuses to publish when it is not the text in the snapshot —
clears the property, forgets the upload, and schedules another cycle. A picture
of the wrong moment is worse than no picture, because print would trust it.
Both sides are overlayText.textContent, so the comparison is exact string
equality and no whitespace or transform rule can weaken it.
And the URL carries the SHAPE, for the orders already placed:
&p=<chars>.<lines>&t=<epoch> — characters and lines, never the words, the same
discipline the health monitor keeps. print_gate.check_witness_fresh() compares
it with the descriptor and returns UNGATED / WITNESS_STALE, never blocked:
the cover is almost certainly fine, it is the WITNESS that is inadmissible.
Orders before today carry no p= and come back None — the check cannot run on
them, and says so by staying silent.
⚠ A trap paid for twice on the way in. check_typed compares the
descriptor's content with the visible textarea, and content is
overlayText.textContent — so on a product set to text-transform: uppercase
it is ALREADY uppercased. Comparing raw would block every order of such a
product. Uppercasing the customer's side is not enough either: CSS uppercase
on Greek drops the tone («γάμος» → ΓΑΜΟΣ) while Python's str.upper() keeps
it (ΓΆΜΟΣ), so the fix is to strip tones from both sides and compare letters —
which is all the transform leaves to compare. Fixture: «ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ δεν είναι
διαφορά».
Harness 82/82 with the storefront change. Selftests 5/5.
Shipped 2026-09-03 — the half-line was ours: a trailing Enter takes no room
Three covers had come out of the gate as VERTICAL_OFFSET — #7716, #7718, #7736 — and the finding was real but nobody knew whose fault it was. It is ours, and the cause is one keystroke.
A customer who presses Enter after the last word leaves an empty final
paragraph. The browser gives it NO HEIGHT. .lp-overlay centres the block
with align-items:center, so the ink lands where three lines would put it, not
four. Both of our renderers counted it.
Measured on #7736 — «Ο γαμος μασ \nΕυαγγελία & Σταύρο \n» — by stamping the same descriptor twice into its own box and reading the ink centre as a fraction of the box:
counting the trailing blank 39.5%
dropping it 50.5%
the customer's own photograph 50.4% ← the browser
Not an argument about CSS: the customer's capture and the corrected stamp agree to one part in a thousand.
Nine per cent of the queue ends in an Enter (3 of 32 line items on 2026-09-03) — and all three were the covers that had produced an offset or a layout dispute. There is no other member of that family; it explains the whole class.
lines_guard.drop_trailing_blanks(), used by stamp.py, mockup_png.py and
print_gate.py — the two renderers so they draw the same boxes, and the gate
so its ruler counts the boxes that were drawn. ⚠ TRAILING ONLY. A blank line
typed BETWEEN two lines is space the customer asked for; «Ο γάμος μας», blank,
the names is the commonest layout this shop prints.
⚠ THE FIXTURE WAS WRONG WITH THE CODE, WHICH IS WHY THE SUITE STAYED GREEN.
print_gate_selftest.draw_photo() stands in for the browser and it counted the
trailing blank too, so all three of our renderers agreed with each other and
none of them agreed with the thing being imitated. Changing a fixture to make a
suite pass is normally the worst move available; it is right here only because
the measurement above says which behaviour the browser has. The docstring
carries the numbers so nobody has to take that on trust.
And the sweep's reported blank-slot spill went 3.05% → 100% on the first
green run, because the metric was still walking the ORIGINAL line list and
reading the bottom pad as a blank slot. Meaningless, harmless to the verdict —
and ink.SLOT_SHARE's comment invites a future reader to re-cut the threshold
from exactly that number. Fixed; it reports 3.02% again.
Result on the live queue: 0 blocked, and the covers compared against the customer's photograph rose from 22 to 24.
Printing, day to day
Double-click print_queue.bat. One dated folder appears under
print_runs/ holding, per personalised line item, a print PDF and a mockup PNG;
plus ALL_COVERS.pdf — every approved cover merged in manifest order and
repeated per quantity, which is the file you actually send — and MANIFEST.md.
Routing is by line item: personalised → text stamped on the variant's custom artwork; not personalised → the variant's standard artwork copied in; a legacy Cloudlift item → reported as manual work and never given a standard cover, because that would silently drop the customer's text.
Nothing is written to Shopify and nothing is fulfilled. Re-running is safe.
The files that hold the state
| file | what it is |
|---|---|
covers.production.json |
39 variantIds → custom/standard print PDFs. _base_dir is the only machine-specific value. |
product-configs/*.json |
the 13 metafield values verbatim — rewrite a lost metafield from here, no box-tool pass needed |
font_sets.json |
which faces each product offers, plus each face's leading |
fonts.json |
metafield family → local TTF/OTF in print-fonts/ |
Scripts
fetch_orders.py (orders → JSON) · order_to_md.py (→ descriptors) ·
stamp.py (→ print PDF) · mockup_png.py (→ customer-facing PNG) ·
check_orders.py + check_orders_selftest.py (could this transcript have
existed?) · check_match.py + check_match_selftest.py (does the PDF flow like
the mockup?) · print_gate.py + ink.py + print_gate_selftest.py (does
the PDF flow like the PHOTOGRAPH?) ·
run_batch.py (all of the above, one command) + run_batch_selftest.py
(does run_batch ASK them, and listen? — that is where both real bugs were) ·
accents.py + text_fixes.py + accents_selftest.py (did the customer leave
the tone off a name, and what did the owner decide about it?) ·
woff2_to_sfnt.py (storefront WOFF2 → printable TTF/OTF) ·
box-tool.html (author a product's geometry).
The three checks are not interchangeable and none of them subsumes another:
| reads | catches | blind to | |
|---|---|---|---|
check_orders.py |
the order alone | a transcript that is internally impossible | one that is consistent and still wrong |
check_match.py |
PDF + mockup | the two renderers parting company — the only cover for an order with no lines |
anything both took from the same lines |
print_gate.py |
PDF + the stored photograph | the transcript disagreeing with the screen | orders with no m=dom witness — most of them |
accents.py |
the typed text alone | a Greek word of 2+ syllables with no tone — the customer's own spelling, not ours | everything else about spelling: it is one rule, not a checker |
⚠ The fourth is not a gate on the PRINT. The first three ask whether the cover
matches what the customer saw; this one asks whether what the customer saw is
what they meant, which only the owner can answer. It holds the cover (✋
ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΕΙ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ) and never blocks it.
Things that will bite you
A narrower screen prints the text slightly LARGER
sizePct is the rendered size as a fraction of the box height, so a layout that
scales uniformly should record the same percentage at any screen width. It does
not. Measured under WebKit on 2026-08-25, desktop and iPhone 15 identically:
box 486px -> 152px (3.2x narrower)
sizePct 24.8% -> 25.2% (+1.6%, and it goes UP)
The cause is the fit's tolerance, which is ONE PIXEL, absolute:
el.scrollHeight <= maxH + 1 && el.scrollWidth <= maxW + 1
One pixel is a larger share of a small box than of a big one, so the smaller box
permits proportionally more overflow and the search lands proportionally higher.
Predicted from the box heights alone: +1.01%. Measured: +1.61%. Same sign, same
order; the rest is bisection granularity and integer scrollHeight.
What it means in practice: the size that goes to print depends slightly on the
width of the screen the customer ordered from. Two customers typing identical
text on a phone and a laptop get covers ~1.6% apart. Below every gate's
tolerance and nobody has ever noticed, so this is a note and not an alarm — but
it is the same absolute-tolerance defect the audit flagged across stamp.py
(+0.5pt) and mockup_png.py (+1px), and if those are ever made proportional,
make this one proportional too or the three will drift apart in a new direction.
Found by the iOS session while settling whether reflow() re-records under
WebKit. It does — see the fixture note in harness/suite.js section 1.
When the margin is the size of what you left out, measure again
Both of this file's tolerance findings came within a hair of being reported backwards, and for the same reason.
The transcript check — "would these two recorded lines have fitted on one line?" — nearly condemned order #7687. Joined, the two lines measure 8.28 em against a box of 8.35: comfortably impossible, report it. But joining them dropped the SPACE the wrap had consumed. The real string is 8.58 em, it genuinely did not fit, and the break was honest. The omission was 0.30 em against a margin of 0.07.
The same shape produced the sizePct anomaly above: a tolerance of one absolute pixel, against a box whose height made that pixel worth about the size of the effect being measured.
The rule this leaves: when the quantity you might have omitted is the same order as the margin you are judging by, a confident number is at its least trustworthy. Both of those checks felt decisive and both were within one forgotten term of being wrong in the direction that costs the shop — telling the owner a healthy order is broken is as expensive as missing a broken one, because he stops trusting the check. Re-derive from the raw text, not from the intermediate you built.
It happened a third time on 2026-08-25, and this time it reached the shop.
check_orders.py's join test was if w <= box_em — no margin at all — and it
reported #7678/the_honeymoon to the owner as broken: «χωρούσαν μαζί (11.07 σε
κουτί 11.13)». That margin is 0.54%. The string is «The Honeymoon Chapter»
in Royal, and the same string in the same font file measures
PyMuPDF (what check_orders uses) 11.0678 em -> fits 11.13 -> ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ
Pillow 11.1354 em -> does NOT -> honest
so the verdict was decided by which library did the arithmetic. The browser is a third shaper, and the storefront fit hands it another +1px one-sided — about 0.21% more slack on a 486px box. Measured spread between the two libraries on one font file: 1.70% on that Latin string, 4.10% on Greek. Every one of those is larger than the margin the verdict rested on.
A join must now fit with 5% to spare before it is called impossible, and the band underneath is ΟΡΙΑΚΟ — printed, counted, and deliberately kept out of «ΜΗΝ τις τυπώσεις». It costs nothing against the real defect: #7685's join fits with 51% to spare, ten times the threshold.
Note what the pattern now is. Both of this file's other tolerance findings were
caught before they shipped; this one was not, and the reason is that the check
with no margin looked the most rigorous. <= reads as exact. It is only exact
about the number you computed, never about the thing you are asking.
«Δεν καταγράφηκαν γραμμές» is not «this cover is wrong»
The same 2026-08-25 run showed 5 of 17 line items with no transcript at all,
and check_orders.py closed with one sentence over both classes: «ΜΗΝ τις
τυπώσεις — θα βγάλει το ίδιο λάθος». For a missing transcript there is no
mistake to repeat; there is only a cover nobody watched. A third of the queue
was being stopped for a reason that did not apply to it, which is the same
currency as a false positive — the owner does work he did not need to do, twice,
and then stops reading.
The two classes are now reported separately and given different advice: a broken
transcript needs a corrected cover before printing, a missing one needs a look at
the preview link. And these are exactly the items print_gate.py can still
judge when they carry a picture — a rasterised overlay needs no transcript, so
an order whose transcript came back null is the one most worth having a witness
for.
The stored cover is a witness only when m=dom says so
properties[_lp_image] carries ?v=<descriptor>&m=<mode>, and the mode is the
whole point of the file:
m=dom— the browser rasterised the live overlay through<foreignObject>with the face inlined. It re-derived the wrapping from the text and the computed CSS and never sawlines, so it CAN contradict the descriptor. Only this one may be used to judge anything.m=desc— the old path: canvasfillTextoverlayer.lines. It agrees with the descriptor by construction, so agreement proves nothing. It is corroboration, never evidence.
Treat a missing m= as desc. Every order before 2026-08-24 is desc, and
every degraded capture since is too — no face, no CORS, an old Safari, a fetch
past its ceiling. The downgrade is silent and correct, which is exactly why
lp_capture now rides on every health event: a shop that has quietly stopped
getting witnesses looks identical to one that has them.
The trap this replaced: order #7685's descriptor recorded a break that was arithmetically impossible at the size recorded beside it — «ο γάμος μας» needed 5.18 of the box's 9.93 em — and the stored image agreed with it, because the image was drawn from it. Three of the eleven line items carrying a transcript since June describe a layout no screen could have shown.
Since 2026-08-25 print_gate.py reads m= and is wired into run_batch.py,
so the picture finally has a gate behind it — but only for the orders that carry
one. Everything else comes out ΧΩΡΙΣ ΠΛΗΡΗ ΕΛΕΓΧΟ, which is a third outcome
and not a pass. Read the count, not the colour.
- Variant renames issue NEW variant ids. Giving four single-variant products
a real colour name changed all four ids and orphaned their entries in
covers.production.json. After any variant edit, re-check the map. form.idis not the form's id. A form exposes its named controls as its own properties, and the product form carries<input name="id">for the variant — soform.idis that input element, not the string. The first version of the confirmation guard compared a string to an element, never matched, and did nothing on any product. It read correctly in review and was inert in the browser; only the harness caught it. Useform.getAttribute('id'), and reach forHTMLFormElement.prototypewhen calling a method a control could shadow.theme.updatedAtis not a deploy indicator. It read three weeks stale while files were updating the same minute. Verify a deploy withtheme(id:…){ files(filenames:[…]){ body { … content } } }.- The overlay lives inside theme markup, so anything it sets can be
out-specified. Two rules already had to be forced:
font-family(a theme!important) anddisplay:flex(Dawn's.media > :not(...)at 0,3,0, which flattened the flex box and pinned the customer's text to the top of the box). Suspect the cascade first when the overlay looks wrong but the JS values read correctly. - The text must not outrun its artwork. The overlay is DOM and redraws in a
frame; the cover behind it is a network fetch. Writing the new URL straight onto
the visible
<img>left the customer's name hanging over a blank frame for as long as the download took — measured 2.8s on a deliberately slow cover, and the reason a variant change looked like "text first, picture later".swapHero()decodes off-screen, hides the overlay while the artwork is in flight, and gives the text back only once the VISIBLE element has the frame too (waiting on the preload alone still left ~350ms).warmBases()preloads every variant cover on focus, so the usual case is a cache hit and the swap is one frame. _previewis a shared property name. Cloudlift's holds a PNG URL, ours a JSON descriptor. Everything downstream distinguishes them by parsing.-
The keyboard moves what the customer sees, not what
fixedis anchored to. An on-screen keyboard shrinks the VISUAL viewport;position: fixedandgetBoundingClientRectboth speak the LAYOUT viewport, which does not change. So the pinned mobile preview sat ~200px above the visible band and only showed up once the keyboard was dismissed. Everything that has to land where the eye is must go throughvisibleBand()(visualViewportoffsetTop/height), and the keyboard opening arrives as a visualViewport resize — not a window resize and not a scroll. -
A harness cannot test frame callbacks. The Browser pane reports
document.visibilityState === 'hidden', sorequestAnimationFrameandIntersectionObservernever fire there — silence from them is the environment, not your code. The sticky mobile preview therefore decides visibility with twogetBoundingClientRectcalls on a time-throttled scroll handler: no frame callback, testable, and it also survives a backgrounded tab in the wild. -
document.fonts.check()does not check what you think. It answers "can this text be rendered", and returns TRUE for a family that was never declared, because a fallback always can — verified on a bare page:check('40px "Astir"')is true with zero registered faces. The descriptor's guard used it to decide whether the captured line breaks were trustworthy, so the guard never fired: whenever a webfont failed to load, the fallback's line breaks were recorded and print drew them verbatim. Askdocument.fontsfor a face with that family at statusloadedinstead. Note the two safe defaults point opposite ways: when the answer is unknowable,live-preview.jssays NOT loaded (record null, let print re-wrap) andlive-preview-health.jssays loaded (never raise a false alarm). -
⚠️
linesandsizePctare captured together, and they fail together. This is what printed order 7673, and the second half of that sentence is the part that cost an extra round: the first fix dropped the badlinesand kept thesizePctbeside them, which produced a different wrong cover.
The customer typed Nef & Dim ⏎ ⏎ “Our wedding”; the descriptor recorded
["Nef & Dim", "", "“", "Our w", "edding”"] at sizePct 22.4, and print drew
those five lines verbatim. Stelios re-ran the product on a desktop and two
phones: all three showed “Our wedding” on one line.
The mechanism, measured on the order itself. Its box is 304 × 276 pt and
the face is Marilia. sizePct is a % of box HEIGHT, so 22.4 means 61.8 pt —
and at 61.8 pt “Our wedding” measures 352 pt against a 304 pt box, 16% too
wide to ever fit. Worse, five lines at that size need 355 pt of a 276 pt box.
No layout can satisfy both numbers, so they did not come from one layout:
fitText() returns early when the box has no width or height, leaving
_effSizePct at the value from an EARLIER fit while updateDescriptor() went
on to record breaks from a DOM that had never been fitted at all. A collapsed
or mid-load box also explains the shape of those breaks — a lone “ on its
own line is what a very narrow box does, and overflow-wrap: anywhere is what
let it split w|edding. That is why no width in Chromium ever reproduced it:
the box was not narrow, it was unfitted.
Four things now stand between that and a printed cover:
- fitText() reports whether it ran (_fitOk), and no lines are
recorded when it did not. This is the root cause and the only one of the
four that prevents the bad pairing from being created.
- reflow() re-captures the descriptor. It re-fitted on every resize and
hero load and never re-recorded, so a rotation, a keyboard dismissal or a
slow cover finally decoding left an order carrying an older layout. Proven:
the overlay went 486 px → 152 px, visibly re-wrapping, and the stored lines
came back byte-identical. Kept in the suite as a control.
- overflow-wrap: anywhere → break-word on .lp-overlay-text,
.lp-cart-text, .lp-mini-text. anywhere is what permits w|edding.
- A break that splits a word which would have fitted alone is refused at
capture (wrapsAreCredible() — it measures the word against the box).
Downstream, REPAIR — never discard. For orders already taken there is no
box to measure, and dropping lines leaves the renderer to re-wrap at the
sizePct that failed alongside them: on 7673 that gives “Our / wedding”,
which nobody saw either. Rejoining the impossible breaks keeps what the
capture got right and hands the consequence to the shrink-to-fit loop each
renderer already has. Measured: repair lands at 52.5 pt against the
51.2 pt the customer's own screen used — three lines, Nef & Dim / blank /
“Our wedding”, within 2.5%. repairLines() in
live-preview-cart.js (cart, drawer, notification, order viewer) and
lines_guard.py in stamp.py, mockup_png.py, order_to_md.py. Only lines
that no longer spell out the text are dropped — there is nothing to repair
there. A break after a dash or a slash is left alone; any engine would take it.
The consequence is still a design one: lines was introduced so the three
renderers could not disagree, and it does that job well — but it makes the
browser the single source of truth for something we never verify. The
standing recommendation is unchanged: capture an actual image at checkout
(see Open) and demote lines to a hint.
-
⚠️
pre-wraplets a transcript grow a line. The cart renderer's fit accepts a line up to 1px over the box — a sensible tolerance — and underwhite-space: pre-wrapthat 1px is enough for the browser to break it. So afterrepairLines()had already put“Our wedding”back together, the order viewer measured 278px against a 277px box, accepted it, and then wrapped it into two lines again: the page warned about a break and drew one. Recorded lines are a transcript —applyText()now puts them underwhite-space: pre, which cannot wrap, the same rulestamp.pyandmockup_png.pyfollow by drawing them verbatim. Raw text (no recorded lines) is meant to wrap and keepspre-wrap. Worth remembering as a shape: a fit tolerance plus a wrapping mode is a silent line-count change, and the line count is the whole contract here. -
⚠️ Eight of the eleven catalogue faces paint outside their line box.
ascender - descenderper face: Memories 1.367, Astir 1.349, Roboto 1.319, Marilia 1.250, Royal 1.250, Nadiri 1.200, LittleFont 1.200, Holy 1.159 — all above theline-height: 1.15the overlay uses. The glyphs paint outside their line boxes, and.lp-overlay/.lp-cart-overlayareoverflow: hidden, so when the text block fills the box the last line's descender is guillotined. That is why thegofweddingwas cut in 7673's order preview: the wrong 4-line layout filled the box. Print is not affected —stamp.pydraws at explicit baselines and never clips — so no cover was ever at risk; only the previews lie, in the alarming direction. WithsizeStartat 85% the block normally uses ~85% of the box and the descender has room; it is reachable when a customer presses+all the way to the fill. Not fixed — see Open, and note that any fix which reserves the room inside the box makes every preview (and therefore every print, sincesizePcttravels) slightly smaller. -
What was asked for and what was painted are different facts. The descriptor used to record only the first:
font.familyfromthis.state.fontandbasefrom config — the instructions, not the result. An order could not be checked against what the browser actually did. It now also carriesrenderedBase(heroImg.currentSrc) andfont.renderedFamily(getComputedStyle(overlayText).fontFamily), and the order viewer compares them: a personalised cover that 404'd shows up as «ο πελάτης έβλεπε ΑΛΛΟ εξώφυλλο», a webfont that never arrived as «οι γραμμές μετρήθηκαν σε λάθος όψη». Nothing renders from either — they are evidence, and they cost ~40 bytes in a descriptor that measures ~460. Compare them by file, not by string: Liquid emits protocol-relative URLs andcurrentSrcalways resolves to an absolute one, so a raw comparison flags every order, and a warning that is always on is a warning nobody reads. -
A listener wired inside the condition it is waiting for never runs. The sticky mobile copy attached its scroll and visualViewport handlers inside
ensureMini(), which only runs once the copy is wanted — and it is only wanted once the hero has scrolled away. Nothing was listening for the scroll that would have asked, so the copy appeared only when some unrelated resize happened to call in: on a real phone the address bar collapsing does exactly that, which is why it looked like it worked. On a viewport that does not, it never ran at all — reproduced headless, where the old code shows nothing.watchMini()is now wired fromupdateMini(), before the gate. -
⚠️ A layout rule that reads its own output flickers.
paintMini()widens the sticky mobile card when the letters would fall under the readability floor, and it decided that from the card's CURRENT width — one it had set itself on the previous pass. That is not idempotent, and the failure is sharp rather than gradual: the rescue is clamped tocap, so a card needing more than the cap lands exactly ON it,cardW < capturns false, the release branch fires, and the next pass widens it again. Reproduced on the live PDP of «Πες μου Παππού» at 375px with a 137-character dedication: 165 → 203 → 165 → 203, a 38px swing on every keystroke and every scroll tick. A short dedication converges on a fixed point instead of flipping, which is why it looked intermittent rather than broken. The decision is now always made from the card's NATURAL width, and the width is rounded to whole pixels becauseclientWidthis an integer and a fractional width makes the next pass measure something different from what it set. General shape: any adaptive rule must be a pure function of inputs it does not itself write. -
Normalising the box is not normalising the text. The mini crops so the box fills a fixed share of the card, which reads like it equalises everything. It does not: the text is a %% of the box HEIGHT while the card is sized by WIDTH, so a flat box yields a short card and tiny letters. Measured across the catalogue the copy ran 8.9px on Πες μου against 20.9px on the wedding book. There is now a floor: below
MIN_TEXT_PXthe crop tightens (bounded byFILL_MAX, so the customer's own text is never cut), and if the box is so flat that even that is not enough, the card is allowed to grow wider — it is a short strip, so the width is cheap. Both are one-directional: nothing that already read well gets smaller. -
⚠️ The monitor treated an ordinary sale as a breakage. The overlay is created LAZILY, on the customer's first interaction — deliberately, so a cold PDP keeps the native gallery as its LCP element. But
audit()checked for the overlay before it checked whether there was anything to render, so a customer buying one of these books WITHOUT personalising it producedoverlay-missing, which is fatal: they were shown «η προεπισκόπηση δεν φόρτωσε σωστά» and had add-to-cart disabled at the moment of buying, on a shop that was working perfectly. Order #7674 is the sale it happened to — the beacon fired at 18:40Z, the order landed at 18:47Z with the personalisation field empty. Reproduced live on our_wedding before the fix.audit()now returns early when there is no overlay AND no text: that is not a broken page, it is an untouched one. A genuine breakage — text present, overlay gone or collapsed — still reports, still shows the notice, still holds the cart; there are assertions for both directions.
Two lessons worth more than the fix. A monitor's false positives cost real sales, so its threshold deserves the same scrutiny as the thing it watches. And this had been live since the monitor shipped: it stayed invisible only because the forwarding trigger was missing, so the alarm had nowhere to ring. Connecting a monitor is what tells you whether the monitor is right.
-
The worst failures render perfectly. If the personalised cover 404s,
swapHero()never paints it — it reveals the overlay anyway and the hero keeps showing the GALLERY photo. The customer's name then sits on generic artwork: no exception,naturalWidthhealthy, overlay mounted, descriptor valid, text drawn at the right size. Every plausible health check passes. Only comparing what is ON SCREEN against what the descriptor claims asbasecatches it, and that comparison has to wait for the swap to settle or it invents faults mid-flight. This is whylive-preview-health.jsasserts success instead of watching for errors — the same shape as the two failures that reached customers. -
A shared property name is not just a parsing problem. Cloudlift's app writes a line item property also called
_preview, holding a rendered PNG URL, so the order admin renders whatever sits there as an<img>. Our JSON descriptor under the same name therefore came out as a broken image on every personalised order — the print pipeline had always coped (it sniffs for JSON with alayersarray), which is exactly why the admin-side damage went unnoticed for weeks. Renamed to_lp_preview, which is ours alone. Readers still accept_previewfor orders that predate the rename, and only those need the JSON sniffing. -
An alternate template is inert until something selects it.
page.cover-previewhad shipped for weeks, yet every_preview_linkopened the ordinary shop page: the Cover preview Page still carried the default template, so Shopify renderedsections/main-page.liquid— the page title over an empty body — and dropped the?d=descriptor without a word. Nothing in the theme can detect that, because Liquid cannot read query parameters at all (requestexposes the path, not the query string), so the viewer could not even report its own absence. The fix is to select the template from the URL:?view=cover-previewoverrides whatever the admin assigned. The storefront now writes it into every link, andmain-page.liquidbounces links that predate it — guarded onview=being absent, or a genuinely missing template would redirect forever. -
Anything pinned to the PDP has to stand down when the cart panel opens. The panel is Dawn's
<cart-notification>, which lives inside the header section and hangs from it — so it is belowz-index: 3and anything above that paints over it. The mobile sticky add-to-cart bar (#moodbook-mobile-sticky-atc, acustom_liquidblock intemplates/product.moodbooks-redesigned.json) sits atz-index: 9999and nothing took it away, so it covered the panel's own «Συνέχεια» / «Προβολή καλαθιού» and swallowed their taps — the customer aiming for the cart hit Προσθήκη and bought a second copy. It read as intermittent because it only bites once the panel is tall enough to reach the bar's band: on a 390×780 screen the bar owns everything below 713px, so a 414px panel is fine and a 714px one is not. The bar now carries the samebody:has(#cart-notification.active)rule as the Reads-Inside floating button, plus a MutationObserver for browsers without:has(). The Live Preview mini card does NOT have this problem and must not be "fixed": itsz-index: 2is deliberate and keeps it under the header — verified, not assumed. -
Dawn hides empty elements.
base.csscarriesdiv:empty, p:empty, h1:empty … { display: none }. A harness that spaces a page out with<div style="height:900px">gets a page 129px tall and every scroll test lies. Put something inside. -
Liquid emits protocol-relative URLs (
//cdn.shopify.com/...). Browsers resolve them, Python does not. - Blank lines leave no glyphs, so PDF text extraction cannot see them even
though both renderers give them space.
check_match.pycompares only the text-bearing lines and divides each measured gap by the line boxes it spans; anything NEW that measures a PDF must likewise remember the boxes it cannot see, or a healthy blank reads as double leading (it blocked real dedications until 2026-08-24).
Monitoring — how a breakage reaches a human
Two failures reached customers before anyone noticed, and neither threw an exception: the order's cover-preview link opened an empty page for weeks, and the descriptor rendered as a broken image in every order admin. Both would have been invisible to a conventional error tracker. So the chain below does not watch for errors — it asserts, after every customer interaction, that the things which MUST be true are true, and reports the ones that are not.
assets/live-preview-health.js asserts success on the PDP, per customer
│ navigator.sendBeacon (faults only, no personal data)
▼
Google Form ──► responses Sheet ──► tools/live-preview/fault-to-github.gs
│ onFormSubmit trigger
▼
GitHub issue, label live-preview-fault
(repeats become comments on the open issue)
| piece | where | value |
|---|---|---|
| beacon URL | theme block setting Health beacon URL (health_beacon_url) |
the Form's pre-filled link |
| Form field | the long-answer question holding the JSON | entry.846148736 |
| responses Sheet | Drive | 124ch7GlGl9El40rxU2gSz0kPUNrCIEMw02oTuUqa5ag |
| forwarder | Sheet → Extensions → Apps Script | fault-to-github.gs (installed, selfTest() green) |
| GitHub token | Apps Script Script properties → GITHUB_TOKEN |
fine-grained PAT, saristidis/moodbook-theme only, Issues: read+write, no expiry |
| issue label | GitHub | live-preview-fault |
✅ Verified end to end on 2026-08-21, after the trigger was installed. A fault posted to the Form became a GitHub issue in 3 seconds, and a second occurrence of the same fault+product became a comment on that issue rather than a new one, in about 20 — so the comment count really is the severity. The storefront half was verified live in the same pass: the monitor detects a collapsed overlay, holds add-to-cart, shows the Greek notice with
role="alert", and the beacon carries no customer text.It was NOT connected before that: the installable trigger (setup step 4) had never been added, so three real faults sat in the Sheet and raised nothing. The trap is worth keeping in mind whenever this is touched again — **
selfTest()runs inside the script, so it proves the token, the permissions and the repository name, and says nothing about whether anything callsonFormSubmit.** Green selfTest plus a silent GitHub is indistinguishable from a shop with no faults. Same shape asdocument.fonts.check(). The only end-to-end test is: submit the form's pre-filled link, watch for the issue.
onFormSubmitfires on NEW submissions only, so the three rows that predate the trigger will never be forwarded. They were resolved by hand:self-testandartwork-mismatchwere this session's own testing, and the real one —overlay-missingat add-to-cart on our_wedding/Snow, 18:40Z — was checked afterwards on that exact variant and found healthy (overlay mounted and sized, artwork matching the descriptor, both audits clean). It fell within minutes of a deploy:mainIS the live theme, the integration writes the files one at a time, and a customer loading the page across that window can get a mismatched pair of assets. A deploy can therefore raise its own fault report — and hold a real customer's add-to-cart while it does. Worth knowing before reading the next one as a defect, and worth preferring quiet hours for a deploy that touches several files at once.
Things to know before changing any of it:
- The token is never in the repository, never in the theme, and never in a chat. A storefront cannot post to GitHub directly — that would publish a token to every visitor — which is the entire reason the Form sits in the middle: the ingress needs no secret, and the secret lives server-side in the shop's own Google account.
- The beacon carries faults only, never the funnel. Engagement and abandonment go to GA4/Clarity, where cookie consent governs them; a fault report carries no identifier and no typed text, so it must keep working for a customer who declined analytics — their broken sale counts the same.
⚠ That was the design, and for five days it was not the behaviour.
report() called dataLayer.push and nothing else, which reaches GA4 only
through a GTM container forwarding it — and this shop has none:
gcm-integration-script.liquid defines gtag as the consent-mode wrapper, and
Shopify's own tag reads gtag, not arbitrary dataLayer rows. Measured
2026-08-23: GA4 held fourteen event names since the cutover and not one was
lp_*, while the sticky bar's two were there because its trackEvent()
calls gtag as well as pushing. Every engaged / submitted / abandoned this file
had ever recorded went nowhere. report() now calls gtag('event', …) first
and keeps the push for a container that may exist one day. Six assertions
cover it, including that the customer's text is in none of it.
The shape is the one this whole system exists to catch, turned on itself: the
sending half was green throughout and said nothing about whether anything was
listening — the same as selfTest() with no form trigger, and the same as
document.fonts.check(). And it stayed invisible because nobody misses
numbers they have never seen. The FAULT beacon was never affected; it posts
to the Form directly and is verified end to end.
- The customer's typed text is a personal name and is never transmitted —
only its length and line count. There are tests asserting this; keep them.
- font-fallback is deliberately non-fatal. The print is still correct when
a webfont fails; only the preview looks wrong. It reports without holding the
cart.
- A fault NEVER holds add-to-cart any more. It used to: setHalted() showed
the notice and disabled [name="add"], on the stated trade of losing a sale
rather than taking an order nobody can print. The premise was false. The
personalisation textarea is an ordinary form field
(name="properties[…]", form=<product form>), so the customer's words reach
the order by the browser's own doing even if every line of this feature fails;
and the geometry, font and artwork are ours, in product-configs/*.json and
covers.production.json. There is no order here that nobody can print — only
orders that need a rebuild, which descriptor_rebuild.py now does, flagged in
the batch as ΑΝΑΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΜΕΝΑ for a human to look at.
So of the twelve faults that used to block a sale, eight described a preview
that looked wrong on an order that would have printed perfectly, and four
described a missing descriptor that is now rebuildable. setNotice() informs
and gets out of the way; it still re-enables any button an older version of
the file disabled, so a page left open across the deploy recovers on its next
audit.
- The monitor repairs before it complains, and never speaks on the first
audit. A fault at t+2500 is usually a hero still decoding or a layout that
has not settled; saying so to someone mid-flow creates the problem it is
describing. One
lp:recoverevent per session asks the element to re-mount and re-render, and only what survives that, at t+8000 or at add-to-cart, is shown to the customer. Everything is still reported to the beacon either way — we want to know about faults we chose not to mention.
And the notice takes itself down. Audits run at fixed moments, so once it was up nothing was watching any more: a customer could rotate the phone, scroll, or simply let the cover finish loading, and still be told the preview was broken while it sat there working. A 3-second re-check runs only while the notice is showing and clears it the moment it stops being true. A message that outlives its problem is its own problem. - One issue per fault per product, not per customer, so the comment count on a thread is the severity. Close the issue when the fix ships.
Open
Live Preview — in priority order. Items 2–7 of the previous list shipped on
2026-08-21; what is left is the one that was always the real answer, plus the
things that were never about lines.
- ✅ ANSWERED 2026-08-31 — the
m=domyield is not the problem, and iOS is not the problem. This item said "exactly one witness exists (#7688)" and feared that iOS Safari would yielddesc, in which case the gate would cover a permanent minority. Measured on the unfulfilled queue of 2026-08-31: 41 personalised line items, 31 with a witness, and all 31 arem=dom. Not onem=desc. TheforeignObjectraster succeeds on what customers actually use, one of them confirmed on mobile Safari.
What is left of this item is smaller and different. Of the 10 line items with
no usable witness: 3 predate the capture code (#7669, #7670, #7695 — the last
one's CART LINE was built 2026-08-23, before c3315c2 reached main at
13:42 on 08-24, so its input element did not exist yet), 2 are line items
where nothing was typed at all (#7727's «Πες μου Μπαμπά» / «Πες μου
Μαμά» — empty text property, empty _lp_preview), and 5 carry _lp_image
present but empty. Three states, not two, and the third is the only one
that is a fault. ⚠ run_batch.py reports all of them with the same sentence,
"κάθε παραγγελία πριν τις 24/08", which is false for the empty ones.
🔴 Still owed: why the 5 are empty. lp_capture (dom/desc/none)
rides on every health event and would answer it with real volume — 35 events
are already collected — but it was never registered as a GA4 custom
dimension, so GA4 discards it. That is an Admin change, no code.
Also still owed: re-derive PRINT_GATE_SPEC.md §10's counts. fetch_orders.py
now works from a machine that can reach the shop, so the blocker is gone.
- 🔴 Capture a real image of the hero at add-to-cart, and make it the single
source of truth. Everything downstream still re-derives the cover from a
descriptor, which means the customer's screen is authoritative for wrapping
but is still never actually recorded. The guards shipped for 7673 catch a
capture that is implausible; they cannot catch one that is merely wrong in a
plausible way, and
renderedBase/renderedFamilyprove what was painted without proving how it flowed. The cover is served same-origin (moodbook.gr/cdn/…), so the canvas is untainted andtoBlob()works; what is missing is somewhere to put the blob. Plan: a Cloudflare Worker + R2 bucket exposing one authenticatedPUT, returning a URL stored as a line item property alongside the descriptor. Print reads the image, the descriptor stays for machine-readable geometry. Precedent: this is how Cloudlift behaved, and it is why its orders never produced a dispute even when its own line items disagreed with its preview. The open question is where to start, and the answer is the Worker — it is the only piece with no local stand-in, it can be built and tested against a bucket before a single line of theme code changes, and until it exists the storefront half has nowhere to PUT to.
The Worker is LIVE since 2026-08-23 at
https://moodbook-cover-capture.stelios-d58.workers.dev, bucket
moodbook-covers (EEUR), covers deleted after 30 days, 10 writes/min per IP.
38 assertions, plus end-to-end verification against the deployed service: a
real PNG round-tripped byte-identical, a foreign origin got 403, a GIF
declared as PNG got 415, the eleventh write in a minute got 429.
The storefront half SHIPPED in c3315c2 and has been uploading ever since.
This paragraph said it was not written until 2026-08-24, while captureCanvas()
and runCapture() were live in assets/live-preview.js and orders were
carrying properties[_lp_image]. Do not trust a status line here over the
code again — the reader of this file is usually about to change that code.
⚠ Do NOT wire print to the captured image. The sentence below still
recommends it. Until the capture has a shrink loop and a clip it is
corroboration only, never a print master: it was drawing every cover in the
PRINT SPREAD's coordinates on top of the STOREFRONT PHOTOGRAPH — 100% of
captures, every product, since it shipped — because boxPt/artworkPt and
box % are bridged by calib, which never travels in the descriptor. Fixed
2026-08-24; the frame is now asserted by the harness against the overlay's
own rect rather than by recomputing the implementation's formula.
Writing it found a hole
in the plan above: "one authenticated PUT" cannot exist. The caller is the
customer's browser, and no secret ever reaches the storefront — the same wall
that put a Google Form in front of the GitHub forwarder. The endpoint is
therefore credential-less and defends by shape (the Worker names the object,
Origin allowlist, magic bytes over Content-Type, a ceiling on bytes read),
with the real backstop being an R2 lifecycle rule plus a rate-limiting rule —
neither of which wrangler deploy sets up. What is left is not code:
a Cloudflare account, a DNS record, and an answer to how long the shop keeps
a picture with a customer's name in it. See tools/cover-capture/README.md
→ Retention and What this costs.
2. Optional: move the fault watch to a Routine created from claude.ai with the
Google Drive connector attached, so a session can read the Sheet directly;
then delete the session-bound Routine trig_017i9DmaGiqan4oWn3mqyupg. The
connectors parameter is not available to this organisation from inside a
session, which is why the GitHub forwarder exists at all.
- ⏳ Three measurements owed, from the 2026-08-22 abandoned-checkout work.
Scripts and the traps around them:
tools/abandoned-checkouts/. - Does the 1-hour recovery email now reach non-subscribers? It never did. Its «Send marketing email» step was locked to only subscribed customers while the 24-hour one was set to All customers — so every first-time visitor, who is alwaysNOT_SUBSCRIBEDbecause the customer record is created in the same second as the checkout, skipped the free reminder and was handed the 10% discount a day later instead. The owner changed the setting on 2026-08-23. Success looks like sends at 1.1h toNOT_SUBSCRIBEDcustomers; re-runcheck_recovery_emails.py. - Does anUNSUBSCRIBEDcustomer still receive nothing now that the audience is All customers? One opted out at 2026-08-23T12:44:59Z, ten minutes before abandoning; their 24-hour email fell due 2026-08-24T12:55Z. If it went, that is a compliance problem and the setting goes back. - Does the dialog work?lp_submittedin sessions with nolp_engaged, measured per session — not as a difference of event totals, which cannot tell you whether the one who submitted was one of the two who engaged. Needsga_session_idas a dimension, or a segment in an Exploration. Give it two weeks: the funnel telemetry only started reaching GA4 on 2026-08-23 (16233e1), having pushed todataLayeralone since the cutover. Keeplp_abandonedseparate — engaged then left is a different population from never engaged, and wants a different answer.
Closed 2026-08-23 — the clipped descenders, and why the metric lied
The item that sat here as #2 is shipped. What it described was not what was happening, which is why two synthetic reproductions of it measured the wrong thing and why it stayed open through three sessions.
It ranked the faces by ascender - descender against a line-height of 1.15.
Both halves of that are wrong. The overlay does not use 1.15 — live-preview.js
sets line-height per face from font_sets.json, and those run 0.65 (Qute) to
1.30 (Memories). And a face's declared box is where the designer said glyphs MAY
go, not where a given string's glyphs DO go; only the second can be clipped.
Measured in Chromium with all eleven faces self-hosted, each at its own leading,
against real Greek customer strings — actualBoundingBox*, not the font metric:
| face | declared overrun | measured ink outside the line box |
|---|---|---|
| Marilia | 0.05 | 0.335 below, 0.67 LEFT |
| Qute | 0.35 | 0.235 below |
| LittleFont | 0.05 | 0.195 below |
| Cavafy | 0 | 0.175 ABOVE — the Greek accents Ά Έ Ή Ί Ό Ύ Ώ |
| Memories | 0.185 | 0.098 below, 0.048 above |
| Royal | 0 | 0.075 below, 0.315 left |
| Nadiri | 0.05 | 0.065 below |
| Roboto / Tobi | 0.17 / 0.18 | 0.05 below |
| Astir | 0.20 | 0.005 — forty times less |
| Holy | 0.01 | 0.005 below |
So: the worst face is Marilia, not Memories. The overrun is not always a
descender — Cavafy clips at the TOP, and it is the face the old rule called
perfectly safe. The largest overhang of all is horizontal, Marilia's capital
Ν opening on a swash 0.67 em before the origin. And Astir — the face whose cut
g opened this whole question — barely overruns at all, which is the strongest
evidence that the g in 7673 was the wrapping bug and not this one.
inkBleed() therefore measures the ink of the actual string, in the actual face,
at the actual size, on every fit (0.14 ms), and applyInkBleed() grows the clip
with clip-path: inset(), which takes NEGATIVE values. Both surfaces that clip
have it: the PDP overlay and the cart/order-preview overlay.
⚠ The clip may grow; the box may not. The first attempt padded the overlay
instead. Padding changes the content box, so every caller that sets
overlay.style.width silently got a narrower box, and «Our wedding» came back as
«Our weddin / g» — the 7673 shape, reintroduced by a fix for a cosmetic clip.
Four existing assertions caught it within one run. clip-path leaves the
geometry untouched, which is the whole reason to prefer it; overflow goes to
visible because it would clip first, so a browser too old for clip-path shows
the text uncropped rather than cropped — the better of the two failures.
Verified by 58 assertions (48 existing, 10 new) in tools/live-preview/harness/.
The new ones assert that the box is byte-identical with a bleed applied, that the
content box the text wraps inside is unchanged, that every measured overhang is
covered to the pixel, and that the clip is dropped when the field is cleared.
The 7673 text is not re-driven across 28 widths here — the bleed applies on every
fit, so the existing loop already runs with it live.
Three more cover an OPTIONAL hook, [data-lp-link-visible], filled with the same
viewer URL as _preview_link. Shopify hides _-prefixed properties, so the cart
is the customer's last sight of their own cover; a property whose name has no
underscore reaches the checkout and the order confirmation. live-preview.js
fills the element and never requires it — the input, and above all its NAME, is
customer-facing copy and belongs in live-preview.liquid for Stelios to approve.
⚠ Nothing uses it, and the case for it was withdrawn. It came out of the
abandoned-checkout analysis: a customer who went from checkout back to the cart
three times on 2026-08-22 and then left, read as someone checking that what she
typed had survived. The gaps between those pages were 11.5s and 39s — too fast to
have looked at anything, so a slow checkout fits better, and that session
withdrew the reading. Stelios then chose to wait for the real captured image
rather than ship a link. The hook stays because the mechanism is still right for
the capture: when tools/cover-capture produces an image URL, the element goes
into live-preview.liquid in one line and this half already works. Do not
re-document it as an abandoned-cart fix.
The WebKit suspicion is retired. It was never WebKit: fitText() had bailed
on a box with no size, so 7673's breaks came from a DOM nobody had sized, paired
with a sizePct from an earlier fit. Chromium reproduces nothing because there
was nothing engine-specific to reproduce. Do not spend another session on it.
Closed on 2026-08-21 — kept here because the next session will look for them:
fitText() refuses to pair an unfitted capture with an older size · reflow()
re-captures the descriptor · overflow-wrap is break-word everywhere · the
mid-word guard runs at capture, and downstream the break is repaired rather than
discarded · the descriptor records the rendered font and artwork · the order
viewer warns and draws what will print · order 7673 prints Nef & Dim / blank /
“Our wedding” · the docs portal is regenerated from build_docs_portal.py ·
the sticky mobile card holds one width across repaints · an order with no
personalisation gets its standard cover instead of being flagged as manual work ·
the fault monitor is connected and proven end to end.
Print / production (unchanged):
- Bleed: TrimBox = BleedBox = MediaBox on all 80 artworks — zero declared bleed. A question for the printer.
mockup_png.py --uploadwritten but untested (needs write_files/write_orders).- Mixed colour models in the artwork: 13 spot
/Separation, 3/DeviceRGB, no CMYK. - Font licensing: print vs web embedding, per family.
Historical — pre-cutover notes
Status as of 2026-07-07. This is the context to resume work in a new session.
What it is
An in-house replacement for the Cloudlift "Live Product Options" app on the moodbook.gr PDP. The customer types a personalization (name/dedication), which is drawn live on the hero gallery image in the selected variant's colours, and captured into the order. A local pipeline turns each order into a print-ready PDF. Goal: full control, no subscription, and it removes Cloudlift (the documented CLS/LCP root cause).
Verified working on the live PoC product our_wedding (wedding planner).
Branch & deploy
- Merged into
mainon 2026-07-08. All the Live Preview + cart/order preview - docs-portal work is on
main(repo github.com/saristidis/moodbook-theme). - Deploy = the Shopify GitHub integration. The LIVE theme
moodbook-theme/main(#199828406604) on storemoodstaff.myshopify.comauto-deploys from the GitHub branchmain. So deploying =git push origin main— do NOT useshopify theme push(it bypasses the integration and causes drift). The theme editor commits its own changes back as "Update from Shopify…" commits, so alwaysgit pullbefore you push. The dev theme #201616654668 is unpublished. - Non-theme repo paths (
moodbook-design-system/,tools/) are ignored by the integration ("… was ignored" warnings) — expected and harmless. - Pending admin steps on the live theme (one-off, per page/product):
1. Create the Cover preview Page (handle
cover-preview). Assigning thecover-previewtemplate to it is optional since 2026-08-20 — the link carriesview=cover-previewandsections/main-page.liquidbounces older links — but assigning it saves the extra redirect. 2. Add the "Live preview (in-house)" block to the product in the live theme editor (the code is deployed but the block is not placed, so the PDP is unchanged for customers until you add it). - Verified live 2026-07-08:
moodbook.gr/pages/team-docsserves the docs portal; the GitHub integration reported "16 succeeded, 0 failed, Theme updated!".
Knowledge database (standing convention)
Every new custom app/feature we build for the e-shop must also be added to the
internal knowledge database — the searchable team docs portal
(moodbook.gr/pages/team-docs). To do it: add the new tool's .md doc(s) to the
DOCS list in D:\Shopify Coding\DOCS_PORTAL\build_docs_portal.py, then run
D:\Shopify Coding\DOCS_PORTAL\update_docs.bat (regenerate → commit → push → the
integration deploys). Treat this as part of "done" for any new e-shop app.
Files
Theme (storefront):
- assets/live-preview.js — the <live-preview> custom element. Lazy-inits on
first interaction; draws the text overlay on the hero image; per-variant base
swap + preset colour; multi-line wrap; autofit-fill + optional −/+ size stepper
(hybrid); the untouched size lands at sizeStart%% OF THE FILL (default 85, the
size_start block setting or size.start in the metaobject) rather than on the
fill itself — short text used to stop growing only at the font's own ceiling and
arrive at full size, which reads as enormous and left + already disabled; alignment icon buttons; full-width font dropdown (each option in
its own font); sets font-family with !important (beats theme rules). Captures
the line item properties below.
- snippets/live-preview.liquid — renders the block: reads config metafields,
builds the config JSON (data-config), the controls (labels use the shop's
.form__label; blank label ⇒ hidden), @font-face for custom fonts, and the
debug readout. This is where all the Liquid config-reading lives.
- sections/main-product.liquid — has the live_preview block type (a when
case + a schema entry). Add the block to a product template via the theme editor.
- assets/live-preview-cart.js — renders the personalised cover wherever a line
item shows (cart page, drawer, add-to-cart notification) by overlaying the text
on the base <img> from the descriptor; click-to-zoom modal; shrink-to-fit.
Loaded globally in layout/theme.liquid (the drawer/notification inject HTML
via the Section Rendering API, which doesn't run inline <script>s).
- assets/live-preview-health.js — the monitor. A PURE OBSERVER (reads the DOM,
never calls into <live-preview>, every path wrapped) that asserts success
rather than catching exceptions: overlay mounted and not collapsed, artwork
decoded, descriptor written and parseable, text drawn and sized, the real
webfont in use, and the artwork on screen matching the descriptor's base.
Audits at 2.5s and 8s after engagement and again at add-to-cart, and reports
lp_engaged / lp_broken / lp_submitted / lp_abandoned to dataLayer
(GA4) and clarity() tags, plus an optional health_beacon_url. Never sends
the customer's text — length and line count only; the text is a personal name.
On a FATAL fault it also shows the customer the fault_message notice and holds
add-to-cart, because someone who cannot see their cover is one click from an
order we cannot fulfil, and the refund costs more than the sale. Reversible, and
it never re-enables a button it did not disable (that button may be sold out).
font-fallback is deliberately not fatal: the descriptor now records
lines: null in that case, so print re-wraps and the order is still correct.
The beacon carries faults only, never the funnel. Behaviour is analytics and
cookie consent governs it; a fault report carries no personal data and no
identifier and exists so a broken shop reaches a human, which must not go quiet
precisely when the customer declined analytics. makeSender() understands a
Google Form's PRE-FILLED link specially — it reads the entry.N field id out of
the URL and rewrites /viewform to /formResponse — so the whole backend is a
form whose responses land in a Sheet, with one setting and nothing to look up.
Any other URL gets the same payload as plain JSON.
- tools/live-preview/fault-to-github.gs — Apps Script bound to the responses
Sheet. On each form submit it opens a GitHub issue for the fault, or comments
on the open one if that fault is already known for that product, so the comment
count IS the number of customers hit. Why GitHub and not the Sheet: Drive is
a claude.ai connector and connectors do not pass to the fresh sessions a durable
routine fires, while GitHub comes with the environment; and an issue notifies by
email on its own, so the alarm stops depending on anything being scheduled at
all. The token is a fine-grained PAT limited to Issues:write on this repository
and lives in Script Properties — never in the storefront, which is why the Form
is the ingress in the first place: it needs no secret.
- snippets/live-preview-cart.liquid — cart line item media for personalised items;
wired into sections/main-cart-items.liquid, snippets/cart-drawer.liquid,
sections/cart-notification-product.liquid.
- templates/page.cover-preview.liquid — standalone (layout none, noindex) viewer
that re-renders a cover from ?d=<base64 descriptor>; the order's _preview_link
points here so the merchant can verify before printing. Setup: create a Page with
handle cover-preview (one page total, reused per order via the ?d= param —
nothing is created per order). The template selects itself via view=;
assigning it in the admin is optional.
Captured line item properties (per personalised item):
- Κείμενο (visible) — the customer's text.
- _lp_preview (hidden) — the JSON descriptor; the print/render source of truth.
Also carries base (cover URL) and font.url (selected font file) so it is
self-contained, plus the FINAL fitted sizePct. Was _preview until
2026-08-20 — see the Cloudlift collision below; every reader takes both names,
so orders placed before the rename still print.
- _preview_base (hidden) — base cover URL, so the cart shows the base <img> in
Liquid natively (works without JS).
- _custom_product = Yes (hidden) — flag to hide cash-on-delivery etc. for custom
items; on the order + checkable in Liquid (item.properties['_custom_product']).
- _preview_link (hidden) — {shop}/pages/cover-preview?view=cover-preview&d=…,
clickable in the order admin to view the zoomable cover. (Underscore = hidden from
the customer, shown to the merchant in admin.)
Tooling (tools/live-preview/):
- box-tool.html — standalone drag-to-place tool. Load the base cover image, drag
the box, add customer fonts; outputs the JSON to paste into the metafield.
- fonts_to_woff2.py — converts TTF/OTF/TTC/WOFF → WOFF2 and prints each font's
family name + the box-tool line.
- order_to_md.py — Shopify order JSON → one MD descriptor per personalized item.
- stamp.py — PyMuPDF; stamps the descriptor onto the per-variant base PDF at the
same geometry (points), with wrap/align/two-axis fit. --verify, sample fixtures.
- README.md — tool usage. USER_MANUAL.md — merchant setup guide (Greek).
Requires: pip install pymupdf "fonttools[woff]" brotli (all installed here).
Config model (IMPORTANT)
Two layers, both authored by the merchant, read by snippets/live-preview.liquid:
Per product — ONE product metafield custom.live_preview, type JSON. Paste
the box-tool output verbatim:
{ "box": {"x":23,"y":17.7,"w":54.4,"h":20.9}, // % of the cover image (storefront)
"artworkPt": {"w":992.1,"h":708.7}, "boxPt": {...}, // print points (from the PDF)
"font": {"family":"Astir","sizePct":70,"leading":1.15,"color":"#3a2a1a","align":"center"},
"fonts": [ {"label":"Χειρόγραφη","family":"Astir","url":".../Astir.woff2",
"sizePct":70,"leading":1.15} ] }
Per-font size & leading (2026-07-16)
Every font carries its OWN sizePct and leading — script/handwritten faces
behave nothing like a text face, so one shared value can't serve them all. Authored
per font in the box-tool (dropdown → tune → each remembers its own).
- sizePct = % of the box height, and a CEILING — the auto-fit finds the largest
size ≤ it that fits both axes. The box-tool prints the auto-fit result so you can
see when the text can't reach your ceiling.
- leading = a MULTIPLIER of the size (1.15 = 115%), never fixed points — the size
changes per order (auto-fit / the −+ buttons), so only a ratio survives. It is the
CSS line-height in the browser and lineheight= in stamp.py.
- The snippet passes fontSpecs (family → {sizePct, leading}) in the config JSON;
live-preview.js applies the selected font's pair on change and re-fits from that
baseline; the effective sizePct + leading travel in the descriptor, so the
cart preview, the order viewer and print all reproduce them.
- Metafields written before this fall back (block font_size_pct, leading 1.15).
Per variant — two Variant metafields:
- custom.preview_base_image (Image/File) — the blank personalisable cover.
- custom.preview_text_color (Color) — the preset text colour.
⚠️ The custom_ prefix gotcha (cost us hours)
When a metafield definition's Name is typed as custom.preview_base_image,
Shopify stores the key as custom.custom_preview_base_image (it prefixes custom_).
snippets/live-preview.liquid therefore reads BOTH keys:
v.metafields.custom.custom_preview_base_image | default: v.metafields.custom.preview_base_image.
When creating definitions, put a plain Name (preview base image) and let Shopify
derive the key.
Storefront behaviour (the dynamic flow)
- Cold load: native gallery only (fast LCP, 0 CLS). No overlay work.
- First keystroke: overlay mounts on the hero image; base swaps to the selected
variant's
basecover; text takes the variant's preset colour. - Clear text → reverts to the variant's original product image.
- Switch variant → keeps the text, re-renders on the new variant's base + colour.
- On add-to-cart: the properties listed above are captured (
Κείμενο,_previewincl.boxPt/artworkPt/base/font.url,_preview_base,_custom_product,_preview_link).
Key implementation notes (each was a bug we fixed — do not regress):
- Overlay positions over the real image content box (object-fit letterbox math),
not the container, so it matches the box-tool at any size / on mobile.
- Current variant is read from the .product-variant-id form input, not the
pub/sub event (which was stale) — this is what makes variant switching work.
- A MutationObserver re-mounts the overlay + re-applies the base swap when Dawn
re-renders the gallery (synchronous; requestAnimationFrame was paused headless).
- The config JSON must quote variant-id object keys ("5671...": {}), else
JSON.parse throws and everything silently falls back to defaults.
- box % is relative to the cover image, authored in the box-tool by loading
that exact image (the covers are square 1200×1200; the print PDF is portrait —
boxPt is the separate print mapping).
Print pipeline (Phase 2)
Shopify order ─▶ order_to_md.py ─▶ 1 MD per item ─▶ stamp.py ─▶ print PDF
(front-matter + (per-variant base PDF
```json descriptor) from Illustrator)
Self-check: python order_to_md.py --order sample_order.json --out-dir out --covers covers.json
then python stamp.py --descriptor out/*.md --out out/final.pdf --verify → dx/dy≈0.
stamp.py now passes lineheight= (the descriptor's leading) on BOTH the fit pass
and the final stamp, so print spacing matches the browser instead of the font default.
🔴 OPEN: how print gets its geometry — Stelios will define this
Do not "fix" this by auto-matching the mockup to the PDF — he said so explicitly: "Θα προτείνω να μην προσπαθήσεις να ταυτίσεις το Mockup με το Pdf. Δεν είναι το ζητούμενο. Θα τα φέρω εγώ με το μάτι… Στο Print θα κινηθούμε λίγο διαφορετικά." He will explain the print approach; wait for it before building anything here.
Facts established (2026-07-16), so the next session doesn't re-derive them:
- The storefront base images are square (1200×1200 / 640×640) and show the book
inside a grey scene — the cover does not fill the image. Measured on
CUSTOM_COVER_NEUTRAL_SALMON.jpg: the cover sits at x=18.33% y=4.50% w=63.17%
h=90.67% of the image (aspect 0.697 ≈ A5's 0.706).
- Therefore box (% of the image) ≠ % of the cover, and the box-tool's old
boxPt = box% × artworkPt was a naive mapping (it assumed the cover filled the
image). The artworkPt: 420×595 in the current metafield was just the tool's old
default — it was never meaningful.
- The real print file wedding.pdf (4 pages, sizes differ!): page 1 = 992.1×708.7 pt
= 350×250 mm, a full wrap — back cover (left) + spine (middle) + front cover
(right) + binding bleed. Pages 2–4 are blank. The personalisation goes on the
front (right) portion.
- The box-tool can now load that PDF directly and reads the true page size, so
artworkPt/boxPt are real artwork coordinates when you place the box on the PDF.
Setting the text up in InDesign (the size/leading correspondence)
Given a text frame of height H (pt) on the artwork, for a given order:
- font size (pt) = H × sizePct / 100 (sizePct from that order's _preview)
- leading (pt) = font size × leading → set it explicitly (e.g. 115%), never
"Auto" — InDesign's auto is 120% and would not match.
- Vertical Justification: Center (the browser centres the block vertically);
horizontal alignment = the order's font.align.
- Note ~25% of each line is the typeface's own ascender/descender room (measured on
Cavafy) — that empty space is the font, not a bug; tighten it with leading.
Cart & order preview (customer + merchant, no hosting)
The personalised cover is never rasterised or stored — it is composed ad-hoc
(base cover <img> + text overlay) from the descriptor everywhere it appears:
- Customer, in cart/drawer/notification:
snippets/live-preview-cart.liquiddraws the base cover natively (from_preview_base);assets/live-preview-cart.js(loaded globally) overlays the text from_preview, with a shrink-to-fit guard so a smaller render never clips. Click a preview to zoom (modal).wire()re-fits via ResizeObserver + setTimeout fallbacks once the element is laid out. - Merchant, from the order admin: click the order's
_preview_link(/pages/cover-preview?view=cover-preview&d=<base64 descriptor>) →templates/page.cover-preview.liquidre-renders the exact zoomable cover on the shop's own domain. Onecover-previewPage total (reused per order via the?d=param). No third-party, no storage. - Hide cash-on-delivery for custom items: loop
cart.itemsand checkitem.properties['_custom_product'] == 'Yes'.
Debugging
Block setting "Show debug info" renders two readouts under the field: - green (Liquid): position source, box %, per-variant metafield scan, built map. - blue (JS): parsed config, variantId, variant found?, applied colour, hero src. Turn it OFF for production.
Pending / next ideas
Immediate (blocking a real end-to-end test):
1. 🔴 Stelios has not yet tested the Live Preview on the live theme. He said he
would and report back. Two admin steps must happen first (see Branch & deploy):
the cover-preview Page must exist, and the "Live preview (in-house)" block
must be added to the product in the LIVE theme editor.
2. 🔴 Re-author custom.live_preview with the new box-tool so every font gets its
own sizePct/leading (the current metafield predates this and falls back). The
tool now: image from the PC, PDF loading, font dropdown, per-font tuning.
3. 🔴 Wait for Stelios's print approach before touching print geometry (see the
OPEN section under Print pipeline). Do not auto-match the mockup to the PDF.
Then:
- Turn off the debug toggle + broaden to the other product families (invitations,
notebooks…). Each new product = box-tool → paste JSON + variant metafields.
- Wire order_to_md.py to the real Admin API export (batch production).
- Optional: a true cart attribute _custom_product if a checkout-level COD-hide
needs cart.attributes (today it's a line item property).
- Optional: hosted static image in the order — deliberately avoided (the viewer link
covers verification with zero infrastructure).
- Create the cover-preview Page (one-time) so _preview_link resolves — the
template no longer has to be assigned to it by hand.
- Optional: a true cart attribute _custom_product (currently a line item
property) if a checkout-level COD-hide reads cart.attributes.
- Optional: hosted static image in the order (Cloudinary / app-proxy → Shopify Files)
if a non-clickable inline image in the admin is ever needed. Deliberately avoided.
- Position/scale MODES (#3 from the Cloudlift parity list) if requested.
- Optional: merge to main once QA'd across products.
How to verify a change
Storefront JS is verifiable via the static harnesses in the session scratchpad
(they mock the Dawn gallery DOM + PUB_SUB). For Liquid/metafields you need
shopify theme push to the preview theme + the debug toggle. Print scripts run
locally against the sample fixtures.
Live Preview — Οδηγός χρήσης
Live Preview — Οδηγός Χρήσης (στήσιμο προϊόντων)
Πρακτικός οδηγός για να στήσεις την προσωποποίηση (Live Preview) σε ένα προϊόν. Απλά βήματα — δεν χρειάζεσαι προγραμματισμό.
Τι κάνει
Ο πελάτης γράφει ένα κείμενο (π.χ. ονόματα, ημερομηνία) και το βλέπει ζωντανά πάνω στο εξώφυλλο του βιβλίου, στο χρώμα του κάθε variant. Αλλάζοντας χρώμα, το κείμενο «μεταφέρεται» στο αντίστοιχο εξώφυλλο. Ό,τι γράψει καταγράφεται στην παραγγελία, για να το τυπώσεις.
⚙️ Μία φορά συνολικά (setup ορισμών)
Στο Shopify admin → Settings → Custom data, φτιάξε 3 ορισμούς (definitions):
-
Products → Add definition - Name:
live preview(γράψε το απλά έτσι — όχιcustom.live_preview) - Type: JSON -
Variants → Add definition - Name:
preview base image- Type: File (εικόνα) -
Variants → Add definition - Name:
preview text color- Type: Color
⚠️ Στο Name γράψε απλό όνομα (π.χ.
preview base image), χωρίςcustom.μπροστά. Αν βάλειςcustom.το Shopify διπλασιάζει το κλειδί και μπερδεύεται.
🎨 Στήσιμο ενός προϊόντος
Βήμα 1 — Εξώφυλλα & χρώματα ανά variant
Για κάθε χρώμα (variant) του προϊόντος, στη σελίδα του variant → ενότητα Metafields, συμπλήρωσε: - preview base image → την άδεια εικόνα εξωφύλλου αυτού του χρώματος (χωρίς το τυπωμένο κείμενο· εκεί θα μπει η προσωποποίηση). - preview text color → το χρώμα των γραμμάτων γι' αυτό το εξώφυλλο.
(Η κανονική εικόνα του variant δεν χρειάζεται ρύθμιση — εμφανίζεται όταν το πεδίο είναι άδειο.)
Βήμα 2 — Θέση κειμένου (& γραμματοσειρές)
- Άνοιξε το αρχείο
tools/live-preview/box-tool.html(διπλό κλικ → ανοίγει στον browser). - Στο Image URL βάλε την ίδια εικόνα που δείχνει το site ως εξώφυλλο (την τετράγωνη base εικόνα).
- Σύρε με το ποντίκι το κόκκινο πλαίσιο εκεί που θες το κείμενο. Δες live πώς φαίνεται.
- (Προαιρετικά) Στο Customer fonts πρόσθεσε γραμματοσειρές — δες Βήμα 4.
- Πάτα Copy JSON.
- Στο προϊόν → Metafields → live preview → κόλλα το JSON → Save.
Βήμα 3 — Πρόσθεσε το block στη σελίδα (μία φορά ανά template)
Theme editor → σελίδα προϊόντος → ενότητα Product information → Add block → «Live preview (in-house)» → σύρε το εκεί που θες → Save.
Βήμα 4 — Γραμματοσειρές (προαιρετικό)
- Μετάτρεψε τις γραμματοσειρές σου σε web μορφή:
python tools/live-preview/fonts_to_woff2.py --in "C:/φάκελος/με/fonts"Σου φτιάχνει.woff2και σου τυπώνει το όνομα (family) κάθε μίας. - Ανέβασε τα
.woff2στο Shopify Files → copy το URL της καθεμιάς. - Στο box-tool → Customer fonts, μία γραμμή ανά γραμματοσειρά:
Ετικέτα | Family | URLπ.χ.Χειρόγραφη | Astir | https://cdn.shopify.com/.../Astir.woff2(Η πρώτη = προεπιλογή. Η «Ετικέτα» είναι ό,τι βλέπει ο πελάτης.) - Copy JSON → ξανακόλλα στο metafield live preview.
✍️ Μέγεθος κειμένου, labels & tooltips
Αυτά ρυθμίζονται στο Theme editor → σελίδα προϊόντος → block «Live preview» (είναι ρυθμίσεις του block — Save στον editor αρκεί, δεν χρειάζεται push).
Ενότητα «Size»:
- Autofit: text fills the box (προεπιλογή: ναι) — το κείμενο μεγαλώνει
αυτόματα ώστε να γεμίζει πάντα το πλαίσιο. Σβήσ' το αν θες σταθερό μέγεθος
(τότε παίζει το «Fixed size»).
- Show size −/+ buttons — εμφανίζει δύο μικρά κουμπιά (−/+) κάτω από το πεδίο,
ώστε ο πελάτης να μεγαλώνει/μικραίνει μόνος του το κείμενο.
- Smallest the customer can go (% of the auto-fit) — το δάπεδο, ως ποσοστό
του μεγέθους που βρίσκει μόνο του το autofit — όχι του πλαισίου. 40 σημαίνει
«ο πελάτης μπορεί να το ρίξει μέχρι το 40% όσου χωράει». ⬆ Το πάνω
όριο είναι πάντα το autofit — το «+» σβήνει όταν το κείμενο γεμίζει το
πλαίσιο, γιατί πιο μεγάλο δεν χωράει. Αυτό είναι σωστό, όχι βλάβη.
- Hard ceiling (%) — φρένο ασφαλείας ως % του ύψους του πλαισίου. Σπάνια παίζει:
το πραγματικό ταβάνι είναι το sizePct της κάθε γραμματοσειράς (box-tool).
- Step per click (% of the auto-fit) — πόσο αλλάζει σε κάθε πάτημα, στην
ίδια μονάδα. 8 ≈ οκτώ πατήματα από το γεμάτο μέχρι το δάπεδο.
- Starting size (% of the auto-fit) (προεπιλογή: 85) — πού προσγειώνεται
το κείμενο πριν το πειράξει ο πελάτης. Στο 100 κολλάει πάνω στο ταβάνι της
γραμματοσειράς: δύο λέξεις σε δύο γραμμές σταματούσαν να μεγαλώνουν μόνο εκεί,
έβγαιναν τεράστιες, και το «+» ερχόταν ήδη σβηστό. Στο 85 ξεκινά λίγο πιο κάτω
και το «+» ανεβάζει κανονικά μέχρι το γεμάτο.
Άνοιγμα υπάρχοντος προϊόντος στο box-tool (ενότητα 0):
Παλιά κάθε αλλαγή απαιτούσε νέο στήσιμο από το μηδέν. Τώρα επικολλάς το
custom.live_preview του προϊόντος (ή φορτώνεις το αρχείο του από
tools/live-preview/product-configs/) και επανέρχονται όλα: γεωμετρία, ευθυγράμμιση
βιτρίνας, γραμματοσειρές και οι ρυθμίσεις της καθεμιάς.
⚠ Το JSON δεν κουβαλά εικόνες — ξαναφόρτωσε τη βιτρίνα (και το PDF αν το
χρειάζεσαι). Η ευθυγράμμισή σου ΔΕΝ χάνεται όταν φορτώνεις εικόνα μετά από
import (σε καινούριο στήσιμο εξακολουθεί να κουμπώνει μόνη της στα σταθερά σημεία).
Ελάχιστο μέγεθος (min) ανά γραμματοσειρά: Δίπλα στο «Μέγεθος % ύψους (max)» υπάρχει πλέον «Ελάχιστο % ύψους (min)». Είναι το κατώφλι αναγνωσιμότητας: όσο κι αν γράψει ο πελάτης (enter, γραμμές, χαρακτήρες), αν για να χωρέσει πρέπει να πέσει κάτω από αυτό, το κείμενο δεν γίνεται δεκτό. Αφήνοντάς το κενό υπολογίζεται στο 60% του max της ίδιας γραμματοσειράς (το πεδίο το δείχνει ως «auto …»). Τσέκαρε «Δες το στο min» για να δεις με το μάτι πόσο μικρό είναι το μικρότερο που επιτρέπεις· η γραμμή κάτω λέει και πόσες γραμμές αντιστοιχούν σε αυτό.
Καρφωμένη προεπισκόπηση στο κινητό: - Pin a mini preview on mobile while typing (προεπιλογή: ναι) — στο κινητό το εξώφυλλο είναι πολύ πιο πάνω από το πεδίο, οπότε ο πελάτης γράφει στα τυφλά. Με αυτό ανοιχτό, μόλις γράψει καρφώνεται πάνω δεξιά μια μικρή ζωντανή κάρτα με το κείμενό του — εστιασμένη στο πλαίσιο κειμένου, ώστε να διαβάζεται. Σβήνει μόνη της όταν το πραγματικό εξώφυλλο είναι στην οθόνη, όταν σβήσει το κείμενο, και όσο είναι ανοιχτό το καλάθι ή το μενού. Η κάρτα έχει × για να την κλείσει, και με tap σε πάει στο κανονικό εξώφυλλο.
Ετικέτες (labels): «Font dropdown label», «Alignment control label», «Size control label» — το κείμενο που βλέπει ο πελάτης πάνω από κάθε control.
Tooltips (i): «Field / Font / Size / Alignment tooltip» — προαιρετικό βοηθητικό κείμενο· εμφανίζεται ως εικονίδιο (i) δίπλα στο label. Άφησέ το κενό για να μη φαίνεται.
Οι γραμματοσειρές του πελάτη ορίζονται μόνο πλέον από το metafield
custom.live_preview(Βήμα 4) — το παλιό πεδίο «Customer font choices» στο block αφαιρέθηκε.
🚀 Δημοσίευση (κάθε φορά που αλλάζεις κώδικα)
shopify theme push --theme 201616654668 --store <handle>.myshopify.com
Αν αλλάζεις μόνο metafields (θέση/εικόνες/χρώματα/fonts), δεν χρειάζεται push — απλά Save + refresh τη σελίδα. Push χρειάζεται μόνο για αλλαγές κώδικα.
🔎 Έλεγχος / Debug
Στο block «Live preview» υπάρχει διακόπτης «Show debug info». Άναψέ τον για να δεις τι διαβάζει η εφαρμογή (θέση, εικόνες/χρώματα ανά variant). Σβήσ' τον όταν τελειώσεις — δεν πρέπει να φαίνεται στους πελάτες.
🛒 Στο καλάθι & στην παραγγελία (τι βλέπει ο πελάτης / εσύ)
Ο πελάτης, μόλις προσωποποιήσει και πατήσει «Προσθήκη στο καλάθι», βλέπει το εξατομικευμένο εξώφυλλο (όχι το άδειο) στο καλάθι, στο συρτάρι (drawer) και στο popup «προστέθηκε». Κλικ πάνω στη μικρογραφία → μεγέθυνση (zoom). Δεν χρειάζεται καμία ρύθμιση — δουλεύει αυτόματα.
Εσύ, στην παραγγελία (Shopify admin), βλέπεις:
- Κείμενο — αυτό που έγραψε ο πελάτης.
- Ένα σύνδεσμο _preview_link — κάν' τον κλικ και ανοίγει το ακριβές
εξώφυλλο με ζουμ, για να επιβεβαιώσεις (π.χ. τόνους) πριν το τυπώσεις.
- _custom_product: Yes — σημάδι ότι είναι εξατομικευμένο (χρήσιμο για να
κρύβεις την αντικαταβολή σε custom προϊόντα).
⚙️ Setup μία φορά — η σελίδα προεπισκόπησης
Για να δουλέψει ο σύνδεσμος _preview_link, φτιάξε μία σελίδα (μία φορά για όλο
το site — όχι ανά παραγγελία):
1. Shopify admin → Online Store → Pages → Add page.
2. Title: Cover preview (το handle θα γίνει cover-preview). Άφησέ τη κενή.
3. Δεξιά, Theme template → cover-preview → Save. (Προαιρετικό: ο
σύνδεσμος διαλέγει μόνος του το σωστό template. Αν το βάλεις, γλιτώνεις μία
ανακατεύθυνση.)
4. Μην τη βάλεις σε μενού — ανοίγει μόνο μέσω του συνδέσμου της παραγγελίας.
Μία σελίδα εξυπηρετεί όλες τις παραγγελίες (κουβαλά τα δεδομένα στο ίδιο το link). 300 ή 3000 παραγγελίες → πάντα μία σελίδα, μηδέν αποθηκευμένες εικόνες.
🟡 Το κίτρινο πλαίσιο «Προσοχή πριν την εκτύπωση»
Μερικές φορές, πάνω από το εξώφυλλο, θα δεις ένα κίτρινο πλαίσιο. Δεν σημαίνει ότι κάτι χάλασε — σημαίνει «κοίτα αυτό το ένα πράγμα πριν στείλεις το βιβλίο στο τυπογραφείο». Λέει ένα από τα εξής:
- «Η καταγραφή είχε κόψει λέξη στη μέση… Ξανακολλήθηκε.»
Ο περιηγητής του πελάτη είχε καταγράψει ένα κόψιμο μέσα σε λέξη (π.χ.
Our w/edding) σε κουτί όπου η λέξη χωρούσε ολόκληρη. Το σύστημα ξανακολλάει τη λέξη και μικραίνει λίγο το μέγεθος ώστε να χωρέσει. Αυτό που βλέπεις στη σελίδα είναι ακριβώς αυτό που θα τυπωθεί — απλώς κοίτα το μια φορά. - «Ο πελάτης έβλεπε ΑΛΛΟ εξώφυλλο.» Η φωτογραφία που καταγράφηκε δεν είναι αυτή που είχε μπροστά του. Συνήθως σημαίνει ότι το εξατομικευμένο εξώφυλλο του variant λείπει. Μην τυπώσεις — έλεγξε το προϊόν στο box-tool.
- «Η γραμματοσειρά που ζητήθηκε δεν είναι αυτή που σχεδιάστηκε.» Δεν πρόλαβε να φορτώσει η σωστή γραμματοσειρά στην οθόνη του πελάτη. Η εκτύπωση θα βγει σωστή (χρησιμοποιεί το αρχείο της γραμματοσειράς απευθείας), αλλά ο πελάτης είδε κάτι λίγο διαφορετικό.
Χωρίς κίτρινο πλαίσιο δεν χρειάζεται να κάνεις τίποτα.
Το ίδιο φαίνεται και στην ουρά εκτύπωσης: αν το print_queue.bat γράψει
«οι αποθηκευμένες γραμμές ήταν λάθος — έγινε νέο wrap», άνοιξε τον σύνδεσμο
της παραγγελίας και δες το εξώφυλλο πριν το στείλεις.
📱 Η μικρή προεπισκόπηση στο κινητό
Όταν ο πελάτης γράφει και το εξώφυλλο έχει φύγει πάνω από την οθόνη, μια μικρή κάρτα μένει καρφιτσωμένη πάνω δεξιά. Το μέγεθος του κειμένου μέσα της δεν είναι σταθερό ανά προϊόν: εξαρτάται από το σχήμα του πλαισίου που έχεις ορίσει στο box-tool. Πλακουτσωτό πλαίσιο (π.χ. «Πες μου») έδινε πολύ μικρά γράμματα.
Τώρα υπάρχει κατώφλι: αν τα γράμματα βγαίνουν κάτω από το αναγνώσιμο, η κάρτα ζουμάρει πιο κοντά· κι αν το πλαίσιο είναι τόσο πλακουτσωτό που ούτε αυτό φτάνει, η κάρτα πλαταίνει (μένει χαμηλή, οπότε δεν καταλαμβάνει την οθόνη). Προϊόντα που ήδη διαβάζονταν καλά δεν μικραίνουν ποτέ.
Πρακτικά: αν φτιάξεις νέο προϊόν με πολύ χαμηλό πλαίσιο, η μικρή προεπισκόπηση θα
το διορθώσει μόνη της. Αν πάλι θες μεγαλύτερα γράμματα παντού, το μέγεθος της
κάρτας είναι στο snippets/live-preview.liquid (.lp-mini, width: 44vw).
🚨 Πώς μαθαίνουμε ότι κάτι έσπασε
Το Live Preview παρακολουθείται μόνο του. Το assets/live-preview-health.js
τρέχει στη σελίδα προϊόντος και ελέγχει ότι όλα δούλεψαν — δεν περιμένει
μήνυμα λάθους, γιατί οι σοβαρότερες βλάβες δεν βγάζουν κανένα.
Ελέγχει: μπήκε το πλαίσιο κειμένου στη σελίδα και έχει ύψος; φόρτωσε το εξώφυλλο; είναι το σωστό εξώφυλλο πίσω από το κείμενο, ή έμεινε η γενική φωτογραφία του προϊόντος; γράφτηκαν τα δεδομένα που πάνε στην παραγγελία; ζωγραφίστηκε το κείμενο σε σωστό μέγεθος; φόρτωσε η πραγματική γραμματοσειρά ή πέσαμε σε εφεδρική; Ο έλεγχος γίνεται στα 2.5 και 8 δευτερόλεπτα αφότου αρχίσει να γράφει ο πελάτης, και ξανά τη στιγμή του «Προσθήκη στο καλάθι» — εκεί μετράει περισσότερο, γιατί χαλασμένα δεδομένα εκείνη τη στιγμή γίνονται παραγγελία που δεν τυπώνεται.
Τι βλέπει ο πελάτης όταν σπάσει: ένα ήρεμο μήνυμα στη θέση της προεπισκόπησης («Η προεπισκόπηση του εξωφύλλου δεν φόρτωσε σωστά. Ανανεώστε τη σελίδα και δοκιμάστε ξανά — αν συνεχίσει, επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας.») και το «Προσθήκη στο καλάθι» παγώνει όσο διαρκεί. Αυτό είναι σκόπιμο: πελάτης που δεν βλέπει το εξώφυλλό του είναι ένα κλικ μακριά από παραγγελία που δεν μπορούμε να τυπώσουμε, και η επιστροφή χρημάτων κοστίζει πιο ακριβά από τη χαμένη πώληση. Μόλις ο επόμενος έλεγχος βγει καθαρός, το μήνυμα φεύγει και το κουμπί ξαναδουλεύει. Το κείμενο αλλάζει από το theme editor (Message shown when the preview breaks) χωρίς push.
Δεν παγώνουν όλα. Αν απλώς δεν πρόλαβε να φορτώσει η γραμματοσειρά, ο πελάτης αγοράζει κανονικά — η παραγγελία βγαίνει σωστή στο τύπωμα, αλλάζει μόνο το πώς φαίνεται στην οθόνη, και δεν αξίζει να χαθεί πώληση γι' αυτό.
Πού τα βλέπεις:
- Clarity — φιλτράρεις τα sessions με tag lp_fault ή lp_error και
βλέπεις το recording του πελάτη που το έπαθε.
- GA4 — events lp_engaged → lp_submitted (πούλησε) ή lp_abandoned
(ασχολήθηκε και έφυγε). Η σχέση των δύο είναι το ποσοστό εγκατάλειψης.
Τι ΔΕΝ στέλνεται ποτέ: το κείμενο του πελάτη. Είναι ονόματα. Φεύγει μόνο το μήκος και ο αριθμός γραμμών.
Προσοχή: Clarity και GA4 περνούν από τη συγκατάθεση cookies (Consentmo). Όποιος αρνήθηκε analytics δεν στέλνει τίποτα εκεί — άρα τα νούμερα της συμπεριφοράς είναι κατώτατο όριο, όχι ακριβής μέτρηση.
Να μας βρίσκει η βλάβη, αντί να την ψάχνουμε (setup μία φορά)
Τα δύο παραπάνω περιμένουν να τα κοιτάξει κάποιος. Για να έρχεται η βλάβη σε εμάς μόνη της, φτιάχνουμε ένα Google Form που γράφει σε ένα Sheet. Δεν χρειάζεται διακομιστής, ούτε νέος λογαριασμός, ούτε συνδρομή.
- Google Forms → κενή φόρμα. Τίτλος π.χ. «Moodbook — Live Preview βλάβες».
- Μία ερώτηση, τύπου Παράγραφος (μεγάλη απάντηση). Ονόμασέ την
payload. Μην τη βάλεις υποχρεωτική. - Πάνω δεξιά ⋮ → Λήψη προσυμπληρωμένου συνδέσμου. Γράψε ό,τι να 'ναι στο πεδίο, πάτα Λήψη συνδέσμου και Αντιγραφή.
- Shopify → theme editor → σελίδα προϊόντος → block Live preview → επικόλλησε τον σύνδεσμο στο Health beacon URL → Save. Τέλος.
- Στη φόρμα, καρτέλα Απαντήσεις → σύνδεση με Υπολογιστικά φύλλα. Εκεί προσγειώνονται οι βλάβες, μία γραμμή η καθεμία.
⚠ Πρέπει να είναι ο προσυμπληρωμένος σύνδεσμος, όχι αυτός του κουμπιού «Αποστολή/Κοινή χρήση». Ξεχωρίζουν με το μάτι: ο σωστός τελειώνει σε
…&entry.1234567890=κάτι, ο λάθος σε…?usp=publish-editorή?usp=sf_link. Ο λάθος δεν έχει μέσα του το πεδίο, οπότε δεν θα σταλεί ποτέ τίποτα — και μια σιωπηλή αναφορά μοιάζει ακριβώς με κατάστημα χωρίς βλάβες. Αν το μπερδέψεις, ο κώδικας γράφει προειδοποίηση στην κονσόλα του browser αντί να σωπάσει.
Γιατί ο προσυμπληρωμένος σύνδεσμος: κουβαλάει μέσα του το αναγνωριστικό του πεδίου, οπότε δεν χρειάζεται να ψάξεις τίποτα — ο κώδικας το διαβάζει από το URL.
Τι φτάνει στο Sheet: ώρα, κατάστημα, σελίδα, ο κωδικός της βλάβης, το προϊόν, το variant, η γραμματοσειρά. Μόνο βλάβες — η συμπεριφορά (ποιος ασχολήθηκε και έφυγε) μένει στο GA4, όπου τη διέπει η συγκατάθεση. Καμία προσωπική πληροφορία, κανένα αναγνωριστικό, ποτέ το κείμενο του πελάτη.
✅ Ο συναγερμός δουλεύει από άκρη σε άκρη
Ελεγμένο 21/08/2026, μετά την εγκατάσταση του trigger: μια βλάβη έγινε issue στο GitHub σε 3 δευτερόλεπτα, και η δεύτερη φορά της ίδιας βλάβης μπήκε ως σχόλιο στο ίδιο issue — άρα ο αριθμός σχολίων σου λέει πόσοι πελάτες το χτύπησαν.
Τι να κοιτάς: ένα ανοιχτό issue σημαίνει ότι κάποιος πελάτης βλέπει ΤΩΡΑ μήνυμα βλάβης και δεν μπορεί να αγοράσει. Κλείσ' το όταν φτιαχτεί.
⚠️ Οι βλάβες που καταγράφηκαν πριν μπει ο διακόπτης δεν θα γίνουν ποτέ issue — ο μηχανισμός πιάνει μόνο νέες. Ήταν τρεις, ελέγχθηκαν με το χέρι και δεν έμεινε τίποτα ανοιχτό.
💡 Μια δημοσίευση αλλαγών μπορεί να προκαλέσει μόνη της μια βλάβη: το κατάστημα είναι ζωντανό όσο ανεβαίνουν τα αρχεία, ένα προς ένα. Αν δεις βλάβη λίγα λεπτά μετά από δημοσίευση, πρώτα δοκίμασε το προϊόν μόνος σου — συνήθως έχει ήδη περάσει.
Και να μας ειδοποιεί μόνο του (βήμα 6)
Το Sheet είναι καλό αρχείο και κακός συναγερμός: κάποιος πρέπει να θυμηθεί να το
ανοίξει. Το tools/live-preview/fault-to-github.gs το λύνει — κολλάς το script
στο Sheet και κάθε βλάβη γίνεται issue στο GitHub, στο ίδιο repository όπου
θα γίνει και η διόρθωση.
Τρία πράγματα κερδίζεις: το GitHub στέλνει email μόνο του σε κάθε νέο issue, οπότε ο συναγερμός δεν εξαρτάται πια από κανένα προγραμματισμένο check· ίδια βλάβη στο ίδιο προϊόν γίνεται σχόλιο αντί για νέο issue, οπότε ο αριθμός σχολίων δείχνει πόσοι πελάτες το έπαθαν· και το issue κλείνει όταν φύγει η διόρθωση, άρα υπάρχει ιστορικό.
Οι οδηγίες εγκατάστασης είναι μέσα στο ίδιο το αρχείο, στην αρχή. Το μόνο που θέλει προσοχή: fine-grained token, μόνο για αυτό το repository, μόνο Issues → Read and write, και μπαίνει στα Script properties, ποτέ μέσα στον κώδικα. Έτσι, ακόμη κι αν διέρρεε, το χειρότερο που θα μπορούσε να γίνει είναι θόρυβος σε έναν κατάλογο issues.
🛡️ Τι βλέπει ο πελάτης όταν κάτι πάει στραβά
Ποτέ πια κλειδωμένο κουμπί. Μέχρι τις 21/08/2026, οποιοδήποτε πρόβλημα στην προεπισκόπηση έκλεινε το «Προσθήκη στο καλάθι». Αυτό σταμάτησε: πελάτης που τον σταματάς τη στιγμή που πληρώνει, δεν ξαναγυρνά.
Αντ' αυτού, αν το πρόβλημα επιμείνει (το σύστημα πρώτα προσπαθεί μόνο του να το φτιάξει, και δεν λέει τίποτα στα πρώτα δευτερόλεπτα), βλέπει ένα ήρεμο μήνυμα:
Η προεπισκόπηση δεν εμφανίζεται σωστά αυτή τη στιγμή. Το κείμενό σας καταγράφεται κανονικά και μπορείτε να συνεχίσετε — το εξώφυλλο το ελέγχουμε εμείς πριν τυπωθεί.
Και μπορεί να αγοράσει κανονικά.
Γιατί είναι ασφαλές: το κείμενο που γράφει ο πελάτης είναι απλό πεδίο φόρμας. Φτάνει στην παραγγελία ακόμα κι αν πέσει όλο το σύστημα προεπισκόπησης. Και η γεωμετρία, η γραμματοσειρά και το artwork είναι δικά μας. Δηλαδή δεν υπάρχει παραγγελία που «δεν τυπώνεται» — υπάρχει μόνο παραγγελία που θέλει ξαναφτιάξιμο, και αυτό γίνεται αυτόματα.
Στην ουρά εκτύπωσης: «ΑΝΑΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΜΕΝΑ»
Αν το print_queue.bat γράψει «ΧΩΡΙΣ καταγραφή από τον browser —
ανακατασκευάστηκε», σημαίνει: ο πελάτης έγραψε κείμενο, ο browser του δεν
κατέγραψε τίποτα, και το φτιάξαμε από τις ρυθμίσεις του προϊόντος.
Τι να κάνεις: άνοιξε αυτό το ένα PDF και κοίτα το. Το κείμενο είναι σωστό· η γραμματοσειρά και το μέγεθος είναι η προεπιλογή του προϊόντος, όχι απαραίτητα ό,τι διάλεξε ο πελάτης. Αν φαίνεται καλό, τύπωσέ το. Αυτά τα εξώφυλλα δεν περνούν από τον αυτόματο έλεγχο (δεν υπάρχει οθόνη πελάτη για να συγκριθούν), γι' αυτό τα βγάζει ξεχωριστά στη λίστα.
✅ Πριν τυπώσεις: check_orders.bat
Διπλό κλικ στο tools/live-preview/check_orders.bat. Τρέχει σε δευτερόλεπτα,
δεν γράφει τίποτα πουθενά, και απαντά σε ένα μόνο ερώτημα για κάθε παραγγελία:
Οι γραμμές που κατέγραψε ο browser περιγράφουν διάταξη που μπορούσε να υπάρξει στην οθόνη του πελάτη;
Τέσσερις απαντήσεις:
| τι σημαίνει | τι κάνεις | |
|---|---|---|
| OK | η διάταξη μπορούσε να υπάρξει | τύπωσέ την κανονικά |
| ΟΡΙΑΚΟ | οι δύο γραμμές χωρούσαν μαζί ίσα-ίσα — τόσο λίγο που ο έλεγχος δεν μπορεί να το εγγυηθεί | τύπωσέ την· αν θες σιγουριά, άνοιξε πρώτα το preview link |
| ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ | η καταγραφή δείχνει σπάσιμο γραμμής που δεν μπορούσε να συμβεί — αν την τυπώσεις από την ουρά, θα βγει με γραμμή που ο πελάτης δεν ζήτησε | ζήτησε διορθωμένο εξώφυλλο |
| ΧΩΡΙΣ | δεν καταγράφηκαν καθόλου γραμμές — κάθε οθόνη σπάει το κείμενο αλλιώς | άνοιξε το preview link· αν φαίνεται σωστό, τύπωσε |
Μόνο το ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ σημαίνει «μην τυπώσεις». Το ΧΩΡΙΣ δεν σημαίνει ότι το εξώφυλλο έχει λάθος — σημαίνει ότι κανείς δεν κατέγραψε τι είδε ο πελάτης, οπότε αξίζει μια ματιά. Το ΟΡΙΑΚΟ υπάρχει επειδή ο έλεγχος δεν πρέπει να σου λέει με βεβαιότητα κάτι που δεν ξέρει με βεβαιότητα: στις 25/08 είχε χαρακτηρίσει μια παραγγελία χαλασμένη με διαφορά μισού τοις εκατό, και η ίδια μέτρηση με άλλη βιβλιοθήκη έβγαζε το αντίθετο.
Γιατί υπάρχει
Η παραγγελία #7685 κατέγραψε «ο» μόνο του σε γραμμή, σε κείμενο όπου η πελάτισσα είχε γράψει «ο γάμος μας» μαζί. Στο μέγεθος που κατέγραψε η ίδια η παραγγελία, η φράση χωρούσε με τον μισό χώρο περίσσιο — δηλαδή εκείνο το σπάσιμο ήταν αδύνατο να έχει συμβεί. Ο υπάρχων φύλακας δεν το πιάνει: διορθώνει μόνο σπασίματα που κόβουν λέξη στη μέση, και αυτό έπεφτε σε κενό.
Τέσσερις από τις εννέα καταγραφές από τον Ιούνιο ήταν τέτοιες. Ο έλεγχος βγαίνει από την ίδια την παραγγελία, χωρίς φωτογραφία και χωρίς browser.
Τι δεν κάνει
Δεν είναι ο τελικός έλεγχος. Είναι γέφυρα μέχρι να συγκρίνουμε την αποθηκευμένη φωτογραφία με το τυπογραφικό. Πιάνει σπασίματα που ήταν αδύνατα — δεν πιάνει λάθος μέγεθος, λάθος θέση ή λάθος γραμματοσειρά.
🖨️ Παραγωγή (από παραγγελία σε PDF)
Διπλό κλικ στο tools/live-preview/print_queue.bat. Αυτό είναι όλο — δεν
γράφεις καμία εντολή. Το πρόγραμμα μαζεύει τις παραγγελίες που δεν έχουν ακόμα
αποσταλεί και φτιάχνει έναν φάκελο με ημερομηνία μέσα στο print_runs\
(π.χ. print_runs\20260824_1408\). Μέσα θα βρεις:
ALL_COVERS.pdf— αυτό τυπώνεις. Όλα τα εγκεκριμένα εξώφυλλα μαζί, με τη σειρά της λίστας και επαναλαμβανόμενα ανά ποσότητα (2 τεμάχια = 2 σελίδες).MANIFEST.md— η λίστα ελέγχου: μία γραμμή ανά τεμάχιο παραγγελίας, με αριθμό, προϊόν, χρώμα, κείμενο, γραμματοσειρά και το αποτέλεσμα του αυτόματου ελέγχου.- Ένα PDF ανά τεμάχιο (και μια μακέτα PNG για τα προσωποποιημένα), αν θες να κοιτάξεις κάτι μεμονωμένα.
Κάθε γραμμή της παραγγελίας παίρνει αυτό που της αναλογεί — δεν χρειάζεται να ανοίξεις Illustrator ούτε για τα απλά εξώφυλλα:
| Είδος | Τι βγαίνει |
|---|---|
| προσωποποιημένο | το κείμενο του πελάτη σφραγισμένο στο εξώφυλλο του χρώματός του |
| κλασικό (χωρίς κείμενο) | το έτοιμο standard εξώφυλλο του χρώματος, ως έχει |
| Cloudlift (παλιά εφαρμογή) | δεν βγαίνει PDF — δες παρακάτω |
Τι σημαίνουν τα σημάδια στη λίστα
✅ — το εξώφυλλο πέρασε τον αυτόματο έλεγχο: αυτό που θα τυπωθεί ταιριάζει με αυτό που είδε ο πελάτης στην οθόνη του. Τύπωσέ το άφοβα.
⚠ ΧΩΡΙΣ ΠΛΗΡΗ ΕΛΕΓΧΟ — το εξώφυλλο τυπώνεται κανονικά και μπαίνει στο
ALL_COVERS.pdf, αλλά κανένας έλεγχος δεν μπόρεσε να το συγκρίνει με την εικόνα
που είδε ο πελάτης. Συνήθως γιατί η παραγγελία είναι παλιά (πριν τις 24/08
δεν κρατούσαμε φωτογραφία της οθόνης), ή γιατί εκείνη τη στιγμή δεν υπήρχε
ίντερνετ.
Δεν σημαίνει ότι έχει λάθος. Σημαίνει ότι δεν το ξέρουμε. Αν είναι μία-δυο
παραγγελίες, ρίξε μια ματιά στο preview link της παραγγελίας πριν τυπώσεις. Αν
είναι όλες, κάτι έχει σπάσει στο σύστημα — πες μας.
Στο τέλος κάθε τρεξίματος βγαίνει μια γραμμή που λέει πόσα συγκρίθηκαν με τη φωτογραφία του πελάτη και πόσα όχι. Διάβασε αυτόν τον αριθμό, όχι μόνο τα πράσινα σημαδάκια: αν σήμερα ελέγχθηκαν 2 από 10 ενώ χθες ελέγχονταν 9 από 10, το πρόβλημα είναι ο έλεγχος, όχι τα εξώφυλλα.
❌ ΜΠΛΟΚΑΡΙΣΜΕΝΟ / ΔΕΝ ΤΑΙΡΙΑΖΕΙ — ο αυτόματος έλεγχος σταμάτησε ένα
εξώφυλλο που δεν ταιριάζει με ό,τι είδε ο πελάτης (π.χ. το κείμενο σπάει σε
γραμμές αλλιώς). Το αρχείο του βγαίνει με όνομα .BLOCKED.pdf, δεν μπαίνει
στο ALL_COVERS.pdf και δεν το τυπώνεις — θέλει ανθρώπινο μάτι: το
κοιτάμε, το διορθώνουμε, και στο MANIFEST προστίθεται ενότητα «Διορθώθηκε
χειροκίνητα» με ένα .FIXED.pdf για εκτύπωση (έτσι έγινε με το #7675). Μία
λεπτομέρεια: η διόρθωση δεν γράφεται πίσω στη Shopify,
οπότε σε επόμενο τρέξιμο η ίδια παραγγελία θα ξαναβγεί «ΜΠΛΟΚΑΡΙΣΜΕΝΟ» — αν την
έχεις ήδη τυπώσει από το .FIXED.pdf, αγνόησέ την.
✋ ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΕΙ ΑΠΟΦΑΣΗ — τόνοι — ο πελάτης έγραψε το όνομα χωρίς τόνο («Νικος» αντί «Νίκος»). Είναι από τα πιο συχνά που συμβαίνουν και δεν είναι λάθος του συστήματος: αυτό ακριβώς πληκτρολόγησε.
Το εξώφυλλο φτιάχνεται κανονικά και κάθεται στον φάκελο ως
.HOLD.pdf — απλώς δεν μπαίνει στο ALL_COVERS.pdf μέχρι να πεις εσύ τι
γίνεται. Άνοιξέ το, δες πώς δείχνει το όνομα στο εξώφυλλο, και διάλεξε:
| θέλω | τι λες |
|---|---|
| να μπει ο τόνος | «στην 7721 βάλε Στέλιος και Ειρήνη» |
| να τυπωθεί όπως το έγραψε | «στην 7670 τύπωσέ το όπως είναι» |
Αν θες να το κάνεις μόνος σου, από τον φάκελο tools\live-preview:
python text_fixes.py "#7721" --word "Στελιος=Στέλιος" --word "Ειρηνη=Ειρήνη"
python text_fixes.py "#7670" --as-typed
Η απόφαση μένει καταγεγραμμένη: την επόμενη φορά που θα τρέξεις την ουρά, η ίδια παραγγελία περνάει κατευθείαν. Δεν θα σε ξαναρωτήσει.
Τρία πράγματα που αξίζει να ξέρεις:
- Το σύστημα δεν προτείνει ποτέ ορθογραφία. Στο εξώφυλλο μπαίνει το όνομα ενός ανθρώπου· κανένας κανόνας δεν ξέρει αν ο πελάτης εννοούσε «Μαρία» ή «Μαριά». Σου δείχνει τη λέξη, αποφασίζεις εσύ.
- Η διόρθωση αλλάζει μόνο ΛΕΞΕΙΣ, στη θέση τους. Δεν ξαναμοιράζει το κείμενο σε γραμμές — άρα το εξώφυλλο βγαίνει ακριβώς όπως το είδε ο πελάτης, με τον τόνο πάνω από το γράμμα. Ο έλεγχος με τη φωτογραφία συνεχίζει να τρέχει και μετά τη διόρθωση, και το εξώφυλλο βγαίνει ✅ με σημείωση τι διορθώθηκε.
- Μισή διόρθωση δεν περνάει. Αν διορθώσεις το «Νικος» και ξεχάσεις το «Δημητρα», η παραγγελία μένει σε αναμονή. Ένα εξώφυλλο που γράφει «Νίκος & Δημητρα» είναι χειρότερο από ένα που γράφει «Νικος & Δημητρα», γιατί το πρώτο μοιάζει αποφασισμένο.
Τα ίδια λόγια βγαίνουν και στο check_orders.bat, πριν καν φτιαχτεί
εξώφυλλο — εκεί τα βλέπεις όλα μαζί σε μια λίστα.
Τι πιάνει και τι όχι: πιάνει κάθε ελληνική λέξη δύο ή περισσότερων συλλαβών χωρίς τόνο, που στα νέα ελληνικά είναι πάντα λάθος. Δεν ενοχλεί για μονοσύλλαβα («μια», «για», «και»), για ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ (η ελληνική τα γράφει άτονα έτσι κι αλλιώς), για λατινικά, αριθμούς ή emoji. Στην ουρά της 31/08 σήμανε 5 στις 39 γραμμές, και οι 5 ήταν πραγματικές — μαζί με ένα σκέτο ορθογραφικό («λσλυτερη»).
Τα emoji τυπώνονται κανονικά. Αν ο πελάτης γράψει 🤍 ή ❤ ή ★, μπαίνει έγχρωμο στο εξώφυλλο, όπως ακριβώς το είδε στην οθόνη του — και το preview PNG στον φάκελο το δείχνει κι αυτό. Καμία από τις γραμματοσειρές μας δεν έχει emoji, οπότε το σύστημα κάνει το ίδιο που κάνει ο browser: για εκείνον τον έναν χαρακτήρα γυρίζει στη γραμματοσειρά emoji των Windows. Μπαίνει στα 576 dpi, που είναι πάνω από ό,τι χρειάζεται το ψηφιακό μηχάνημα.
Αν κάποια στιγμή γράψει χαρακτήρα που καμία γραμματοσειρά δεν έχει (σπάνιο — π.χ. ιερογλυφικό), η παραγγελία βγαίνει ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ: εκεί θα τυπωνόταν όντως κενό.
⚠ Cloudlift — χειροκίνητα — παραγγελίες με προσωποποίηση από την προηγούμενη εφαρμογή (πριν το δικό μας σύστημα). Το σύστημα δεν μπορεί να ξαναφτιάξει το εξώφυλλό τους, γι' αυτό τις βγάζει σε ξεχωριστή λίστα για να τις φτιάξεις όπως παλιά. Ποτέ μην τους δώσεις κλασικό εξώφυλλο — θα χανόταν το κείμενο του πελάτη χωρίς να το πάρει είδηση κανείς.
(Για τα «ΑΝΑΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΜΕΝΑ» δες την προηγούμενη ενότητα.)
Ποιες παραγγελίες μπαίνουν στην ουρά
Η ουρά παίρνει μόνο ανεκτέλεστες, ενεργές, πληρωμένες. Ακυρωμένες και αρχειοθετημένες δεν φτάνουν καν στα εξώφυλλα — τις κόβει η Shopify πριν κατέβει τίποτα. (Στις 31/08 τρεις ακυρωμένες τυπώνονταν κανονικά επί μέρες: οι
7669, #7670, #7688. Δεν ξαναγίνεται.)
Οι εκκρεμείς πληρωμές δεν χάνονται — μπαίνουν σε λίστα. Το IRIS και η κατάθεση σε τράπεζα μένουν «PENDING» μέχρι να μπουν τα λεφτά, που μπορεί να είναι την επόμενη μέρα. Αυτές δεν τυπώνονται αυτόματα, αλλά γράφονται με το όνομά τους στην αρχή του τρεξίματος:
⏸ ΔΕΝ ΜΠΗΚΑΝ — δεν έχει μπει ακόμα η πληρωμή (IRIS/κατάθεση):
#7716 PENDING
Αν ξέρεις ότι το ποσό ήρθε και θες να τις τυπώσεις, πες το — τρέχουμε την ουρά
με --include-pending. Ποτέ δεν εξαφανίζεται παραγγελία στη σιωπή: μια ουρά
που μικραίνει μόνη της είναι χειρότερη από μια που τυπώνει κάτι παραπάνω, γιατί
κανείς δεν ψάχνει αυτό που λείπει.
Αν θες να τυπώσεις κάτι που μπλοκαρίστηκε
Το κοιτάς, και αν κρίνεις ότι δεν πειράζει, το λες με τον λόγο:
python text_fixes.py "#7716" --accept-gate "το κοίταξα, είναι εντάξει"
Ο λόγος είναι υποχρεωτικός, και το τρέξιμο μαζί με το MANIFEST γράφουν ολόκληρο το μπλοκάρισμα που παρακάμφθηκε. Δεν σβήνει τον έλεγχο — αφήνει ίχνος, ώστε να το βρει κάποιος που δεν ξέρει ότι έγινε.
Η διόρθωση δεν επιτρέπεται να χαλάσει το στήσιμο
Ο τόνος έχει τους ίδιους χαρακτήρες («Νικος» και «Νίκος» είναι και τα δύο πέντε), γι' αυτό μπαίνει με ασφάλεια μέσα στις γραμμές που κατέγραψε ο browser. Μια διόρθωση που αλλάζει μήκος («Νικος → Νικόλαος») μπορεί να μη χωράει πια στη γραμμή. Το σύστημα μετράει και τα δύο, πριν και μετά, και αν η διάταξη χειροτερέψει μπλοκάρει: «Η ΔΙΟΡΘΩΣΗ ΧΑΛΑΕΙ ΤΗ ΔΙΑΤΑΞΗ». Ένα εξώφυλλο σωστά γραμμένο αλλά κακοστημένο είναι χειρότερο από πριν, γιατί κανείς δεν ξαναδιαβάζει ένα εξώφυλλο που μόλις διόρθωσε.
Το ξανατρέξιμο είναι ασφαλές
Το print_queue.bat μόνο διαβάζει τις παραγγελίες: δεν γράφει τίποτα στη
Shopify και δεν κλείνει καμία παραγγελία ως απεσταλμένη. Κάθε τρέξιμο φτιάχνει
καινούριο φάκελο — τρέξ' το όσες φορές θες, όποτε θες. Κάθε παραγγελία
συνεχίζει να εμφανίζεται στην ουρά μέχρι να τη σημειώσεις εσύ ως απεσταλμένη
(fulfil) στη Shopify.
(Για τρέξιμο μίας μόνο παραγγελίας ή τεχνικές λεπτομέρειες:
tools/live-preview/README.md.)
🆘 Αν κάτι δεν δουλεύει
| Σύμπτωμα | Πιθανή αιτία / λύση |
|---|---|
| Δεν αλλάζει το εξώφυλλο όταν γράφω | Άναψε το debug· αν το built map είναι { }, τα variant metafields δεν διαβάζονται (δες Βήμα 1 + τον κανόνα για το custom. στο Name). |
| Η θέση δεν ταιριάζει με το εργαλείο | Στο box-tool φόρτωσε την ίδια (τετράγωνη) base εικόνα που δείχνει το site, ξανακόλλα το JSON. |
| Δεν άλλαξε τίποτα μετά τις ρυθμίσεις | Έκανες Save στο metafield; Έκανες refresh; Αν άλλαξες κώδικα, έκανες push; |
| «not authorized» στο push | Χρησιμοποίησε το permanent *.myshopify.com domain, όχι το moodbook.gr. |
| Η γραμματοσειρά δεν φορτώνει | Σωστό URL από τα Files; Σωστό «Family» (αυτό που τύπωσε το fonts_to_woff2.py); |
| Στο καλάθι/popup φαίνεται το άδειο εξώφυλλο | Έκανες push μετά τις αλλαγές κώδικα; (Το cart.js φορτώνει global.) Έχει το item property _preview; |
Ο σύνδεσμος _preview_link ανοίγει κανονική σελίδα του shop που γράφει μόνο «Cover preview» |
Η σελίδα τρέχει με το default template. Θέλει το template cover-preview (δες «Setup μία φορά»). Οι νέοι σύνδεσμοι το διορθώνουν μόνοι τους — αν δεν το κάνουν, δεν έχει φύγει ακόμα ο κώδικας στο live theme (push). |
Ο σύνδεσμος _preview_link δίνει «κενή/άκυρη» σελίδα |
Έφτιαξες τη σελίδα με handle cover-preview; (δες «Setup μία φορά»). |
Live Preview — harness (έλεγχος πριν το deploy)
Live Preview — storefront harness
48 assertions about the one thing this feature keeps getting wrong: whether the line breaks recorded in an order are the line breaks the customer saw.
python build_harness.py
It builds a self-contained copy into a temp folder, serves it, and prints a URL.
Open it and the suite runs on load; the page shows 48/48 — all green (or the
failures in red) and publishes the same thing at window.__LP_RESULTS__.
Headless, in a sandbox that has Playwright:
page.goto(url)
page.wait_for_function("window.__LP_RESULTS__")
r = page.evaluate("window.__LP_RESULTS__")
assert not r["failures"], r["all"]
What it covers
| group | asserts |
|---|---|
reflow() re-captures |
a resize that re-wraps the text also re-records it, and the pre-fix behaviour is kept as a control, so the regression cannot come back unnoticed |
| the wrapping rule | .lp-overlay-text computes to break-word, and 28 widths of order 7673's text produce no mid-word break |
| the guard | a word split though it would have fitted alone is refused; a word too long for any line, and a break at a hyphen, are kept |
| the collapsed box | a box with no size records NO breaks, and starts again once it has size — the mechanism that built order 7673 |
| the repair | 7673's own recorded lines rejoin to what the customer saw; an honest capture is untouched; unrepairable lines are dropped |
| the sticky mini card | it keeps ONE width across repaints, in a 390px copy of this page driven into the saturated case — the flattest box in the catalogue, stepped down twice, so the widening rescue is pinned at its cap |
| the alarm | buying WITHOUT personalising says nothing; a genuine breakage tells the customer but NEVER takes the button away, and says their text is safe; and lp:recover re-mounts an overlay that went missing, which is what most faults need instead of a message |
| what was painted | renderedBase is the artwork actually on screen and font.renderedFamily the face actually resolved |
| the order viewer | warns on 7673, on a cover that was not the cover recorded, and on the wrong webfont — and stays silent on a healthy order and on a protocol-relative URL |
| viewer == print | 7673 is drawn on exactly its recorded number of lines, with room under the last one for the descender. The case carries 7673's own box, because a flatter box changes both answers |
The TOTAL is part of the result, not decoration
82/82 and 80/80 are both green and they are not the same answer. Two
assertions live inside if (shot) and only run once paintOverlay() has
actually produced a raster. When it returns null they do not fail — they do not
EXIST, the total drops to 80, and the suite reports all-green while the thing it
was extended to prove went unchecked.
That is not hypothetical: it is what the missing arrayBuffer in the fetch stub
did, and it is why the capture assertions had never passed in any engine until
2026-08-25. Chromium stalled before reaching them; WebKit reached them and was
lied to.
So when comparing runs across commits, read the total first. A count that falls
is a path that stopped being exercised, and nothing else in the output will say
so. Current expected: 82 under WebKit (tools/ios-safari/suite-webkit.mjs,
first full pass on the Safari engine, d528c23).
The port is baked in — serve the build on the port you built it for
--build-only writes ABSOLUTE viewer URLs into harness.html (__LP_CASES__,
http://127.0.0.1:8791/viewer.html?d=…, from --port, default 8791). Serve that
output on any other port and every viewer iframe is cross-origin: the suite dies
with a SecurityError reading contentDocument, or simply hangs waiting for a
document it will never be allowed to read, and NOTHING says the port is the
reason. Both of us lost time to it on 2026-08-24, separately, on the same day.
python build_harness.py --build-only --port 8801 --out DIR # then serve DIR on 8801
Or just run it without --build-only and let it serve its own build.
Three things about this environment
- It assumes no internet. The Linux sandbox cannot reach
moodbook.gr,cdn.shopify.comordocs.google.com, so everything the page needs is served from disk. But check whether YOUR session has network — a desktop session usually does, and then the live PDP beats this harness every time. Three defects on 2026-08-21 were settled only by driving the real product page: the two-line wrap, the clipped descender, and the mini card flickering 165↔203px. Each had survived a synthetic reproduction that measured the wrong thing. Use the harness to lock a fix in place; use the real page to find out whether you have actually understood the bug. - A harness without
@font-facelies. Text measured against a serif fallback wraps somewhere else entirely, so every line-break assertion becomes meaningless. The real Astir face is copied in fromprint-fonts/and awaited before anything is measured. document.visibilityStateishiddenin a headless pane, sorequestAnimationFrameandIntersectionObservernever fire. Nothing here depends on them — silence from them is the environment, not the code. This is also why the sticky mini preview decides visibility withgetBoundingClientRecton a throttled scroll handler rather than a frame callback.
Why it is built rather than checked in
lp.css is extracted from snippets/live-preview.liquid and viewer.html from
templates/page.cover-preview.liquid at build time. A copied fixture drifts
away from the theme silently and then passes forever; this one cannot.
Still open
Chromium has never reproduced 7673's break pattern — under either wrapping rule, at any width. WebKit is the standing suspect and has not been available in any session so far. When it is, run this same suite under it: if it produces a mid-word break, the guard should refuse it, and that is the answer either way.
Flipping book — εξώφυλλο, οπισθόφυλλο & σειρά σελίδων
Flipping Book — Προεπισκόπηση σελίδων (με εξώφυλλο & οπισθόφυλλο)
Το flipping book είναι το interactive «ξεφύλλισμα» του βιβλίου στη σελίδα προϊόντος (PDP). Ο επισκέπτης πατάει το κουμπί «ΞΕΦΥΛΛΙΣΕ ΤΟ» και βλέπει τις εσωτερικές σελίδες σαν πραγματικό βιβλίο, με εξώφυλλο και οπισθόφυλλο.
- Πού ζει ο κώδικας:
sections/product-flipping-book.liquid(μία μόνο υλοποίηση· τη μοιράζονται όλα τα product templates). - Πού εμφανίζεται: στο PDP, εφόσον το προϊόν έχει σελίδες. Το κουμπί «ΞΕΦΥΛΛΙΣΕ ΤΟ» ανοίγει το βιβλίο σε fullscreen.
Τι χρειάζεται κάθε προϊόν (metafields)
Όλα είναι product metafields στο namespace custom. Δημιουργούνται μία φορά στο Shopify admin → Settings → Custom data → Products, και μετά συμπληρώνονται ανά προϊόν.
| Metafield key | Τύπος | Ρόλος | Υποχρεωτικό; |
|---|---|---|---|
custom.book_pages |
File (list) — Image/Video | Οι εσωτερικές σελίδες του βιβλίου | Ναι (αλλιώς δεν εμφανίζεται το section) |
custom.book_cover |
File (single) — Image | Το εξώφυλλο | Όχι (προαιρετικό) |
custom.book_back_cover |
File (single) — Image | Το οπισθόφυλλο | Όχι (προαιρετικό) |
Τα εξώφυλλα είναι ανεξάρτητα και προαιρετικά. Προϊόν χωρίς cover/back cover δουλεύει ακριβώς όπως πριν (ανοίγει κατευθείαν στο πρώτο δισέλιδο και τελειώνει στο τελευταίο).
⚠️ Το πιο σημαντικό: ονομασία αρχείων (σειρά σελίδων)
Το book_pages είναι λίστα από αρχεία. Το Shopify δεν κρατά τα αρχεία με αλφαβητική σειρά — τα κρατά με τη σειρά που τα διάλεξες στον picker (που είναι απρόβλεπτη). Για να μη χρειάζεται χειροκίνητο reorder, το theme ταξινομεί τις σελίδες αυτόματα κατά filename κατά την προβολή.
Γι' αυτό: ονόμασε τα αρχεία με zero-padding πριν τα ανεβάσεις.
- ✅ Σωστά:
001.jpg,002.jpg, …010.jpg, …040.jpg - ❌ Λάθος:
1.jpg,2.jpg, …10.jpg(το10θα έρθει πριν το2)
Με σωστό zero-padding, η σειρά βγαίνει πάντα σωστή ό,τι σειρά κι αν τα διαλέξεις στον picker. Ισχύει αναδρομικά για όλα τα προϊόντα — αν διόρθωσες κάποτε τη σειρά με το χέρι, δεν χρειάζεται πια.
Το εξώφυλλο/οπισθόφυλλο δεν μπαίνουν στο book_pages — έχουν δικά τους metafields, οπότε δεν επηρεάζουν τη σειρά.
Πώς προσθέτεις ένα βιβλίο (βήμα-βήμα)
- Ονόμασε τις εσωτερικές σελίδες
001, 002, …(zero-padded) και ανέβασέ τις στοcustom.book_pagesτου προϊόντος. - Ανέβασε 1 εικόνα εξωφύλλου στο
custom.book_cover(προαιρετικό). - Ανέβασε 1 εικόνα οπισθόφυλλου στο
custom.book_back_cover(προαιρετικό). - Άνοιξε το PDP και πάτα «ΞΕΦΥΛΛΙΣΕ ΤΟ» για έλεγχο.
Πώς συμπεριφέρεται
Desktop (δισέλιδο / spread): - Το εξώφυλλο εμφανίζεται μόνο του, κεντραρισμένο. - Πατώντας μπροστά, ανοίγει με flip δεξιά→αριστερά και το πλαίσιο μεγαλώνει από single σε δισέλιδο, δείχνοντας το πρώτο spread. - Ακολουθούν τα εσωτερικά δισέλιδα. - Στο τέλος, το οπισθόφυλλο εμφανίζεται μόνο του, κεντραρισμένο, «κλείνοντας» με flip. - Ο μετρητής δείχνει «Εξώφυλλο» / «Οπισθόφυλλο» στα αντίστοιχα σημεία.
Mobile (fullscreen): κάθετο scroll με μία σελίδα τη φορά — εξώφυλλο πρώτο, εσωτερικές σελίδες, οπισθόφυλλο τελευταίο.
Απόδοση (performance)
- Οι σελίδες φορτώνουν lazy — μόνο ~2 εικόνες φορτώνουν αρχικά, οι υπόλοιπες όταν χρειαστούν. Άρα 50+ σελίδες δεν βαραίνουν το αρχικό load.
- Όλες οι εικόνες σερβίρονται από το Shopify CDN με cap πλάτους ~1200px (
&width=1200/image_url: width: 1200), όχι σε print resolution — τεράστια μείωση bytes χωρίς ορατή διαφορά.
Troubleshooting
| Σύμπτωμα | Αιτία / Λύση |
|---|---|
| Οι σελίδες βγαίνουν με λάθος σειρά | Τα filenames δεν είναι zero-padded (1,2,…,10 αντί 001,002,…,010). Μετονόμασέ τα και ξαναανέβασέ τα. |
| Δεν εμφανίζεται εξώφυλλο/οπισθόφυλλο | Το αντίστοιχο metafield (custom.book_cover / custom.book_back_cover) είναι κενό ή λάθος key. |
| Δεν εμφανίζεται καθόλου το «ΞΕΦΥΛΛΙΣΕ ΤΟ» | Το custom.book_pages είναι κενό — το section κρύβεται όταν δεν υπάρχουν σελίδες. |
| Παλιά cached εικόνα | Hard refresh (Ctrl+F5). |
Τεχνική σημείωση: το section κάνει render και desktop spread flip και mobile vertical scroll από το ίδιο book_pages. Τα εξώφυλλα διαβάζονται ως single file_reference με image_url (idiom του theme). Η σειρά επιβάλλεται με | sort πάνω στα CDN URLs (το filename ζει μέσα στο URL).
IDML round-trip
IDML ⇄ Markdown — Round-trip επεξεργασία (Moodbook)
Εργαλείο για να επεξεργάζεσαι το κείμενο ενός βιβλίου InDesign με το Claude (ή με το χέρι), διατηρώντας ανέπαφη όλη τη μορφοποίηση: layout, γραμματοσειρές, μεγέθη, στοίχιση, αλλαγές γραμμής, πίνακες, εικόνες, χρώματα, master pages.
Η ιδέα
Το IDML παραμένει η πηγή αλήθειας — δεν το ξαναφτιάχνουμε ποτέ από το Markdown.
- Το EXPORT βγάζει σε .md κάθε πεδίο κειμένου (<Content>) του βιβλίου, με ένα
σταθερό αναγνωριστικό [story#index].
- Επεξεργάζεσαι μόνο το κείμενο.
- Το IMPORT ξαναγράφει στο πρωτότυπο IDML μόνο τα πεδία που όντως άλλαξαν.
Όλα τα υπόλοιπα bytes μένουν ίδια → η μορφοποίηση δεν επηρεάζεται καθόλου.
Ροή εργασίας
- Στο InDesign:
File ▸ Export ▸ InDesign Markup (IDML). Βάλε το.idmlστοIDML_IN. - Διπλό κλικ στο
1_EXPORT_idml_to_md.bat→ δημιουργείταιMD_WORK\<όνομα>.md. - Δώσε αυτό το
.mdστο Claude για διορθώσεις/προσθήκες (ή επεξεργάσου το μόνος σου). Άλλαξε μόνο το κείμενο μετά το]. Μην αλλάζεις τα[αναγνωριστικά]ούτε να προσθέτεις/σβήνεις γραμμές[..#..]. - Αποθήκευσε το
.mdπίσω στοMD_WORK(ίδιο όνομα). - Διπλό κλικ στο
2_IMPORT_md_to_idml.bat→ βγαίνειIDML_OUT\<όνομα>.idml. - Στο InDesign: άνοιξε το
IDML_OUT\<όνομα>.idmlκαιSave As→.indd.
Δομή φακέλων
IDML_ROUNDTRIP/
├── 1_EXPORT_idml_to_md.bat ← βήμα 1 (διπλό κλικ)
├── 2_IMPORT_md_to_idml.bat ← βήμα 2 (διπλό κλικ)
├── IDML_IN/ ← το πρωτότυπο .idml (μένει εδώ όλη την ώρα)
├── MD_WORK/ ← τα επεξεργάσιμα .md
├── IDML_OUT/ ← τα ενημερωμένα .idml
└── FILES/ ← ο κώδικας (idml_roundtrip.py) + README
Μορφή του .md
## σελίδα 3
[u8253#0] Copyright© 2022 Moodbook
[u8253#1] Απαγορεύεται ρητά η αντιγραφή...
[u8253#1]= storyu8253, πεδίο κειμένου #1. Είναι ο «δεσμός» με το IDML — μην το πειράζεις.- Οι επικεφαλίδες
## Σελίδα Nδείχνουν τον πραγματικό αριθμό σελίδας του InDesign (για πλοήγηση). Το περιεχόμενο είναι σε σειρά σελίδων. - Ένας χάρακας
# ── σελίδες X–Y: επαναλαμβανόμενες σελίδες προτύπου ──σημαίνει ότι εκείνες οι σελίδες είναι από master/πρότυπο (δεν έχουν δικό τους κείμενο). Έτσι βρίσκεις και σελίδες που δεν έχουν μοναδικό περιεχόμενο. - Στο τέλος, οι ενότητες
## Πρότυπο: <όνομα>είναι το επαναλαμβανόμενο περιεχόμενο των master (αν το αλλάξεις, αλλάζει σε όλες τις σελίδες που το χρησιμοποιούν). - Γραμμές που ξεκινούν με
#αγνοούνται. - Κενή γραμμή = νέα παράγραφος. Διαδοχικές γραμμές
[..#..]ΧΩΡΙΣ κενή γραμμή ανάμεσα ανήκουν στην ΙΔΙΑ παράγραφο (σπασμένη από μορφοποίηση, π.χ. έντονα).
Κανόνες για polish / διορθώσεις (ορθογραφικά, συντακτικά)
Δουλεύει κανονικά — απλώς πες στο Claude:
- Άλλαξε μόνο το κείμενο μετά το ], κράτα ίδια τα [αναγνωριστικά] (μη τα αναριθμείς).
- Διατήρησε τα κενά στην αρχή/τέλος κάθε γραμμής (κρατούν τα κενά μεταξύ λέξεων).
- Σε ομαδοποιημένες γραμμές (μία παράγραφος με μορφοποίηση), διόρθωσε κάθε κομμάτι
επιτόπου — μη μετακινείς λέξεις από τη μια γραμμή στην άλλη (αλλιώς τα έντονα/πλάγια
μπορεί να πέσουν σε λάθος λέξεις· το κείμενο πάντως μένει σωστό).
Αν κατά λάθος προστεθούν/αναριθμηθούν γραμμές, το IMPORT το εντοπίζει και προειδοποιεί (δεν χαλάει τίποτα — εφαρμόζει μόνο έγκυρες αλλαγές).
Τι μπορεί / τι όχι
Μπορεί (ασφαλές, lossless): - Διορθώσεις και αλλαγές σε υπάρχον κείμενο — οπουδήποτε, σε παραγράφους ή πίνακες. - Επέκταση/σύντμηση κειμένου μέσα σε υπάρχον πεδίο. - Διαγραφή κειμένου (άφησε το πεδίο κενό).
Δεν καλύπτεται από αυτό το εργαλείο (κάν' το στο InDesign):
- Δημιουργία νέων σελίδων/πλαισίων/εικόνων/πινάκων από το μηδέν.
- Νέα έντονα/πλάγια μέσα σε ένα πεδίο που ήταν απλό κείμενο (η μορφοποίηση
ανήκει στο IDML, όχι στο .md). Αν προσθέσεις πολύ κείμενο, το InDesign θα δείξει
«overset» — πρόσθεσε σελίδες ή ενεργοποίησε το Type ▸ Smart Text Reflow.
Σημείωση για το round-trip
Αν τρέξεις EXPORT και μετά IMPORT χωρίς καμία αλλαγή, το αποτέλεσμα είναι byte-identical με το πρωτότυπο (επαληθευμένο). Έτσι ξέρεις ότι ποτέ δεν «χαλάει» κάτι από μόνο του — αλλάζει μόνο ό,τι επεξεργάστηκες.
Απαιτήσεις
Python 3 στο PATH (τα .bat ψάχνουν πρώτα py, μετά python).
MD → IDML converter
MD → IDML (Moodbook)
Μετατρέπει αρχεία Markdown σε αρχεία IDML έτοιμα για το Adobe InDesign, χρησιμοποιώντας τα styles του template.
Πώς το χρησιμοποιείς
- Βάλε ένα ή περισσότερα αρχεία
.mdστον φάκελοIN. - Κάνε διπλό κλικ στο
Convert_MD_to_IDML.bat. - Πάρε τα έτοιμα
.idmlαπό τον φάκελοOUT(ένα ανά αρχείο, με το ίδιο όνομα).
Άνοιξέ τα στο InDesign με File ▸ Open.
Δομή φακέλων
MD_TO_IDML/
├── Convert_MD_to_IDML.bat ← το εκτελέσιμο (διπλό κλικ)
├── IN/ ← βάζεις εδώ τα .md
├── OUT/ ← βγαίνουν εδώ τα .idml
├── TEMPLATE/ ← TEMPLATE.idml (τα styles, fonts, σελίδες)
└── FILES/ ← ο κώδικας (md_to_idml.py) + αυτό το README
Πώς δουλεύει
Το πρόγραμμα δεν φτιάχνει IDML από το μηδέν. Παίρνει το TEMPLATE/TEMPLATE.idml
(που έχει ήδη όλα τα paragraph / character / font styles, master spreads και την
αλυσίδα των text frames) και αντικαθιστά μόνο το κείμενο του βασικού story με το
μετατραπέν Markdown. Έτσι το αποτέλεσμα ακολουθεί πάντα ακριβώς το template.
Αν θέλεις άλλο template, αντικατέστησε το αρχείο μέσα στο TEMPLATE/ με ένα δικό σου
.idml. Πρέπει να ορίζει paragraph styles με ονόματα Body, Heading 1, Headings 2.
Αντιστοίχιση Markdown → InDesign
| Markdown | Στυλ InDesign |
|---|---|
# Τίτλος |
ParagraphStyle Heading 1 |
## Υπότιτλος |
ParagraphStyle Headings 2 |
### … και βαθύτερα |
Headings 2 (δεν υπάρχει βαθύτερο στυλ) |
| κανονική παράγραφος | ParagraphStyle Body |
**έντονα** |
FontStyle Bold |
*πλάγια* |
FontStyle Italic |
***έντονα πλάγια*** |
FontStyle Bold Italic |
- στοιχείο / + στοιχείο |
Body, με • + tab |
1. στοιχείο |
Body, με 1. + tab |
> παράθεση |
Body πλάγια |
πίνακας GFM \| α \| β \| |
πραγματικός πίνακας InDesign ([Basic Table], 1η γραμμή bold) |
Μία γραμμή = μία παράγραφος (το κείμενο της πηγής έχει μία παράγραφο ανά γραμμή).
Σημειώσεις
- Ύψος γραμμών πίνακα: οι γραμμές μπαίνουν με ελάχιστο ύψος και «μεγαλώνουν όσο χρειάζεται» (At Least). Το InDesign υπολογίζει το τελικό ύψος όταν ανοίξεις το αρχείο. Αν θες μεγαλύτερα κενά κελιά (π.χ. για να γράφεις με το χέρι), αύξησε το ύψος μέσα στο InDesign.
- Πλήθος σελίδων: το template έχει 3 συνδεδεμένες σελίδες. Αν το κείμενο είναι μεγαλύτερο, το InDesign το δείχνει ως overset — πρόσθεσε σελίδες/frames κανονικά.
- Η μετατροπή έχει επαληθευτεί ότι παράγει ίδιο αποτέλεσμα με τις υπάρχουσες αναφορές IDML και για τα 11 κεφάλαια του Travel Journal.
Ρυθμίσεις (για προχωρημένους)
Στην αρχή του md_to_idml.py υπάρχουν σταθερές που μπορείς να αλλάξεις:
HEADING_STYLES (αντιστοίχιση επικεφαλίδων), TABLE_MODE ("table" για πραγματικούς
πίνακες ή "tabs" για κείμενο με tabs), και οι μετρικές των πινάκων.
Απαιτήσεις
Python 3 εγκατεστημένη και στο PATH (το .bat ψάχνει πρώτα py, μετά python).
Chapter merge
Συναρμολόγηση κεφαλαίων (Moodbook)
Δουλεύεις κάθε κεφάλαιο ξεχωριστά, και μετά το προσθέτεις στο κύριο αρχείο στο σημείο που εσύ επιλέγεις (πριν ή μετά από οποιαδήποτε σελίδα). Όλο το υπόλοιπο κείμενο μένει ακριβώς ίδιο.
Πώς το χρησιμοποιείς
- Βάλε το κύριο
.mdστον φάκελοMAIN. - Βάλε τα κεφάλαια
.mdστον φάκελοCHAPTERS. - Άνοιξε το κύριο
.mdκαι, σε δική της γραμμή, στο σημείο που θες να μπει το κεφάλαιο, γράψε:@@INSERT: 02_prin_fygeis_eggrafa_vizes_AFTER@@(το όνομα = το αρχείο μέσα στοCHAPTERS, χωρίς.md) - Διπλό κλικ στο
MERGE.bat. Το αποτέλεσμα βγαίνει στοOUT\<όνομα>_merged.md.
Μπορείς να βάλεις πολλούς δείκτες (πολλά κεφάλαια) σε ένα πέρασμα — ο καθένας αντικαθίσταται με το αντίστοιχο κεφάλαιο.
«Πριν ή μετά από ποια σελίδα»
Επιλέγεις εσύ, βάζοντας τον δείκτη ΑΚΡΙΒΩΣ εκεί: - Μετά τη σελίδα Χ → βάλε τον δείκτη αμέσως μετά το περιεχόμενο εκείνης της σελίδας. - Πριν τη σελίδα Χ → βάλε τον δείκτη ακριβώς πριν αρχίσει εκείνη η σελίδα.
Σημαντικό για τους αριθμούς σελίδων
Ο πραγματικός αριθμός σελίδων προκύπτει από το InDesign όταν στοιχειοθετεί το κείμενο (ένα κεφάλαιο μπορεί να πιάσει 2 ή 5 σελίδες — μόνο το InDesign το ξέρει). Γι' αυτό το εργαλείο δεν ξαναριθμεί σελίδες· κρατά τα κεφάλαια στη σωστή σειρά και η αρίθμηση μπαίνει στο InDesign.
Προσοχή αν το κύριο είναι round-trip export (μορφή [id])
Αν το κύριο .md είναι export με [αναγνωριστικά], το κεφάλαιο που εισάγεις είναι
νέο κείμενο χωρίς [id]. Άρα:
- Για κύριο έγγραφο κειμένου (χειρόγραφο): τέλεια, το κεφάλαιο μπαίνει στη σειρά.
- Για επιστροφή στο IDML: το νέο κεφάλαιο δεν γίνεται αυτόματα νέες σελίδες στο
βιβλίο — αυτό απαιτεί δημιουργία σελίδων στο InDesign. Το round-trip ενημερώνει
μόνο υπάρχον κείμενο.
Φάκελοι
MERGE_CHAPTERS/
├── MERGE.bat ← διπλό κλικ
├── MAIN/ ← το κύριο .md (με τους δείκτες @@INSERT: ...@@)
├── CHAPTERS/ ← τα κεφάλαια .md
├── OUT/ ← το συναρμολογημένο .md
└── FILES/ ← κώδικας + README
Python 3 στο PATH (το .bat ψάχνει πρώτα py, μετά python).
InDesign insert script
InDesign script: Insert_Chapter.jsx (Moodbook)
Εισάγει ένα κεφάλαιο (.idml, π.χ. από MD_TO_IDML\OUT) μέσα στο ανοιχτό βιβλίο,
σε σελίδα που επιλέγεις (μετά/πριν), διατηρώντας τα styles. Το InDesign ανανεώνει
αυτόματα την αρίθμηση σελίδων.
Εγκατάσταση
Το script είναι ήδη εγκατεστημένο στους φακέλους Scripts Panel των InDesign 16 & 21
(...\Adobe\InDesign\Version XX\en_US\Scripts\Scripts Panel\). Φαίνεται στο
Window ▸ Utilities ▸ Scripts ως Insert_Chapter.
ΣΗΜΑΝΤΙΚΟ: το Scripts panel τρέχει το αντίγραφο μέσα σε αυτόν τον φάκελο. Αν αλλάξει ο κώδικας, πρέπει να ξανα-αντιγραφεί εκεί (αλλιώς τρέχεις παλιά έκδοση). Όταν κάνω αλλαγή, την ξανα-εγκαθιστώ για σένα — απλώς ξανατρέξε το από το Scripts panel.
Χρήση
- Άνοιξε το κύριο βιβλίο (
.inddή το.idmlτου) στο InDesign. - Στο Scripts panel, διπλό κλικ στο
Insert_Chapter. - Στον διάλογο:
- Κεφάλαιο (.idml): διάλεξε το αρχείο του κεφαλαίου.
- Σελίδα αναφοράς: ο αριθμός σελίδας όπως φαίνεται στο βιβλίο (π.χ.
29). - Θέση: «μετά» (το κεφάλαιο ξεκινά στην επόμενη σελίδα) ή «πριν». - (προαιρετικά) Εφάρμοσε master του βιβλίου στις νέες σελίδες. - Έλεγξε το αποτέλεσμα και αποθήκευσε (το script δεν αποθηκεύει μόνο του).
Τα scripts
Expand_Chapter.jsx— με το κεφάλαιο ανοιχτό: προσθέτει όσες σελίδες χρειάζονται ώστε να φανεί όλο το κείμενο (το MD_TO_IDML βγάζει πάντα 3 σελίδες με το υπόλοιπο κρυμμένο).Insert_Chapter.jsx— με το βιβλίο ανοιχτό: εισάγει το κεφάλαιο στη σελίδα που θες (κάνει και μόνο του την επέκταση αν χρειαστεί).Batch_Build_Chapters.jsx— χωρίς ανοιχτό έγγραφο: διάλεξε έναν φάκελο με.idmlκαι το script ανοίγει το καθένα, (προαιρετικά) το κάνει Expand, και αποθηκεύει το αντίστοιχο.inddστον ίδιο φάκελο. Batch εκδοχή του «open → build → save».
Batch_Build_Chapters.jsx — χρήση
Window ▸ Utilities ▸ Scripts→ διπλό κλικ στοBatch_Build_Chapters.- Διάλεξε τον φάκελο με τα κεφάλαια
.idml. - Στον διάλογο επιλογών:
- Χτίσε όλες τις σελίδες (Expand) — ίδια λογική με το
Expand_Chapter(default: ναι). - Παράλειψε αν υπάρχει ήδη .indd — αλλιώς αντικαθιστά (default: αντικαθιστά). - Ψάξε και σε υποφακέλους (default: όχι). - Κλείσε κάθε έγγραφο μετά την αποθήκευση (default: ναι — για μαζικό τρέξιμο). - Στο τέλος: σύνοψη (OK / skipped / overset / fail) + log
_batch_build_log.txtστον φάκελο.
Σημειώσεις: τρέχει με κατεσταλμένα dialogs (NEVER_INTERACT) ώστε missing-font/link
προειδοποιήσεις να μη σταματούν το batch — γι' αυτό, αν κάποιο κεφάλαιο έχει θέμα, θα το δεις
ως FAIL ή ⚠ overset στο log, όχι με popup. Τα .indd παίρνουν το ίδιο basename με τα .idml.
Η πλήρης ροή
- Διορθώσεις υπάρχοντος →
IDML_ROUNDTRIP(export → edit → import, lossless). - Νέο κεφάλαιο → γράψε prose
.md→MD_TO_IDML→chapter.idml(ίδιο μέγεθος σελίδας με το βιβλίο, χάρη στοmatch_template_to_book.py). - Δες το κεφάλαιο σωστά (προαιρετικό) → άνοιξέ το →
Expand_Chapter→ αποθήκευσε → τώρα έχει όλες τις σελίδες του. - Συναρμολόγηση στο βιβλίο → άνοιξε το βιβλίο →
Insert_Chapter→ εισαγωγή στη σελίδα που θες → auto-renumber.
Σημαντικά
- Μέγεθος σελίδας: το κεφάλαιο πρέπει να έχει το ίδιο μέγεθος σελίδας με το βιβλίο.
Ευθυγράμμισέ το με το
MD_TO_IDML\FILES\match_template_to_book.pyπριν φτιάξεις το κεφάλαιο. - Facing pages: αν το κεφάλαιο έχει μονό αριθμό σελίδων, οι επόμενες σελίδες αλλάζουν recto/verso (κανονική συμπεριφορά InDesign). Για να κρατήσεις τα spreads, πρόσθεσε ζυγό αριθμό σελίδων.
- Μέγεθος κεφαλαίου (αυτόματο): αν το κείμενο ξεπερνά τις 3 σελίδες του template, το script προσθέτει μόνο του όσες σελίδες χρειάζονται μέσα στο κεφάλαιο (ώστε να μη «κόβεται» στη 3η) πριν τις εισάγει στο βιβλίο.
- Styles: διατηρούνται κατά όνομα (ίδια ονόματα στυλ → ταιριάζουν· νέα → προστίθενται).
- Εισαγωγή σε επίπεδο σελίδας: το κεφάλαιο μπαίνει ακριβώς μετά/πριν τη σελίδα που όρισες (όχι σε όρια spread). Οι σελίδες αντιγράφονται όλες μαζί ώστε να διατηρηθεί η ροή (threading) του κειμένου.
- Δοκιμή (πρώτη φορά, σε ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟ): το script δεν το έχω τρέξει σε InDesign από εδώ. Έλεγξε ότι: (1) το κεφάλαιο προσγειώθηκε στη σωστή σελίδα, (2) η σειρά των σελίδων είναι σωστή, (3) το κείμενο ρέει σωστά. Αν κάτι από αυτά αστοχήσει, πες μου τι είδες και το διορθώνω.
Designed chapter — README
DESIGNED_CHAPTER — Moodbook σχεδιασμένο κεφάλαιο → IDML
Αυτόνομο εργαλείο (architecture B). Δεν πειράζει το παλιό MD_TO_IDML / IDML_ROUNDTRIP.
Ροή
- Γράφεις το κεφάλαιο σε Markdown με το συμβόλαιο σήμανσης →
CHAPTER_AUTHORING_SPEC.md(περιέχει και το έτοιμο prompt για Claude chat). - Βάζεις το
.mdστοIN\. - Τρέχεις τον converter → παράγει σχεδιασμένο IDML στο
OUT\(στυλ/χρώματα/master/running header έρχονται από τοTEMPLATE\CHAPTER_TEMPLATE.idml· το κείμενο ρέει στο primary text frame και οι σελίδες μεγαλώνουν με Smart Text Reflow). - 2ος χρόνος — εικονίδια: ανοίγεις το IDML στο InDesign και τρέχεις το jsx (Φ4) που
τοποθετεί τα SVG από το
ICONS\anchored σταHeadings 2(βάσει του{icon=...}του MD).
Φάκελοι
IN\— εδώ βάζεις το.mdπρος μετατροπή.OUT\— εδώ βγαίνει το.idml.ICONS\— εδώ βάζεις τα 8 SVG (plug/shirt/shoe/ruler/clock/phone/droplet/thermometer) για τη Φ4.TEMPLATE\— το validatedCHAPTER_TEMPLATE.idml(body story μέσω masterPrimaryTextFrame).FILES\— ο κώδικας:chapter_to_idml.py(converter) + αργότεραplace_icons.jsx.CHAPTER_AUTHORING_SPEC.md— το συμβόλαιο σήμανσης MD → InDesign styles.
Κατάσταση
- [x] Scaffold + template + spec.
- [x] Φ1 converter (rewire σε primary story
u19b, flow κειμένου). - [x] Φ2 opener (ChapterNum/Kicker/ChapterTitle/Standfirst) + callout.
- [x] Φ3 MB tables (header + zebra).
- [~] ΕΛΕΓΧΟΣ στο InDesign — το κείμενο ρέει & τα styles είναι σωστά, αλλά η σελιδοποίηση πρέπει να γίνει ΜΕΣΑ στο InDesign (μόνο αυτό φτιάχνει σελίδες).
- [ ]
FILES\Build_Chapter.jsx— pagination (autoflow primary frame, master A-Parent) — υπό δοκιμή. - [ ] Φ4 icon placement (θα μπει μέσα στο Build_Chapter.jsx· διαβάζει το
OUT\*.icons.json).
Ροή τελική
MD (IN) → Convert_Chapter_to_IDML.bat → OUT*.idml (περιεχόμενο, overset σε 1 σελίδα) →
άνοιξέ το στο InDesign → FILES\Build_Chapter.jsx (φτιάχνει τις σελίδες) → autonomous chapter
*_paged.indd → Insert_Chapter.jsx για ένταξη στο βιβλίο.
Designed chapter — build guide
DESIGNED_CHAPTER — Build Guide
Πρακτικός οδηγός: από .md κεφάλαιο → σελιδοποιημένο .indd → ένταξη στο βιβλίο (.indb).
Έκδοση οδηγού: v2.6 · Έκδοση συμβολαίου (MOODBOOK_AUTHORING_MAP.json): v2.6 (ευθυγραμμισμένα).
Επιβεβαιωμένο τρίπλευρα: contract ↔ template ↔ guide (βλ. §10). Συνοδεύει το STATE_HANDOFF.md.
✅ Το version drift λύθηκε. Ο κανονικός αριθμός συμβολαίου είναι v2.6 (από το ίδιο το
MOODBOOK_AUTHORING_MAP.json). Ο header και τα element tags του §6 ευθυγραμμίστηκαν σε αυτόν.🔧 Ανοιχτά σημεία ευθυγράμμισης (template ↔ contract) — 3, μικρά, προς απόφαση: 1.
Captionfallback του::: art: το contract το δηλώνει ως fallback τουArtNote, αλλά δεν υπάρχειCaptionstyle στο template. Αβλαβές σήμερα (τοArtNoteυπάρχει). → πρόσθεσεCaptionή βγάλε το fallback. 2.TOC_Chapter: υπάρχει στο template αλλά λείπει από τοstyle_inventory_v5του contract. → πρόσθεσέ το στο JSON inventory (είναι χρήσιμο για Book TOC). 3.Art_FullPageobject style: υπάρχει στο template, αλλά το contract (v2.3) δηλώνει ότι ταArt_*object styles καταργήθηκαν. → ή βγάλ' το από το template, ή ξανα-τεκμηρίωσέ το ρητά.Επίσης: το contract αναφέρει το template ως
CHAPTER_TEMPLATE_v5.idml, ενώ το ενεργό αρχείο λέγεταιCHAPTER_TEMPLATE.idml— ίδιο v5, μόνο το όνομα διαφέρει· ευθυγράμμισε ονομασία αν θες exact-match παντού.
0. Συνοπτικά (TL;DR)
.md → IN\
│ Convert_Chapter_to_IDML.bat (Python· MD → IDML)
▼
OUT\<chapter>.idml (+ .icons.json)
│ [InDesign] Build_Chapter.jsx (σελιδοποίηση → <chapter>_paged.indd)
│ [InDesign] place_anchored.jsx (section icons)
│ [InDesign] εικόνες με το χέρι (search «⟦ ΕΙΚΟΝΑ»)
▼
OUT\<chapter>_paged.indd (έτοιμο κεφάλαιο)
│ [InDesign] Book panel ▸ Add Document (ένταξη στο .indb)
▼
MASTER_BOOK.indb (Style Source + Synchronize + Export/Package)
1. Φάκελοι
| Φάκελος | Τι περιέχει |
|---|---|
IN\ |
τα .md κεφάλαια προς μετατροπή |
OUT\ |
παράγωγα: .idml (+ .icml, .icons.json)· εκεί σώζεται και το _paged.indd |
TEMPLATE\ |
CHAPTER_TEMPLATE.idml (ενεργό· τα OLD* είναι backups, ο converter τα αγνοεί) |
ICONS\ |
τα 8 SVG εικονίδια (icon-<name>.svg) για τα {icon=} |
LINKS\ |
προαιρετικό — αποθήκη source εικόνων για το χέρι· ο converter ΔΕΝ το διαβάζει (v2.3+) |
FILES\ |
όλη η λογική: converter + jsx + tools |
2. Setup template — ΜΙΑ φορά (έγινε ήδη)
Το ενεργό TEMPLATE\CHAPTER_TEMPLATE.idml περιέχει ήδη όλα τα απαραίτητα styles για το πλήρες
authoring vocabulary. Δεν χρειάζεται να κάνεις τίποτα στην κανονική ροή.
Επιβεβαιωμένο από το IDML (πλήρης κατάλογος → §10):
- 27 paragraph styles — καλύπτουν front-matter, headings, σώμα, λίστες, όλα τα ::: blocks, checklist
(multi-column), TOC, running header.
- 5 character styles — InlineBold, Italic, CalloutLabel, PromptLabel, TableHeaderText.
- 2 object styles — Checkbox (legacy· βλ. §8), Art_FullPage (frame για full-page εικόνα με το χέρι).
- 1 table + 4 cell styles — MB_BodyTable με MB_HeaderCell / MB_BodyCell / MB_ZebraCell / MB_CalloutCell.
- Native list types ΑΝΕΠΑΦΑ (επιβεβαιωμένο): BulletList=Bullet, NumberedList=Numbered,
FormCheckBoxes=Bullet με glyph ☐ U+2610 σε Minion Pro Regular. Rule Below παρόν σε
Lines, RunHeader, FormCheckBoxes.
👉 Μόνο αν ξανα-εξάγεις/round-trip-άρεις το template από το InDesign και χαθούν styles ή list types, ξανατρέξε:
python FILES\inject_styles.py TEMPLATE\CHAPTER_TEMPLATE.idml FILES\artnote_style.json -o TEMPLATE\tmp.idml
python FILES\patch_liststyles.py TEMPLATE\tmp.idml -o TEMPLATE\CHAPTER_TEMPLATE.idml
inject_styles.py→ προσθέτει νέα styles (π.χ.ArtNote).patch_liststyles.py→ φτιάχνει/διορθώνει το List Type σε BulletList/NumberedList (tokenBulletList/NumberedList).- Το
FormCheckBoxesglyph (☐ Minion Pro) φτιάχνεται/επιβεβαιώνεται στο InDesign (αυθεντική πηγή· βλ. §8 pitfall).
3. ΦΑΣΗ 1 — Μετατροπή MD → IDML
- Βάλε το
.mdστοIN\. - Lint πρώτα:
python FILES\lint_chapter.py→ πρέπει «0 errors». Πιάνει το συχνό λάθος attributes σε λάθος γραμμή (count=10κάτω από το::: linesαντί::: lines count=10) που αλλιώς περνά σιωπηλά και «σπάει» στο InDesign. - Διπλό κλικ στο
Convert_Chapter_to_IDML.bat(ήpython FILES\chapter_to_idml.py). - Έλεγξε το log:
-
[OK] <file> … (N sections, M icons)→ επιτυχία. - κανένα[ΣΦΑΛΜΑ], ιδανικά κανένα[ΣΗΜ](το[ΣΗΜ]σημαίνει ότι ένα style έχασε το list type → μπήκε prefix fallback· διορθώνεται στο InDesign). -[art][note]= κάθε::: artέγινε σημείωση (note-only). - Παράγεται στο
OUT\: -<chapter>.idml← αυτό ανοίγεις στο InDesign. -<chapter>.icons.json← sidecar για τα section icons. -<chapter>.icml← (δεν το χρειάζεσαι).
4. ΦΑΣΗ 2 — InDesign, ανά κεφάλαιο
Πώς τρέχεις jsx: Window ▸ Utilities ▸ Scripts → (μία φορά) ρίξε τα FILES\*.jsx στον φάκελο User
του Scripts panel → διπλό κλικ.
| # | Βήμα | Τι κάνει | Προϋπόθεση |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Build_Chapter.jsx |
Σελιδοποιεί (επεκτείνει το thread) → σώζει OUT\<chapter>_paged.indd |
Άνοιξε το OUT\<chapter>.idml (ή άσ' το να σε ρωτήσει) |
| 2 | place_anchored.jsx |
Βάζει τα section icons (από .icons.json) |
active doc = το _paged.indd |
| 3 | Εικόνες με το χέρι | Τοποθετείς χάρτες/εικόνες στις σημειώσεις ⟦ ΕΙΚΟΝΑ ⟧ (frame + fitting με το χέρι) |
Edit ▸ Find/Change → search «⟦ ΕΙΚΟΝΑ»· βάλε εικόνα, σβήσε τη σημείωση |
Σημείωση: τα checkboxes ΔΕΝ μπαίνουν πια με jsx — είναι το auto-bullet ☐ του
FormCheckBoxes. Το checkbox pass τουplace_anchored.jsxείναι legacy/no-op.
Γρήγορα oπτικά checks (πρώτη φορά):
- checklist: κάθε στοιχείο δείχνει ☐ + γραμμή για γράψιμο.
- bullets • και αριθμοί 1. 2. 3. σωστά, με κάθε αριθμημένη λίστα να ξεκινά από 1.
- {half} πεδία: 2-2 δίπλα-δίπλα.
- section icons: σωστή θέση/μέγεθος (iteration-1).
5. ΦΑΣΗ 3 — Ένταξη στο βιβλίο (.indb Book)
Νέα διαχείριση: InDesign Book (
.indb) με τα κεφάλαια ως members (όχι ως «links»). Το παλιόInsert_Chapter.jsx(που έχωνε σελίδες σε ένα μονολιθικό .indd) έχει αποσυρθεί.
- Δημιουργία/άνοιγμα του βιβλίου:
File ▸ New ▸ Book…→MASTER_BOOK.indb(μία φορά). - Add Document: στο Book panel,
+→ διάλεξε τοOUT\<chapter>_paged.indd. Επανέλαβε ανά κεφάλαιο. - Σειρά: σύρε τα κεφάλαια στη σωστή σειρά μέσα στο panel.
- Style Source: όρισε ποιο document είναι η πηγή styles (το εικονίδιο αριστερά). Σύσταση: το front-matter ή το 1ο κεφάλαιο (όχι dummy — βλ. παρακάτω).
- Synchronize (προαιρετικό· δίχτυ ασφαλείας): Book panel menu ▸ Synchronize Options → τσέκαρε Paragraph/Character/Object/Table/Cell styles + Swatches (τα Master Pages μόνο αν θες να επιβάλεις γεωμετρία/headers παντού) → Synchronize.
- Numbering: Book panel menu ▸ Book Page Numbering Options → συνεχής αρίθμηση· ανά κεφάλαιο Document Numbering Options αν χρειάζεται section start.
- TOC (προαιρετικό): για πίνακα περιεχομένων σε επίπεδο Book, χτίσε TOC style που μαζεύει το paragraph
style
ChapterTitleκαι εμφανίζει την καταχώρηση με τοTOC_Chapter(υπάρχει έτοιμο στο template). - Export/Package σε επίπεδο Book (όχι ανά κεφάλαιο): επίλεξε τα documents → Export Book to PDF / Package Book.
Style Source — η παγίδα των σελίδων: κάθε member (και ο Style Source) μετράει σελίδες και εξάγεται.
- Προτιμώμενο: Style Source = πραγματικό document (front-matter/κεφ. 1) → χωρίς dummy.
- Αν θες dedicated styles_master.indd (παράγωγο του template, βλ. STATE_HANDOFF): βάλ' το τελευταίο
στο Book (να μη μετατοπίζει την αρίθμηση) και απο-επίλεξέ το στο export.
Προϋποθέσεις: ίδιο page size/margins σε όλα τα members (το ίδιο template το εγγυάται — A5, facing pages· βλ. §10).
6. Authoring quick-reference (markup → style)
Πλήρες συμβόλαιο: FILES\CHAPTER_AUTHORING_SPEC.md (+ MOODBOOK_AUTHORING_MAP.json). Συνοπτικά — κάθε style
παρακάτω επιβεβαιώθηκε ότι υπάρχει στο template (εξαίρεση: το documented fallback Caption — βλ. ⚠️ κάτω):
Front-matter (στην κορυφή, μέσα σε ---): chapter_number→ChapterNum · kicker→Kicker ·
title→ChapterTitle (υποχρεωτικό) · standfirst→Standfirst.
Block:
- ## Τίτλος {icon=NAME} → Headings 2 (icon: plug/shirt/shoe/ruler/clock/phone/droplet/thermometer)
- απλή γραμμή → Body · **bold**→InlineBold · *italic*→Italic
- - στοιχείο → BulletList (auto •) · 1. στοιχείο → NumberedList (auto 1.)
- GFM πίνακας (|---|) → MB_BodyTable (κελιά: MB_HeaderCell header · MB_ZebraCell zebra ·
MB_BodyCell body · MB_CalloutCell για callout-κελί· header text → char style TableHeaderText)
Fenced (:::):
- callout → Callout (+ label char style CalloutLabel)
- quote → Quote (+ γραμμή απόδοσης → QuoteAttribution)
- fields (+{half}) → FormLabel (label πεδίου) · ομαδικός τίτλος → FormGroupLabel
- prompt → Prompt (+ label char style PromptLabel)
- pull → Pull
- lines count=N → Lines (Rule Below → φαίνονται οι γραμμές)
- day count=N → DayLabel (+ Lines για το γράψιμο)
- toplist title=… count=N → ToplistTitle + ToplistItem
- checklist → ChecklistName / ChecklistColHeader / ChecklistItem ή FormCheckBoxes (βλ. κάτω)
- art → ArtNote (note-only· βλ. κάτω)
::: checklist name="…" [columns="A|B|C"] rows=N — [v2.6]
- Multi-column (default MUST HAVE | I HAVE | DONE): name → ChecklistName, μετά ένας borderless πίνακας
(στήλη label με ChecklistItem + μία ☐-στήλη ανά κεφαλίδα ChecklistColHeader). Το ☐ = χαρακτήρας
U+2610 σε Minion Pro, κεντραρισμένο. Στοίχιση από τον πίνακα — χωρίς jsx, χωρίς tab stops, χωρίς anchored objects.
- Single column (columns="DONE"): κάθε - στοιχείο → FormCheckBoxes (☐ U+2610 auto-bullet, Minion Pro).
::: art src="…" [layout="…"] [caption="…"] [alt="…"] — [v2.3] NOTE-ONLY
ΔΕΝ τοποθετεί εικόνα· βγάζει σημείωση ⟦ ΕΙΚΟΝΑ: <src> — <layout> · <caption> ⟧ (style ArtNote, magenta).
Το layout (π.χ. full-page) είναι μόνο υπόδειξη μέσα στο κείμενο της σημείωσης — όχι geometry/object style·
την εικόνα και το frame τα βάζεις με το χέρι (§4 βήμα 3). alt = μεταδεδομένο, δεν τυπώνεται.
⚠️
Captionfallback: το contract δηλώνειparagraph_style_fallback: "Caption"για το::: art, αλλά δεν υπάρχειCaptionstyle στο template. Αβλαβές σήμερα (τοArtNoteυπάρχει, οπότε το fallback δεν ενεργοποιείται)· αν όμως χαθεί τοArtNote, ο fallback θα αποτύχει. Απόφασε: ή πρόσθεσεCaption, ή βγάλε το fallback. ℹ️ Το object styleArt_FullPageυπάρχει ακόμη στο template, αλλά το contract (v2.3) το θεωρεί καταργημένο μαζί με τα υπόλοιπαArt_*. Ο converter δεν το αγγίζει· αν το χρησιμοποιείς για manual full-page placement, κάν' το συνειδητά — ή ευθυγράμμισε template/contract (βλ. header + §10).
Απαγορευμένα: #/###, >, ![](), raw HTML, code fences εκτός :::, σκέτο --- στο σώμα.
ℹ️ Το template κρατά και ένα paragraph style
Heading 1που δεν αντιστοιχεί σε authoring markup (το#είναι απαγορευμένο). Είναι reserved/legacy — μην το στοχεύεις από.md.
7. Tools (στο FILES\)
| Tool | Σκοπός |
|---|---|
chapter_to_idml.py |
ο converter (JSON-driven)· τρέχει από το .bat |
lint_chapter.py |
pre-flight linter (attrs-σε-λάθος-γραμμή, unclosed/unknown fences) |
inject_styles.py + artnote_style.json |
προσθέτει νέα styles σε template IDML |
patch_liststyles.py |
φτιάχνει/διορθώνει List Type σε υπάρχοντα BulletList/NumberedList |
Build_Chapter.jsx |
σελιδοποίηση |
place_anchored.jsx |
section icons (checkbox pass = legacy) |
export_native_art.jsx |
⛔ ΠΑΡΚΑΡΙΣΜΕΝΟ — εκτός pipeline |
8. Pitfalls / να ξέρεις
- List-type round-trip pitfall (ΚΡΙΣΙΜΟ): το
BulletsAndNumberingListTypeδεν επιβιώνει αξιόπιστα σε round-trips του InDesign. Το σωστό native token είναιBulletList/NumberedList(όχιUnorderedList/OrderedList). Αυθεντική πηγή = το InDesign· ο converter κάνει auto-detection και πέφτει σε prefix fallback (•/1./☐) αν λείπει — δεν σπάει ποτέ. Τρέχουσα κατάσταση: στο ενεργό template τα list types είναι ανέπαφα (επιβεβαιωμένο — §10), οπότε δεν ενεργοποιείται fallback· η προειδοποίηση ισχύει μόνο αν ξανα-εξάγεις template. FormCheckBoxes: στο τρέχον template είναι σωστό (List Type = Bullets, glyph = ☐ U+2610, Minion Pro Regular, με Rule Below για τη γραμμή γραψίματος). Αν χαθεί σε round-trip, ο converter βάζει☐\tprefix (ίσως χωρίς σωστό glyph αν το body font δεν έχει ☐).- Λείπει το fallback style
Caption: ο converter το ονομάζει ως εναλλακτικό τουArtNote, αλλά δεν υπάρχει στο template (βλ. §6 ⚠️). ΤοArtNoteυπάρχει, οπότε ok σήμερα — αλλά κλείσε το κενό. - Fonts: το IDML στηρίζεται σε Neutraface Text (κύρια) + Minion Pro (για το ☐). Κουβαλά και
stray fonts (Myriad Pro, Kozuka Mincho Pr6N) — υπολείμματα InDesign defaults/round-trip· μην τα
εμπιστεύεσαι σε styles. Κράτα εγκατεστημένα τα Neutraface Text + Minion Pro· έλεγξε
Type ▸ Find/Replace Fontγια missing. - Attributes στη γραμμή του fence (ΣΥΧΝΟ):
::: lines count=10✅ — όχιcount=10σε επόμενη γραμμή. Τρέξεlint_chapter.pyπριν το convert· το πιάνει. - All-caps ελληνικά: ο converter αφαιρεί τον τόνο αυτόματα για styles
Capitalization=AllCaps(το InDesign AllCaps τον κρατά). GREP style ΔΕΝ μπορεί να αλλάξει χαρακτήρες — γι' αυτό λύθηκε στον converter. Στο τρέχον template μόνο τοKickerείναι AllCaps — αυτό είναι το style που αγγίζει ο κανόνας. - Checklists: πλέον είναι πίνακας με ☐ glyph (Minion Pro) — στοιχίζονται μόνα τους, δεν χρειάζονται
tab stops ούτε place_anchored. (Το παλιό anchored-Checkbox object style / pass καταργήθηκε — έβγαζε
γιγάντια κουτιά· το object style
Checkboxπαραμένει στο template ως legacy, δεν χρησιμοποιείται.) Απαιτείται η γραμματοσειρά Minion Pro εγκατεστημένη (για το ☐). - Writing lines (
::: lines, day): ταLines/RunHeader/FormCheckBoxesέχουν Rule Below (επιβεβαιωμένο) για να φαίνονται οι γραμμές — προστέθηκε byte-safe· αν ξανα-εξάγεις template από InDesign, κράτα το. - Page size: template = βιβλίο (A5, facing pages), αλλιώς δεν ταιριάζει στο Book.
9. Εκκρεμή οπτικά τεστ (όταν ανοίξεις InDesign)
- [ ] auto-list (bullets/numbers, restart ανά λίστα) — rendering
- [ ]
FormCheckBoxes☐ + γραμμή — rendering - [ ] multi-column checklist (borderless table, ☐ κεντραρισμένα) — στοίχιση/glyph
- [ ]
{half}δίστηλα πεδία - [ ]
place_anchored.jsxsection icons (θέση/μέγεθος) - [ ]
Art_FullPageframe σε full-page εικόνα (§4 βήμα 3) - [ ] TOC από
ChapterTitle→TOC_Chapter(αν στηθεί Book TOC)
10. Verified template snapshot — CHAPTER_TEMPLATE.idml
Άμεσα από επιθεώρηση του ενεργού IDML. Χρησιμοποίησέ το ως baseline για diff μετά από κάθε round-trip.
Document: A5 · 420.94 × 595.28 pt (~148 × 210 mm) · facing pages = true · margins T/B ≈ 36.85 pt, inside ≈ 42.52 pt, outside ≈ 39.69 pt.
Fonts (families): Neutraface Text (κύρια) · Minion Pro (☐ glyph) · Myriad Pro, Kozuka Mincho Pr6N
(stray — μην τα στηρίζεις).
Colors (swatches): MB_Grey10 · MB_Grey14 · MB_Grey22 · MB_Grey85 · MB_GreyLine (K=28) ·
Magenta (χρήση: ArtNote) · PANTONE 405 C · διάφορα CMYK process (C/M/Y + μείξεις) από round-trip.
Paragraph styles (27):
ChapterNum · Kicker (AllCaps) · Heading 1 (reserved) · Headings 2 · ChapterTitle · Standfirst ·
Body · Callout · Quote · QuoteAttribution · Pull · Prompt · BulletList (Bullet) ·
NumberedList (Numbered) · FormCheckBoxes (Bullet ☐ U+2610 / Minion Pro / Rule Below) · FormLabel ·
FormGroupLabel · Lines (Rule Below) · DayLabel · ToplistTitle · ToplistItem · ChecklistName ·
ChecklistColHeader · ChecklistItem · RunHeader (Rule Below) · ArtNote (Magenta) · TOC_Chapter.
Character styles (5): InlineBold · Italic · CalloutLabel · PromptLabel · TableHeaderText.
Object styles (2): Checkbox (legacy, αχρησιμοποίητο) · Art_FullPage (⚠️ contract-deprecated — βλ. κάτω).
Table style (1): MB_BodyTable.
Cell styles (4): MB_HeaderCell · MB_BodyCell · MB_ZebraCell · MB_CalloutCell.
Native list types (ανέπαφα): BulletList = BulletList · NumberedList = NumberedList ·
FormCheckBoxes = BulletList (glyph ☐ U+2610, Minion Pro Regular).
Τρίπλευρη ευθυγράμμιση — contract (v2.6) ↔ template ↔ guide
| Στοιχείο | Contract (MOODBOOK_AUTHORING_MAP.json) |
Template (IDML) | Ενέργεια |
|---|---|---|---|
| Έκδοση | v2.6 | — | ✅ Guide ευθυγραμμισμένο σε v2.6 |
| Όνομα template | CHAPTER_TEMPLATE_v5.idml |
CHAPTER_TEMPLATE.idml |
Ίδιο v5· ευθυγράμμισε ονομασία αν θες exact-match |
| Paragraph styles | 26 (χωρίς TOC_Chapter) |
27 (+TOC_Chapter) |
Πρόσθεσε TOC_Chapter στο style_inventory_v5 |
| Object styles | [Checkbox] (Art_* «καταργήθηκαν») |
Checkbox + Art_FullPage |
Βγάλε Art_FullPage από template ή ξανα-τεκμηρίωσέ το |
::: art fallback |
paragraph_style_fallback: "Caption" |
δεν υπάρχει Caption |
Πρόσθεσε Caption ή βγάλε το fallback |
| Character / Cell / Table | 5 / 4 / 1 | 5 / 4 / 1 | ✅ Ταιριάζουν πλήρως |
| Native list types | BulletList/NumberedList tokens | ανέπαφα (+FormCheckBoxes ☐) | ✅ Ταιριάζουν |
Λοιπά (μη-blocking): Heading 1 reserved/χωρίς markup (το ##→Headings 2)· RunHeader δεν εκπέμπεται
από .md (auto από ChapterTitle μέσω Text Variable σε master page)· stray fonts/swatches (Myriad Pro,
Kozuka Mincho, process CMYK) από round-trip.
Chapter authoring spec
Moodbook — Chapter Authoring Spec (ενοποιημένο)
Έκδοση 2.6 · συμβόλαιο σήμανσης (.md) → InDesign styles
Template: CHAPTER_TEMPLATE_v5.idml · μηχαναγνώσιμη όψη: MOODBOOK_AUTHORING_MAP.json (v2.4)
Τα δύο αρχεία είναι μία αλήθεια, δύο όψεις. Ο converter φορτώνει το JSON· αυτό εδώ είναι για ανθρώπους. Όποια αλλαγή γίνεται και στα δύο. Τα ονόματα styles είναι ΑΚΡΙΒΗ.
1. Δομή αρχείου
- Ένα
.mdανά κεφάλαιο. - Front-matter ανάμεσα σε
---(μόνο στην κορυφή):
| key | υποχρ.; | style |
|---|---|---|
chapter_number |
όχι | ChapterNum |
kicker |
όχι | Kicker |
title |
ναι | ChapterTitle |
standfirst |
όχι | Standfirst |
Σειρά opener: ChapterNum → Kicker → ChapterTitle → Standfirst.
2. Στοιχεία block (εκτός fenced)
| Σήμανση | Style | Σημείωση |
|---|---|---|
## Τίτλος {icon=NAME} |
Headings 2 | icon μόνο από: plug, shirt, shoe, ruler, clock, phone, droplet, thermometer |
| απλή γραμμή | Body | παράγραφος |
**Κείμενο** (μόνη γραμμή) |
Body + InlineBold | run-in υπο-ετικέτα |
- στοιχείο (top-level) |
BulletList | auto • από το style — μην εκπέμπεις prefix |
1. στοιχείο (top-level) |
NumberedList | auto «1.» από το style — μην εκπέμπεις prefix |
3. Inline
| Σήμανση | Style |
|---|---|
**bold** |
InlineBold |
*italic* |
Italic (named char style, FontStyle «Book Italic») |
4. Πίνακες (GFM)
GFM με γραμμή |---|. Table → MB_BodyTable· header cells → MB_HeaderCell + TableHeaderText·
σώμα → MB_BodyCell· εναλλάξ σειρές → MB_ZebraCell.
5. Fenced blocks (:::)
Παράμετροι: key=value ή key="τιμή με κενά"· πολλαπλές τιμές με |.
::: callout
Container MB_CalloutCell + Callout. Πρώτη ολόκληρη-bold φράση → CalloutLabel.
::: fields
- Ετικέτα → FormLabel (+ γραμμή). **Κείμενο** μέσα → FormGroupLabel (διαχωριστής ομάδας).
{half} → πεδίο μισού πλάτους. Κενή/dotted ετικέτα = custom πεδίο για ονομασία.
::: quote
Σώμα → Quote· — Συγγραφέας (τελευταία γραμμή) → QuoteAttribution.
::: prompt
Σώμα → Prompt· πρώτη ολόκληρη-bold φράση (μπορεί να έχει αριθμό) → PromptLabel.
::: checklist name="…" [columns="A|B|C"] rows=N — [v2.6]
Δύο μορφές, ανάλογα με το πλήθος στηλών:
- Multi-column (default MUST HAVE | I HAVE | DONE, ή 2+ στήλες): name → ChecklistName, μετά ένας
borderless πίνακας — στήλη label (ChecklistItem) + μία στήλη ☐ ανά κεφαλίδα (ChecklistColHeader).
Κάθε κουτί = χαρακτήρας ☐ (U+2610) σε Minion Pro, κεντραρισμένο· λεπτή κάτω-γραμμή ανά σειρά.
Στοίχιση από τον πίνακα — χωρίς anchored object, χωρίς place_anchored, χωρίς tab stops.
- Single column (columns="X" με μία τιμή): κάθε - στοιχείο → FormCheckBoxes με auto-bullet
☐ (U+2610, Minion Pro) + Rule Below.
Κενό block (χωρίς items) → όνομα + rows κενές σειρές (default 8).
v2.6: το παλιό anchored Checkbox object + place_anchored καταργήθηκε (έβγαζε γιγάντια overlapping κουτιά).
::: pull
Pull — display flourish χωρίς απόδοση (≠ quote).
::: lines count=N
N γραμμές γραφής → Lines. Προαιρετική run-in **ΕΤΙΚΕΤΑ** πριν το block.
::: day count=N [lines=M]
Παράγει N μπλοκ ημέρας. Εσωτερική γραμμή = ετικέτες κεφαλίδας χωρισμένες με |
(π.χ. ΗΜΕΡΑ | τοποθεσία) → DayLabel (ετικέτα + inline κενό). Από κάτω χώρος γραφής → Lines
(ενσωματωμένο travel log). lines=M ορίζει ρητό αριθμό γραμμών.
::: toplist count=N title="…"
title → ToplistTitle· N αριθμημένες κενές θέσεις (1.,2.,…) → ToplistItem.
::: art src="…" [layout="…"] [caption="…"] [alt="…"] — NOTE-ONLY (v2.3)
ΔΕΝ τοποθετεί τίποτα. Εκπέμπει ΜΙΑ ορατή παράγραφο-σημείωση· την εικόνα τη βάζει ο χρήστης
με το χέρι στο InDesign. (Άλλαξε από v2.2: η αυτόματη τοποθέτηση μέσω jsx καταργήθηκε γιατί δεν δούλευε αξιόπιστα.)
- Style: ArtNote (fallback: Caption αν λείπει από το template).
- Κείμενο: ⟦ ΕΙΚΟΝΑ: <src>[ — <layout>][ · <caption>] ⟧
- src = πληροφοριακό (μπορεί να αναφέρει αρχείο που δεν υπάρχει ακόμη)· τα #Uxxxx γίνονται decode μόνο για εμφάνιση.
- layout = προαιρετική υπόδειξη που μπαίνει στο κείμενο (π.χ. full-page)· όχι geometry/object style.
- caption → μπαίνει στο κείμενο της σημείωσης. alt = μεταδεδομένο, ΔΕΝ τυπώνεται.
- Καταργήθηκαν: resolve src σε Links/, μετατροπή format, τα Art_* object styles, κάθε art jsx.
6. Διευκρίνιση -
Κρίνεται από το περικλείον block: μέσα σε ::: fields → πεδίο (FormLabel)· μέσα σε ::: checklist →
στοιχείο (ChecklistItem multi-column ή FormCheckBoxes single)· top-level → bullet (BulletList).
7. Απαγορευμένα
# (μονό), ###, >, εικόνες ![](), raw HTML, code fences εκτός :::, μονό --- στο σώμα.
ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ — attributes στη γραμμή του fence. Τα
count/name/title/columns/rows/src/layout/…ΠΡΕΠΕΙ να μπαίνουν στην ΙΔΙΑ γραμμή με το:::(π.χ.::: lines count=10). Σε δική τους γραμμή αγνοούνται σιωπηλά και το block «σπάει». Τρέξεpython FILES\lint_chapter.pyπριν το convert — το πιάνει. All-caps ελληνικά: ο converter αφαιρεί αυτόματα τον τόνο σε stylesCapitalization=AllCaps(π.χ. Kicker) ώστε «Τα ταξίδια» → «ΤΑ ΤΑΞΙΔΙΑ» (όχι «ΤΑΞΊΔΙΑ»).
8. ΔΕΝ προέρχονται από το .md
- RunHeader: auto από ChapterTitle (Text Variable, master page).
- Heading 1: δεσμευμένο/αχρησιμοποίητο από το
##. - Εικόνες/χάρτες/illustrations: [v2.3] καμία δεν προέρχεται από το .md. Το
::: artβγάζει ΜΟΝΟ σημείωση ⟦ ΕΙΚΟΝΑ ⟧· τις εικόνες τις τοποθετεί ο χρήστης με το χέρι στο InDesign. - Checkbox ☐: [v2.4] πλέον είναι το auto-bullet του FormCheckBoxes (U+2610, Minion Pro) — όχι anchored object. Το Checkbox object style μένει στο template αλλά δεν χρησιμοποιείται από τον converter.
9. Επανάληψη σε επίπεδο βιβλίου
ΔΕΝ είναι κανόνας parse. Ορίζεται στο InDesign/Book: π.χ. CHAPTER_15 = 1 ταξίδι × 5· CHAPTER_12 ΜΕΡΟΣ Α = προτροπές × 5· CHAPTER_03 = template spread ηπείρων.
Translation QA
Moodbook — Translation QA (EN / FR / DE)
Verify a Cowork translation of the book without reading the target language, and get one report per language listing every suggested correction — ready to paste back into Cowork.
It checks three things:
- Structural (round-trip safety): line count,
#comment lines byte-identical, blank-line alignment, leading/trailing whitespace preserved,<?…?>InDesign codes, deletions kept empty,[id]order. These would break re-injection into InDesign. - Mechanical (deterministic, no language needed): missing/empty/added segments, text left untranslated, leftover Greek letters, missing numbers/prices/dates, suspicious length differences, inconsistent term translations, and the glossary.
- LanguageTool (grammar / spelling / French & German typography) via a local LanguageTool server. Surface correctness only — it does not judge meaning; the meaning check is the bilingual review Claude/the Cowork skill does separately.
The three layers are complementary: structural stops broken re-injection, mechanical + LanguageTool catch omissions, numbers, grammar, agreement and typography. A native human proofread of the final laid-out PDF is still the gold standard for a printed book.
The Cowork side — the moodbook-translation-engine skill
The translating itself happens in Cowork, driven by a skill packaged at
..\moodbook-translation-engine\ (zip: ..\moodbook-translation-engine.zip). It does the
transcreation (keeps the Moodbook voice), honours the [id] line-lock, consults this
glossary.csv, runs a preflight (scripts/verify_roundtrip.py — the same structural
checks as layer 1, but before the file leaves Cowork), and returns the translated .md
plus a bilingual meaning review (the part LanguageTool can't do).
Upload it once: in Cowork, add the skill from moodbook-translation-engine.zip. Then
hand it a chapter and say e.g. "translate to French" — it writes a file that drops straight
into TARGET_FR/. So: Cowork (skill) = translate + voice + preflight + meaning review;
this folder (PC) = round-trip + the authoritative QA above. The preflight and the
structural layer overlap on purpose — one gate before hand-off, one after.
Folder layout
TRANSLATION_QA/
├── qa_config.json ← paths, languages, LanguageTool settings
├── glossary.csv ← optional key terms: el,en,fr,de
├── Run_Translation_QA.bat ← run the QA
├── Start_LanguageTool.bat ← start the local LanguageTool server
├── FILES/translation_qa.py
├── TARGET_EN/ TARGET_FR/ TARGET_DE/ ← put the translated .md here
└── REPORTS/ ← REPORT_<lang>.md (+ .json) land here
The Greek source is read from the round-trip MD (../IDML_ROUNDTRIP/MD_WORK by
default — change source_dir in qa_config.json if needed). Translated files must have
the same filename and keep the same [id] lines as the source.
LanguageTool (the grammar/typography layer) — ALREADY INSTALLED
A portable Java 21 + LanguageTool 6.6 are bundled under _tools\ (no system install,
no admin). Nothing to set up. To use the grammar layer, just double-click
Start_LanguageTool.bat and leave its window open while you run the QA.
If the LanguageTool window is closed, the QA still runs — it just does the mechanical checks and notes that LanguageTool was skipped.
How to run
- Translate in Cowork → save each chapter as
TARGET_FR\<name>.md(same name +[id]s as the Greek source). Same forTARGET_EN\,TARGET_DE\. - (For grammar) double-click
Start_LanguageTool.batand leave the window open. - Double-click
Run_Translation_QA.bat(orRun_Translation_QA.bat fr defor a subset). - Open
REPORTS\REPORT_<lang>.md→ hand it to Cowork to apply the fixes.
Each report is grouped by chapter, sorted most-severe first, and every item is tied to
its [id] so Cowork edits the exact paragraph (and the fix round-trips straight back
into the IDML).
glossary.csv — extend it for every book
The glossary drives the consistency + key-term checks. Format (the "specific format" for input everywhere in this tool):
el,en,fr,de[,es,it,...]
Προορισμός,Destination,Destination,Reiseziel
Αναχώρηση,Departure,Départ,Abreise
- First column must be
el(the Greek key). Every other column is a language code — add as many as you want (es, it, pt…); the QA and the tools read whatever columns exist. - UTF-8, header row required. Empty cell = skip that language for that term.
- Uses: proper nouns that must stay identical (Moodbook, Trikala → same in every column), and recurring labels you want translated one fixed way (planner fields, product names). The QA flags any segment where the Greek term appears but the expected translation is missing.
Ships pre-filled with the common travel-planner labels (Destination/Départ/Reiseziel, …). Adjust any you disagree with — the glossary is your source of truth.
Growing the glossary (new labels, new books)
Two helper commands (FILES\glossary_tool.py), also wired as .bat:
1) EXTRACT candidate terms from a book — Glossary_Extract.bat (or pass another book's
MD folder). Mines the short, recurring Greek labels and writes
glossary_candidates.csv (el,freq,en,fr,de, most frequent first, known terms pre-filled):
Glossary_Extract.bat (this book: ..\IDML_ROUNDTRIP\MD_WORK)
Glossary_Extract.bat "D:\...\OtherBook\MD_WORK" (another book)
2) FILL the language columns in glossary_candidates.csv (in Cowork), then MERGE —
Glossary_Merge.bat (drag the filled CSV onto it, or pass its path):
Glossary_Merge.bat glossary_candidates.csv
Merge adds new terms, updates existing ones only where a cell is filled, and absorbs new
language columns — so one master glossary.csv grows across all your books and languages.
What the severities mean
- HIGH — almost certainly wrong: missing/empty segment, untranslated text, a dropped number/price/date, a missing chapter file.
- MEDIUM — likely: leftover Greek, glossary term not used.
- GRAMMAR — a LanguageTool grammar/spelling/typography hit (with suggestion).
- LOW — worth a glance: length anomaly, an extra number.
Notes / limits
- LanguageTool judges surface correctness, not meaning — pair it with the bilingual meaning review.
- Numbers with different decimal/thousands separators are normalised before comparing, so
1.300and1,300are treated as the same number. - German runs longer than Greek/English, so the length-anomaly threshold is deliberately
lenient; tune
length_ratio_flaginqa_config.jsonif you see noise.
Content QA
Moodbook — Greek Content QA
A second-pass quality net for original Greek prose you generate for the books
(not translation — that's TRANSLATION_QA). It exists because a single generation pass
can't reliably apply 3 blacklists + 26 checkpoints + 35 tags every time. This tool enforces
the mechanizable ~40% deterministically, so the report becomes a concrete worklist
("resolve these N items") instead of "remember everything".
The Greek writing skills stay the source of truth (greek-language-rules, brand-voice, house-style, writing-engine, editing-engine). This tool does not replace them — it enforces the checkable subset and frees the LLM/you to spend judgement on the rest.
What it checks (three layers → one report per chapter)
- Language rules (deterministic, from the skill): blacklist verbs/words (flag-then-test), Formal Register, unnatural collocations, inline dash, comma-before-«και», tonos-on-caps, evergreen (prices/dates in body), word repetition.
- Spelling — portable Hunspell
el_GR(viaspylls, bundled under_tools\). Catches real misspellings LanguageTool's Greek cannot. Proper nouns/endemic terms →names.txt. - Sameness (cross-chapter): repeated paragraph openers / 4-word tics across the whole
corpus (template furniture excluded) →
REPORT_sameness.md. Fights structural monotony.
What it does not do: judge naturalness, flow, clause-accretion, "earned warmth", "is it emotionally true". Those are not mechanizable — they stay with the LLM editorial pass (below) and a human final read for print.
Folder layout
CONTENT_QA/
├── README.md
├── Run_Content_QA.bat ← run the linter on DRAFTS\*.md
├── content_rules.csv ← GENERATED from the skill (blacklists/collocations/keeps)
├── style_sheet.csv ← consistency registry (one chosen form per term) — you grow it
├── used_moves.csv ← ledger of openers/themes per chapter (anti-repetition)
├── names.txt ← Hunspell allowlist (proper nouns / endemic terms)
├── skills-source/
│ └── greek-language-rules.md ← copy of the skill; the rules' single source of truth
├── FILES/
│ ├── build_rules.py ← greek-language-rules.md → content_rules.csv
│ ├── greek_lint.py ← the linter + spelling + sameness
│ └── build_ledger.py ← DRAFTS → used_moves.csv
├── _tools/hunspell_el/ ← portable Hunspell el_GR dictionary (el_GR.aff/.dic)
├── DRAFTS/ ← put the chapters to check here (*.md)
└── REPORTS/ ← REPORT_<chapter>.md + REPORT_sameness.md
content_rules.csv is generated — never hand-edit it. Edit the skill
(skills-source/greek-language-rules.md, or re-copy your latest .skill) and regenerate.
How to run
- (once, and after editing the skill) regenerate the rules:
py FILES\build_rules.py - Put drafts in
DRAFTS\(round-trip[id]format or plain prose). - Double-click
Run_Content_QA.bat(orRun_Content_QA.bat WELCOME_paged). →REPORTS\REPORT_<chapter>.md+REPORTS\REPORT_sameness.md. - Update the anti-repetition ledger:
py FILES\build_ledger.py→used_moves.csv.
Flags: --nospell (skip Hunspell, faster) · --cognates (enable the noisy cognate heuristic).
Reading the report
Grouped by chapter, each finding = tag + anchor [id] + snippet + suggestion, e.g.:
- **[Verb Semantic Transfer]** `u416#2` — Λέξη προς έλεγχο: «Κρατάς» (ρίζα «κρατώ»)
- «Κρατάς στα χέρια σου ένα Moodbook.…»
- ➜ «φρόντισε αυτή που τον φέρνει στον κόσμο»
- ℹ flag-then-test: OK αν είναι γειωμένη εικόνα· λάθος αν είναι calque.
- flag-then-test: blacklist verbs (κρατώ/βλέπω/χτίζω…) are suspicions, not bans — the tool flags, the editor judges (a grounded image is fine; a bare calque is not).
- False positives are expected and by design (e.g. noun «Κρατήσεις» matched as verb κρατώ;
a dict gap on a compound). The framing is "flag → judge"; add real proper nouns to
names.txt.
The LLM editorial pass — the non-mechanizable half (do NOT skip)
The linter is only ~40% of the job. The rest — naturalness, flow, clause-accretion, earned warmth — needs a separate, focused editorial pass, because generating and self-checking in one pass produces stiff, half-checked prose. Run it as its own step, ideally with a fresh eye (new context/model), giving it the linter report as the starting worklist:
- Generate (Cowork,
moodbook-writing-engine): brief → generate→audit→rewrite → draft. - Save the draft to
DRAFTS\and run this tool → the linter report. - Editorial pass (Cowork,
moodbook-editing-engine): read the whole chapter as a harsh editor against the full skill, resolving the linter's flagged items AND the flow/ naturalness the tool can't see. Discipline (editing-engine §3): silent-fix objective errors; query anything touching meaning/facts/voice; and for a naturalness problem re-generate the sentence fresh — do not patch it (patching stitches a fix into a flawed line; re-flowing reads natural). - Re-run this tool → target: zero mechanical findings. Repeat until clean.
- For a printed book, a human native read of the typeset proof remains the ceiling.
Split the checklist into focused sub-passes (one concern each) rather than one omni-pass — that's how the deep rules actually get applied.
The registries (growable data, like the translation glossary)
content_rules.csv— generated; the blacklist/keep data. Grow by editing the skill.style_sheet.csv—el,chosen,note: one fixed form per recurring term (ΑΤΜ vs ATM, transliterations, «ΚΑΛΟ ΝΑ ΞΕΡΕΙΣ» template). Manual; enforce consistency across chapters.used_moves.csv— per-chapter opener/closing/themes (+devices/imagesfor you/Cowork to annotate). Cowork reads it before writing a new chapter to pick different moves.names.txt— Hunspell allowlist; add a line whenever a correct word is flagged[Spelling].
Honest scope
Mechanical + spelling + sameness are enforced 100% every run. Naturalness/flow/emotion are not — they need the editorial pass and, for print, a human. Cognate/κακοφωνία detection is a heuristic (off by default) because it needs morphology. The value here is that the report turns "remember to apply every rule" into a short, concrete list — and never forgets the mechanical part.
Design system
Moodbook Design System
Visual language for all Moodbook marketing assets — ad creative (Meta, Google), social, lifecycle/email, website art direction, and product-cover artwork. Greek-first brand (moodbook.gr), handmade premium journals, made in Trikala.
Brand colors: navy #193150 + amber #F8990F (from the logo), on a neutral
#F1F1F1 digital canvas. Full reasoning layer in DESIGN_SYSTEM.md.
This package turns the spec into code: the two JSON files under tokens/ are the single
source of truth, and everything else (CSS variables, the Tailwind theme, the per-format
canvas templates, and the rendered exports) is generated from them. Nothing hard-codes
a hex, font, or dimension.
Folder layout
moodbook-design-system/
├── README.md ← this file (build + run instructions)
├── DESIGN_SYSTEM.md ← full spec / reasoning layer
├── package.json
├── tailwind.config.js ← GENERATED · Tailwind theme extension
├── tokens/ ← SOURCE OF TRUTH (edit only here)
│ ├── design-tokens.json ← DTCG: core primitives + semantic aliases
│ └── asset-specs.json ← formats, dimensions, safe areas, print/cover, logo map
├── assets/
│ └── logo/
│ ├── moodbook-logo-color.png ← supplied
│ ├── moodbook-logo-mono-black.png ← GENERATED (brand-navy mono, placeholder)
│ └── moodbook-logo-reversed-white.png ← GENERATED (placeholder)
├── scripts/
│ ├── build-tokens.mjs ← Style Dictionary v4 → tokens.css + tailwind.config.js + tokens.json
│ ├── make-logo-variants.mjs ← derive mono/reversed logos from the color PNG
│ ├── build-templates.mjs ← per-format HTML canvases from asset-specs.json
│ ├── build-preview.mjs ← preview index (all templates on one page)
│ └── export.mjs ← render templates → PNG/WebP/JPG (digital path)
└── build/ ← GENERATED (safe to delete & rebuild)
├── tokens.css ← CSS custom properties (the layer CSS consumes)
├── tokens.json ← flat resolved token map (used by the scripts)
├── index.html ← preview of all templates
├── templates/ ← one HTML canvas per format + manifest.json
└── exports/ ← rendered images (after `npm run export`)
Convention:
tokens/+assets/+scripts/are source;build/andtailwind.config.jsare regenerated. Edit the JSON, then rebuild — never hand-edit generated files.
The Original Sin series theme (a mode layered on the base) lives under
branches/original-sin/ — its ORIGINAL_SIN.md, AD_POLICY.md (per-title × per-platform
paid-ad ruling), and tokens/original-sin-tokens.json.
Authoring source → git (the "Claude Design" connection)
The canonical spec + tokens are authored in a working folder outside this repo
(Claude/design_system in the master data base). This repo is their git home. Pull the
latest authored source into their tracked locations here with one command, then rebuild + commit:
npm run sync:source # copies DESIGN_SYSTEM.md, design-tokens.json, ORIGINAL_SIN.md,
# original-sin-tokens.json, AD_POLICY.md → their tracked paths
npm run build && npm run build:original-sin:all
git add -A && git commit
Override the source folder with MOODBOOK_DS_SOURCE=/path npm run sync:source. The sync is
idempotent (only writes files whose bytes changed) and never deletes.
Install
Requires Node ≥ 18 (developed on Node 24). The export step uses Puppeteer, which downloads a headless Chromium on install.
cd moodbook-design-system
npm install
Build (regenerate everything from the tokens)
npm run build
That runs, in order:
| step | script | output |
|---|---|---|
build:tokens |
Style Dictionary v4 (DTCG) — resolves {core.color.x} aliases |
build/tokens.css, tailwind.config.js, build/tokens.json |
build:logo |
re-colour the color logo by its alpha mask | assets/logo/*-mono-black.png, *-reversed-white.png |
build:templates |
per-format canvases from asset-specs.json |
build/templates/*.html + manifest.json |
build:preview |
one-page gallery of all templates | build/index.html |
Run any step on its own with npm run build:tokens, build:logo, etc.
Preview (visual review)
Serve build/ over HTTP (the templates load tokens.css via relative paths) and open the
index:
npx serve build # or: python -m http.server 8755 --directory build
# open http://localhost:8755/index.html
Each card embeds the real template in a scaled iframe. Toggle the safe-area guide with
the checkbox inside each canvas (also visible in the standalone build/templates/<key>.html).
Export (render to images)
npm run export # all formats → build/exports/*.png (sRGB/72dpi)
node scripts/export.mjs --only meta_feed_portrait,web_hero_desktop
node scripts/export.mjs --format webp --quality 82
node scripts/export.mjs --scale 2 # 2× raster (still sRGB digital)
node scripts/export.mjs --print # prints the CMYK/print path, renders nothing
The safe-area guide and toolbar are hidden automatically in exports.
Using the tokens in code
CSS — import the variables and reference them:
@import "tokens.css";
.cta { background: var(--color-cta-primary-bg); color: var(--color-cta-primary-text);
border-radius: var(--radius-md); font-family: var(--font-brand); }
.cover-title { font-family: var(--font-title); } /* per-concept slot, see below */
Tailwind — extend from the generated theme:
// your tailwind.config.js
import moodbook from "./moodbook-design-system/tailwind.config.js";
export default { presets: [moodbook], content: [/* … */] };
// → bg-cta-primary-bg, text-text-primary, font-brand, rounded-md, shadow-soft, …
The title font is a slot, not a fixed font (§4.3)
There is no single Moodbook title font — each book/campaign title is set in a face chosen
to express that concept. So --font-title (and Tailwind font-title) is a slot that
defaults to the brand sans and is overridden per concept:
.wedding-cover { --font-title: "GFS Didot", serif; } /* elegant / keepsake */
.wtf-cover { --font-title: "Anton", sans-serif; } /* bold / irreverent */
The standing brand sans is --font-brand (Commissioner — clean Google Fonts, full Greek).
See DESIGN_SYSTEM.md §4 for the per-concept selection method and the Greek display shortlist.
Per-concept title faces are print/cover only; on the web, titles fall back to --font-brand.
Print (CMYK / 300dpi / 3mm bleed) — intentionally NOT auto-rendered
Chromium renders sRGB only, so the export script implements the digital path correctly and does not fake CMYK. To produce print-ready files:
- Author print layouts in InDesign/IDML (the brand already runs an IDML pipeline), or build print PDFs with a CMYK-aware renderer.
- Flatten to PDF/X-1a with an ICC profile (FOGRA/ISO Coated) via Ghostscript
(
-sColorConversionStrategy=CMYK -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceCMYK) or Scribus' scripter. - Add 3mm bleed + 5mm safety and the spine band (see
tokens/asset-specs.json→covers.*). Keep critical text ≥8mm from trim; grain parallel to spine; design must read on the matte velvet-touch surface (the finish is physical only — never depict it as texture, §11).
Run node scripts/export.mjs --print to print this guidance.
Open TODO(confirm) items (from DESIGN_SYSTEM.md §15)
These are carried into the generated files as TODO(confirm) comments — current values are
safe approximations; none block the build:
- (Resolved in v1.2) Web font = Commissioner (Google Fonts, complete Greek). Cera/Neutraface are no longer used for web rendering, so there is no Neutraface-Greek risk.
- (Resolved in v1.2) Velvet removed as a visual guideline — the
snow/xanadu/sapphireproduct colorways were dropped; covers render as flat color. The velvet-touch finish stays only as a factual print spec intokens/asset-specs.json. - Logo SVG + variants — only
moodbook-logo-color.pngwas supplied. The mono/reversed PNGs are auto-derived placeholders (re-coloured by the color PNG's alpha). A true SVG and proper mono/reversed marks should be exported from the vector master (moodbook-logo-master.pdf, not supplied). Also confirm whether an icon-only sun submark exists for favicons/avatars. --font-title— variable by design (§4.3); set per concept, not a single locked font.
v1.1.0-draft — token pipeline (Style Dictionary v4 / DTCG), Tailwind theme, per-format canvas templates with safe-area guides, and a digital render/export pipeline.
Design system — full spec
Moodbook Design System
Version: 1.1.0-draft · Owner: Stelios / moodbook.gr · Status: ready for review → Claude Code build
Visual language for every Moodbook marketing asset: ad creative (Meta, Google), social, lifecycle/email, website art direction, and Moodbook product-cover artwork. Written as a standalone knowledge base — assumes no prior knowledge of the brand.
Language convention (deliberate): structure and tokens are English (code convention). All on-brand verbal content — copy, CTAs, eyebrows, black-list — stays Greek, because it ships as-is.
Confidence convention: [confirmed] (grounded in the logo / e-shop / product), [confirmed-direction] (brand clearly leans this way), [to-confirm] (verify before ship). See §15.
v1.2 changes: web/standing font is now Commissioner (clean Google Fonts, complete Greek) — we do not enforce exotic type on the web (rendering risk); per-concept title faces are print/cover only. Removed Xanadu/Sapphire and dropped velvet as a visual/design guideline (it renders poorly) — covers are shown as flat color, the velvet-touch stays only as a factual print finish. v1.1 changes: brand colors corrected to the real logo palette navy
#193150+ amber#F8990F(terracotta dropped); web canvas is the e-shop grey#F1F1F1(cream is now product/editorial only); logo section filled from the supplied master + asset files under/assets/logo.
1. How to use this (for Claude Code)
Machine source of truth lives in /tokens:
- tokens/design-tokens.json — colors, type, spacing, radius, shadow (DTCG / Style Dictionary v4; core primitives + semantic aliases).
- tokens/asset-specs.json — formats, dimensions, safe areas, print/cover specs, logo file map.
- assets/logo/ — vector master (PDF) + transparent PNGs (color / mono-black / reversed-white).
Build targets (§14): tokens.css, a Tailwind theme, per-format canvas templates with safe-area guides, and an export script. This .md is the reasoning layer.
2. Brand foundation
Handmade premium stationery — interactive, themed journals/planners — designed and produced in Trikala at the URBAN print shop. Born March 2020 (lockdown survival act). Flagship: Wedding Planner (1,300+ sold). Lines: motherhood, travel, themed/nostalgia ("The Original Sin", VHS), wellbeing.
Essence: μελαγχολική επανάσταση (melancholic rebellion) — analog warmth as quiet resistance to digital saturation. Premium but warm; literary but never pompous; and, per the logo, friendly and human (hand-drawn, a little playful).
Four emotional pillars (every asset serves ≥1): Νοσταλγία & Αυθεντικότητα · Συναισθηματική Αναγνώριση (every feeling valid; melancholy as creative force) · Δημιουργικότητα & Αυτογνωσία · Ήρεμη Επανάσταση (the revolution is an invitation, not an order).
Voice — "Ήρεμη Δύναμη": a wise friend, not an authority. Warm, conversational, grounded, lightly self-aware, zero corporate. Hybrid-artisan register: «εγώ» for personal/emotional, «εμείς» for production/team. Ground the "why" in lived local detail (θεσσαλικός κάμπος, ποδήλατο, πίτα μπατζίνα).
NOT: didactic, distant, melodramatic, aggressive, salesy, neon, templated.
3. Color system
The palette is the logo: a deep navy and a warm amber, set on a neutral grey digital canvas so the colorful product covers carry the color. The brand has exactly one warm accent — amber (not terracotta; that was a wrong earlier guess and is removed).
Core palette
| Token | Hex | Role | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
navy |
#193150 |
Primary brand color — logo, primary text, structure, primary CTA | confirmed |
navy-deep |
#0F2238 |
Hover/pressed, deep surfaces | confirmed-direction |
navy-soft |
#3A4E66 |
Secondary text on light | confirmed-direction |
amber |
#F8990F |
Warm accent — energy, highlight, warm CTA | confirmed |
amber-deep |
#D97E06 |
Hover/pressed amber, contrast on light | confirmed-direction |
site |
#F1F1F1 |
Default digital canvas (e-shop grey) | confirmed |
paper |
#FBF6EC |
Warm editorial/product canvas (print, mockups, lifestyle) — not the web default | confirmed-direction |
offwhite |
#FBFAF8 |
Soft off-white raised surfaces | system |
| grey ramp | grey-50…800 |
Cool neutrals: surfaces, borders, muted text | system |
burgundy |
#7B2D3A |
Seasonal/sale signal only | confirmed |
Usage rules
- Digital canvas =
sitegrey; brand dark =navy. Navy is text, structure, and the primary button. - Amber is the one warm accent — used for energy/highlight/celebration and the warm CTA. Generous but not wall-to-wall; it's a sun, not a flood.
- Text on amber is
navy, never white (amber is light → white fails contrast). - Let products supply color. On the grey canvas, the featured product's own cover color is the natural secondary accent — pull it in to match the product shown; the navy+amber stay as the brand frame.
- Cream (
paper) = warmth on purpose: lifestyle photography surfaces, print interiors, cover mockups — not the web background. - Burgundy = sale/scarcity only, and soft ("Χειροποίητο, περιορισμένη παραγωγή"), never "ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΑ ΕΥΚΑΙΡΙΑ!". No neon, no aggressive gradients, no gloss.
Pairings & contrast
- Primary CTA = navy fill + white text (~10:1). Warm CTA = amber fill + navy text.
- Body text AA ≥4.5:1:
navyandgrey-600both pass onsite/white/paper. Large display ≥3:1. - Amber on navy reads well for accents/large type; avoid amber for small body text.
4. Typography
Three distinct roles. Getting this right is the brand's hardest recurring design task, so this section is a working method, not just a list.
4.1 Wordmark (logo) — fixed, not a font
The logo lettering is custom hand-drawn (outlined in the vector master). It is the brand signature; never re-typeset it in a font. Use the supplied logo files.
4.2 Brand type (standing text) — Commissioner [confirmed]
All standing text — headings, sub-headlines, body, UI, buttons, captions, specs, data, and titles as rendered on the web — uses a clean Google font with complete, authentic Greek:
font-family: "Commissioner", "Source Sans 3", system-ui, sans-serif;
- Commissioner is a humanist sans (Rotis-adjacent feel) with excellent Greek, variable weights and reliable rendering — chosen so the web never depends on exotic type. Served from Google Fonts.
- We deliberately don't chase typographic precision on the web (it risks looking broken). Expressive per-concept title faces live in print/cover artwork only (§4.3), embedded in InDesign; on web those titles fall back to Commissioner.
- Set headings in Commissioner SemiBold/Bold, body in Regular, eyebrows in small caps + wide tracking (
ΧΕΙΡΟΠΟΙΗΤΟ ΣΤΑ ΤΡΙΚΑΛΑ).
4.3 Title type — VARIABLE per concept [by design · print/cover only]
There is no fixed Moodbook title font, and this applies to print/cover artwork — not the web (on web, titles render in Commissioner). Each book/campaign cover title is set in a face chosen to express that concept (the WTF title and the Wedding title should not feel the same), embedded in InDesign. It eats time, so the system gives you a method + a pre-vetted shortlist to pull from instead of starting cold each time.
Hard constraints for any title face: 1. Proper Greek glyphs — correct tonos, not a Latin font faking accents. 2. Commercial + embedding/print license (you're printing covers and embedding in PDF/IDML). 3. Legible at the title size on a matte cover. 4. Distinct from the brand sans (the title should sing; Commissioner carries everything else).
Concept → title-style → candidate faces (starting points — always test the actual Greek title string + check license):
| Concept / mood | Title style | Candidate faces (verify Greek + license) |
|---|---|---|
| Elegant, literary, wedding, keepsake | High-contrast didone / refined serif | GFS Didot, GFS Bodoni, Cormorant, EB Garamond |
| Warm, classic, "book" feel | Garalde / humanist serif | GFS Garaldus, Alegreya, Vollkorn |
| Calm modern, wellbeing, motherhood | Humanist serif/sans hybrid | GFS Neohellenic, Source Serif 4, Commissioner (as title, heavier weight) |
| Personal, intimate, hand-written | Authentic Greek script/hand | GFS Gazis, GFS Olga, Caveat (confirm Greek) |
| Bold, punchy, irreverent (e.g. "The Original Sin"/WTF) | Heavy grotesque / condensed display | a heavy grotesque, Anton (confirm Greek) — or a custom hand-lettered title |
| Retro / themed (e.g. VHS, 80s) | Era-specific display | source per concept; Google Fonts filtered by Greek, or custom |
| Travel, exploratory | Open geometric / airy serif | GFS Didot (light), Cormorant, a clean Commissioner title |
Where to source fast: - Greek Font Society (GFS) — the authoritative catalog of faces designed for Greek; first stop for elegant/classic/script titles, licenses are clear. - Google Fonts, filtered by Language → Greek — for free/embeddable options; confirm the Greek subset is actually present. - A custom hand-lettered title (in the spirit of the logo) for the quirky/irreverent lines — often faster and more on-brand than hunting for a quirky Greek font that doesn't exist.
Title selection checklist (paste into each cover brief): ☐ Concept named in one word ☐ Style picked from the matrix ☐ 2–3 candidates set with the real Greek title ☐ tonos renders correctly ☐ license OK for print + embed ☐ reads on the matte cover at size ☐ distinct from Commissioner.
4.4 Scale & metrics
display-xl 64 · display-lg 48 · h1 36 · h2 28 · h3 22 · body-lg 18 · body 16 · small 14 · caption 12 (px, digital).
Line-height: display 1.1, body 1.5, long-form Greek 1.65. Tracking: display -0.01em; eyebrows 0.08em.
5. Logo [confirmed]
Horizontal hand-drawn wordmark MOOΔBOOK with a sun/swirl mark over the first letter. Colors navy #193150 + amber #F8990F. Files in assets/logo/:
- moodbook-logo-master.pdf — vector master (color + mono pages).
- moodbook-logo-color.png, moodbook-logo-mono-black.png, moodbook-logo-reversed-white.png — transparent.
Usage: color or mono on light backgrounds; reversed-white on navy/dark or busy photos. Clear space ≥ wordmark cap-height all sides. Min size 96px digital / 18mm print. Placement quiet corner or subtle watermark — never competing with the focal point. Still useful: a true SVG export (master is PDF), and confirmation of whether an icon-only submark (the sun) exists for avatars/favicons.
6. Imagery & art direction
Authentic over staged; the analog ritual in warm light.
Always: natural/golden light · hands in action (writing, flipping pages) · visible texture (70g paper grain, matte finish) · cozy companions (coffee, quiet corner) · local grounding (URBAN shop, stone houses, bicycles — sparingly) · the imperfection of the handmade.
Never: stock-photo look, plastic smiles, over-staging, neon, color-distorting filters, countdown timers, dark patterns, death-adjacent imagery (use «μη φεύγουν οι αναμνήσεις στα screenshots», not morbid framing).
Faces & gaze: one human focal point; authentic expression; gaze toward the product leads the viewer.
On the grey canvas: product photography pops against site grey — keep backgrounds clean and let the product's cover color be the color.
7. Texture & material language
The material is paper and ink. Prefer clean edges (radius.none for editorial; radius.md 8px for buttons/chips — a nod to the friendly hand-drawn wordmark). Soft, rare shadows (shadow.soft, navy-tinted) suggesting a lifting page, never glossy drops. Dividers: hairline rule or thin band. Optional subtle paper grain on warm/paper surfaces; keep the grey web canvas flat and minimal.
8. Iconography & graphic devices
- Line style: thin, slightly hand-drawn line work in
navy(echoing the logo), not flat material glyphs. - Motifs: open book, pen nib, ribbon bookmark, single botanical line, map/continent outlines (travel), calendar grid; the sun mark from the logo as a recurring brand glyph.
- Signature device: the staccato imperative ladder at the CTA — «Πάρε ένα στυλό. Κλείσε το κινητό. Γράψε.» (climactic CTA only).
- Eyebrow/proof chips: small-caps in a
pillchip («300+ νύφες», «Bestseller από το 2020»). - Avoid 01/02/03 numbering unless genuinely sequential; ≤1–2 emoji and only where natural.
9. Layout & composition
Neuromarketing-led (~95% of buying is non-conscious).
- Grid: 12-col for web/large canvases; fixed formats use safeMargin from asset-specs.json.
- Spacing: 4px base (space.1…32); generous negative space (premium, low cognitive load — and it suits the minimal grey canvas).
- One focal point. Eye path: faces → motion → color → text. Readable in <3s. One idea per asset.
- Hierarchy: focal image → title (concept face) → one benefit (Commissioner) → single CTA → logo.
- Fogg (B=MAP): serve ≥1 of Motivation (emotion + social proof), Ability (simple, few steps), Prompt (one CTA after the emotional peak).
- Text overlay ≤20%. One product per ad (2–3 only in a deliberate bundle).
10. Copy on assets
Emotion first, feature second; one benefit per headline; always one specific detail (number, material, place); never generic claims. Positive framing — never open with «Δεν».
| Element | Limit | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Google Search headline | 30 chars | hook ≤3 words |
| Google Search description | 90 chars | desire → 1 specific → soft invite |
| Meta primary text (above fold) | ~125 chars | hook line 1; speak to one person |
| Eyebrow/label | 1–3 words | small caps |
Headline banks: Emotional: «Ό,τι γράφεις, μένει δικό σου» · «Η ήσυχη γωνιά σου» · «Γράψε, μην scrollάρεις». Benefit: «244 σελίδες οργάνωσης» · «Βελούδινο εξώφυλλο» · «Premium χαρτί 70gsm». Social proof: «300+ νύφες το εμπιστεύτηκαν» · «Αξιολόγηση 4.9/5» · «Bestseller από το 2020». Soft CTA: «Δες το από κοντά» · «Ξεκίνα την οργάνωση».
Black-list: lazy anglicism calques, clichés, toxic positivity, aggressive urgency, death-adjacent loss framing, generic superlatives. Deliberate contrastive anglicism allowed only when English is the point (digital-vs-paper: «backspace», «undo», «notifications»).
Seasonal angles: Σεπ–Οκτ Wedding · Νοε–Δεκ Δώρα · Ιαν New Year · Φεβ Valentine's · Μαρ–Μάι Γιορτές γονέων · Ιουν–Αυγ Travel/Summer. Rotate creative every 4–6 weeks.
11. Asset recipes (anatomy per format)
Pull exact dimensions/safe-areas from asset-specs.json.
- Meta feed (1080×1350, 4:5) — conversion: focal photo (hands + product on grey or warm surface) top ⅔ → title (concept face on print art / Commissioner on web) → one benefit (Commissioner) → proof chip → single CTA (navy, or amber for seasonal) → logo corner. One accent beyond navy: amber or the product's cover color.
- Story/Reel (1080×1920): full-bleed; all text/logo/CTA inside safe area (top 250 / bottom 320 / sides 64). Video: Hook 0–3s → Problem 3–8s → Peak 8–20s → CTA last 3–5s. ASMR signature (page-flip, pen on paper). Subtitles always.
- Carousel (4:5, ≤10): slide 1 hook → 2–6 problem→solution → last slide single CTA. Consistent header band across slides (mere exposure).
- Google Display (300×250, 336×280, 728×90, 160×600): ruthless — product thumb + 1 headline + 1 CTA button (navy). Tiny logo, no paragraphs.
- Demand Gen (1200×628 / 1200×1200 / 960×1200): lifestyle photo-led, light text, single benefit + soft CTA.
- Cover mockup (~1200×1680, 5:7): on
#F1F1F1flat for on-shop consistency, or warm surface with hands for ads; clean product render (don't try to depict velvet texture — it renders poorly). - Web hero (Dawn): desktop 1920×1080 and a separate mobile 1080×1350 crop (Dawn Slideshow lacks native mobile swap). High-contrast overlay text (the burgundy + offset-white "letterpress" treatment works on pale images).
12. AI image generation (covers & lifestyle)
For AI-generated Moodbook imagery (Firefly / Nano Banana / Gemini / Midjourney), use this scaffold and layer Greek text in InDesign afterward (image models mangle Greek glyphs; the title face is chosen per §4 anyway).
[Format & dimensions + spine if wraparound]
Subject: [product / scene], handmade premium journal world.
Style: warm editorial, natural golden light, analog & tactile; matte finish, visible paper grain. Reference feel: Kinfolk / Cereal — restrained, NOT corporate stock.
Palette: deep navy (#193150) + warm amber (#F8990F) as brand colors; neutral grey (#F1F1F1) or warm cream (#FBF6EC) ground; optional single product cover-color accent.
Composition: one focal point, generous negative space, reserve a clean area for the title.
Include: hands writing/flipping, paper grain, cozy companions (coffee, quiet corner).
Avoid: stock-photo look, plastic smiles, neon, glossy highlights, busy layouts, on-image text, death-adjacent imagery.
Aspect ratio: [..]. High resolution, print-ready.
Note: client/freelance covers (yearbooks, memorial books) are not Moodbook assets — per-project palettes, must not inherit these tokens.
13. Accessibility & export
- Contrast: body AA ≥4.5:1 (navy & grey-600 pass); large ≥3:1; text-on-amber = navy.
- Video: subtitles everywhere; design for muted; Peak-End.
- Alt text: every published image.
- Digital: sRGB, 72dpi, PNG/JPG/WebP; overlay ≤20%; site assets on
#F1F1F1. - Print: CMYK, 300dpi, 3mm bleed, 5mm safety, PDF/X-1a; design must read on a matte surface; grain parallel to spine.
14. Build targets for Claude Code
From /tokens + /assets:
1. tokens.css — :root custom properties from design-tokens.json (resolve aliases: --color-bg-site, --color-cta-primary-bg, --font-brand, --space-4, …).
2. tailwind.config.js — theme extension mapping the same tokens.
3. Per-format canvas templates (HTML/SVG) from asset-specs.json — correct dimensions + toggleable safe-area guide layer, wired to token vars, following §11. Embed the logo from assets/logo with the right variant per background.
4. Export script — render to the right output_profile (digital sRGB/72 vs print CMYK/300 + bleed) per format key.
5. (Optional) a Style Dictionary pipeline so JSON is the single source for CSS/Tailwind/design-tool tokens.
Never hard-code hex or dimensions in templates — reference tokens.
15. Governance — confirmed vs to-confirm
Confirmed: brand colors navy #193150 + amber #F8990F (logo); site canvas #F1F1F1; logo form/variants/files; web/standing type = Commissioner (Google Fonts, full Greek); per-concept title faces = print/cover only; A5 trim, soft-touch matte hardcover, 70/100g acid-free, 200+ pp; hardcover wrap 35×25cm @300dpi CMYK; burgundy = seasonal/sale; soft-scarcity; four pillars; hybrid-artisan voice; platform formats; copy/black-list.
To-confirm (small, non-blocking): 1. Logo SVG — export a true SVG from the vector master; confirm if an icon-only sun submark exists (favicon/avatar). 2. (Resolved) Web font — Commissioner; Cera/Neutraface no longer used on web (no Neutraface-Greek risk). · (Resolved) Title font — variable per concept, print/cover only. · (Removed) Xanadu/Sapphire and the velvet colorways. · (Removed) "Velvet" as a visual guideline — covers shown as flat color; velvet-touch stays only as a print finish. · (Resolved) Warm accent = logo amber. · (Dropped) Drive brand book. · (Deferred) Project-scoped research.
This system is ready to hand to Claude Code for the §14 build; the to-confirm items can be filled in place without restructuring.
Design system (Claude) — handoff
Handoff to Claude Code
Copy the prompt block below into Claude Code to turn this design system into code and push it to a new permanent branch.
Before you paste:
- If Code runs outside this repo, prepend: "the repo is at <path or URL>".
- If you'd rather skip the PR and just keep the branch, change the PR line to "push only, no PR".
ΕΡΓΟ: Μετατροπή του Moodbook Design System σε κώδικα και ανέβασμα σε νέο μόνιμο branch.
ΠΛΑΙΣΙΟ
Δουλεύεις μέσα στο repo του Moodbook. Σου έχω βάλει τον φάκελο `moodbook-design-system/`
(README.md, DESIGN_SYSTEM.md, HANDOFF_TO_CODE.md, tokens/design-tokens.json, tokens/asset-specs.json, assets/logo/*).
ΜΗΝ βασιστείς σε προηγούμενη γνώση σου για design systems ή για το brand — η γνώση σου εδώ
μπορεί να είναι παρωχημένη. ΜΟΝΗ αυθεντία είναι τα αρχεία αυτά. Διάβασέ τα ΠΛΗΡΩΣ πριν γράψεις κώδικα
(ιδίως DESIGN_SYSTEM.md §3 χρώματα, §4 τυπογραφία, §11 asset recipes, §14 build targets, §15 governance).
SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH
Τα δύο JSON στο tokens/ είναι η μόνη πηγή τιμών. ΠΟΤΕ μην κάνεις hard-code hex, γραμματοσειρές ή
διαστάσεις στα templates/CSS — όλα να παράγονται από τα tokens. Το `design-tokens.json` είναι DTCG
(core primitives + semantic aliases)· κατά το build ανάλυσε τα aliases `{core.color.x}` στο semantic layer.
ΖΗΤΟΥΜΕΝΑ ARTIFACTS (build targets, §14)
1. Στήσε pipeline με Style Dictionary v4 (DTCG) ώστε το JSON να παραμένει η πηγή και να ξαναπαράγονται όλα.
2. `tokens.css` — CSS custom properties από το semantic layer (π.χ. --color-bg-site, --color-cta-primary-bg,
--font-brand, --space-4 κ.λπ.).
3. `tailwind.config.js` — theme extension που χαρτογραφεί τα ίδια tokens (colors, fontFamily, fontSize,
spacing, borderRadius, boxShadow).
4. Per-format canvas templates (HTML/SVG) για ΚΑΘΕ format key στο asset-specs.json:
- σωστές διαστάσεις,
- toggleable safe-area guide layer (overlay που ανοίγει/κλείνει),
- συνδεδεμένα με τα CSS vars (όχι σταθερές τιμές),
- ενσωματωμένο logo από assets/logo με ΣΩΣΤΟ variant ανά φόντο (color/mono σε light, reversed-white σε
navy/σκούρα/φωτό),
- ακολούθησε τα recipes του §11 ανά τύπο (Meta feed/story/carousel, Google Display/Demand Gen, web hero, cover mockup).
5. Export script (Node) που κάνει render τα templates στο σωστό output_profile ανά format:
digital = sRGB/72dpi (PNG/JPG/WebP). Για print = CMYK/300dpi + 3mm bleed: αν δεν γίνεται αξιόπιστα από
HTML, ΜΗΝ το ψευτο-υλοποιήσεις — υλοπoίησε σωστά το digital path και ΓΡΑΨΕ καθαρά τι χρειάζεται για το print
path (π.χ. lib/εργαλείο) ως πρόταση.
6. Ένα index/preview HTML που δείχνει όλα τα templates μαζί για γρήγορο visual review.
7. Build README με οδηγίες εγκατάστασης/τρεξίματος (install, build tokens, render/export).
ΚΑΝΟΝΕΣ ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΦΟΡΑΣ
- Ο ΤΙΤΛΟΣ είναι μεταβλητός ανά concept (§4.3): υλοποίησέ τον ως slot/prop/CSS var (π.χ. --font-title),
ΟΧΙ σταθερή γραμματοσειρά. Το σταθερό brand sans είναι Cera/Neutraface (--font-brand).
- Για τα to-confirm του §15 (ελληνική κάλυψη Neutraface, ακριβή velvet hex, true SVG logo) ΜΗΝ εφεύρεις τιμές:
άφησε σχόλια `// TODO(confirm): ...` και χρησιμοποίησε τις τρέχουσες προσεγγιστικές τιμές των tokens.
- Δομή φακέλων καθαρή (π.χ. /design-system για input, /design-system/build για παραγόμενα). Πρότεινε αν έχεις
καλύτερη σύμβαση για το repo.
GIT WORKFLOW (σημαντικό)
- Δημιούργησε ΝΕΟ ΜΟΝΙΜΟ branch με όνομα `design-system` από το τρέχον branch (μην αγγίξεις/merge στο main).
- Commit: ολόκληρο τον φάκελο `moodbook-design-system/` + όλα τα παραγόμενα artifacts.
- Μηνύματα commit περιγραφικά (Conventional Commits, π.χ. `feat(design-system): tokens, tailwind theme,
canvas templates, export script`).
- Push το branch στο origin. Άνοιξε draft PR προς main για review, αλλά ΜΗΝ κάνεις merge και ΜΗΝ σβήσεις το branch.
- Χωρίς force-push. Αν χρειαστεί κάποια μη αναστρέψιμη ενέργεια, ρώτησέ με πρώτα.
ΑΝΑΦΟΡΑ ΣΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ
Δώσε μου: (α) το όνομα του branch + link του PR, (β) δέντρο των αρχείων που δημιούργησες,
(γ) λίστα με τα ανοιχτά TODO(confirm), (δ) πώς να τρέξω το build και το preview τοπικά.
Branch & merge strategy (for Code)
- The design system + any series/variant (e.g. Original Sin) live in ONE folder
moodbook-design-system/. Build parent + series together on thedesign-systembranch (or a fresh branch offmain) as one body — NOT a separate long-lived parallel branch per series. - Do NOT merge to
mainwhile draft/unbuilt. Merge only after (1) real artifacts are built & verified (tokens.css, Tailwind theme, templates, tests pass) and (2) the parent's open items are closed (fonts/Neutraface, ad-policy pass, etc.). - Then squash-merge to
mainand delete the branch. Avoid long-lived branches — as a solo dev they drift and get forgotten. - DEPLOY CAVEAT (important): this repo is the Shopify theme and auto-deploys to the LIVE theme
on push to
main(GitHub integration, theme #199828406604). The design system lives inmoodbook-design-system/, a non-theme folder Shopify's integration ignores — so merging it tomaindoes NOT affect the live theme rendering. Long-term tidy: move the design system + QA tooling to a separate tooling repo, so the live-theme repo carries no non-theme code and design changes don't trigger a live sync. Until then, keeping it in its own folder is acceptable.
Metaobject export guide
Metaobject & Metafield — Full Export Guide
Copy-paste GraphQL Admin API queries to export everything: every metafield definition (per owner type), every metaobject definition, every metaobject entry, and the actual metafield values on resources. Plus Bulk Operations for exporting at scale with zero pagination.
Why GraphQL and not the Admin UI: GraphQL sees everything, including DRAFT metaobjects and reference values the storefront /
all_productscannot reach. (That blind spot cost us a full debugging cycle on the reviews work.)
0. How to run these
Option A — Shopify GraphiQL app (interactive, recommended)
- Install https://shopify-graphiql-app.shopifycloud.com/login into the store.
- When prompted for scopes, enable at least:
read_products,read_metaobjects,read_metaobject_definitions,read_content,read_customers,read_orders,read_markets,read_locations,read_companies. - Paste a query, set the Variables panel (bottom-left) when a query uses
$variables, run, copy the JSON.
Option B — curl / Admin API token (for automation + Bulk downloads)
Create a custom app (Admin → Settings → Apps → Develop apps), grant the read scopes above, install, copy the Admin API access token, then:
curl -s -X POST \
"https://moodbook.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-01/graphql.json" \
-H "X-Shopify-Access-Token: shpat_XXXXXXXX" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"query":"{ shop { name } }"}'
Use --data-binary @query.json for big queries. Bump the API version
(2025-01) as Shopify releases newer stable versions.
Pagination (every connection)
Connections return max 250 per page. Every query below includes
pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }. To get the next page, pass the
endCursor as the after: variable and repeat until hasNextPage is false.
Rate/cost
Each response has extensions.cost.throttleStatus. If you get throttled, lower
first: or wait for currentlyAvailable to refill (restoreRate/sec).
1. Metaobject DEFINITIONS (the schema of every metaobject type)
query MetaobjectDefinitions($after: String) {
metaobjectDefinitions(first: 100, after: $after) {
edges {
node {
id
name
type
displayNameKey
access { admin storefront }
capabilities {
publishable { enabled }
translatable { enabled }
renderable { enabled }
onlineStore { enabled }
}
fieldDefinitions {
key
name
required
type { name }
validations { name value }
}
}
}
pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
}
}
Variables: { "after": null } (then feed endCursor).
This gives you the full list of metaobject types — you need each type
value for Section 2.
2. Metaobject ENTRIES (all rows of one type, incl. DRAFT)
Run once per type (use the type values from Section 1).
query MetaobjectEntries($type: String!, $after: String) {
metaobjects(type: $type, first: 100, after: $after) {
edges {
node {
id
handle
displayName
updatedAt
capabilities { publishable { status } } # ACTIVE vs DRAFT
fields {
key
value # references come back as GID(s) — resolve via Section 1/2
type
}
}
}
pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
}
}
Variables: { "type": "review_item", "after": null }
Repeat for product_seo_hub, brand, organization, audience_segment,
use_case_scenario, keyword_taxonomy, … (every type from Section 1).
Reference fields (
metaobject_reference,list.metaobject_reference,product_reference,file_reference,article_reference, …) export as GIDs invalue. Cross-reference them with the corresponding entries / resources to fully resolve.
3. Metafield DEFINITIONS (per owner type)
metafieldDefinitions requires an ownerType. Run once per owner type.
query MetafieldDefinitions($ownerType: MetafieldOwnerType!, $after: String) {
metafieldDefinitions(first: 250, ownerType: $ownerType, after: $after) {
edges {
node {
namespace
key
name
description
ownerType
type { name }
validations { name value }
access { admin storefront }
}
}
pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
}
}
Run with each of these ownerType values (the practical set for a store):
PRODUCT, PRODUCTVARIANT, COLLECTION, CUSTOMER, ORDER, DRAFTORDER,
COMPANY, COMPANY_LOCATION, LOCATION, MARKET, BLOG, ARTICLE, PAGE, SHOP,
DISCOUNT, MEDIA_IMAGE
Example variables: { "ownerType": "PRODUCT", "after": null }
4. Metafield VALUES on resources (the actual data)
Definitions (Section 3) are the schema; the values live on each resource. Pattern (products shown; swap the connection for collections / articles / etc.):
4.1 Products + their metafields
query ProductMetafields($after: String) {
products(first: 50, after: $after) {
edges {
node {
id
handle
title
metafields(first: 100) {
edges { node { namespace key type value } }
}
}
}
pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
}
}
4.2 Variants + metafields
query VariantMetafields($after: String) {
productVariants(first: 100, after: $after) {
edges {
node {
id
sku
product { handle }
metafields(first: 50) { edges { node { namespace key type value } } }
}
}
pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor }
}
}
4.3 Collections / Articles / Pages / Shop (same shape)
# Collections
{ collections(first: 50) { edges { node { id handle title
metafields(first: 100) { edges { node { namespace key type value } } } } }
pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor } } }
# Articles (Blog posts)
{ articles(first: 50) { edges { node { id handle title
metafields(first: 100) { edges { node { namespace key type value } } } } }
pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor } } }
# Pages
{ pages(first: 50) { edges { node { id handle title
metafields(first: 100) { edges { node { namespace key type value } } } } }
pageInfo { hasNextPage endCursor } } }
# Shop-level metafields (single object, no pagination)
{ shop { name metafields(first: 250) { edges { node { namespace key type value } } } } }
4.4 Single resource by handle / id (targeted, e.g. the dummy product)
{
product(id: "gid://shopify/Product/15784005468492") {
title handle status
metafields(first: 100) { edges { node { namespace key type value } } }
}
}
5. Bulk Operations — export EVERYTHING, no pagination
For "literally everything" at scale, the Bulk Operations API runs a query server-side over the entire dataset and returns one JSONL file. Only one bulk op runs at a time per shop.
5.1 Start a bulk export (all products + all their metafields)
mutation {
bulkOperationRunQuery(
query: """
{
products {
edges {
node {
id
handle
title
metafields {
edges { node { namespace key type value } }
}
}
}
}
}
"""
) {
bulkOperation { id status }
userErrors { field message }
}
}
Bulk rules: omit
first:/after:on connections (the bulk engine paginates for you); nested connections become separate JSONL lines linked by__parentId. Keep nesting ≤ 2 levels of connections.
5.2 Poll until done
{
currentBulkOperation {
id
status # CREATED → RUNNING → COMPLETED (or FAILED)
errorCode
objectCount
fileSize
url # download link (valid ~1 week) when COMPLETED
partialDataUrl
}
}
When status is COMPLETED, download url — it's a JSONL file (one JSON
object per line).
5.3 Bulk export metaobject entries (per type)
Bulk can also run on a single metaobject type:
mutation {
bulkOperationRunQuery(
query: """
{ metaobjects(type: "review_item") { edges { node {
id handle displayName type
fields { key value type }
} } } }
"""
) { bulkOperation { id status } userErrors { field message } }
}
Run one bulk op per metaobject type (get the type list from Section 1). Wait for each to COMPLETE (poll 5.2) before starting the next — one bulk op at a time.
6. Suggested full-export workflow
- Section 1 → get all metaobject definitions + the list of
types. - Section 3 → metafield definitions for each owner type (PRODUCT first).
- Section 2 → entries for each metaobject type (or 5.3 bulk per type).
- Section 4 / 5.1 → metafield values on products (bulk for the full catalog), then collections / articles / pages / shop as needed.
- Save each result as
<thing>.json(or.jsonlfor bulk) and keep them together — the reference GIDs in one file resolve against the others.
Quick reference — what each section answers
| Need | Section |
|---|---|
| What metaobject types exist + their fields | 1 |
| All rows of a metaobject type (incl. DRAFT) | 2 (or 5.3) |
| What metafields are defined on products/etc. | 3 |
| The actual metafield values on resources | 4 (or 5.1) |
| Everything, whole catalog, no pagination | 5 |
Tip: keep a recent stable API version in the endpoint (
/admin/api/2025-01/…). The GraphiQL app uses the latest automatically; for curl/bulk pin it explicitly.
Metadata schema
Schema snapshot — metafield & metaobject definitions
Version-controlled schema only snapshot of the Moodbook store's custom data definitions. Committed so the structure is visible/diffable in Git.
- Source:
shopify-full-export.shrun on 2026-05-31 (storemoodstaff). - Contents: metaobject definitions + metafield definitions per owner type. These describe the shape of the data (namespaces, keys, types, validations, capabilities) — no entries, no metafield values, no PII.
Files
metaobject-definitions.json— all 30 metaobject types + their field definitions.metafield-definitions-<OWNER>.json— metafield definitions per owner type (PRODUCT 35, PRODUCTVARIANT 11, ORDER 7, SHOP 7, CUSTOMER 4, ARTICLE/COLLECTION/ PAGE 1 each; others 0). Files are the raw GraphQL responses.
What is intentionally NOT here (kept local / git-ignored)
The actual data — metaobject entries (reviews, SEO hubs, …) and resource
metafield values — stays out of Git because it is store data / mild PII
(e.g., reviewer names). It lives only in the local shopify-export-*/ folders
(git-ignored). See ../METAOBJECT_EXPORT_GUIDE.md.
Refresh
Re-run the export, then copy the definition files here:
bash shopify-full-export.sh
f=$(ls -dt shopify-export-*/ | head -1)
cp "${f}metaobject-definitions.json" "${f}"metafield-definitions-*.json schema/
git add schema/ && git commit -m "chore(schema): refresh definitions snapshot"
Related:
../METAOBJECT_IMPORT_PIPELINE_DESIGN.mdproposes an authoreddata/format for writing definitions/entries back to Shopify. Thisschema/folder is the read-only current-state reference.
Delivery date extraction
Delivery Date Extraction
Cron-driven script that checks delivery status of fulfilled Shopify orders by polling courier APIs / tracking pages, and writes the delivery datetime back to each order as a metafield.
Used downstream to trigger review-request emails after the parcel has actually been delivered.
Couriers covered
| Courier | Method | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| BoxNow | Partner API (OAuth2 client_credentials) | Authenticated, structured JSON, very stable |
| Courier Center | HTML scrape (https://www.courier.gr/track/result/?tracknr=...) |
Server-rendered, ISO-8859-7 encoding. Throttled to 1 req / 1.5s |
| DHL | (skipped — Shopify handles natively) |
What it writes
For every fulfilled order in the last 30 days, on each successful check, the script upserts these order metafields (namespace custom):
| Key | Type | When set |
|---|---|---|
delivered_at |
date_time |
Once, when the parcel is first observed delivered (ISO 8601 UTC) |
delivery_status |
single_line_text_field |
Every run. Values: delivered_home, delivered_pickup, in_transit, not_found, lookup_failed |
delivery_last_check_at |
date_time |
Every run |
Important — metafield definitions: create these definitions once in Shopify Admin so they become visible in the order detail UI:
Settings → Custom data → Orders → Add definition
| Namespace + Key | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
custom.delivered_at |
Delivered at | Date and time |
custom.delivery_status |
Delivery status | Single line text |
custom.delivery_last_check_at |
Delivery last check | Date and time |
The script will write metafields even without definitions (they'll exist in API responses), but creating the definitions makes them appear cleanly in the order page sidebar.
Local setup
# 1. Clone, cd, create virtualenv (optional)
python -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\activate # PowerShell on Windows
# 2. Install deps
pip install -r requirements.txt
# 3. Copy env template and fill values
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env
# 4. First run with DRY_RUN=1 — no metafields written
python delivery_tracker.py
# 5. When happy, set DRY_RUN=0 in .env and run for real
GitHub Actions deployment
- Create a new private GitHub repo and push this folder.
- Repo → Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → New repository secret, add each:
-
SHOPIFY_DOMAIN(e.g.moodstaff.myshopify.com) -SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN(shpat_...) -BOXNOW_CLIENT_ID-BOXNOW_CLIENT_SECRET-BOXNOW_PARTNER_ID - The workflow
.github/workflows/track-deliveries.ymlruns every 4 hours automatically. You can also trigger it manually from the Actions tab → Track Deliveries → Run workflow.
Cost
GitHub Actions free tier on private repos: 2000 min/month. This job runs ~3 minutes × 6 times/day × 30 days = ~540 min/month — well within free tier.
Phase 2 (future): trigger review email
Once custom.delivered_at is reliably populated, the email trigger can be implemented in any of these ways (out of scope for this repo):
- Shopify Flow with trigger Order metafield updated + condition delivery_status equals delivered_home or delivered_pickup, action send-email after-delay-7-days
- Klaviyo / Mailchimp customer journey listening to a metafield-update webhook
- A second scheduled job that finds orders where
delivered_atis between 7 and 8 days ago andreview_email_sentis unset, then sends + marks
Overview / handoff
Moodbook Ads Bot — Session Handoff Document
From session: 21-22/05/2026 (Module 0.6 Phase B/E + 0.7 + branch protection + PAT bridge)
To: New chat session
Date: 22/05/2026
Repo: saristidis/moodbook-ads-bot
Status: Production stable, daily-report operational, ready for next phase
0. How to use this document
You are an AI marketing consultant continuing work on the Moodbook Ads Bot — a Google Ads automation system for Stelios's premium Greek e-commerce brand. This document captures:
- Where the project stands operationally
- What technical decisions were made in the previous session and why
- What's next in the roadmap
- Working patterns that have proven valuable
- Critical constraints and invariants
Start by reading this entire document. Then verify state against main branch in the repo before suggesting any action. The repo is the source of truth — this document captures intent, but main reflects reality.
1. Quick state snapshot
Production state (live and operational)
| System | Status |
|---|---|
| Module 0.0 — Foundation (daily report workflow at 07:00 EET) | ✅ Production |
| Module 0.5 — Conversion-to-net ratio corrections (0.8578 ratio, dual ROAS display) | ✅ Production |
| Module 0.6 Phase A — Safety margins config (per-category: COGS 5%, Shipping 20%, Packaging 10%, Payment 5%) | ✅ Production |
| Economics v1.3 — Shipping accounting correction (charges €2.50, costs €2.08, NET +€0.42 profit/order) | ✅ Production |
| Module 0.7 — Validation pipeline (5-layer validation, auto-merge, branch protection) | ✅ Production |
| Module 0.6 Phase B+E — Safety-aware ProfitabilityCalculator + Phase E reporter integration | ✅ Production |
| PAT bridge for daily-report push | ✅ Production (since 22/05) |
Current economics (live values in config/economics.yaml v1.3)
- AOV (configured): €20.83 — DRIFT WARN: 30-day actual is €22.20 (+6.6%)
- Variable cost per order: €5.20 (COGS 4.70 + packaging 0.50 + 2% payment fees - 0.42 shipping profit)
- Contribution margin: €15.63 per order
- Contribution margin (safety-adjusted): €15.40 per order
- Break-even ROAS (net, math): 1.353x
- Break-even ROAS (net, safety-adjusted + 8.7% buffer): 1.47x
- Break-even ROAS (reported, safety-adjusted): 1.71x
- Monthly Moodbook overheads: €2,010 (60% allocation of shared €3,100 + €150 dedicated)
- Break-even orders/month: ~129
Active campaigns (4)
- Wedding PMax — yellow (rolling)
- Pregnancy PMax — yellow (rolling)
- Tell me Mom PMax — green (rolling, promoted from yellow after v1.3 economics)
- Grandpa(ma) PMax — yellow (rolling)
Paused campaigns (since ~01/05/2026)
- Baptism 2026 PMax
- Tell me Dad PMax
- Wedding Search
2. The user (Stelios)
Business profile (don't re-derive — these are established facts): - Sole proprietor running Urban Print (production) + Moodbook (consumer brand) under one legal entity - Premium positioning — never propose discount-based promotions - Greek e-commerce, primarily mobile traffic (~83%) - Wedding/Pregnancy/Grandparent/Parent/Baptism/Baby personalized journals - Currently 4 active campaigns, planning expansion to 19 product campaigns - AOV currently €20.83 configured / €22.20 actual (drift to recalibrate) - ~178 orders/month, mostly from paid traffic (~66%) - Returning customer rate: ~8% (acquisition economics dominate)
Technical profile: - Junior technical level - Business expert - Defers to AI on technical decisions - Retains business decision authority - Expects clear options + recommendations, not bare technical descriptions
Communication preferences: - Greek for business content (product names, copy, narratives) - English for technical documentation - Direct, no fluff - Surface findings before applying fixes - Multiple options with trade-offs > single recommendation
3. Established working patterns (DO NOT BREAK THESE)
These patterns emerged through extensive collaboration and have proven valuable. Continue them.
Pattern 1: Smoke test before parallel work
When multiple PRs would run in parallel and share infrastructure, always open one test PR first to validate the shared infrastructure end-to-end. Caught 3+ distinct bugs that would have been hard to isolate in parallel.
Pattern 2: Halt and verify before applying fix
Before executing any API call, infrastructure change, or "fix" — verify it works as expected. The previous session caught:
- bypass_pull_request_allowances proposed for branch protection (would not have worked)
- --repo flag missing in auto-merge.yml (would have crashed)
- allow_auto_merge: false at repo level (would have blocked all auto-merges)
If you propose a technical fix, run it through verification (read API docs, check workflow body, etc.) before recommending execution.
Pattern 3: First end-to-end exercise flag
When a new contract is being exercised for the first time (new module, new API integration, new workflow), explicitly flag it as such. Triggers extra scrutiny moment, both from Claude Code and from Stelios review.
Pattern 4: Math verification before path commitment
Multiple times in previous session, I (the AI consultant) proposed math reasoning that didn't reconcile when Claude Code ran the calculations. For any non-trivial multi-step economic formula, ask Claude Code to verify the calculation before committing to a path.
Pattern 5: Don't push yaml value changes through amendments docs without confirmation
Spec amendments are methodology specifications. They should not silently shift business-relevant values (BE thresholds, zone boundaries, AOV) without explicit Stelios confirmation.
Pattern 6: AI proposes, Stelios approves, system applies
Never automatic mutations to Google Ads, Shopify, or any external system. Every change goes through: 1. AI analyzes and proposes 2. PR created with proposed changes 3. Stelios reviews 4. Stelios approves 5. System applies
This is the core safety principle. Don't propose architectures that violate it.
4. Recent critical decisions (with rationale)
Decision: Methodology A for safety margins (PR #11)
After the v1.3 shipping correction, the math for break-even ROAS didn't reconcile cleanly with the original Module 0.6 spec. We had 3 options: - A: Keep yaml as-is, document the "shipping safety on profit" wart - B: Adopt mathematically coherent Methodology, update yaml (zones shift) - C: Hybrid with two BE values
Chose Methodology A. The shipping incoherence is mathematically odd but operationally negligible (€0.08/order, 0.5% of CM). Proper shipping risk modeling deferred to future module. Zone reclassifications avoided.
Decision: PAT bridge instead of ruleset migration (22/05)
GitHub Rulesets don't allow Integration bypass actors in personal repos. We have 3 paths: - Path 1: Migrate to GitHub org (proper fix, ~half-day work) - Path 2: PAT bridge (5-min fix, bridge until org migration) - Path 3: Accept failure (operationally bad)
Chose Path 2 with PAT scoped to Contents: Read and write only on this single repo. Org migration tracked as long-term item.
Decision: 7-day rolling window for zones (Module 1 v2 amendment)
Daily zone classification was misleading due to: - Conversion lag (up to 3 days) - Customer journey latency (4+ days) - Low daily volume creating noise
Module 1 v2 will use 7-day rolling for zone classification. Daily values shown informationally without zone badge. Campaigns with <5 days of history return insufficient_data.
Decision: Sequential PRs not parallel (after first finding)
Originally planned 3 parallel PRs (Module 0.6 Phase B-D + Module 0.7 + Module 1 v2). After smoke tests surfaced 2 distinct bugs sequentially, we serialized: 1. Module 0.7 first 2. Module 0.6 Phase B+E next 3. Module 1 v2 only after 0.6 stabilizes
This was the right call.
Decision: Light pre-processing with Haiku for Module 0.8 audits
For the planned Campaign Audit Data Gatherer (Module 0.8), light pre-processing happens with Haiku (pattern matching, statistical flagging, executive summary). Strategic analysis stays with Opus (in consulting chats). Cost: ~$0.20/month for the Haiku layer.
5. The roadmap
Immediate next priority
Module 0.8 — Campaign Audit Data Gatherer (NEW, agreed in previous session, spec to be written)
Purpose: Automate the data gathering step of the bi-weekly campaign audits that Stelios currently does manually in consulting chats. Saves 1-2 hours/week.
Specifications (agreed):
- Cadence: Monday and Thursday morning (06:00 EET, before Stelios wakes up)
- Storage: Google Drive (folder structure: moodbook-audits/YYYY-MM-DD-audit.md)
- Windows: Multi-window approach
- 3-4 days (recent slice)
- 14 days (stable tactical view, used for search term sample sizing)
- 30 days (strategic context, used for asset performance)
- Detail level: Standard to exhausting (between Sections 1-10 described below)
- Pre-processing: Light Haiku-based statistical flagging
- Priority: Before Module 1 v2 (provides immediate consulting workflow value)
Sections to include (1-10): 1. Performance overview (3 windows) 2. Search terms analysis (14d, top 50) 3. Asset performance (30d, with Low rating flags) 4. Audience insights (demographics, devices, geo, time-of-day) 5. Bid strategy + signals (tROAS, optimization score, recommendations) 6. Shopping feed health (PMax product groups) 7. Conversion path 8. Portfolio overview (cannibalization, budget allocation) 9. Recent changes log (from repo state) 10. Top-of-mind issues (Haiku pre-processed executive summary)
Spec document to be written: MODULE_0_8_CAMPAIGN_AUDIT_DATA.md
Short-term (next 1-2 sessions)
- AOV recalibration: €20.83 → €22.20 (drift signal already detected). Affects BE math. Careful PR with zone impact table. Should happen before Module 1 v2 to avoid moving target.
- Module 0.6 Phase C — SensitivityAnalyzer
- Module 0.6 Phase D —
tools/sensitivity.pyCLI tool
Medium-term
- Module 1 v2 — Profit-aware reporting + anomaly detection (full spec ready, 4-5 days)
- SQLite metrics DB
- Day-of-week Z-score with rolling fallback
- Rolling 7-day window for zones (replaces daily)
- Monthly break-even tracker with cumulative loss carry-forward (no win carry-forward)
- tROAS auto-read from Google Ads API
- Email redesign with glossary links instead of tooltips
- Sonnet narrative for anomalies
- GitHub Issues for critical anomalies
- First commit: §0.1 cleanup (rename
used_in_calculations→net_to_business)
Long-term
- GitHub org migration (replaces PAT bridge, enables rulesets bypass actors)
- Module 2 — Negative Keywords automation (Haiku classifier + PR proposals)
- Module 3 — Customer Match / RFM (Data Manager API, lapsed exclusion)
- Module 4 — Custom Labels audit (retrofit)
- Module 5 — Creative Fatigue + GenAI ad copy (Sonnet copywriter)
- Module 6 — tROAS Calibration
- Module 7 — Seasonal Calendar
- Module 8 — Mobile Funnel/GA4 audit (deferred — GA4 issues)
- Module 9 — Forecast/Saturation CLI
- Module 10 — Recommendations Triage
- Future shipping risk module (proper modeling)
6. Outstanding follow-up items
| # | Item | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add allow_auto_merge: true enable to setup_branch_protection.sh |
Low |
| 2 | Add pre-flight check to setup_branch_protection.sh (verifies validation-pipeline has run before applying) |
Low |
| 3 | Calendar reminder for PAT rotation (January 2027, expires 20/02/2027) | Stelios — done |
7. Critical invariants (in CLAUDE.md, must be preserved)
- Premium positioning: Never discount-based promotions
- Greek primary, English in code/logs
- Brand glossary: "βιβλίο" not "ημερολόγιο" for grandparent campaigns; gift framing; religious sensitivity for baptism
- Books = 6% VAT, never 24%
- PII hashing required (SHA-256) before persistence
- DRY_RUN=true default, no mutations without PR
- Cost caps are hard limits ($25/month Anthropic budget)
- Module 0.5 conversion value invariant: ALWAYS use
conversion_value_net_eurfor break-even comparisons - Module 0.6 safety margin invariant
- Module 0.7 5-layer validation pipeline invariants
- Module 0.6 v1.3 shipping accounting invariant: shipping is NET PROFIT (-€0.42 cost = +€0.42 profit)
8. Recent files in the repo (key references)
Specs (specification documents/):
- MODULE_0_6_SAFETY_AND_SENSITIVITY.md — original Phase A-D spec
- MODULE_0_6_AMENDMENTS.md — Phase A clarifications
- MODULE_0_6_V1_3_COMPAT_AMENDMENTS.md — Methodology A documentation
- MODULE_0_7_AUTOMATED_VALIDATION.md — original validation pipeline spec
- MODULE_0_7_AMENDMENTS.md — threshold updates + email conventions
- MODULE_1_v2.md — original Module 1 v2 spec (1025 lines, comprehensive)
- MODULE_1_v2_AMENDMENTS.md — rolling windows, tROAS auto-read, MTD redesign
Documentation (docs/):
- economics_history.md — full audit trail of economics.yaml changes (v1.0 → v1.3)
- branch_protection_via_rulesets.md — current status: PAT bridge active, awaiting org migration
- SETUP.md — bootstrap instructions
Code structure:
- config/economics.yaml v1.3.0 (canonical economic config)
- config/glossary.yaml v1.3.0 (synced with economics)
- config/settings.yaml, config/validation_thresholds.yaml
- src/calculators/profitability.py — Methodology A implementation
- src/validation/ — 5-layer pipeline
- tools/validate_economics.py — config validation script
- tools/setup_branch_protection.sh — ruleset script (dormant, ready for org migration)
9. Things NOT to do
- Don't propose architectural changes to bypass the AI-proposes-Stelios-approves principle
- Don't suggest discount-based promotional strategies
- Don't propose silent yaml value changes
- Don't skip the verification step on technical fixes
- Don't propose 3+ parallel PRs that share infrastructure (smoke test first)
- Don't bypass the validation pipeline for production changes
- Don't propose auto-pause logic for campaigns (even critical anomalies just open Issues; Stelios decides)
- Don't introduce parallel-methodology calculations in reports (Module 0.6 violated this once, fixed in Phase B+E migration)
- Don't propose actions that require Google Ads API write scope beyond what's already approved (token approval pending Basic Access)
10. Communication style for this user
- Greek for business content, brand voice
- English for technical documentation
- Direct, concise — Stelios reads on mobile while making coffee
- Multiple options with trade-offs > one prescription
- Surface findings, don't hide them
- Explicit "halt and ask" when uncertain
- Reflective when patterns are established (e.g., "this confirms Pattern X from previous work")
- Honest about own limitations (e.g., math verification, complex multi-step reasoning)
11. Day-1 task in new session
FIRST PRIORITY — AOV discrepancy investigation (added 22/05 evening)
Stelios verified actual Shopify AOV values: - Q1 2026: €20.01 - YTD 2026 (Ιαν-Μάι): €20.40 - 2025 full year: €19.74
But the daily-health-check Layer 3 reports actual AOV as €22.20. These don't reconcile. The €22.20 figure does not match any Shopify-derived view of the business.
This is likely a measurement bug, not a drift signal. Before recommending AOV recalibration:
- Read the AOV computation code in the health check
- Likely in
tools/health_check.pyorsrc/validation/layer_3_reality.py- Identify: what window, what filter, what aggregation method - Re-run the same query against Shopify manually to reproduce
- Identify the discrepancy source: - Bug in the formula (e.g., including shipping/VAT incorrectly) - Different window than expected - Filter mismatch (e.g., including refunded orders) - Sample bias in the rolling window
- Document the finding before proposing any fix
Only after the discrepancy is understood, propose either:
- Fix the health_check bug (preferred if confirmed)
- Update economics.yaml AOV from €20.83 to the verified actual value (likely ~€20.40, not €22.20)
- Document a known difference between two valid methodologies
Stelios's observation: AOV should not be static forever. A proper quarterly recalibration mechanism makes sense, but only after the measurement is trusted.
THEN — alternative paths after the AOV investigation is closed:
When Stelios opens the new session, expect one of:
Option A: He asks for the Module 0.8 spec (Campaign Audit Data Gatherer)
→ Write MODULE_0_8_CAMPAIGN_AUDIT_DATA.md based on §5 above
Option B: He asks about Module 0.6 Phase C-D → Resume Phase C-D from original Module 0.6 spec
Option C: He asks about something else entirely → Listen first, don't assume direction
In all cases, start by acknowledging that previous session ended with daily-report restoration via PAT bridge AND with an open AOV measurement discrepancy that should be the first investigation.
12. Quick verification commands for new session start
# Verify current main state
cd moodbook-ads-bot && git pull origin main
git log -5 --oneline
# Verify economics state
python tools/validate_economics.py
# Check current daily-report state
ls -la state/snapshots/ | tail -10
ls -la reports/daily/ | tail -10
# Verify branch protection still active
gh api repos/saristidis/moodbook-ads-bot/branches/main/protection | jq .required_status_checks
Expected: pass on all checks, recent files dated 22/05/2026 or later.
13. Open question worth discussing early
The AOV measurement discrepancy (configured €20.83 vs health check €22.20 vs verified Shopify Q1 €20.01, YTD €20.40) is the highest-priority investigation for the new session. The €22.20 figure surfaced by Layer 3 of the daily-health-check does not reconcile with Shopify's own reporting.
This is potentially a measurement bug, not a drift signal. Section 11 above documents the investigation steps. Do not propose AOV recalibration before understanding why the measurements diverge.
Once resolved, Stelios's broader observation stands: AOV should not be static forever, and a proper quarterly recalibration PR mechanism makes sense — but only after the measurement layer is trusted.
End of handoff document.
Continuation context: The previous session ended at ~13:25 UTC on 22/05/2026 with the PAT bridge PR (#14) successfully merged and the daily-report manually triggered to confirm operational restoration. The next email (auto-scheduled for 07:30 EET on 23/05/2026) should arrive normally.
The next session should pick up from there, with main at commit d39e2cf (daily report 2026-05-22) or later.
Supplemental feed — tech spec
Tech Spec: Google Merchant Center Supplemental Feed via Shopify Liquid
Project: Moodbook (moodbook.gr) Theme: Shopify Dawn 15.4.1 Target Implementer: Claude Code Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Estimated Effort: 2-3 hours Status: Ready for implementation
1. Objective & Business Context
What we're building
A public XML endpoint on the Moodbook Shopify store that exports product custom labels (stored as Shopify metafields) in Google Merchant Center supplemental feed format. The Merchant Center will fetch this URL daily and merge the custom_label_0 values with the primary product feed.
Why we're building this
The store has 6 active Google Ads Performance Max campaigns sharing the same Merchant Center product feed. Without custom labels, the Google algorithm cannibalizes between campaigns, serving the same product through multiple campaigns and inflating CPA. Custom labels enable strict listing group filters per campaign, eliminating cannibalism.
Shopify's native Google channel does not expose custom_label_0 through custom_label_4 fields in its primary feed. A supplemental feed is the standard workaround. The Merchant Center merges supplemental data with primary feed entries based on matching id field.
Background context the implementer should know
- The store sells premium handmade journals/diaries in Greek market
- Average product price: €19.70, average COGS: €4.70
- Break-even ROAS: 1.31x — every wasted impression costs real margin
- 6 PMax campaigns: Wedding, Pregnancy, Tell Me Mom, Grandparent, Baptism, plus one expansion campaign
- The supplemental feed must be reliable — if it fails silently, custom labels disappear from GMC and listing groups break
2. Acceptance Criteria
The implementation is complete when:
- ✅ A public URL
https://moodbook.gr/pages/google-supplemental-feedreturns valid XML - ✅ XML output is clean — no theme chrome (no
<html>,<head>,<body>, no header/footer markup) - ✅ Response
Content-Typeis appropriate (application/xmlortext/xml) - ✅ Every product variant in the Shopify catalog appears as one
<item>entry - ✅ Each
<item>contains a<g:id>matching format:shopify_GR_{product.id}_{variant.id} - ✅ Each
<item>contains<g:custom_label_0>with the value fromproduct.metafields.custom.custom_label_0 - ✅ Each
<item>contains<g:custom_label_1>only if the metafield has a non-blank value (conditional output) - ✅ Items without
custom_label_0metafield are excluded from output (don't pollute feed with empty entries) - ✅ XML validates with no parser errors (test via
xmllintor online XML validator) - ✅ Implementation works on Dawn 15.4.1 with no modifications to core theme files (only new files added)
- ✅ The page is publicly accessible without authentication
- ✅ The page is excluded from search engine indexing (
robotsmeta or X-Robots-Tag header)
3. File Structure & Implementation Approach
Files to create (3 new files, zero modifications to existing files)
File 1: templates/page.google-feed.liquid
This is the Shopify template that gets assigned to the page in admin. It assigns a custom layout and renders the feed snippet.
{% layout 'feed' %}
{%- render 'google-supplemental-feed' -%}
File 2: layout/feed.liquid
This is a minimal layout with zero theme chrome. It only renders the XML content with proper XML declaration.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
{{- content_for_layout -}}
Critical: No <html>, no <head>, no <body>, no liquid theme tags. Just the XML declaration and the layout content.
File 3: snippets/google-supplemental-feed.liquid
This is the main logic — iterates products, generates XML items. See Section 4 for detailed spec.
Why this 3-file architecture
- Separation of concerns: template assigns layout, layout provides minimal wrapper, snippet contains logic
- Update safety: core Dawn files untouched → theme updates won't break this
- Reusability: if we add other feeds (Bing, Facebook), the layout can be reused
Files to NOT modify
layout/theme.liquid— keep untouchedtemplates/page.liquid— keep untouched (this is the default page template)- Any
sections/*.liquid— keep untouched - Any other core Dawn files
4. Liquid Logic Specification
High-level pseudocode
For each product in the store catalog:
Skip if product.metafields.custom.custom_label_0 is blank
For each variant of the product:
Emit <item> with:
<g:id> = "shopify_GR_{product.id}_{variant.id}"
<g:custom_label_0> = product.metafields.custom.custom_label_0
If product.metafields.custom.custom_label_1 is not blank:
<g:custom_label_1> = product.metafields.custom.custom_label_1
Implementation details
Iteration source:
Use collections.all.products to get all products in the catalog.
Pagination:
Use {% paginate ... by 5000 %} to handle large catalogs in a single response. The store has 57 products × ~6 variants average = ~340 entries, well within limits. If pagination is needed (>5000 items), implement it transparently in a single response.
Metafield access:
- Use product.metafields.custom.custom_label_0 (not custom_label_0.value)
- For blank checks, use != blank (Shopify's idiomatic check)
- Metafields with Storefront access: enabled are accessible from Liquid (already configured)
ID format:
- Format: shopify_GR_{product.id}_{variant.id}
- Example: shopify_GR_9166915666252_48682551738700
- This format must match exactly the IDs in the primary Shopify Google feed (verified from Merchant Center export)
Whitespace handling:
- Use {%- and -%} (with hyphens) on liquid tags inside the XML to minimize whitespace
- Don't worry about pretty formatting of XML — Merchant Center doesn't care
- DO ensure no leading whitespace before <?xml version="1.0"...?> declaration
Character escaping:
- Custom label values are controlled (we set them: WEDDING, PREGNANCY, etc.) so no escaping issues expected
- BUT defensively wrap values in CDATA or use Liquid's xml_escape filter to be safe:
liquid
<g:custom_label_0>{{ product.metafields.custom.custom_label_0 | xml_escape }}</g:custom_label_0>
Empty product handling: If a product has zero variants (rare but possible), the inner loop produces nothing. The outer "skip if no label" check handles this gracefully.
Edge cases to handle
| Edge case | Expected behavior |
|---|---|
Product has no custom_label_0 metafield |
Skip the entire product (don't emit empty items) |
Product has custom_label_0 but no custom_label_1 |
Emit only <g:custom_label_0>, skip <g:custom_label_1> |
| Product has unpublished status | Skip (use product.published_at != blank check) |
| Variant is out of stock | Still emit (custom labels apply regardless of inventory) |
Variant available is false |
Still emit (same reason) |
| Multiple currencies/markets | Single feed for GR market (the only market we serve via PMax) |
5. XML Output Format Specification
Required structure
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Moodbook Supplemental Feed</title>
<link>https://moodbook.gr</link>
<description>Custom labels supplemental feed for Google Merchant Center</description>
<item>
<g:id>shopify_GR_9166915666252_48682551738700</g:id>
<g:custom_label_0>OUR_WEDDING</g:custom_label_0>
</item>
<item>
<g:id>shopify_GR_9166915666252_48682551705932</g:id>
<g:custom_label_0>OUR_WEDDING</g:custom_label_0>
</item>
<!-- ... more items ... -->
</channel>
</rss>
Element-by-element spec
| Element | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
Yes | Must be first line, no leading whitespace |
<rss xmlns:g="..." version="2.0"> |
Yes | The xmlns:g declaration is critical |
<channel> |
Yes | Single channel element |
<title> |
Yes | "Moodbook Supplemental Feed" |
<link> |
Yes | https://moodbook.gr |
<description> |
Yes | Short description |
<item> |
One per variant | Multiple instances |
<g:id> inside item |
Yes | Format: shopify_GR_{product.id}_{variant.id} |
<g:custom_label_0> inside item |
Yes | From product.metafields.custom.custom_label_0 |
<g:custom_label_1> inside item |
Optional | Only if metafield value is non-blank |
What to NOT include
- Do NOT include
<g:title>,<g:price>,<g:availability>,<g:link>,<g:image_link>, etc. — those come from primary feed - Do NOT include
<g:custom_label_2>through<g:custom_label_4>— we decided not to use these - Do NOT include any non-
g:namespace fields
6. Shopify Admin Setup (after Liquid is deployed)
Step 6.1: Create the public page
After the 3 files are deployed to the theme:
- Shopify Admin → Online Store → Pages → Add page
- Title:
Google Supplemental Feed - Content: leave blank
- Visibility: Visible
- Search engine listing: click Edit website SEO → set meta description to noindex (or rely on robots.txt — see Section 7)
- Theme template: select
page.google-feedfrom the dropdown - Save
Resulting URL: https://moodbook.gr/pages/google-supplemental-feed
Step 6.2: Search engine exclusion
To prevent indexing, choose one of two approaches:
Approach A — robots.txt addition:
Shopify allows editing robots.txt.liquid. Add a Disallow rule:
{%- if request.path == '/pages/google-supplemental-feed' -%}
User-agent: *
Disallow: /pages/google-supplemental-feed
{%- endif -%}
Approach B — X-Robots-Tag (preferred, but harder in Shopify):
Shopify does not allow custom HTTP headers from Liquid templates. Approach A is the practical option.
Recommendation: Use Approach A. Edit templates/robots.txt.liquid (create if doesn't exist) following Shopify's robots.txt customization guide.
7. Testing & Validation Protocol
Test 7.1: Browser test (immediate after deployment)
- Open
https://moodbook.gr/pages/google-supplemental-feedin a browser - Expected: Browser displays raw XML (or downloads it, depending on browser settings)
- Failure modes to check: - HTML page with theme chrome → layout file not applied correctly - 404 → page template not assigned in admin - 500 error → Liquid syntax error in snippet
Test 7.2: XML validity check
Run the output through XML validator:
curl -s https://moodbook.gr/pages/google-supplemental-feed | xmllint --noout -
Expected: No output (xmllint outputs nothing on success). Failure modes: Parser errors indicate malformed XML.
Test 7.3: Content sanity check
curl -s https://moodbook.gr/pages/google-supplemental-feed | grep -c '<item>'
Expected: Returns approximately 200-340 (depending on actual variant count across the catalog). If <50, something is wrong. If 0, no products are being iterated.
Test 7.4: Sample item inspection
Manually inspect 3-5 items in the output:
curl -s https://moodbook.gr/pages/google-supplemental-feed | head -50
For each sample item, verify:
- <g:id> follows the shopify_GR_{product_id}_{variant_id} format
- <g:custom_label_0> contains one of the known values (OUR_WEDDING, PREGNANCY_JOURNAL, etc.)
- No empty tags or weird character encoding
Test 7.5: Specific product verification
Cross-reference with known products:
| Product | Expected custom_label_0 |
|---|---|
Ο γάμος μας (handle: our_wedding) |
OUR_WEDDING |
Θα γίνω Μαμά (handle: pregnancy_journal) |
PREGNANCY_JOURNAL |
Πες μου Μαμά (handle: tell_me_mom) |
TELL_ME_MOM |
Πες μου Γιαγιά (handle: grandmother_journal) |
PES_MOU_GIAGIA |
| Any mug | MUGS |
| Any Creative Notes item | CREATIVE_NOTES |
| Any Original Sin item | ORIGINAL_SIN |
| Any Thematic Notebook | THEMATIC_NOTEBOOKS |
Use grep to find the product's ID and verify its label:
curl -s https://moodbook.gr/pages/google-supplemental-feed | grep -A 1 "9166915666252" | head -5
(The number 9166915666252 is the product ID for "Ο γάμος μας" — should return items with OUR_WEDDING label)
Test 7.6: Performance check
time curl -s -o /dev/null https://moodbook.gr/pages/google-supplemental-feed
Expected: Response time under 3 seconds. If slower, consider caching strategies (but unlikely needed for this catalog size).
Test 7.7: Robots.txt verification
curl -s https://moodbook.gr/robots.txt | grep google-supplemental
Expected: Returns the Disallow line, confirming exclusion from search engines.
8. Google Merchant Center Setup
Note: This section is what Stelios (the user) does manually after the Liquid implementation is verified working. Document these steps clearly for handoff.
Step 8.1: Create supplemental data source
- Merchant Center → Products → Data sources → Add data source
- Select "Supplemental data source" (NOT "Primary")
- Name:
Moodbook Custom Labels Supplemental - Connect to: choose existing primary feed (Shopify GR feed)
Step 8.2: Set fetch schedule
- Method: Scheduled fetch
- File URL:
https://moodbook.gr/pages/google-supplemental-feed - Fetch frequency: Daily
- Fetch time: 04:00 UTC (06:00 EET — off-peak hours)
- Country: Greece
- Language: Greek
Step 8.3: Initial fetch
After saving, click "Fetch now" to trigger immediate first fetch. Wait 5-30 minutes for processing.
Step 8.4: Verify merge
- Merchant Center → Products → All products
- Click on a known product (e.g., "Ο γάμος μας" variant)
- In the product details panel, look for Custom labels section
- Verify
custom_label_0shows the expected value
9. Monitoring & Reliability (Critical)
Why monitoring matters
If the supplemental feed silently breaks (Liquid error, theme change, etc.), the custom labels disappear from GMC within 24-48 hours. PMax listing groups become non-functional. We won't know until campaign performance degrades — potentially days later.
UptimeRobot setup
The user (Stelios) should configure these monitors after deployment:
Monitor 1: Feed availability + content check
- Type: HTTP(s) with Keyword
- URL: https://moodbook.gr/pages/google-supplemental-feed
- Keyword: custom_label_0
- Alert condition: "Alert when keyword does NOT exist"
- Check interval: 6 hours
- Alert contacts: Stelios's email + ideally SMS
Monitor 2: Known label verification
- Type: HTTP(s) with Keyword
- URL: same
- Keyword: OUR_WEDDING
- Alert condition: "Alert when keyword does NOT exist"
- Check interval: 6 hours
- Alert contacts: same
Monitor 3 (optional): Item count sanity - Use a different monitoring service that supports response-size checks (Cronitor free tier) - Alert if response size deviates ±30% from baseline
These monitors give us time-to-detect under 6 hours for silent corruption.
10. Implementation Notes for Claude Code
Dawn 15.4.1 specifics
- Dawn 15 uses Online Store 2.0 architecture — sections-based theme
- Template files for pages are in
templates/directory - Layouts in
layout/directory - Snippets in
snippets/directory - The default page layout is
layout/theme.liquid— we deliberately bypass it withfeed.liquid
Liquid syntax reminders
- Metafield access:
product.metafields.custom.custom_label_0returns the value directly (no need for.value) - Blank check:
{% if product.metafields.custom.custom_label_0 != blank %} - Variant iteration:
{% for variant in product.variants %}(always available, no need for.all) - Product iteration via collection:
{% for product in collections.all.products %}(yields all published products) - Pagination:
{% paginate collections.all.products by 5000 %}...{% endpaginate %}
Common pitfalls
-
XML declaration on second line: If there's any whitespace or content before
<?xml, the file is invalid XML. Use{%-at the start to strip preceding whitespace. -
HTML entity encoding: Shopify Liquid sometimes auto-escapes content. For XML output with the
xml_escapefilter, ensure entities like&come through correctly (not double-escaped to&amp;). -
Caching: Shopify CDN may cache the page. After updates to the snippet, force-refresh in browser (Cmd+Shift+R) or wait 5-10 minutes for cache invalidation.
-
Theme preview vs published: Test in published theme, not preview. Page templates may behave differently in preview mode.
-
Layout assignment: The
{% layout 'feed' %}directive must be the first non-whitespace content in the template file. Even comments before it may break the layout assignment.
File creation order
Recommended order to minimize errors:
- First create
snippets/google-supplemental-feed.liquid(the logic) - Then create
layout/feed.liquid(the wrapper) - Finally create
templates/page.google-feed.liquid(the assignment) - Then go to Shopify Admin and create the page with the new template
This order means each file's dependencies exist when it's referenced.
Rollback plan
If something breaks:
- Quick disable: In Shopify Admin → Pages → Google Supplemental Feed → Visibility → Hidden. This makes the URL return 404 without removing the files.
- GMC disable: In Merchant Center → Data sources → Moodbook Custom Labels Supplemental → Pause the fetch.
- Full rollback: Delete the 3 created files. Theme returns to pre-implementation state.
No customer-facing impact in any rollback scenario — these files are only for Google Merchant Center consumption, not for any storefront UI.
11. Out of Scope (Do NOT Implement)
To prevent scope creep, the following are explicitly out of scope for this task:
- Variant-level metafields (we decided to use product-level only)
custom_label_2,custom_label_3,custom_label_4(decided not to use these)- Performance/seasonality logic (we decided to skip seasonality)
- Multi-language feed variants (single GR feed only)
- Multi-market support (only GR market)
- Admin UI for managing labels (Shopify's native metafield UI is sufficient)
- Automatic label population based on product attributes (manual population, already complete)
- Email/Slack notifications on feed errors (handled by UptimeRobot)
- Caching layer (Shopify CDN sufficient for this scale)
12. Deliverables Checklist
By task completion, the following should exist:
- [ ]
templates/page.google-feed.liquidcreated and committed - [ ]
layout/feed.liquidcreated and committed - [ ]
snippets/google-supplemental-feed.liquidcreated and committed - [ ] Shopify page created at
/pages/google-supplemental-feedusing the new template - [ ] Robots.txt updated to disallow
/pages/google-supplemental-feed - [ ] All 7 tests in Section 7 pass
- [ ] Documentation comment at the top of the snippet file explaining what it does and when it was created
- [ ] User (Stelios) handed off Section 8 (GMC setup) and Section 9 (UptimeRobot setup) instructions
13. Success Definition
The implementation is successful when:
- The URL returns valid XML with ~200-340 items
- Each item has correct
<g:id>and<g:custom_label_0>values - GMC successfully fetches and merges the data (verifiable in product details panel within 24 hours of GMC setup)
- UptimeRobot monitors are configured and showing green status
- No customer-facing storefront changes
- No degradation in Shopify store performance metrics
Appendix A: Reference Data
Known custom_label_0 values in current catalog
These are the only valid values that should appear in the output. If any other values appear, there's a data issue:
OUR_WEDDING
PREGNANCY_JOURNAL
WEDDING_GUESTBOOK
MY_BAPTISM
FIVE_MINUTES_CALENDAR
PES_MOU_PAPPOU
LIFE_PLANNER
KIDSFEELINGS
TRAVEL_PLANNER
SCHOOL_PLANNER
THE_CAT_BOOK
NEW_MOMS_JOURNAL
NEW_DADS_JOURNAL
PES_MOU_GIAGIA
TELL_ME_MOM
TELL_ME_DAD
THE_HONEYMOON
NEWBORN_DIARY
THEMATIC_NOTEBOOKS
CREATIVE_NOTES
ORIGINAL_SIN
MUGS
Catalog statistics (for QA reference)
- Total unique products: 57
- Total unique variants in GMC feed: ~114
- Total feed entries (with channel/language permutations): ~438
- Expected
<item>count in supplemental feed: ~340 (product variants only, no channel duplicates)
The supplemental feed iterates Shopify variants directly, so the count will match the variant count, not the GMC entry count. GMC handles the channel/language fan-out automatically when merging.
Primary feed ID format (must match)
Format: shopify_GR_{numeric_product_id}_{numeric_variant_id}
Real examples from current primary feed:
- shopify_GR_9166915666252_48682551738700
- shopify_GR_9166915666252_53429918368076
- shopify_GR_7601047666929_56840438186316
- shopify_GR_7513032098033_42087453589681
The numeric IDs are the Shopify internal IDs, accessible via Liquid as product.id and variant.id.
Appendix B: Example Final Output (excerpt)
This is what the final XML should look like for a sample of products:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Moodbook Supplemental Feed</title>
<link>https://moodbook.gr</link>
<description>Custom labels supplemental feed for Google Merchant Center</description>
<item>
<g:id>shopify_GR_9166915666252_48682551705932</g:id>
<g:custom_label_0>OUR_WEDDING</g:custom_label_0>
</item>
<item>
<g:id>shopify_GR_9166915666252_48682551738700</g:id>
<g:custom_label_0>OUR_WEDDING</g:custom_label_0>
</item>
<item>
<g:id>shopify_GR_9166915666252_48682551771468</g:id>
<g:custom_label_0>OUR_WEDDING</g:custom_label_0>
</item>
<item>
<g:id>shopify_GR_9166915666252_52082676859212</g:id>
<g:custom_label_0>OUR_WEDDING</g:custom_label_0>
</item>
<item>
<g:id>shopify_GR_9166915666252_53429918368076</g:id>
<g:custom_label_0>OUR_WEDDING</g:custom_label_0>
</item>
<item>
<g:id>shopify_GR_9166915666252_56712431829324</g:id>
<g:custom_label_0>OUR_WEDDING</g:custom_label_0>
</item>
<item>
<g:id>shopify_GR_7601047666929_56840438186316</g:id>
<g:custom_label_0>PREGNANCY_JOURNAL</g:custom_label_0>
</item>
<!-- ... and so on for all variants ... -->
</channel>
</rss>
Note: Six entries for "Ο γάμος μας" (one per color variant), all sharing the same OUR_WEDDING label. The Merchant Center will then fan these out across the channel/language permutations automatically.
Module 1 Technical Spec_ Profit Core & Watchdog
Module 1 — Profit Core & Watchdog (Technical Specification)
Project: Moodbook Google Ads Automation Bot
Module: 01 — Profit Core & Anomaly Detection
Target Audience: Claude Code (Developer Agent)
Dependencies: Module 00 (Foundation & Authentication)
1. Overview & Architecture
This module implements the core profitability calculations (POAS) and a statistically rigorous anomaly detection system (Z-Score) to monitor Moodbook's Google Ads performance without human micro-management. It establishes a local SQLite database to retain 26 weeks of historical data required for accurate day-of-week baselining.
Data Flow:
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Extract: Pull yesterday's spend/conversions (Google Ads API) and COGS/Net Revenue (Shopify API).
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Store: Save metrics to state/metrics.db (SQLite).
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Analyze: Calculate POAS against Break-even ROAS. Compute Z-Scores comparing yesterday's performance to the 26-week historical average for that specific day of the week.
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Synthesize: Pass detected anomalies to Claude Sonnet 4.6 to generate a human-readable, business-focused alert in Greek.
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Act: Output a Markdown report and raise a GitHub Issue if critical thresholds are breached.
2. State Management (SQLite Schema)
To compute a 26-week rolling baseline efficiently within GitHub Actions (without requiring BigQuery), we introduce a lightweight SQLite database stored at state/metrics.db.
Claude Code MUST execute the following schema initialization in src/db/setup.py:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS campaign_daily_metrics (
date TEXT NOT NULL,
day_of_week INTEGER NOT NULL, -- 0=Monday, 6=Sunday
campaign_id TEXT NOT NULL,
campaign_name TEXT NOT NULL,
spend_eur REAL NOT NULL,
impressions INTEGER NOT NULL,
clicks INTEGER NOT NULL,
conversions REAL NOT NULL,
conversion_value_eur REAL NOT NULL,
cogs_eur REAL NOT NULL,
net_revenue_eur REAL NOT NULL,
poas REAL,
roas REAL,
PRIMARY KEY (date, campaign_id)
);
3. Mathematical Logic & Algorithms
Claude Code MUST implement the following mathematical models exactly as defined in src/calculators/math_models.py.
3.1 Profitability (POAS)
$$Break-even\ ROAS = \frac{1}{Margin\ \%}$$
$$POAS = \frac{Net\ Revenue\ -\ COGS}{Ad\ Spend}$$
- Threshold Rule: If $POAS \< 1.0$, the campaign is operating at a loss. If $POAS > 1.5$, it is a candidate for scaling.
3.2 Anomaly Detection (Z-Score)
To avoid false positives from weekend slumps, anomalies are calculated by comparing yesterday to the same day-of-week over the last 26 weeks.
-
Filter History: Select rows where campaign_id == X AND day_of_week == yesterday.day_of_week AND date >= (yesterday - 26 weeks).
-
Calculate Mean ($\mu$) and Standard Deviation ($\sigma$) for the spend_eur and poas columns.
-
Calculate Z-Score: $$Z = \frac{Current\ Value - \mu}{\sigma}$$
- Alert Trigger Rule: Trigger an anomaly alert ONLY IF $|Z| > 2.0$ AND absolute $\Delta Spend > 5.0$ EUR.
4. Google Ads API Queries (GAQL)
The following GAQL query MUST be added to src/clients/google_ads.py to fetch campaign performance. Claude Code must use segments.date = YESTERDAY to ensure mature data.
SELECT
segments.date,
segments.day_of_week,
campaign.id,
campaign.name,
metrics.cost_micros,
metrics.impressions,
metrics.clicks,
metrics.conversions,
metrics.conversions_value
FROM campaign
WHERE segments.date = YESTERDAY
AND campaign.status = 'ENABLED'
AND campaign.advertising_channel_type = 'PERFORMANCE_MAX'
5. Claude AI Integration (The Analyst Prompt)
When anomalies are detected (Z-score triggers), the data is passed to Anthropic API (Claude Sonnet 4.6) for narrative synthesis. Claude Code MUST implement this system prompt in prompts/watchdog_analyst.md:
System Prompt:
You are an expert Google Ads Media Buyer for "Moodbook" (a premium Greek e-commerce brand). You analyze raw anomaly data and explain the business impact to the owner, Stelios.
Rules:
-
Always write the final output in professional Greek.
-
Focus on POAS (Profit On Ad Spend) and wasted budget.
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Format your response as a clear, bulleted list of "Διαπίστωση" (Finding) and "Προτεινόμενη Ενέργεια" (Suggested Action).
-
Never suggest discounts. Maintain a premium brand tone.
-
Be concise. Do not use generic marketing fluff.
6. Required Files & Code Structure Modifications
Claude Code must create/modify the following files:
-
src/db/metrics_db.py: Handles SQLite connection, schema creation, and insertion of daily metrics.
-
src/calculators/z_score.py: Implements Pandas logic to query SQLite and return a list of Anomaly dataclass objects.
-
src/agents/watchdog.py: Orchestrates the flow: Pull GA/Shopify data -> Insert to DB -> Run Z-Score -> If anomalies > 0, call Anthropic API -> Generate Alert.
-
.github/workflows/module1-watchdog.yml: A new GitHub Actions workflow running daily at 07:30 EET.
7. Acceptance Criteria
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AC1: state/metrics.db is successfully created and updated after a run, then committed back to the repository.
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AC2: The Z-Score calculator correctly handles edge cases (e.g., standard deviation = 0 when historical data is identical or missing).
-
AC3: The system successfully identifies a synthetic anomaly injected via tests (e.g., mocking a $Z = 2.5$ spike) and logs it.
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AC4: Claude Sonnet 4.6 returns a properly formatted Greek narrative when anomalies are passed to it.
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AC5: DRY_RUN=true prevents any automated emails/issues from being sent, logging them to the console instead.
Module 10 Technical Spec_ Recommendations Triage & QS Engineering
Module 10 — Recommendations Triage & QS Engineering (Technical Specification)
Project: Moodbook Google Ads Automation Bot
Module: 10 — Google Recommendations Triage & Quality Score Deconstruction
Target Audience: Claude Code (Developer Agent)
Dependencies: Module 00 (Foundation), Module 01 (Profit Core), Module 02 (Negatives)
1. Overview & Architecture
This module protects the Moodbook account from "algorithmic bloat" by triaging Google's auto-applied recommendations. It also implements Quality Score (QS) Engineering by deconstructing QS into its sub-components (eCTR, Ad Relevance, LP Experience) to identify exactly why a keyword/asset is expensive.
Data Flow:
-
Extract: Pull pending recommendations and asset-level Quality Score indicators from the API.
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Triage: Claude Haiku 4.5 classifies recommendations as ACCEPT_SAFE, REVIEW, or REJECT_DEFAULT.
-
Deconstruct: Break down QS for search keywords and PMax asset groups.
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Clean: Auto-dismiss REJECT_DEFAULT recommendations.
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Propose: Open a Pull Request for manual review of high-impact changes.
2. Database Extension (SQLite)
Track recommendation actions to avoid re-reviewing dismissed items.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS recommendations_log (
recommendation_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
type TEXT,
action TEXT, -- ACCEPTED, REJECTED, DISMISSED
ai_reason TEXT,
date TEXT
);
3. Logic & Triage Rules
Claude Code must implement these classification rules in src/agents/triage.py:
3.1 Recommendation Categories
-
REJECT_DEFAULT: "Add Broad Match", "Remove conflicting negatives", "Enable Auto-apply", "URL Expansion".
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ACCEPT_SAFE: "Fix disapproved ads", "Add Sitelinks/Callouts", "Data-driven attribution".
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REVIEW: "Adjust tROAS targets", "Increase budget".
3.2 Quality Score (QS) Engineering
Deconstruct the 1-10 score into points:
| Component | Weight | Action if "Below Average" |
|---|---|---|
| Expected CTR | 39% | Increase Bid or improve Headline Hook. |
| Ad Relevance | 22% | Tighten Ad Group themes (Module 2). |
| LP Experience | 39% | Trigger Technical Audit (Module 8). |
4. Google Ads API Query (GAQL)
-- Get Recommendations
SELECT
recommendation.id,
recommendation.type,
recommendation.impact,
recommendation.description
FROM recommendation
-- Get Keyword Quality Score
SELECT
keyword_view.resource_name,
ad_group_criterion.quality_info.quality_score,
ad_group_criterion.quality_info.creative_quality_score,
ad_group_criterion.quality_info.post_click_quality_score,
ad_group_criterion.quality_info.search_predicted_ctr
FROM keyword_view
5. Claude AI Integration (The Triage Agent)
System prompt in prompts/recommendation_analyst.md:
System Prompt:
You are a Skeptical Google Ads Consultant for Moodbook. Your goal is to maximize profit, not Google's revenue.
Tasks:
-
Reject any recommendation that increases broad matching without proof of intent.
-
Reject removal of negative keywords.
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Approve "no-brainer" structural fixes (Sitelinks, extensions).
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Explain the Ad Rank impact of Quality Score improvements.
-
Language: Greek.
6. Acceptance Criteria
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AC1: RecommendationService.DismissRecommendation is called automatically for "Bloat" types.
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AC2: Quality Score deconstruction is reported clearly in the weekly digest.
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AC3: Any tROAS adjustment recommendation is strictly moved to the "Review" category (PR required).
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AC4: DRY_RUN=true prevents any dismissal call to the API.
Module 2 Technical Spec_ Negative Keyword & Search Theme Management
Module 2 — Negative Keyword & Search Theme Management (Technical Specification)
Project: Moodbook Google Ads Automation Bot
Module: 02 — Semantic Negative Keyword Discovery & Search Theme Audit
Target Audience: Claude Code (Developer Agent)
Dependencies: Module 00 (Foundation), Module 01 (Database Infrastructure)
1. Overview & Architecture
This module automates the identification of wasteful search queries and manages internal competition (cannibalization) between Performance Max campaigns. It uses n-gram analysis combined with Claude Haiku's semantic understanding to distinguish between high-intent searches and irrelevant traffic.
Data Flow:
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Extract: Pull search term insights from campaign_search_term_insight for all enabled PMax campaigns.
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Process: Aggregate metrics at the n-gram level (unigrams, bigrams, trigrams) using Pandas.
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Classify: Use Claude Haiku 4.5 to categorize top-cost n-grams based on the Moodbook product taxonomy.
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Analyze Overlap: Apply Cosine Similarity to detect if campaigns are competing for the same intent.
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Propose: Generate a YAML file of proposed negative keywords and open a GitHub Pull Request.
2. Database Extension (SQLite)
Claude Code must add a table to state/metrics.db to track "processed" and "excluded" terms to optimize API usage and avoid redundant classifications.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS processed_search_terms (
search_term TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
classification TEXT, -- relevant, irrelevant, cross_product, competitor
last_seen_date TEXT,
action_taken TEXT -- negative_added, ignored
);
3. Mathematical Logic & Algorithms
3.1 N-gram Metrics Aggregation
For each campaign, tokenized search terms must aggregate cost, clicks, and conversions. An n-gram is a candidate for negative exclusion if:
(Cost > 2x Target CPA) AND (Conversions == 0)
3.2 Semantic Similarity (Cosine Similarity)
To detect cannibalization, Claude Code should implement a utility in src/calculators/similarity.py using scikit-learn (or a lightweight equivalent) to compare search term vectors between campaigns.
$$Similarity(A, B) = \frac{A \cdot B}{\|A\| \|B\|}$$
- Rule: If Similarity > 0.85 between two campaigns with different product lines, flag for "Cross-Product Negative" proposal.
4. Google Ads API Query (GAQL)
Note: campaign_search_term_insight requires filtering by a single resource. Claude Code must iterate through active PMax campaign IDs.
SELECT
campaign_search_term_insight.category_label,
segments.search_term,
metrics.cost_micros,
metrics.clicks,
metrics.conversions,
metrics.conversions_value
FROM campaign_search_term_insight
WHERE segments.date DURING LAST_30_DAYS
AND campaign_search_term_insight.campaign_id = '{campaign_id}'
5. Claude AI Integration (The Classifier)
Claude Code MUST implement the classification logic in src/agents/classifier.py using this system prompt:
System Prompt:
You are an NLP Search Analyst. Categorize search terms for Moodbook.gr (Premium Personalized Books).
Product Lines: Wedding, Pregnancy, Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, Dad, Baptism.
Categories:
-
irrelevant: General terms (e.g., "free pdf", "cheap notebooks").
-
cross_product: A "Dad" term appearing in a "Mom" campaign.
-
competitor: Specific brand names (e.g., "Public", "Skroutz").
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relevant: Matches the campaign intent.
Constraint: Return ONLY a JSON object: {"term": "category", "reason": "why"}.
6. Negative Keyword PR Generation
The agent must create a new branch and open a PR with a file state/proposals/negatives_YYYYMMDD.yaml.
Format:
- campaign_id: "12345"
negatives:- term: "δωρεάν"
match_type: "BROAD"
reason: "Classified as irrelevant (zero conversions)"
- term: "δωρεάν"
- cross_campaign_negatives:
- term: "μπαμπάς"
source_campaign: "Mom_PMax"
target_campaign: "Dad_PMax"
reason: "Semantic cannibalization detected"
- term: "μπαμπάς"
7. Acceptance Criteria
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AC1: The system processes n-grams locally and filters out terms already in the processed_search_terms table.
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AC2: Claude Haiku 4.5 correctly identifies "cross-product" terms (e.g., Greek terms for 'Grandma' in a 'Baptism' campaign).
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AC3: A Pull Request is successfully opened with clear justifications for each negative keyword.
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AC4: Sparse updates are used to avoid overwriting existing negative keyword lists.
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AC5: DRY_RUN=true logs the proposed YAML to the terminal without opening a PR.
Module 3 Technical Spec_ Customer Match & RFM Audience Refresh
Module 3 — Customer Match & RFM Audience Refresh (Technical Specification)
Project: Moodbook Google Ads Automation Bot
Module: 03 — Predictive Audience Management & Data Manager API Integration
Target Audience: Claude Code (Developer Agent)
Dependencies: Module 00 (Foundation), Module 01 (Database Infrastructure)
1. Overview & Architecture
This module automates the synchronization of Moodbook's first-party customer data with Google Ads to optimize for Incremental Profit. It implements an RFM (Recency, Frequency, Monetary) analysis to segment the Shopify customer base and utilizes the new Data Manager API (mandatory after April 2026) for secure, hashed audience uploads.
Data Flow:
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Extract: Pull customer transaction data from Shopify API (or processed export).
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Analyze: Perform RFM segmentation and calculate Propensity Scores for churn and upselling.
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Hash: Normalize PII (email/phone) and apply SHA-256 hashing locally.
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Sync: Upload hashed identifiers to Google Ads via the Data Manager API.
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Apply: Automatically update Exclusion Lists for "Lapsed" customers in acquisition campaigns.
2. Database Extension (SQLite)
Claude Code must add a table to state/metrics.db to track audience synchronization and match rate trends over time.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS audience_sync_log (
sync_date TEXT NOT NULL,
segment_name TEXT NOT NULL, -- Champions, Lapsed, At_Risk, Newbies
member_count INTEGER NOT NULL,
upload_status TEXT NOT NULL, -- SUCCESS, FAILED, PENDING
google_list_id TEXT,
PRIMARY KEY (sync_date, segment_name)
);
3. Business Logic & Mathematical Models
3.1 RFM Segmentation Logic
Claude Code MUST implement a scoring system (1-5) for each metric in src/calculators/rfm.py:
-
Recency: Days since last purchase. (Lapsed if > 18 months).
-
Frequency: Total number of orders.
-
Monetary: Total lifetime value (LTV).
Segmentation Rules:
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Champions: High R, High F, High M. (Used for Lookalike signals).
-
Lapsed: Low R ( > 540 days). (Used for Exclusion to stop wasted spend).
-
At Risk: High F/M but declining R. (Used for "Rescue" campaigns).
3.2 Incrementality & Suppression Logic
If a customer is classified as a "Champion" with a high propensity for brand-organic search, they must be added to a search exclusion list to prevent Brand Cannibalization.
4. Data Manager API Implementation
Claude Code MUST NOT use the legacy OfflineUserDataJobService. The implementation in src/clients/google_data_manager.py must follow these steps:
-
Normalization: Trim whitespace, convert to lowercase, and for Gmail, remove dots before '@'.
-
Hashing: TO_BASE64(SHA256(LOWER(TRIM(email)))).
-
Consent: Ensure the consent field is populated for EEA users (Consent Mode v2 compliance).
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Asynchronous Upload: Manage the asynchronous audience_members:send call and poll for status.
5. Claude AI Integration (Audience Analyst)
Claude Sonnet 4.6 will monitor list size fluctuations. System prompt in prompts/audience_analyst.md:
System Prompt:
You are an Audience Strategist. Analyze the weekly RFM shift for Moodbook.gr.
Task:
-
Summarize how many customers moved from "Champions" to "At Risk".
-
Report the match rate efficiency from the Data Manager API.
-
Explain the "Profit Saved" by excluding Lapsed customers (Number of Excluded x Avg acquisition CPA).
-
Language: Greek.
6. Acceptance Criteria
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AC1: PII data (plain text emails/phones) is NEVER logged or stored in the SQLite database.
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AC2: The hashing algorithm strictly follows Google's SHA-256 requirements (normalization included).
-
AC3: The Data Manager API client correctly handles the mandatory consent fields.
-
AC4: Lapsed customers are successfully identified and pushed to a specific "Exclusion UserList".
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AC5: DRY_RUN=true logs the count of hashed members per segment without triggering the API upload.
Module 4 Technical Spec_ Merchant Center Custom Labels & Cannibalization Fix
Module 4 — Structural MC Labels & Cannibalization Cure (Technical Specification)
Project: Moodbook Google Ads Automation Bot
Module: 04 — Merchant Center Custom Labels & Listing Group Subdivision
Target Audience: Claude Code (Developer Agent)
Dependencies: Module 00 (Foundation), Module 01 (Profit Core Data)
1. Overview & Architecture
This module implements the single highest-leverage structural fix for Moodbook: the elimination of cross-campaign cannibalization. By applying Custom Labels to the Merchant Center feed, we force each Performance Max campaign to target a mutually exclusive subset of products, effectively resolving the "Tell-me-Mom/Dad" internal competition at the auction level.
Data Flow:
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Map: Retrieve SKU data and assign labels based on product lines, profit margins, and seasonality.
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Sync: Push label updates to Google Merchant Center via the Content API for Shopping.
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Segment: (Setup Task) Reconfigure PMax asset_group_listing_group_filter to subdivide based on the assigned labels.
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Audit: Verify that no SKU is targeted by more than one acquisition campaign.
2. Database Extension (SQLite)
Claude Code must add a table to state/metrics.db to track SKU-to-Label mapping and ensure synchronization consistency.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sku_label_mapping (
sku TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
product_line TEXT, -- custom_label_0
seasonality TEXT, -- custom_label_1
margin_band TEXT, -- custom_label_2
last_synced_at TEXT
);
3. Logic & Taxonomy Definition
Claude Code must implement the labeling logic in src/calculators/labeler.py based on the following taxonomy:
| Attribute | Mapping Logic | Example Values |
|---|---|---|
| custom_label_0 | Primary Product Line (from Shopify Collections) | wedding, pregnancy, grandpa, baptism |
| custom_label_1 | Seasonality (linked to Module 7 calendar) | evergreen, easter, christmas |
| custom_label_2 | Margin Band (based on Module 1 COGS) | high_margin, mid_margin |
4. API Implementations
4.1 Merchant Center Content API
Claude Code must implement a client in src/clients/google_merchant.py using the google-shopping-content library. For recurring updates, use the products.patch method to update only the label fields, minimizing overhead.
4.2 PMax Listing Group Configuration (GAQL/Mutate)
The agent must provide a script to audit or reconfigure listing groups. The relevant resource is asset_group_listing_group_filter. Each campaign's "All products" filter must be replaced with a SUBDIVISION on custom_label_0.
-- GAQL to verify Listing Group subdivisions
SELECT
asset_group.name,
asset_group_listing_group_filter.type,
asset_group_listing_group_filter.case_value.product_custom_attribute.value
FROM asset_group_listing_group_filter
WHERE asset_group_listing_group_filter.case_value.product_custom_attribute.index = 'INDEX0'
5. Claude AI Integration (Feed Audit)
Claude Haiku 4.5 will perform a weekly audit of the feed structure. System prompt in prompts/feed_auditor.md:
System Prompt:
You are a Feed Management Specialist. Review the SKU-to-Label mapping for Moodbook.gr.
Goals:
-
Detect any SKUs with missing custom_label_0 values.
-
Flag "High Margin" products that are stuck in "Mid Margin" bands.
-
Confirm that the taxonomy adheres to the premium brand voice (e.g., no mention of "discount" in labels).
-
Language: Greek (for report), English (for technical logs).
6. Acceptance Criteria
-
AC1: The Python client successfully pushes custom_label_X values to Merchant Center via the Content API.
-
AC2: Each PMax campaign is verified to target ONLY its specific custom_label_0 value.
-
AC3: The system correctly identifies "Zombies" (products with high spend but low margin) via the combination of Module 1 data and Module 4 labels.
-
AC4: DRY_RUN=true performs the mapping logic and logs the json_body of the API request without executing the patch call.
-
AC5: No PII or business-sensitive margin percentages are leaked into the Merchant Center attributes (use categorical bands: "high", "mid").
Module 5 Technical Spec_ Creative Fatigue & GenAI
Module 5 — Creative Fatigue & GenAI (Technical Specification)
Project: Moodbook Google Ads Automation Bot
Module: 05 — Creative Fatigue Detection & GenAI Copywriting
Target Audience: Claude Code (Developer Agent)
Dependencies: Module 00 (Foundation), Module 01 (Profit Core Data)
1. Overview & Architecture
This module monitors the performance of creative assets (Headlines, Descriptions, Images, Videos) and detects "Creative Fatigue" before ROI is impacted. It uses a mathematical Composite Fatigue Score (CFS) to identify underperforming assets and leverages Claude Sonnet 4.6 to generate brand-compliant, high-performance replacements.
Data Flow:
-
Extract: Pull asset-level performance labels and raw metrics (CTR, CPM, Conversions) from the Google Ads API.
-
Analyze: Compute CTR Decay, CPM Inflation, and Hook Rate (for videos). Calculate the CFS.
-
Diagnose: Identify "Fatigued" assets based on threshold breaches (CFS \< 0.8).
-
Generate: Send fatigued asset data and brand constraints to Claude Sonnet 4.6 to draft 5 new variants.
-
Propose: Open a GitHub Pull Request with a YAML proposal for asset rotation.
2. Database Extension (SQLite)
Claude Code must add a table to state/metrics.db to store the "Honey Period" (baseline) performance for each asset to calculate decay.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS asset_baseline_metrics (
asset_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
asset_type TEXT NOT NULL, -- HEADLINE, DESCRIPTION, IMAGE, VIDEO
baseline_ctr REAL,
baseline_cpm REAL,
learning_exit_date TEXT,
last_check_date TEXT
);
3. Mathematical Logic & Algorithms
Claude Code must implement the following calculations in src/calculators/fatigue.py:
3.1 CTR Decay
$$CTR\_Decay = \frac{Current\_CTR\ (Last\ 7\ days)}{Baseline\_CTR\ (First\ 7\ days\ post-learning)}$$
3.2 CPM Inflation
$$CPM\_Inflation = \frac{Current\_CPM - Baseline\_CPM}{Baseline\_CPM}$$
3.3 Composite Fatigue Score (CFS)
A weighted index to trigger replacement:
$$CFS = (0.7 \times CTR\_Decay) - (0.3 \times CPM\_Inflation)$$
- Trigger Rule: If CFS \< 0.8 for an asset with ≥ 1,000 impressions, flag as FATIGUED.
3.4 Video Hook Rate
$$Hook\_Rate = \frac{Video\_Views\ at\ 3s}{Impressions}$$
- Rule: If Hook Rate drops by > 20% vs baseline, flag the Video Hook (Intro) for replacement.
4. Google Ads API Query (GAQL)
Fetching performance at the individual asset level within PMax asset groups.
SELECT
asset.id,
asset.name,
asset_group_asset.field_type,
asset_group_asset.performance_label,
metrics.ctr,
metrics.average_cpm,
metrics.video_views,
metrics.conversions
FROM asset_group_asset
WHERE campaign.advertising_channel_type = 'PERFORMANCE_MAX'
AND campaign.status = 'ENABLED'
AND asset_group_asset.status = 'ENABLED'
5. Claude AI Integration (The Copywriter)
Claude Code must implement the copy generation logic in src/agents/copywriter.py using constraints from CLAUDE.md.
System Prompt:
You are a Premium Direct Response Copywriter for Moodbook.gr (Personalized Books).
Brand Rules:
-
Language: Greek (Professional, Emotional, Premium).
-
Tone: Focus on the value of memory/gift. NO discount words (έκπτωση, προσφορά).
-
Grandpa/Grandma Constraint: Use "βιβλίο" (book), never "ημερολόγιο" (diary).
-
Baptism Constraint: Use religious-sensitive and elegant framing.
Input: Current fatigued headline: [Headline]. Product line: [Line].
Task: Provide 5 new headline variants (max 30 chars) and reasoning for each.
Output: JSON format.
6. Acceptance Criteria
-
AC1: The system correctly identifies assets with a "LOW" performance label or CFS \< 0.8.
-
AC2: Baselines are correctly captured only after the "Learning" status is removed from the asset.
-
AC3: Generated Greek copy strictly avoids prohibited keywords (e.g., "έκπτωση") and respects character limits.
-
AC4: DRY_RUN=true logs the new copy variants to the terminal without opening a PR.
-
AC5: Video assets trigger alerts specifically based on Hook Rate metrics.
Module 6 Technical Spec_ tROAS Calibration & GTO Bidding
Module 6 — tROAS Calibration & GTO Bidding (Technical Specification)
Project: Moodbook Google Ads Automation Bot
Module: 06 — tROAS Optimization & Game Theory Optimal (GTO) Bidding
Target Audience: Claude Code (Developer Agent)
Dependencies: Module 01 (Profit Core), Module 05 (Creative Fatigue)
1. Overview & Architecture
This module implements a rational, unexploitable bidding strategy based on Game Theory Optimal (GTO) principles. It calibrates Target ROAS (tROAS) by calculating the Expected Value of a click and identifying the Nash Equilibrium using Google's Bid Simulators. It also accounts for Conversion Lag (Bake Rate) to ensure decisions aren't made on immature data.
Data Flow:
-
Extract: Pull historical conversion rates, net margins, and bid_simulator data from the Google Ads API.
-
Calculate: Determine the GTO Expected Value and the Bake Rate adjusted ROAS.
-
Analyze: Use simulator data to find the point where Marginal Cost equals Marginal Revenue (Nash Equilibrium).
-
Detect: Identify "Irrational Competition" where market CPCs exceed our GTO Expected Value.
-
Propose: Open a Pull Request with a YAML proposal to adjust tROAS (max ±50bps per week).
2. Database Extension (SQLite)
Claude Code must add a table to state/metrics.db to track tROAS changes and simulator projections.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS bidding_log (
campaign_id TEXT NOT NULL,
change_date TEXT NOT NULL,
old_troas REAL,
new_troas REAL,
projected_conversion_value_change REAL,
projected_cost_change REAL,
marginal_poas REAL,
PRIMARY KEY (campaign_id, change_date)
);
3. Mathematical Logic & GTO Algorithms
Claude Code must implement these in src/calculators/bidding.py:
3.1 GTO Expected Value
$$Expected\ Value = Conversion\ Rate \times Net\ Margin$$
- GTO Rule: If Average_CPC > Expected_Value, the agent must propose increasing tROAS (lowering bids) to "fold" against irrational competitors.
3.2 Bake Rate (Conversion Lag) Adjustment
Before analyzing ROAS, adjust "Yesterday's" value based on the historical lag (from Module 1 data):
$$Adjusted\ ROAS = \frac{Current\ Conversion\ Value}{Bake\ Rate}$$
3.3 Nash Equilibrium (Marginal POAS)
Identify the tROAS point where:
$$\Delta Profit / \Delta Spend \approx 1.1$$
4. Google Ads API Query (GAQL)
Fetching the campaign_aggregate_asset_view or campaign_bid_simulator.
SELECT
campaign_bid_simulator.campaign_id,
campaign_bid_simulator.target_roas_points.target_roas_simulations
FROM campaign_bid_simulator
WHERE campaign_bid_simulator.campaign_id = '{campaign_id}'
5. Claude AI Integration (The Game Theorist)
Claude Code must use Sonnet 4.6 to interpret simulation data. System prompt in prompts/bidding_strategist.md:
System Prompt:
You are a Game Theory Expert specializing in VCG Auctions. Analyze the bid simulator results for Moodbook.
Decision Logic:
-
Identify the Nash Equilibrium where we maximize absolute profit, not just ROAS.
-
Flag "Irrational Market Behavior" if competitors have pushed CPCs above our Expected Value.
-
Propose a small adjustment (±5% of current tROAS) to maintain algorithmic stability.
-
Language: Greek (for report).
6. Acceptance Criteria
-
AC1: tROAS proposals never exceed ±50 basis points per run to avoid resetting Google's learning phase.
-
AC2: The system correctly calculates "Expected Value" using current Conversion Rate and COGS-adjusted Margin.
-
AC3: Conversion Lag (Bake Rate) is factored in before any tROAS decrease is proposed.
-
AC4: DRY_RUN=true prevents the CampaignService.mutate call and logs the proposed change to YAML.
Module 7 Technical Spec_ Seasonal & Greek-Calendar Automation
Module 7 — Seasonal & Greek-Calendar Automation (Technical Specification)
Project: Moodbook Google Ads Automation Bot
Module: 07 — Seasonal Activations & Event-Driven Automation
Target Audience: Claude Code (Developer Agent)
Dependencies: Module 00 (Foundation), Module 05 (Creative Gen)
1. Overview & Architecture
This module automates campaign adjustments and asset rotations based on the Greek seasonal calendar and Moodbook's specific product peaks (Wedding, Baptism). It ensures Moodbook is ready for key gift-giving events without manual intervention, following the "No-Discount" brand policy.
Data Flow:
-
Check Calendar: Monitor a local JSON configuration for upcoming Greek events.
-
Assess Lead Time: Trigger stages (T-21, T-14, T-7) based on the event date.
-
Draft: Use Claude Sonnet 4.6 to draft seasonal headlines (e.g., "Gift Wrapping included for Mother's Day").
-
Multipliers: Propose budget multipliers for peak weeks.
-
Act: Open a Pull Request with seasonal asset/budget changes.
2. State Management (JSON Config)
Claude Code must create config/seasonal_calendar.json with specific Greek dates:
{
"events": [
{"name": "Orthodox Easter", "date_calc": "variable_easter", "lead_days": 14},
{"name": "Mother's Day", "date_calc": "greek_mother_day", "lead_days": 21},
{"name": "Father's Day", "date_calc": "3rd_sunday_june", "lead_days": 14},
{"name": "Wedding Season", "start": "04-01", "end": "10-31", "multiplier": 1.2}
]
}
3. Logic & Automation Rules
Claude Code must implement the transition logic in src/calculators/seasonal.py:
-
Phase 1 (Discovery - T-21): Increase budget for specific product line PMax by 10%. Claude drafts "Planning" copy.
-
Phase 2 (Peak - T-7): Increase budget by 25%. Claude drafts "Guaranteed Delivery" copy.
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Phase 3 (Post - T+2): Revert to baseline budget and evergreen assets.
Strict Constraint: No seasonal copy can include "Εκπτώσεις". Focus on "Δωρεάν Συσκευασία Δώρου" and "Προσωποποιημένο".
4. Claude AI Integration (Seasonal Copywriter)
System prompt in prompts/seasonal_copywriter.md:
System Prompt:
You are an expert Greek copywriter for Moodbook. Generate seasonal assets for [Event Name].
Rules:
-
Focus on the emotional connection of the gift.
-
Mention "Δωρεάν Συσκευασία Δώρου" and "Εγγύηση Παράδοσης".
-
Character limits: 30 chars for headlines.
-
Product lines to target: [Line].
-
Language: Elegant Greek.
5. Acceptance Criteria
-
AC1: Variable dates like Greek Easter are correctly calculated via a utility function.
-
AC2: Seasonal asset proposals are cleanly separated from evergreen assets in the Pull Request.
-
AC3: Budget multipliers are applied relative to the campaign's 30-day baseline spend.
-
AC4: DRY_RUN=true prevents any asset group mutation.
Module 8 Technical Spec_ Mobile Funnel & GA4 Audit
Module 8 — Mobile Funnel & GA4 Audit (Technical Specification)
Project: Moodbook Google Ads Automation Bot
Module: 08 — Technical Funnel Monitoring & Data Drift Audit
Target Audience: Claude Code (Developer Agent)
Dependencies: Module 01 (Profit Core)
1. Overview & Architecture
This module acts as a technical watchdog for Moodbook's e-commerce funnel. It monitors for discrepancies between Google Ads and GA4 (Conversion Drift) and identifies technical underperformance in the mobile user experience. It does not fix UX but provides the data necessary for Shopify-side intervention.
Data Flow:
-
Extract: Pull device-segmented metrics (Mobile vs Desktop) and fetch GA4 transaction counts via the Google Analytics Data API.
-
Fetch URLs: Scan all active landing_page_view URLs for 404/500 errors.
-
Compare: Calculate the drift percentage between GAds conversions and GA4 purchases.
-
Analyze: Claude Haiku scores ad-to-landing-page message match.
-
Alert: Raise a high-priority GitHub Issue if drift exceeds 15% or Mobile CPA > 1.4x Desktop.
2. Database Extension (SQLite)
Track technical health and drift history in state/metrics.db.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS technical_audit (
audit_date TEXT NOT NULL,
campaign_id TEXT NOT NULL,
mobile_cpa REAL,
desktop_cpa REAL,
gads_conversions REAL,
ga4_conversions REAL,
drift_pct REAL,
lp_status_code INTEGER,
PRIMARY KEY (audit_date, campaign_id)
);
3. Mathematical Logic & Drift Rules
Implement in src/calculators/technical_audit.py:
3.1 Conversion Drift Calculation
$$Drift = \frac{|GAds\_Conversions - GA4\_Transactions|}{GA4\_Transactions}$$
- Rule: If Drift > 0.15 for a campaign with ≥ 5 transactions, flag for "Tracking Audit".
3.2 Mobile Efficiency Index (MEI)
$$MEI = \frac{Mobile\ CPA}{Desktop\ CPA}$$
- Rule: If MEI > 1.4, trigger a "Mobile Funnel Performance" alert.
4. Google Ads & GA4 API Queries
GAQL (Device Segment):
SELECT
campaign.id,
device,
metrics.cost_micros,
metrics.conversions
FROM campaign
WHERE segments.date = YESTERDAY
GA4 Query: Fetch totalPurchases dimensioned by sessionSourceMedium.
5. Claude AI Integration (Technical Analyst)
System prompt in prompts/technical_analyst.md:
System Prompt:
You are a Technical SEO and Tracking Expert. Analyze the following drift and mobile performance data for Moodbook.
Instructions:
-
If drift is high, explain potential causes (Cookie consent, Server-side tracking failure).
-
If mobile CPA is high, analyze the Landing Page UX (Speed, configurator difficulty).
-
Explain if the technical failure is wasting more than €50/week.
-
Language: Greek.
6. Acceptance Criteria
-
AC1: The script successfully authenticates with BOTH Google Ads and GA4 Data APIs.
-
AC2: Headless URL checks are cached to avoid excessive requests to moodbook.gr.
-
AC3: High-priority alerts are issued as GitHub Issues with "Critical" tags.
-
AC4: Device performance is tracked over time to identify if mobile abandonment is worsening.
Module 9 Technical Spec_ Forecast & Saturation Modeling
Module 9 — Forecast & Saturation Modeling (Technical Specification)
Project: Moodbook Google Ads Automation Bot
Module: 09 — Budget Saturation Modeling & Marginal Profit Forecasting
Target Audience: Claude Code (Developer Agent)
Dependencies: Module 01 (Profit Core), Module 06 (tROAS Calibration)
1. Overview & Architecture
This module identifies the "Scaling Limit" for each Moodbook product line. It uses Non-Linear Programming (NLP) to build saturation curves, identifying the exact point where adding more budget stops generating incremental profit (Nash Equilibrium). It provides a CLI tool for Stelios to run "What-if" scenarios.
Data Flow:
-
Extract: Pull 90 days of budget_simulator and bid_simulator data.
-
Model: Use logarithmic regression to build a saturation curve ($Profit = a \cdot \ln(Spend) + b$).
-
Calculate: Determine the Marginal POAS (Profit on Ad Spend of the next €1).
-
Simulate: Claude Sonnet 4.6 turns numerical scaling projections into business cases.
-
CLI: Provide a terminal command for manual scaling queries.
2. Database Extension (SQLite)
Store regression coefficients to track how market saturation changes seasonally.
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS saturation_models (
campaign_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
last_updated TEXT,
alpha_coefficient REAL,
beta_coefficient REAL,
max_profitable_spend REAL
);
3. Mathematical Modeling & Scaling Rules
Implement in src/calculators/forecaster.py:
3.1 Saturation Curve (Logarithmic)
$$Conversion\ Value = \alpha \cdot \ln(Spend) + \beta$$
- Use scipy.optimize.curve_fit to calculate coefficients from simulator data points.
3.2 Marginal POAS Calculation
$$Marginal\ POAS = \frac{d(Net\ Profit)}{d(Spend)}$$
-
Scaling Rule: Propose budget increases ONLY IF Marginal POAS > 1.2.
-
Ceiling Rule: If Marginal POAS \< 1.05, the campaign is "Saturated". Stop increasing budget.
4. Google Ads API Query (GAQL)
SELECT
campaign_budget_simulation_view.budget_simulation_points
FROM campaign_budget_simulation_view
WHERE campaign.id = '{campaign_id}'
5. Scaling CLI Utility
Claude Code must create cli/forecast.py:
# Example Usage:
# python cli/forecast.py --campaign "Wedding_PMax" --increase 20
The CLI will output:
"Increasing budget by 20% (€X) is projected to generate €Y in net profit (Marginal POAS: 1.15). Status: SCALE RECOMMENDED."
6. Claude AI Integration (Scaling Strategist)
System prompt in prompts/scaling_strategist.md:
System Prompt:
You are a Financial Analyst for an e-commerce brand. Explain scaling projections to the owner.
Focus:
-
Distinguish between ROAS (which always drops when scaling) and Net Profit (which we want to maximize).
-
Explain the risk of "Hitting the Wall" (Saturation).
-
Language: Greek.
7. Acceptance Criteria
-
AC1: Saturation models are updated weekly to account for changes in competition.
-
AC2: The scaling logic respects the "20% rule" (no budget jump > 20% in 7 days).
-
AC3: Marginal POAS calculation correctly uses the net profit margin from Module 1.
-
AC4: CLI tool provides clear uncertainty bands (e.g., ±10% on projections).
Πώς δουλεύει και τι δεν κάνει ποτέ
Ημερολόγιο Παρουσίας
Ένα post την ημέρα στο Instagram (@moodbook.gr) και στη σελίδα Facebook
(moodbook.gr), από τα δεδομένα που ήδη έχουμε στο Shopify.
Σχέδιο και σκεπτικό: το artifact «Ημερολόγιο Παρουσίας». Πώς βγήκε το κλειδί της Meta: το artifact «Το Κλειδί της Meta».
Πώς δουλεύει
Δύο στάδια, επίτηδες χωρισμένα.
Κάθε Δευτέρα — ο Claude διαβάζει προϊόντα, κριτικές, όρους αναζήτησης, εποχή
και τα στατιστικά της περασμένης εβδομάδας, διαλέγει επτά γωνίες, γράφει επτά
κείμενα, και τα γράφει στο out/queue.json.
Κάθε βράδυ 19:00 — το publish_today.py παίρνει τη σημερινή εγγραφή, φτιάχνει
τις δύο μορφές εικόνας, τις ανεβάζει στα Αρχεία Shopify για να αποκτήσουν δημόσια
διεύθυνση, και δημοσιεύει.
Ο λόγος που τα κείμενα δεν τα γράφει το script: η ποιότητα πρόζας ενός μικρού μοντέλου σε cron δεν φτάνει, και μια εβδομάδα γραμμένη με όλα τα δεδομένα μπροστά βγαίνει καλύτερη από επτά νύχτες τυφλής παραγωγής.
Οι επτά γωνίες
Μία ανά ημέρα, ποτέ επτά προϊόντα — 76 προϊόντα εξαντλούνται σε δυόμισι μήνες και τότε ο λογαριασμός διαβάζεται ως κατάλογος.
| ημέρα | kind |
πηγή |
|---|---|---|
| Δευ | product |
Shopify: εικόνα, περιγραφή, τιμή |
| Τρί | inside |
οι εσωτερικές σελίδες (inside_*) |
| Τετ | occasion |
ημερολόγιο, εποχικότητα Google Ads |
| Πέμ | review |
οι 31 κριτικές με κείμενο, 5,00★ |
| Παρ | question |
Search Console + όροι αναζήτησης |
| Σάβ | personalised |
Live Preview — μόνο επινοημένα ονόματα |
| Κυρ | scene |
Magnific: το πραγματικό βιβλίο, νέο περιβάλλον |
Εντολές
| τι | πώς |
|---|---|
| Έλεγχος κλειδιού | CHECK.bat — token, δικαιώματα, Σελίδα, Instagram. Δεν δημοσιεύει. |
| Σχεδιασμός εβδομάδας | python plan_week.py → out/queue.json + out/brief.md |
| Σελίδα έγκρισης | python build_approval.py → out/approval.html |
| Δοκιμή σημερινού post | POST.bat — δείχνει τι θα έστελνε |
| Αληθινή δημοσίευση | POST.bat --live |
| Συγκεκριμένη ημέρα | POST.bat --date 2026-09-08 --live |
| Τεστ | TEST.bat |
Πώς διαλέγει ο σχεδιαστής
Όχι με τη σειρά των ημερών — οι απαιτητικές μέρες διαλέγουν πρώτες:
review— απαράβατο. Η κριτική λέει ποιο προϊόν δείχνει η φωτογραφία· αν λέει «ημερολόγιο γάμου», το post δεν μπορεί να δείχνει σχολικό.product— η Δευτέρα ανοίγει με το εποχικά ισχυρότερο.scene— είναι το μόνο post που ξοδεύει credits, άρα δεν παίρνει ό,τι περισσέψει.inside— απαιτεί εσωτερικές φωτογραφίες, που δεν έχουν όλα τα προϊόντα.occasion— δεμένο σε ημερολογιακή αφορμή, αν υπάρχει συγκεκριμένη.
Η βαθμολογία είναι εποχή×2 + πωλήσεις30ημερών μείον ποινή αν το προϊόν
εμφανίστηκε τις τελευταίες 21 ημέρες. Οι κριτικές δεν επαναλαμβάνονται για
120 ημέρες. Οι δοκιμές (ΔΟΚΙΜΗ) δεν «καίνε» υλικό — μόνο οι ζωντανές.
⚠️ Μια ονομαστική εορτή έχει ετικέτα «δώρο» και ταιριάζει με οποιοδήποτε προϊόν· γι' αυτό το φίλτρο της Τετάρτης κρατάει μόνο τις συγκεκριμένες οικογένειες. Χωρίς αυτό, «Του Σταυρού» ζευγαρώθηκε κάποτε με ένα βιβλίο για τα Τρίκαλα.
Τα δύο χρονόμετρα
Δευτέρα 08:00 — scheduled task social-week-planner (Claude Desktop →
Scheduled). Τρέχει τον σχεδιαστή, γράφει τα επτά κείμενα, φτιάχνει τη σελίδα
έγκρισης, και τη στέλνει στον Στέλιο. ⚠️ Τρέχει μόνο όταν η εφαρμογή είναι
ανοιχτή· αν ήταν κλειστή, τρέχει στο επόμενο άνοιγμα.
Κάθε βράδυ — GitHub Action .github/workflows/publish.yml, cron 0 16 * * *
UTC = 19:00 το καλοκαίρι, 18:00 τον χειμώνα. Χρειάζεται private repo με πέντε
Secrets: MOODBOOK_FB_PAGE_ID, MOODBOOK_IG_USER_ID, MOODBOOK_PAGE_TOKEN,
SHOPIFY_SHOP_DOMAIN, SHOPIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN. Το workflow_dispatch τρέχει
δοκιμή με ένα κλικ.
⛔ Οι φρουροί
Τέσσερις, και όλοι κρατάνε ακόμα και με --live (κλειδωμένοι σε 14 τεστ):
- Η δοκιμή είναι η προεπιλογή. Χωρίς ρητό
--liveκαμία κλήση δεν φεύγει προς τη Meta. Ίδιο μοτίβο με τους guarded write connectors. - Η σιωπή δεν είναι συγκατάθεση.
approved: nullσημαίνει «δεν το είδε ακόμα» και δεν φεύγει. Μόνο ρητόtrueπερνάει. Μετά τις δύο πρώτες εβδομάδες, το--no-approvalπαρακάμπτει τη σκόπιμα. - Τίποτα δεν φεύγει δύο φορές. Ό,τι είναι
publishedήskippedμένει. - Ελλιπής ανάρτηση δεν ταξιδεύει — χωρίς εικόνα ή χωρίς κείμενο, δεν φεύγει.
Όρια που δεν συζητιούνται
- ⛔ Κανένα πραγματικό όνομα πελάτη. Το πεδίο προσωποποίησης των παραγγελιών δεν διαβάζεται από κανένα κομμάτι. Τα ονόματα του Σαββάτου είναι επινοημένα.
- ⛔ Καμία παραγωγή εξωφύλλου από το μηδέν. Το Magnific δέχεται τη φωτογραφία του υπαρκτού βιβλίου ως αναφορά και αλλάζει μόνο ό,τι υπάρχει γύρω του. ⚠️ Ποτέ μονή παραγωγή: στη δοκιμή της 04/09, δύο παραλλαγές από το ίδιο prompt — η μία κράτησε το εξώφυλλο ακέραιο, η άλλη έσβησε όλο το κείμενό του. Βγάζουμε τέσσερις και διαλέγουμε.
- Δεν απαντά σε σχόλια και μηνύματα. Δεν ανεβάζει τιμές ή προσφορές μόνο του.
Τα κομμάτια
social_studio/
config.py .env· ο Shopify token δανείζεται από τον read connector —
ένα μυστικό, μία θέση
meta.py Graph API. Η ΜΟΝΗ πόρτα προς τα έξω, κλειστή εκτός αν live=True
shopify_files.py τοπική εικόνα → μόνιμη διεύθυνση CDN
imagery.py 4:5 και 9:16 τοπικά με Pillow — χωρίς credits, χωρίς ρίσκο
queue.py το συμβόλαιο των δύο σταδίων
publish_today.py ο δημοσιευτής
check_key.py ο έλεγχος υγείας
⚠️ Πράγματα που θα σε δαγκώσουν
- Το
me/accountsγυρίζει κενό και δεν φταίει τίποτα. Με Facebook Login for Business η πρόσβαση δίνεται ανά αντικείμενο· ρώτα τη σελίδα κατευθείαν:GET /{PAGE_ID}?fields=name,access_token,instagram_business_account. - Ο Access Token Debugger → Granular Scopes είναι η μόνη αξιόπιστη απόδειξη τι δόθηκε. Η οθόνη έγκρισης του login δείχνει λιγότερα απ' όσα τελικά ισχύουν.
- Το Instagram δεν δέχεται αρχείο — θέλει δημόσια διεύθυνση από την οποία κατεβάζει μόνο του. Οι διευθύνσεις του Magnific είναι υπογεγραμμένες και λήγουν, γι' αυτό όλα περνούν από τα Αρχεία Shopify.
- Το θολό υπόβαθρο στη story ανήκει μόνο στις σκηνές. Πάνω σε φωτογραφία προϊόντος με επίπεδο φόντο αφήνει ορατό λευκό κουτί. Η ανίχνευση γωνιών αποφασίζει μόνη της.
- Data Access Expires: 03/12/2026. Το κλειδί δεν λήγει, αλλά η πρόσβαση στα
δεδομένα λήγει μετά ~90 ημέρες αδράνειας και οι πηγές διαφωνούν αν οι κλήσεις
API μετράνε. Ο
check_key.pyπροειδοποιεί στις <30 ημέρες. - Το
.batείναι ASCII-only — ελληνικά μέσα σε .bat κρεμούν τοcmd.exe. Τα ελληνικά ζουν στα.py, μεchcp 65001από το .bat.
Τι λείπει ακόμα
- Το repo και τα Secrets για το καθημερινό χρονόμετρο στο cloud. Μέχρι τότε,
η δημοσίευση γίνεται τοπικά με
POST.bat --live. - Η συλλογή στατιστικών που θα τροφοδοτεί την επόμενη εβδομάδα. Ο κώδικας
υπάρχει (
Meta.ig_media_insights) αλλά δεν καλείται ακόμα από κανένα σημείο. - Το πέρασμα σε πλήρως αυτόματο μετά τις δύο πρώτες εβδομάδες: ο δημοσιευτής
τρέχει με
--no-approvalκαι η Δευτέρα γίνεται ενημέρωση αντί για έγκριση.
Google Ads WRITE — αλλαγές σε καμπάνιες
google-ads-write MCP
Local guarded WRITE connector for Google Ads. It creates Standard Shopping campaigns, edits what a live campaign targets, builds audiences — and, since 2026-09-04, manages a campaign that already exists end to end: the switch that makes it spend, the budget it spends, the target it chases, where and when it serves, what it counts as a conversion, the headlines, descriptions, images and video it shows, and which products it is allowed to show them for.
Same governance as shopify-write and merchant-center-write: nothing is written
without your explicit approval. A stage_* tool reads the live account and shows a plan;
apply is the only tool that writes, and it performs exactly what the plan showed; revert
puts it back. validate sends the identical operations to Google with validate_only=True
first, so a rejection costs a round trip instead of a campaign.
⚠️ Five things that will bite you
- The campaign family edits campaigns that are SPENDING. The create slice is safe by
construction — everything it makes is PAUSED.
stage_campaign_settingsis not: it is the tool that switches a campaign on. That is why every plan in this family carries the campaign's 7-day, 30-day and lifetime numbers against break-even, what the daily budget exposes over a month, and, for a pause, the reminder that seven paused campaigns on this account turned out to be lifetime-profitable. - Raising a tROAS is not a strategy switch — keep them apart. Passing
target_roasalone edits the strategy the campaign is already on. Passingbidding=REPLACES the strategy and restarts its learning period. The plan says which one it is doing. - A shared budget is shared.
daily_budget_eurrefuses when other campaigns spend from the same budget, and names them.force=Trueoverrides — deliberately, after reading who else it moves. - What each campaign type accepts is not in the proto. Every strategy message exists on
every campaign, and Google refuses most combinations at write time with one unhelpful
sentence. The refusals below were measured with
validate_onlyagainst this account and are now enforced before Google is called.validatestill settles anything not listed. - Restart Claude Desktop after any code change here. The package is editable-installed,
so the server loads the code once at startup. Local scripts
(
from google_ads_write_mcp import server as sv) see changes immediately — that is how the live checks are driven.
Flow
read_campaign(campaign) # READ — every setting at its current value
stage_*(...) # NO write — the plan + a change id
list_pending / preview / list_criteria # review
validate(change_id) # dry run AT GOOGLE, still writes nothing
apply(change_id) # writes, only after you say so
revert(change_id) # puts it back
audit_log() # what was applied, and what is still revertable
One staged change is one atomic mutate: every item lands or none does. apply re-derives
the plan and compares its signature with the staged one, so if the account moved in between —
somebody raised the tROAS in the UI — it refuses and prints both plans instead of writing
something the preview never showed.
The tools
| family | tools |
|---|---|
| create | stage_shopping_campaign — a Standard Shopping campaign, always PAUSED |
| campaign management | read_campaign, stage_campaign_settings, stage_ad_group_settings, stage_asset_group_settings, stage_campaign_targeting, stage_conversion_goals |
| material & products | read_asset_group_assets, stage_asset_group_assets, read_product_tree, stage_listing_group |
| criteria | stage_negative_keywords, stage_keywords, stage_audiences, stage_search_themes, stage_search_terms, list_criteria |
| audiences | stage_audience_definition (the unified Audience itself), stage_custom_audience (the one made of search terms) |
| flow | list_pending, preview, validate, apply, discard, revert, audit_log, ping |
Id families say what a revert would undo: cmp_ campaigns · cst_ campaign settings ·
agp_ ad groups · asg_ asset groups · tgt_ targeting · gol_ conversion goals ·
ast_ assets · prd_ the product tree · neg_ kw_ aud_ thm_ trm_ adf_ cad_ criteria
and audiences.
Campaign management (2026-09-04)
read_campaign(campaign)
Everything the stagers can write, at its current value: status and why Google says it is or is not serving, budget and who shares it, bidding strategy and its target, networks, geo target type, shopping settings, every location / language / time block / device with its bid modifier, the ad groups and asset groups inside it, which conversion goals are biddable, and what it earned over 7 days, 30 days and its lifetime. Read this before changing anything: a correction needs the old value, and the lifetime line is what decides whether a paused campaign should be switched on.
stage_campaign_settings(campaign, …)
Pass only what should change. Anything already at the requested value is reported as skipped rather than rewritten, and a plan with nothing left to do is not staged at all.
status (enabled/paused) · name · daily_budget_eur · bidding + target_roas /
target_cpa_eur / cpc_bid_ceiling_eur / enhanced_cpc · start_date / end_date ·
include_search_partners / include_display_network / include_youtube ·
campaign_priority / enable_local / feed_label · geo_target_type · ad_rotation ·
tracking_url_template / final_url_suffix.
Removing a campaign is deliberately not offered. REMOVED is permanent; pause it, or do it in the UI where the consequence is spelt out.
stage_campaign_targeting(campaign, dimension, action, values, …)
dimension: locations | languages | ad_schedule | devices.
action: add | remove | set_bid. bid_modifier_pct is the percentage the UI shows
(+20 raises bids by a fifth, −100 switches that slice off).
Locations take Google's English names or constant ids. A name matching several constants is
an error listing them with their canonical names — Thessaloniki is a Region, a City and
a Municipality, covering different ground, and picking one silently is how a campaign ends up
targeting an area nobody chose.
Time blocks are 'MONDAY 09:00-18:00' — 24-hour clock, minutes 00/15/30/45, 24:00 means
midnight. The first block a campaign gets is a cliff: every hour outside the blocks stops
serving, so add the whole week you want.
stage_conversion_goals(campaign, biddable=['PURCHASE'])
What the bidding strategy is allowed to chase. On the account default every conversion action is biddable, so Maximize Conversion Value optimises towards €1 placeholders — page views, engagement, driving directions — with a real budget. This is also the repair for a campaign whose goals failed to set at creation time.
stage_ad_group_settings / stage_asset_group_settings
Ad group: status, name, default bid, ad-group-level tROAS/tCPA. Asset group: status, name, landing page, display paths — and a check that you are not pausing the only enabled asset group, which stops a Performance Max campaign serving entirely. What is inside an asset group has its own tool, below.
Material and products (2026-09-04)
read_asset_group_assets(asset_group) / stage_asset_group_assets(...)
Every headline, description, image and video, grouped by position, with character counts,
pixel sizes, how full each position is against Google's minimum and maximum, and any
approval problem. The stager takes add and remove together, because a refresh is
one change: additions are text lines, YouTube ids, or paths to image files on disk,
which are opened and measured here — wrong ratio, too small or too heavy is refused by
name, since Google refuses the upload and does not crop for you.
Adding creates the asset and the link that positions it in one mutate. Removing cuts only
the link; the asset stays in the account library, so the undo is exact and reusable text
keeps its own id. Text passes through PMAX_ASSET_CHECKER first, run over the set the
group would END UP with, and a hard error there refuses the staging (skip_checker=True
overrules).
read_product_tree(campaign, asset_group=…) / stage_listing_group(...)
Which products may serve, with what each node earned — and whether the «everything
else» node is included. An included one means the holder serves the entire Merchant
Center feed rather than the products listed, silently; that is what sent 43% of TELL ME
MOM's spend to a hundred and ten other products. action='exclude', everything_else=True
is the fix. Works on Performance Max asset groups and on Standard Shopping ad groups.
What the guards actually check
| change | what the plan shows before you approve |
|---|---|
| enable | lifetime + 30d + 7d ROAS vs break-even 1.71×, the monthly exposure of the new budget, and any reason Google already reports for not serving |
| pause | the same three windows, and that a campaign above break-even is money being switched off |
| budget | current vs new cap, the % change, what it has actually been able to spend per day, and every campaign sharing that budget |
| bidding | that the learning period restarts; ⛔ if the tROAS is below break-even |
| remove a location | what that location earned over the lookback window (location_view) |
| remove a time block / bid a device | what each day / device earned (campaign segments), with the row being changed marked |
| remove a language | nothing — Google reports no per-language performance, and the plan says so rather than printing a zero that reads as harmless |
Measured API facts these shapes follow from
All verified against the live account with validate_only on 2026-09-04, not read off a page.
- v24 renamed
campaign.start_date/end_datetostart_date_time/end_date_time. (This is why the read connector'scampaign_configreports start_date as unavailable.) - An update mask may not name a message that has subfields —
target_spendalone is refused withFIELD_HAS_SUBFIELDS. A bidding strategy is switched by masking one leaf inside it, which fills its slot in the oneof and clears the old strategy on its own. - Bid ceilings and floors are PORTFOLIO settings. They exist on every strategy in the
proto and are refused on a campaign with
OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT— on Search, Shopping and Performance Max alike. Only Maximize Clicks takes one on the campaign, and it requires one: without it the switch carries a zero ceiling and Google answersTOO_LOW. - Standard Shopping refuses a target INSIDE Maximize Conversion Value, even on a campaign
already running it. On Shopping the target has its own strategy —
bidding='target_roas'. Maximize Conversion Value with no target is accepted there. - Performance Max runs only on Maximize Conversions or Maximize Conversion Value.
TARGET_CPAas a strategy of its own was refused on this account's Search campaign. Google's current shape for the same intent ismaximize_conversions+target_cpa_eur, which it accepted.- Device criteria cannot be removed (
CANNOT_REMOVE_CRITERION) — Google creates them itself. Bid one to −100% instead. And Performance Max takes no device bid modifiers at all (OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CAMPAIGN_TYPE): it allocates across devices itself, so the four rows it reports (including CONNECTED_TV) are reporting, not levers. campaign_criterioncarries no metrics. Locations are measured throughlocation_view; days and devices through segments on the campaign; listing-group nodes throughasset_group_product_group_view(PMax) andproduct_group_view(Shopping).- A mutate is one request, not one instant. Google applies the operations IN ORDER and checks the asset count after each one. Removing four descriptions and adding four back ends at five and is still refused, because after the fourth removal there was one — under the minimum. Removals are therefore staged first, and the guard reports the trough as well as the end. HEADLINE is 3–15, DESCRIPTION 2–5, both confirmed by refusal.
- LOGO and BUSINESS_NAME have a documented minimum of 1 that this account contradicts — every asset group here holds none and every campaign serves, because they come from the campaign's brand guidelines. The minimum enforced is the one the account proves.
- A listing node's type cannot be edited (
IMMUTABLE_FIELD), and neither can a Shopping criterion'snegativeflag. Flipping a product in or out is remove + create in one mutate, which Google accepts; the node returns with a new id. - The «everything else» node cannot be removed — a split must cover the whole feed. It is excluded, never deleted.
Verification status
The whole campaign family was exercised against the live account with validate_only=True:
every settings change, budget move, strategy switch on Search / Shopping / Performance Max,
location / language / schedule / device edit, conversion-goal flip, ad-group and asset-group
change — and the inverse of each, so a revert is known to be an operation Google accepts.
So were the material and product families: headline and description swaps on a FULL asset group, a real image uploaded and accepted (bytes, dimensions and all), a YouTube link, the count guards in both directions, the checker refusing bad copy, and closing the «everything else» node on the one asset group in this account that still has it open. Nothing was written, and the pending store was left empty.
One real write has now happened, from a parallel session on 2026-09-04: cst_0001 moved
TELL ME MOM Pmax from tROAS 2.80 to 2.20 — one operation, applied, read back, undo recorded
(2.80) and not used. So stage_campaign_settings is proven end to end except for the revert.
Everything else — targeting, conversion goals, ad groups, asset groups, assets, the product tree — is still validate-only. No revert has been run for real yet.
Setup
Credentials come from the gitignored .env next to this file (the same OAuth/.env as the
read google-ads connector). .mcp.json is secret-free — it carries only command and cwd.
Store: D:\GOOGLE_ADS_DATA (gads_write_pending.json, gads_write_audit.jsonl).
Merchant Insights — ανταγωνισμός & τιμές αγοράς
Merchant Insights MCP — πού στεκόμαστε απέναντι στον ανταγωνισμό
Read-only connector πάνω στο Merchant API v1beta Reports. Απαντά σε τέσσερα ερωτήματα που κανένα άλλο εργαλείο του workspace δεν απαντά:
| tool | τι απαντάει |
|---|---|
competitors |
ποια καταστήματα εμφανίζονται δίπλα μας στα ίδια ερωτήματα, ονομαστικά, και πόσο συχνά μας περνάνε |
top_merchants |
ποιοι είναι οι μεγάλοι παίκτες της κατηγορίας μας |
visibility_trend |
η ορατότητά μας έναντι του μέσου όρου της κατηγορίας, μέρα με μέρα |
price_competitiveness |
η τιμή μας έναντι της τιμής αγοράς, ανά προϊόν |
price_insights |
τι τιμή προτείνει η Google και τι εκτιμά ότι θα αλλάξει |
best_sellers |
τι πουλάει πραγματικά στην κατηγορία μας στην Ελλάδα |
Συμπληρώνει — δεν αντικαθιστά — τους δύο υπάρχοντες Merchant Center connectors:
merchant-center(read) → το δικό μας feed και τα προβλήματά τουmerchant-center-write(guarded write) → αλλαγές στο feedmerchant-insights(αυτός) → η αγορά γύρω μας
⚠️ Τρέξε πρώτα diagnose()
Το diagnose() δοκιμάζει και τις επτά αναφορές με μία κλήση και λέει ποια απαντά,
αντί να αποτυγχάνει μία-μία.
Verdicts: OK (ρέουν δεδομένα) · EMPTY (δεκτό ερώτημα, μηδέν γραμμές) ·
NEEDS_OPT_IN (το API λέει «not enrolled») · NO_ACCESS · BAD_QUERY · ERROR.
⛔ Δεν υπάρχει πια διακόπτης opt-in
Επαληθεύτηκε 2026-08-24. Το παλιό Growth → Manage programmes έχει καταργηθεί στο «Merchant Center Next». Οι αναφορές ζουν τώρα στο:
Analytics → Products → καρτέλες Competitors · Pricing · Popular products
Η τεκμηρίωση της Google δεν αναφέρει καμία ενεργοποίηση γι' αυτές. Αυτό που όντως τις κόβει είναι η επιλεξιμότητα:
- Multi-client accounts (MCA) εξαιρούνται ρητά. Ο λογαριασμός μας (
262319297) είναι αυτόνομος, άρα εντός. - Λίγα δεδομένα ⇒ άδειες αναφορές. Δεν είναι σφάλμα, είναι κατώφλι.
Άρα αν δεις NEEDS_OPT_IN, μην ψάξεις για κουμπί — διασταύρωσε πρώτα στο UI
(Analytics → Products). Αν το UI δείχνει δεδομένα και το API όχι, το πρόβλημα είναι στο
merchant id ή στο scope, όχι στη συμμετοχή.
Εγκατάσταση
pip install -e "D:/Shopify Coding/MERCHANT_INSIGHTS_MCP"
Διαπιστευτήρια — δεν δημιουργούνται νέα
Ο connector διαβάζει τα ίδια env vars με τον merchant-center και βρίσκει μόνος
του το υπάρχον .env, με αυτή τη σειρά:
MI_MCP_ENV_FILE(αν οριστεί)MERCHANT_INSIGHTS_MCP/.envMERCHANT_CENTER_MCP/.env← αυτό χρησιμοποιείται κανονικάMERCHANT_CENTER_WRITE_MCP/.env
Απαιτούμενα: GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID, GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET, GOOGLE_CONTENT_REFRESH_TOKEN,
MERCHANT_ID. Το scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content που ήδη έχουμε καλύπτει
και τα reports — δεν χρειάζεται νέο OAuth flow.
⛔ Κανένα secret δεν αντιγράφεται σε δεύτερο αρχείο. Αν χρειαστεί ανανέωση, τρέχει το
get_content_token.py του MERCHANT_CENTER_MCP και ισχύει και για τους δύο.
Προαιρετικά:
MI_MCP_COUNTRY— προεπιλογήGRMI_MCP_DATA_DIR— προεπιλογήD:\MERCHANT_INSIGHTS_DATAMI_MCP_AUTOSAVE—0για να μη σώζονται τα pulls
Γιατί ξεχωριστός connector και όχι επέκταση του υπάρχοντος
Ο merchant-center τρέχει ολόκληρος πάνω στο Content API v2.1, που η Google έχει
ήδη περάσει την ημερομηνία τερματισμού του (2026-08-18· στις 2026-08-23 απαντούσε
ακόμη, αλλά με δανεικό χρόνο). Αυτός ο connector γεννιέται κατευθείαν στο Merchant
API v1beta και δεν κληρονομεί αυτό το χρέος.
Ασφάλεια
Μόνο reports:search. Το endpoint είναι HTTP POST αλλά καθαρή ανάγνωση — δέχεται
αποκλειστικά γλώσσα SELECT και δεν έχει μορφή που να αλλάζει κάτι. Το run_report
απορρίπτει οτιδήποτε δεν ξεκινά με SELECT.
⚠️ Έκδοση API — η Google τις αποσύρει και σκάει με 409
Καρφωμένη στο api.py → API_VERSION. Σήμερα: v1.
Η v1beta αποσύρθηκε στις 28-02-2026. Χτίστηκε πάνω της κατά λάθος στις 24-08-2026 και
όλες οι αναφορές γύρισαν HTTP 409 · discontinued — επτά αποτυχίες, μία αιτία.
Γι' αυτό:
- Η έκδοση τυπώνεται πάντα από το
ping()και τοdiagnose(). Αν δεν τη βλέπεις στην έξοδο, τρέχει παλιός κώδικας στη μνήμη — θέλει restart, όχι επανεγκατάσταση. - Το
probe()ταξινομεί την απόσυρση ωςVERSION_RETIREDκαι τοdiagnose()σταματά εκεί, χωρίς να παρουσιάσει τις άλλες έξι ετυμηγορίες — είναι άνευ νοήματος μέχρι να διορθωθεί η έκδοση. - Στα reports δεν άλλαξε τίποτα μεταξύ v1beta και v1 (πίνακες, πεδία, σχήμα απάντησης). Μόνο η διεύθυνση. Η αναβάθμιση είναι κυριολεκτικά μία γραμμή.
- Το v1 απαιτεί
registerGcpμία φορά ανά Google Cloud project. Ο write connector ήδη τρέχει σε v1 με τα ίδια credentials, οπότε αυτό θα έπρεπε να είναι ήδη καλυμμένο· αν όχι, τοdiagnoseτο λέει ωςNEEDS_GCP_REGISTRATION.
🔄 Μετά από κάθε αλλαγή κώδικα
Η εγκατάσταση είναι editable — δείχνει στον φάκελο του κώδικα. Άρα:
- Δεν χρειάζεται
pip installξανά. - Δεν χρειάζεται το
REGISTER_MERCHANT_INSIGHTS.pyξανά. - Χρειάζεται μόνο κλείσιμο και άνοιγμα του Claude, για να ξαναγεννηθεί η διεργασία του connector και να διαβάσει τον νέο κώδικα.
Όρια
- Hard deadline 45s ανά κλήση, 30s ανά HTTP request
- Έως 5.000 γραμμές ανά ερώτημα, σελιδοποίηση ανά 500
- Τα competitive-visibility δεδομένα έχουν καθυστέρηση· ο connector ζητά παράθυρο που λήγει 3 μέρες πριν από σήμερα
- Το
best_sellersδημοσιεύεται σε σταθερή συχνότητα, όχι καθημερινά — αν τοreport_dateαπορριφθεί, δοκίμασε παλαιότερη ημερομηνία
Merchant Center — feed & εγκρίσεις
Merchant Center MCP (read-only)
Local MCP server giving Claude read-only
access to the Moodbook Merchant Center (Content API for Shopping, merchant
262319297) — the product feed and its item-level approval issues that Standard
Shopping campaigns depend on. Claude reads and proposes fixes; you apply them in
Shopify / Merchant Center (this connector never writes).
- Read-only — only GET requests; no product/feed/account mutation.
- Hardened like the other connectors: hard per-call deadline in an isolated
pool, HTTP timeout, pageToken pagination with caps,
ping, auto-.env.
Tools
| Tool | Returns |
|---|---|
ping |
Instant liveness (no API call). |
authinfo |
Merchant accounts the credentials can access. |
account_issues |
Account-level issues (policy, verification, shipping/tax) + severity. |
product_issues |
Feed health: item-level issues aggregated by code (products affected, servability, fix, attribute, docs) + affected product list. |
products |
Catalog with key attributes (price, availability, condition, brand). |
product_detail |
Full attributes + status for one product. |
feeds |
Registered data feeds. |
run_content_get |
Any read-only Content API v2.1 GET path (power tool). |
data_directory / list_saved_data / set_autosave |
Local cache management. |
Auth
.env (gitignored, auto-loaded): reuses the ads OAuth client
(GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID/SECRET) with a content-scoped GOOGLE_CONTENT_REFRESH_TOKEN
(generate once via python get_content_token.py), plus MERCHANT_ID=262319297
and MC_MCP_DATA_DIR=D:\MERCHANT_CENTER_DATA.
⚠️ The Content API for Shopping must be enabled in the GCP project once: https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/shoppingcontent.googleapis.com (project 616576978145). Auth works without it, but API calls return HTTP 403 until enabled.
Persistence → Filesystem MCP
Pulls saved to D:\MERCHANT_CENTER_DATA (no space) — add to the Filesystem MCP
allowed dirs so the chat can read them back.
Merchant Center WRITE — αλλαγές feed
merchant-center-write MCP
Local guarded WRITE connector for Google Merchant Center via the Merchant API v1. It applies supplemental overrides on top of the Shopify-app primary feed, so the feed can say something different from (and cleaner than) the PDP — without ever touching the primary or the store's canonical fields.
Same governance as shopify-write: nothing is written without your explicit approval.
stage_override previews; apply is the only per-product writer; revert removes the
override so the primary shows through again.
⚠️ Three things that will bite you
insertis REPLACE, not merge — so the default writer is no longerinsert.productInputs.insertoverwrites the product's ENTIRE input in the data source; anything the body omits falls back to the primary. That cost us twice: sendinggoogle_product_categoryalone wiped a product's title+description, and forgettingexcluded_destinationswould have put a profanity SKU back into Shopping. Since 2026-08-25stage_overridedefaults tomode='merge', which writes throughproductInputs.patchwith an explicitupdateMaskand physically cannot drop an attribute it does not name.mode='replace'still exists, still does the old thing, andapplynow refuses it when the ledger says attributes would be lost (or when the ledger has no record of the product) unless you staged it withconfirm_replace_losses=True. See Replace vs merge below.- A supplemental alone does NOTHING. A primary ships with
defaultRule.takeFromDataSources=[{self:true}]and ignores supplementals. Runlink_supplemental_to_primary(<primary_id>)once per context, or every override is silently dropped. - Merges take ~1h. The merged product keeps the OLD values right after a write. Do not
conclude failure from an immediate re-read. There is no force-refresh for API sources
(
dataSources.fetchworks only for FILE inputs).
Flow
ensure_override_source # once — creates "Moodbook Feed Overrides"
link_supplemental_to_primary(primary_id) # once PER CONTEXT (el~GR and en~GR differ!)
override_state(offer_id) # what we believe the override holds (local)
stage_override(offer_id, …) # NO write — merge by default
list_pending / preview # review the diff, incl. ⚠️ WILL BE LOST
apply(change_id | "all") # writes only after you say so
verify(offer_id, content_language) # read back the MERGED product (wait ~1h)
revert(change_id) # undo — deletes the whole override
offer_id = shopify_GR_{productId}_{variantId}. A product exists once per context
(contentLanguage~feedLabel), so each variant × context is its own override.
Replace vs merge
mode='merge' (default) |
mode='replace' |
|
|---|---|---|
| API call | productInputs.patch + updateMask |
productInputs.insert |
| attributes you pass | written | written |
| attributes already in the override | kept | dropped → primary shows through |
| removing an attribute | name it in clear_attributes |
just leave it out |
| guard | none needed | apply refuses when the diff shows losses, unless confirm_replace_losses=True |
preview (and the output of stage_override itself) always prints ADDING / CHANGING /
CARRIED FORWARD / ⚠️ WILL BE LOST, plus the exact updateMask that will be sent. Read the
LOST block before approving — it is the whole reason it is there.
Where the "currently set" side of that diff comes from: a local ledger rebuilt from
write_audit.jsonl, not from Google. Merchant API v1 has no productInputs.get and no
productInputs.list (both 404). products.get returns the merged product and cannot
tell our override apart from Shopify's own value, so carrying attributes forward from it
would copy Shopify's live values into the supplemental and freeze them — the exact drift
this connector exists to avoid. Consequences:
revertnow writes an audit row too, so the ledger stops claiming an override that is gone.override_statesays "no record", never "empty" — an input written before 2026-08-25, or by a script that calledapi.insert_product_inputdirectly, is invisible to it. That is whymode='replace'on an unknown product is refused: unknown is not the same as empty.- a merge onto an unknown input leaves the record INCOMPLETE (
"complete": false): the patch preserved attributes we never saw, so the diff would under-report losses. Replace stays refused on such a record until an acknowledged replace rewrites the input and makes the ledger whole again. mergeis correct regardless of what the ledger knows —patchmerges server-side. If the input does not exist yet the API answersNOT_FOUNDandapplyfalls back toinsert, saying so in the result line.
Attributes
Names and shapes verified against the live v1 discovery document
(https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=products_v1, rev 20260821),
not against memory or v1beta docs.
| parameter | v1 field | shape |
|---|---|---|
title, description |
title, description |
str (≤150 / ≤5000 — over-length warns, does not block) |
product_type |
productTypes |
str or list of ≤5 str |
condition |
condition |
ENUM NEW / USED / REFURBISHED (case-insensitive input) |
age_group |
ageGroup |
ENUM NEWBORN/INFANT/TODDLER/KIDS/ADULT |
google_product_category |
googleProductCategory |
str — 961 notebooks · 2169 mugs · 543543 print books |
identifier_exists |
identifierExists |
bool |
brand, mpn |
brand, mpn |
str ≤70 |
gtins |
gtins |
list of str; 8/12/13/14 digits, check digit validated, ≤10 |
custom_label_0 … custom_label_4 |
customLabel0…4 |
str ≤100 — e.g. SCHOOL_PLANNER |
product_highlights |
productHighlights |
list of str, ≤150 ch each, 2–100 items |
product_details |
productDetails |
list of {section_name?, attribute_name, attribute_value} (≤140/≤140/≤1000, ≤1000 items) |
material / color / pattern / size |
same | str ≤200 / ≤100 / ≤100 / ≤100 |
multipack |
multipack |
int ≥0 (sent as a string); 1 warns |
is_bundle |
isBundle |
bool |
shipping |
shipping |
list of {country, service?, price?, currency?, region?, postal_code?, location_id?, location_group_name?, min/max_handling_time?, min/max_transit_time?} |
shipping_label |
shippingLabel |
str ≤100 |
min_handling_time, max_handling_time |
same | int business days (sent as strings) |
shipping_weight_kg |
shippingWeight |
float kg |
product_weight |
productWeight |
{value, unit} — g/kg/oz/lb, 0 < v ≤ 2000 (a bare number = kg) |
product_dimensions |
productLength/Width/Height |
{length?, width?, height?, unit} — cm/in, 0 < v ≤ 3000 |
shipping_dimensions |
shippingLength/Width/Height |
same shape |
unit_pricing |
unitPricingMeasure + unitPricingBaseMeasure |
{value, unit, base_value?, base_unit?} — units incl. ct, g, ml, cm… |
sale_price |
salePrice + salePriceEffectiveDate |
{amount, currency?, start?, end?} — RFC 3339 timestamps ⚠️ |
link, image_link |
same | absolute http(s) URL ≤2000 |
additional_image_links |
additionalImageLinks |
list of ≤10 absolute URLs |
excluded_destinations, included_destinations |
same | SHOPPING_ADS, FREE_LISTINGS, DISPLAY_ADS, YOUTUBE_SHOPPING, … |
custom_attributes |
customAttributes (sibling of productAttributes) |
{name: value} escape hatch for anything v1 has not typed |
Every one of these is validated in Python before the call, with an error naming the field and
the accepted shape (gtins: a GTIN is 8, 12, 13 or 14 digits …; '12345' has 5). Some checks
only warn: over-long title, multipack=1, identifier_exists=False alongside a GTIN, a
defaulted currency, sale_price with no end date.
Deliberately NOT settable — price, availability (Shopify is the authority; a frozen
copy is a Mismatched value (page crawl) disapproval waiting to happen), item_group_id
(wrong grouping collapses distinct listings), pause, gender / size_system / size_types
(apparel sizing that does nothing for notebooks), certifications (EU energy labelling),
adult, and the ~90 vehicle / real-estate / loyalty fields. custom_attributes covers
anything genuinely needed later.
Merchant API v1 field-name and shape surprises
Everything below is v1 behaviour that differs from v1beta or from the Content API feed spec.
- container is
productAttributes(v1beta:attributes) gtinsis a LIST (v1beta:gtin, a string);sizeTypesis a list (v1betasizeType)conditionandageGroupare ENUMS in UPPER_SNAKE —NEW,ADULT— not the feed spec'snew/adult. This connector's own docs promised the lowercase form until 2026-08-25; values are now normalised case-insensitivelyPriceis{"amountMicros": "<int64 as STRING>", "currencyCode": "EUR"}— not{value, currency}. €3.50 is"3500000"salePriceEffectiveDateis anIntervalof RFC 3339 TIMESTAMPS ({startTime, endTime}), not the Content API'sdate/dateslash string. A bare date is rejected here on purpose: Greece is UTC+02:00/+03:00, so "midnight" is not midnight- int64 fields cross the wire as JSON strings:
multipack,min/maxHandlingTime,min/maxTransitTime,locationId,unitPricingBaseMeasure.value— whileunitPricingMeasure.valuenext to it is a plain double shippingWeightusesShippingWeight,productWeightusesProductWeight— two distinct messages of identical shape.shipping[].weightis not a fieldupdateMaskpaths are camelCase and prefixed:productAttributes.title,productAttributes.customLabel0,customAttributes.foo. The REST reference's parameter text still says the prefix iscustom_attribute.— that is stale v1beta wording; the v1 guide's examples usecustomAttributes.- a path in
updateMaskwith no value in the body DELETES that attribute — that is howclear_attributesworks - omitting
updateMaskentirely means "every populated field", i.e. very nearly a replace —patch_product_inputrefuses an empty mask rather than let that happen quietly - product id is
{lang}~{feedLabel}~{offerId}(v1 dropped v1beta'sonline~segment) dataSources.createfor a supplemental rejects contentLanguage/feedLabelDataSourceReferenceusessupplementalDataSourceNamewith the FULL resource nameproductInputs.listandproductInputs.getdo not exist (404) — onlyinsert,patchanddelete. Hence the local ledger
Tools
ping · source_info · ensure_override_source · list_data_sources ·
link_supplemental_to_primary · unlink_supplemental_from_primary · delete_data_source
(⚠️ destructive, refuses without explicit confirmation) · stage_override · list_pending ·
preview · override_state · discard · apply · revert · audit_log · verify
Setup (one-time, both DONE for merchant 262319297)
- Enable Merchant API in the GCP project: https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/merchantapi.googleapis.com/overview?project=616576978145
- Register the GCP project with the merchant account — without it every call 401s.
Done via
api.register_gcp("stelios@urbanprint.gr")→gcpIds:[616576978145]. (The Merchant Center UI has no obvious path for this; the API is the way.)
Auth
Reuses the read-only merchant-center connector's content-scoped OAuth app + refresh token
+ merchant id (.env copied). The content scope covers the Merchant API — no new consent.
Env
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID, GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET, GOOGLE_CONTENT_REFRESH_TOKEN, MERCHANT_ID,
optional MC_CONTENT_LANGUAGE (default el), MC_FEED_LABEL (default GR),
MC_CURRENCY (default EUR — every v1 Price carries its own currencyCode, so an
omitted currency has to come from somewhere), MCW_MCP_DATA_DIR
(default D:\MERCHANT_CENTER_WRITE_DATA).
Registered in Claude Desktop
"merchant-center-write": {
"command": "C:\\Python314\\python.exe",
"args": ["-m", "merchant_center_write_mcp.server"]
}
⚠️ The MCP server loads this module at startup — code edits need a full Desktop restart
to reach the tools. For immediate work, drive the same functions from a local script:
from merchant_center_write_mcp import server as mcw (loads fresh code, and beats MCP
round-trips for batches).
Live account topology (audited 2026-07-15)
| source | context | note |
|---|---|---|
10584345726 |
el~GR | the money maker (990 clicks / €481 / 40 conv per 30d) · linked ✅ |
10584345723 |
en~GR | 66 clicks / €32 · linked ✅ |
10571369529 |
en~EUR_100883005772 | 0 traffic — remove via Shopify Markets |
10681979767/70 |
el/en~EUR_98357543244 (CY) | 0 traffic, kept — Cyprus wanted |
10686661687 |
— | "Moodbook Feed Overrides" (our supplemental, API input) |
The Shopify App API primaries are owned by the Google & YouTube app (driven by Shopify
Markets) — deleting them here is futile, the app recreates them.