# Style Anchor C Repair Review V1

## Status

- Document status: user accepted C repair candidate.
- Project: `在路上`.
- Anchor: C｜泥泞里的星空.
- Generated image: `visual-system/style/style-anchor-c-repair-v1.png`.
- Prompt source: `visual-system/style/style-anchor-c-repair-prompt-v1.md`.
- Execution mode: `gpt-image-2` Skill Mode B, host image-generation tool.
- Review result: accepted as the C sample for the common style anchor board.

## Generation Trace

Mode check command:

```powershell
node C:\Users\wangq\.agents\skills\gpt-image-2\scripts\check-mode.js --json
```

Mode check result:

```json
{
  "mode": "B-or-C",
  "recommendation": "host-or-advisor",
  "garden_mode_enabled": false,
  "has_api_key": false,
  "base_url": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
  "model": "gpt-image-2",
  "env_flag_value": "(unset)"
}
```

Generation path:

- Garden local generation was not enabled.
- The prompt was rendered through the `gpt-image-2` Skill workflow.
- The approved rendered prompt was sent to the host image-generation tool.
- The generated output was copied into the project.

Default host output:

```text
C:\Users\wangq\.codex\generated_images\019ef2f7-e630-7303-a0e8-e5e7a86912fc\ig_07b004f488501211016a3a4256b1388196bdde8e5513f400f5.png
```

Project copy:

```text
visual-system/style/style-anchor-c-repair-v1.png
```

## Inspection Method

- Local visual inspection was performed against the acceptance criteria.
- External image-analysis upload was not used; the attempted external vision analysis was rejected because it would send a project image to a third-party service without explicit user authorization.

## Acceptance Criteria Review

| Criterion | Assessment | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| First impression is muddy puddle and real wet mud | pass | The frame is dominated by wet mud, puddle edges, dark grit, stones, and dirty water. |
| Broken star reflection is clearly visible | pass | Star points are visible in the puddle and are interrupted by mud, stones, and uneven water. |
| Reads as night or deep pre-dawn | pass | The palette is cold blue-gray and dark; it does not read as sunrise or sunset. |
| Warm horizon absent or minimal | pass | No broad orange/gold horizon is visible. |
| Boot/traveler stays peripheral under about 15% | pass | The boot is cropped at the far left and remains secondary to the puddle. |
| Documentary-real and restrained, not magical | mostly pass | The mud is real and grounded; the star reflection is slightly luminous but still acceptable as poetic realism. |
| Can become the C sample in the final board | pass | User accepted this candidate as the new C blueprint. |

## Comparison To Previous C Problem Reference

The generated candidate fixes the main known problem in the previous C blueprint:

- no sunrise or sunset feeling;
- no broad warm horizon glow;
- puddle and mud are primary, not a pretty landscape reflection;
- star reflection is clearer and more central;
- traveler trace remains peripheral.

Remaining watch point:

- The reflected stars are clean and bright in the lower-right puddle area. This is visually effective, but if the board needs a harsher documentary tone, a later version could make the stars fewer, smaller, and more broken.

## A/B/D Continuity Check

This candidate should remain compatible with A/B/D if the final board keeps:

- low saturation;
- documentary texture;
- environment-first composition;
- small human presence;
- warmth reserved for D only.

The current C candidate does not introduce neon, cyber, fantasy portal, camping fire, or hero-person framing.

## Decision

User accepted:

```text
visual-system/style/style-anchor-c-repair-v1.png
```

Next step:

```text
visual-system/style/style-anchor-board-spec-v1.md
```