[
  {
    "stage": 1,
    "name": "Author",
    "description": "Scriptwriting, narrative beats, storyboards, and parameter definition from approved brand inputs.",
    "tools": [
      "hummbl-brand",
      "Obsidian",
      "Markdown narrative schemas"
    ],
    "invariant": "All claims and narrative hooks trace to verified evidence surfaces."
  },
  {
    "stage": 2,
    "name": "Render",
    "description": "3D asset compilation, procedural geometry, generative neural rendering, and material shading.",
    "tools": [
      "Blender 4.x",
      "CUDA-Q / OptiX",
      "Substance procedural shaders"
    ],
    "invariant": "Deterministic render seeds; reproducible lighting manifolds."
  },
  {
    "stage": 3,
    "name": "Capture",
    "description": "Screen recording, studio teleprompter capture, high-fidelity audio tracking, and stream routing.",
    "tools": [
      "OBS Studio (CLI controlled)",
      "PipeWire / ASIO",
      "Blackmagic DeckLink"
    ],
    "invariant": "Zero dropped frames; locked 48kHz 24-bit audio capture."
  },
  {
    "stage": 4,
    "name": "Post",
    "description": "FFmpeg transcoding, multi-track audio mastering, color grading LUTs, and caption alignment.",
    "tools": [
      "FFmpeg 7.x",
      "DaVinci Resolve Studio",
      "Whisper timestamp alignment"
    ],
    "invariant": "EBU R128 loudness normalization (-14 LUFS integrated)."
  },
  {
    "stage": 5,
    "name": "Stage",
    "description": "Packaging creative artifacts with cryptographic receipt hashes ready for distribution.",
    "tools": [
      "Krineia signed receipts",
      "SHA256 checksum manifests",
      "Cloudflare R2 / CDN"
    ],
    "invariant": "Artifact bytes exactly match published cryptographic hash in receipt."
  }
]