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Summary

  • Shift /magazine-edit from prescriptive software-style SOP to content-driven editorial workflow
  • Per-topic visual exploration with mockups and user feedback loops replaces fixed section theme tables
  • Review simplified from rigid 5-iteration loop to awareness-based polish with clear exit criteria
  • Design reference cleaned up: keep technical tools (WCAG, overflow detection), remove style prescriptions
  • CLAUDE.md updated to match (emoji line removed, Claw'd simplified, edit workflow description synced)

Context

Based on 26-03 session retro discussion. The core insight: making a magazine is not writing code — the workflow should reflect editorial art direction principles, not software QA processes.

Test plan

  • Next /magazine-edit run produces a visually distinct, topic-driven magazine
  • Mockup feedback loop engages the user before full HTML production
  • No contradictions between CLAUDE.md, magazine-edit.md, and design reference

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Shift magazine-edit from prescriptive section-based theming to a
content-driven editorial workflow with per-topic visual exploration,
mockup-based feedback loops, and principles over rigid rules.

Key changes:
- Replace fixed section themes with per-topic visual research + mockups
- Add user feedback loop before HTML production (show, refine, confirm)
- Simplify review from 5-iteration rigid loop to awareness-based polish
- Remove 100-line per-page subagent prompt (now optional tool)
- Add layout awareness principles (line breaks, padding, whitespace)
- Add QA exit criteria and inaccessible-asset fallback
- Remove Twemoji integration (PDF bakes emoji at generation time)
- Simplify Claw'd spec to identity anchors + freestyle per topic
- Update CLAUDE.md to match new editorial workflow
- Clean up design reference: keep tools, remove style prescriptions

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@VdustR VdustR merged commit c9a1b8a into main Apr 5, 2026
@VdustR VdustR deleted the docs/magazine-edit-editorial-rethink branch April 5, 2026 08:16
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