# Creative Source File — Starter

A source file turns taste and intent into inspectable decisions. It states what the model may change, what it must preserve, and which choices still belong to the human.

## Project

- Name:
- Purpose:
- Audience or destination:
- Current stage:

## Exact job for this run

- Deliverable:
- Quantity:
- Format and dimensions:
- What should happen after delivery:
- Stop condition:

## Reference assets

| Asset | Role | What to take from it | What not to copy or infer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

## Current canon or approved facts

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## Invariants

These stay stable unless I approve a change.

- Subject identity:
- Silhouette or structure:
- Face or voice logic:
- Palette:
- Materials:
- Motifs:
- Composition or narrative rule:
- Technical requirements:

## Variable space

The model may explore:

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## Generic defaults to replace

| Generic default | Deliberate replacement |
| --- | --- |

## Invention permissions

- Free to invent:
- Offer options, do not choose:
- Must ask first:
- Never invent:

## Decisions reserved for the human

- Names and titles:
- Canon changes:
- Final palette or style lock:
- Public claims:
- Publishing or upload:
- Other:

## Avoid

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## Review checklist

- Did the result answer the assignment?
- Which parts came from approved sources?
- Which parts were inferred or invented?
- Did the model make a decision without permission?
- Is the artifact useful even if the surrounding response is not?
- Keep, salvage, iterate, or dump?