Session Handoff — PeptidePal photo direction LOCKED: light cream+sage, P01 hero + P04 measurements; fresh Fable session builds the skin

WHERE WE JUST WERE — verbatim (MANDATORY, always first)

Final substantive assistant message (after she picked P01 + P04):

Locked and recorded. Here's what I just did so nothing drifts:

• Build brief (FABLE-REDESIGN-PROMPT.md) — added a 🛑 THEME + HERO lock: light cream + sage only (dark retired), P01 = hero, P04 = measurements section, H/P sets available for other sections, re-gen picks hi-res at build.
• Decisions log — the full imagery decision is now in the wiki so any session sees it.

My honest recommendation on the next move: don't build the skin in this session. Two reasons — (1) your own plan was for the real redesign to run on Fable 5 (I'm on Opus 4.8), and (2) we're deep into this session's context (~305K), which is exactly where quality starts to slip. The skin rebuild is the big, taste-heavy part; it deserves a fresh, sharp session.

So the smart step is /session-handoff now → open a fresh Claude Code session in PROJECTS/Peptide Pal/app-v2/ on Fable 5 → paste the brief → it re-gens P01/P04 hi-res and builds Dashboard + landing hero first, then stops for your nod.

Want me to run the handoff? Or if you'd rather keep the momentum and have me start building here on Opus, say so and I will — just know a fresh Fable session will do it better.

Prior substantive message (the v4 peptide-context sheet delivery she reacted to with "I love P1 for the hero, I love P4 for the measurement area"):

Contact sheet v4 is open in Edge — photo-contact-sheet-4.html. This set makes it unmistakably a peptide tracker. Demo up top shows the light app tile sitting on the vials + water.

• P01 — vials + injection pen on the counter, glass of water sharp (the clearest "peptide tracker" shot)
• P02 — circled planner in sage pencil (reads more journal than calendar — say the word for a real grid)
• P03 — open journal + pen, vial + pen blurred behind
• P04 — measuring at the waist, cropped, no face (progress payoff)
• P05 — morning walk, green blurred behind, from behind (movement/health)

You've now got two sheets: v3 (human-calm) and v4 (peptide context). They mix well — a P-shot for the landing hero + an H-shot for a trust section. Tell me your pick(s).

Her verbatim decision: "I absolutely love this... I love P1 and I love P4 for the hero... if we have a little something for the measurement area... it's not measurements that they're taking, they might be doing measurements, that's right." → HERO = P01, MEASUREMENTS section = P04.

ACTIVE MODES — RE-INVOKE THESE FIRST (MANDATORY)

• This session ran on Opus 4.8 in ponytail (full) — auto-loads via SessionStart hook; image-generation/curation work only, no design build.
• fable-mode was NOT active this session (deliberate — the actual skin build is the Fable task, not done here).
• The BUILD session MUST re-invoke, in order, BEFORE touching code: the Fable 5 model (her stated plan; if not on Fable, invoke fable-mode first) → premium-web-design (Mode A) → ui-ux-pro-max → design-premium. These do not survive a /clear. The brief names them at the top too.

Where it started

Resumed from the "Atmosphere + Glass" lock. The blocking gate was Sondra's photo picks. Course: v2 dark/light generated sheet → she rejected ALL dark, wanted light + a human element without a posed face → generated 5 human-calm shots (H01-H05, sheet v3) → she then asked for peptide-context imagery (vials/pens, calendar, journal, measurements, walking) → generated 5 (P01-P05, sheet v4) → she picked.

Decisions locked + what shipped

• LIGHT cream + sage ONLY — dark is retired. The earlier "build both themes + toggle" is overridden. Palette: cream #F4F0E7/#EDE7D9, ink #20302B, sage #7C8B6B / deep sage #5E6E4E (single accent). No teal, no copper.
• HERO backdrop = P01-context-vials-pen-counter.png (vials + injection pen blurred on a cream counter, sharp glass of water).
• MEASUREMENTS feature backdrop = P04-context-measuring-waist.png (tape at waist, cropped, no face). She confirmed a measurements-tracking feature exists/will.
• Also approved for other sections: H01 (hands+glass), H02 (from behind), H03 (soft bokeh figure), H04 (cropped torso), H05 (window reflection); P02 (circled planner — reads more journal than calendar; re-gen as a real grid if a calendar is wanted), P03 (open journal), P05 (morning walk).
• 11 images generated on GEMINI_API_KEY (gemini-3-pro-image-preview, 16:9) into PROJECTS/Peptide Pal/design-references/photo-candidates-gen/; per-image prompts in generated.json (the re-gen source of truth). Every image visually vetted before reaching her.
• Two contact sheets shipped + light-themed: photo-contact-sheet-3.html (human-calm H01-H05), photo-contact-sheet-4.html (peptide context P01-P05, with a light app-tile demo on P01).
• Brief updated — FABLE-REDESIGN-PROMPT.md carries a new 🛑 THEME+HERO lock block (light-only, P01 hero, P04 measurements, re-gen hi-res at build).
• Decision recorded — Sondra Brain/wiki/memory/decisions-july-2026.md (top entry, this session).

Key files for next session

• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\Peptide Pal\FABLE-REDESIGN-PROMPT.md — READ FIRST; the 🛑 blocks at top govern everything (direction → no-landscapes → THEME+HERO lock).
• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\Peptide Pal\design-references\photo-candidates-gen\P01-context-vials-pen-counter.png — the HERO image.
• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\Peptide Pal\design-references\photo-candidates-gen\P04-context-measuring-waist.png — the measurements-section image.
• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\Peptide Pal\design-references\photo-candidates-gen\generated.json — every image's exact generation prompt; re-gen picks hi-res from here at build time.
• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\Peptide Pal\design-references\photo-contact-sheet-4.html + photo-contact-sheet-3.html — what she saw and picked from.
• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\Peptide Pal\app-v2\src\branding.css — the one file that is the skin; rebuild here around P01/P04.
• c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\Peptide Pal\app-v2\src\components\AppShell.tsx — surviving structure (route-aware side rail).
• Generation scripts (scratchpad, reusable pattern): ...\scratchpad\gen_human_calm.py + gen_context.py — reuse the Gemini call to make more/variations.
• Memory files touched: none (wiki decisions + the handoff shelf only, per skill rules).

Running state

• Background processes started THIS session: none.
• Dev server: Vite may still be alive at http://localhost:4780 (started in a PRIOR session as background shell bzaircmui/bzwbfee1p; not harness-tracked here). If dead, restart: cd "c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\Peptide Pal\app-v2" && npm run dev -- --port 4780.
• Open worktrees / branches: none — workspace repo on main.

Verification — how to confirm things still work

• ls "c:\Users\srver\AIOS-Workspace\aios-starter-kit\PROJECTS\Peptide Pal\design-references\photo-candidates-gen" — 21 .png (G/H/P) + generated.json.
• Open photo-contact-sheet-4.html in Edge — 5 P images render + a light glass demo tile on P01.
• curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" http://localhost:4780/ — 200 (else restart dev server per above).

Deferred + open questions

• OPEN (only real one) — build the skin. A fresh Fable 5 session re-gens P01/P04 hi-res → rebuilds branding.css + Dashboard + landing hero in light cream/sage → screenshot gate 1440/768/390 → her nod → roll across the other ~15 interior pages + Login.
• Deferred: P02 as a real calendar grid (only if she asks — current version reads more journal).
• Deferred: delete superseded stock sheet v1 + photo-candidates\ + the dark G-lane images — her call, never delete without explicit command.
• Carried (NOT this scope, all Sondra's): test-card run on getpeptidepal.com; Stripe live-flip (+ subscribe live webhook to charge.refunded/charge.dispute.created); PWA reminder check; Google OAuth consent publish; re-run /app-safety-check after the design lands, before any Stripe flip.
• Hard boundary unchanged: Supabase schema / RLS / edge functions / Stripe / auth are byte-stable — DESIGN ONLY.

Pick up here

Re-invoke fable-mode (on Opus/Sonnet) or run on Fable 5, then premium-web-design + ui-ux-pro-max + design-premium — THEN read FABLE-REDESIGN-PROMPT.md's 🛑 blocks, re-gen P01 + P04 hi-res from generated.json, and rebuild the light cream+sage skin (branding.css) — Dashboard + landing hero first, screenshot gate at 1440/768/390, stop for her nod before rolling across the rest.