Branch point: canon codified, structure live, Michael's studio mid-build.

Every explicit instruction and correction you gave today lives in a canon file in the repo (hero portrait rule with your exact source order — CompanyCam, realtor, Zillow, Street View — trump-card authority, curated lineup, always-both deliverables, research-before-invent). A harness hook now injects that canon into every single turn automatically — tested, working, fired on your own last message. The full gradient enforcement stack (hard gates, context engineering, best-practices sync, false-binary detection) is specced in the handoff for the branch to build.

Working now, verified in-browser: his private link opens with zero address entry; his real roof renders instantly in certified colors on the product pages; your exact approved prices, FLEX with your explainer, and proposal ride his private data. Not done: exact prices shown on every surface (fixture ranges still visible), curated five-system view, entry variants for your pick, the five unrendered colors, deploy. Hero: 18 new CompanyCam frames synced from your phone — the portrait search is the branch's first move; your portrait rule governs, nobody else's opinion closes it.

The comprehensive handoff (state, bugs, panel output marked advisory-only with your overrule recorded, open threads, systemic mandates, enforcement spec) is committed and pushed. A fresh session picks up with nothing living only in chat history.