`LOOP-LEDGER.md`

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# /yoloforever — Loop Ledger (@BHvideoguide launch)

## Cycle 1
**Landed (verified, $0 local, nothing posted):**
- Launch kit: profile+brand, content plan (12 videos), video briefs, TikTok API runbook.
- Video #1 brand-intro rendered — kinetic typography, Didot/ivory/gold, 9:16, 22.2s. v1 (Samantha) + v2 (Daniel en_GB) both sent to Steve for review.
- Editorial + FTC/defamation legal framework written (05-...) — gates videos naming attorneys/doctors until rewritten.

**Cody gate (verified real, not phantom):** (1) "video guide" with zero real footage, (2) system TTS undercuts luxe brand, (3) naming attorneys/med providers w/o disclosure = FTC/defamation risk.

**Final DTD:** FIX-THEN-SHIP — unanimous 5/5 (Claude, Codex, Qwen, Grok, Kimi), no dissent.

**Applied this cycle (safe/reversible):** re-rendered with Daniel (interim voice, $0); wrote legal framework; end-card timing fix so signature line isn't clipped.

**Drafted to pending-approval (gated):** voice upgrade (cloned vs premium-TTS spend), b-roll/format direction (stock-footage spend vs typography-only), posting Video #1, TikTok API app registration.

**Next cycle (safe work available):** rewrite content plan — kill ~4 generic keyword-titles for insider angles, apply legal framing to videos #5 (cosmetic med) & #8 (attorneys); optionally produce Video #2 as typography draft if format is confirmed.

**Blocked-on-Steve:** the 4 pending-approval decisions (voice, footage spend, posting, API).

## Cycle 2
**Landed (verified, $0 local, nothing posted):**
- Content plan sharpened: killed 4 generic keyword-titles → ownable insider angles (#3 Brighton Way, #6 back rooms, #7 Spadena Witch's House, #11 Coldwater Canyon trail).
- Videos #5 (aesthetics) & #8 (attorneys) reframed to compliant category-level + "informational, not advice"; compliance note linked to 05-framework.

**Cody gate (cycle 2, verified):** #5 "aesthetics capital" was an UNSOURCED factual claim; #7 Witch's House is a PRIVATE residence (516 Walden Dr) — no wayfinding.
**Applied this cycle (safe):** #5 now requires a sourced anchor before production (no superlative-as-fact); #7 carries exterior-only/no-Maps-pin guardrail; #11 names the specific trail in the hook.

**Final DTD:** HOLD-FOR-STEVE — 4/5 (Codex, Qwen, Grok, Kimi); dissent Claude (FIX-THEN-SHIP/continue).

**LOOP STATE: PAUSED.** Per verdict + skill stop-condition — all remaining high-value work is gated on Steve's 4 pending-approval decisions (voice, footage/format, posting, API). No further autonomous cycles scheduled. Resumes when Steve answers a decision or adds new safe work.

**Thin safe residue if resumed:** source the #5 cosmetic-surgery anchor stat; draft Video #2 as a typography-format piece (pending format decision).

## Cycle 3 (ran on Steve's "continue" override of Cycle 2's pause)
**Landed (verified, $0 local, nothing posted):**
- #5 anchor: reframed to the Bedford Drive "Golden Triangle" medical corridor (per public business listings, Aug 2026 WebSearch); corrected an overclaim — removed on-screen street-numbers, require re-confirm before production.
- scripts/build_video.py — template-driven renderer (reads specs/*.json). Proven: re-rendered Video #1 (parity) + new specs.
- New asset: "90210 Edit" series bumper (8.6s).
- DECISIONS.md — one-page 4-decision brief for Steve.

**Cody gate (cycle 3):** VERDICT KILL THE LOOP (not the project). Valid points: (1) the #5 "sourced" line was citation-theater (source not recorded) — FIXED; (2) the loop overrode its own Cycle-2 PAUSE and produced premature polish (a bumper for a series with 0 episodes); (3) minor: bumper dead-tail, template varies structure not feel.

**Final verdict (committed, no new panel — cost-aware; Cycle-2 panel + Cody both converge):** STOP THE LOOP / HOLD-FOR-STEVE. Two independent adversarial passes agree the only remaining work is gated on Steve's 4 decisions.

**LOOP STATE: STOPPED (not just paused).** No reschedule. Resumes ONLY when Steve answers a decision in DECISIONS.md. This time the loop honors its own verdict.