`operations/settlement-gate.md`

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---
id: settlement-gate
type: operations
tags: [legal, settlement, hard-rule, generation, publish-gate]
aliases: ["settlement", "legal gate", "banana leaf rule"]
sources: [sources/settlement-gate.md]
updated: 2026-07-17
---
# Settlement legal gate

**Summary:** Before generating OR publishing any wallpaper/wallcovering design, it must clear the settlement gate. A design violates only when it satisfies ALL of Part A AND contains a Part B element.

## The rule
- **Part A (all three required):** A1 directional variation among leaves / palm
  fronds / foliage; A2 open space between leaves; A3 more than one ink color in
  the foliage layer. <!-- src: settlement-gate -->
- **Part B (any one):** bananas, banana pods, grapes, birds, or butterflies.
  <!-- src: settlement-gate -->
- Violation = full Part A **AND** a Part B element. Part B alone does not block.
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- Acceptable carve-outs (tree trunks, clearly-represented branches, or
  fruit/animal elements other than the Part B list) can make an otherwise-tropical
  pattern OK. <!-- src: settlement-gate -->

## Enforcement
Text anti-prompts are NOT enforceable on the image generator, so the PRODUCED
image must be visually re-checked before `is_published=true` or any Shopify
push. <!-- src: settlement-gate -->

## Related
- [[store-and-data-truth]] — a publish is a customer-facing production write.