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# `_design_handoff/` — Snapshot Staging Area
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This top-level folder is a **staging area for files we hand to external design
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tools** (e.g. Claude Design, Figma plugins, UX consultants). Each subfolder is
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a curated, self-contained snapshot of a feature's relevant source — schema
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records, content JSON, screen code — so the design tool gets enough context
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to redesign without seeing the entire codebase.
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## What this folder is NOT
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- **Not source code.** Nothing in here is referenced by any `.csproj`,
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imported by any namespace, or executed by the game. Deleting the entire
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folder would not affect `dotnet build` or `dotnet test`.
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- **Not authoritative.** Everything is a copy. The originals — under
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`Theriapolis.*/` and `Content/Data/` — are canonical. If a design discussion
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motivates a code change, edit the original, not the snapshot.
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- **Not auto-refreshed.** Snapshots are taken manually (see each subfolder's
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`MANIFEST.md` for the file list and refresh command). They go stale the
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moment the originals change.
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## For future Claude Code sessions
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If you grep the repo and hit a match under `_design_handoff/`, treat it as
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documentation, not as a second copy of the same file to edit. Only edit the
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canonical path under `Theriapolis.*` / `Content/`. To bring a snapshot back in
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sync, follow the refresh command in that subfolder's `MANIFEST.md`.
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It's safe to delete any subfolder once the design conversation it was created
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for has wrapped up. Each subfolder is independent.
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## Current contents
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- **`character_creation/`** — Phase 5 M2 character creation flow snapshot.
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Created 2026-04-25 for Claude Design redesign of the single-screen
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`CharacterCreationScreen`. See its `README.md` for context.
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