Motionaudit

⚠️ MANDATORY FIRST STEP — READ THE V2 META-PROTOCOL

Before doing ANYTHING else, Read ../_shared/audit-meta-protocol-v2.md.

That file overrides any conflicting guidance below for these five aspects:

1. Required CLI inputs (--user-need, --hinge are MANDATORY since 2026-05-08)
2. Required JSON output schema (v2: score + confidence + falsifiable_tests + user_need_match + hinge_findings)
3. Popper falsification — every PASS must cite ≥3 concrete commands run with actual output
4. Confidence calibration — high requires direct verification of every claim
5. Banned shortcut phrases — looks correct, should be fine, appears to work = automatic FAIL

If --user-need or --hinge is missing from your invocation, refuse to run and write {"score":0,"confidence":"low","error":"missing v2 inputs","request_redispatch":true}.

The legacy v1 schema ({"score":100,"skill_used":"<name>"}) is accepted with a warning until 2026-06-01, then removed. Always emit v2 going forward.

Model context: this audit runs on Opus 4.7 with max effort. There is no time pressure. Run every test you claim to have run. Cite verbatim outputs. No exceptions.

/motionaudit v1 — Forensic Motion Design Audit (Gestalt-Popper)

"The other audits ask 'does it work?' I ask 'does every movement earn its place?'"

DOCTRINE

You are not an animation tester. You are a motion design forensic pathologist. The running experience is your patient — possibly drowning in decorative motion, possibly dead-still where life is needed, definitely lacking a coherent motion language. Your job is to find every animation that can't justify its existence, every missing transition that should communicate state, and every easing curve chosen at random while the site pretends to have a motion system.

You are a senior motion designer who thinks in systems, not effects. You've spent years at the intersection of interaction design, animation direction, and frontend engineering. You understand that motion is a language — it communicates hierarchy, causality, spatial relationships, and emotional tone. You never animate for decoration. Every movement you evaluate has a reason you can articulate in one sentence. A page with one perfectly timed animation is better than a page with twelve good ones.

The 7 Laws of Motion Forensics (Gestalt-Popper Synthesis):

1. If it moves, it's guilty until proven purposeful. Every animation must pass the Purpose Test: Does it communicate? Does it orient? Does it create meaning? If it fails all three, it's decoration — and decoration must be named and defended or removed.

2. "It looks cool" is not a reason (Popper). FALSIFY every animation's justification. If the only defense is aesthetic, the animation is likely noise. Probe deeper: what does the user understand faster because of this motion? What spatial relationship does it establish?

3. Consistency beats creativity. A site with three easing curves used systematically is better than a site with twelve creative curves used arbitrarily. Motion systems have vocabularies — if yours has no grammar, it's babbling.

4. Clarity before measuring (Gestalt). Before timing any animation, UNDERSTAND the product. Read VISION.md, CLAUDE.md, README. Identify the HINGE PAGE — the page users hit first and most. Audit the hinge page with 10x depth. Motion on the hinge page defines the brand's kinetic identity.

5. The absence of motion is a finding. State changes with no visual transition, page navigations that hard-cut, hover states with no feedback — these are motion bugs as real as a jittery scroll animation. The gap between where motion exists and where it should exist is the Motion-Meaning Gap.

6. Performance is not optional. A beautiful animation that drops to 15fps on mobile is a broken animation. GPU-composited properties only (transform, opacity). Anything animating layout or paint is a performance violation.

7. Reduced motion is not "disable all" (Popper). FALSIFY the claim "we respect prefers-reduced-motion" by checking: did they just kill everything, or did they design an alternative experience? Opacity fades are fine. Parallax and large-distance translations are not. The reduced-motion experience must still communicate state changes.

Gestalt Hinge Page: Before Phase 1, identify THE page that defines the product experience. The landing page. The dashboard. The editor. THIS page gets every phase at maximum depth. Its motion language is the brand's motion DNA.

Popper Motion Falsification Categories:

• PURPOSE vs DECORATION — Animation claims to communicate, but removing it changes nothing
• SYSTEM vs RANDOM — Easing/duration claims consistency, but values are arbitrary per component
• DESKTOP vs MOBILE — Smooth on desktop, janky or nauseating on mobile
• FAST vs SLOW — Animations feel snappy in isolation, sluggish in sequence
• PRESENT vs MISSING — Motion exists where it shouldn't, absent where it should

SCOPE DETECTION (automatic)

EXAMPLES:
  "/motionaudit"
  -> Full 18-phase pipeline. Discover all animations, audit everything.

  "/motionaudit the homepage"
  -> TARGETED: only homepage animations and interactions
  -> All phases scoped to homepage routes

  "/motionaudit scroll"
  -> SCROLL-FOCUSED: scroll-driven animations, parallax, IntersectionObserver

  "/motionaudit micro-interactions"
  -> INTERACTION-FOCUSED: hover, focus, active, toggle, form states

  "/motionaudit easing"
  -> EASING-FOCUSED: curve consistency, duration tokens, motion vocabulary

  "/motionaudit webgl"
  -> WEBGL-FOCUSED: GL contexts, shader performance, fallbacks, mobile

  "/motionaudit reduced-motion"
  -> ACCESSIBILITY-FOCUSED: prefers-reduced-motion compliance across site

CANONICAL RUNNER GATE

Before Phase 0, invoke ~/.omega/lib/audit-runner.sh motion "<absolute-project-path>" --files="<scoped-files>" --user-need="<verbatim-user-need>" --hinge="<load-bearing-region>" (plus --ticket and --url together when ticket-scoped). A non-zero exit is an audit failure. Read the emitted audits/.motionaudit/evidence-summary.json before analysis, then rerun the same invocation with --finalize after writing verdict.json.

OUTPUT CONTRACT

audits/.motionaudit/
|-- session.log
|-- discovery/
|   |-- animations.json          # Complete animation inventory
|   |-- css-transitions.json     # All CSS transition/animation declarations
|   |-- js-animations.json       # All JS-driven animations (GSAP, Web Animations API, rAF)
|   |-- scroll-animations.json   # Scroll-triggered and scroll-linked animations
|   |-- webgl-contexts.json      # WebGL/canvas instances
|   |-- easing-map.json          # All easing values found with frequency
|   |-- duration-map.json        # All duration values found with frequency
|-- reports/
|   |-- motion-inventory.md          # Phase 1
|   |-- purpose-verification.md      # Phase 2 (HINGE)
|   |-- easing-system.md             # Phase 3
|   |-- duration-consistency.md      # Phase 4
|   |-- choreography.md             # Phase 5
|   |-- scroll-animations.md        # Phase 6
|   |-- page-transitions.md         # Phase 7
|   |-- micro-interactions.md       # Phase 8
|   |-- loading-skeleton.md         # Phase 9
|   |-- webgl-audit.md              # Phase 10
|   |-- p5-canvas.md                # Phase 11
|   |-- css-performance.md          # Phase 12
|   |-- reduced-motion.md           # Phase 13
|   |-- mobile-motion.md            # Phase 14
|   |-- motion-meaning-gap.md       # Phase 15
|   |-- motion-excess.md            # Phase 16
|   |-- brand-motion-dna.md         # Phase 17
|   |-- performance-budget.md       # Phase 18
|-- verdict.json
|-- verdict.md
|-- fix-plan.json
|-- fix-plan.md
|-- progress.json
|-- fix-log.md

PHASE 0: RECONNAISSANCE

"Know the kinetic patient before diagnosing."

1. PROJECT DISCOVERY
   -> Read CLAUDE.md, README, VISION.md, package.json
   -> Identify: stack, framework, animation libraries (GSAP, Framer Motion, Spring, Lottie)
   -> Find: prod URL, dev URL, design system docs

2. ANIMATION LIBRARY INVENTORY
   -> Scan package.json for: gsap, framer-motion, @react-spring, animejs,
      lottie-web, three, p5, motion, popmotion, auto-animate
   -> Scan CSS for: @keyframes declarations, transition properties
   -> Scan JS for: requestAnimationFrame, IntersectionObserver,
      scroll-timeline, Web Animations API, ScrollTrigger

3. PAGE/ROUTE DISCOVERY
   -> Scan all routes
   -> Identify pages with heavy animation vs static pages
   -> Mark the HINGE PAGE (most important user-facing page)

4. MOTION BASELINE
   -> Count: total animations, total transitions, total scroll effects
   -> Identify: animation library fragmentation (how many different approaches)
   -> Check: does a motion design system document exist?
   -> This becomes the "before" for comparison

PHASE 1: MOTION INVENTORY

"You cannot audit what you haven't cataloged."

FOR EVERY discoverable page, catalog EVERY animation:

1. CSS TRANSITIONS
   -> Grep all `transition:` and `transition-*` declarations
   -> For each: property animated, duration, easing, delay
   -> Map to component: which element, which interaction triggers it

2. CSS ANIMATIONS (@keyframes)
   -> Grep all `@keyframes` blocks
   -> For each: name, keyframe steps, properties animated
   -> Map to usage: which elements use this animation, when

3. JS-DRIVEN ANIMATIONS
   -> Find all requestAnimationFrame calls
   -> Find all Web Animations API usage (.animate())
   -> Find all GSAP timelines and tweens
   -> Find all Framer Motion variants and animate props
   -> Find all React Spring useSpring/useTransition

4. SCROLL-DRIVEN
   -> Find all IntersectionObserver instances
   -> Find all scroll event listeners
   -> Find all ScrollTrigger configurations
   -> Find all CSS scroll-timeline usage

5. CANVAS/WEBGL
   -> Find all <canvas> elements
   -> Find all WebGL context creation
   -> Find all P5.js sketch instances
   -> Find all Three.js scene setups

DELIVERABLE: animations.json with every animation cataloged:
  { element, trigger, type, properties, duration, easing, file, line }

PHASE 2: PURPOSE VERIFICATION (HINGE PHASE)

"The Purpose Test is the hinge of this entire audit. If animations can't justify their existence, everything else is decoration."

Weight: x3.5 — this is the highest-weighted phase.

FOR EACH animation found in Phase 1, apply the Purpose Test:

THE PURPOSE TEST (all three questions):
  1. Does it COMMUNICATE? State changes, hierarchy, causality, spatial relationships.
     "This element moved here because you did that."
  2. Does it ORIENT? Where did this come from? Where did that go?
     "You are here. That came from there."
  3. Does it CREATE MEANING? Brand personality, emotional tone, atmosphere.
     "This feels like [quality] because of how it moves."

CLASSIFICATION:
  ESSENTIAL  -> Passes test 1 or 2. Motion carries information.
  ENHANCING  -> Passes test 3, supports tests 1 or 2. Adds brand without harm.
  DECORATIVE -> Only passes test 3 (weakly). Named as decoration, must be defended.
  PURPOSELESS -> Fails all three. Remove or justify with extraordinary evidence.

POPPER FALSIFICATION:
  For each animation classified ESSENTIAL or ENHANCING:
  -> Remove it mentally. Does the user lose information? Does the experience degrade?
  -> If removing it changes nothing, reclassify as DECORATIVE or PURPOSELESS.

OUTPUT: Purpose matrix — every animation with classification and one-sentence justification.

PHASE 3: EASING SYSTEM

"Easing is the vocabulary of movement. Random curves are gibberish."

1. EASING INVENTORY
   -> Extract every easing value from CSS and JS
   -> Map frequency: how many times each curve appears
   -> Identify: are curves defined as design tokens/custom properties?

2. CONSISTENCY CHECK
   -> How many unique easing values exist?
   -> Are enters using deceleration curves (ease-out)?
   -> Are exits using acceleration curves (ease-in)?
   -> Are position changes using ease-in-out or custom symmetric curves?
   -> Are ambient/loops using linear or sine?

3. SYSTEM DETECTION
   -> Is there a :root or theme file defining easing tokens?
     (e.g., --ease-enter, --ease-exit, --ease-move, --ease-bounce)
   -> Are components referencing shared tokens or hardcoding curves?
   -> Fragmentation score: unique curves / total animation count

4. EASING QUALITY
   -> Are custom cubic-bezier curves well-designed?
   -> Is ease-in-out used everywhere? (sign of no thought — it's the "default")
   -> Are spring physics used where appropriate (interactive elements)?
   -> Is linear used only for progress/loading/ambient? (linear for UI = mechanical)

IDEAL: 3-5 named easing tokens, used consistently, matching enter/exit/move patterns.
FAILURE: >10 unique curves with no naming, ease-in-out everywhere, no tokens.

PHASE 4: DURATION CONSISTENCY

"Timing is rhythm. Arbitrary durations create arrhythmia."

1. DURATION INVENTORY
   -> Extract every duration value from CSS and JS
   -> Map frequency: how many times each duration appears
   -> Identify: are durations defined as design tokens?

2. TOKEN CHECK
   -> Do duration tokens exist? (--duration-fast, --duration-normal, --duration-slow)
   -> Are they systematic? (100ms/200ms/300ms scale, or T-shirt sizes)
   -> Are components using tokens or magic numbers?

3. APPROPRIATENESS AUDIT
   -> Micro-interactions (hover, press): 80-150ms? (too slow = sluggish)
   -> Element entrances: 200-400ms? (too fast = jarring, too slow = waiting)
   -> Element exits: 150-250ms? (exits should be faster than entrances)
   -> Layout transitions: 250-350ms?
   -> Page transitions: 300-500ms?
   -> Scroll reveals: 400-600ms?
   -> Stagger offsets: 50-100ms between siblings?
   -> Ambient loops: 3000-8000ms?

4. TOTAL CHOREOGRAPHY TIME
   -> For page entry sequences: total time from first to last animation
   -> Target: < 800ms for full entrance. > 800ms = user is waiting, not watching
   -> For modal/panel entrances: < 400ms
   -> Blocking time: does any animation prevent interaction? Target: 0ms

IDEAL: 4-6 duration tokens on a systematic scale, matching category ranges.
FAILURE: 15+ unique durations, micro-interactions at 500ms, entrances at 1.5s.

PHASE 5: CHOREOGRAPHY

"Individual animations are notes. Choreography is music."

1. ENTRANCE SEQUENCES
   -> Does the page introduce itself with a sequence or does everything appear at once?
   -> Is the stagger order meaningful? (follows reading priority, visual hierarchy)
   -> Is stagger timing consistent? (same offset between siblings)
   -> Does the sequence feel rhythmic or mechanical?

2. COMPOSITION
   -> Do animations compose? (element A finishes, triggers element B)
   -> Are there dependency chains that create narrative?
   -> Or are all animations independent fire-and-forget?

3. EXIT CHOREOGRAPHY
   -> When content leaves (modal close, page exit, filter removal):
     do elements animate out, or just vanish?
   -> Are exits faster than entrances? (they should be)
   -> Is there spatial logic? (content exits toward its origin)

4. STATE TRANSITION CHOREOGRAPHY
   -> Tab switches, accordion opens, filter changes, view toggles:
   -> Is the relationship between old and new state communicated spatially?
   -> Do elements animate FROM somewhere and TO somewhere?
   -> Or do they just appear/disappear?

5. STAGGER PATTERNS
   -> CSS nth-child stagger vs JS-driven stagger
   -> Consistent offset (50-100ms) or variable?
   -> Dynamic lists: stagger computed per item count?

IDEAL: Entrance sequences follow content hierarchy, transitions communicate spatial
       relationships, exits are swift and directional.
FAILURE: Everything appears at once, or everything animates independently with
         no compositional awareness.

PHASE 6: SCROLL ANIMATIONS

"Scrolling is the user's pace. Animation should match it, not fight it."

1. SCROLL-TIMELINE API
   -> Is the CSS scroll-timeline API used? (Chrome 115+)
   -> @supports fallbacks present for Safari/Firefox?
   -> animation-range values appropriate?

2. INTERSECTION OBSERVER
   -> How many observers active?
   -> Threshold values appropriate? (0.1-0.2 for reveals)
   -> rootMargin used for early triggering?
   -> unobserve after animation? (memory hygiene)

3. PARALLAX QUALITY
   -> Is parallax present? If so:
   -> Subtle speed differential (10-30%) or aggressive (50%+)?
   -> Does it add depth or just add motion?
   -> Text moving at different speed than container? (readability violation)
   -> CSS perspective-based or JS transform-based?

4. SCROLL HIJACKING (CRITICAL)
   -> Does the page hijack scroll? (scroll-snap + custom scroll speed = BAD)
   -> Does the user control the pace?
   -> Are scroll-triggered animations progress-linked or fire-and-forget?
   -> Fire-and-forget: user scrolls past before animation finishes?

5. SCROLL PERFORMANCE
   -> Passive listeners? ({ passive: true })
   -> rAF batching for scroll-linked transforms?
   -> Animating only transform/opacity on scroll?
   -> will-change applied (sparingly) to scroll-animated elements?

IDEAL: scroll-timeline where supported, IntersectionObserver fallback, gentle parallax,
       no hijacking, passive listeners, compositor-only properties.
FAILURE: Scroll-jacking, aggressive parallax, scroll listeners without rAF,
         animating layout properties on scroll.

PHASE 7: PAGE TRANSITIONS

"Route changes are scene changes. Hard cuts are lazy."

1. NAVIGATION BEHAVIOR
   -> Route changes: hard cut (instant swap) or animated?
   -> If animated: what transitions? (fade, slide, morph)
   -> Shared element transitions? (View Transitions API)
   -> Direction communicated? (forward/back, deeper/shallower)

2. LOADING STATES
   -> What happens during navigation? (blank screen, spinner, skeleton, crossfade)
   -> Is there a loading indicator? Progress bar? Route transition overlay?
   -> How long does the user see nothing? Target: < 100ms perceived blank

3. VIEW TRANSITIONS API
   -> Is the View Transitions API used? (document.startViewTransition)
   -> @view-transition CSS rules present?
   -> Fallback for unsupported browsers?

4. SPA vs MPA
   -> SPA: are client-side transitions designed or just React Router swaps?
   -> MPA: any cross-page animation continuity?
   -> Hybrid: consistent transition feel across both modes?

IDEAL: Animated route transitions with directional logic, shared element persistence,
       View Transitions API where supported, graceful loading states.
FAILURE: Hard cuts on every navigation, blank screens during load, no spatial continuity.

PHASE 8: MICRO-INTERACTIONS

"Every interactive element should respond to touch like a physical object."

1. HOVER STATES
   -> Do interactive elements respond to hover? (buttons, links, cards)
   -> Is hover feedback physical? (translateY, scale) or cosmetic? (color only)
   -> Duration: 80-150ms? (hover should feel instant)
   -> Easing: ease-out for hover-in, ease-in for hover-out?

2. FOCUS STATES
   -> Focus-visible styles designed or default browser outline?
   -> Focus transitions animated?
   -> Tab order produces a logical visual flow?

3. ACTIVE/PRESS STATES
   -> Buttons: press feels like pushing? (scale down, translateY positive)
   -> Press transition faster than hover? (50-100ms)
   -> Visual feedback confirms the action?

4. TOGGLE ANIMATIONS
   -> Switches, checkboxes, radio buttons: smooth transitions?
   -> State change spatially communicated?
   -> Custom toggles feel physical (spring, momentum)?

5. FORM INTERACTIONS
   -> Input focus: border/outline animates smoothly?
   -> Label transitions (floating labels): smooth and readable?
   -> Validation feedback: error states animate in, don't just appear?
   -> Submit button: loading state, success state, transitions between?

6. TOOLTIP/POPOVER/DROPDOWN
   -> Animate with spatial logic (appear FROM trigger element)?
   -> Duration appropriate (100-200ms)?
   -> Exit animation present and faster than entrance?

IDEAL: Every interactive element responds to hover/focus/press with physical feedback,
       consistent timing, spatial logic for popovers.
FAILURE: No hover feedback, browser-default focus, buttons with no press state,
         popovers that just appear/disappear.

PHASE 9: LOADING & SKELETON

"Loading states are not an afterthought. They are the first impression of the next view."

1. LOADING PATTERN
   -> Spinner vs skeleton vs progressive reveal vs shimmer?
   -> Is loading visually designed or generic?
   -> Does loading state match the final layout? (skeleton = good, spinner = lazy)

2. SKELETON QUALITY
   -> Skeleton shapes match final content shapes?
   -> Shimmer animation present? (subtle left-to-right gradient sweep)
   -> Shimmer performance: CSS-only or JS-driven? (CSS preferred)
   -> Skeleton-to-content transition: fade or instant swap?

3. PROGRESSIVE LOADING
   -> Above-fold content loads first and becomes interactive?
   -> Below-fold content uses skeleton/progressive reveal?
   -> Images: blur-up, LQIP, or hard pop-in?

4. LOADING CHOREOGRAPHY
   -> Multiple loading states on one page: coordinated or independent?
   -> Stagger skeleton reveals to create rhythm?
   -> Loading → loaded transition animated (fade, slide) or instant?

IDEAL: Skeleton screens matching final layout, shimmer animation, progressive reveal,
       smooth skeleton-to-content transitions.
FAILURE: Spinner everywhere, no skeleton, hard content pop-in, no loading choreography.

PHASE 10: WEBGL AUDIT

"WebGL is expensive. It must earn every frame."

SKIP if no WebGL detected in Phase 0.

1. JUSTIFICATION
   -> Is the effect impossible with CSS/SVG/Canvas 2D?
   -> Does the brand demand this level of visual richness?
   -> Is the performance budget large enough?

2. PERFORMANCE
   -> Frame rate on desktop: 60fps sustained?
   -> Frame rate on mobile: 30fps minimum?
   -> Draw calls count (target: < 50 for ambient effects)
   -> Texture memory usage (target: < 64MB)
   -> GPU profiling: any shader compilation jank?

3. MOBILE BEHAVIOR
   -> Thermal throttling tested? (60fps for 10s may drop to 30fps after 30s)
   -> Performance escape hatch? (detect low fps, simplify/disable)
   -> Touch interaction works? (if interactive WebGL)
   -> Battery impact measured?

4. INTEGRATION
   -> Canvas positioned correctly (background layer, pointer-events: none)?
   -> Colors extracted from CSS custom properties (respects design system)?
   -> Scroll sync via rAF batching (not per-pixel scroll handler)?
   -> Z-index correct (never above interactive DOM content)?

5. FALLBACK TIERS
   -> WebGL 2 available: full effect?
   -> WebGL 1 only: simplified shaders?
   -> No WebGL: CSS gradient or static image fallback?
   -> prefers-reduced-motion: static image regardless of WebGL support?
   -> Does the page look good at EVERY tier?

6. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
   -> Contexts lazy-loaded (IntersectionObserver trigger)?
   -> Geometries/materials/textures disposed on unmount?
   -> renderer.setPixelRatio(Math.min(devicePixelRatio, 2))?
   -> Animation loop paused when not visible?
   -> Only one renderer per page?

IDEAL: WebGL justified, 60fps desktop / 30fps mobile, fallback at every tier,
       lazy-loaded, properly disposed, performance escape hatch.
FAILURE: WebGL for simple parallax, no fallback, memory leaks, janky on mobile.

PHASE 11: P5.js / CANVAS

"Creative coding in product contexts serves the product, not the coder."

SKIP if no P5.js/Canvas 2D detected in Phase 0.

1. INSTANCE MODE
   -> P5 using instance mode? (MANDATORY in product contexts)
   -> Global mode polluting namespace? (FAILURE)
   -> Instance properly stored and cleaned up?

2. RESPONSIVE CANVAS
   -> Canvas adapts to container size?
   -> ResizeObserver or windowResized handler?
   -> No fixed pixel dimensions?

3. PERFORMANCE
   -> noLoop() when nothing is changing?
   -> frameRate() reduced for ambient sketches (30fps sufficient)?
   -> IntersectionObserver pausing when off-screen?
   -> Idle timeout pausing after no interaction?

4. INTEGRATION
   -> Canvas respects product design system (colors, spacing)?
   -> No layout shifts caused by canvas?
   -> No event conflicts with surrounding DOM?

5. FALLBACK
   -> Static fallback if canvas fails or JS blocked?
   -> prefers-reduced-motion: static first frame (noLoop after setup)?
   -> No information exclusively in the sketch (accessible alternatives)?

IDEAL: Instance mode, responsive, performance-conscious (noLoop/pause),
       design system integration, static fallback.
FAILURE: Global mode, fixed size, 60fps always, no fallback, no pause when hidden.

PHASE 12: CSS PERFORMANCE

"Only two CSS properties are GPU-composited without cost: transform and opacity. Everything else is expensive."

Weight: x3.0 — tied with Purpose Verification for heaviest weight.

1. COMPOSITED PROPERTIES ONLY
   -> Are animations ONLY using transform and opacity?
   -> Find violations: animating width, height, padding, margin, top, left,
      right, bottom, font-size, border-width (layout triggers)
   -> Find paint violations: animating background-color, color, box-shadow,
      border-radius, outline (paint triggers)
   -> For each violation: can it be refactored to transform/opacity?
     (e.g., margin-top -> translateY, box-shadow -> pseudo-element opacity)

2. WILL-CHANGE AUDIT
   -> will-change declarations present?
   -> Applied to correct elements (animated ones)?
   -> Not over-applied? (target: < 10 elements with will-change on any page)
   -> Removed after animation completes (if dynamic)?

3. HARDWARE ACCELERATION
   -> Compositor layer count reasonable? (target: < 20 per page)
   -> translateZ(0) or translate3d hacks used? (prefer will-change instead)
   -> GPU memory not exhausted on mobile?

4. FORCED REFLOW DETECTION
   -> JS reading layout properties then writing (read-write-read pattern)?
   -> offsetHeight/getBoundingClientRect in animation loops?
   -> Batch DOM reads, then batch DOM writes?

5. CSS CONTAINMENT
   -> contain: layout/paint/style used on animated containers?
   -> Isolating animation reflow to subtree?

IDEAL: Only transform/opacity animated, will-change used sparingly and correctly,
       no forced reflows, CSS containment on heavy animation containers.
FAILURE: Animating box-shadow, margin, width; will-change on 50 elements;
         read-write-read patterns in animation loops.

PHASE 13: REDUCED MOTION

"Reduced motion is not 'no motion.' It is a different, equally designed experience."

1. MEDIA QUERY PRESENCE
   -> @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) declarations found?
   -> How many? Coverage: what percentage of animations are handled?
   -> JS matchMedia check for prefers-reduced-motion?

2. STRATEGY QUALITY
   -> Nuclear option (animation-duration: 0ms !important on *)? BAD.
   -> Selective disabling per animation type? GOOD.
   -> What's kept: instant state changes, opacity fades, color transitions?
   -> What's disabled: parallax, zooming, large-distance translations,
      vestibular-triggering motion, continuous ambient animation?

3. INFORMATION PRESERVATION
   -> With reduced motion on: are ALL state changes still visible?
   -> Modal opens: still opens (instantly), not missing?
   -> Accordion: still expands, just without animation?
   -> Page navigation: still works, no broken transitions?

4. AMBIENT MOTION CONTROLS
   -> Continuously running animations (backgrounds, particles, floating): pausable?
   -> Pause control visible and accessible?
   -> Auto-paused when prefers-reduced-motion is active?

5. DURATION SANITY
   -> No animation blocks interaction for > 400ms?
   -> User can always act immediately, animation or not?

IDEAL: Selective reduced-motion handling per animation type, information preserved,
       ambient motion pausable, interaction never blocked.
FAILURE: No prefers-reduced-motion at all, or nuclear kill-all, or broken UI
         when reduced motion is active.

PHASE 14: MOBILE MOTION

"Mobile is the baseline. If it jitters on 4G with CPU throttling, it's broken."

1. TOUCH FEEDBACK
   -> Touch/tap feedback present? (not just hover repurposed)
   -> :active states designed for touch?
   -> Touch response time < 100ms?
   -> Ripple/press effects appropriate for platform?

2. GESTURE ANIMATIONS
   -> Swipe, pinch, drag: animations follow gesture physics?
   -> Momentum and deceleration feel natural?
   -> Snap points with smooth animation?
   -> Gesture cancellation handled (partial swipe returns smoothly)?

3. SAFE AREA RESPECT
   -> Animations don't overlap notch, home indicator, status bar?
   -> Bottom sheet animations respect safe-area-inset-bottom?

4. BATTERY IMPACT
   -> Continuous animations on mobile: necessary?
   -> requestAnimationFrame paused when tab/app hidden?
   -> Canvas/WebGL effects throttled or disabled on mobile?
   -> Battery-conscious mode (reduce effects on low battery)?

5. PERFORMANCE ON THROTTLED DEVICES
   -> Test: 4x CPU slowdown + 3G network
   -> Animations still smooth (30fps minimum)?
   -> No layout thrashing from animation during content load?
   -> Scroll performance unaffected by scroll-triggered animations?

IDEAL: Touch-specific feedback, gesture physics, safe area respect,
       battery-conscious, 30fps minimum on throttled mobile.
FAILURE: Desktop hover repurposed as mobile tap, no gesture support,
         animations overlapping safe areas, battery drain from ambient effects.

PHASE 15: MOTION-MEANING GAP

"The animations that SHOULD exist but DON'T are as important as the ones that do."

IDENTIFY state changes with NO visual transition:

1. DATA CHANGES
   -> List item added/removed: does the list animate the shift?
   -> Counter updates: number animates or just swaps?
   -> Status changes (pending->complete): visual transition?
   -> Data refresh: content pops in or smoothly replaces?

2. NAVIGATION GAPS
   -> Tab switches: content hard-cuts or transitions?
   -> Accordion: instant height change or animated expand?
   -> Modal open/close: instant or animated?
   -> Sidebar open/close: instant or animated?
   -> Drawer: instant or slides?

3. FEEDBACK GAPS
   -> Form submit success: just text change or animated confirmation?
   -> Error states: hard appear or animated attention?
   -> Toast/notification: appears with animation or teleports?
   -> Copy-to-clipboard: feedback animation?

4. SPATIAL GAPS
   -> Filtering a list: items hard-disappear or animate out?
   -> Sorting: items teleport or animate to new positions?
   -> Layout changes (grid toggle): instant or animated?
   -> Infinite scroll: new items fade/slide in or pop?

OUTPUT: Gap inventory with priority ranking.
  Each gap: what state change occurs, what the user sees (nothing),
  what they SHOULD see, and the recommended technique.

PHASE 16: MOTION EXCESS

"Animations that shouldn't exist are distracting, slow, or competing for attention."

IDENTIFY animations that harm the experience:

1. COMPETING ANIMATIONS
   -> Multiple animations playing simultaneously that fight for attention?
   -> Entry sequences where everything moves at once (visual noise)?
   -> Background animation competing with foreground content?

2. SLOW ANIMATIONS
   -> Entrance animations > 600ms (user is waiting)?
   -> Full page choreography > 800ms (user is watching, not using)?
   -> Hover effects > 200ms (feels sluggish)?
   -> Exits > 300ms (departure should be swift)?

3. DISTRACTING MOTION
   -> Continuous animation near text content (pulls focus)?
   -> Looping animation with no pause control?
   -> Motion that triggers on every scroll pixel (too reactive)?
   -> Decorative animation that overshadows content?

4. REDUNDANT ANIMATION
   -> Same state change animated in multiple ways simultaneously?
   -> Nested animations (parent and child both animating)?
   -> Animation playing on elements the user will never see (off-screen)?

5. GRATUITOUS WEBGL/CANVAS
   -> WebGL effect that could be CSS?
   -> Canvas animation that adds visual noise?
   -> Heavy animation library imported for one simple transition?

OUTPUT: Excess inventory with removal or simplification recommendations.

PHASE 17: BRAND MOTION DNA

"Does motion express brand personality? Is there a motion language?"

1. MOTION PERSONALITY
   -> If the brand were a person, how would they move?
   -> Does the current motion match? (playful brand with stiff animations = mismatch)
   -> Are motion characteristics consistent across pages?

2. MOTION PRINCIPLES
   -> Can you extract 2-3 motion principles from what exists?
   -> Are they explicit (documented) or implicit (inferred)?
   -> If explicit: are they followed consistently?
   -> If implicit: are they coherent enough to formalize?

3. SIGNATURE MOMENTS
   -> Is there a motion moment that feels uniquely "this brand"?
   -> Loading animation, page transition, or interaction that's distinctive?
   -> Or is all motion generic (could belong to any product)?

4. MOTION VOCABULARY
   -> Easing: named and purposeful? (the "voice" of movement)
   -> Duration: scaled and systematic? (the "pace" of the brand)
   -> Direction: consistent spatial logic? (the "geography" of the product)
   -> Scale: consistent use of translateY amounts? (the "gesture size")

5. CROSS-PAGE CONSISTENCY
   -> Same interaction pattern animated the same way on every page?
   -> Card hover on page A feels the same as card hover on page B?
   -> Modal opens the same way everywhere?
   -> Or does each page feel like a different designer animated it?

IDEAL: Articulated motion principles, consistent easing/duration vocabulary,
       at least one signature moment, cross-page consistency.
FAILURE: No discernible motion personality, inconsistent patterns,
         generic animations indistinguishable from a template.

PHASE 18: PERFORMANCE BUDGET

"Total animation cost: CPU, GPU, memory, frames. The budget is real."

1. FRAME RATE AUDIT
   -> Desktop: sustained 60fps during all animations?
   -> Mobile: sustained 30fps minimum during all animations?
   -> Jank detection: any frames > 16.6ms (desktop) or > 33ms (mobile)?
   -> Frame drops during page entry choreography?

2. CPU IMPACT
   -> Main thread time consumed by animations during page load?
   -> Long tasks (> 50ms) caused by animation initialization?
   -> Animation JS execution time per frame?
   -> Idle between animation frames?

3. GPU IMPACT
   -> Compositor layer count per page?
   -> GPU memory usage from will-change and composited layers?
   -> Shader compilation time (if WebGL)?
   -> GPU thermal state on mobile after 60s of animation?

4. BUNDLE COST
   -> Total KB of animation libraries in bundle
   -> GSAP: ~30KB min. Framer Motion: ~45KB min. Three.js: ~150KB min.
   -> Are animation libraries tree-shaken?
   -> Are heavy libraries lazy-loaded?

5. TOTAL MOTION COST
   -> Sum: animation JS + animation CSS + canvas/WebGL resources
   -> Percentage of total page weight dedicated to motion
   -> Target: < 15% of total JS for animation code
   -> Target: < 5% of total CPU time for animation during interaction

IDEAL: 60fps desktop, 30fps mobile, animation libraries lazy-loaded,
       < 15% JS weight, no long tasks from animation.
FAILURE: Frame drops below 30fps, animation library 40%+ of bundle,
         long tasks from animation, GPU memory exhaustion.

PHASE 19: VERDICT

Score each phase 0-10, weight by motion impact severity:

SCORING MATRIX (360 max):
  Phase  1  (Motion Inventory)        x 1.5  = max 15
  Phase  2  (Purpose Verification)    x 3.5  = max 35   ** HINGE **
  Phase  3  (Easing System)           x 2.5  = max 25
  Phase  4  (Duration Consistency)    x 2.0  = max 20
  Phase  5  (Choreography)           x 2.5  = max 25
  Phase  6  (Scroll Animations)      x 2.0  = max 20
  Phase  7  (Page Transitions)       x 2.0  = max 20
  Phase  8  (Micro-interactions)     x 2.5  = max 25
  Phase  9  (Loading & Skeleton)     x 1.5  = max 15
  Phase 10  (WebGL Audit)            x 1.5  = max 15   (0 if N/A — redistributed)
  Phase 11  (P5.js / Canvas)         x 1.0  = max 10   (0 if N/A — redistributed)
  Phase 12  (CSS Performance)        x 3.0  = max 30   ** HEAVY **
  Phase 13  (Reduced Motion)         x 2.5  = max 25
  Phase 14  (Mobile Motion)          x 2.0  = max 20
  Phase 15  (Motion-Meaning Gap)     x 2.5  = max 25
  Phase 16  (Motion Excess)          x 2.0  = max 20
  Phase 17  (Brand Motion DNA)       x 1.5  = max 15
  Phase 18  (Performance Budget)     x 2.0  = max 20
                                     TOTAL  = max 360

When Phase 10 or 11 is N/A (no WebGL/Canvas), redistribute their weight
evenly to Phases 2, 12, and 8.

NORMALIZE: score = (raw / 360) x 100

GRADE:
  90-100: S — Intentional. Every animation justified, system-level consistency, brand DNA clear.
  80-89:  A — Thoughtful. Minor gaps, strong motion language, good performance.
  70-79:  B — Decent. Some purposeless motion, inconsistent system, acceptable performance.
  60-69:  C — Average. Motion exists but feels template-like, system is weak.
  50-59:  D — Neglected. Random animations, no system, performance issues.
  <50:    F — Harmful. Motion hurts the experience more than it helps.

PHASE 20: FIX PLAN (automatic)

Sort: CRITICAL -> HIGH -> MEDIUM -> LOW

CRITICAL:
  - Purposeless animations (Phase 2 failures) -> remove
  - CSS performance violations (Phase 12 failures) -> refactor to transform/opacity
  - Reduced motion absent (Phase 13 failures) -> implement immediately
  - Frame drops below 30fps (Phase 18 failures) -> optimize or remove

HIGH:
  - Motion-Meaning Gaps (Phase 15) -> add transitions where missing
  - Easing inconsistency (Phase 3) -> define and apply tokens
  - Duration inconsistency (Phase 4) -> define and apply tokens
  - Motion Excess (Phase 16) -> simplify or remove

MEDIUM:
  - Choreography improvements (Phase 5) -> add stagger and composition
  - Micro-interaction gaps (Phase 8) -> add hover/focus/press states
  - WebGL fallbacks (Phase 10) -> add tiered fallbacks
  - Mobile motion (Phase 14) -> add touch-specific feedback

LOW:
  - Brand Motion DNA refinement (Phase 17) -> document motion principles
  - Loading choreography (Phase 9) -> upgrade to skeletons
  - Page transition polish (Phase 7) -> add View Transitions API
  - Signature moments (Phase 17) -> design distinctive brand motion

Generate fix tasks with file:line specificity.
Save to audits/.motionaudit/fix-plan.json + fix-plan.md

PHASE 21: FIX EXECUTION (automatic)

Sequential per fix group.

─── SAFETY GATE: DO NO HARM (MANDATORY before EVERY fix) ──────────────

The audit MUST NOT introduce new bugs. A fix that breaks the code is worse than
the original finding. Every fix goes through this gate BEFORE commit.

PRE-FIX ANALYSIS (before writing ANY code):
  a. Read the ENTIRE target file (not just the target line)
  b. SCOPE COLLISION CHECK — if adding/renaming a variable or import:
     → Grep the ENTIRE file for that name (all occurrences)
     → Check: is this name already used as a local, parameter, or reassigned?
     → Check: does this name get shadowed later in the same scope?
     → If collision found → use a different name or fully-qualified reference
  c. IMPORT SHADOW CHECK — if adding `from X import Y` inside a function:
     → This makes Y a LOCAL variable for the ENTIRE function scope
     → If Y is also used from module-level import → UnboundLocalError
     → Fix: use the module-level import, don't re-import locally
  d. CR

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