Content Articulation Inspection

Articulation Inspection

Inspect geometry, hierarchy, existing joints, properties, picks, and focused renders without authoring or changing the source asset.

When to Use

Use before candidate proposal and after validation identifies a specific joint or moving-part scope that needs more evidence.

Limitations

• Never mutate the source or infer joints from labels alone.
• Inspect only the request-bound asset and candidate moving-part scope.
• A preview render is diagnostic; saved-stage readback is final evidence.

Prerequisites

Load usd-cli and the frozen Articulation request. Preserve exact retained artifact bindings throughout the run. The coordinator does not derive the package-aware dependency-bundle identity.

Instructions

1. Inspect hierarchy, xforms, bounds, mesh topology, and existing joint graph.
2. Capture request-bound properties, picks, cameras, and focused renders.
3. Verify fixed-parent and moving-part paths are distinct and present.
4. Record exact evidence paths and digests for proposal/review.
5. For provider-neutral preparation, persist one complete typed ArticulationPreparationInspectionReadbackDraft with schema content-agent-workflows.articulation-preparation-readback-draft.v2: exact retained source and dependency claims, inspector configuration and implementation, saved stage, lexical hierarchy parents, per-prim membership/owner observations, renders, and scene records. Omit source_dependency_bundle_sha256 and saved_stage_dependency_bundle_sha256; do not calculate, guess, copy, or recover either value from an error. The trusted publisher independently derives and seals both package-aware identities. The v1 readback is only a compatibility input for a trusted producer that already owns both exact identities. The retained inspector configuration is the exact membership authority; its rows must cover the saved hierarchy and equal the readback observations, and every referenced authoritative owner must be self-owned. Set proposal_status to not_evaluated only when the outer policy selected a proposal provider; otherwise retain not_requested. Do not hand-author separate caller member or owner lists. When this preparation feeds the public standalone/asset Articulation author leaf, the retained inspector configuration must set capabilities.canonical_output_evidence_required to true. This declares the required post-author evidence policy; it does not supply a visual envelope, render the pre-author stage, or change the author-before-canonical- render dependency. Save the inspected stage directly into the retained leaf directory with usd-cli-tel --json save <retained-path>.usda --flatten, verify that exact regular file and digest, and bind it as saved_stage. Never bind a path returned by checkpoint save: parent-owned .usd-cli checkpoint state is session-ephemeral and may be removed before the create-only preparation publisher captures it.
6. Stop on truncated, missing, or cross-run evidence.

Command Reference

content-workflow-cli articulation _agent-prepare --run-dir <run> performs deterministic inspection, inference, and evidence collection, then pauses.

Common Workflows

On targeted reinspection, retain accepted candidate decisions and collect new evidence only for the failed candidate scope.

Output Format

Use the request, candidate document, usd-cli manifest, exact candidate IDs, and evidence digest map named by articulation_agent_observation.json. The provider-neutral leaf additionally consumes the typed saved readback described in agentic/docs/articulation_preparation_attempt_contract.md.

Troubleshooting

If a prim path or evidence digest does not match, stop before proposal review; do not repair identity by editing an artifact in place.