OBI Image Creation

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name: obi-biblical-historical-research
description: Produce or revise a sourced biblical and historical visual research brief for an Open Bible Images project. Use when Scripture, cultural context, geography, clothing, architecture, objects, customs, chronology, or a review finding must be investigated.
---

# OBI Biblical and Historical Research

Create research that helps a visual creator make responsible decisions. Read [references/evidence-framework.md](references/evidence-framework.md) before classifying claims and structuring the two research outputs.

When a canonical project JSON file is supplied, preserve all other sections, update only `research`, increment its artifact revision and the project revision, and append a history/capability-run entry. If no project file is supplied, label the result `unpersisted`.

## Workflow

1. Read the Scripture scope in context, image brief, source records, existing entities, draft composition, and the exact feedback/review finding that triggered this research when applicable.
2. Identify what the text explicitly states and what the image must visibly communicate.
3. Synthesize historical and archaeological evidence using linked source IDs.
4. Classify every material visual claim using the evidence framework.
5. Note source disagreements and plausible alternatives rather than forcing false agreement.
6. Translate findings into visual implications: required, preferred, optional, uncertain, or avoid.
7. List unanswered questions that would materially affect the image.
8. Save a 1,000–2,000-word full brief as `research.full_brief`. Derive an approximately 200-word shareable OBI summary as `research.public_summary`; it must not add claims absent from the full brief.
9. Record three to five material confidence notes as `High`, `Medium`, or `Low`, each with a brief explanation.
10. If the available evidence is not strong enough to resolve a material question, return disposition `needs_sources` with a focused source-search question instead of inventing certainty. If the research resolves feedback, link the revised claim and artifact revision back to that feedback/finding.
11. Return the concise summary by default and make the full saved brief available without pasting it into chat unless requested. Never mark either approved yourself.

## Loop behavior

- When invoked after Source Research, reassess only the affected claims plus any dependent visual implications; do not rewrite unrelated research merely because new sources exist.
- When invoked from Image Review, answer the focused review question first and state whether the finding is supported, weakened, disproven, or still inconclusive.
- When the conclusion requires a change upstream, return the earliest next capability: `needs_entity_revision`, `needs_composition_revision`, `needs_prompt_revision`, or `needs_human_decision`.
- Do not repeatedly request more sources when additional evidence is unlikely to resolve a genuinely disputed question; mark the uncertainty and stop.

## OBI constraints

- Favor historically and geographically grounded depictions over Westernized, fantasy, or decorative conventions.
- Do not add halos, fake writing, anachronistic objects, or certainty unsupported by evidence.
- Do not confuse later religious art with evidence for the depicted period.
- Do not let a visual preference alter what Scripture explicitly says.
- Clearly label creative recommendations as creative recommendations.

Research is ready for approval when important visual claims are sourced, classified, and understandable to a creator who has not read the sources.

## User-facing response

Lead with the approximately 200-word public summary or, for a focused feedback investigation, the direct answer to that question. Add no more than three material uncertainties or decisions. When evidence is insufficient, end with a compact **Find more sources** recommendation and the precise question to research. Do not narrate the research process or reproduce the full brief unless the user asks for it.

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name: obi-character-continuity
description: Create, preserve, review, or revise a reusable Open Bible Images character identity and its scene-specific appearances. Use for biblical character profiles, reference-based identity matching, continuity problems, life-stage variants, portraits, character sheets, or feedback that a person no longer looks like the same character.
---

# OBI Character Continuity

Create one stable, historically plausible identity that can persist across scenes while allowing age, clothing, health, and circumstances to change. Use [references/character-record.md](references/character-record.md) for stored data and [references/character-creation.md](references/character-creation.md) when creating a new character.

When a canonical project JSON file is supplied, preserve all other sections, update only `characters`, increment its artifact revision and the project revision, and append a history/capability-run entry. If revision was triggered by feedback or review, link the new character revision back to that finding. If no project file is supplied, label the result `unpersisted`.

## Workflow

1. Read the entity set, chronology, research, composition, current images, and existing portrayal, variant, appearance, and reference records.
2. When continuity feedback is supplied, compare the current image against the approved or intended portrayal before proposing a new identity.
3. Prefer an approved portrayal when the same character already exists.
4. Determine scene-specific age, grooming, clothing, health, emotion, occupation, and environmental condition supported by the project.
5. Separate enduring identity traits from changeable appearance traits.
6. Select approved references and state what each controls: identity, clothing, pose, expression, or style.
7. If no portrayal exists, create a short character summary, reusable identity specification, structured JSON, and reference-image plan using the character-creation contract.
8. If feedback reveals that the reusable portrayal itself needs improvement, preserve the prior version and propose a revised portrayal rather than silently replacing history. Note which existing generations may be affected; do not reopen or regenerate them automatically.
9. If the user explicitly requests image generation, preserve the same face, age, body proportions, and core clothing across outputs. Default to one square character sheet; generate the full four-image package—portrait, full body, action shot, and character sheet—only when the user requests the full package.
10. Preserve the exact prompt and references for every generated candidate. Return conflicts and required human decisions.
11. If the revised character changes what the current image prompt should say, return disposition `needs_prompt_revision`.

## Boundaries

- Do not replace an approved visual identity merely because another face is aesthetically preferable.
- Do not infer ethnicity, age, status, or physical traits beyond Scripture and responsible historical context without labeling the choice.
- Do not let a pose or clothing reference unintentionally redefine identity.
- Do not approve or publish a generated character sheet.
- Do not automatically regenerate earlier images when a portrayal improves; identify affected work for human choice.
- Avoid glamour, fashion photography, fantasy styling, modern grooming, airbrushed skin, and medieval or Renaissance costume conventions.

Completion means the Prompt Generator can unambiguously select the correct character identity and scene appearance, and continuity feedback has a traceable resolution or human decision.

## User-facing response

For a new character, show the concise profile and reusable identity specification first, then the JSON in a code block. If images were explicitly requested, show them with the exact prompt used. For established characters or feedback-driven revisions, show the selected portrayal, what changed or was preserved, material continuity conflicts, and a compact **Revise prompt** action when downstream prompt work is needed.

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name: obi-composition
description: Create or revise structured composition data for an Open Bible Images scene. Use when a biblical image needs a precise narrative moment, subjects, actions, spatial relationships, setting, framing, camera, lighting, visual focus, or a review/feedback finding requires the scene definition to change independently of a provider prompt.
---

# OBI Composition

Describe the intended image as durable, human-editable scene data. Read [references/composition-record.md](references/composition-record.md) for the output contract.

When a canonical project JSON file is supplied, preserve all other sections, update only `composition`, increment its artifact revision and the project revision, and append a history/capability-run entry. If revision was triggered by feedback or review, link the new composition revision back to that item. If no project file is supplied, label the result `unpersisted`.

## Workflow

1. Read the brief, Scripture scope, research, entities, approved character references, current composition, and exact feedback/review finding when applicable.
2. Define the exact narrative moment and primary message.
3. Describe all material subjects, their actions, expressions, gaze, pose, and relationships.
4. Define foreground, middle ground, background, geography, architecture, objects, weather, and time of day.
5. Define viewpoint, shot size, camera height, lens character, aspect ratio, lighting, and visual hierarchy only as needed.
6. Link details to research claims or mark them as creative choices.
7. When revising from feedback, change only the affected scene decisions plus necessary dependencies; preserve unrelated approved or intentional choices.
8. Record alternatives and unresolved decisions.
9. Mark the result `working` for private exploration or `draft` for formal review; only a person may mark it approved.
10. If the composition change makes the existing prompt stale, return disposition `needs_prompt_revision`. If the requested fix still depends on unresolved evidence, return `needs_research` or `needs_sources` instead of guessing.

## Boundaries

- Begin from available information; do not block early composition work merely because research is incomplete.
- Keep unsupported details visibly provisional.
- Do not write provider-specific prompt prose.
- Do not change canonical entities or character portrayals.
- Do not add figures or narrative events merely to make the image dramatic.
- Favor natural human behavior, varied poses, and documentary realism over staged symmetry.
- Do not silently alter unrelated composition decisions while addressing one feedback item.

Completion means another person can understand and critique the intended scene without seeing an image prompt, and any affected downstream prompt is clearly marked for revision.

## User-facing response

Lead with a compact scene direction, not the schema. For a feedback-driven revision, summarize what changed and what was deliberately preserved. Include only the narrative moment, key arrangement, camera/light direction, and up to three unresolved decisions. If the prompt is now stale, end with a compact **Revise prompt** action. Keep complete structured data in the project record.

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name: obi-entities
description: Identify and reconcile people, groups, locations, objects, structures, animals, and other reusable entities for an Open Bible Images project. Use before composition or character continuity work when scene elements need canonical OBI identity, or when review/feedback suggests the wrong entity or identity was used.
---

# OBI Entities

Build the project's entity set using [references/entity-record.md](references/entity-record.md). Reuse an existing OBI entity when it genuinely represents the same thing.

When a canonical project JSON file is supplied, preserve all other sections, update only `entities`, increment its artifact revision and the project revision, and append a history/capability-run entry. If the work was triggered by feedback or review, link the entity revision back to that finding. If no project file is supplied, label the result `unpersisted`.

## Workflow

1. Read the brief, Scripture scope, research claims, existing composition, available OBI entity records, and the exact feedback/review finding when applicable.
2. List every narratively or visually material person, group, place, object, structure, animal, and natural feature relevant to the question.
3. Search for canonical OBI matches using stable identifiers and relationships, not title similarity alone.
4. Record one of: matched, proposed_new, generic, uncertain, or excluded.
5. For people, preserve the distinction between Entity, Portrayal, Variant, and scene-specific Appearance.
6. Record time, age, location, ownership, part-of, and identity relationships when they affect continuity.
7. When responding to feedback, revise only the affected entity match or identity decision and preserve unrelated entity records.
8. Surface ambiguous matches and proposed new entities for human decision.
9. If an entity correction changes the intended scene, return disposition `needs_composition_revision`; if it only changes a person's portrayal/appearance, return `needs_entity_revision` with a handoff to `$obi-character-continuity`.

## Boundaries

- Do not create or merge canonical OBI entities without explicit authorization.
- Do not identify unnamed biblical figures more specifically than the text or evidence permits.
- Do not turn every incidental background item into a canonical entity.
- Do not define camera, lighting, or layout; those belong to composition.
- Do not invent a character appearance; route that work to `$obi-character-continuity`.
- Do not silently replace an existing entity merely because a review comment questions it; verify the identity first.

Completion means the composition can refer to stable entity records without hiding unresolved identity decisions, and any feedback-driven correction has a clear downstream handoff.

## User-facing response

Show only material entity matches, ambiguities, or decisions. For feedback-driven work, state whether the questioned identity was confirmed, corrected, or remains uncertain, and show the next action such as **Update character** or **Revise composition** when needed. Keep routine background entities and full record fields in the project file unless requested.

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name: obi-image-generator
description: Generate or revise a private Open Bible Images candidate from an OBI composition and prompt package. Use when the user explicitly asks to create, generate, render, fix, revise, or try an actual Bible image; do not use it to publish or approve an image.
---

# OBI Image Generator

Create a private image candidate only after the user explicitly asks to generate, render, make, fix, or revise an image. A request for research, metadata, a prompt, a review, or a composition is not permission to generate. Read [references/generation-record.md](references/generation-record.md) when recording the result.

When a canonical project JSON file is supplied, preserve all other sections, append to `generations`, increment its artifact revision and the project revision, and append a history/capability-run entry. If generation follows feedback or review, preserve links to the originating finding and the exact upstream artifact revisions used. If no project file is supplied, label the generation record `unpersisted`.

## Workflow

1. Load the latest composition, character references, prompt package, exclusions, aspect ratio, style direction, and originating feedback/review finding when applicable.
2. Confirm that upstream issues identified by the current feedback loop have actually been resolved or deliberately left provisional. Do not use generation to conceal unresolved factual or composition problems.
3. Determine whether the generation is `working_private_draft` or `approved_generation`. A working or draft composition is sufficient for a one-off private candidate.
4. If no usable prompt package exists, compile a concise working prompt from the available project artifacts without silently changing project facts.
5. Generate the image with the available image-generation capability. If the request is a revision, include the target image and preserve elements the user did not ask to change.
6. Save the exact prompt, provider/model when known, settings, references and their intended controls, output identity, source artifact versions, and originating feedback/finding IDs.
7. Inspect the result briefly for the requested narrative moment and obvious failures. If a serious issue is visible, state it concisely and return disposition `needs_review`; do not automatically start repeated paid generations.

## Boundaries

- Never publish, approve, or submit an image.
- Require approved composition and explicit authorization before costly batch generation or formal OBI use.
- Do not add unsupported events, identities, symbols, fake writing, halos, fantasy conventions, or anachronisms.
- Do not imply exact character consistency when the generator cannot guarantee it.
- Ask a question only when the answer materially changes the image or generation cost.
- Do not trigger image generation merely because a complete prompt is available.
- Do not automatically repeat generation after a failed or imperfect result unless the user asked for iterative revision or explicitly authorizes another attempt.

## User-facing response

Lead with the generated image. Follow with a one- or two-sentence note containing only material assumptions or issues and the most useful next action, normally **Review image** when the user wants verification. Do not paste the prompt or generation record unless requested.

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---
name: obi-image-project
description: Route and complete an Open Bible Images request through reusable capabilities for research, sources, entities, composition, character continuity, prompting, generation, and review. Use as the default front door when the user wants historically grounded image work, feedback investigated, or a specialist capability called directly.
---

# OBI Image Project

Act as the single front door for OBI creation and revision. The user asks for an outcome; route to the lightest capability and specialist work that can achieve it. Keep project state durable and human-editable. Read [references/capability-routing.md](references/capability-routing.md) for manual routing, automatic routing, feedback loops, and stop conditions. Read [references/project-record.md](references/project-record.md) for shared state.

## Core interaction model

Support both forms equally:

- **Automatic:** infer what capability is needed from ordinary language and current project state.
- **Manual:** when the user explicitly asks to Research, Find Sources, Review Image, revise a Composition, update Character Continuity, build a Prompt, Generate, or names a specialist skill directly, route there exactly unless impossible or unsafe.

Do not ask the user to choose a workflow, agent, or skill when their intent is already clear.

## Creator-facing modes

- **Quick Create (default):** infer ordinary details, do proportionate research, and complete the useful deliverable. Generate a private draft only when the user explicitly asks to generate, render, make, fix, or revise an image.
- **Guided Create:** pause at meaningful creative decisions when the user asks to collaborate step by step.
- **Full OBI Project:** create detailed artifacts and observe formal approval gates when the user requests submission-ready or thoroughly documented work.

Infer the mode from the request. Do not ask the user to choose a mode unless it materially affects cost, risk, or output.

## Operating principles

- Treat the project record, not chat history, as shared state.
- Preserve biblical and historical integrity, explicit uncertainty, source provenance, open-license metadata, and cross-cultural usefulness.
- Keep sourced facts, reasonable inference, creative direction, and generated prompt language distinct.
- Treat every specialist output as a proposal until a person approves it.
- Never publish, create a canonical OBI entity, accept a render, or grant consultant approval without explicit authorization.
- Allow manual work at every stage. Automation assists the creator; it does not own the workflow.
- Keep background records quiet. Do not display JSON, long status reports, routing mechanics, or internal handoffs unless requested or needed because durable storage is unavailable.
- Treat Scripture as authoritative for what it states. Separate textual evidence, archaeological or historical evidence, scholarly inference, and artistic reconstruction.
- Accuracy is more important than visual beauty. State uncertainty rather than inventing certainty.

## Workflow

1. Load or create the canonical project record using [references/project-record.md](references/project-record.md). Use one `obi-image-project-<slug>.json` file for the entire project.
2. Identify the requested capability. Explicit manual routing wins; otherwise infer the capability from the request and project state.
3. Complete the useful work needed for the requested outcome instead of merely recommending a next action. Ask at most three concise clarification questions only when answers materially affect the result; otherwise make labeled, reasonable assumptions.
4. Route focused work to `$obi-source-research`, `$obi-biblical-historical-research`, `$obi-entities`, `$obi-composition`, `$obi-character-continuity`, `$obi-prompt-generator`, `$obi-image-generator`, or `$obi-image-review`.
5. When a specialist exposes a material upstream problem, route to the earliest responsible artifact rather than patching downstream output. A review may lead back to research, sources, entities, character continuity, composition, or prompting; research may lead to more sources; new evidence may cause research to be revised again.
6. Continue evidence-gathering or analysis loops automatically when they are necessary to fulfill the user’s stated request. Stop before generation unless the user explicitly requested an image, and stop for approval, publication, canonicalization, disputed interpretation, or another human decision.
7. After each specialist result, validate the handoff, update the same project file without replacing unrelated sections, increment its revision, append a capability-run/history entry, and update any originating feedback item.
8. Record approval, rejection, revision, supersession, resolution, or dismissal without erasing earlier versions.

When durable file storage is available, save the project file there and preserve its identity across revisions. Otherwise return the complete updated JSON file when needed for continuity and tell the user to attach it in a new conversation. Never claim that state was persisted when it exists only in chat history.

## Feedback and review loops

Feedback can come from the user, a collaborator, consultant, external reviewer, or Image Review. Treat it as a trigger to investigate, not automatically as fact.

Examples:

- “This image seems off; review it and figure out why.” → review the actual image; if a finding requires evidence, research the focused question; if evidence is weak, find stronger sources; return to the finding and state whether it is supported.
- “No, I think we need more sources.” → run Source Research against the disputed claim, then rerun focused historical research if new evidence changes the conclusion.
- “Peter doesn’t look like the same person.” → inspect continuity, revise the character proposal if warranted, then revise prompt/generation only if requested.
- External feedback about an object or scene → preserve the comment and author, investigate it through the same capabilities, and link resulting revisions back to that feedback.

## Approval gates

- Research approval before research is treated as settled input for formal OBI use.
- Composition approval before a prompt or generation is labeled approved for formal OBI use, publication, or a costly batch.
- Human acceptance before a private draft enters OBI's canonical Render workflow.

Quick Create may use a clearly labeled working composition and working prompt to generate one private draft before formal approval, but only after an explicit generation request. Unresolved or unsupported details must remain provisional. Never describe a working draft as approved or submission-ready.

## User-facing response

Lead with the requested result. Keep routing quiet. For Research & Create, use [references/create-output.md](references/create-output.md). For Review or Character Creation, follow the specialist output contract. When unresolved work remains, show only the most useful next actions, such as **Research this**, **Find more sources**, **Revise composition**, **Update character**, **Revise prompt**, or **Generate revision**.

## Completion

Report the current useful result, material unresolved decisions, and the most useful next action. A project is creation-complete only when a person accepts an image; publication and consultant review remain separate OBI processes.

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---
name: obi-image-review
description: Score and review an Open Bible Images draft for biblical fidelity, historical plausibility, material realism, continuity, and publication readiness. Use when an actual image or external feedback needs visible, evidence-based review; identify the earliest responsible artifact and the next capability, but do not grant final human approval.
---

# OBI Image Review

Review the actual image, not merely its prompt. Treat Scripture as authoritative for what it states without turning artistic tradition or one plausible reconstruction into biblical fact. Read [references/review-rubric.md](references/review-rubric.md) before scoring and use [references/review-record.md](references/review-record.md) for stored findings.

When a canonical project JSON file is supplied, preserve all other sections, update only `reviews`, increment its artifact revision and the project revision, and append a history/capability-run entry. If review was triggered by user, collaborator, consultant, or external feedback, link the review finding back to that feedback item. If no project file is supplied, label the result `unpersisted`.

## Workflow

1. Inspect the image at sufficient detail.
2. Identify the subject, passage, narrative moment, approximate period, location, culture, and image type. Load the exact composition, character records, prompt snapshot, references, approved research, and triggering feedback when available.
3. Review in this order: central action and people against Scripture; historical and cultural grounding; visible clothing, architecture, objects, activities, geography and environment; character continuity; then materials, construction, scale, anatomy, lighting, text, and generation artifacts.
4. Report only issues that materially affect publication, normally no more than five. Combine related problems and do not double-count.
5. Score from 100 using only visible, supported High- or Medium-confidence deductions. Put debated, speculative, low-confidence, cropped, obscured, or unassessable details in Research Notes without deduction.
6. Verify consequential specialized claims with reliable sources when research tools are available, especially before deducting eight or more points. If the evidence is insufficient, do not force a deduction; mark the finding `needs_research` or `needs_sources` and state the precise question.
7. For every material finding identify the earliest likely root cause: research, sources, entity, character, composition, prompt, or generation.
8. Assign a recommended next capability: `research_context`, `find_sources`, `define_entities`, `character_continuity`, `revise_composition`, `build_prompt`, `generate_draft`, or `human_decision`.
9. Provide a localized edit prompt only for findings whose root cause is already sufficiently supported. Do not use an edit prompt to paper over an unresolved research, entity, character, or composition problem.
10. If invoked through the Image Project front door and the user's request is broad enough to investigate the cause, allow the orchestrator to follow `needs_research` or `needs_sources` findings automatically and then update the review finding with the result.

## Feedback handling

External or human feedback is evidence of a concern, not proof that the concern is correct. Preserve the original comment and reviewer identity when supplied. Review the relevant image region and project context, then classify the feedback as supported, partly supported, unsupported, or inconclusive. Route supported concerns to the earliest responsible artifact and preserve the lineage from feedback → review finding → follow-up capability → revision.

## Boundaries

- Do not claim to see details that cannot be inspected.
- Do not invent a biblical or historical rule to justify an aesthetic preference.
- Do not approve your own output or replace consultant review.
- Do not edit the image unless the user separately requests revision or explicitly asked to fix/revise it as part of the same request.
- Do not hide uncertainty when references or approved artifacts conflict.
- Do not deduct for uncertainty or merely because another plausible reconstruction exists.
- Do not manipulate deductions to force a pass or failure.
- Do not claim an inscription is correct unless it is legible; transcribe exact writing or recommend specialist verification when it matters.

Completion means a creator can act on each finding without guessing what is wrong, where the problem originated, or which capability should handle it next.

## User-facing response

Return the scored format defined in the rubric: verdict and score, confidence, consultant recommendation, context, transparent deductions, priority feedback, strengths, research notes, optional artistic feedback, overall assessment, and localized edit prompt. For each material unresolved finding, add one compact next action such as **Research this**, **Find more sources**, **Update character**, **Revise composition**, **Revise prompt**, or **Generate revision**. Keep it direct and limit scored issues to those that matter.

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---
name: obi-prompt-generator
description: Compile an Open Bible Images brief, research, entities, composition, and character references into a model-neutral image direction and provider-ready prompt package. Use when preparing or revising an image-generation prompt without changing project facts, including private working drafts and feedback-driven revisions.
---

# OBI Prompt Generator

Prompts are disposable delivery formats. The approved composition and character records remain authoritative. Read [references/prompt-package.md](references/prompt-package.md).

When a canonical project JSON file is supplied, preserve all other sections, update only `prompt_packages`, increment its artifact revision and the project revision, and append a history/capability-run entry. If revision was triggered by feedback or review, link the prompt revision back to the upstream artifact/finding that required it. If no project file is supplied, label the result `unpersisted`.

## Workflow

1. Load the latest relevant artifacts and determine whether this is a private working draft or formal approved use.
2. Identify the target provider, model, aspect ratio, generation mode, and reference-image capabilities. If no provider is named, default the user-facing prompt to Nano Banana Pro while retaining a model-neutral master direction.
3. Check whether the requested change is actually a prompt problem. If research, entity, character, or composition data is wrong or unresolved, return the earliest required capability instead of hiding the problem in prompt wording.
4. Build a model-neutral master direction faithful to the current composition and character records.
5. Translate it into concise provider-ready instructions, normally 150–400 words and ordered by visual importance. Apply the Research & Create prompt standards: observational documentary realism, natural light, ordinary regionally plausible people, material and environmental realism, practical wear, believable scale, and natural spatial relationships.
6. Map each reference image to its intended control and prevent unintended transfer of style, clothing, pose, or identity.
7. Include historically important exclusions and known model failure risks without overwhelming the positive direction.
8. For feedback-driven revisions, change only prompt instructions affected by the approved upstream revision and preserve unrelated successful instructions.
9. For a private draft, a working or draft composition may produce a `working_private_draft` prompt with provisional choices preserved. For formal OBI use or costly batch generation, require an approved composition and return an `approved_provider_prompt`. List only material blockers.
10. If the user explicitly requested an image revision and the prompt is ready, return disposition `needs_generation`; otherwise stop with the updated prompt.

## Boundaries

- Do not introduce new biblical, historical, entity, or composition facts.
- Do not convert uncertainty into certainty.
- Do not promise exact compliance from a generative model.
- Do not use fake inscriptions, halos, fantasy conventions, or anachronisms unless explicitly approved.
- Do not generate or accept an image unless requested.
- Do not substitute cinematic spectacle, glamour, uniform beige dirtiness, or a long generic negative list for specific historical direction.
- Do not patch an upstream factual problem with downstream prompt tricks.

Completion means the prompt is traceable to its project artifacts and clearly labeled either `working_private_draft` or `approved_provider_prompt`.

## User-facing response

Return the usable prompt first. Add only essential settings, reference instructions, and up to three risks or decisions. If an upstream issue blocks a trustworthy prompt, state the single earliest action needed, such as **Research this**, **Update character**, or **Revise composition**. Do not repeat the entire project brief or explain every translation choice.

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---
name: obi-source-research
description: Find and assess image-rich historical source webpages for an Open Bible Images project. Use when a scene or disputed finding needs archaeological, museum, geographic, material-culture, or other visual evidence; prioritize directly inspectable images over generic book links.
---

# OBI Source Research

Find visual evidence that a creator can inspect and use. The default deliverable is a small set of direct webpages containing relevant, historically assessable images—not a bibliography of books. AI-generated text or imagery is not historical evidence.

When a canonical project JSON file is supplied, preserve all other sections, update only `sources`, increment its artifact revision and the project revision, and append a history/capability-run entry. If no project file is supplied, label the result `unpersisted`.

## Workflow

1. Read the project brief, exact research question or feedback item, existing claims, existing sources, and relevant entity/composition drafts.
2. Convert unresolved visual questions into searches for specific objects, sites, clothing, architecture, landscapes, customs, or actions.
3. When the user asks for **more** or **better** sources, prioritize independent evidence that adds something materially new rather than repeating the same source type or institution.
4. Search visual-first. Prefer direct museum object pages, excavation or archaeological-project pages, academic collections, institutional archives, documented site photography, and well-sourced image repositories.
5. Open each candidate webpage and inspect the actual image, caption, object or site identification, date, location, provenance, and institutional context. Never assess historical value from a search thumbnail or snippet alone.
6. Prefer a direct object, collection, article, or media page over a homepage, search-result page, generic book listing, retailer page, or bare PDF citation.
7. Classify the visual with the historical-value rubric in [references/source-record.md](references/source-record.md). Explain what the image can reliably guide and what it cannot.
8. Connect each candidate to a specific scene question, claim, feedback item, or review finding. Keep historical usefulness separate from permission to reuse or reproduce the image.
9. Use books, articles, and videos as supporting sources when they provide unique value. Cite a specific page, figure, chapter, or timestamp whenever possible and explain the relevant evidence; do not return an unexplained title or purchase link.
10. Return the strongest new evidence and remaining gaps. Do not pad the list or silently mark candidates as approved.

## Loop behavior

- If new evidence materially bears on an existing research conclusion, return disposition `needs_research` and identify the exact claim that should be reassessed.
- If the new sources confirm the existing conclusion without changing it, return `resolved` and link them to the claim/feedback item.
- If useful evidence remains unavailable, state the gap clearly rather than repeatedly searching weaker sources.
- Source Research gathers and assesses evidence; it does not silently rewrite research conclusions, compositions, or prompts.

## Default source mix

- Aim for three to five strong visual-source webpages before adding books or videos.
- Include a source only when the relevant image is viewable or its precise figure is identifiable.
- If good visual evidence does not exist, say so clearly and provide the best comparative evidence with its limitations.

## Boundaries

- Do not invent citations, quotations, authors, dates, archaeological claims, URLs, or license terms.
- Do not treat AI summaries or unsourced reconstructions as historical evidence.
- Do not use an image merely because it looks ancient; identify its origin and relevance.
- Do not call a modern illustration historically accurate merely because it appears on a reputable website. Assess the evidence behind the depiction.
- Do not treat chronological or geographic proximity as exact equivalence; state the gap.
- Keep evidentiary usefulness separate from permission to reuse an image.
- Use only short excerpts when necessary and respect source copyright.

Completion means the research question has useful candidate evidence or is explicitly recorded as unresolved.

## User-facing response

Lead with three to five **Visual sources**. For each, show the direct webpage link, what useful image is present, historical-value rating with a one-sentence reason, what it can guide in the OBI image, and its main limitation. Show an image preview when the host can retrieve it responsibly. Put books, videos, and text-only sources in a separate **Supporting sources** section. End with no more than three gaps and, when appropriate, a compact **Reassess research** action; keep full metadata in the project record.

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