vyndr/specs/MEDIA-HUB-DESIGN-INVENTORY.md

What "media hub" already means in VYNDR's design language

Read-only inventory. Nothing designed, built or mounted.

PHASE 0 — the design source of truth exists, and so does a gap audit

artifact	what it is
specs/DESIGN-SPEC.md	DESIGN SPEC v2 — governing laws, colour contract, entity layer, data-display standard, motion, archetype system, conversion architecture, empty/error system. 84 lines, supersedes v1.
specs/design-reference/ (Jul 22)	The design package itself — 7 .dc.html surface files, 83 archetype glyph SVGs + MANIFEST, 7 rasterised share-card PNG masters.
specs/design-reference/HANDOFF.md	The code handoff: exact tokens, brand, glyph library, behaviour, laws.
specs/design-vs-build-gap-audit.md	A 61-item design-vs-build audit already exists (2026-07-31, audited at bf7c0a3), every claim grep-verified, with a wave-ordered build plan.

The inventory this order asks for was largely already done on 2026-07-31. The useful work is reconciling it, not redoing it.

PHASE 1 — per media surface: spec, and build state

surface	design spec?	built state	evidence
Offseason hub	YES — a full surface file	NOT-STARTED	Vyndr Offseason.dc.html (119KB) defines hub home (NFL desktop + 390), an NBA Summer-League variant with an OUTLOOK ONLY / NOT GRADED honesty block, a season-long board (open→NOW→VYNDR triplet), a season-read reveal with WHAT WOULD CHANGE THIS READ, a news/outlook feed with row anatomy, and a quiet-wire empty state. Gap audit: F9/F10/F11, "design complete, no blocker but big."
Article media	YES — surface S3	NOT-STARTED	Hero template + 4 hero graphic archetypes (line path / distribution / mark-at-scale / matchup card — all generated data visuals, never stock), inline figures (stat-callout triptych, comparison bars, pull quote — one max), caption law: every figure names its data, article card, OG 1200×630 (master already rasterised in exports/). Gap audit F5. Zero components built.
THE WIRE	YES	BUILT (E19)	Spec'd in Vyndr System.dc.html: timestamped entry, ~6s hold, tag coloured by meaning. Built as vyndr/Ticker on real /api/ticker exhaust. NewsWire.tsx is a different thing — the offseason news/outlook feed, mounted in ExploreHub.
Movement strip	YES — E1, a named primitive	ABSENT	"steps not curves, green only when the move favours the read, FLAT = hairline + FLAT · [N]D", row 86×20 silent / full-width annotated on reveal. This corrects my 2026-08-07 board, which listed it UNKNOWN / possibly-satisfied-by-GradeShift. It is a specified primitive that does not exist.
Share-card masters ×5	YES — E16	ABSENT as product	settle 1080×1350, story 1080×1920, square 1080, X 1200×675, record 1080×1350, article OG 1200×630. PNG masters in exports/; ShareCard.tsx has 0 importers. Gap audit blocks it on the resolution tail having no share-card generation step.
Calibration curve	YES — E9	ABSENT	dots vs dashed perfect line, dot size = sample, buckets under N30 hollow.
The Report email / /report archive	YES — E10/E12	PARTIAL / ABSENT	newsletterService builds an email; the designed dark-billboard-over-light-paper hybrid is not built. /report redirects to /blog.
ExploreHub	NO SPEC	BUILT	Not a designed surface. It is where NewsWire currently lives — a de-facto host, not the intended hub.

PHASE 2 — what an on-site media hub would consist of

From surfaces already designed (no new design needed):

1. Offseason hub shell — F9/F10/F11, fully spec'd including its honesty block and quiet-wire empty state.
2. News/outlook feed — spec'd row anatomy; NewsWire.tsx is a partial implementation of it.
3. Article media — S3, fully spec'd hero + figure system.
4. THE WIRE — built, reusable.
5. Share/OG cards — designed at exact sizes, masters exported.

The gap that needs design work authored

Only one thing is genuinely un-designed: the hub's INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE across seasons. The Offseason file specifies an offseason hub; there is no spec for what the same surface is in-season, or how content, articles, wire and the live slate share one navigation. Every component exists on paper; their composition into a year-round media surface does not.

One finding that touches work I just shipped

I built a card renderer at 1080×1350 without checking whether a designed card system existed. It does — five master sizes with defined layouts, and rasterised PNGs in exports/. The content engine's cards are a parallel invention. They are not wrong, but they should conform to E16/F8 rather than diverge, and that reconciliation is a design decision, not a code one.

PHASE 3 — the map

surface	spec?	built	part of hub?	needs design work?
Offseason hub shell	✅	❌	core	no — build it
News/outlook feed	✅	partial	core	no
Article media (S3)	✅	❌	core	no — build it
THE WIRE	✅	✅	yes	no
Movement strip (E1)	✅	❌	adjacent	no
Share/OG cards (E16)	✅	❌	yes	reconcile with content-engine cards
Content-engine posts	❌	✅	yes	yes — no spec exists
ExploreHub	❌	✅	host today	yes — is it the hub or a placeholder?
Year-round hub IA	❌	❌	the spine	YES — the real design gap

Coordination with the social-strategy chat

These should be decided there first, then reflected on-site:

• The content formula/calendar determines what the hub's recurring slots are. Designing slots before the formula exists risks a surface shaped around guesses.
• Card format reconciliation — off-site posts and on-site share cards should be one system. E16's five masters vs the content engine's renderer is the same decision on both sides.
• Voice: specs/VOICE.md governs; the content engine templates encode a sharper register. Whether the hub speaks in that register is a brand call.

Correction to the still-buildable list

The order lists content API, preview page, book-comparison mount and guard widening as pending. All four shipped at c575a70. Book comparison was never unmounted — my earlier board grepped only web/src/app and missed component-level mounting.

Genuinely buildable now, design-complete, no clock impact: Offseason hub (F9–F11), article media (F5), movement strip (E1), calibration curve (E9), the Report email + archive (E10/E12). The gap audit's own wave ordering already sequences these.