THE LITR CARD · the grade engine · a named grade of your own
WAKES WHEN someone wants a photo look of their own, repeatable, or kept as one file
THE LOOP
new · a sheet from a starter
sheet · the source beside each grade
crops · the anchors, chosen by eye
grade · masters and feed, kept apart
verify, then freeze · the grade, one file
NEVER
Hide a number outside the sheet
Carry a house grade or another maker's look
Fit a frame with a border on the feed
IT MAKES new — a sheet with every field; sheet — the source beside each grade; crops — the centre 4:5 window marked on each photo; grade — masters and 1080 x 1350 feed files; verify — two runs, two hashes: DETERMINISTIC or DRIFT; freeze — the grade as one standalone file.
THE STANDARD every number on the table; one pipeline; proof before a run; same pixel every run; full-bleed, always; yours, not ours.
PROOF SELFTEST 8/8 · witnessed in Claude 2026-10-11 · Edition 1.
THE SEAL 98 of 100 · LEGENDARY · WITNESSED · Trigger 5 · Machinery 5 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 5
IT CAN BE WRONG an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong and can invent a number, a rule, a name or a date; check what matters against your own records and the source; the risk is yours. THE-CLAUSES.md rides in the packet and is part of the licence.
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · 3050A30267898EE8B7BEFD59
CITE THIS CARDTHE LITR CARD, Edition 1. Lund Studio LLC, Westminster, Colorado. https://lundr.tech/?view=litr-card. Punch 3050A30267898EE8B7BEFD59. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
What it is.
A colour-grade maker. new writes a grade sheet (JSON, every field) from a starter: ZERO, NOON, DUSK, EMBER or SLATE; sheet makes a proof sheet with the source beside each candidate grade; crops marks the centre 4:5 window on every photo so the feed anchors are chosen by eye; grade runs the sheet through one fixed pipeline (white balance, tone curve, split tone, corona, haze, vignette, hue bands, clarity, bloom, seeded grain, finish) into masters and 1080 x 1350 full-bleed feed files, kept in separate folders; verify grades twice and compares the hashes; freeze writes a single standalone file that is the grade, the same pixel as the engine. PNG in and out.
It carries a machine that shows its working: new — a sheet with every field; sheet — the source beside each grade; crops — the centre 4:5 window marked on each photo; grade — masters and 1080 x 1350 feed files; verify — two runs, two hashes: DETERMINISTIC or DRIFT; freeze — the grade as one standalone file — 8 checks in its selftest, every command on the record. It will never hide a number outside the sheet; never carry a house grade or another maker's look; never fit a frame with a border on the feed.
Six laws, written into the card.
They are in the card itself, so the AI follows them.
EVERY NUMBER ON THE TABLEA grade is its sheet; nothing is hidden in the engine.
ONE PIPELINEThe order of the steps is fixed; a grade is a sheet, never a fork of the engine.
PROOF BEFORE A RUNThe proof sheet is seen before any batch is graded.
SAME PIXEL EVERY RUNThe grain is seeded and verify proves it; a frozen grade matches the engine.
FULL-BLEED, ALWAYSThe feed is a crop at the chosen anchor, never a fitted frame, never a border; masters and posting files never share a folder.
YOURS, NOT OURSThe grades a holder makes are theirs; no house grade rides in this card.
What rides in the card.
In the card’s own voice, with a machine that shows its working.
THE GUIDEreferences/THE-GRADE-SHEET.md
THE MACHINElitr.py · six commandsnew — a sheet with every field; sheet — the source beside each grade; crops — the centre 4:5 window marked on each photo; grade — masters and 1080 x 1350 feed files; verify — two runs, two hashes: DETERMINISTIC or DRIFT; freeze — the grade as one standalone file. Every command prints its working and refuses a bad input; 8 checks in its selftest, every command on the record.
What it does once your AI has it.
new A sheet with every field
sheet The source beside each grade
crops The centre 4:5 window marked on each photo
grade Masters and 1080 x 1350 feed files
verify Two runs, two hashes: DETERMINISTIC or DRIFT
freeze The grade as one standalone file
On the record A sheet is written from the DUSK starter and never written over. A proof sheet sets two photos beside MYDUSK, the crops sheet marks the centre 4:5 window, and the grade skips a byte-identical copy and writes two masters and two 1080 x 1350 feed files in separate folders. verify gives one hash twice; the frozen grade, run on its own, gives the same hash; a JPEG is refused.
What it will never do.
It will never hide a number outside the sheet; never carry a house grade or another maker's look; never fit a frame with a border on the feed.
A standard-library rebuild of the September 2026 engine: the same pipeline and starter sheets, not the same pixels as the original, which used imaging libraries and wrote JPEG. PNG only (8-bit grey, RGB, RGBA laid on white); JPEG, HEIC, 16-bit, palette and interlaced PNG and video are refused. Pure Python takes seconds per megapixel, so proof on small copies. The proof and crops sheets carry no lettering; their legend is printed and written into the file. It makes looks, not corrections of skin or faces. It is an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong, so check what matters against your own records and the source.
What’s in the buy.
CARD.md — the whole card: who it is, its laws, when it says no, what it carries · SKILL.md — the door your AI reads first · START-HERE.md — the first five minutes, for you
THE-GRADE-SHEET.md — the guide in references/, in the card's own voice
scripts/litr.py — the machine: new · sheet · crops · grade · verify · freeze, standard library only, selftest 8/8
WITNESS.md + SELFTEST.md — every command on the record, as it printed · MANIFEST.md, every file hashed · AUDIT.md, the twelve checks
MY-LEDGER.md — the card's memory, on your own machine · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · THE-CLAUSES.md · HOSTS.md
card.svg + card-machine.svg + card.json · card.html, the card as one offline file · the doors for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Claude Code and MCP hosts (rules/, system/, mcp/)
PROOF · SELFTEST 8/8 · 6 COMMANDS ON THE RECORD · WITNESSED IN CLAUDE 2026-10-11 · EDITION 1 · PUNCH 3050A30267898EE8B7BEFD59
ON EVERY DOOR · A CARD FOR YOUR AI, A FILE FOR YOUR COMPUTER
In Claude: turn on code execution under Settings › Capabilities, then Customize › Skills › + › Create skill, and upload the zip as it is — START-HERE.md in the box walks you through it, and tells you how to keep the ledger. In ChatGPT, Gemini and the rest: a Project, a GPT or a Gem with the card’s files attached and the short door in the box pasted as its instructions. The words run anywhere an AI reads Markdown; the machines run wherever the host runs Python. Witnessed in Claude only. The host marks →
Take it.
Nº 52 PROPOSED — LAUNCHING SOON
Sold as is under the term printed. A card instructs an AI you operate; results depend on your model, your files and your judgement. Not medical, legal, tax or financial advice, never the person’s boss, and not a licence to practise. The terms →
One payment. The file is yours to keep and keeps working at its edition; new editions issued in the year after you buy reach you by email as replacement files. Tax is added at checkout where it applies. Nothing auto-renews.
A TERM, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION: NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF AND NOBODY IS CHARGED AGAIN. WHEN A TERM ENDS THE FILES STAY ON YOUR COMPUTER AND STAY READABLE — FREEZE, NOT LOSS.
THE MACHINE · IN THE OPEN · FROM THE WITNESSED RUN OF 2026-10-11
litr.py, every command showing its working.
A small Python program, standard library only. Your AI runs it; you can too. Every block below is pasted from the card’s own WITNESS.md, as printed.
new
a sheet with every field
sheet
the source beside each grade
crops
the centre 4:5 window marked on each photo
grade
masters and 1080 x 1350 feed files
verify
two runs, two hashes: DETERMINISTIC or DRIFT
freeze
the grade as one standalone file
selftest
8 checks that prove the machine; it must print 8/8
new · A SHEET WITH EVERY FIELD
$ python3 scripts/litr.py new MYDUSK --from DUSK
sheet MYDUSK.grade.json · MYDUSK, from the DUSK starter · every field present · edit the numbers, then prove them on a proof sheet
new · A SHEET WITH EVERY FIELD
$ python3 scripts/litr.py new MYDUSK --from DUSK
MYDUSK.grade.json is already there: a sheet is never written over
crops · THE CENTRE 4:5 WINDOW MARKED ON EACH PHOTO
$ python3 scripts/litr.py crops run-01.png run-02.png --out crops.png --size 120
crops sheet crops.png · 180 x 88 px · red lines are the centre 4:5 window, blue ticks the tenths
tiles in order: run-01, run-02
where the window cuts something that matters, write crops.json: {"<photo name>": anchor}, 0 keeps the top, 1 the bottom
grade · MASTERS AND 1080 X 1350 FEED FILES
$ python3 scripts/litr.py grade MYDUSK.grade.json run-01.png run-01-copy.png run-02.png --out graded --crops crops.json
skip run-01-copy.png · the same bytes as run-01.png, graded once
graded run-01.png · MYDUSK · master 48 x 64 px · feed 1080 x 1350 px full-bleed at anchor 0.00
graded run-02.png · MYDUSK · master 72 x 48 px · feed 1080 x 1350 px full-bleed at anchor 0.50
2 photo(s) · posting files in instagram-1080x1350 · masters in masters-not-for-instagram (not for Instagram)
verify · TWO RUNS, TWO HASHES: DETERMINISTIC OR DRIFT
$ python3 scripts/litr.py verify MYDUSK.grade.json run-02.png
run 1 · 17b4dd5f69ebb7e10c1f66e7
run 2 · 17b4dd5f69ebb7e10c1f66e7
DETERMINISTIC · the same pixel both runs
freeze · THE GRADE AS ONE STANDALONE FILE
$ python3 scripts/litr.py freeze MYDUSK.grade.json --out MYDUSK_grade.py
frozen MYDUSK_grade.py · MYDUSK · sheet 42cd8e0355a63949 · every number inline
python3 MYDUSK_grade.py verify run-02.png (the frozen grade, run on its own)
$ python3 MYDUSK_grade.py verify run-02.png (the frozen grade, run on its own)
run 1 · 17b4dd5f69ebb7e10c1f66e7
run 2 · 17b4dd5f69ebb7e10c1f66e7
DETERMINISTIC · the same pixel both runs
grade · MASTERS AND 1080 X 1350 FEED FILES
$ python3 scripts/litr.py grade MYDUSK.grade.json shot.jpg --out x
shot.jpg is a JPEG: save it as PNG first; this engine reads PNG only
THE NUMBERS, NAMES AND DATES IN THESE RUNS ARE THE STUDIO’S OWN EXAMPLES, INVENTED FOR THE RECORD; NO REAL COMPANY, PERSON OR PROPERTY IS NAMED.
QUESTIONS AT THE TABLE
Asked before the wire.
What does it need from me?
New · a sheet from a starter. It asks first for the photos as PNG, the look in plain words (the AI writes the numbers into the sheet and shows them), and what the grade must agree with.
Does it send anything anywhere?
No. The machine is a standard-library Python program that runs on your own computer and sends nothing anywhere; the words run wherever an AI reads Markdown. No server, no account, no key.
What is on the record?
The self-test (8/8) and every command run on real example inputs, pasted into WITNESS.md as they printed; the punch on the face is the SHA-256 of SKILL.md, so a downloaded copy can be checked against this room.
Can it be wrong?
Yes — it is an AI reading a text file. A standard-library rebuild of the September 2026 engine: the same pipeline and starter sheets, not the same pixels as the original, which used imaging libraries and wrote JPEG. PNG only (8-bit grey, RGB, RGBA laid on white); JPEG, HEIC, 16-bit, palette and interlaced PNG and video are refused. Pure Python takes seconds per megapixel, so proof on small copies. The proof and crops sheets carry no lettering; their legend is printed and written into the file. It makes looks, not corrections of skin or faces.
What will it never do?
It will never hide a number outside the sheet; never carry a house grade or another maker's look; never fit a frame with a border on the feed.
