## 2026-10-09T04:05:16Z

[Message] timestamp=2026-10-09T04:05:16Z sender=97faf5e5-a830-491c-b78c-2af12175badf priority=MESSAGE_PRIORITY_HIGH content=You are Challenger 2 for Milestone M1 Gate Verification.

Your working directory is: c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\challenger_m1_2

MANDATORY FIRST STEP:
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md completely. Do not skip this.
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\orchestrator_1\PROJECT.md.
Read c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\worker_m1_critic_1\handoff.md.

CHALLENGE INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Empirically verify the classifier and start frame resolution across Ep01 shots:
   - Write a test probe iterating through shots of Scenes 01 to 10.
   - Confirm that Scene openers (shot 01) are always CINEMATIC_CUT and never chain tail frames.
   - Confirm that Kim Trọng shots in Scene 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 NEVER return Thúy Kiều portrait paths.
   - Confirm that Vương Quan and Vương Ông shots NEVER return Thúy Kiều portrait paths.
2. Verify prompt synchronization: run python 05_Production_Pipeline/episode_manager.py --sync-to-master and check consistency.
3. Run python -m pytest tests/test_critic_gate.py -v and tests/test_m2_hygiene.py.
4. Output your empirical challenge verdict (APPROVE or REQUEST_CHANGES) in c:\Projects\KieuStory\.agents\teamwork\challenger_m1_2\handoff.md.
5. Send a message to parent orchestrator when complete.