VibeGeometry/notes/vibegeometry-implementation-plan.md

VibeGeometry Implementation Plan

Current Phase

Build the first reliable scaffold for agent-authored Blender geometry-node scenes. The immediate target is not a full procedural art factory. It is a clean artifact loop with enough structure that agents can generate, inspect, render, and revise graphs without losing the visual target.

Planning belongs in this file and the handoff/map state surfaces. Architecture docs should describe durable contracts, boundaries, and data shapes; they should not carry live next-action clutter.

Near-Term Sequence

1. Define the scene brief contract.

   • Capture references, text instructions, target visual traits, constraints, camera/composition requirements, acceptance criteria, and known unknowns.
   • Preserve source paths or URLs for every reference image.
   • Separate visual target description from implementation strategy.

2. Define the node graph manifest contract.

   • Describe node groups, sockets, exposed controls, modifiers, attribute names, field flow, materials, and dependencies.
   • Require enough naming and rationale for future agents to inspect the graph.
   • Keep graph contracts Blender 5.0+ oriented.

3. Build a minimal Python builder seam.

   • Start with one tiny scene that proves graph construction, material setup, camera, lighting, save, and render orchestration.
   • Prefer small composable helpers for node group creation and socket linking.
   • Avoid a giant builder abstraction until repeated graph idioms demand it.

4. Build render review artifacts.

   • Store render path, scene brief id, manifest id, script path, Blender version, review status, visual misses, graph issues, and next hypothesis.
   • Treat rendered output as the acceptance surface for visual claims.

5. Add geometry-node idiom notes and examples.

   • Document established patterns for distribution, instancing, curve/surface generation, attributes, material variation, simulation zones, and exposed parameters.
   • Keep examples small enough to inspect.
   • Promote only graph patterns that survive review.

6. Generalize after the loop works.

   • Add reference-image ingestion helpers.
   • Add headless batch rendering.
   • Add visual comparison or reviewer prompts.
   • Add richer examples only after the contracts stop sliding.

Deferred

• Large procedural asset library
• Automated visual scoring beyond basic review artifacts
• Fine-tuned graph-generation models
• Blender add-on packaging
• Complex simulation-node workflows before the basic graph loop is stable

Discipline

• Work one bounded organ at a time.
• Explain target-to-graph data flow before broad refactors.
• Prefer explicit manifests and render evidence over implicit agent memory.
• If the diff grows while understanding shrinks, stop and simplify.
• Keep history in git; keep persisted state focused on what future sessions need to believe.