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verdict: needs-attention
remediation_round: 0
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# Milestone Validation: M011

## Success Criteria Checklist
- [x] **Card hover scale+shadow on all card types** — S01 confirms 6 card types with transform: scale(1.02) and will-change: transform
- [x] **Staggered entrance animations** — S01 confirms cardEnter keyframes + card-stagger class applied in 5 page components
- [x] **Featured technique glow treatment** — S01 confirms gradient border-image + double box-shadow. Known limitation: border-image strips border-radius (documented)
- [x] **Random Technique button navigates to random page** — S01 confirms GET /api/v1/techniques/random endpoint + frontend button with loading/error states
- [x] **Topics page loads collapsed, expands with animation** — S02 confirms empty expanded set on init, CSS grid-template-rows 0fr/1fr animation at 300ms
- [x] **Creator stats show colored topic pills** — S02 confirms badge badge--cat-{slug} spans in flex container, reusing catSlug() utility
- [x] **Cards limit tags to 4 with +N more** — S02 confirms shared TagList component applied across all 5 tag-rendering sites
- [x] **Empty subtopics show Coming soon** — S02 confirms non-clickable spans with pill--coming-soon badge for technique_count === 0
- [x] **Compact search bar in nav on all non-home pages** — S03 confirms nav-variant SearchAutocomplete conditional on non-home routes
- [x] **Cmd+K shortcut focuses search** — S03 confirms globalShortcut prop with Cmd+K/Ctrl+K handler
- [x] **Mobile hamburger menu** — S03 confirms hamburger at <768px with 44px touch targets and three auto-close mechanisms (route change, Escape, outside click)
- [x] **Single H1 per page** — S04 confirms nav brand demoted to span, each of 10 pages has exactly one h1
- [x] **Skip-to-content link** — S04 confirms skip-link as first focusable element in App.tsx targeting #main-content
- [x] **AA contrast text** — S04 confirms --color-text-muted changed to #828291 achieving 5.05:1 contrast ratio
- [x] **Descriptive browser tab titles** — S04 confirms useDocumentTitle hook wired into all 10 page components with dynamic async support

## Slice Delivery Audit
| Slice | Claimed Output | Evidence | Verdict |
|-------|---------------|----------|---------|
| S01: Interaction Delight & Discovery | Cards animate on hover with scale+shadow. Card grids stagger entrance. Featured technique has glow treatment. Random Technique button navigates to a random page. | Summary confirms 6 card types with hover transition, 5 pages with cardEnter stagger, gradient border-image + box-shadow glow, /random endpoint + button with states. Build passes (50 modules). | ✅ Delivered |
| S02: Topics, Creator Stats & Card Polish | Topics page loads collapsed, expands with animation. Creator stats show colored topic pills. Cards limit tags to 4 with +N more. Empty subtopics show Coming soon. | Summary confirms collapsed init + CSS grid animation, badge--cat pills, shared TagList with max=4 across 5 sites, Coming soon badge for empty subtopics. Build passes (51 modules). | ✅ Delivered |
| S03: Global Search & Mobile Navigation | Compact search bar in nav on all pages. Cmd+K focuses it. Mobile viewport shows hamburger menu. | Summary confirms nav-variant SearchAutocomplete on non-home routes, globalShortcut Cmd+K, hamburger at <768px with 44px targets and 3 auto-close mechanisms. Build passes (51 modules). | ✅ Delivered |
| S04: Accessibility & SEO Fixes | Every page has single H1, skip-to-content link, AA contrast text, and descriptive browser tab title. | Summary confirms h1 in all 10 pages, skip-link in App.tsx, --color-text-muted #828291 at 5.05:1 ratio, useDocumentTitle in 10 pages. Build passes. | ✅ Delivered |

## Cross-Slice Integration
No cross-slice dependencies were planned (all 4 slices independent). S03 listed `affects: [S04]` — S04 completed successfully after S03, no conflicts observed.

S01 and S02 both modified App.css and overlapping page files (Home.tsx, TopicsBrowse.tsx, etc.) — summaries indicate no merge conflicts. S03 further modified App.tsx and App.css. S04 touched the same files again. Module count grew from 50 (S01) to 51 (S02+) indicating additive changes only.

No boundary mismatches detected.

## Requirement Coverage
All requirements advanced during this milestone are covered:

| Requirement | Slice | Status |
|-------------|-------|--------|
| R016 — Card hover scale(1.02) + stagger animation | S01 | Advanced |
| R017 — Featured technique gradient border + glow | S01 | Advanced |
| R018 — Random Technique button + GET /random | S01 | Advanced |
| R019 — Topics collapsed init + 300ms CSS grid animation | S02 | Advanced |
| R020 — Nav search bar + Cmd+K/Ctrl+K shortcut | S03 | Advanced |
| R021 — Hamburger menu <768px with 44px targets + auto-close | S03 | Advanced |
| R022 — Single H1 per page, sequential heading levels | S04 | Validated |
| R023 — Skip-to-content link, visible on keyboard focus | S04 | Validated |
| R024 — --color-text-muted #828291 at 5.05:1 AA contrast | S04 | Validated |
| R025 — useDocumentTitle hook across 10 pages | S04 | Validated |
| R026 — Creator stats colored badge pills via catSlug | S02 | Advanced |
| R027 — TagList caps at 4 with +N overflow, 5 sites | S02 | Advanced |
| R028 — Empty subtopics non-clickable with Coming soon pill | S02 | Advanced |

No active requirements are unaddressed.

## Verification Class Compliance
### Contract Verification ✅
All 4 slices report `npx tsc --noEmit` passing with zero TypeScript errors and `npm run build` succeeding. Module counts: S01 (50), S02-S04 (51). CSS, component, and hook changes are covered by the TypeScript compiler.

### Integration Verification ✅
- S01 confirms GET /api/v1/techniques/random returns `{slug}` with 200 status and 404 when no techniques exist. Endpoint placed before /{slug} route.
- S03 confirms search navigates to correct results page via nav search bar.

### Operational Verification ⚠️ Gap
The planned operational verification states: "Deployed to ub01 Docker stack and verified in browser at http://ub01:8096." **No slice summary explicitly mentions deploying to ub01 or testing against the Docker stack.** All verification evidence is from local builds and grep checks. This is a documentation gap — the code is build-verified and the changes are frontend CSS/JSX + one backend endpoint, but the operational deployment step was not recorded.

### UAT Verification ⚠️ Gap
Comprehensive UAT test cases were authored for all 4 slices (40+ test scenarios total). However, slice summaries describe code-level verification (grep, build) rather than recording execution of UAT scenarios against a running instance. The UAT documents are test plans, not execution reports.

### Deferred Work Inventory
1. **Operational deployment verification** — Deploy to ub01 and verify in browser should be done before shipping. Low risk since changes are well-tested at code level.
2. **UAT execution recording** — Running the authored UAT scenarios against live instance would strengthen confidence. The test plans are thorough and ready to execute.


## Verdict Rationale
All 15 success criteria pass. All 4 slices delivered their claimed output with build verification evidence. All 13 requirements are covered. No cross-slice integration issues. Two minor gaps exist: (1) no explicit evidence of ub01 Docker deployment in summaries, and (2) UAT test plans were authored but execution wasn't recorded. These are documentation/process gaps, not delivery gaps — the code changes are solid, type-checked, and build-verified. Verdict is needs-attention rather than pass to flag the operational verification gap, but no remediation slices are needed.
