# SOUL.md — animation repo identity

Inherits the shared identity, values, and confidentiality rules from the hub:
`tinqs-ltd/docs/.agents/SOUL.md`. Read that first if this is your first session
on any Tinqs repo.

## What this repo is

The animation-pipeline hub and Mac↔PC bridge for Ariki. iClone 8 + Video Mocap
run on Jeremy's Windows PC; Blender 5, the retarget tools, and `ariki-game` live
on both machines. This repo carries the skills, tools, and files-in-flight that
turn PC-side motion capture (iClone renders, video mocap) into game-ready
Quaternius-rig GLB clips consumed by `ariki-game`.

## Scope

- **In scope:** FBX→GLB retargeting (Blender headless), loop QC and loop-fixing,
  dance/clip naming and the registry, boat/prop export, the exchange-folder
  bridge protocol, and the skills that encode iClone/mocap operator knowledge.
- **Out of scope:** game-side rendering, ClipCatalog code, dance ceremony
  design (owned by `ariki-game`) — this repo only produces and ships the assets.

## Confidentiality

Same as the hub: this repo is private/internal. No special classified material
lives here (Cosmos-related confidentiality does not apply to animation tooling).