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2026 07 27 Digital Artist 0001

Slice digital-artist/0001 · Level 0001 (Web Fundamentals) · Apprentice tier · Engine verdict ❌ fail (avg 63.5%) · Walked 2026-07-27

🔗 Perfection run · 🏠 Perfection dashboard · 📄 Raw report · 🕘 Change history

🎯 Session Summary

I walked the first window (5 of 26 quests) of the Digital Artist (UI/UX) path at Level 0001 · Web Fundamentals (🌱 Apprentice) as a learner would, consuming the sealed execute-engine evidence and reading each quest source in plan order. The window mixes strong foundational front-end content with two hard blockers and one un-scored quest, so the slice fails as a continuous learning path today.

The two pure teaching quests — Advanced Markdown (92) and CSS Styling Basics (82) — are technically excellent and their snippets were verified against real engines. But the window also drops a learner into two quests that cannot be completed as written: Building & Testing the Git Init Shell Script (23) targets a scripts/git_init.sh that does not exist in the repo (I independently confirmed this on the host tree), and Technology Stack Analysis: Barodybroject (57) ships a broken Quick Setup whose DB_CHOICE=sqlite workaround is rejected by the live app. The Bootstrap Framework quest returned no verdict — the engine hit its 40-turn ceiling retrying CDN reachability checks in the network-restricted sandbox. A maintainer should treat the git-init and barodybroject issues as the actionable fixes for this window.

🗺️ The Journey

Plan order (deterministic, from walk-plan.json; verdicts from walk-evidence.json):

  1. ✅ Advanced Markdown: Tables, Footnotes & Kramdown — 92 · main_quest — Every markdown/kramdown/Liquid example rendered exactly as claimed; only gap is the unqualified "task lists render as real checkboxes" claim (GFM-only).
  2. ❌ Technology Stack Analysis: Barodybroject — 57 · side_quest — Self-aware, well-researched, but the hands-on Quick Setup is broken and several claims drift past what its disclaimer covers.
  3. ✅ CSS Styling Basics: Selectors, the Box Model & Layout — 82 · main_quest — All CSS snippets verified via headless Chromium; two real cascade bugs surface when you build the stylesheet in the order taught.
  4. ❌ Bootstrap Framework: Build Responsive Sites Fast — no score · main_quest — Engine errored (max_turns) while probing the Bootstrap CDN; not evaluated, not a confirmed content defect.
  5. ❌ Building & Testing the Git Init Shell Script — 23 · main_quest — Unrunnable: the single artifact every command targets (scripts/git_init.sh) is absent from the repository.

Engine headline: avg 63.5% · 2 pass · 0 warn · 3 fail (scored 4, errored 1).

🔬 Evidence

All command outcomes below come from the sealed walk-evidence.json execute pass (real commands run in the disposable sandbox). Static judgements are labelled reasoned.

1. Advanced Markdown — ✅ 92 · ran 12/13 recorded (12 passed, 1 skipped) · 4 runnable snippets

  • passed · 3-column aligned table → correct left/center/right in both python-markdown and the real kramdown gem (<th style="text-align: …">).
  • passed · Footnote [^speed] → superscript link + bottom <div class="footnotes"> with back-link, matching the prose.
  • passed · Full frontmatter file + Liquid {​% for post in site.posts %​} verified against the real liquid gem.
  • passed · macOS / Windows / Linux setup blocks (mkdir/touch) all ran cleanly.
  • Dimensions: commands_work 5, content_accuracy 4, completeness 5, clarity 4, structure 5, safety 5.

2. Technology Stack Analysis: Barodybroject — ❌ 57 · ran 6/23 recorded (5 passed, 1 failed, 6 reasoned, 11 skipped) · 8 runnable

  • failed · Quick Setup bash block: git clone, venv, pip install -r src/requirements.txt, and migrate succeeded, but export DB_CHOICE=sqlite && python manage.py … is rejected by the live settings.py, which hard-raises for non-Postgres. This is the documented "quick local run" path (body l.671-673) and it does not work.
  • reasoned · requirements.txt excerpt (l.380-418) drifts: live Django is pinned 5.1.4, quest shows 4.2.20; the django-filer/django-cms family is absent from the live file.
  • reasoned · settings.py excerpts (l.205-236, l.650-658) reference undefined env/IS_PRODUCTION → NameError if a learner runs them standalone.
  • Body l.538 / l.591 claim "None identified in current dependency scan" — the engine notes the quest's own recommended pip-audit surfaces real CVEs against the pinned versions, contradicting the text.
  • Dimensions: commands_work 2, content_accuracy 3, completeness 3, clarity 3, structure 2, safety 5.

3. CSS Styling Basics — ✅ 82 · ran 12/15 recorded (12 passed, 2 reasoned, 1 skipped) · 4 runnable

  • passed · Selector, box-model, flexbox, grid, custom-property, and theming snippets each verified via headless Chromium computed-style checks.
  • reasoned · macOS open / Windows PowerShell New-Item setup blocks judged equivalent to the Linux block that actually ran (not executed on those OSes).
  • Two confirmed cascade bugs flagged (see Issues): Ch.3 mobile-first .card-grid media queries silently override the Ch.2 auto-fit grid demo; the Theming :root { --brand } silently overrides Ch.3's --brand.
  • Dimensions: commands_work 4, content_accuracy 4, completeness 4, clarity 4, structure 4, safety 5.

4. Bootstrap Framework — ❌ no verdict (engine max_turns)

  • No verdict_obj, no dimensions, no snippet record. The sealed error shows the engine looping on curl -sI https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.3/… and a general curl -sI https://www.google.com connectivity probe until it hit the 40-turn cap.
  • Reasoned (static read of source): the quest loads Bootstrap purely via jsDelivr CDN (<link …bootstrap@5.3.3…min.css> l.237, <script …bootstrap.bundle.min.js> l.252) and mentions npm install bootstrap sass (l.381). The content is plausibly sound; it simply could not be exercised because the sandbox is network-restricted. Not a confirmed content defect — coverage gap only.

5. Building & Testing the Git Init Shell Script — ❌ 23 · ran 6/7 recorded (0 passed, 6 failed, 1 reasoned) · 5 runnable

  • failed · bash -n scripts/git_init.sh → No such file or directory (exit 127).
  • failed · bash scripts/git_init.sh --headless … → same missing-file error; headless mode never exercised.
  • failed · Bats test (l.28-45) → not ok 1 (built bats-core from source since sudo apt is sandbox-blocked).
  • failed · shellcheck scripts/git_init.sh → shellcheck 0.9.0 was preinstalled but the target file is absent.
  • Independent host-tree confirmation: I ran ls scripts/git_init.sh on the checked-out repo → No such file or directory, and no git*-named script exists under scripts/. This corroborates the engine's clone/git log --all/submodule search.
  • Body l.113-121 asserts "It ships in the IT-Journey repository — clone it … chmod +x scripts/git_init.sh", which sets the learner up to fail at the very first command.
  • Dimensions: commands_work ~0 (overall 23).

🐞 Issues Found

  • HIGH · Building & Testing the Git Init Shell Script · core dependency / body l.59, l.113-121, l.127-155 — The entire quest targets scripts/git_init.sh, which does not exist anywhere in the repo (confirmed by the engine's clone + full git log --all + submodule search, and independently by me via ls scripts/git_init.sh on the host tree). All 5 runnable snippets fail with exit 127. Fix: inline the full script in the quest, commit it to scripts/git_init.sh, or link a specific commit/gist that contains it; then add a "confirm the script exists and is executable" precondition step.
  • HIGH · Building & Testing the Git Init Shell Script · "Get the script first" callout (l.113-114) — The claim "It ships in the IT-Journey repository" is false and is the first thing a learner acts on. Fix: remove or correct the claim once the script actually ships.
  • HIGH · Technology Stack Analysis: Barodybroject · Quick Setup bash block (l.671-673) — The documented export DB_CHOICE=sqlite no-external-DB path fails; the live settings.py hard-rejects SQLite. Fix: document a real no-external-DB path (e.g. a docker-compose local-Postgres profile) or drop the SQLite claim and require Postgres.
  • MEDIUM · Technology Stack Analysis: Barodybroject · Security & Quality section (l.538, l.591) — "None identified in current dependency scan" is contradicted by the quest's own pip-audit recommendation, which surfaces real CVEs against the pinned versions. Fix: date-stamp the claim to the analysis date or remove it.
  • MEDIUM · Technology Stack Analysis: Barodybroject · factual drift (requirements.txt l.380-418, settings/views layout) — Live Django is 5.1.4 (quest shows 4.2.20); django-filer/django-cms family absent from the live repo; workflow/utils/views layout drifted beyond what the top-of-doc disclaimer names. Fix: turn the disclaimer into a guided diff exercise, or refresh the pinned facts.
  • LOW · Technology Stack Analysis: Barodybroject · settings.py excerpts (l.205-236, l.650-658) — Reference undefined env/IS_PRODUCTION → NameError if run standalone. Fix: label them "# excerpt — add inside settings.py where env is defined".
  • HIGH · CSS Styling Basics · Ch.3 vs Ch.2 .card-grid (cascade) — Building the stylesheet top-to-bottom as taught, Ch.3's mobile-first .card-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr } + media query silently overrides Ch.2's repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px,1fr)) demo, with no warning. Fix: tell the learner to replace the earlier rule, or rename the demo class.
  • HIGH · CSS Styling Basics · Theming :root vs Ch.3 :root (cascade) — A second :root { --brand } in the Theming section silently overrides Ch.3's --brand. Fix: merge into one :root block or rename the variable.
  • MEDIUM · CSS Styling Basics · Secondary objective "Specificity" — Named as a secondary objective/knowledge check but never taught. Fix: add a short paragraph on the specificity hierarchy.
  • MEDIUM · Advanced Markdown · Chapter 1 Task Lists (l.241) — "Task lists render as real checkboxes" is stated unconditionally, but this is only true under GFM-mode parsing (GitHub, VS Code preview, or kramdown input: GFM); vanilla Jekyll/kramdown renders - [ ] literally. Fix: add a one-line caveat.
  • LOW · Advanced Markdown · setup snippets — Trailing code guide.md silently fails if the VS Code code CLI isn't on PATH. Fix: note the "Install 'code' command in PATH" step.
  • INFO (not a content bug) · Bootstrap Framework · engine coverage gap — The quest was not scored because the execute engine exhausted its 40-turn budget retrying CDN/connectivity curl probes in the network-restricted sandbox. No content defect is claimed; re-run in a network-enabled sandbox (or add a --allow-domains cdn.jsdelivr.net allowance) to get a real verdict.

🔗 Chain Continuity

Reading the five quests in plan order as a single Digital Artist journey:

  • Ordering is jarring for this character path. The Digital Artist is a UI/UX learner. Quests 1 (Markdown), 3 (CSS), 4 (Bootstrap) form a coherent front-end arc — but quest 2 (Barodybroject Django stack analysis, a side_quest) and quest 5 (git_init shell-script testing) drop a beginning designer into a ~1,100-line backend analyst report and a Bash/Bats/shellcheck CI exercise. Neither builds on the CSS/markdown skills the arc otherwise develops. This is an artifact of the date-rotated window (5 of 26, level-wide not path-curated), so it reflects level ordering rather than a hand-built sequence — worth noting for maintainers weighing per-character sequencing.
  • Prerequisites are honest and self-contained. Quests 1, 3, 4 each declare required_quests: [] and only assume basic file editing / CLI navigation; Bootstrap correctly lists CSS Styling Basics as a recommended (not required) prior quest, and CSS unlocks Bootstrap — that pairing is internally consistent and a learner finishing CSS is genuinely ready for Bootstrap.
  • Two quests break the "leave the learner ready for the next step" contract on their own terms — not because of a missing prior quest, but because the artifacts they depend on are absent/broken: git_init.sh does not exist, and Barodybroject's setup path is rejected by the live app. A learner following either literally hits a wall on the first hands-on command, regardless of what preceded it.
  • The strong quests are self-sufficient. Markdown and CSS need nothing from earlier quests and deliver their stated objectives, so the arc's teaching spine is sound; the failures are isolated artifact/drift problems, not a cascading prerequisite gap.

🧠 Reasoning & Method

  • Mode: execute (sealed). I consumed walk-plan.json + walk-evidence.json / walk-evidence.md exactly as the workflow sealed them — I did not re-run the agentic engine (its child claude processes cannot authenticate from my Bash tool), did not edit the plan or evidence, and did not touch any quest content.
  • What I ran myself: only read-only corroboration — ls scripts/git_init.sh and a scan of scripts/ on the host tree (confirmed absent), plus reading each of the five quest sources in plan order and grep-checking the specific lines the evidence cites (git-init l.113-121, barodybroject l.671-673 / l.538 / l.591, advanced-markdown l.241, bootstrap CDN l.237-252). No quest commands were executed by me and no files were modified beyond writing this report.
  • What is reasoned vs tested: every passed/failed above is a command the sealed engine actually ran in the sandbox. Cross-OS setup blocks (macOS/Windows) and the mermaid/settings.py excerpts are reasoned. The git_init.sh absence is tested by the engine and independently re-confirmed by me on the host tree.
  • Coverage & limits:
  • 1 of 5 quests (Bootstrap) has no machine verdict — engine max_turns on network probes. I only reasoned statically about it and explicitly did not assert a content pass/fail.
  • The sandbox is network-restricted (blocked the Bootstrap CDN and Barodybroject external-DB paths) and sudo/apt-blocked (bats-core was built from source). These are environment limits, not quest defects, except where a quest's only documented path depends on them (Barodybroject SQLite).
  • This is a window of 5 of 26 quests for the level (window 1 of 6); the remaining 21 quests are out of scope for this session and are swept by later runs per the ledger.
  • Confidence: High on the two blockers (git_init.sh absence independently reproduced; Barodybroject setup failure is a run-real failure). Medium on the CSS cascade bugs (engine-observed, plausible on read, not re-run by me). Bootstrap: no confidence in either direction — genuinely un-evaluated.
  • Overall verdict — fail: 3 of 5 quests do not deliver a completable hands-on path in this window (2 confirmed blockers + 1 un-scored), which outweighs the two excellent teaching quests for a learner trying to walk the slice front-to-back.