fix(frontend): scope the externalization obligation proportionally

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "name": "superloopy",
       "source": "./",
       "description": "Strict evidence loop harness: repo-local loop state, success criteria, append-only ledgers, evidence-gated completion, plus skills (loop, research, frontend, clone) and a read-only/worker crew. Works on Claude Code and Codex from one repo.",
-      "version": "0.12.1",
+      "version": "0.12.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "keywords": [
         "claude-code",

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "superloopy",
-  "version": "0.12.1",
+  "version": "0.12.2",
   "description": "Lightweight loop harness with strict evidence gates — Claude Code edition.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/beefiker/superloopy#readme",
   "repository": "https://github.com/beefiker/superloopy",

.codex-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "superloopy",
-  "version": "0.12.1",
+  "version": "0.12.2",
   "description": "Lightweight loop harness with strict evidence gates.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/beefiker/superloopy#readme",
   "repository": "https://github.com/beefiker/superloopy",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "superloopy",
-  "version": "0.12.1",
+  "version": "0.12.2",
   "description": "A lightweight loop harness for Codex and Claude Code with strict evidence gates.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

skills/superloopy-frontend/references/ux.md

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Use consequence-scaled error handling. Preserve input, identify the specific cor
 
 ## Internationalization and bidirectionality
 
-Internationalization begins during discovery. When the brief, audience, or distribution intent implies more than one locale (public release, open-source distribution, app-store or marketplace delivery), every user-visible string ships through the platform's translation mechanism (`tr()`/`qsTr()`, resource bundles, message catalogs) from the first artifact; hardcoded single-locale copy in a distribution-targeted surface is a defect, not a follow-up. When copy ships in a language different from the brief's language, record the locale decision and its reason instead of defaulting silently. Avoid display-string concatenation; use locale-aware formatting, sorting, searching, pluralization, and input. Carry language and direction metadata, and define whether a product language override follows the system, persists locally, syncs, or is unavailable.
+Internationalization begins during discovery. When the brief, audience, or distribution intent implies more than one locale, every user-visible string the work introduces or changes ships through the platform's translation mechanism (resource bundles, message catalogs) from the first artifact; hardcoded single-locale copy in new distribution-targeted work is a defect, not a follow-up. Public release, open-source distribution, or store delivery is a signal to resolve locale intent during discovery, not proof of it: a deliberately single-locale surface stays single-locale, and a narrow change on one does not by itself demand retrofitting externalization. When copy ships in a language different from the brief's language, record the locale decision and its reason instead of defaulting silently. Avoid display-string concatenation; use locale-aware formatting, sorting, searching, pluralization, and input. Carry language and direction metadata, and define whether a product language override follows the system, persists locally, syncs, or is unavailable.
 
 Test representative long text, unbroken content, bidirectional content, and taller-script content without assuming one universal expansion percentage. Mirroring is selective: media controls, charts, maps, and user-authored direction may not mirror with surrounding navigation.
 

test/frontend-ux-contract.test.js

@@ -540,8 +540,9 @@ test("i18n contract requires string externalization for distribution-targeted su
   const ux = await read(reference("ux"));
   const qt = await read(reference("qt"));
 
-  assert.match(ux, /more than one locale.*every user-visible string ships through the platform's translation mechanism/is);
-  assert.match(ux, /hardcoded single-locale copy in a distribution-targeted surface is a defect, not a follow-up/iu);
+  assert.match(ux, /more than one locale.*every user-visible string the work introduces or changes ships through the platform's translation mechanism/is);
+  assert.match(ux, /hardcoded single-locale copy in new distribution-targeted work is a defect, not a follow-up/iu);
+  assert.match(ux, /signal to resolve locale intent during discovery, not proof of it.*deliberately single-locale surface stays single-locale/is);
   assert.match(ux, /language different from the brief's language.*record the locale decision/is);
   assert.match(qt, /strings pass through `tr\(\)`\/`qsTr\(\)` with a translation setup/iu);
 });