# QA Checklist

## Must Pass

- 16:9 landscape
- clean white background
- Xiaohei is present
- Xiaohei performs the core action, not just decoration
- no copied old composition; a new metaphor should be generated for the current article
- weird, creative, and meaningful
- clean and simple, with the main subject not exceeding about 60% of the canvas
- one image communicates only one core structure
- Chinese labels are short, few, and readable
- orange is used only for main paths or arrows
- red is used only for emphasis, warnings, or results
- blue is used only for extra explanation, feedback, or system state

## Failure Signals

If any of the following appear, regenerate or edit locally:

- a top-left title such as "common pitfall / workflow / system architecture / roadmap"
- Xiaohei looks like a mascot, sticker, or cute cartoon
- the image looks like a PPT slide, course page, or formal flowchart
- too many elements or arrows
- too much explanatory text
- a textured, shadowed, beige, or noisy background
- a realistic UI screenshot or tech interface
- unreadable Chinese text or severe spelling mistakes
- the image looks dead, with no absurd metaphor
- the composition is too close to an old example in `assets/examples/`

## Iteration Method

- Too generic: make Xiaohei the action subject and add one weird but plausible metaphor
- Too complex: reduce to one action and 3-5 short labels
- Too cute: emphasize deadpan, blank serious expression, not cute, not mascot
- Too PPT-like: remove titles, borders, grids, and too many arrows; make it feel hand-drawn
- Too similar to an old example: keep the core idea, but change the object and Xiaohei's action
- Bad text: fix locally first; if there is too much text, regenerate with fewer labels

## Delivery Judgment

A high-quality image should first feel a little strange, then make the structure understandable within one second.

If the first impression is a teaching slide instead of a strange white-paper sketch, it does not pass.

