Atlas grows: the egg dossier, the air fryer, and P12 THE CAREER

Egg dossier (feeds Brief 4/P3): the crack, shell-half separation with
yolk integrity, the float test as free information (so the rotten-egg
fart beat is always YOUR fault, seed-varied so it lands every time),
mayonnaise as a two-hand emulsion with the real rescue, the stick
blender pulse doctrine + THE ZAP (300ms skeleton flash, once a day max,
'I saw your bones, love.').

Air fryer (P6): arrangement scored by Clark-Evans INVERTED (spacing
with margins, contact shadows stay pale in the Field), the shake, and
CookPrograms — convoluted multi-step recipe cards (180 for 5, turn,
190 for 15) with no auto-advance; several programs at once is the
service clock in miniature.

P12 THE CAREER: money via tips, the paper catalogue, equipment quality
as tiers-modifying-existing-numbers (small board rolls dice onto the
floor, copper bowl genuinely whips faster, heavy pan smooths the sear
Field — noise and events, never flat score taxes), knife dulling +
honing/whetstone, a three-branch skill tree where every node is a verb
(stat-stick nodes banned), and rare primo offers the recipes notice.
Hooks stubbed from P6 on so it bolts on without refactors.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

KITCHEN-ATLAS.md

@@ -48,7 +48,46 @@ depth multiplier), the KNIFE ROLL early (spec cuts feed every later dish).
    brunoise-2mm-in-40s. Specs are data, not code — one `CutSpec` type feeds
    the prep bench, the drills mode, and every recipe forever.
 
-## 2. P6 — WATER & OIL (the pot, the steamer, the fryer)
+## 1.5 THE EGG DOSSIER (feeds Brief 4 / MASTERPLAN P3 — fold this in when cutting it)
+
+P3 (eggs & air) gains a whole act BEFORE the poach: getting into the egg.
+- **THE CRACK**: tap-strength gesture on the bowl rim — too soft = nothing,
+  right = clean halves, too hard = shell shrapnel in the bowl (a judged
+  fish-the-bits-out with the spoon, mess + time). One-handed crack is a
+  skill-tree flex (P12).
+- **THE SEPARATION**: pass the yolk between shell halves over the bowl —
+  a tilt-and-pour rhythm gesture; each pass drains white, each sloppy tilt
+  risks the yolk BREAKING (yolk integrity = a wobble value; broken yolk in
+  the whites = no meringue for you, start over or serve the crime).
+- **THE FLOAT TEST**: a glass of water on the bench, always available —
+  fresh egg sinks flat, old egg stands up, ROTTEN egg floats. Free
+  information tool (doctrine 2) — skipping it is gambling.
+- **THE ROTTEN EGG**: crack one unfloated and it's the game's best comedy
+  beat — green puff, a long fart audio synth (Web Audio, hand-made, JOHN'S
+  LAW: it must be funny every time, so seed-vary the pitch/length), the
+  judge recoils on camera, bench mess spike. The float test exists so this
+  is always YOUR fault. Eggs spawn with a freshness roll; the carton shows
+  the date band (info, not certainty).
+- **MAYONNAISE — the emulsion**: yolk + mustard (M18's jars!), then oil in
+  a THIN STREAM while whisking — pour rate vs whisk speed is a two-hand
+  tension (pour gesture + the P3 whisk swirl). Too fast = it BREAKS (a
+  visible split — grainy field); rescue = new yolk in a clean bowl and
+  re-emulsify the broken batch into it (the game teaches the real fix).
+  Judge criterion: THE EMULSION (gloss/stiffness band).
+- **THE STICK BLENDER (pulse doctrine)**: immersion blender for soups and
+  rescue jobs — the skill is PULSING (tap-tap-tap) vs holding (comedy
+  disaster: hold it and lift = the splatter paints the SCREEN — a mess
+  decal on the camera itself, wiped with the cloth gesture). Pulse rhythm
+  scored like stroke rhythm on the grater. And per John: water + a mains
+  appliance = **THE ZAP** — a 300ms X-ray flash (skeleton silhouette +
+  yellow outline, synth bzzt, no lasting harm, judge line: "I saw your
+  bones, love."). Wet hands near the stick blender's socket triggers it;
+  pure slapstick, fires at most once per day so it never stops landing.
+- Assets (P3 batch, seeds 340–369): egg carton (dated), glass of water,
+  shell halves, mayo jar, whisk (if not yet), stick blender (hero prop),
+  broken-vs-glossy mayo 2D reference pair, green stink puff sprite.
+
+## 2. P6 — WATER & OIL (the pot, the steamer, the fryer, THE AIR FRYER)
 
 The pot is the pan's sibling: a heat-under-vessel with a LIQUID field.
 - **`sim/pot.ts`**: water state (cold→simmer→rolling; bubble visual+audio
@@ -64,13 +103,34 @@ The pot is the pan's sibling: a heat-under-vessel with a LIQUID field.
   for chips (the ticket teaches it: "twice, love. once for cooked, once
   for golden"). Water-drop-in-oil = the spit event (mess + a judged burn
   incident — the knuckle lesson's floor applies: careful play never burns).
+- **THE AIR FRYER — a minigame in itself (John's spec, verbatim honored)**:
+  the basket is a small 2D tray and ARRANGEMENT is the skill — pieces need
+  AIR GAPS under and around the wire rack. Scoring is Clark–Evans INVERTED:
+  the same point-statistics that reward even topping spread here reward
+  spacing-with-margins; pieces touching = a contact map, and contact area
+  → uneven cook (the browning Field literally masks where air can't reach
+  — shadowed faces stay pale). Overfill = everything steams, nothing
+  crisps ("that's not fried, that's WARM"). Mid-cycle SHAKE gesture
+  redistributes (and its own mini-skill: too hard = pieces jump the rack).
+- **CONVOLUTED RECIPE CARDS — the multi-cycle timer doctrine**: air fryer
+  recipes read like the real cursed things: "180° for 5, turn everything
+  180°, then 190° for 15, rest 2". A `CookProgram` = ordered steps
+  {temp, minutes, action-between}; the ticket shows the card and the
+  PLAYER must execute the transitions — no auto-advance, no alarm unless
+  they've bought the timer (P12 shop!). Demanding recipes run SEVERAL
+  independent programs at once (air fryer + oven + pan, each on its own
+  cycle) — this is the service-clock endgame in miniature, and it
+  generalizes to every station that has a clock.
 - **Dishes unlocked**: pasta night (boil + pan sauce + emulsify with pasta
   water — the swirl), soft-boiled egg soldiers (toast reuse!), fish &
-  chips (batter dip + fry + drain), steamed greens side.
+  chips (batter dip + fry + drain), steamed greens side, air-fryer wings
+  (a 3-step CookProgram + the shake), air-fryer chips vs deep-fried chips
+  (the ticket has OPINIONS about which you chose).
 - **Feel that must be right:** the fryer's menace. You should hover.
 - Assets (seeds 400–429): stockpot, pasta pot w/ strainer lid, steamer
   basket, chip basket, drain rack, oil jug, thermometer probe, egg timer
-  (prop only — the REAL clock is the bubbles), chip cup, newspaper cone.
+  (prop only — the REAL clock is the bubbles), chip cup, newspaper cone,
+  air fryer (hero prop — drawer open/closed pair), wire rack, wings ×2.
 
 ## 3. P7 — THE SPICE RACK (alchemy; the irreversibility doctrine lands)
 
@@ -207,15 +267,72 @@ The pot is the pan's sibling: a heat-under-vessel with a LIQUID field.
   whole fish ×2, carving board with juice groove, gravy boat, dinner
   plates ×3, the pass window shelf, credits hero art 2D.
 
+## 7.5 P12 — THE CAREER (money, the skill tree, and gear that matters)
+
+The meta-layer John asked for. It ships LAST-ISH (needs P5 service for
+income and several phases of techniques to gate) but it's DESIGNED now so
+every phase hangs its hooks: techniques get `skillId`s, equipment gets
+quality tiers, ingredients get provenance. Everything is data on bones.
+
+- **MONEY**: tips scale with grade (S pays; a D pays in abuse). Costs are
+  real but gentle — this is a kitchen, not a roguelike economy. Between
+  days: **THE CATALOGUE** — a paper mail-order catalogue UI in the house
+  voice (the ticket's cousin), dog-eared pages per category.
+- **EQUIPMENT QUALITY — tiers as data modifying numbers that already
+  exist** (this is why it's cheap to build and deep to feel):
+  - **Chopping boards** (John's call): size × quality. The starter board
+    is SMALL — dice 16 pieces on it and the outer chunks roll OFF the
+    edge (mess event, "the floor seasoning"); it also WOBBLES under
+    sawing (adds wobble noise to every cut). The big maple board holds
+    everything steady; the end-grain board also dulls knives slower.
+  - **Bowls**: the cheap narrow bowl tips when you whisk hard (a
+    spilled-mise event) and splatters at high speed; the wide steadied
+    bowl just works; the COPPER bowl (real chemistry!) whips peaks
+    measurably faster — the P3 whip constant reads bowl tier.
+  - **Pans/pots**: thin pan = hot-spot noise in the sear Field (uneven
+    by HARDWARE, not skill — buying the heavy pan literally smooths the
+    Field); cheap pot boils over easier.
+  - **Knife upkeep**: knives dull with cuts (bite decays); the HONING ROD
+    is a rhythm mini-gesture before service; the WHETSTONE (skill-gated)
+    restores fully with an angle-hold minigame. The Best Thing never
+    dulls. Of course it doesn't.
+  - Tier rule: cheap gear adds NOISE and EVENTS, never a flat score tax —
+    the player feels the upgrade in their hands, not in a stat sheet.
+- **THE SKILL TREE**: skill points from S-ranks, drill medals (P8), and
+  first-time dish completions. Nodes are TECHNIQUES the atlas already
+  defines, gated not invented: one-hand crack, chiffonade, tourné,
+  double-fry, bloom, crosshatch, fork-anchor carving, confident-blind
+  (serve without info tools for a standing bonus), palate (taste reads
+  slightly steadier). Three short branches — KNIFE / HEAT / PALATE — a
+  page, not a constellation. No stat-stick nodes ("+5% score" is BANNED);
+  every node is a new verb or a new floor.
+- **INGREDIENTS & PROVENANCE**: the brand system (WONDERSLICE vs
+  Crustworthy) generalizes to everything — eggs by freshness date, brie
+  by ripeness, and the RARE OFFERS: some mornings the catalogue's back
+  page has one primo item, limited stock — "a good provolone, love.
+  don't waste it" — which upgrades a recipe's ceiling (the good pasta
+  NOTICES the good cheese: flavor vector + judge line acknowledge it).
+  Buying primo and then butchering the dish is the game's saddest
+  scorecard, and it should be.
+- **Feel that must be right:** the first cut on the big maple board —
+  the silence of nothing rolling off the edge.
+- Assets (seeds 630–679): boards ×3 tiers, bowls ×3 (incl. copper hero),
+  pans thin/heavy pair, honing rod, whetstone, catalogue cover + page
+  spreads 2D ×4, coin/till 2D, skill-page paper 2D ×3, provolone hero,
+  primo crate.
+
 ## 8. Execution rules (how Opus runs this atlas)
 
 1. **One phase = one brief.** Cut OPUS-BUILD-BRIEF-N.md from this atlas
    when its turn comes (P6→Brief 4 is next after Brief 3 ships... unless
    P3 eggs comes first — MASTERPLAN P3–P5 still precede or interleave;
    the reviewer decides the order each time based on what the last phase
-   taught. Suggested weave: P2 → P3 → P6 → P7 → P4 → P8 → P9 → P5 → P10
-   → P11 — heat before water, alchemy before plating, everything before
-   the banquet).
+   taught. Suggested weave: P2 → P3(+egg dossier) → P6 → P7 → P4 → P8 →
+   P9 → P5 → P10 → P12 → P11 — heat before water, alchemy before plating,
+   the career once there's income and techniques to gate, everything
+   before the banquet). P12's HOOKS (skillIds on techniques, quality
+   tiers on gear, provenance on ingredients) get stubbed as plain data
+   fields from P6 onward so the career layer bolts on without refactors.
 2. **Every phase follows Brief 3 §1 working agreements** (harness first,
    lanes, floors not lotteries, one pressure per day, STATUS discipline,
    deploy per stage) and §2 traps. New traps get APPENDED to the next

MASTERPLAN.md

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Composition becomes the scored surface. The plate is a Field + point set:
   masses, brutal curves (§2). Wrong-salt-at-the-pass judged here.
 - **Feel that must be right:** the swoosh. One confident stroke.
 
-> **P6–P11 live in KITCHEN-ATLAS.md** — water & oil, the spice rack (the
+> **P6–P12 live in KITCHEN-ATLAS.md** — water & oil, the spice rack (the
 > irreversibility doctrine), the knife roll + drills, directed heat (the
 > torch, the crack), cold & time (cures across days), and the banquet
 > (carving, the symphony). Read it after P2 ships; suggested weave in its §8.