replica-recon

1# replica-recon
2 
3Everything else in the pack builds from what this skill writes. A bad recon
4map means a bad clone, so take the time here.
5 
6Output goes in the user's project:
7 
8```
9replica/recon.md        the recon map (template: recon-map.md in this folder)
10replica/features.csv    the feature matrix (template: features.csv in this folder)
11replica/screens/        reference screenshots of the original. Never shipped.
12```
13 
14## The rules, before anything else
15 
16This skill rebuilds **functionality and UX patterns**, clean-room style. It
17studies what the app does and how a user moves through it. It does not take
18anything the app owns.
19 
20- **Public sources and the user's own account only.** Never log into an
21  account that is not the user's, never ask for a password, never get past a
22  paywall or a login by any trick.
23- **Reading, not scraping.** No crawlers, no bulk downloads, no loops. If a
24  browser tool is connected to the user's own browser, read pages at human
25  speed with the user present.
26- **No source code, no private APIs.** Do not read or save the app's
27  JavaScript bundles, decompile its binary, or log its network calls to copy
28  endpoints. Public API docs are fine to read.
29- **Check the terms.** Some products' terms forbid using an account to build a
30  competing product. If the user's account is under terms like that, say so
31  and work from public sources only.
32- **Screenshots are reference.** They live in `replica/screens/`, are used to
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