diff --git a/assets/app.css b/assets/app.css
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+:root{
+  --bg:#0e0f13; --panel:#16181f; --line:#262a35;
+  --ink:#e9ecf2; --muted:#9aa3b2; --accent:#4B8BF5; --accent2:#f5c04b;
+  --bad:#f5714b; --good:#4bf58b;
+  --mono:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,Consolas,monospace;
+}
+*{box-sizing:border-box}
+body{margin:0;background:var(--bg);color:var(--ink);
+  font:16px/1.65 -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;}
+.wrap{max-width:940px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 22px}
+a{color:var(--accent)}
+
+nav{border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);padding:18px 0;margin-bottom:8px}
+nav .inner{max-width:940px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 22px;display:flex;gap:22px;align-items:center;flex-wrap:wrap}
+nav .brand{font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-.01em;color:var(--ink);text-decoration:none}
+nav .brand span{color:var(--accent)}
+nav a.link{color:var(--muted);text-decoration:none;font-size:14.5px}
+nav a.link:hover,nav a.link.on{color:var(--ink)}
+nav .who{margin-left:auto;font:12.5px/1 var(--mono);color:var(--muted);display:flex;gap:12px;align-items:center}
+nav .who button{background:none;border:0;color:var(--muted);cursor:pointer;font:inherit;text-decoration:underline}
+
+header.page{padding:46px 0 30px}
+header.page h1{font-size:clamp(28px,5vw,42px);line-height:1.08;margin:0 0 12px;letter-spacing:-.02em}
+header.page p{color:var(--muted);max-width:62ch;margin:0;font-size:17px}
+section{padding:34px 0}
+h2.sec{font-size:13px;font-family:var(--mono);letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;
+  color:var(--muted);margin:0 0 20px;font-weight:600}
+
+.card{background:var(--panel);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:14px;padding:26px}
+.field{margin-bottom:20px}
+.field label{display:block;font-size:14px;font-weight:600;margin-bottom:6px}
+.field .hint{display:block;color:var(--muted);font-size:13.5px;margin-bottom:9px;font-weight:400}
+input[type=text],input[type=email],input[type=url],textarea,select{
+  width:100%;background:#0f1117;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:9px;
+  color:var(--ink);padding:11px 13px;font:15px/1.5 inherit}
+input:focus,textarea:focus,select:focus{outline:none;border-color:var(--accent)}
+textarea{min-height:110px;resize:vertical}
+.row{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:16px}
+@media(max-width:640px){.row{grid-template-columns:1fr}}
+
+.btn{background:var(--accent);color:#fff;border:0;border-radius:9px;padding:12px 22px;
+  font:600 15px/1 inherit;cursor:pointer}
+.btn:hover{filter:brightness(1.08)}
+.btn[disabled]{opacity:.5;cursor:default}
+.btn.ghost{background:none;border:1px solid var(--line);color:var(--ink)}
+
+.msg{border-radius:9px;padding:12px 15px;margin-bottom:18px;font-size:14.5px;display:none}
+.msg.err{display:block;background:#2a1512;border:1px solid #5b2a20;color:#ffb9a7}
+.msg.ok{display:block;background:#10241a;border:1px solid #1f5138;color:#a7f0c8}
+
+.chips{display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap}
+.chip{border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:999px;padding:8px 15px;cursor:pointer;font-size:14px;color:var(--muted);background:#0f1117}
+.chip.on{border-color:var(--accent);color:var(--ink);background:#141a28}
+
+.quote{border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:10px;padding:15px 18px;background:#0f1117;
+  display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:baseline;gap:14px;flex-wrap:wrap}
+.quote .big{font-size:26px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-.01em}
+.quote .sub{color:var(--muted);font-size:13.5px;font-family:var(--mono)}
+
+.list{display:grid;gap:16px}
+.item{background:var(--panel);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:14px;padding:20px;
+  display:grid;grid-template-columns:150px 1fr;gap:22px}
+@media(max-width:640px){.item{grid-template-columns:1fr}}
+.item video{width:100%;aspect-ratio:9/16;border-radius:10px;background:#000;border:1px solid var(--line)}
+.item .ph{width:100%;aspect-ratio:9/16;border-radius:10px;background:#0f1117;border:1px dashed var(--line);
+  display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;color:var(--muted);font-size:12px;text-align:center;padding:12px}
+.item h3{margin:0 0 6px;font-size:18px}
+.item .meta{color:var(--muted);font-size:13.5px;margin:0 0 10px;word-break:break-word}
+.badge{display:inline-block;font:600 11px/1 var(--mono);letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;
+  padding:5px 9px;border-radius:5px;margin-bottom:10px}
+.badge.submitted{background:#1d1a0d;color:var(--accent2);border:1px solid #3a3212}
+.badge.ready{background:#10241a;color:#7fe3a8;border:1px solid #1f5138}
+.badge.failed{background:#2a1512;color:#ffb9a7;border:1px solid #5b2a20}
+
+.empty{border:1px dashed var(--line);border-radius:14px;padding:44px 26px;text-align:center;color:var(--muted)}
+.note{background:#1a1410;border:1px solid #3d2f1c;border-radius:12px;padding:16px 19px;color:#d9c9ae;font-size:14.5px}
+footer{padding:44px 0 70px;color:var(--muted);font-size:13.5px;border-top:1px solid var(--line);margin-top:40px}
diff --git a/assets/app.js b/assets/app.js
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+// PayToLaugh front end.
+//
+// NOTE ON THE TOKEN BELOW: it is public by construction. A static page cannot
+// keep a secret, so the endpoint behind it is built to be safe in public
+// hands. It reads and writes small records only and cannot spend money.
+// Script and video generation are deliberately NOT reachable from here.
+//
+// NOTE ON "LOGIN": an email address identifies you, it does not authenticate
+// you. Anyone who knows an address can see that account. Temporary, by
+// agreement, until real auth lands.
+
+var API = "https://api.corben.world/functions/da0474ea-4e56-405c-9f0d-35c3e4037a69/invoke"
+        + "?token=97cd624cd2bd6a74eb692a940e71851f";
+
+async function api(action, payload) {
+  var body = Object.assign({ action: action }, payload || {});
+  var res;
+  try {
+    res = await fetch(API, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify(body)
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    return { ok: false, error: "Could not reach the server. Check your connection and try again." };
+  }
+  var outer;
+  try { outer = await res.json(); }
+  catch (e) { return { ok: false, error: "The server sent something unreadable." }; }
+  // The invoke route wraps the function result.
+  return outer && outer.result ? outer.result : outer;
+}
+
+var Session = {
+  key: "ptl_email",
+  nameKey: "ptl_name",
+  get: function () { try { return localStorage.getItem(this.key); } catch (e) { return null; } },
+  name: function () { try { return localStorage.getItem(this.nameKey) || ""; } catch (e) { return ""; } },
+  set: function (email, name) {
+    try {
+      localStorage.setItem(this.key, email);
+      if (name) localStorage.setItem(this.nameKey, name);
+    } catch (e) {}
+  },
+  clear: function () {
+    try { localStorage.removeItem(this.key); localStorage.removeItem(this.nameKey); } catch (e) {}
+  }
+};
+
+function esc(s) {
+  return String(s == null ? "" : s).replace(/[&<>\"']/g, function (c) {
+    return { "&": "&amp;", "<": "&lt;", ">": "&gt;", '\"': "&quot;", "'": "&#39;" }[c];
+  });
+}
+
+function navBar(current) {
+  var email = Session.get();
+  var links = [["/", "Home", "home"], ["/create.html", "New video", "create"], ["/videos.html", "My videos", "videos"]];
+  var html = '<nav><div class="inner">'
+    + '<a class="brand" href="/">Pay<span>To</span>Laugh</a>'
+    + links.map(function (l) {
+        return '<a class="link' + (l[2] === current ? ' on' : '') + '" href="' + l[0] + '">' + l[1] + '</a>';
+      }).join("")
+    + '<div class="who">'
+    + (email
+        ? esc(email) + ' <button type="button" id="ptl-signout">Sign out</button>'
+        : '<a class="link" href="/register.html">Sign in</a>')
+    + '</div></div></nav>';
+  document.body.insertAdjacentHTML("afterbegin", html);
+  var b = document.getElementById("ptl-signout");
+  if (b) b.onclick = function () { Session.clear(); location.href = "/register.html"; };
+}
+
+// Pages that need an identity send you to sign in rather than failing oddly.
+function requireSession() {
+  var e = Session.get();
+  if (!e) { location.href = "/register.html?next=" + encodeURIComponent(location.pathname); return null; }
+  return e;
+}
+
+function showMsg(id, text, kind) {
+  var el = document.getElementById(id);
+  if (!el) return;
+  el.className = "msg " + (kind || "err");
+  el.textContent = text;
+}
+function hideMsg(id) {
+  var el = document.getElementById(id);
+  if (el) el.className = "msg";
+}
+
+// Mirrors the server's arithmetic exactly: $0.40 per 8s clip plus $0.17 for
+// script and plate, at a 5x markup. If one changes, change both.
+function priceFor(segments) {
+  var cost = segments * 0.40 + 0.17;
+  return { cost: cost, price: Math.round(cost * 5 * 100) / 100, seconds: segments * 8 };
+}
diff --git a/create.html b/create.html
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+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<title>New video — PayToLaugh</title>
+<meta name="description" content="Pick your pet, paste a link, tell the director what you think.">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/app.css">
+</head>
+<body>
+<div class="wrap">
+
+  <header class="page">
+    <h1>Make a new video</h1>
+    <p>Pick the pet, paste whatever you want them to react to, and tell the director what you actually think. The opinion is yours; the delivery is theirs.</p>
+  </header>
+
+  <section>
+    <div class="card">
+      <div class="msg" id="msg"></div>
+      <form id="form">
+
+        <h2 class="sec">1 &middot; Who is talking</h2>
+        <div class="field">
+          <label for="pet">Pet</label>
+          <select id="pet"><option value="__new">Add a new pet…</option></select>
+        </div>
+
+        <div id="newpet">
+          <div class="row">
+            <div class="field">
+              <label for="pname">Name</label>
+              <input type="text" id="pname" placeholder="Astro">
+            </div>
+            <div class="field">
+              <label for="pbreed">Breed</label>
+              <input type="text" id="pbreed" placeholder="Labrador Retriever">
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="field">
+            <label for="pappear">What do they look like</label>
+            <span class="hint">Colour and markings matter more than you would think. Naming them plainly is what keeps the likeness.</span>
+            <input type="text" id="pappear" placeholder="a yellow Labrador with a broad head, dark eyes and a black nose">
+          </div>
+          <div class="field">
+            <label for="pperson">What are they like</label>
+            <span class="hint">This is what makes it sound like your pet and not a generic one.</span>
+            <input type="text" id="pperson" placeholder="convinced he runs the household, suspicious of anything with wheels">
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <h2 class="sec" style="margin-top:34px">2 &middot; What they are reacting to</h2>
+        <div class="field">
+          <label for="url">Link to an article, post or story</label>
+          <span class="hint">Anything with a claim in it. News piece, a thread, a video.</span>
+          <input type="url" id="url" placeholder="https://…">
+        </div>
+        <div class="field">
+          <label for="notes">Your opinion, and notes for the director</label>
+          <span class="hint">Say what you think and how you want it played. Two sentences is plenty.</span>
+          <textarea id="notes" placeholder="Astro has hated our robot vacuum since day one and barks at it every time it docks. Play it like he is filing a formal grievance with management."></textarea>
+        </div>
+        <div class="field">
+          <label>Do they agree or disagree?</label>
+          <div class="chips" id="stance">
+            <span class="chip on" data-v="auto">Let the writer decide</span>
+            <span class="chip" data-v="agree">Agree</span>
+            <span class="chip" data-v="disagree">Disagree</span>
+            <span class="chip" data-v="mixed">A bit of both</span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <h2 class="sec" style="margin-top:34px">3 &middot; How long</h2>
+        <div class="field">
+          <div class="chips" id="len">
+            <span class="chip" data-v="2">16 seconds</span>
+            <span class="chip on" data-v="4">32 seconds</span>
+            <span class="chip" data-v="6">48 seconds</span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="quote">
+          <div><div class="big" id="price">$8.85</div><div class="sub" id="plen">32 seconds &middot; 4 shots</div></div>
+          <div class="sub">You approve the script before anything is filmed.</div>
+        </div>
+
+        <button class="btn" id="go" type="submit" style="margin-top:26px">Submit for scripting</button>
+      </form>
+    </div>
+
+    <p class="note" style="margin-top:22px">
+      <strong>What happens next.</strong> Submitting records your request and puts it in the
+      queue. Nothing is charged and nothing is filmed yet. Payment and automatic
+      production get switched on once proper sign-in is in place.
+    </p>
+  </section>
+
+  <footer>PayToLaugh &middot; your pet has opinions.</footer>
+</div>
+
+<script src="/assets/app.js"></script>
+<script>
+navBar("create");
+var email = requireSession();
+
+var stance = "auto", segments = 4;
+
+function chipGroup(id, cb) {
+  var g = document.getElementById(id);
+  g.addEventListener("click", function (e) {
+    var c = e.target.closest(".chip");
+    if (!c) return;
+    [].forEach.call(g.querySelectorAll(".chip"), function (x) { x.classList.remove("on"); });
+    c.classList.add("on");
+    cb(c.getAttribute("data-v"));
+  });
+}
+chipGroup("stance", function (v) { stance = v; });
+chipGroup("len", function (v) { segments = parseInt(v, 10); paint(); });
+
+function paint() {
+  var p = priceFor(segments);
+  document.getElementById("price").textContent = "$" + p.price.toFixed(2);
+  document.getElementById("plen").textContent = p.seconds + " seconds · " + segments + " shots";
+}
+paint();
+
+var petSel = document.getElementById("pet");
+var newPet = document.getElementById("newpet");
+function togglePet() { newPet.style.display = petSel.value === "__new" ? "" : "none"; }
+petSel.addEventListener("change", togglePet);
+
+(async function loadPets() {
+  if (!email) return;
+  var r = await api("list_pets", { email: email });
+  if (r.ok && r.pets && r.pets.length) {
+    r.pets.forEach(function (p) {
+      var o = document.createElement("option");
+      o.value = p.id || p.name;
+      o.textContent = p.name + (p.breed ? " · " + p.breed : "");
+      o.dataset.name = p.name;
+      petSel.insertBefore(o, petSel.firstChild);
+    });
+    petSel.selectedIndex = 0;
+  }
+  togglePet();
+})();
+
+document.getElementById("form").addEventListener("submit", async function (e) {
+  e.preventDefault();
+  hideMsg("msg");
+  var btn = document.getElementById("go");
+  var url = document.getElementById("url").value.trim();
+  var notes = document.getElementById("notes").value.trim();
+
+  var petId = "", petName = "";
+  if (petSel.value === "__new") {
+    petName = document.getElementById("pname").value.trim();
+    if (!petName) { showMsg("msg", "Your pet needs a name."); return; }
+  } else {
+    petId = petSel.value;
+    petName = petSel.options[petSel.selectedIndex].dataset.name || "";
+  }
+  if (!url) { showMsg("msg", "Paste a link to whatever you want them to react to."); return; }
+  if (notes.length < 10) { showMsg("msg", "Tell the director what you think, in a sentence or two."); return; }
+
+  btn.disabled = true; btn.textContent = "Submitting…";
+
+  if (petSel.value === "__new") {
+    var pr = await api("save_pet", { email: email, pet: {
+      name: petName,
+      breed: document.getElementById("pbreed").value.trim(),
+      appearance: document.getElementById("pappear").value.trim(),
+      personality: document.getElementById("pperson").value.trim(),
+      species: "dog"
+    }});
+    if (!pr.ok) { btn.disabled = false; btn.textContent = "Submit for scripting"; showMsg("msg", pr.error || "Could not save that pet."); return; }
+    petId = pr.pet.id || "";
+  }
+
+  var r = await api("create_project", {
+    email: email, pet_id: petId, pet_name: petName,
+    source_url: url, owner_notes: notes, stance: stance, segments: segments
+  });
+  btn.disabled = false; btn.textContent = "Submit for scripting";
+  if (!r.ok) { showMsg("msg", r.error || "That did not go through. Please try again."); return; }
+  showMsg("msg", "Submitted. Taking you to your videos…", "ok");
+  setTimeout(function () { location.href = "/videos.html"; }, 650);
+});
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/register.html b/register.html
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+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<title>Sign in — PayToLaugh</title>
+<meta name="description" content="Create a PayToLaugh account and start making videos of your pet weighing in.">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/app.css">
+</head>
+<body>
+<div class="wrap">
+
+  <header class="page">
+    <h1>Sign in</h1>
+    <p>Your email is all we need for now. If you have not been here before, this creates your account.</p>
+  </header>
+
+  <section style="max-width:520px">
+    <div class="card">
+      <div class="msg" id="msg"></div>
+      <form id="form">
+        <div class="field">
+          <label for="email">Email address</label>
+          <span class="hint">We use this to keep your pets and videos together.</span>
+          <input type="email" id="email" name="email" required autocomplete="email" placeholder="you@example.com">
+        </div>
+        <div class="field">
+          <label for="name">Your name <span style="color:var(--muted);font-weight:400">(optional)</span></label>
+          <input type="text" id="name" name="name" autocomplete="name" placeholder="Scooter">
+        </div>
+        <button class="btn" id="go" type="submit">Continue</button>
+      </form>
+    </div>
+
+    <p class="note" style="margin-top:22px">
+      <strong>Early access.</strong> There is no password yet, so an email address identifies
+      you rather than proves who you are. Do not put anything here you would mind
+      another person seeing. Proper sign-in is coming.
+    </p>
+  </section>
+
+  <footer>PayToLaugh &middot; your pet has opinions.</footer>
+</div>
+
+<script src="/assets/app.js"></script>
+<script>
+navBar("");
+var params = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
+var next = params.get("next") || "/create.html";
+
+document.getElementById("form").addEventListener("submit", async function (e) {
+  e.preventDefault();
+  hideMsg("msg");
+  var btn = document.getElementById("go");
+  var email = document.getElementById("email").value.trim();
+  var name = document.getElementById("name").value.trim();
+  if (!email) { showMsg("msg", "Please enter your email address."); return; }
+
+  btn.disabled = true; btn.textContent = "One moment…";
+  var r = await api("register", { email: email, display_name: name });
+  btn.disabled = false; btn.textContent = "Continue";
+
+  if (!r.ok) { showMsg("msg", r.error || "That did not work. Please try again."); return; }
+  Session.set(r.user.email, r.user.display_name || name);
+  showMsg("msg", r.returning ? "Welcome back. Taking you through…" : "Account created. Taking you through…", "ok");
+  setTimeout(function () { location.href = next; }, 550);
+});
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/videos.html b/videos.html
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+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<title>My videos — PayToLaugh</title>
+<meta name="description" content="Everything you have submitted, and every video that has come back.">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/app.css">
+</head>
+<body>
+<div class="wrap">
+
+  <header class="page">
+    <h1>My videos</h1>
+    <p>Everything you have submitted, newest first.</p>
+  </header>
+
+  <section>
+    <div class="msg" id="msg"></div>
+    <div id="out"><p style="color:var(--muted)">Loading…</p></div>
+  </section>
+
+  <footer>PayToLaugh &middot; your pet has opinions.</footer>
+</div>
+
+<script src="/assets/app.js"></script>
+<script>
+navBar("videos");
+var email = requireSession();
+
+var LABEL = {
+  submitted: ["submitted", "In the queue"],
+  scripting: ["submitted", "Being written"],
+  script_ready: ["submitted", "Script ready for you"],
+  rendering: ["submitted", "Filming"],
+  ready: ["ready", "Ready"],
+  failed: ["failed", "Did not work"]
+};
+
+function when(s) {
+  if (!s) return "";
+  var d = new Date(s);
+  return isNaN(d) ? s : d.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: "numeric", month: "short", day: "numeric" });
+}
+
+function card(p) {
+  var st = LABEL[p.status] || ["submitted", p.status || "In the queue"];
+  var media = p.video_url
+    ? '<video controls playsinline preload="metadata" src="' + esc(p.video_url) + '"></video>'
+    : '<div class="ph">Not filmed yet</div>';
+  var dl = p.video_url
+    ? '<a class="btn ghost" style="display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;margin-top:10px" href="'
+      + esc(p.video_url) + '" download>Download</a>'
+    : "";
+  return '<div class="item">'
+    + '<div>' + media + '</div>'
+    + '<div>'
+    + '<span class="badge ' + st[0] + '">' + esc(st[1]) + '</span>'
+    + '<h3>' + esc(p.pet_name || "Your pet") + ' reacts</h3>'
+    + '<p class="meta">' + (p.source_url ? '<a href="' + esc(p.source_url) + '" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">' + esc(p.source_url) + '</a>' : "") + '</p>'
+    + '<p class="meta">' + esc(p.owner_notes || "") + '</p>'
+    + '<p class="meta">' + (p.segments || 4) * 8 + ' seconds · '
+    + (p.price_usd != null ? "$" + Number(p.price_usd).toFixed(2) : "") + ' · ' + esc(when(p.created_at)) + '</p>'
+    + dl
+    + '</div></div>';
+}
+
+(async function () {
+  if (!email) return;
+  var r = await api("list_projects", { email: email });
+  var out = document.getElementById("out");
+  if (!r.ok) {
+    out.innerHTML = "";
+    showMsg("msg", r.error || "Could not load your videos.");
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!r.projects || !r.projects.length) {
+    out.innerHTML = '<div class="empty"><p style="margin:0 0 16px">Nothing here yet.</p>'
+      + '<a class="btn" style="display:inline-block;text-decoration:none" href="/create.html">Make your first video</a></div>';
+    return;
+  }
+  out.innerHTML = '<div class="list">' + r.projects.map(card).join("") + '</div>';
+})();
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>