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Expand Up@@ -282,12 +282,13 @@ export const Invoice = ObjectSchema.create({
- Use `requiredWhen` for conditional requiredness; the ObjectQL validator
enforces it on submit. The `conditionalRequired` alias was REMOVED in
protocol 17 — emitting it is a parse error.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact that must hold for
*every stored record* is an invariant: express it in `validations[]`. A
condition on a *transition* ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is
`requiredWhen` / field bounds, which let already-stored rows through. A
transition gate written as an invariant bricks existing data; an invariant
written as a transition gate never enforces itself.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact true of *every
stored record* is an invariant: a `validations[]` `script` rule. A row that
violates it is refused on any edit until repaired. A *transition* condition
("required once the record reaches `paid`") is `requiredWhen` / field bounds,
which judge the write, not the stored row. "Required when X" reads like an
invariant and is not one; an invariant written as a gate never enforces
itself.
- For inline `master_detail` grids, predicates are evaluated row-by-row against
the child row's `record`, so line-item rules should live on child fields.
- For complex predicates, load **objectstack-formula** and emit CEL via
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Expand Up@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ the **failure** condition — validation **fails** when it evaluates to `true`.

## Script Validation

**Tool choice — this is the invariant tool.** `script` and `cross_field`
are judged against the *merged* record on every write, with no pre-state
exemption, so a row that already violates the rule is refused on any edit until
a repairing write lands (frozen, not bricked). A condition that must hold only
from a transition onward is not this tool: use `requiredWhen` or a field bound
(`min` / `max` / `minLength` / `maxLength`), which judge the write, not the
stored row (see **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate** in
`SKILL.md`).

```typescript
import { P } from '@objectstack/spec';

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Add copy buttons to all 
 blocks\n(function() {\n function addCopyButtons() {\n document.querySelectorAll('pre code').forEach(function(codeBlock) {\n if (codeBlock.parentElement.hasAttribute('data-copy-added')) return;\n codeBlock.parentElement.setAttribute('data-copy-added', 'true');\n \n var btn = document.createElement('button');\n btn.textContent = 'Copy';\n btn.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;top:4px;right:4px;padding:2px 8px;font-size:11px;background:#4ecdc4;border:none;border-radius:4px;color:#1a1a2e;cursor:pointer;opacity:0.7;transition:opacity 0.2s;';\n btn.onmouseover = function() { this.style.opacity = '1'; };\n btn.onmouseout = function() { this.style.opacity = '0.7'; };\n btn.onclick = function() {\n navigator.clipboard.writeText(codeBlock.textContent).then(function() {\n btn.textContent = 'Copied!';\n setTimeout(function() { btn.textContent = 'Copy'; }, 1500);\n });\n };\n codeBlock.parentElement.style.position = 'relative';\n codeBlock.parentElement.appendChild(btn);\n });\n }\n \n addCopyButtons();\n \n // Re-run on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(addCopyButtons);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Add Copy Buttons to Code Blocks");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Add Copy Buttons to Code Blocks]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "github.com";
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Expand Up@@ -282,12 +282,13 @@ export const Invoice = ObjectSchema.create({
- Use `requiredWhen` for conditional requiredness; the ObjectQL validator
 enforces it on submit. The `conditionalRequired` alias was REMOVED in
 protocol 17 — emitting it is a parse error.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact that must hold for
 *every stored record* is an invariant: express it in `validations[]`. A
 condition on a *transition* ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is
 `requiredWhen` / field bounds, which let already-stored rows through. A
 transition gate written as an invariant bricks existing data; an invariant
 written as a transition gate never enforces itself.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact true of *every
 stored record* is an invariant: a `validations[]` `script` rule. A row that
 violates it is refused on any edit until repaired. A *transition* condition
 ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is `requiredWhen` / field bounds,
 which judge the write, not the stored row. "Required when X" reads like an
 invariant and is not one; an invariant written as a gate never enforces
 itself.
- For inline `master_detail` grids, predicates are evaluated row-by-row against
 the child row's `record`, so line-item rules should live on child fields.
- For complex predicates, load **objectstack-formula** and emit CEL via
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Expand Up@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ the **failure** condition — validation **fails** when it evaluates to `true`.

## Script Validation

**Tool choice — this is the invariant tool.** `script` and `cross_field`
are judged against the *merged* record on every write, with no pre-state
exemption, so a row that already violates the rule is refused on any edit until
a repairing write lands (frozen, not bricked). A condition that must hold only
from a transition onward is not this tool: use `requiredWhen` or a field bound
(`min` / `max` / `minLength` / `maxLength`), which judge the write, not the
stored row (see **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate** in
`SKILL.md`).

```typescript
import { P } from '@objectstack/spec';

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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Force GitHub README to respect dark mode\n(function() {\n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '\n .markdown-body {\n color-scheme: dark light;\n }\n .markdown-body pre { background: #161b22 !important; }\n .markdown-body code { background: rgba(110, 118, 129, 0.4) !important; }\n .markdown-body table th, .markdown-body table td { border-color: #30363d !important; }\n .markdown-body img { background: #0d1117; }\n .markdown-body blockquote { border-left-color: #8b949e; }\n .markdown-body hr { border-color: #30363d; }\n ';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n})();", "GitHub Dark Mode README Fix");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:GitHub Dark Mode README Fix]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "*";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '

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Expand Up@@ -282,12 +282,13 @@ export const Invoice = ObjectSchema.create({
- Use `requiredWhen` for conditional requiredness; the ObjectQL validator
 enforces it on submit. The `conditionalRequired` alias was REMOVED in
 protocol 17 — emitting it is a parse error.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact that must hold for
 *every stored record* is an invariant: express it in `validations[]`. A
 condition on a *transition* ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is
 `requiredWhen` / field bounds, which let already-stored rows through. A
 transition gate written as an invariant bricks existing data; an invariant
 written as a transition gate never enforces itself.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact true of *every
 stored record* is an invariant: a `validations[]` `script` rule. A row that
 violates it is refused on any edit until repaired. A *transition* condition
 ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is `requiredWhen` / field bounds,
 which judge the write, not the stored row. "Required when X" reads like an
 invariant and is not one; an invariant written as a gate never enforces
 itself.
- For inline `master_detail` grids, predicates are evaluated row-by-row against
 the child row's `record`, so line-item rules should live on child fields.
- For complex predicates, load **objectstack-formula** and emit CEL via
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Expand Up@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ the **failure** condition — validation **fails** when it evaluates to `true`.

## Script Validation

**Tool choice — this is the invariant tool.** `script` and `cross_field`
are judged against the *merged* record on every write, with no pre-state
exemption, so a row that already violates the rule is refused on any edit until
a repairing write lands (frozen, not bricked). A condition that must hold only
from a transition onward is not this tool: use `requiredWhen` or a field bound
(`min` / `max` / `minLength` / `maxLength`), which judge the write, not the
stored row (see **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate** in
`SKILL.md`).

```typescript
import { P } from '@objectstack/spec';

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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Highlight search terms from Google/DuckDuckGo/Bing referrer\n(function() {\n var ref = document.referrer;\n var terms = [];\n \n if (ref.includes('google.com') || ref.includes('duckduckgo.com') || ref.includes('bing.com')) {\n var url = new URL(ref);\n var q = url.searchParams.get('q') || url.searchParams.get('p');\n if (q) {\n terms = q.split(/\\s+/).filter(function(t) { return t.length > 2; });\n }\n }\n \n if (terms.length === 0) return;\n \n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '.userscript-highlight { background: #fbbf24; color: #1a1a2e; padding: 1px 3px; border-radius: 2px; }';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n \n function highlight(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 3) { // text node\n var text = node.textContent;\n var found = false;\n terms.forEach(function(term) {\n var regex = new RegExp('(' + term.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, '\\\\') + ')', 'gi');\n if (regex.test(text)) {\n found = true;\n var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();\n var parts = text.split(regex);\n parts.forEach(function(part, i) {\n if (i % 2 === 0) {\n frag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(part));\n } else {\n var span = document.createElement('span');\n span.className = 'userscript-highlight';\n span.textContent = part;\n frag.appendChild(span);\n }\n });\n node.parentNode.replaceChild(frag, node);\n }\n });\n } else if (node.nodeType === 1 && node.childNodes) { // element\n var skipTags = ['SCRIPT', 'STYLE', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEXTAREA', 'INPUT', 'SELECT'];\n if (!skipTags.includes(node.tagName)) {\n Array.from(node.childNodes).forEach(highlight);\n }\n }\n }\n \n highlight(document.body);\n \n // Re-highlight on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1 || node.nodeType === 3) highlight(node);\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Highlight Search Terms");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Highlight Search Terms]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "*";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '

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Expand Up@@ -282,12 +282,13 @@ export const Invoice = ObjectSchema.create({
- Use `requiredWhen` for conditional requiredness; the ObjectQL validator
 enforces it on submit. The `conditionalRequired` alias was REMOVED in
 protocol 17 — emitting it is a parse error.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact that must hold for
 *every stored record* is an invariant: express it in `validations[]`. A
 condition on a *transition* ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is
 `requiredWhen` / field bounds, which let already-stored rows through. A
 transition gate written as an invariant bricks existing data; an invariant
 written as a transition gate never enforces itself.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact true of *every
 stored record* is an invariant: a `validations[]` `script` rule. A row that
 violates it is refused on any edit until repaired. A *transition* condition
 ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is `requiredWhen` / field bounds,
 which judge the write, not the stored row. "Required when X" reads like an
 invariant and is not one; an invariant written as a gate never enforces
 itself.
- For inline `master_detail` grids, predicates are evaluated row-by-row against
 the child row's `record`, so line-item rules should live on child fields.
- For complex predicates, load **objectstack-formula** and emit CEL via
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Expand Up@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ the **failure** condition — validation **fails** when it evaluates to `true`.

## Script Validation

**Tool choice — this is the invariant tool.** `script` and `cross_field`
are judged against the *merged* record on every write, with no pre-state
exemption, so a row that already violates the rule is refused on any edit until
a repairing write lands (frozen, not bricked). A condition that must hold only
from a transition onward is not this tool: use `requiredWhen` or a field bound
(`min` / `max` / `minLength` / `maxLength`), which judge the write, not the
stored row (see **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate** in
`SKILL.md`).

```typescript
import { P } from '@objectstack/spec';

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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Strip utm_, fbclid, gclid, etc. from all links on page\n(function() {\n var trackingParams = ['utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_campaign', 'utm_term', 'utm_content',\n 'fbclid', 'gclid', 'dclid', 'msclkid', 'yclid',\n 'ref', 'ref_src', 'source', 'medium', 'campaign'];\n \n function cleanUrl(url) {\n try {\n var u = new URL(url, window.location.origin);\n var changed = false;\n trackingParams.forEach(function(p) {\n if (u.searchParams.has(p)) {\n u.searchParams.delete(p);\n changed = true;\n }\n });\n return changed ? u.toString() : url;\n } catch (e) {\n return url;\n }\n }\n \n function cleanLinks() {\n document.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n \n cleanLinks();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1) {\n if (node.tagName === 'A') cleanLinks();\n node.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Remove Tracking Parameters from Links");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Remove Tracking Parameters from Links]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "youtube.com";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + "youtube\\.com" + '

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Expand Up@@ -282,12 +282,13 @@ export const Invoice = ObjectSchema.create({
- Use `requiredWhen` for conditional requiredness; the ObjectQL validator
 enforces it on submit. The `conditionalRequired` alias was REMOVED in
 protocol 17 — emitting it is a parse error.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact that must hold for
 *every stored record* is an invariant: express it in `validations[]`. A
 condition on a *transition* ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is
 `requiredWhen` / field bounds, which let already-stored rows through. A
 transition gate written as an invariant bricks existing data; an invariant
 written as a transition gate never enforces itself.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact true of *every
 stored record* is an invariant: a `validations[]` `script` rule. A row that
 violates it is refused on any edit until repaired. A *transition* condition
 ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is `requiredWhen` / field bounds,
 which judge the write, not the stored row. "Required when X" reads like an
 invariant and is not one; an invariant written as a gate never enforces
 itself.
- For inline `master_detail` grids, predicates are evaluated row-by-row against
 the child row's `record`, so line-item rules should live on child fields.
- For complex predicates, load **objectstack-formula** and emit CEL via
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Expand Up@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ the **failure** condition — validation **fails** when it evaluates to `true`.

## Script Validation

**Tool choice — this is the invariant tool.** `script` and `cross_field`
are judged against the *merged* record on every write, with no pre-state
exemption, so a row that already violates the rule is refused on any edit until
a repairing write lands (frozen, not bricked). A condition that must hold only
from a transition onward is not this tool: use `requiredWhen` or a field bound
(`min` / `max` / `minLength` / `maxLength`), which judge the write, not the
stored row (see **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate** in
`SKILL.md`).

```typescript
import { P } from '@objectstack/spec';

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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Auto-enable theater mode on YouTube\n(function() {\n function tryTheater() {\n var btn = document.querySelector('button[aria-label=\"Theater mode\"], ytd-player #player button[title=\"Theater mode\"]');\n if (btn && !btn.classList.contains('activated')) {\n btn.click();\n }\n }\n \n // Try immediately\n tryTheater();\n \n // Try after navigation (SPA)\n var lastUrl = location.href;\n setInterval(function() {\n if (location.href !== lastUrl) {\n lastUrl = location.href;\n setTimeout(tryTheater, 500);\n }\n }, 1000);\n \n // Also try on player load\n var observer = new MutationObserver(tryTheater);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "YouTube Theater Mode Default");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:YouTube Theater Mode Default]', __e); }
})();
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try {
var __m = "*";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '

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Expand Up@@ -282,12 +282,13 @@ export const Invoice = ObjectSchema.create({
- Use `requiredWhen` for conditional requiredness; the ObjectQL validator
 enforces it on submit. The `conditionalRequired` alias was REMOVED in
 protocol 17 — emitting it is a parse error.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact that must hold for
 *every stored record* is an invariant: express it in `validations[]`. A
 condition on a *transition* ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is
 `requiredWhen` / field bounds, which let already-stored rows through. A
 transition gate written as an invariant bricks existing data; an invariant
 written as a transition gate never enforces itself.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact true of *every
 stored record* is an invariant: a `validations[]` `script` rule. A row that
 violates it is refused on any edit until repaired. A *transition* condition
 ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is `requiredWhen` / field bounds,
 which judge the write, not the stored row. "Required when X" reads like an
 invariant and is not one; an invariant written as a gate never enforces
 itself.
- For inline `master_detail` grids, predicates are evaluated row-by-row against
 the child row's `record`, so line-item rules should live on child fields.
- For complex predicates, load **objectstack-formula** and emit CEL via
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Expand Up@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ the **failure** condition — validation **fails** when it evaluates to `true`.

## Script Validation

**Tool choice — this is the invariant tool.** `script` and `cross_field`
are judged against the *merged* record on every write, with no pre-state
exemption, so a row that already violates the rule is refused on any edit until
a repairing write lands (frozen, not bricked). A condition that must hold only
from a transition onward is not this tool: use `requiredWhen` or a field bound
(`min` / `max` / `minLength` / `maxLength`), which judge the write, not the
stored row (see **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate** in
`SKILL.md`).

```typescript
import { P } from '@objectstack/spec';

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- Use `requiredWhen` for conditional requiredness; the ObjectQL validator
 enforces it on submit. The `conditionalRequired` alias was REMOVED in
 protocol 17 — emitting it is a parse error.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact that must hold for
 *every stored record* is an invariant: express it in `validations[]`. A
 condition on a *transition* ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is
 `requiredWhen` / field bounds, which let already-stored rows through. A
 transition gate written as an invariant bricks existing data; an invariant
 written as a transition gate never enforces itself.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact true of *every
 stored record* is an invariant: a `validations[]` `script` rule. A row that
 violates it is refused on any edit until repaired. A *transition* condition
 ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is `requiredWhen` / field bounds,
 which judge the write, not the stored row. "Required when X" reads like an
 invariant and is not one; an invariant written as a gate never enforces
 itself.
- For inline `master_detail` grids, predicates are evaluated row-by-row against
 the child row's `record`, so line-item rules should live on child fields.
- For complex predicates, load **objectstack-formula** and emit CEL via
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## Script Validation

**Tool choice — this is the invariant tool.** `script` and `cross_field`
are judged against the *merged* record on every write, with no pre-state
exemption, so a row that already violates the rule is refused on any edit until
a repairing write lands (frozen, not bricked). A condition that must hold only
from a transition onward is not this tool: use `requiredWhen` or a field bound
(`min` / `max` / `minLength` / `maxLength`), which judge the write, not the
stored row (see **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate** in
`SKILL.md`).

```typescript
import { P } from '@objectstack/spec';

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Expand Up@@ -282,12 +282,13 @@ export const Invoice = ObjectSchema.create({
- Use `requiredWhen` for conditional requiredness; the ObjectQL validator
 enforces it on submit. The `conditionalRequired` alias was REMOVED in
 protocol 17 — emitting it is a parse error.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact that must hold for
 *every stored record* is an invariant: express it in `validations[]`. A
 condition on a *transition* ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is
 `requiredWhen` / field bounds, which let already-stored rows through. A
 transition gate written as an invariant bricks existing data; an invariant
 written as a transition gate never enforces itself.
- **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate.** A fact true of *every
 stored record* is an invariant: a `validations[]` `script` rule. A row that
 violates it is refused on any edit until repaired. A *transition* condition
 ("required once the record reaches `paid`") is `requiredWhen` / field bounds,
 which judge the write, not the stored row. "Required when X" reads like an
 invariant and is not one; an invariant written as a gate never enforces
 itself.
- For inline `master_detail` grids, predicates are evaluated row-by-row against
 the child row's `record`, so line-item rules should live on child fields.
- For complex predicates, load **objectstack-formula** and emit CEL via
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Expand Up@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ the **failure** condition — validation **fails** when it evaluates to `true`.

## Script Validation

**Tool choice — this is the invariant tool.** `script` and `cross_field`
are judged against the *merged* record on every write, with no pre-state
exemption, so a row that already violates the rule is refused on any edit until
a repairing write lands (frozen, not bricked). A condition that must hold only
from a transition onward is not this tool: use `requiredWhen` or a field bound
(`min` / `max` / `minLength` / `maxLength`), which judge the write, not the
stored row (see **Choose by intent — invariant or transition gate** in
`SKILL.md`).

```typescript
import { P } from '@objectstack/spec';

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