# START HERE — NEXT11 V384E128 LOCKED CHECKPOINT

Status: CURRENT BEST CHECKPOINT CANDIDATE / LOCKED FOR HANDOVER.

Read order:
1. `START_HERE_V384E128_LOCKED.md`
2. `HANDOVER_V384E128_ANALYTIC_OUTWARD_ELBOW_BRANCH_LOCKED.md`
3. `CURRENT_STEP_V384E128_LOCKED.md`
4. `V384E128_LOCKED_CHECKPOINT_MANIFEST.json`
5. Existing `CURRENT_STATE.json`

## Locked components

- V383 compact figure-four leg geometry.
- V382 lower sole-edge foot snap.
- V374/V373 separated front-shin snap.
- V384E128 analytic outward elbow branch for generic grip arm solve.

## Do not regress

- Do not move foot/knee/shin again unless a new visual QA clearly proves the leg is the current blocker.
- Do not create a figure-four-specific grip solver.
- Do not solve the elbow problem by wrist-flipping or by rotating the hand 180 degrees.
- Generic grip remains the authority.
- Neutral hand pose was probed and was not 180 degrees wrong at entry.

## QA status

- Node grip QA: PASS.
- Actual Nex FBX/skinned-vertex visual QA: PASS candidate.
- Software shaded actual Nex mesh render: PASS candidate.
- Dynamic Warmup 17 sweep: 16/17 PASS_NODE; Figure four marked REVIEW only due broad solvePass gate while grip peaks pass.
- Chromium/OpenGL render: policy block identified; full browser screenshot still pending/stabilization item.