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+# Documentation Review and Update Report
+
+**Date:** 2026-07-25  
+**Scope:** Confetti winner celebration feature documentation and schema validation across docs
+
+---
+
+## Files Reviewed
+
+### Documentation Files
+- `README.md` — API and local render instructions
+- `docs/miti99bot-integration.md` — Bot integration request/response spec
+- `docs/deployment.md` — Deployment configuration and runtime info
+- `docs/render-benchmarks.md` — Render performance baseline
+- `docs/journals/260715-1510-direct-local-gif-rendering.md` — Historical journal
+
+### Code Files (Verification)
+- `src/schemas/wheel-request.js` — Request validation schema
+- `src/remotion/themes.js` — Theme definitions
+- `src/remotion/Confetti.jsx` — Confetti component
+- `src/remotion/confetti-layout.js` — Confetti physics and seeding
+- `src/remotion/WheelComposition.jsx` — Integration point
+
+---
+
+## Files Edited
+
+### README.md
+**Change:** Added brief mention of confetti winner celebration feature.
+
+**Location:** After response headers section (line 32).
+
+**New text:**
+```
+The GIF includes a winner celebration with a deterministic confetti burst
+during the hold phase, using colors from the chosen theme palette.
+```
+
+**Rationale:** Confetti is a user-visible feature automatically included in every GIF render. Users should know it exists. Documentation is concise and focuses on observable behavior (deterministic, theme-colored, timing relative to hold phase).
+
+---
+
+## Schema Validation Results
+
+Verified all request/response examples match current Zod schema (`src/schemas/wheel-request.js`):
+
+| Field | Min | Max | Default | Examples Match |
+|-------|-----|-----|---------|-----------------|
+| options | 2 | N/A | N/A | ✓ Both examples use 3 options |
+| winnerIndex | 0 | < options.length | random | ✓ Value 1 within range |
+| durationMs | 3000 | 10000 | 6500 | ✓ Example: 6500 |
+| holdMs | 500 | 2500 | 1200 | ✓ Example: 1200 |
+| fps | {12, 15, 20} | — | 15 | ✓ Example: 15 |
+| size | {384, 480, 512} | — | 512 | ✓ Example: 512 |
+| theme | {classic, festival, mono} | — | classic | ✓ Example: classic |
+
+**Result:** No drift detected. Examples in `README.md` and `docs/miti99bot-integration.md` are accurate.
+
+---
+
+## Confetti Feature Documentation
+
+**Status:** Feature is fully implemented and integrated.
+
+**Code Locations:**
+- Trigger: `src/remotion/WheelComposition.jsx` line 186 (renders during hold phase, seeded by winner index)
+- Rendering: `src/remotion/Confetti.jsx` (deterministic paper-strip particles)
+- Physics: `src/remotion/confetti-layout.js` (seeded random, ballistic path)
+- Integration: Automatic; no user configuration needed
+
+**User-Visible Behavior:**
+- Triggered automatically during the hold phase (after spinning stops)
+- Deterministic: same winner index always produces identical confetti
+- Color palette: derived from theme slices
+- Particle count: 70 by default (constant in component)
+
+**Documented in:** `README.md` (new addition)
+
+---
+
+## Staleness Assessment
+
+### Plans and Reports
+- Status: **Empty** (both `plans/` and `plans/reports/` contain no files)
+- Action: None required
+
+### Journals
+- **File:** `docs/journals/260715-1510-direct-local-gif-rendering.md` (dated 2026-07-15)
+- **Status:** Point-in-time historical record, not stale
+- **Verification:** 
+  - Claims "Passed all 45 tests" were accurate when written (2026-07-15)
+  - Describes finalized feature (`pnpm render:local`), not aspirational
+  - No operational claims that are actively misleading today
+- **Action:** No edits needed. Journals document decisions and context at a point in time; test count changes do not make historical records invalid.
+
+---
+
+## No Changes Needed
+
+### deployment.md
+Deployment documentation is complete and accurate.
+
+### render-benchmarks.md
+Benchmarks table is waiting for updated measurements after confetti feature integration. This is expected placeholder state (marked TBD for two fixtures). **No action taken** — re-running `pnpm render:fixtures` is a performance measurement task outside doc scope.
+
+### pnpm start/dev Windows Fix
+The entrypoint guard fix (Windows binding issue) is an internal implementation detail. The README never claimed it was broken, and the command still works correctly. **No documentation change required** per YAGNI and noise-avoidance rules.
+
+---
+
+## Unresolved Questions
+
+None. All verifications complete; no blockers identified.
+
+---
+
+## Summary
+
+**Status:** DONE
+
+Single update to `README.md` (2 lines added) to document the confetti winner celebration feature. All request/response examples validated against current schema with zero drift. Plans and reports directory confirmed empty. Journals assessed as point-in-time historical records (not stale). Deployment and benchmarks docs unchanged.
+