Merge branch 'fix/gitattributes-stray-cr'

The previous commit wrote a literal carriage-return byte into a comment, where
the text was meant to show the two characters backslash-r. Git's content sniffing
treats a lone CR as a sign of binary data, so .gitattributes itself was classed
-text (git ls-files --eol reported i/-text): the one file in the repository
that the new LF policy could not normalise.

The rules themselves were never affected - the byte sat inside a comment, and
deploy.bat and the sources were already checking out with the intended endings.

The comment now says "a trailing CR byte" in words. .gitattributes reports
i/lf w/lf, and `git add --renormalize .` stages nothing else.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LU1NRL7fAaZTtFMTTPn2b1

.gitattributes

@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
-# Shell scripts must keep LF endings. core.autocrlf=true on Windows would
-# otherwise check them out CRLF, which a strict POSIX sh (dash, CI containers)
-# rejects at the shebang.
+# Line endings: LF in the repository and in every working tree, on every OS.
+#
+# This file is the policy, not each machine's git config. Git for Windows installs
+# with core.autocrlf=true, which checks text out as CRLF; an attribute here beats
+# that setting, so a fresh clone gets LF regardless of how its machine is set up.
+#
+# It matters beyond tidiness. tools/branding-sites.tsv is read line by line with
+# `read`, and under CRLF every row's last field gained a trailing CR byte - so the
+# branding checker reported all 29 sites as missing on Windows while passing on the
+# Linux CI runner. text=auto leaves genuinely binary files alone.
+* text=auto eol=lf
+
+# Shell scripts are pinned explicitly as well: a strict POSIX sh (dash, CI
+# containers) rejects a CRLF shebang outright rather than misbehaving quietly.
 *.sh text eol=lf
+
+# The exception. cmd.exe misparses LF-only batch files around labels and long
+# lines, so these alone are checked out CRLF. The repository copy is still LF.
+*.bat text eol=crlf
+*.cmd text eol=crlf

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -9,9 +9,25 @@ on:
       - 'Cargo.toml'
       - 'Cargo.lock'
       - 'bundler.toml'
-      - 'check-branding.sh'
+      - 'tools/**'
+      # This workflow validates itself: a broken step, a moved script path or a
+      # wrong runner label then fails loudly on the commit that caused it, rather
+      # than surfacing later against an unrelated source change. Note the limit -
+      # it checks the job body, not the trigger block above. Break `on:` and the
+      # symptom is silence, which looks like success.
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
+  # Mirrors the push filter. Without it a PR touching only the README would run a
+  # full build - the branch filter alone constrains where, not what.
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
+    paths:
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'xtask/**'
+      - 'Cargo.toml'
+      - 'Cargo.lock'
+      - 'bundler.toml'
+      - 'tools/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 # Target the self-hosted Rust/audio runner registered to the `musiikki` org.
@@ -40,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       # Cheap and needs no toolchain, so it runs first: a rename that only
       # landed in half the files is worth catching before spending a build on it.
       - name: Branding consistency
-        run: sh check-branding.sh
+        run: sh tools/check-branding.sh
 
       - name: Build
         run: cargo build --release
@@ -52,4 +68,4 @@ jobs:
       # not exercise — the bundle step is where bundler.toml and the crate name
       # have to agree.
       - name: Bundle
-        run: cargo xtask bundle codename_206 --release
+        run: cargo xtask bundle bari_206 --release

Cargo.lock

@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bari_206"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "nih_plug",
+ "nih_plug_egui",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "baseview"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -337,14 +345,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "codename_206"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "nih_plug",
- "nih_plug_egui",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "combine"
 version = "4.6.7"

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [package]
-name = "codename_206"
+name = "bari_206"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
-authors = ["Mikkeli Matlock <matlockib@gmail.com>"]
+authors = ["Mikkeli Matlock <mikkeli@novoyuuparosk.org>"]
 homepage = "https://github.com/mikkeli/codename-206"
 description = "A VST3/CLAP multiband compressor/limiter with a custom gain-curve display"
 # VST3 is on by default in nih_plug, and its bindings (vst3-sys) are GPLv3. Any
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ members = ["xtask"]
 # `cdylib` is the plugin binary; `lib` (rlib) lets `cargo test` link the unit tests.
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "lib"]
 
+# Future-incompatibility warnings are deferred hard errors: rustc is telling you
+# this code stops compiling on some later release. Denying the group turns that
+# into a build failure the day it appears, rather than 16 of them accumulating
+# unnoticed until a toolchain bump breaks the build on a day you did not choose.
+# Style and clippy lints are deliberately untouched - they stay warnings.
+[lints.rust]
+future_incompatible = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
+
 [dependencies]
 # Pinned to the exact commit of the local ./nih-plug reference clone so the build
 # is reproducible and matches the examples we read from. Bump the `rev` together

NOTICE

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Codename 206
+Bari 206
 Copyright 2026 Mikkeli Matlock
 
 Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Codename 206
+# Bari 206
 
 *Called 206 because the Peugeot 206 has a 'maxi' variant. You'll know this is a Maximizer knockoff if you can follow that trail of thoughts.*  
 Multiband Compressor / Limiter VST3 — Project Plan  
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ The project is already scaffolded (NIH-plug + nih_plug_egui, pinned to a fixed g
 
 ```powershell
 # Build + bundle the VST3 and CLAP
-cargo xtask bundle codename_206 --release
-# Output: target\bundled\Codename 206.vst3  and  Codename 206.clap
+cargo xtask bundle bari_206 --release
+# Output: target\bundled\Bari 206.vst3  and  Bari 206.clap
 ```
 
 ### Deployment
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Use the provided script (no need to remember the details):
 `deploy.bat` is a double-click wrapper around the same script.
 
 After deploying, in FL Studio: **Options → Manage plugins → tick "Rescan previously failed
-plugins" → Find installed plugins**, then search for **Codename 206**. (The rescan-failed step
+plugins" → Find installed plugins**, then search for **Bari 206**. (The rescan-failed step
 is essential — without it FL silently skips a plugin it has seen before.)
 
 > **Known issue (deferred):** the **CLAP** build shows its name/vendor/type correctly in FL, but

bundler.toml

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # [package_name]
 # name = "Human Readable Plugin Name"  # defaults to <package_name>
 
-[codename_206]
-name = "Codename 206"
+[bari_206]
+name = "Bari 206"

check-branding.sh

@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-# check-branding.sh - verify the plugin's branding/identity strings agree everywhere.
-#
-# Plugin branding is duplicated across the build manifest, the bundler manifest,
-# the source, the docs and the deploy script. Nothing makes them agree, so a
-# rename drifts silently: the bundle builds under one name and the deploy script
-# looks for another. This asserts they match, and that the identity constants
-# are legal.
-#
-# Kept in sync with musiikki/nih-plug-template's copy - fixes belong there
-# first, then come back here. The differences are structural, not stylistic:
-# this repo keeps its params in src/params.rs and wraps CLAP_DESCRIPTION.
-#
-# Usage: sh check-branding.sh          (exit 0 = consistent, 1 = drift found)
-#
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# CANONICAL IDENTITY - the single source of truth. Edit these to rename, then
-# run this script; every failure it prints is a place still holding the old name.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-PKG="codename_206"                          # Cargo package name == bundler.toml table key
-DISPLAY="Codename 206"                      # bundle name -> "<DISPLAY>.vst3" / "<DISPLAY>.clap"
-PLUGIN_NAME="206 prototype"                 # Plugin::NAME - what the DAW displays
-VENDOR="Novoyuuparosk"                      # Plugin::VENDOR
-EMAIL="mikkeli@novoyuuparosk.org"           # Plugin::EMAIL
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/mikkeli/codename-206"  # Cargo homepage -> Plugin::URL
-CLAP_ID="com.mikkeli.codename-206"          # CLAP_ID - stable plugin identity
-VST3_CLASS_ID="Codename206Maxi!"            # VST3_CLASS_ID - stable identity, MUST be 16 bytes
-DESCRIPTION="A VST3/CLAP multiband compressor/limiter with a custom gain-curve display"
-CLAP_DESCRIPTION="Multiband compressor/limiter (stage 3: 3-band + 'All' channel)"
-
-# Rust type names. Cosmetic - they never reach a host - but a rename that leaves
-# half of them behind is the residue that says nobody read the file.
-STRUCT="Codename206"                        # the Plugin impl target (src/lib.rs)
-PARAMS_STRUCT="Codename206Params"           # the Params impl target (src/params.rs)
-
-# Seeded with this repo's CURRENT names, which is the point: each entry is
-# skipped while it is still canonical above, and arms itself the moment you
-# change that value. So the planned "codename 206" -> "206" rename is
-# self-checking - every spelling you miss turns into a FAIL here on the next run.
-STALE="codename_206
-codename-206
-Codename 206
-Codename206
-Codename206Params
-Codename206Maxi!
-206 prototype
-com.mikkeli.codename-206"
-set -u
-cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1
-
-pass=0; fail=0; skip=0
-ok()   { pass=$((pass+1)); printf '  ok    %s\n' "$1"; }
-bad()  { fail=$((fail+1)); printf '  FAIL  %s\n' "$1"; [ $# -gt 1 ] && printf '        %s\n' "$2"; return 0; }
-note() { skip=$((skip+1)); printf '  skip  %s\n' "$1"; }
-# Reported for awareness only - never counted, never fails the run.
-info() { printf '  --    %s\n' "$1"; }
-
-# has FILE PATTERN -> fixed-string search
-has() { grep -qF "$2" "$1" 2>/dev/null; }
-
-check() { # check LABEL FILE LITERAL
-  if [ ! -f "$2" ]; then bad "$1" "missing file: $2"; return; fi
-  if has "$2" "$3"; then ok "$1"; else bad "$1" "$2 does not contain: $3"; fi
-}
-
-# Same as check, but a missing file is "not applicable yet" rather than drift.
-# The template ships without a deploy script; this starts checking once you add one.
-opt_check() { # opt_check LABEL FILE LITERAL
-  if [ ! -f "$2" ]; then note "$1 ($2 not present)"; return; fi
-  if has "$2" "$3"; then ok "$1"; else bad "$1" "$2 does not contain: $3"; fi
-}
-
-printf 'branding check (canonical: %s / "%s")\n\n' "$PKG" "$DISPLAY"
-
-printf 'build manifests\n'
-check "Cargo.toml package name"   Cargo.toml   "name = \"$PKG\""
-check "Cargo.toml homepage"       Cargo.toml   "homepage = \"$HOMEPAGE\""
-check "Cargo.toml description"    Cargo.toml   "description = \"$DESCRIPTION\""
-check "bundler.toml table key"    bundler.toml "[$PKG]"
-check "bundler.toml display name" bundler.toml "name = \"$DISPLAY\""
-
-printf '\nsource identity (src/lib.rs)\n'
-check "Plugin::NAME"    src/lib.rs "const NAME: &'static str = \"$PLUGIN_NAME\""
-check "Plugin::VENDOR"  src/lib.rs "const VENDOR: &'static str = \"$VENDOR\""
-check "Plugin::EMAIL"   src/lib.rs "const EMAIL: &'static str = \"$EMAIL\""
-check "CLAP_ID"         src/lib.rs "const CLAP_ID: &'static str = \"$CLAP_ID\""
-# CLAP_DESCRIPTION wraps onto a second line here, so the const name and its
-# value are never on one line. Match the value alone.
-check "CLAP_DESCRIPTION" src/lib.rs "Some(\"$CLAP_DESCRIPTION\")"
-check "VST3_CLASS_ID"   src/lib.rs "const VST3_CLASS_ID: [u8; 16] = *b\"$VST3_CLASS_ID\""
-
-# Plugin::URL is env!("CARGO_PKG_HOMEPAGE"), so the manifest is the only place
-# it is spelled. Assert the indirection is still in place rather than hardcoded.
-check "Plugin::URL from manifest" src/lib.rs "const URL: &'static str = env!(\"CARGO_PKG_HOMEPAGE\")"
-
-# VST3 class IDs are a fixed 16-byte array. A shorter or longer literal is a
-# compile error, but it is far clearer to say so here than to read rustc on it.
-n=$(printf '%s' "$VST3_CLASS_ID" | wc -c | tr -d ' ')
-if [ "$n" -eq 16 ]; then ok "VST3_CLASS_ID is 16 bytes"
-else bad "VST3_CLASS_ID is 16 bytes" "got $n bytes: \"$VST3_CLASS_ID\""; fi
-
-# CLAP IDs are reverse-DNS by convention and are compared verbatim by hosts, so
-# a stray space or capital is a silent identity change between machines.
-case "$CLAP_ID" in
-  *\ *|*[A-Z]*) bad "CLAP_ID is reverse-DNS safe" "no spaces or capitals allowed: \"$CLAP_ID\"" ;;
-  *.*)          ok  "CLAP_ID is reverse-DNS safe" ;;
-  *)            bad "CLAP_ID is reverse-DNS safe" "expected dotted reverse-DNS, got: \"$CLAP_ID\"" ;;
-esac
-
-printf '\nstructural names (src/lib.rs)\n'
-# Every site the type names appear. A rename that misses one is a compile error
-# rather than silent drift, but naming the site is faster than reading rustc,
-# and the Vst3Plugin impl sits behind a cfg so a default build never reports it.
-check "struct $STRUCT"              src/lib.rs "struct $STRUCT {"
-check "impl Plugin"                 src/lib.rs "impl Plugin for $STRUCT {"
-check "impl ClapPlugin"             src/lib.rs "impl ClapPlugin for $STRUCT {"
-check "impl Vst3Plugin"             src/lib.rs "impl Vst3Plugin for $STRUCT {"
-check "nih_export_clap!"            src/lib.rs "nih_export_clap!($STRUCT);"
-check "nih_export_vst3!"            src/lib.rs "nih_export_vst3!($STRUCT);"
-check "struct $PARAMS_STRUCT"       src/params.rs "struct $PARAMS_STRUCT {"
-check "impl Default for params"     src/params.rs "impl Default for $PARAMS_STRUCT {"
-check "params field type"           src/lib.rs "params: Arc<$PARAMS_STRUCT>,"
-
-printf '\ndocs\n'
-opt_check "README bundle command" README.md "cargo xtask bundle $PKG"
-
-printf '\ndeploy script\n'
-opt_check "deploy.ps1 default package" deploy.ps1 "\$Package = \"$PKG\""
-opt_check "deploy.ps1 VST3 bundle"     deploy.ps1 "\$vst3Name = \"$DISPLAY.vst3\""
-opt_check "deploy.ps1 CLAP bundle"     deploy.ps1 "\$clapName = \"$DISPLAY.clap\""
-
-printf '\nstale spellings\n'
-# File list for the scan below. Prefer git, so build output and any vendored
-# tree stay out of it. Fall back to find when this is not a checkout - an
-# exported tarball, or a CI step that fetched without git metadata - because
-# `git ls-files` there returns nothing, and an empty list would report every
-# stale spelling as absent. A check that passes hardest when it can see least
-# is worse than no check.
-if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  file_list() { git ls-files; }
-  scan_source="git"
-else
-  file_list() { find . -path ./.git -prune -o -path ./target -prune -o -type f -print | sed 's|^\./||'; }
-  scan_source="find (not a git checkout)"
-fi
-info "scanning tracked files via $scan_source"
-# Every canonical spelling concatenated, for the substring test below.
-CANONICAL_BLOB="$PKG
-$DESCRIPTION
-$CLAP_DESCRIPTION
-$STRUCT
-$PARAMS_STRUCT
-$DISPLAY
-$PLUGIN_NAME
-$VENDOR
-$EMAIL
-$HOMEPAGE
-$CLAP_ID
-$VST3_CLASS_ID"
-# Fed by here-doc rather than a pipe on purpose: a piped `while` runs in a
-# subshell, and the pass/fail counters it increments would be discarded.
-while IFS= read -r s; do
-  [ -n "$s" ] || continue
-
-  # Still part of a canonical value? Then it is current branding, not a leftover.
-  # This is what lets the list ship pre-seeded: entries arm themselves as you
-  # rename. Substring, not equality, because placeholders nest - "your-domain"
-  # lives inside the canonical CLAP_ID, and "YOUR-USERNAME" inside the homepage.
-  # Over-skipping is the safe direction: a false FAIL on a name you still use
-  # would train you to ignore this section.
-  case "$CANONICAL_BLOB" in
-    *"$s"*) note "\"$s\" (still canonical)"; continue ;;
-  esac
-
-  # This script names every placeholder by definition, so it can never be a hit.
-  hits=$(file_list 2>/dev/null | while read -r f; do
-           [ "$f" = "check-branding.sh" ] || { [ -f "$f" ] && grep -lF "$s" "$f" 2>/dev/null; }
-         done)
-  if [ -z "$hits" ]; then ok "no occurrences of \"$s\""
-  else bad "no occurrences of \"$s\"" "still present in: $(echo "$hits" | tr '\n' ' ')"; fi
-done <<STALE_LIST
-$STALE
-STALE_LIST
-
-# Template scaffolding, not drift: TODOs are legitimate while you are still
-# building. Reported so a finished plugin does not quietly ship with them.
-# `grep -c` prints 0 AND exits 1 when there are no matches, so `|| echo 0`
-# would append a second zero and make the count unparseable. Swallow the
-# status instead, and default an empty result (missing file) to zero.
-todos=$(grep -c 'TODO' src/lib.rs 2>/dev/null || :)
-[ -n "$todos" ] || todos=0
-printf '\nscaffolding\n'
-if [ "$todos" -eq 0 ]; then ok "no TODO markers left in src/lib.rs"
-else info "$todos TODO marker(s) still in src/lib.rs (not a failure)"; fi
-
-printf '\n%d passed, %d failed' "$pass" "$fail"
-[ "$skip" -gt 0 ] && printf ', %d skipped' "$skip"
-printf '\n'
-[ "$fail" -eq 0 ] || exit 1

deploy.ps1

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <#
 .SYNOPSIS
-    Build Codename 206 and install the VST3 (and CLAP) into the system plugin folders.
+    Build Bari 206 and install the VST3 (and CLAP) into the system plugin folders.
 
 .DESCRIPTION
     FL Studio scans `C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3` by default and ignores
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 param(
     [switch]$SkipBuild,
     [switch]$User,
-    [string]$Package = "codename_206"
+    [string]$Package = "bari_206"
 )
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ if (-not $SkipBuild) {
     if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "cargo xtask bundle failed (exit $LASTEXITCODE)" }
 }
 
-$vst3Name = "Codename 206.vst3"
-$clapName = "Codename 206.clap"
+$vst3Name = "Bari 206.vst3"
+$clapName = "Bari 206.clap"
 $bundled  = Join-Path $root "target\bundled"
 $vst3Src  = Join-Path $bundled $vst3Name
 $clapSrc  = Join-Path $bundled $clapName

src/dsp/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-//! DSP building blocks for Codename 206.
+//! DSP building blocks for Bari 206.
 //!
 //! The signal chain: a `crossover` filterbank splits into bands, each band (plus the summed
 //! 'All' channel) runs a `compressor`, and a `limiter` (with a true-peak `oversampler` detector)

src/editor/crossover.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use nih_plug_egui::egui::{
     self, pos2, vec2, Align2, Color32, CornerRadius, DragValue, FontId, Painter, Rect, Sense, Stroke,
 };
 
-use crate::params::Codename206Params;
+use crate::params::Bari206Params;
+use super::palette;
 
 /// Height of the handle strip.
 const GRAPH_H: f32 = 54.0;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ fn fmt_hz(hz: f32) -> String {
     }
 }
 
-pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, params: &Codename206Params, setter: &ParamSetter) {
+pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, params: &Bari206Params, setter: &ParamSetter) {
     let lo = params.crossover_low_hz.value();
     let hi = params.crossover_high_hz.value();
     // Each param's own min/max (normalized 0/1 map to the range ends).
@@ -55,19 +56,19 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, params: &Codename206Params, setter: &Param
     let xhi = x_for(hi);
 
     // Three band regions.
-    p.rect_filled(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(left, top), pos2(xlo, bottom)), CornerRadius::ZERO, Color32::from_rgb(28, 38, 52));
-    p.rect_filled(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(xlo, top), pos2(xhi, bottom)), CornerRadius::ZERO, Color32::from_rgb(30, 48, 36));
-    p.rect_filled(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(xhi, top), pos2(right, bottom)), CornerRadius::ZERO, Color32::from_rgb(52, 38, 30));
+    p.rect_filled(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(left, top), pos2(xlo, bottom)), CornerRadius::ZERO, palette::CHANNELS[0].strip);
+    p.rect_filled(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(xlo, top), pos2(xhi, bottom)), CornerRadius::ZERO, palette::CHANNELS[1].strip);
+    p.rect_filled(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(xhi, top), pos2(right, bottom)), CornerRadius::ZERO, palette::CHANNELS[2].strip);
 
     let band_label = |cx: f32, t: &str| {
-        p.text(pos2(cx, top + 2.0), Align2::CENTER_TOP, t, FontId::proportional(11.0), Color32::from_gray(160));
+        p.text(pos2(cx, top + 2.0), Align2::CENTER_TOP, t, FontId::proportional(11.0), palette::TEXT);
     };
     band_label((left + xlo) * 0.5, "LOW");
     band_label((xlo + xhi) * 0.5, "MID");
     band_label((xhi + right) * 0.5, "HIGH");
 
-    handle(ui, &p, setter, "xover_lo", xlo, lo, &params.crossover_low_hz, lo_min, lo_upper, left, width, top, bottom, Color32::from_rgb(120, 170, 230));
-    handle(ui, &p, setter, "xover_hi", xhi, hi, &params.crossover_high_hz, hi_lower, hi_max, left, width, top, bottom, Color32::from_rgb(230, 150, 120));
+    handle(ui, &p, setter, "xover_lo", xlo, lo, &params.crossover_low_hz, lo_min, lo_upper, left, width, top, bottom, palette::CHANNELS[0].handle);
+    handle(ui, &p, setter, "xover_hi", xhi, hi, &params.crossover_high_hz, hi_lower, hi_max, left, width, top, bottom, palette::CHANNELS[2].handle);
 
     // Number boxes (double-click to type). Clamped to the same dynamic limits.
     ui.horizontal(|ui| {
@@ -129,9 +130,9 @@ fn handle(
         setter.end_set_parameter(param);
     }
 
-    let col = if resp.dragged() || resp.hovered() { Color32::WHITE } else { color };
-    p.line_segment([pos2(x, top), pos2(x, bottom)], Stroke::new(2.0, col));
-    p.text(pos2(x, bottom - 1.0), Align2::CENTER_BOTTOM, fmt_hz(hz), FontId::proportional(10.0), Color32::from_gray(220));
+    let col = if resp.dragged() || resp.hovered() { palette::TEXT_HOVER } else { color };
+    p.line_segment([pos2(x, top), pos2(x, bottom)], Stroke::new(2.0_f32, col));
+    p.text(pos2(x, bottom - 1.0), Align2::CENTER_BOTTOM, fmt_hz(hz), FontId::proportional(10.0), palette::TEXT_BRIGHT);
 }
 
 /// Set a param to `value` clamped to `[min, max]`, wrapped in its own gesture (for the number box).

src/editor/gain_curve.rs

@@ -5,19 +5,20 @@
 //! the channel's current input level — its right edge rides the curve (width = input, height = out).
 
 use nih_plug::prelude::util;
-use nih_plug_egui::egui::{self, pos2, vec2, Align2, Color32, CornerRadius, FontId, Sense, Stroke};
+use nih_plug_egui::egui::{self, pos2, vec2, Align2, CornerRadius, FontId, Sense, Stroke};
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
 use crate::dsp::compressor::Compressor;
 use crate::meters::Meters;
-use crate::params::Codename206Params;
+use crate::params::Bari206Params;
+use super::palette;
 
 /// Side length of the square plot.
 const CURVE_SIZE: f32 = 150.0;
 /// dB extent of both axes (bottom/left = FLOOR_DB, top/right = 0 dBFS).
 const FLOOR_DB: f32 = -60.0;
 
-pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, params: &Codename206Params, selected: usize, meters: &Meters) {
+pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, params: &Bari206Params, selected: usize, meters: &Meters) {
     let labels = ["LOW", "MID", "HIGH", "ALL"];
     let ch = selected.min(3);
     let cp = match ch {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, params: &Codename206Params, selected: usiz
     ui.label(format!("Curve: {}", labels[ch]));
     let (rect, _) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(CURVE_SIZE, CURVE_SIZE), Sense::hover());
     let p = ui.painter_at(rect);
-    p.rect_filled(rect, CornerRadius::ZERO, Color32::from_rgb(16, 16, 20));
+    p.rect_filled(rect, CornerRadius::ZERO, palette::SURFACE);
 
     let inset = 2.0;
     let (left, right, top, bottom) =
@@ -48,17 +49,17 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, params: &Codename206Params, selected: usiz
     let y_for = |db: f32| bottom - (db - FLOOR_DB) / -FLOOR_DB * h;
 
     // -6 dBFS reference lines on both axes.
-    let g6 = Color32::from_gray(38);
+    let g6 = palette::GRID_FAINT;
     let x6 = x_for(-6.0);
     let y6 = y_for(-6.0);
-    p.line_segment([pos2(x6, top), pos2(x6, bottom)], Stroke::new(1.0, g6));
-    p.line_segment([pos2(left, y6), pos2(right, y6)], Stroke::new(1.0, g6));
+    p.line_segment([pos2(x6, top), pos2(x6, bottom)], Stroke::new(1.0_f32, g6));
+    p.line_segment([pos2(left, y6), pos2(right, y6)], Stroke::new(1.0_f32, g6));
 
     // Unity reference (out = in), bottom-left to top-right.
-    p.line_segment([pos2(left, bottom), pos2(right, top)], Stroke::new(1.0, Color32::from_gray(45)));
+    p.line_segment([pos2(left, bottom), pos2(right, top)], Stroke::new(1.0_f32, palette::GRID));
     // Threshold marker on the input axis — shifted left by pre-gain (the comp sees in + pre).
     let tx = x_for((threshold - pre).clamp(FLOOR_DB, 0.0));
-    p.line_segment([pos2(tx, top), pos2(tx, bottom)], Stroke::new(1.0, Color32::from_rgb(80, 60, 45)));
+    p.line_segment([pos2(tx, top), pos2(tx, bottom)], Stroke::new(1.0_f32, palette::THRESHOLD_LINE));
 
     // Full wet transfer: drive into the comp, then makeup. (Mix not folded in.)
     let n = 96;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, params: &Codename206Params, selected: usiz
     let driven_now = util::gain_to_db(meters.input_level[ch].load(Ordering::Relaxed));
     let ext_in = (driven_now - pre).clamp(FLOOR_DB, 0.0); // external input -> curve x
     let x_now = x_for(ext_in);
-    let fill_col = Color32::from_rgba_unmultiplied(120, 200, 160, 45);
+    let fill_col = palette::with_alpha(palette::CURVE, 45);
     for seg in pts.windows(2) {
         let a = seg[0];
         let mut b = seg[1];
@@ -92,16 +93,16 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, params: &Codename206Params, selected: usiz
         ));
     }
 
-    p.add(egui::Shape::line(pts, Stroke::new(1.6, Color32::from_rgb(120, 200, 160))));
+    p.add(egui::Shape::line(pts, Stroke::new(1.6_f32, palette::CURVE)));
 
     // Operating-point dot, on the curve at the current input.
     let driven = ext_in + pre;
     let gr = Compressor::gain_computer(driven, threshold, ratio, knee, low_slope, low_curve);
     let out_op = (driven + gr + makeup).clamp(FLOOR_DB, 0.0);
-    p.circle_filled(pos2(x_now, y_for(out_op)), 3.0, Color32::from_rgb(235, 240, 235));
+    p.circle_filled(pos2(x_now, y_for(out_op)), 3.0, palette::OPERATING_POINT);
 
     // Corner dB ticks + the -6 dB reference.
-    p.text(pos2(left + 1.0, top + 1.0), Align2::LEFT_TOP, "0", FontId::proportional(9.0), Color32::from_gray(90));
-    p.text(pos2(left + 1.0, bottom - 1.0), Align2::LEFT_BOTTOM, "-60", FontId::proportional(9.0), Color32::from_gray(90));
-    p.text(pos2(x6 + 2.0, bottom - 1.0), Align2::LEFT_BOTTOM, "-6", FontId::proportional(9.0), Color32::from_gray(80));
+    p.text(pos2(left + 1.0, top + 1.0), Align2::LEFT_TOP, "0", FontId::proportional(9.0), palette::TEXT_DIM);
+    p.text(pos2(left + 1.0, bottom - 1.0), Align2::LEFT_BOTTOM, "-60", FontId::proportional(9.0), palette::TEXT_DIM);
+    p.text(pos2(x6 + 2.0, bottom - 1.0), Align2::LEFT_BOTTOM, "-6", FontId::proportional(9.0), palette::TEXT_DIM);
 }

src/editor/meter.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
 use super::METER_FLOOR_DB;
 use crate::meters::{Meters, NUM_CHANNELS};
+use super::palette;
 
 /// Full-scale of the gain-reduction bar (fills downward from the top).
 const GR_FULL_DB: f32 = 24.0;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, meters: &Meters, state: &mut MeterState) {
     let (rect, _) =
         ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(ui.available_width(), METER_PANEL_H), Sense::hover());
     let p = ui.painter_at(rect);
-    p.rect_filled(rect, CornerRadius::ZERO, Color32::from_rgb(20, 20, 24));
+    p.rect_filled(rect, CornerRadius::ZERO, palette::SURFACE_RAISED);
 
     let top = rect.top() + 22.0; // leave a row at the top for the lamps
     let bottom = rect.bottom() - 18.0; // and a row at the bottom for the labels
@@ -58,6 +59,22 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, meters: &Meters, state: &mut MeterState) {
 
     for i in 0..NUM_CHANNELS {
         let cell_left = rect.left() + i as f32 * cell_w;
+
+        // Channel chrome. The four clusters are otherwise identical and told apart only by the
+        // label underneath, which is the one place channel identity is hardest to read. A dark
+        // wash behind the cell plus an accent rule under the bars fixes that without touching
+        // the bars themselves - see `palette`: hue is chrome, functional colour is data.
+        let cell = Rect::from_min_max(
+            pos2(cell_left + 1.0, rect.top()),
+            pos2(cell_left + cell_w - 1.0, rect.bottom()),
+        );
+        p.rect_filled(cell, CornerRadius::ZERO, palette::CHANNELS[i].chrome);
+        p.rect_filled(
+            Rect::from_min_max(pos2(cell.left(), bottom + 2.0), pos2(cell.right(), bottom + 4.0)),
+            CornerRadius::ZERO,
+            palette::CHANNELS[i].edge,
+        );
+
         let group_w = bar_w * 3.0 + gap * 2.0;
         let bx = cell_left + (cell_w - group_w) * 0.5;
 
@@ -71,16 +88,16 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, meters: &Meters, state: &mut MeterState) {
         let gr_db = meters.gain_reduction_db[i].load(Ordering::Relaxed);
         let gr_frac = (gr_db / GR_FULL_DB).clamp(0.0, 1.0);
 
-        v_bar(&p, bx, bar_w, top, bottom, l_frac, level_color(l_db), false);
-        v_bar(&p, bx + bar_w + gap, bar_w, top, bottom, gr_frac, Color32::from_rgb(240, 150, 60), true);
-        v_bar(&p, bx + 2.0 * (bar_w + gap), bar_w, top, bottom, r_frac, level_color(r_db), false);
+        v_bar(&p, bx, bar_w, top, bottom, l_frac, palette::level_color(l_db), false);
+        v_bar(&p, bx + bar_w + gap, bar_w, top, bottom, gr_frac, palette::SIGNAL_GR, true);
+        v_bar(&p, bx + 2.0 * (bar_w + gap), bar_w, top, bottom, r_frac, palette::level_color(r_db), false);
 
         p.text(
             pos2(cell_left + cell_w * 0.5, rect.bottom() - 2.0),
             Align2::CENTER_BOTTOM,
             labels[i],
             FontId::proportional(12.0),
-            Color32::from_gray(200),
+            palette::TEXT_BRIGHT,
         );
 
         // Per-channel lamp: latch on output reaching 0 dBFS; the ALL channel also latches when the
@@ -109,9 +126,9 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, meters: &Meters, state: &mut MeterState) {
             }
         }
         let lamp = if state.ceiling_trigger[i].is_some() {
-            Color32::from_rgb(255, 40, 40)
+            palette::LAMP_ON
         } else {
-            Color32::from_rgb(40, 12, 12)
+            palette::LAMP_OFF
         };
         p.circle_filled(lamp_center, 5.0, lamp);
     }
@@ -120,7 +137,7 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, meters: &Meters, state: &mut MeterState) {
 /// Draw a vertical bar within `[top, bottom]`. `frac` is 0..1; `from_top` fills downward from the
 /// top (gain reduction) instead of upward from the bottom (level).
 fn v_bar(p: &Painter, x: f32, w: f32, top: f32, bottom: f32, frac: f32, fill: Color32, from_top: bool) {
-    let track = Color32::from_rgb(34, 34, 40);
+    let track = palette::TRACK;
     p.rect_filled(Rect::from_min_max(pos2(x, top), pos2(x + w, bottom)), CornerRadius::ZERO, track);
 
     let h = (bottom - top) * frac.clamp(0.0, 1.0);
@@ -131,14 +148,3 @@ fn v_bar(p: &Painter, x: f32, w: f32, top: f32, bottom: f32, frac: f32, fill: Co
     };
     p.rect_filled(filled, CornerRadius::ZERO, fill);
 }
-
-/// Level-bar colour: green below -6 dB, yellow approaching, red near 0 dBFS.
-fn level_color(db: f32) -> Color32 {
-    if db >= -1.0 {
-        Color32::from_rgb(235, 70, 60)
-    } else if db >= -6.0 {
-        Color32::from_rgb(230, 200, 70)
-    } else {
-        Color32::from_rgb(90, 200, 110)
-    }
-}

src/editor/mod.rs

@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ use nih_plug_egui::{
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::meters::Meters;
-use crate::params::{Codename206Params, CompressorParams};
-use crate::Codename206;
+use crate::params::{Bari206Params, CompressorParams};
+use crate::Bari206;
 
 mod crossover;
 mod gain_curve;
 mod meter;
+mod palette;
 mod plot;
 
 /// Bottom of the dB scale shared by the meters and the plot (top is 0 dBFS).
@@ -36,12 +37,12 @@ struct EditorState {
 }
 
 /// Build the plugin editor over shared handles to the params and meter state.
-pub(crate) fn create(params: Arc<Codename206Params>, meters: Arc<Meters>) -> Option<Box<dyn Editor>> {
+pub(crate) fn create(params: Arc<Bari206Params>, meters: Arc<Meters>) -> Option<Box<dyn Editor>> {
     let egui_state = params.editor_state.clone();
     create_egui_editor(
         params.editor_state.clone(),
         EditorState::default(),
-        |_, _| {},
+        |egui_ctx, _| palette::apply_visuals(egui_ctx),
         move |egui_ctx, setter, state| {
             // Keep frames coming so the meters animate and the lamp can time out while open.
             egui_ctx.request_repaint();
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ pub(crate) fn create(params: Arc<Codename206Params>, meters: Arc<Meters>) -> Opt
                 .min_size(Vec2::new(480.0, 320.0))
                 .show(egui_ctx, egui_state.as_ref(), |ui| {
                     egui::ScrollArea::vertical().show(ui, |ui| {
-                        ui.heading(Codename206::NAME);
+                        ui.heading(Bari206::NAME);
                         meter::draw(ui, &meters, &mut state.meter);
                         ui.separator();
                         // Gain curve (left, square) beside the scrolling plot (right, fills the rest).

src/editor/palette.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+//! The plugin's colour system.
+//!
+//! # The rule
+//!
+//! **Channel hue is chrome; functional colour is data.** Before picking a colour, ask what the
+//! pixel is for. Is it showing a *value* — a level, a reduction, a clip? Then it comes from the
+//! functional palette, and it means the same thing in every channel. Is it telling you *which
+//! channel you are looking at*? Then it comes from that channel's hue, and it never touches the
+//! data itself.
+//!
+//! This is what keeps the two systems from fighting. An earlier version of this UI used blue,
+//! green and orange for LOW/MID/HIGH in the crossover *and* for input/output/gain-reduction in
+//! the scope, so orange meant "the high band" in one widget and "gain reduction" in the one next
+//! to it.
+//!
+//! # The two tiers
+//!
+//! 1. **Seeds** — the short, hand-picked list in the first half of this file. This is the part
+//!    you edit. Everything else is derived from it.
+//! 2. **Derived** — [`Channel`] palettes built from a hue by [`channel`]. Change a hue and every
+//!    tint, edge and strip using it moves with it.
+//!
+//! All derivation is `const fn`, so the whole table is computed at compile time and costs nothing
+//! at runtime. That is also why it uses plain HSV rather than `ecolor::Hsva`, whose conversion is
+//! not `const`.
+//!
+//! # Editing this file
+//!
+//! * To recolour a channel, change one `HUE_*` constant. Never hand-edit a derived value.
+//! * To retune the meter's headroom ramp, edit [`LEVEL_OK`] / [`LEVEL_WARN`] / [`LEVEL_HOT`] and
+//!   the thresholds in [`level_color`]. Both are deliberately literal rather than interpolated,
+//!   so you can set each one by eye without fighting a gradient.
+//! * To change how loudly channel identity reads, edit the `(saturation, value)` pairs in
+//!   [`channel`].
+//! * Anything new belongs here and must be reachable from a seed — a colour written at a call
+//!   site is the next magic number.
+
+use nih_plug_egui::egui::Color32;
+
+// ===========================================================================
+// TIER 1 — SEEDS. This is the part to edit.
+// ===========================================================================
+
+// --- Channel identity ------------------------------------------------------
+// Hues in degrees: 0 = red, 120 = green, 240 = blue. Only the hue is chosen here; saturation and
+// brightness are decided per role by `channel()`, so a channel reads as the same colour whether
+// it is a 12%-brightness background wash or a full-strength drag handle.
+//
+// Keep neighbours far enough apart to survive being dimmed — most chrome lives at low
+// saturation, where close hues merge. Roughly 60–90 degrees apart works; below ~40 does not.
+pub const HUE_LOW: f32 = 233.0; // blue
+pub const HUE_MID: f32 = 20.0; // orange
+pub const HUE_HIGH: f32 = 155.0; // blueish green
+pub const HUE_ALL: f32 = 280.0; // violet — the aggregate, distinct from its three inputs
+
+// --- Functional colours ----------------------------------------------------
+// Outside the hue system on purpose: these mean the same thing in every channel, so they must
+// NOT be derived from a channel hue. Red is always "you have hit a limit".
+
+/// Meter bar with comfortable headroom.
+pub const LEVEL_OK: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(90, 200, 110);
+/// Meter bar approaching full scale.
+pub const LEVEL_WARN: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(230, 200, 70);
+/// Meter bar at or near full scale.
+pub const LEVEL_HOT: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(235, 70, 60);
+
+/// Latched over/ceiling lamp, lit.
+pub const LAMP_ON: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(255, 40, 40);
+/// The same lamp unlit — dark red rather than grey, so it reads as "off", not "absent".
+pub const LAMP_OFF: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(40, 12, 12);
+/// Ceiling-hit tick marks along the top edge of the scope.
+pub const CLIP: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(235, 45, 45);
+
+// Scope traces. The scope is tabbed — one channel at a time — so these never compete with a
+// channel hue: the tab chrome says which channel, these three say what each line is.
+pub const SIGNAL_IN: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(90, 170, 235);
+pub const SIGNAL_OUT: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(90, 200, 110);
+pub const SIGNAL_GR: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(240, 150, 60);
+
+/// The transfer curve in the gain-curve display, and its translucent fill.
+pub const CURVE: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(120, 200, 160);
+/// The live operating-point dot riding that curve — near-white, so it reads on top of the fill.
+pub const OPERATING_POINT: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(235, 240, 235);
+/// Threshold marker on the gain curve. Dim on purpose: a reference line, not data.
+pub const THRESHOLD_LINE: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(80, 60, 45);
+
+// --- Neutrals --------------------------------------------------------------
+// Eight ad-hoc greys collapsed to six named steps. If you need another, add it here rather than
+// reaching for `from_gray` at a call site.
+
+/// Data panels — the scope and the gain curve.
+pub const SURFACE: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(16, 16, 20);
+/// The meter panel, one step lighter so the cluster reads as its own surface. These were two
+/// different blacks by accident before; they are two on purpose now. Set this equal to
+/// [`SURFACE`] if you would rather they sat flush.
+pub const SURFACE_RAISED: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(20, 20, 24);
+/// The empty part of a meter bar.
+pub const TRACK: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(34, 34, 40);
+
+/// Structural lines — the unity diagonal, panel edges.
+pub const GRID: Color32 = Color32::from_gray(45);
+/// Reference lines that should recede — dB gridlines, −6 dB marks.
+pub const GRID_FAINT: Color32 = Color32::from_gray(38);
+
+/// Axis numbers and other text that must not compete with the data.
+pub const TEXT_DIM: Color32 = Color32::from_gray(90);
+/// Body text — band names on the crossover strip.
+pub const TEXT: Color32 = Color32::from_gray(160);
+/// Emphasised text — channel labels, readouts.
+pub const TEXT_BRIGHT: Color32 = Color32::from_gray(210);
+/// Hover and drag feedback, where the point is to be unmistakable.
+pub const TEXT_HOVER: Color32 = Color32::WHITE;
+
+// ===========================================================================
+// TIER 2 — DERIVED. Generated from the seeds above; do not hand-edit.
+// ===========================================================================
+
+/// One channel's colours, all derived from a single hue.
+pub struct Channel {
+    /// Background wash behind a channel's cell. Very dark — it must associate the bars drawn on
+    /// top of it with a channel without competing with them.
+    pub chrome: Color32,
+    /// Band strip on the crossover widget: between [`Channel::chrome`] and [`Channel::edge`].
+    pub strip: Color32,
+    /// Accent rule under a meter cell, and the scope's tab underline. Bright enough to identify
+    /// at a glance.
+    pub edge: Color32,
+    /// Full strength — drag handles and anything else the user grabs.
+    pub handle: Color32,
+}
+
+/// Build a channel's palette from its hue.
+///
+/// The `(saturation, value)` pairs below decide how loudly channel identity reads. Raise
+/// `CHROME`'s value and the cell washes get more obvious; lower it and they recede into the
+/// panel background. `CHROME` is deliberately near the floor: it sits *behind* meter bars.
+pub const fn channel(hue: f32) -> Channel {
+    const CHROME: (f32, f32) = (0.45, 0.115);
+    const STRIP: (f32, f32) = (0.42, 0.20);
+    const EDGE: (f32, f32) = (0.60, 0.55);
+    const HANDLE: (f32, f32) = (0.55, 0.90);
+    Channel {
+        chrome: hsv(hue, CHROME.0, CHROME.1),
+        strip: hsv(hue, STRIP.0, STRIP.1),
+        edge: hsv(hue, EDGE.0, EDGE.1),
+        handle: hsv(hue, HANDLE.0, HANDLE.1),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Indexed by the `LOW`/`MID`/`HIGH`/`ALL` consts in `lib.rs`, so `CHANNELS[i]` lines up with
+/// `meters.level_l[i]` and friends without a lookup step.
+pub const CHANNELS: [Channel; 4] = [
+    channel(HUE_LOW),
+    channel(HUE_MID),
+    channel(HUE_HIGH),
+    channel(HUE_ALL),
+];
+
+/// HSV to RGB, `const` so [`CHANNELS`] is built at compile time.
+///
+/// `h` in degrees (wrapped), `s` and `v` in `0..=1`. The standard sextant algorithm, written out
+/// here only because `ecolor::Hsva`'s conversion is not a `const fn`.
+pub const fn hsv(h: f32, s: f32, v: f32) -> Color32 {
+    // Wrap into 0..360. A loop rather than `%` because float remainder is not available in a
+    // const context on this toolchain; hues are small numbers, so this costs nothing.
+    let mut h = h;
+    while h < 0.0 {
+        h += 360.0;
+    }
+    while h >= 360.0 {
+        h -= 360.0;
+    }
+    let sector = h / 60.0;
+    let i = sector as i32;
+    let f = sector - i as f32;
+    let p = v * (1.0 - s);
+    let q = v * (1.0 - s * f);
+    let t = v * (1.0 - s * (1.0 - f));
+    let (r, g, b) = match i {
+        0 => (v, t, p),
+        1 => (q, v, p),
+        2 => (p, v, t),
+        3 => (p, q, v),
+        4 => (t, p, v),
+        _ => (v, p, q),
+    };
+    Color32::from_rgb(to_u8(r), to_u8(g), to_u8(b))
+}
+
+/// Clamping float-to-byte, `const` for the same reason as [`hsv`].
+const fn to_u8(x: f32) -> u8 {
+    let v = x * 255.0 + 0.5;
+    if v <= 0.0 {
+        0
+    } else if v >= 255.0 {
+        255
+    } else {
+        v as u8
+    }
+}
+
+/// Meter bar colour for an output level in dB.
+///
+/// Functional, not per-channel: −6 dB means the same thing in every band. Thresholds and colours
+/// are both literal so either can be tuned by eye.
+pub fn level_color(db: f32) -> Color32 {
+    if db >= -1.0 {
+        LEVEL_HOT
+    } else if db >= -6.0 {
+        LEVEL_WARN
+    } else {
+        LEVEL_OK
+    }
+}
+
+/// The same colour at `a`/255 opacity, for translucent fills under a trace.
+///
+/// Not `const`: `Color32::from_rgba_unmultiplied` is not a `const fn`, and the premultiplied
+/// constructor that is would push the multiply out to every call site.
+pub fn with_alpha(c: Color32, a: u8) -> Color32 {
+    Color32::from_rgba_unmultiplied(c.r(), c.g(), c.b(), a)
+}
+
+/// Apply the palette to egui's own widgets, so `ParamSlider`, labels and separators sit in the
+/// same world as the hand-painted ones instead of on stock egui defaults.
+///
+/// Call once when the editor is created. Widget colours are per interaction state: `weak_bg_fill`
+/// is an unfilled slider track, `bg_fill` the filled portion. Interactive states borrow the ALL
+/// channel's hue, since egui widgets are not per-band — change that to a dedicated accent seed if
+/// you would rather they were neutral.
+pub fn apply_visuals(ctx: &nih_plug_egui::egui::Context) {
+    use nih_plug_egui::egui::{Stroke, Visuals};
+
+    let accent = &CHANNELS[3];
+    let mut v = Visuals::dark();
+
+    v.panel_fill = SURFACE;
+    v.window_fill = SURFACE;
+    v.extreme_bg_color = SURFACE;
+    v.faint_bg_color = SURFACE_RAISED;
+
+    let w = &mut v.widgets;
+    w.noninteractive.bg_fill = SURFACE_RAISED;
+    w.noninteractive.weak_bg_fill = SURFACE_RAISED;
+    w.noninteractive.bg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, GRID_FAINT);
+    w.noninteractive.fg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, TEXT);
+
+    w.inactive.bg_fill = TRACK;
+    w.inactive.weak_bg_fill = TRACK;
+    w.inactive.bg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, GRID);
+    w.inactive.fg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, TEXT_BRIGHT);
+
+    w.hovered.bg_fill = accent.edge;
+    w.hovered.weak_bg_fill = accent.strip;
+    w.hovered.bg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, accent.edge);
+    w.hovered.fg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, TEXT_HOVER);
+
+    w.active.bg_fill = accent.handle;
+    w.active.weak_bg_fill = accent.edge;
+    w.active.bg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, accent.handle);
+    w.active.fg_stroke = Stroke::new(1.0_f32, TEXT_HOVER);
+
+    ctx.set_visuals(v);
+}

src/editor/plot.rs

@@ -12,15 +12,16 @@ use nih_plug_egui::egui::{self, pos2, vec2, Align2, Color32, CornerRadius, FontI
 
 use super::METER_FLOOR_DB;
 use crate::meters::{Meters, BUCKET_HZ, NUM_CHANNELS};
+use super::palette;
 
 /// Height of the plot panel.
 const PLOT_PANEL_H: f32 = 150.0;
 /// Number of columns held in the history ring.
 const PLOT_N: usize = 256;
 
-const COLOR_IN: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(90, 170, 235);
-const COLOR_OUT: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(90, 200, 110);
-const COLOR_GR: Color32 = Color32::from_rgb(240, 150, 60);
+const COLOR_IN: Color32 = palette::SIGNAL_IN;
+const COLOR_OUT: Color32 = palette::SIGNAL_OUT;
+const COLOR_GR: Color32 = palette::SIGNAL_GR;
 
 /// Rolling history for all channels: a per-channel ring of (in_db, out_db, gr_db) columns.
 struct PlotHistory {
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, meters: &Meters, state: &mut PlotState) {
     let (rect, _) =
         ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(ui.available_width(), PLOT_PANEL_H), Sense::hover());
     let p = ui.painter_at(rect);
-    p.rect_filled(rect, CornerRadius::ZERO, Color32::from_rgb(16, 16, 20));
+    p.rect_filled(rect, CornerRadius::ZERO, palette::SURFACE);
 
     let (top, bottom, left, right) =
         (rect.top() + 4.0, rect.bottom() - 4.0, rect.left() + 4.0, rect.right() - 4.0);
@@ -169,13 +170,13 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, meters: &Meters, state: &mut PlotState) {
     // Gridlines (dB).
     for &g in &[0.0f32, -12.0, -24.0, -48.0] {
         let y = y_for_db(g);
-        p.line_segment([pos2(left, y), pos2(right, y)], Stroke::new(1.0, Color32::from_gray(40)));
+        p.line_segment([pos2(left, y), pos2(right, y)], Stroke::new(1.0_f32, palette::GRID_FAINT));
         p.text(
             pos2(left + 2.0, y),
             Align2::LEFT_BOTTOM,
             format!("{g:.0}"),
             FontId::proportional(9.0),
-            Color32::from_gray(90),
+            palette::TEXT_DIM,
         );
     }
 
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, meters: &Meters, state: &mut PlotState) {
                 // Fill as a strip of per-segment convex quads down to the baseline. A single
                 // concave polygon mis-tessellates in egui (it fans from one corner, leaving stray
                 // triangles), so build convex pieces — one box per time unit — instead.
-                let fill_col = Color32::from_rgba_unmultiplied(color.r(), color.g(), color.b(), 40);
+                let fill_col = palette::with_alpha(color, 40);
                 for seg in pts.windows(2) {
                     let (a, b) = (seg[0], seg[1]);
                     p.add(egui::Shape::convex_polygon(
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, meters: &Meters, state: &mut PlotState) {
                     ));
                 }
             }
-            p.add(egui::Shape::line(pts, Stroke::new(1.5, color)));
+            p.add(egui::Shape::line(pts, Stroke::new(1.5_f32, color)));
         };
         draw_series(&state.history.in_db[c], &|db| db, COLOR_IN, true);
         draw_series(&state.history.out_db[c], &|db| db, COLOR_OUT, true);
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ pub(super) fn draw(ui: &mut egui::Ui, meters: &Meters, state: &mut PlotState) {
         // hit the ceiling (global — shown on every channel's view). One column wide, so runs of
         // hits merge into a continuous segment and a lone hit is just a dot. Nothing otherwise.
         let dx = width / (PLOT_N - 1) as f32;
-        let marker = Color32::from_rgb(235, 45, 45);
+        let marker = palette::CLIP;
         for k in 0..len {
             let idx = (write + PLOT_N - len + k) % PLOT_N;
             if state.history.hit[idx] {

src/lib.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use dsp::compressor::{Compressor, MAX_LOOKAHEAD_MS};
 use dsp::crossover::Crossover;
 use dsp::limiter::Limiter;
 use meters::Meters;
-use params::{build_settings, Codename206Params};
+use params::{build_settings, Bari206Params};
 
 /// Peak-meter fall: after this long of silence the bars decay by 12 dB. (Matches nih-plug's
 /// gain-gui example feel.)
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ const ALL: usize = 3;
 /// * ALL  - 35 ms: full-band, so it must cover the low content too.
 const RMS_WINDOW_MS: [f32; 4] = [50.0, 20.0, 10.0, 35.0];
 
-/// Codename 206 — Stage 3: 3-band crossover + per-band compressors summed into an 'All' channel.
+/// Bari 206 — Stage 3: 3-band crossover + per-band compressors summed into an 'All' channel.
 ///
 /// Signal: input → LR4 crossover → {low, mid, high} each through their own compressor → sum →
 /// 'All' compressor → output. Bypassing low+mid+high collapses it to a plain full-band comp
 /// driven by the 'All' channel (the crossover sums flat).
-struct Codename206 {
-    params: Arc<Codename206Params>,
+struct Bari206 {
+    params: Arc<Bari206Params>,
     sample_rate: f32,
     crossover: Crossover,
     /// Compressors indexed by [`LOW`], [`MID`], [`HIGH`], [`ALL`].
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ struct Codename206 {
 /// Limiter gain reduction (dB) above which a plot bucket is flagged as hitting the ceiling.
 const CEILING_HIT_GR_DB: f32 = 0.1;
 
-impl Default for Codename206 {
+impl Default for Bari206 {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            params: Arc::new(Codename206Params::default()),
+            params: Arc::new(Bari206Params::default()),
             sample_rate: 48_000.0,
             crossover: Crossover::new(),
             comps: [Compressor::new(), Compressor::new(), Compressor::new(), Compressor::new()],
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ impl Default for Codename206 {
     }
 }
 
-impl Codename206 {
+impl Bari206 {
     fn lookahead_samples(&self) -> usize {
         (self.params.look_ahead_ms.value() * 0.001 * self.sample_rate).round() as usize
     }
 }
 
-impl Plugin for Codename206 {
-    const NAME: &'static str = "206 prototype";
+impl Plugin for Bari206 {
+    const NAME: &'static str = "Bari 206";
     const VENDOR: &'static str = "Novoyuuparosk";
     const URL: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_HOMEPAGE");
     const EMAIL: &'static str = "mikkeli@novoyuuparosk.org";
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ impl Plugin for Codename206 {
     }
 }
 
-impl ClapPlugin for Codename206 {
-    const CLAP_ID: &'static str = "com.mikkeli.codename-206";
+impl ClapPlugin for Bari206 {
+    const CLAP_ID: &'static str = "org.novoyuuparosk.bari-206";
     const CLAP_DESCRIPTION: Option<&'static str> =
         Some("Multiband compressor/limiter (stage 3: 3-band + 'All' channel)");
     const CLAP_MANUAL_URL: Option<&'static str> = Some(Self::URL);
@@ -418,11 +418,11 @@ impl ClapPlugin for Codename206 {
     ];
 }
 
-impl Vst3Plugin for Codename206 {
-    const VST3_CLASS_ID: [u8; 16] = *b"Codename206Maxi!";
+impl Vst3Plugin for Bari206 {
+    const VST3_CLASS_ID: [u8; 16] = *b"Bari206Multiband";
     const VST3_SUBCATEGORIES: &'static [Vst3SubCategory] =
         &[Vst3SubCategory::Fx, Vst3SubCategory::Dynamics];
 }
 
-nih_export_clap!(Codename206);
-nih_export_vst3!(Codename206);
+nih_export_clap!(Bari206);
+nih_export_vst3!(Bari206);

src/params.rs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub enum DetectionMode {
 }
 
 #[derive(Params)]
-pub struct Codename206Params {
+pub struct Bari206Params {
     #[persist = "editor-state"]
     pub editor_state: Arc<EguiState>,
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub struct CompressorParams {
     pub mix: FloatParam,
 }
 
-impl Default for Codename206Params {
+impl Default for Bari206Params {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             editor_state: EguiState::from_size(760, 520),

tools/brand-plugin.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# brand-plugin.sh - rename this plugin, everywhere, in one go.
+#
+# check-branding.sh tells you what disagrees. This changes it. They share
+# branding.conf: this script rewrites that file and every copy of the old values
+# in tracked files, then runs the checker and reports what it says. A run that
+# ends with the checker green is a rename that landed.
+#
+# Dry run by default:
+#   sh brand-plugin.sh --display "Bari 206"
+#   sh brand-plugin.sh --display "Bari 206" --vendor Novoyuuparosk --apply
+#
+# Options:
+#   --display NAME    the product name, with spaces and capitals. Everything
+#                     else that can be derived, is derived from this.
+#   --pkg NAME        override the derived Cargo package name.
+#   --vendor NAME     --email ADDR    --homepage URL
+#   --description D   --clap-description D
+#   --struct NAME     override the derived Rust type name.
+#   --allow-identity-change   permit CLAP_ID / VST3_CLASS_ID to move. See below.
+#   --apply           actually write. Without it, nothing is modified.
+
+set -u
+# Resolve the repo root: these live in tools/, every path they touch is
+# repo-relative, and they must behave the same wherever they are invoked from.
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit 1
+[ -f tools/branding.conf ] || { printf 'tools/branding.conf not found\n' >&2; exit 1; }
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+. ./tools/branding.conf
+
+OLD_PKG="$PKG"; OLD_DISPLAY="$DISPLAY"; OLD_PLUGIN_NAME="$PLUGIN_NAME"
+OLD_VENDOR="$VENDOR"; OLD_EMAIL="$EMAIL"; OLD_HOMEPAGE="$HOMEPAGE"; OLD_AUTHOR="$AUTHOR"
+OLD_DESCRIPTION="$DESCRIPTION"; OLD_CLAP_DESCRIPTION="$CLAP_DESCRIPTION"
+OLD_CLAP_ID="$CLAP_ID"; OLD_VST3="$VST3_CLASS_ID"
+OLD_STRUCT="$STRUCT"; OLD_PARAMS_STRUCT="$PARAMS_STRUCT"
+
+new_display=""; new_pkg=""; new_vendor=""; new_email=""; new_homepage=""
+new_description=""; new_clap_description=""; new_struct=""; new_author=""
+new_clap_id=""; new_vst3=""; apply=0; allow_identity=0
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --display)           new_display="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --pkg)               new_pkg="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --vendor)            new_vendor="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --author)            new_author="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --email)             new_email="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --homepage)          new_homepage="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --description)       new_description="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --clap-description)  new_clap_description="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --struct)            new_struct="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --clap-id)           new_clap_id="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --vst3-class-id)     new_vst3="${2:?}"; shift 2 ;;
+    --allow-identity-change) allow_identity=1; shift ;;
+    --apply)             apply=1; shift ;;
+    -h|--help)           sed -n '3,25p' "$0"; exit 0 ;;
+    *) printf 'unknown option: %s\n' "$1" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Interactive when nothing was passed and there is a terminal to ask at. Every
+# prompt offers the current value; Enter keeps it, so a run that answers nothing
+# is a no-op rather than a surprise. Optional fields additionally accept "-" to
+# clear them.
+ask() { # ask VARNAME PROMPT CURRENT
+  printf '  %s [%s]: ' "$2" "$3" > /dev/tty
+  IFS= read -r _reply < /dev/tty || _reply=""
+  [ -n "$_reply" ] || _reply="$3"
+  [ "$_reply" = "-" ] && _reply=""
+  eval "$1=\$_reply"
+}
+if [ -z "$new_display" ] && [ -t 0 ] && [ -c /dev/tty ]; then
+  printf 'branding this plugin - Enter keeps the current value, "-" clears an optional one\n\n'
+  ask new_display          "display name    " "$OLD_DISPLAY"
+  ask new_vendor           "vendor (org)    " "$OLD_VENDOR"
+  ask new_author           "cargo author    " "$OLD_AUTHOR"
+  ask new_email            "email           " "$OLD_EMAIL"
+  ask new_homepage         "homepage        " "$OLD_HOMEPAGE"
+  ask new_description      "cargo description" "$OLD_DESCRIPTION"
+  ask new_clap_description "clap description" "$OLD_CLAP_DESCRIPTION"
+  printf '\n'
+fi
+[ -n "$new_display" ] || { printf 'nothing to do: pass --display "New Name" (or run interactively)\n' >&2; exit 2; }
+
+# --- derivation -------------------------------------------------------------
+# Package name: lowercase, every run of non-alphanumerics becomes one separator,
+# ends trimmed. Cargo accepts both hyphens and underscores in a package name and
+# converts to underscores for the built artifact, which nih_plug_xtask already
+# accounts for; underscores are used here to match the Rust convention.
+derive_pkg() {
+  printf '%s' "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' \
+    | sed -e 's/[^a-z0-9]\{1,\}/_/g' -e 's/^_//' -e 's/_$//'
+}
+# Rust type name: CamelCase, non-alphanumerics dropped entirely.
+derive_struct() {
+  printf '%s' "$1" | sed -e 's/[^A-Za-z0-9]\{1,\}/ /g' \
+    | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) printf "%s%s", toupper(substr($i,1,1)), substr($i,2); print ""}'
+}
+[ -n "$new_pkg" ]    || new_pkg=$(derive_pkg "$new_display")
+[ -n "$new_struct" ] || new_struct=$(derive_struct "$new_display")
+new_params_struct="${new_struct}Params"
+[ -n "$new_vendor" ]      || new_vendor="$OLD_VENDOR"
+[ -n "$new_author" ]      || new_author="$OLD_AUTHOR"
+[ -n "$new_email" ]       || new_email="$OLD_EMAIL"
+[ -n "$new_homepage" ]    || new_homepage="$OLD_HOMEPAGE"
+[ -n "$new_description" ] || new_description="$OLD_DESCRIPTION"
+[ -n "$new_clap_description" ] || new_clap_description="$OLD_CLAP_DESCRIPTION"
+
+# --- validation -------------------------------------------------------------
+fail=0
+die() { printf '  INVALID  %s\n' "$1"; fail=$((fail+1)); }
+
+case "$new_pkg" in
+  "")        die "derived package name is empty" ;;
+  [0-9]*)    die "package name \"$new_pkg\" starts with a digit - cargo rejects this outright" ;;
+esac
+case "$new_pkg" in
+  test|core|std|alloc|proc_macro)
+    die "package name \"$new_pkg\" collides with a built-in crate" ;;
+  as|break|const|continue|crate|dyn|else|enum|extern|false|fn|for|if|impl|in|let|loop|match|mod|move|mut|pub|ref|return|self|static|struct|super|trait|true|type|unsafe|use|where|while|async|await|box|do|final|macro|override|priv|typeof|unsized|virtual|yield|try)
+    die "package name \"$new_pkg\" is a Rust keyword - cargo rejects this" ;;
+esac
+# bundler.toml uses the package name as a TOML bare key.
+case "$new_pkg" in *[!a-zA-Z0-9_-]*) die "package name \"$new_pkg\" is not a valid TOML bare key" ;; esac
+case "$new_struct" in ""|[0-9]*) die "derived type name \"$new_struct\" is not a valid Rust identifier" ;; esac
+
+# --- frozen identity --------------------------------------------------------
+identity_note=""
+if [ -n "$new_clap_id" ] || [ -n "$new_vst3" ]; then
+  if [ "$allow_identity" -eq 0 ]; then
+    die "CLAP_ID / VST3_CLASS_ID are frozen identity; pass --allow-identity-change to move them"
+  fi
+fi
+[ -n "$new_clap_id" ] || new_clap_id="$OLD_CLAP_ID"
+[ -n "$new_vst3" ]    || new_vst3="$OLD_VST3"
+
+# VST3_CLASS_ID is a fixed 16-byte array, so it cannot simply be derived. Propose
+# one from the new name and let a human decide - it is frozen the moment it ships.
+proposed_vst3=$(printf '%s' "${new_struct}Plugin000000000000" | cut -c1-16)
+n=$(printf '%s' "$new_vst3" | wc -c | tr -d ' ')
+[ "$n" -eq 16 ] || die "VST3_CLASS_ID \"$new_vst3\" is $n bytes, must be exactly 16"
+
+case "$new_clap_id" in
+  *\ *|*[A-Z]*) die "CLAP_ID \"$new_clap_id\" must be lowercase with no spaces" ;;
+  *.*) ;;
+  *) die "CLAP_ID \"$new_clap_id\" should be dotted reverse-DNS" ;;
+esac
+
+# CLAP_DESCRIPTION is user-facing: keep development history out of it.
+for hist in "$CODENAME" "$OLD_DISPLAY" "$OLD_PKG"; do
+  case "$new_clap_description" in
+    *"$hist"*) die "CLAP_DESCRIPTION still mentions \"$hist\" - it is shown to users, who never knew the development name" ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# --- plan -------------------------------------------------------------------
+printf 'rename plan\n\n'
+row() { [ "$2" = "$3" ] && printf '  %-18s %s (unchanged)\n' "$1" "$2" || printf '  %-18s %s  ->  %s\n' "$1" "$2" "$3"; }
+row "package"        "$OLD_PKG"             "$new_pkg"
+row "display"        "$OLD_DISPLAY"         "$new_display"
+row "Plugin::NAME"   "$OLD_PLUGIN_NAME"     "$new_display"
+row "vendor"         "$OLD_VENDOR"          "$new_vendor"
+row "cargo author"   "$OLD_AUTHOR"          "$new_author"
+row "email"          "$OLD_EMAIL"           "$new_email"
+row "homepage"       "$OLD_HOMEPAGE"        "$new_homepage"
+row "description"    "$OLD_DESCRIPTION"     "$new_description"
+row "clap desc"      "$OLD_CLAP_DESCRIPTION" "$new_clap_description"
+row "struct"         "$OLD_STRUCT"          "$new_struct"
+row "params struct"  "$OLD_PARAMS_STRUCT"   "$new_params_struct"
+row "CLAP_ID"        "$OLD_CLAP_ID"         "$new_clap_id"
+row "VST3_CLASS_ID"  "$OLD_VST3"            "$new_vst3"
+printf '\n  repo codename stays %s - fixed at creation, never renamed\n' "$CODENAME"
+if [ "$new_vst3" = "$OLD_VST3" ]; then
+  printf '  suggested VST3_CLASS_ID for this name (16 bytes): "%s"\n' "$proposed_vst3"
+  printf '    apply with --vst3-class-id "%s" --allow-identity-change, and only before first release\n' "$proposed_vst3"
+fi
+
+if [ "$fail" -ne 0 ]; then
+  printf '\n%d problem(s); nothing written.\n' "$fail"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$apply" -eq 0 ]; then
+  printf '\nDry run. Re-run with --apply to write these changes.\n'
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# --- apply ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Three scratch files, one trap: the regenerated site table, the rows carried
+# through from the old one, and the value-substitution pairs.
+gen="$(mktemp)"; keep="$(mktemp)"; subst_file="$(mktemp)"
+trap 'rm -f "$gen" "$keep" "$subst_file"' EXIT
+
+T="$(printf '\t')"
+{
+  printf 'req%spkg.cargo%sCargo.toml%sname = "%s"\n'            "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_pkg"
+  printf 'req%spkg.bundler%sbundler.toml%s[%s]\n'               "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_pkg"
+  printf 'opt%spkg.lock%sCargo.lock%sname = "%s"\n'             "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_pkg"
+  printf 'opt%spkg.ci%s.github/workflows/ci.yaml%scargo xtask bundle %s\n' "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_pkg"
+  printf 'opt%spkg.readme%sREADME.md%scargo xtask bundle %s\n'  "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_pkg"
+  printf 'req%sdisplay.bundler%sbundler.toml%sname = "%s"\n'    "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_display"
+  printf 'opt%sdisplay.notice%sNOTICE%s%s\n'                    "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_display"
+  printf 'req%sname.plugin%s%s%sconst NAME: &'"'"'static str = "%s"\n'        "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_display"
+  printf 'req%svendor.plugin%s%s%sconst VENDOR: &'"'"'static str = "%s"\n'    "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_vendor"
+  printf 'req%semail.plugin%s%s%sconst EMAIL: &'"'"'static str = "%s"\n'      "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_email"
+  printf 'req%sauthors.cargo%sCargo.toml%sauthors = ["%s <%s>"]\n' "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_author" "$new_email"
+  printf 'req%shomepage.cargo%sCargo.toml%shomepage = "%s"\n'   "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_homepage"
+  printf 'req%surl.plugin%s%s%sconst URL: &'"'"'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_HOMEPAGE")\n' "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T"
+  printf 'req%sdescription.cargo%sCargo.toml%sdescription = "%s"\n' "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_description"
+  # Narrowest distinctive fragment, not the whole statement: rustfmt wraps a long
+  # CLAP_DESCRIPTION onto its own line, and a pattern spanning the assignment
+  # would then never match a correctly formatted file.
+  printf 'req%sdescription.clap%s%s%sSome("%s")\n' "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_clap_description"
+  printf 'req%sclapid.plugin%s%s%sconst CLAP_ID: &'"'"'static str = "%s"\n'  "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_clap_id"
+  printf 'req%svst3id.plugin%s%s%sconst VST3_CLASS_ID: [u8; 16] = *b"%s"\n'  "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_vst3"
+  printf 'req%sstruct.def%s%s%sstruct %s {\n'                   "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_struct"
+  printf 'req%sstruct.plugin%s%s%simpl Plugin for %s {\n'       "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_struct"
+  printf 'req%sstruct.clap%s%s%simpl ClapPlugin for %s {\n'     "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_struct"
+  printf 'req%sstruct.vst3%s%s%simpl Vst3Plugin for %s {\n'     "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_struct"
+  printf 'req%sstruct.exportclap%s%s%snih_export_clap!(%s);\n'  "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_struct"
+  printf 'req%sstruct.exportvst3%s%s%snih_export_vst3!(%s);\n'  "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_struct"
+  printf 'req%sparams.def%s%s%sstruct %s {\n'                   "$T" "$T" "$PARAMS_FILE" "$T" "$new_params_struct"
+  printf 'req%sparams.default%s%s%simpl Default for %s {\n'     "$T" "$T" "$PARAMS_FILE" "$T" "$new_params_struct"
+  printf 'req%sparams.field%s%s%sparams: Arc<%s>,\n'            "$T" "$T" "$LIB_FILE" "$T" "$new_params_struct"
+  printf 'opt%sdeploy.pkg%sdeploy.ps1%s$Package = "%s"\n'       "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_pkg"
+  printf 'opt%sdeploy.vst3%sdeploy.ps1%s$vst3Name = "%s.vst3"\n' "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_display"
+  printf 'opt%sdeploy.clap%sdeploy.ps1%s$clapName = "%s.clap"\n' "$T" "$T" "$T" "$new_display"
+} > "$gen"
+
+# Pass 1 - site-directed. Each owned row in the existing table carries the OLD
+# resolved literal for its site; the regenerated row carries the new one. Rewriting
+# by that pair is unambiguous, which plain value substitution is not: AUTHOR
+# defaults to VENDOR, so both fields can hold the same old string and a global
+# replace cannot tell which occurrence belongs to which. This must run BEFORE
+# pass 2, or the global replace consumes the old literals first and leaves the
+# precise rewrite with nothing to match.
+sites="tools/branding-sites.tsv"
+T="$(printf '\t')"
+if [ -f "$sites" ]; then
+  while IFS="$T" read -r ok_ oo_ of_ op_; do
+    case "$ok_" in ''|\#*) continue ;; esac
+    np_=$(awk -F"$T" -v o="$oo_" '$2==o {print $4; exit}' "$gen")
+    [ -n "$np_" ] || continue
+    [ "$np_" != "$op_" ] || continue
+    [ -f "$of_" ] || continue
+    esc_o=$(printf '%s' "$op_" | sed 's/[][\.*^$/|&]/\\&/g')
+    esc_n=$(printf '%s' "$np_" | sed 's/[\\/&|]/\\&/g')
+    tmp_=$(mktemp)
+    sed "s|$esc_o|$esc_n|g" "$of_" > "$tmp_" && cat "$tmp_" > "$of_"
+    rm -f "$tmp_"
+  done < "$sites"
+  printf '  pass 1: rewrote known sites from the table\n'
+fi
+
+# Pass 2 - value substitution, for everything the table does not enumerate:
+# doc comments, use sites in other modules, prose in the README.
+# Longest values first: a shorter spelling can be a substring of a longer one
+# (the package name inside a URL, say), and replacing it first would corrupt the
+# longer match. branding.conf is excluded and rewritten wholesale below, so its
+# STALE list is never rewritten into meaninglessness.
+{
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_CLAP_ID" "$new_clap_id"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_HOMEPAGE" "$new_homepage"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_CLAP_DESCRIPTION" "$new_clap_description"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_DESCRIPTION" "$new_description"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_PARAMS_STRUCT" "$new_params_struct"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_VST3" "$new_vst3"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_PLUGIN_NAME" "$new_display"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_DISPLAY" "$new_display"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_STRUCT" "$new_struct"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_EMAIL" "$new_email"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_AUTHOR" "$new_author"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_VENDOR" "$new_vendor"
+  printf '%s\t%s\n' "$OLD_PKG" "$new_pkg"
+} | awk -F'\t' '$1 != $2 { print length($1)"\t"$0 }' | sort -rn | cut -f2- > "$subst_file"
+
+changed=0
+git ls-files 2>/dev/null | while IFS= read -r f; do
+  [ -f "$f" ] || continue
+  # branding.conf alone is excluded: it is rewritten wholesale below, and its
+  # STALE list names every retired spelling by design. The site table IS
+  # substituted, so hand-added custom rows track the rename; owned rows are
+  # regenerated afterwards regardless.
+  case "$f" in tools/branding.conf) continue ;; esac
+  before=$(cat "$f")
+  after="$before"
+  while IFS="$(printf '\t')" read -r old new; do
+    [ -n "$old" ] || continue
+    after=$(printf '%s' "$after" | sed "s|$(printf '%s' "$old" | sed 's/[][\.*^$/|&]/\\&/g')|$(printf '%s' "$new" | sed 's/[\\/&|]/\\&/g')|g")
+  done < "$subst_file"
+  if [ "$before" != "$after" ]; then printf '%s\n' "$after" > "$f"; printf '  rewrote %s\n' "$f"; fi
+done
+
+# branding.conf last, with the retired spellings appended to STALE so the next
+# run of the checker sweeps for anything this pass missed.
+# Deduplicated: two fields can retire to the same spelling - DISPLAY and
+# PLUGIN_NAME are commonly identical - and listing it twice makes the checker
+# report the same drift twice. Note that neither this script nor the checker
+# contains a branding literal anywhere: both read every name from
+# branding.conf, so a rename never has to rewrite its own tooling.
+retired=$(cut -f1 "$subst_file" | awk '!seen[$0]++')
+sed -e "s|^PKG=.*|PKG=\"$new_pkg\"|" \
+    -e "s|^DISPLAY=.*|DISPLAY=\"$new_display\"|" \
+    -e "s|^PLUGIN_NAME=.*|PLUGIN_NAME=\"$new_display\"|" \
+    -e "s|^VENDOR=.*|VENDOR=\"$new_vendor\"|" \
+    -e "s|^# *AUTHOR=.*|AUTHOR=\"$new_author\"|" \
+    -e "s|^AUTHOR=.*|AUTHOR=\"$new_author\"|" \
+    -e "s|^EMAIL=.*|EMAIL=\"$new_email\"|" \
+    -e "s|^HOMEPAGE=.*|HOMEPAGE=\"$new_homepage\"|" \
+    -e "s|^DESCRIPTION=.*|DESCRIPTION=\"$new_description\"|" \
+    -e "s|^CLAP_DESCRIPTION=.*|CLAP_DESCRIPTION=\"$new_clap_description\"|" \
+    -e "s|^CLAP_ID=.*|CLAP_ID=\"$new_clap_id\"|" \
+    -e "s|^VST3_CLASS_ID=.*|VST3_CLASS_ID=\"$new_vst3\"|" \
+    -e "s|^STRUCT=.*|STRUCT=\"$new_struct\"|" \
+    -e "s|^PARAMS_STRUCT=.*|PARAMS_STRUCT=\"$new_params_struct\"|" \
+    tools/branding.conf > tools/branding.conf.new
+if [ -n "$retired" ]; then
+  { sed '$ s/"$//' tools/branding.conf.new; printf '%s"\n' "$retired"; } > tools/branding.conf
+else
+  # Nothing retired (a no-op rename, or a regeneration): leave STALE untouched
+  # rather than appending a blank line to it on every run.
+  cat tools/branding.conf.new > tools/branding.conf
+fi
+rm -f tools/branding.conf.new
+if [ "$new_author" = "$new_vendor" ]; then
+  # Identical to VENDOR, so re-comment it: the conf should keep showing that this
+  # value derives rather than pinning a duplicate that then has to be maintained.
+  tmp_c=$(mktemp)
+  sed "s|^AUTHOR=.*|# AUTHOR=\"$new_author\"|" tools/branding.conf > "$tmp_c" && cat "$tmp_c" > tools/branding.conf
+  rm -f "$tmp_c"
+fi
+printf '  rewrote tools/branding.conf (retired spellings appended to STALE)\n'
+
+# Regenerate the site table. Rows whose owner this script recognises are
+# rewritten with the new resolved literals; every other row - anything marked
+# custom, or added by hand for a file this template does not ship - is carried
+# through untouched. Clobbering those silently is how a tool stops being trusted.
+sites="tools/branding-sites.tsv"
+
+owned=$(cut -f2 "$gen")
+if [ -f "$sites" ]; then
+  grep '^#' "$sites" > "$keep" 2>/dev/null || : > "$keep"
+  while IFS="$T" read -r k o f pat; do
+    case "$k" in ''|\#*) continue ;; esac
+    printf '%s\n' "$owned" | grep -qxF "$o" || printf '%s%s%s%s%s%s%s\n' "$k" "$T" "$o" "$T" "$f" "$T" "$pat" >> "$keep"
+  done < "$sites"
+else
+  : > "$keep"
+fi
+{ cat "$keep"; cat "$gen"; } > "$sites"
+printf '  rewrote %s (%s owned rows, %s preserved)\n' "$sites" "$(wc -l < "$gen" | tr -d ' ')" "$(grep -cv '^#' "$keep" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)"
+
+printf '\nverifying with check-branding.sh\n\n'
+sh tools/check-branding.sh

tools/branding-sites.tsv

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+req	pkg.cargo	Cargo.toml	name = "bari_206"
+req	pkg.bundler	bundler.toml	[bari_206]
+opt	pkg.lock	Cargo.lock	name = "bari_206"
+opt	pkg.ci	.github/workflows/ci.yaml	cargo xtask bundle bari_206
+opt	pkg.readme	README.md	cargo xtask bundle bari_206
+req	display.bundler	bundler.toml	name = "Bari 206"
+opt	display.notice	NOTICE	Bari 206
+req	name.plugin	src/lib.rs	const NAME: &'static str = "Bari 206"
+req	vendor.plugin	src/lib.rs	const VENDOR: &'static str = "Novoyuuparosk"
+req	email.plugin	src/lib.rs	const EMAIL: &'static str = "mikkeli@novoyuuparosk.org"
+req	authors.cargo	Cargo.toml	authors = ["Mikkeli Matlock <mikkeli@novoyuuparosk.org>"]
+req	homepage.cargo	Cargo.toml	homepage = "https://github.com/mikkeli/codename-206"
+req	url.plugin	src/lib.rs	const URL: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_HOMEPAGE")
+req	description.cargo	Cargo.toml	description = "A VST3/CLAP multiband compressor/limiter with a custom gain-curve display"
+req	description.clap	src/lib.rs	Some("Multiband compressor/limiter (stage 3: 3-band + 'All' channel)")
+req	clapid.plugin	src/lib.rs	const CLAP_ID: &'static str = "org.novoyuuparosk.bari-206"
+req	vst3id.plugin	src/lib.rs	const VST3_CLASS_ID: [u8; 16] = *b"Bari206Multiband"
+req	struct.def	src/lib.rs	struct Bari206 {
+req	struct.plugin	src/lib.rs	impl Plugin for Bari206 {
+req	struct.clap	src/lib.rs	impl ClapPlugin for Bari206 {
+req	struct.vst3	src/lib.rs	impl Vst3Plugin for Bari206 {
+req	struct.exportclap	src/lib.rs	nih_export_clap!(Bari206);
+req	struct.exportvst3	src/lib.rs	nih_export_vst3!(Bari206);
+req	params.def	src/params.rs	struct Bari206Params {
+req	params.default	src/params.rs	impl Default for Bari206Params {
+req	params.field	src/lib.rs	params: Arc<Bari206Params>,
+opt	deploy.pkg	deploy.ps1	$Package = "bari_206"
+opt	deploy.vst3	deploy.ps1	$vst3Name = "Bari 206.vst3"
+opt	deploy.clap	deploy.ps1	$clapName = "Bari 206.clap"

tools/branding.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# branding.conf - this plugin's canonical identity.
+#
+# Managed by tools/brand-plugin.sh, read by tools/check-branding.sh. Hand-editing
+# works and is sometimes the quickest thing, but the helper is what keeps this
+# file, the source tree and tools/branding-sites.tsv agreeing with each other.
+# Edit here and you are on the hook for running the checker afterwards.
+
+# --- derivations ------------------------------------------------------------
+_derive_pkg() {
+  printf '%s' "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' \
+    | sed -e 's/[^a-z0-9]\{1,\}/_/g' -e 's/^_//' -e 's/_$//'
+}
+_derive_struct() {
+  printf '%s' "$1" | sed -e 's/[^A-Za-z0-9]\{1,\}/ /g' \
+    | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) printf "%s%s", toupper(substr($i,1,1)), substr($i,2); print ""}'
+}
+
+# --- the names ---------------------------------------------------------------
+PLUGIN_NAME="Bari 206"
+VENDOR="Novoyuuparosk"
+EMAIL="mikkeli@novoyuuparosk.org"
+AUTHOR="Mikkeli Matlock"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/mikkeli/codename-206"
+DESCRIPTION="A VST3/CLAP multiband compressor/limiter with a custom gain-curve display"
+
+# What the plugin does *now*. No codename, no development stage.
+CLAP_DESCRIPTION="Multiband compressor/limiter (stage 3: 3-band + 'All' channel)"
+
+# --- frozen identity ---------------------------------------------------------
+# Hosts key saved projects and presets off these two. Never move them after the
+# first release: every existing session silently loses the plugin.
+CLAP_ID="org.novoyuuparosk.bari-206"
+VST3_CLASS_ID="Bari206Multiband"
+
+# --- fixed at repo creation --------------------------------------------------
+# The repo keeps its development codename while the plugin carries the product
+# name. Recorded only so it can be kept out of user-facing text.
+CODENAME="codename-206"
+
+LIB_FILE="src/lib.rs"
+PARAMS_FILE="src/params.rs"
+
+# --- derived unless overridden -----------------------------------------------
+# PKG, STRUCT and PARAMS_STRUCT all derive correctly from PLUGIN_NAME here, so
+# none is pinned. DISPLAY defaults to PLUGIN_NAME.
+: "${AUTHOR:=$VENDOR}"
+: "${DISPLAY:=$PLUGIN_NAME}"
+: "${PKG:=$(_derive_pkg "$PLUGIN_NAME")}"
+: "${STRUCT:=$(_derive_struct "$PLUGIN_NAME")}"
+: "${PARAMS_STRUCT:=${STRUCT}Params}"
+
+# --- retired spellings -------------------------------------------------------
+STALE="codename_206
+Codename 206
+Codename206
+Codename206Params
+Codename206Maxi!
+206 prototype
+com.mikkeli.codename-206
+bari_206
+Bari 206
+Bari206
+Bari206Params
+Bari206Multiband
+org.novoyuuparosk.bari-206"

tools/check-branding.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# check-branding.sh - verify the plugin's branding/identity strings agree everywhere.
+#
+# Plugin branding is duplicated across the build manifest, the bundler manifest,
+# the source, the docs and (once you add one) the deploy script. Nothing makes
+# them agree, so a rename drifts silently: the bundle builds under one name and
+# the deploy script looks for another. This asserts they match, and that the
+# identity constants are legal.
+#
+# In a template this matters more than usual: renaming is the first thing you do
+# with this repo, and it touches every file below. Run this immediately after,
+# and the STALE machinery will list whatever you missed.
+#
+# Usage: sh tools/check-branding.sh          (exit 0 = consistent, 1 = drift found)
+#
+# The canonical identity lives in branding.conf, shared with brand-plugin.sh.
+# Edit it there, then run this to find every copy that still holds the old value.
+
+set -u
+# Resolve the repo root: these live in tools/, every path they touch is
+# repo-relative, and they must behave the same wherever they are invoked from.
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit 1
+
+if [ ! -f tools/branding.conf ]; then
+  printf 'tools/branding.conf not found\n' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+. ./tools/branding.conf
+
+# Every canonical spelling concatenated, for the substring test below.
+CANONICAL_BLOB="$PKG
+$DESCRIPTION
+$CLAP_DESCRIPTION
+$STRUCT
+$PARAMS_STRUCT
+$DISPLAY
+$PLUGIN_NAME
+$VENDOR
+$EMAIL
+$HOMEPAGE
+$CLAP_ID
+$VST3_CLASS_ID"
+
+pass=0; fail=0; skip=0
+ok()   { pass=$((pass+1)); printf '  ok    %s\n' "$1"; }
+bad()  { fail=$((fail+1)); printf '  FAIL  %s\n' "$1"; [ $# -gt 1 ] && printf '        %s\n' "$2"; return 0; }
+note() { skip=$((skip+1)); printf '  skip  %s\n' "$1"; }
+# Reported for awareness only - never counted, never fails the run.
+info() { printf '  --    %s\n' "$1"; }
+
+# has FILE PATTERN -> fixed-string search
+has() { grep -qF "$2" "$1" 2>/dev/null; }
+
+check() { # check LABEL FILE LITERAL
+  if [ ! -f "$2" ]; then bad "$1" "missing file: $2"; return; fi
+  if has "$2" "$3"; then ok "$1"; else bad "$1" "$2 does not contain: $3"; fi
+}
+
+# Same as check, but a missing file is "not applicable yet" rather than drift.
+# The template ships without a deploy script; this starts checking once you add one.
+opt_check() { # opt_check LABEL FILE LITERAL
+  if [ ! -f "$2" ]; then note "$1 ($2 not present)"; return; fi
+  if has "$2" "$3"; then ok "$1"; else bad "$1" "$2 does not contain: $3"; fi
+}
+
+printf 'branding check (canonical: %s / "%s")\n\n' "$PKG" "$DISPLAY"
+
+# --- consistency: every site in the table holds its resolved literal ----------
+# The table is data, so adding a site is a row rather than a shell edit, and the
+# same script runs unmodified across every plugin built from this template.
+SITES="tools/branding-sites.tsv"
+if [ ! -f "$SITES" ]; then
+  bad "site table" "$SITES not found - run tools/brand-plugin.sh to generate it"
+else
+  printf 'sites\n'
+  while IFS="$(printf '\t')" read -r kind owner file pattern; do
+    case "$kind" in ''|\#*) continue ;; esac
+    [ -n "$pattern" ] || continue
+    label="$owner"
+    if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
+      case "$kind" in
+        opt) note "$label ($file not present)" ;;
+        *)   bad  "$label" "missing file: $file" ;;
+      esac
+      continue
+    fi
+    if has "$file" "$pattern"; then ok "$label"
+    else bad "$label" "$file does not contain: $pattern"; fi
+  done < "$SITES"
+fi
+
+# --- validity: rules the table cannot express --------------------------------
+printf '\nvalidity\n'
+
+# VST3 class IDs are a fixed 16-byte array. A wrong length is a compile error,
+# but saying so here is clearer than reading rustc on it.
+n=$(printf '%s' "$VST3_CLASS_ID" | wc -c | tr -d ' ')
+if [ "$n" -eq 16 ]; then ok "VST3_CLASS_ID is 16 bytes"
+else bad "VST3_CLASS_ID is 16 bytes" "got $n bytes: \"$VST3_CLASS_ID\""; fi
+
+# CLAP IDs are reverse-DNS by convention and compared verbatim by hosts, so a
+# stray space or capital is a silent identity change between machines.
+case "$CLAP_ID" in
+  *\ *|*[A-Z]*) bad "CLAP_ID is reverse-DNS safe" "no spaces or capitals allowed: \"$CLAP_ID\"" ;;
+  *.*)          ok  "CLAP_ID is reverse-DNS safe" ;;
+  *)            bad "CLAP_ID is reverse-DNS safe" "expected dotted reverse-DNS, got: \"$CLAP_ID\"" ;;
+esac
+
+# An overridden package name is legitimate - the derivation is sometimes invalid
+# - but a display rename that forgot the package is not, and looks identical
+# from here. Reported, never failed.
+derived_pkg=$(_derive_pkg "$PLUGIN_NAME")
+[ "$PKG" = "$derived_pkg" ] || info "PKG \"$PKG\" differs from the derivation of PLUGIN_NAME (\"$derived_pkg\") - fine if deliberate"
+
+# CLAP_DESCRIPTION is shown to users in a host's plugin browser. "Free of
+# development history" is a judgement a script cannot make, but the failure it
+# produces is mechanical: a retired name or the repo codename surviving in it.
+hygiene_hits=""
+while IFS= read -r s_entry; do
+  [ -n "$s_entry" ] || continue
+  case "$CANONICAL_BLOB" in *"$s_entry"*) continue ;; esac
+  case "$CLAP_DESCRIPTION" in *"$s_entry"*) hygiene_hits="$hygiene_hits \"$s_entry\"" ;; esac
+done <<HYGIENE_LIST
+$STALE
+$CODENAME
+HYGIENE_LIST
+if [ -z "$hygiene_hits" ]; then ok "CLAP_DESCRIPTION carries no retired name or codename"
+else bad "CLAP_DESCRIPTION carries no retired name or codename" "found:$hygiene_hits"; fi
+
+printf '\nstale spellings\n'
+# File list for the scan below. Prefer git, so build output and any vendored
+# tree stay out of it. Fall back to find when this is not a checkout - an
+# exported tarball, or a CI step that fetched without git metadata - because
+# `git ls-files` there returns nothing, and an empty list would report every
+# stale spelling as absent. A check that passes hardest when it can see least
+# is worse than no check.
+if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  file_list() { git ls-files; }
+  scan_source="git"
+else
+  file_list() { find . -path ./.git -prune -o -path ./target -prune -o -type f -print | sed 's|^\./||'; }
+  scan_source="find (not a git checkout)"
+fi
+info "scanning tracked files via $scan_source"
+# Fed by here-doc rather than a pipe on purpose: a piped `while` runs in a
+# subshell, and the pass/fail counters it increments would be discarded.
+while IFS= read -r s; do
+  [ -n "$s" ] || continue
+
+  # Still part of a canonical value? Then it is current branding, not a leftover.
+  # This is what lets the list ship pre-seeded: entries arm themselves as you
+  # rename. Substring, not equality, because placeholders nest - "your-domain"
+  # lives inside the canonical CLAP_ID, and "YOUR-USERNAME" inside the homepage.
+  # Over-skipping is the safe direction: a false FAIL on a name you still use
+  # would train you to ignore this section.
+  case "$CANONICAL_BLOB" in
+    *"$s"*) note "\"$s\" (still canonical)"; continue ;;
+  esac
+
+  # These two name every retired spelling by definition - the STALE list lives in
+  # branding.conf and this script reads it - so neither can ever be a real hit.
+  hits=$(file_list 2>/dev/null | while read -r f; do
+           case "$f" in tools/check-branding.sh|tools/branding.conf) continue ;; esac
+           [ -f "$f" ] && grep -lF "$s" "$f" 2>/dev/null
+         done)
+  if [ -z "$hits" ]; then ok "no occurrences of \"$s\""
+  else bad "no occurrences of \"$s\"" "still present in: $(echo "$hits" | tr '\n' ' ')"; fi
+done <<STALE_LIST
+$STALE
+STALE_LIST
+
+# Template scaffolding, not drift: TODOs are legitimate while you are still
+# building. Reported so a finished plugin does not quietly ship with them.
+# `grep -c` prints 0 AND exits 1 when there are no matches, so `|| echo 0`
+# would append a second zero and make the count unparseable. Swallow the
+# status instead, and default an empty result (missing file) to zero.
+todos=$(grep -c 'TODO' src/lib.rs 2>/dev/null || :)
+[ -n "$todos" ] || todos=0
+printf '\nscaffolding\n'
+if [ "$todos" -eq 0 ]; then ok "no TODO markers left in src/lib.rs"
+else info "$todos TODO marker(s) still in src/lib.rs (not a failure)"; fi
+
+printf '\n%d passed, %d failed' "$pass" "$fail"
+[ "$skip" -gt 0 ] && printf ', %d skipped' "$skip"
+printf '\n'
+[ "$fail" -eq 0 ] || exit 1