Deploy provenance-first OpenComic-Continue research UI

app.py

@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ def record_preference(choice: str, notes: str) -> str:
 with gr.Blocks(title="OpenComic-Continue") as demo:
     gr.Markdown(
         "# OpenComic-Continue\n"
-        "A provenance-first research prototype for structured comic continuation. "
+        "A story-first research prototype: understand the comic, lock a brief continuation "
+        "story, storyboard four causal boxes, then render each box from the previous image. "
         "Only upload material you own or have permission to transform."
     )
     memory_state = gr.State()
@@ -183,7 +184,12 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="OpenComic-Continue") as demo:
                 1, 1, value=1, step=1, label="Quality pages per run", interactive=False
             )
             creativity = gr.Slider(0, 1, value=0.5, label="Creativity")
-            dialogue = gr.Slider(0, 1, value=0.2, label="Dialogue density")
+            dialogue = gr.Slider(
+                0,
+                1,
+                value=0.0,
+                label="Dialogue density (0 recommended unless source dialogue was extracted)",
+            )
         with gr.Row():
             style = gr.Slider(0, 1, value=0.8, label="Style fidelity")
             character = gr.Slider(0, 1, value=0.9, label="Character fidelity")
@@ -192,6 +198,10 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="OpenComic-Continue") as demo:
             )
         research_mode = gr.Checkbox(label="Research mode (show routing and model metadata)")
         generate_button = gr.Button("Generate continuation", variant="primary")
+        gr.Markdown(
+            "Generation runs in two bounded backend stages: a locked story + storyboard, then "
+            "sequential panel rendering with per-panel visual checks."
+        )
         gallery = gr.Gallery(label="Continuation pages", columns=2, object_fit="contain")
         scripts = gr.JSON(label="Structured scripts")
         updated_memory = gr.JSON(label="Updated StoryMemory")