Known — PWA install fix, app icon, and marketing page redesign

Timeline

1. 1

   Start

   Charge received

   Jan needs Known to install like a real app on mobile Chrome, not a bookmark link

2. 2

   +20m

   Root cause found

   No manifest.json existed at all; Clerk middleware also blocked the one built

3. 3

   +40m

   Icon iteration

   Reused ForgeKit F mark first (wrong — Zeb corrected: needs Known's own identity), then a hand-drawn fingerprint-K concept, then finally Zeb's own supplied icon (knownIcon.png)

4. 4

   +90m

   Marketing page charge

   Zeb: redesign forgekits.build/known to match a reference screenshot — warm cream theme, script font, rounded photo cards

5. 5

   +150m

   Photo sourcing struggle

   Stock photo search via WebSearch text descriptions produced multiple wrong/mismatched images; corrected by always viewing via Read before deciding

6. 6

   +180m

   Zeb supplied final assets

   High-res photos and a properly-rendered two completed text overlays dropped directly into the stock folder — used these instead of continuing to search

7. 7

   Close

   Live

   known.forgekits.build (icon) and forgekits.build/known (page) both deployed to production

What shipped

• PWA manifest.json + full icon set (192/512/maskable/apple-touch/favicon) for products/known

• Fixed proxy.ts middleware matcher excluding .json from Clerk auth so /manifest.json stops redirecting to /sign-in

• Replaced placeholder app icons twice — first a self-drawn fingerprint-K concept, then swapped to Zeb's own supplied knownIcon.png (leather pocket + handwritten card mark)

• Full visual redesign of forgekits.build/known — cream theme, Caveat script accent font (scoped to /known via a new layout.tsx), rounded photo cards, restored original CTA buttons

• 5 final high-resolution photo assets landed in forgekit-website/public/stock/ (hero, hands, walking couple, note+photos, journal flatlay) with two of them carrying properly rendered handwritten text overlays