AINA Academy · Frontend Lane · captured 2026-08-07 on the dev rig, all flags on

Every Surface, Seen

Full-page captures of all 14 product routes, taken on dev.ainative.academy with every feature flag ON. Half of this product was invisible until this lane forced the flags — that must never happen again.

STANDING RULE — flags are never OFF on staging or a test rig.

During this lane's first walk, the Practice Arena, Playground, and Memory Inspector — some of the best-built screens in the product — were completely invisible because their flags defaulted off and their routes had no nav links. Reviews, audits, and founder walks were judging a fraction of the product.

The rule: staging and every dev/test rig run with ALL learner-facing feature flags ON. Flags gate production exposure only. If a surface must be hidden even from staging, that is a founder decision recorded in the plan doc — never a silent default. Canonical doc: docs/process/staging-flags-policy.md · tracker: ACAD-209.

Found behind flags / unlinked routes

Reachable only by direct URL with flags forced — no nav link led here.

Practice Arena
Practice ArenaFLAGGED Full loop: briefing → hint ladder → workspace → simulation → rubric. 3 modes, 5 skins. dev · /practice
Playground
PlaygroundFLAGGED Demo missions with scored rubric. Leak: "[STUB — Lane D]" copy (ACAD-203). dev · /playground
Memory Inspector
Memory InspectorFLAGGEDBUG L3→L1 chain + anti-patterns rail; chain never loads even authed (ACAD-204). dev · /memory
Diagnose
Diagnose Baseline assessment flow — unlinked; onboarding results screen fabricates dimension bars (ACAD-202). dev · /diagnose
Lesson Preview
Lesson Preview Slide-based lesson screen — one of the three dark-card contrast surfaces (ACAD-201). dev · /lesson-preview
Dashboard
Dashboard Unlinked alt dashboard route. dev · /dashboard
Workspace
Workspace Currently redirects to Home (capture is byte-identical to Home). dev · /workspace

The linked product

What a learner can reach from the nav today.

Home
Homedev · /
My Path
My Pathdev · /path
Lesson
Lessondev · /lesson
Library
Librarydev · /library
Progress
Progress Captured with a real seeded baseline (score 0) — honest empty states visible. dev · /progress
Settings
SettingsBUG Blank for anonymous visitors — sign-in prompt fix is ACAD-204. Consent parked by ruling. dev · /settings
Checkout
Checkout Funnel surface — Wave-3 coherence work (waitlist→beta, ruling 5). dev · /checkout