# S-12 — Complexity budget gauge
# Category: SHOULD (Phase F · Nice-to-have)
# Kapitel: 08 / 14 – Vertikale Slices · Aufgabenformulierung
# Anker: 1 Outcome, ≤5–10 Files, 1–2 Verify → grüne Zone
# Orientierung: 16:9 landscape
# Didaktik: Komplexitätsbudget greifbar; grüne Zone vs. Überfüllung.
# Caption (DE): Komplexitätsbudget: ein Outcome, wenige Dateien, 1–2 Verify — in der grünen Zone bleiben.
# Ziel-Asset: assets/illustrations/S-12-complexity-budget-gauge.jpg
# Gate0: Imagine (Gauge gut geeignet)
# Language: English (Gemini / Imagen)
# Usage: paste entire prompt body below into Gemini

--- PROMPT START ---
Create a complexity-budget gauge infographic, 16:9 landscape, for a professional practice book on sizing work for coding agents.

OUTPUT SPECS:
- 16:9 landscape; flat-vector gauge or traffic-light budget panel; soft depth; print-ready
- Practical and calm, not a video-game HUD

TOPIC:
Keep task complexity inside a green budget: one outcome, limited files, few verify commands. Overflow into amber/red invites context rot and failed autonomy.

TITLE (exact):
Complexity budget gauge
SUBTITLE (exact):
one outcome · few files · few verifies

COLOR / STYLE:
- Background #F8FAFC; navy #0B1F33
- Green zone #16A34A; amber #D97706; red #DC2626
- Teal #0D9488 for structure
- Flat vector; high contrast

MAIN VISUAL:
Large semicircle gauge or horizontal meter with three zones:
- GREEN: "In budget"
- AMBER: "Stretch"
- RED: "Overload"

CENTER or LEFT checklist of budget rules (green check style):
- "1 outcome"
- "≤5–10 files"
- "1–2 verify commands"

RIGHT “overload symptoms” (amber/red chips, optional):
- "epic sprawl"
- "DoD fog"
- "tool thrash"

NEEDLE or marker resting in GREEN zone by default (teaching target).

TYPOGRAPHY:
- English only; short labels
- Use “≤5–10 files” exactly as a range tendency, not a law of nature

ALLOWED TEXT:
- Title / subtitle
- In budget · Stretch · Overload
- 1 outcome · ≤5–10 files · 1–2 verify commands
- epic sprawl · DoD fog · tool thrash

NEGATIVE:
- robots, logos, neon sci-fi gauges, German paragraphs, fake sprint velocity charts
- NO percentage tick marks, NO 0–100% scale, NO dual/resetting scales under the gauge
  (complexity budget is qualitative: outcomes/files/verify — NOT context-fill % from Kap. 3)
- NO year footer (“2024”), NO product logos

FINAL SELF-CHECK:
Green budget rules list present. Gauge shows green/amber/red. Needle prefers green teaching target.
No percentage axis.
--- PROMPT END ---

# Follow-up edit:
# Keep 1 outcome / ≤5–10 files / 1–2 verify. Needle in green.
# Drop overload chips if crowded.
# 2026-08-12: Imagine JPG had nonsensical dual % scale under green (0–20% then 10–0%) then 30–100%.
#   Canon now SVG-first (_gen/S-12-….svg → JPG). Never reintroduce % ticks.
