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TikTok (iPhone Mirroring)

• path: always the iPhone, through iPhone Mirroring (user rule 2026-09-25). Use the Chrome path below only when the user asks for it.
• account: @lpm06557 (display name "lpm"). Check it before posting: the TikTok app's Profile tab shows the handle under the name. Any other handle: stop and tell the user. Never log in, log out or switch accounts.
• cover: the opening frame with the headline sticker. The sticker pops in over the first frames, so frame 0 has none: take the frame around 0.6 s (the one cover.jpg shows).
• settings (user decisions 2026-09-25, AI label changed 2026-09-27): Everyone can view; comments and reuse (Duet, Stitch) allowed; AI-generated content off: never turn the label on and never mention AI-generated anywhere in the post (user 2026-09-27: "do not mention AI generated"); Disclose commercial content on → Your brand (the post is labeled "Promotional content", which cannot be changed once live); Ad authorization and Only show as ads off; no sound added (the video carries its own voice and music); no schedule unless asked.
• post without asking once the account, caption, hashtags, cover and labels check out (zoom on each); report them after posting. Stop and ask only when one of them is wrong and can't be fixed.

Computer use: request_access for "iPhone Mirroring" and "Finder". The first launch shows Apple's "iPhone on Your Mac" setup, which turns on mirroring and notification forwarding and needs the phone unlocked: the user does that part. The mirrored phone sits at the right edge of the screen; the phone must stay locked and nearby.

1. Video into Photos: open -R "<scratchpad video>" (a Finder window with the file selected appears after a second or two; AppleScript to Finder is not authorized). On the phone, cmd+1 (Home) → Photos. Drag the Finder row onto a visible part of the mirrored Photos screen with left_mouse_down, several mouse_move steps, a 1–2 s hover, left_mouse_up. The video lands at the end of the Library (its length as the badge).
2. TikTok: cmd+1 → the Search pill above the dock → type TikTok → the Top Hit icon. Check the profile handle.
3. + (tab bar centre) → "iPhone camera is not available from Mac" → OK → the gallery thumbnail at the bottom left. TikTok has limited Photos access: on "Would Like to Access Your Photos" choose Select More Photos…, tick only the new video (newest, top left), ✓. Nothing else of the user's library is shared.
4. In TikTok's gallery ("Select multiple" is on) tap the video's circle (it shows 1) → Next → the editor → Next (no "Add sound").
5. Post screen: tap "Add description…", type the caption, then key return twice with short waits, then each hashtag as its own type with a trailing space and a ~1 s wait. Typing the whole block in one go put the line breaks after the first hashtag. cmd+a then delete clears the field; a retype must start from a fully empty field, because hashtags that were typed and then partly deleted still count toward the 5 ("Maximum 5 hashtags", and new # are dropped). Wait ~1.5 s between the two returns (0.7 s lost one). Zoom to check.
6. Edit cover: a frame strip under the preview, "+ Upload", text styles None/Standard. Drag the selector from the far left 5 px right (mouse down, small moves, up) until the preview shows the headline sticker → Save.
7. "Everyone can view this post" is the default. More options: leave AI-generated content off (turn it off if the app pre-set it on). Content disclosure and ads (loads for a few seconds) → Disclose commercial content → tick Your brand → Save → "Content disclosure setting is on… labeled Promotional content" → Continue. Close the sheet (×).
8. Post. The app shows "Video posted! Everyone can view. Share:" and the post with "Promotional content" (no AI-generated label).
9. Delete the import from Photos: cmd+1 → Photos → the Library grid. The Library can hold several similar-looking lpm lesson clips (this session's and past sessions'), so confirm before deleting — zoom on the candidate thumbnail and check it matches the payoff frame/headline of the video just posted, and that its duration badge matches the one prepare.js printed, the same check that catches the wrong-video mixup in step 4. Tap it open, then the trash icon, then confirm "Delete Video". It only leaves the phone's "Recently Deleted" after 30 days (or an immediate empty from there), which is fine — the goal is just to keep it out of the Library before the next take.

TikTok from Chrome (only when the user asks for it; post form not yet verified): navigate https://www.tiktok.com/tiktokstudio/upload → check the account → find the "Select video to upload" file input → file_upload the scratchpad MP4 → the post form: replace the file-name caption, cover editor, visibility, the same labels, Post. Never press Escape in the form; leaving the page asks to discard the upload. Write the form's real layout into the tiktok-upload memory on its first use.

After posting

• YouTube: append - <YYYY-MM-DD> <slug> https://youtube.com/shorts/<id> to ~/Movies/lpm-lessons/tiktok/SHORTS_POSTED.md (create it with a # YouTube Shorts posts heading).
• TikTok: the link comes from Chrome, https://www.tiktok.com/tiktokstudio/content → find the row's link (/@lpm06557/video/<id>); the public profile page sat on "Please wait…" in the MCP tab. Avoid the app's "Copy link": it goes through the shared clipboard. Append - <YYYY-MM-DD> <slug> <link> to ~/Movies/lpm-lessons/tiktok/POSTED.md (create it with a # TikTok posts heading). A new post shows "Content under review" (result within 12 hours) and Privacy "Only me" until the review finishes; it was posted as Everyone.
• titles: SHORTS.md at the repo root lists every posted short by title only, oldest first. Append - <lesson title> after the first platform posts (no links; those live in the two ledgers).
• report both links, the title, the caption as posted, each platform's labels, and TikTok's review status. Confirm the import was deleted from the iPhone's Photos library (step 9 above); if it couldn't be verified or deleted, say so instead of assuming.