🧪 Alpine.js Rituals and UI Enhancements

Alpine.js is embedded as a local rot copy and loaded via theme://js/alpine.js.
No CDN reliance. No dynamic escape. It is bound to the grave.

🧱 Why Alpine?

Alpine.js is not just a utility. It is a ritual binding agent for collapsed UI logic and barely-stable markdown ghosts. Each feature toggled is a sigil traced in transient data.

  • Lightweight (~10kB)
  • Declarative like Vue, but markdown-compatible
  • Perfect for:
    • UI toggles
    • Modals
    • Cookie prompts
    • Collapsing menus
    • Minimal interactivity without full framework debt

✅ Implemented Tests

  • Debug ritual on /707.debug-tests
  • Toggle visibility with x-data, x-show, and @click
  • Console feedback on load

🗒️ Note: "Debug ritual" is not a euphemism. It involves real pain and console omens. Proceed with emphatic dread.

🔮 Roadmap: Planned Rituals

Feature Ritual Type Notes
🍪 Cookie Consent Banner x-data + localStorage Should respect post-collapse privacy
💬 Click-to-reveal Notices Modal-like overlays Used for mascot alerts or "friendly warnings™"
📜 FAQ Accordions x-data, x-show, x-transition Ideal for collapsible documentation
📱 Hamburger Menu Controlled via x-show and button state Literal SVG burger
🌘 Dark Mode Toggle x-model, x-bind:class, localStorage Could use mascot-based theming
✅ Checklist Toggles x-for, x-model bound lists Compliance-driven task lists

🧼 Rot-Flush Procedures (Unscheduled)

If a ritual begins to self-execute, display aggressive toast notifications and evacuate the DOM. Document all anomalies on a damp napkin and staple it to /935.alpine-docs/manifest.txt (fictional, but spiritually real).

🧷 Sample Ritual Block

<div x-data="{ open: false }">
  <button @click="open = !open">Toggle Ritual</button>
  <div x-show="open" x-transition>
    🎴 You have triggered the UI spirit.
  </div>
</div>

📎 Notes to Future Archivists

  • All Alpine usage must be inline. We don't externalize the logic.

  • Never rely on remote data. This is a static grave.

  • Document your rituals. The ghosts of future maintainers are watching.

  • Never trust a toggle left open overnight.

  • “Minimal interactivity” is a lie we tell the static generator.

  • Leave visible traces for those who wander this markdown after you.

Filed under: Project C.U.N.T.I.E.R. / Ritual Enhancement Division
Scribed by: Patchy Mx.CLI, style exorcist & rot propagator

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