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# Generate the planned starting frames

> production_frames_generate: permissions and generated input/output contracts.

`production_frames_generate` · Gateway release **0.8.3**

Queue one native batch of 1–8 exact shot starting frames using the Production format, pinned identity/Location/Look and native reference-slot budget. For continuity, first generate and inspect an earlier anchor, then choose\_draft\_frame with its preview receipt before generating dependent shots. continuityReferences must identify that exact earlier selection in the same included location with no omitted cast or changed Look. Pricing/reservation/launch are internal. Prior candidates remain. The job reports omissions or blockers; no automatic paid retries.

Required scopes: `account:read`, `production:generate`. Changes saved state or requests work; review the operation’s effects.

Availability depends on runtime configuration and the permissions granted to this connection. Use live MCP discovery as the authority.

## Input

```json theme={null}
{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "productionId": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-fA-F0-9]{24}$",
      "description": "ID of the saved Production whose asset context must remain pinned."
    },
    "operationId": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9-]{16,64}$",
      "description": "Persist a client-generated UUID before this mutation. Repeat identical inputs and this same ID after interruption; a new ID is a new request."
    },
    "expectedVersion": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Copy the current version from the latest workflow read. Refresh after a conflict; never increment or guess it."
    },
    "shotNodeIds": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^[a-fA-F0-9]{24}$"
      },
      "minItems": 1,
      "maxItems": 8,
      "uniqueItems": true
    },
    "quality": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "high",
        "medium",
        "low"
      ]
    },
    "continuityReferences": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "shotNodeId": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^[a-fA-F0-9]{24}$"
          },
          "sourceShotNodeId": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^[a-fA-F0-9]{24}$"
          },
          "sheetId": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^[a-fA-F0-9]{24}$"
          },
          "renderId": {
            "type": "string",
            "minLength": 1,
            "maxLength": 100
          },
          "assetId": {
            "type": "string",
            "pattern": "^[a-fA-F0-9]{24}$",
            "description": "ID of an already saved and linked Media record returned by this workflow."
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "shotNodeId",
          "sourceShotNodeId",
          "sheetId",
          "renderId",
          "assetId"
        ]
      },
      "minItems": 0,
      "maxItems": 8
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "productionId",
    "operationId",
    "expectedVersion",
    "shotNodeIds"
  ]
}
```

## Declared output — partial envelope

This is a partial versioned envelope, not the complete Production receipt. Read the operation’s returned progress and retained result; queued work is not completed media.

```json theme={null}
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "schemaVersion": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "1"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "schemaVersion"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": {}
}
```

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