mAi: #113 - fix admin rules list 'undefined' proceeding name

ProceedingType TS interface in admin-rules-list.ts and admin-rules-edit.ts
declared `name_de` but the Go ProceedingType model serialises `db:"name"`
as JSON key `name` (DE is the primary on the wire). Result: `pt.name_de`
was undefined for every row, so `${pt.code} · ${pt.name_de}` produced the
literal "upc.apl.cost · undefined" in the list (and the same in proceeding
selects of the edit page).

Frontend-only fix:
- Rename the field to `name` to match the API contract.
- Guard the label builder: if the active-language name is missing, fall
  back to just the proceeding code rather than rendering "code · " (or
  worse, the original "code · undefined" string).

Other admin pages that fetch /api/proceeding-types-db (deadlines-new,
deadlines-detail, project-form, fristenrechner) already read `pt.name`
correctly, so the bug was scoped to these two files. TriggerEvent's
`name_de` field is real and stays untouched.

frontend/src/client/admin-rules-edit.ts

@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ interface Rule {
 interface ProceedingType {
   id: number;
   code: string;
-  name_de: string;
+  // `name` is the German display name on the wire; the Go `ProceedingType`
+  // model serialises `db:"name"` as JSON key `name`. Don't reach for
+  // `name_de` — that field does not exist in this payload (m/paliad#113).
+  name: string;
   name_en: string;
 }
 
@@ -169,7 +172,8 @@ function fillProceedingSelect(selectId: string, list: ProceedingType[]) {
   for (const pt of list) {
     const opt = document.createElement("option");
     opt.value = String(pt.id);
-    opt.textContent = `${pt.code} · ${getLang() === "en" ? pt.name_en : pt.name_de}`;
+    const name = getLang() === "en" ? pt.name_en : pt.name;
+    opt.textContent = name ? `${pt.code} · ${name}` : pt.code;
     sel.appendChild(opt);
   }
 }

frontend/src/client/admin-rules-list.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ interface Rule {
 interface ProceedingType {
   id: number;
   code: string;
-  name_de: string;
+  // `name` is the German display name on the wire; the Go `ProceedingType`
+  // model serialises `db:"name"` as JSON key `name` (the schema treats DE
+  // as primary). EN lives in `name_en`. Don't reach for `name_de` — that
+  // field does not exist in this payload (cf. m/paliad#113).
+  name: string;
   name_en: string;
   category: string;
 }
@@ -125,7 +129,12 @@ function proceedingLabel(id: number | null | undefined): string {
   if (id == null) return "—";
   const pt = proceedings.find((p) => p.id === id);
   if (!pt) return `#${id}`;
-  const name = getLang() === "en" ? pt.name_en : pt.name_de;
+  const name = getLang() === "en" ? pt.name_en : pt.name;
+  // Guard against a proceeding row that's missing the active-language
+  // name (or against a stale field-name mismatch slipping back in).
+  // Show the code on its own rather than "code · undefined" — that
+  // literal string is the smell that surfaced this bug (m/paliad#113).
+  if (!name) return pt.code;
   return `${pt.code} · ${name}`;
 }
 
@@ -153,7 +162,8 @@ async function loadProceedings(): Promise<void> {
   for (const pt of proceedings) {
     const opt = document.createElement("option");
     opt.value = String(pt.id);
-    opt.textContent = `${pt.code} · ${getLang() === "en" ? pt.name_en : pt.name_de}`;
+    const name = getLang() === "en" ? pt.name_en : pt.name;
+    opt.textContent = name ? `${pt.code} · ${name}` : pt.code;
     sel.appendChild(opt);
   }
 }

frontend/src/client/date-range-picker.ts

@@ -191,25 +191,37 @@ export function mountDateRangePicker(opts: MountOpts): PickerHandle {
   function renderPanel(): void {
     panel.replaceChildren();
 
-    // Three groups in a single row: past fan / ALLES centre / next fan.
-    const row = document.createElement("div");
-    row.className = "date-range-row";
+    // Three vertical columns: Past (closest→farthest top→bottom),
+    // NOW (Heute + Alles), Future (closest→farthest). The grid
+    // visualises time as space around NOW — each column's top is
+    // closest to the current moment, bottom is furthest away.
+    const grid = document.createElement("div");
+    grid.className = "date-range-grid";
 
-    const pastGroup = renderFan(
-      PAST_HORIZONS.filter((h) => presets.includes(h)),
+    // Past column: PAST_HORIZONS registry is outermost→innermost
+    // (past_all → past_1d); reverse for closeness-to-NOW ordering
+    // (past_1d at top, past_all at bottom).
+    const pastCol = renderColumn(
       "past",
+      t("date_range.fan.past.label"),
+      [...PAST_HORIZONS].reverse().filter((h) => presets.includes(h)),
     );
-    const centerGroup = renderCenter();
-    const nextGroup = renderFan(
-      NEXT_HORIZONS.filter((h) => presets.includes(h)),
-      "next",
+    const nowCol = renderNowColumn();
+    // Future column: NEXT_HORIZONS registry is already in closeness
+    // order (next_1d → next_all). next_1d moves to the NOW column as
+    // "Heute" (semantically just-today, single-day window), so the
+    // future column skips it.
+    const futureCol = renderColumn(
+      "future",
+      t("date_range.fan.future.label"),
+      NEXT_HORIZONS.filter((h) => h !== "next_1d" && presets.includes(h)),
     );
 
-    if (pastGroup) row.appendChild(pastGroup);
-    if (centerGroup) row.appendChild(centerGroup);
-    if (nextGroup) row.appendChild(nextGroup);
+    if (pastCol) grid.appendChild(pastCol);
+    if (nowCol) grid.appendChild(nowCol);
+    if (futureCol) grid.appendChild(futureCol);
 
-    panel.appendChild(row);
+    panel.appendChild(grid);
 
     // Custom-range section ("Anpassen"). Toggle button + collapsible
     // date-pair editor below.
@@ -218,49 +230,57 @@ export function mountDateRangePicker(opts: MountOpts): PickerHandle {
     }
   }
 
-  function renderFan(horizons: readonly TimeHorizon[], side: "past" | "next"): HTMLElement | null {
+  function renderColumn(
+    side: "past" | "future",
+    heading: string,
+    horizons: readonly TimeHorizon[],
+  ): HTMLElement | null {
     if (horizons.length === 0) return null;
-    const group = document.createElement("div");
-    group.className = `date-range-fan date-range-fan--${side}`;
-    group.setAttribute("role", "group");
-    group.setAttribute("aria-label", side === "past"
-      ? t("date_range.fan.past.label")
-      : t("date_range.fan.future.label"));
+    const col = document.createElement("div");
+    col.className = `date-range-col date-range-col--${side}`;
+    col.setAttribute("role", "group");
+    col.setAttribute("aria-label", heading);
+
+    const head = document.createElement("div");
+    head.className = "date-range-col-heading";
+    head.textContent = heading;
+    col.appendChild(head);
+
     for (const h of horizons) {
-      group.appendChild(makeChip(h));
+      col.appendChild(makeChip(h));
     }
-    return group;
+    return col;
   }
 
-  function renderCenter(): HTMLElement | null {
-    if (!presets.includes("any")) return null;
-    const wrap = document.createElement("div");
-    wrap.className = "date-range-center";
-    const btn = document.createElement("button");
-    btn.type = "button";
-    btn.className = "date-range-center-btn";
-    if (value.horizon === "any" || value.horizon === "all") {
-      btn.classList.add("date-range-center-btn--active");
-    }
-    btn.setAttribute("aria-pressed", String(value.horizon === "any" || value.horizon === "all"));
-    btn.dataset.testid = `${opts.surface}.date-range-chip.any`;
+  function renderNowColumn(): HTMLElement | null {
+    const showHeute = presets.includes("next_1d");
+    const showAlles = presets.includes("any");
+    if (!showHeute && !showAlles) return null;
 
-    const glyph = document.createElement("span");
-    glyph.className = "date-range-center-glyph";
+    const col = document.createElement("div");
+    col.className = "date-range-col date-range-col--now";
+    col.setAttribute("role", "group");
+    col.setAttribute("aria-label", t("date_range.center.label"));
+
+    const glyph = document.createElement("div");
+    glyph.className = "date-range-col-heading date-range-col-heading--glyph";
     glyph.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
     glyph.textContent = "⌖"; // ⌖ POSITION INDICATOR
-    const label = document.createElement("span");
-    label.className = "date-range-center-label";
-    label.textContent = t("date_range.center.label");
-    btn.appendChild(glyph);
-    btn.appendChild(label);
+    col.appendChild(glyph);
 
-    btn.addEventListener("click", () => {
-      commit({ horizon: "any" }, /*closeAfter*/ true);
-    });
-
-    wrap.appendChild(btn);
-    return wrap;
+    if (showHeute) col.appendChild(makeChip("next_1d"));
+    if (showAlles) {
+      const allesChip = makeChip("any");
+      // Legacy "all" horizon also lights up Alles for back-compat
+      // with saved Custom Views that store the bidirectional-unbounded
+      // value (Q26 — parser preserves it, picker surfaces it here).
+      if (value.horizon === "all") {
+        allesChip.classList.add("agenda-chip-active");
+        allesChip.setAttribute("aria-pressed", "true");
+      }
+      col.appendChild(allesChip);
+    }
+    return col;
   }
 
   function makeChip(h: TimeHorizon): HTMLButtonElement {

frontend/src/client/filter-bar/axes.ts

@@ -73,13 +73,16 @@ export function renderAxis(axis: AxisKey, ctx: AxisCtx, opts?: RenderAxisOpts):
 
 type TimeHorizonValue = NonNullable<BarState["time"]>["horizon"];
 
-// Default chip set when the surface doesn't override. Matches the
-// forward-leaning bias of the legacy filter-bar default (the universal
-// substrate is more often used for "what's coming up" than "what just
-// happened") but now covers the full symmetric fan plus past_30d for
-// quick recent-history lookups.
+// Default chip set when the surface doesn't override. Mirrors m's
+// 3-column picker spec (t-paliad-278): symmetric 7d/30d/90d/all fan
+// per side, plus Heute (next_1d) + Alles (any) in the centre column,
+// plus Anpassen. Surfaces with a tighter scope (project history is
+// past-only) keep overriding via `timePresets`.
 const DEFAULT_TIME_PRESETS: TimeHorizonValue[] = [
-  "past_30d", "past_7d", "any", "next_7d", "next_30d", "next_90d", "custom",
+  "past_7d", "past_30d", "past_90d", "past_all",
+  "next_1d", "any",
+  "next_7d", "next_30d", "next_90d", "next_all",
+  "custom",
 ];
 
 function renderTimeAxis(ctx: AxisCtx, presetOverride?: TimeHorizonValue[]): HTMLElement {

frontend/src/client/i18n.ts

@@ -3062,7 +3062,7 @@ const translations: Record<Lang, Record<string, string>> = {
     // /admin/audit-log to the same component.
     "date_range.button.label": "Zeitraum",
     "date_range.button.label.custom_range": "Von {from} bis {to}",
-    "date_range.horizon.next_1d":  "Morgen",
+    "date_range.horizon.next_1d":  "Heute",
     "date_range.horizon.next_7d":  "Nächste 7 Tage",
     "date_range.horizon.next_14d": "Nächste 14 Tage",
     "date_range.horizon.next_30d": "Nächste 30 Tage",
@@ -6110,7 +6110,7 @@ const translations: Record<Lang, Record<string, string>> = {
     // Date-range picker (t-paliad-248). See DE block above for details.
     "date_range.button.label": "Time range",
     "date_range.button.label.custom_range": "From {from} to {to}",
-    "date_range.horizon.next_1d":  "Tomorrow",
+    "date_range.horizon.next_1d":  "Today",
     "date_range.horizon.next_7d":  "Next 7 days",
     "date_range.horizon.next_14d": "Next 14 days",
     "date_range.horizon.next_30d": "Next 30 days",

frontend/src/client/submission-draft.ts

@@ -610,10 +610,25 @@ function paintVariables(): void {
 
   host.querySelectorAll<HTMLInputElement>(".submission-draft-var-input").forEach((inp) => {
     inp.addEventListener("input", () => onVarChange(inp));
+    // t-paliad-274 (B) — focus into a sidebar field highlights every
+    // matching .draft-var span in the preview (sticky while focused,
+    // clears on blur). Survives autosave repaints because paintVariables
+    // is called by flushAutosave and we re-bind every render.
+    inp.addEventListener("focusin", () => onVarFocusEnter(inp.dataset.var ?? ""));
+    inp.addEventListener("focusout", () => onVarFocusLeave(inp.dataset.var ?? ""));
   });
   host.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>(".submission-draft-var-reset").forEach((btn) => {
     btn.addEventListener("click", () => onVarReset(btn.dataset.resetKey ?? ""));
   });
+  // After repaint, re-apply the active highlight if a field is still
+  // focused (paintVariables runs after autosave; the same input regains
+  // focus via restoreVarFocus and would otherwise emit focusin too
+  // late for our handler — re-apply explicitly).
+  const active = document.activeElement;
+  if (isVarField(active)) {
+    const key = active.dataset.var;
+    if (key) applyPreviewActiveHighlight(key);
+  }
 }
 
 function paintPreview(): void {
@@ -621,6 +636,16 @@ function paintPreview(): void {
   if (!host || !state.view) return;
   host.innerHTML = state.view.preview_html ?? "";
   wireDraftVars(host);
+  // t-paliad-274 (B) — preview HTML was just blown away by innerHTML,
+  // so any prior --active classes are gone. Re-apply for whichever
+  // sidebar field is currently focused (typing in a field triggers an
+  // autosave round-trip that ends in paintPreview, and the user should
+  // see the highlight stay put across that cycle).
+  const active = document.activeElement;
+  if (isVarField(active)) {
+    const key = active.dataset.var;
+    if (key) applyPreviewActiveHighlight(key);
+  }
 }
 
 // t-paliad-261 (B) — click a substituted variable in the preview to
@@ -695,6 +720,48 @@ function onDraftVarClick(key: string, ev: Event): void {
   flashVarRow(input);
 }
 
+// t-paliad-274 (B) — sidebar-field-focus → preview-occurrence highlight.
+// Reverse direction of the click-to-jump from #92: when the user focuses
+// any .submission-draft-var-input, every matching .draft-var span in the
+// preview gets the --active modifier; on blur (or focus shift to a
+// different field), the previous key's highlights clear and the new
+// key's apply. Sticky-while-focused, not a one-shot flash — the lawyer
+// can scan the preview for "where does this variable land in my prose?"
+// while the field stays focused.
+function onVarFocusEnter(key: string): void {
+  if (!key) return;
+  // Clear any leftover highlight before applying the new one — covers
+  // the focus-shift-without-blur case (Tab between fields).
+  clearPreviewActiveHighlight();
+  applyPreviewActiveHighlight(key);
+}
+
+function onVarFocusLeave(_key: string): void {
+  // We don't need the key here — if focus moves to a different sidebar
+  // input, that input's focusin will re-call apply with the new key
+  // (after our clearPreviewActiveHighlight). If focus leaves the sidebar
+  // entirely, this clears.
+  clearPreviewActiveHighlight();
+}
+
+function applyPreviewActiveHighlight(key: string): void {
+  const host = document.getElementById("submission-draft-preview");
+  if (!host) return;
+  host.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(
+    `.draft-var[data-var="${cssEscape(key)}"]`,
+  ).forEach((el) => {
+    el.classList.add("draft-var--active");
+  });
+}
+
+function clearPreviewActiveHighlight(): void {
+  const host = document.getElementById("submission-draft-preview");
+  if (!host) return;
+  host.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".draft-var--active").forEach((el) => {
+    el.classList.remove("draft-var--active");
+  });
+}
+
 function flashVarRow(input: HTMLElement): void {
   const row = input.closest<HTMLElement>(".submission-draft-var-row");
   if (!row) return;

frontend/src/styles/global.css

@@ -6007,16 +6007,27 @@ dialog.modal::backdrop {
     font-style: italic;
 }
 
-/* t-paliad-261 (B) — substituted variables in the preview are wrapped
-   in <span class="draft-var" data-var="…"> by the Go HTML renderer.
-   .draft-var by itself shows a subtle dotted underline so the lawyer
-   can SEE which text was filled in from a variable. .draft-var--has-input
-   (added client-side when a matching sidebar input exists) layers on
-   the clickable affordance — pointer cursor + brighter hover background.
-   Non-matching draft-vars (derived variables not exposed in the
-   sidebar) stay visually distinct but non-interactive. */
+/* t-paliad-261 / t-paliad-274 — substituted variables in the preview
+   are wrapped in <span class="draft-var" data-var="…"> by the Go HTML
+   renderer for BOTH filled values and missing-marker text. The lawyer
+   can click any wrapped span and jump to the matching sidebar input;
+   conversely, focusing a sidebar input lights up every matching span in
+   the preview via .draft-var--active.
+
+   Visual contract:
+     .draft-var                — invisible by default (prose stays clean
+                                  per t-paliad-274 m's request).
+     .draft-var--has-input     — pointer cursor; dotted underline on
+                                  hover so the click affordance reveals
+                                  itself, plus a brighter lime tint.
+     .draft-var--active        — sticky lime highlight applied while the
+                                  matching sidebar input is focused
+                                  (t-paliad-274 reverse direction).
+     [KEIN WERT: …] / [NO VALUE: …] markers carry their own warning
+     style via .submission-draft-var-marker on the sidebar hint; in the
+     preview they read as obvious gap text, so .draft-var itself doesn't
+     need an always-on visual to flag them. */
 .draft-var {
-    background-color: rgba(198, 244, 28, 0.12);
     border-radius: 2px;
     padding: 0 2px;
     box-decoration-break: clone;
@@ -6031,9 +6042,21 @@ dialog.modal::backdrop {
 .draft-var--has-input:hover,
 .draft-var--has-input:focus-visible {
     background-color: rgba(198, 244, 28, 0.45);
+    text-decoration: underline dotted rgba(198, 244, 28, 0.85);
+    text-underline-offset: 2px;
     outline: none;
 }
 
+/* t-paliad-274 (B) — sticky highlight while the matching sidebar input
+   is focused. Brighter than the hover tint so the user's eye lands on
+   every occurrence at once when they click into a field. Applies to ALL
+   .draft-var spans for that data-var, not just one. */
+.draft-var--active,
+.draft-var--has-input.draft-var--active {
+    background-color: rgba(198, 244, 28, 0.55);
+    box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(198, 244, 28, 0.85);
+}
+
 /* t-paliad-261 (B) — brief lime flash on the sidebar row after a
    click-jump from the preview, so the user's eye lands on the right
    input even after the smooth-scroll motion. Animation restarts on
@@ -17737,9 +17760,10 @@ dialog.quick-add-sheet::backdrop {
 }
 
 .date-range-panel {
-  /* Inherits .multi-panel positioning + border + shadow. Widen it so
-     the symmetric fan + the custom editor have room to breathe. */
-  width: 32rem;
+  /* Inherits .multi-panel positioning + border + shadow. Sized so the
+     3-column grid holds the widest chip text ("Ganze Vergangenheit")
+     without wrapping while staying within the viewport on tablets. */
+  width: 34rem;
   max-width: calc(100vw - 1rem);
   top: 100%;
   left: 0;
@@ -17747,88 +17771,54 @@ dialog.quick-add-sheet::backdrop {
   gap: 0.75rem;
 }
 
-.date-range-row {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  gap: 0.5rem;
-  align-items: stretch;
+.date-range-grid {
+  /* Past / NOW / Future as three equal vertical columns. Each column
+     is a top-aligned chip stack so closeness-to-NOW (closest at top,
+     farthest at bottom) reads spatially. */
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
+  gap: 0.75rem;
+  align-items: start;
 }
 
-.date-range-fan {
+.date-range-col {
   display: flex;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  gap: 0.3rem;
-  align-content: flex-start;
-  flex: 1 1 12rem;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
   min-width: 0;
 }
 
-.date-range-fan--past {
-  /* Past fan: outermost chip (Ganze Vergangenheit) leftmost. */
-  justify-content: flex-end;
+.date-range-col--now {
+  align-items: stretch;
 }
 
-.date-range-fan--next {
-  /* Future fan: innermost chip (Morgen / next_1d) leftmost. */
-  justify-content: flex-start;
-}
-
-.date-range-center {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  flex: 0 0 auto;
-  padding: 0 0.25rem;
-}
-
-.date-range-center-btn {
-  appearance: none;
-  display: inline-flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  gap: 0.1rem;
-  background: var(--color-surface-muted);
-  border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
-  border-radius: 0.6rem;
-  min-width: 4.5rem;
-  padding: 0.55rem 0.75rem;
-  font-size: 0.75rem;
-  font-weight: 600;
-  color: var(--color-text);
-  cursor: pointer;
-  transition: background 0.15s, border-color 0.15s, color 0.15s;
-}
-.date-range-center-btn:hover {
-  background: var(--color-overlay-subtle);
-  border-color: var(--color-accent-light);
-}
-.date-range-center-btn:focus-visible {
-  outline: 2px solid var(--color-accent);
-  outline-offset: 2px;
-}
-.date-range-center-btn--active {
-  background: var(--color-accent);
-  border-color: var(--color-accent);
-  color: var(--color-accent-dark);
-}
-
-.date-range-center-glyph {
-  font-size: 1.4rem;
-  line-height: 1;
-}
-
-.date-range-center-label {
+.date-range-col-heading {
   font-size: 0.7rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted, #71717a);
+  text-align: center;
+  padding-bottom: 0.15rem;
+}
+
+.date-range-col-heading--glyph {
+  font-size: 1.3rem;
+  line-height: 1;
+  letter-spacing: 0;
+  text-transform: none;
+  color: var(--color-text-muted, #71717a);
 }
 
 .date-range-chip {
-  /* .agenda-chip provides bg/border/radius/typography; this modifier
-     only tightens horizontal padding so more chips fit per row. */
-  padding: 0.3rem 0.65rem;
+  /* .agenda-chip provides bg/border/radius/typography; in the
+     3-column stack each chip fills its column so the closeness-to-NOW
+     ordering reads as a single vertical column rather than a ragged
+     row. */
+  padding: 0.35rem 0.65rem;
   font-size: 0.8rem;
+  width: 100%;
+  text-align: center;
 }
 
 .date-range-chip--custom {
@@ -17915,17 +17905,14 @@ dialog.quick-add-sheet::backdrop {
   color: var(--status-red-fg, #b91c1c);
 }
 
-/* Mobile: stack past / centre / next vertically so each fan gets
-   the full popover width. */
+/* Mobile: stack the 3 columns vertically (one column per row),
+   preserving the closeness-to-NOW sort within each column. */
 @media (max-width: 540px) {
   .date-range-panel {
     width: calc(100vw - 1rem);
   }
-  .date-range-row {
-    flex-direction: column;
-  }
-  .date-range-fan--past,
-  .date-range-fan--next {
-    justify-content: flex-start;
+  .date-range-grid {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
   }
 }

internal/handlers/files.go

@@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ var fileRegistry = map[string]fileEntry{
 		RepoName:     "mWorkRepo",
 		FilePath:     "6 - material/Templates/Word/Paliad/" + branding.Name + "/_skeleton.docx",
 	},
+	// Firm-formatted skeleton (t-paliad-275). Carries the same 48-key
+	// placeholder bag as the universal _skeleton.docx, but additionally
+	// preserves every HL paragraph + character style from the HL Patents
+	// Style .dotm (HLpat-Heading-H1..H5, HLpat-Body-B0, HLpat-Header-Section,
+	// HLpat-Table-Recitals-*, HLpat-Signature, …) and the firm letterhead
+	// (header logo + firm-address footer). Slotted ahead of the universal
+	// skeleton in the fallback chain so any submission_code without a
+	// dedicated per-code template still renders as a real firm-branded
+	// Schriftsatz with variables substituted, rather than a plain skeleton.
+	// Generated via scripts/gen-hl-skeleton-template against the .dotm.
+	firmSkeletonSubmissionSlug: {
+		RawURL:       "https://mgit.msbls.de/m/mWorkRepo/raw/branch/main/6%20-%20material/Templates/Word/Paliad/" + branding.Name + "/_firm-skeleton.docx",
+		DownloadName: branding.Name + " — Firm Schriftsatz-Skelett.docx",
+		ContentType:  "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
+		RepoOwner:    "m",
+		RepoName:     "mWorkRepo",
+		FilePath:     "6 - material/Templates/Word/Paliad/" + branding.Name + "/_firm-skeleton.docx",
+	},
 }
 
 // skeletonSubmissionSlug names the universal skeleton template inside
@@ -87,6 +105,14 @@ var fileRegistry = map[string]fileEntry{
 // the same string the registry uses.
 const skeletonSubmissionSlug = "submission/_skeleton.docx"
 
+// firmSkeletonSubmissionSlug names the firm-formatted skeleton template
+// inside the shared fileRegistry cache (t-paliad-275). Same placeholder
+// surface as skeletonSubmissionSlug; carries HL paragraph + character
+// styles from the source .dotm on top. Sits between the per-code
+// template and the generic universal skeleton in the fallback chain so
+// codes without a dedicated template still render with firm branding.
+const firmSkeletonSubmissionSlug = "submission/_firm-skeleton.docx"
+
 // submissionTemplateRegistry maps a deadline-rule submission_code to a
 // fileRegistry slug. Lookup order matches the cronus design fallback
 // chain §8: per-firm `templates/{FIRM_NAME}/{code}.docx` first, then
@@ -219,11 +245,28 @@ func handleFileRefresh(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 // call warms the cache synchronously from mWorkRepo via Gitea; later
 // calls return immediately while a background refresh runs.
 func fetchSubmissionSkeletonBytes(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, string, error) {
-	entry, ok := fileRegistry[skeletonSubmissionSlug]
+	return fetchSubmissionTemplateSlug(ctx, skeletonSubmissionSlug)
+}
+
+// fetchFirmSkeletonBytes returns the cached firm-formatted skeleton
+// template bytes (HL paragraph/character styles + 48-key placeholder
+// bag) plus its provenance SHA. Sits between the per-code template and
+// the generic universal skeleton in resolveSubmissionTemplate's
+// fallback chain (t-paliad-275). Same stale-while-revalidate caching
+// as the other Gitea-backed template parts.
+func fetchFirmSkeletonBytes(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	return fetchSubmissionTemplateSlug(ctx, firmSkeletonSubmissionSlug)
+}
+
+// fetchSubmissionTemplateSlug is the shared cache-aware fetcher used by
+// the firm-skeleton and universal-skeleton accessors. Factored out so
+// the two paths can't drift apart on caching semantics.
+func fetchSubmissionTemplateSlug(ctx context.Context, slug string) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	entry, ok := fileRegistry[slug]
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("file proxy: %s not registered", skeletonSubmissionSlug)
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("file proxy: %s not registered", slug)
 	}
-	ce := getCacheEntry(skeletonSubmissionSlug)
+	ce := getCacheEntry(slug)
 
 	ce.mu.RLock()
 	hasData := len(ce.data) > 0
@@ -241,7 +284,7 @@ func fetchSubmissionSkeletonBytes(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, string, error) {
 	ce.mu.RLock()
 	defer ce.mu.RUnlock()
 	if len(ce.data) == 0 {
-		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("file proxy: %s cache empty after fetch", skeletonSubmissionSlug)
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("file proxy: %s cache empty after fetch", slug)
 	}
 	out := make([]byte, len(ce.data))
 	copy(out, ce.data)

internal/handlers/submission_drafts.go

@@ -904,19 +904,25 @@ func buildSubmissionDraftView(ctx context.Context, d *services.SubmissionDraft,
 
 // resolveSubmissionTemplate returns the .docx bytes for the given
 // submission code. Lookup order matches the cronus design fallback chain
-// §8 plus the t-paliad-259 universal-skeleton slot:
+// §8 plus the t-paliad-259 universal-skeleton slot and the t-paliad-275
+// firm-skeleton slot:
 //
 //  1. per-firm per-submission_code template registered in
 //     submissionTemplateRegistry (e.g. de.inf.lg.erwidg.docx) — code-
 //     specific structure plus the full variable bag.
-//  2. universal _skeleton.docx — same variable bag, no submission_code-
-//     specific prose. Catches every code without a dedicated template
-//     so the editor preview / generate flow still has variables to
-//     substitute instead of falling through to the bare letterhead.
-//  3. universal HL Patents Style .dotm — macro-only letterhead, no
-//     placeholders. Final fallback when even the skeleton is unreachable
-//     (mWorkRepo outage etc.). Preserves the pre-t-paliad-259 behaviour
-//     for resilience.
+//  2. firm-formatted _firm-skeleton.docx — full HL paragraph + character
+//     styles (HLpat-Heading-H1..H5, HLpat-Body-B0, HLpat-Header-Section,
+//     HLpat-Table-Recitals-*, HLpat-Signature, …) preserved from the
+//     source .dotm, the firm letterhead header/footer, plus the full
+//     48-key placeholder bag. Catches every code without a dedicated
+//     template so the editor still renders firm-branded output.
+//  3. universal _skeleton.docx — same variable bag, no firm formatting.
+//     Backstop for when the firm skeleton is unreachable (e.g. a future
+//     firm hasn't authored one yet).
+//  4. universal HL Patents Style .dotm — macro-only letterhead, no
+//     placeholders. Final fallback when even both skeletons are
+//     unreachable (mWorkRepo outage etc.). Preserves the
+//     pre-t-paliad-259 behaviour for resilience.
 //
 // The returned SHA is the cache entry's commit SHA so the export audit
 // row can record provenance.
@@ -926,6 +932,11 @@ func resolveSubmissionTemplate(ctx context.Context, submissionCode string) ([]by
 	} else if found {
 		return data, sha, nil
 	}
+	if data, sha, err := fetchFirmSkeletonBytes(ctx); err == nil {
+		return data, sha, nil
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("submission_drafts: firm-skeleton fetch failed for code=%s, falling back to universal skeleton: %v", submissionCode, err)
+	}
 	if data, sha, err := fetchSubmissionSkeletonBytes(ctx); err == nil {
 		return data, sha, nil
 	} else {

internal/services/submission_merge_test.go

@@ -327,6 +327,40 @@ func TestRenderHTML_WrapsMissingMarker(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestRenderHTML_WrapsOverriddenValueSameAsResolved is the t-paliad-274
+// regression: m's report on m/paliad#106 was that "When filled, the link
+// disappears". The preview HTML must wrap an override value with the
+// same <span class="draft-var"> as it would an unfilled placeholder, so
+// the click-jump from preview→sidebar persists after the user types a
+// value. There is no distinction at the renderer level between a value
+// that came from the resolved bag (project / parties / deadline lookups)
+// and a value the lawyer typed into the sidebar — both arrive in the
+// same PlaceholderMap and both must be wrapped.
+func TestRenderHTML_WrapsOverriddenValueSameAsResolved(t *testing.T) {
+	doc := `<w:document><w:body>` +
+		`<w:p><w:r><w:t>{{project.case_number}} / {{firm.name}}</w:t></w:r></w:p>` +
+		`</w:body></w:document>`
+	tmpl := minimalMergeDOCX(t, doc)
+	r := NewSubmissionRenderer()
+	// project.case_number is the typed-by-lawyer override.
+	// firm.name is the always-resolved value from the firm bag.
+	html, err := r.RenderHTML(tmpl, PlaceholderMap{
+		"project.case_number": "UPC_CFI_42/2026",
+		"firm.name":           "HLC",
+	}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("render html: %v", err)
+	}
+	wantOverride := `<span class="draft-var" data-var="project.case_number">UPC_CFI_42/2026</span>`
+	if !strings.Contains(html, wantOverride) {
+		t.Errorf("expected overridden value wrapped in draft-var span (click-jump must persist after fill, t-paliad-274), got %q", html)
+	}
+	wantResolved := `<span class="draft-var" data-var="firm.name">HLC</span>`
+	if !strings.Contains(html, wantResolved) {
+		t.Errorf("expected resolved value still wrapped, got %q", html)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestRender_DocxOutputUnchangedByPreviewWrap asserts the hard rule from
 // t-paliad-261: the .docx export path must NOT carry the preview-only
 // draft-var sentinels or any draft-var span markup. Renders the same

scripts/gen-hl-skeleton-template/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,450 @@
+// HL-firm skeleton submission template generator (t-paliad-275).
+//
+// Reads HLC's "HL Patents Style" .dotm letterhead, strips its VBA
+// macros and template-only artifacts, then emits a clean .docx that:
+//
+//  1. Preserves every HL paragraph + character style (HLpat-Heading-H1,
+//     HLpat-Body-B0, HLpat-Signature, HLpat-Table-Recitals-*, …) by
+//     keeping word/styles.xml, word/theme/*, word/numbering.xml,
+//     word/fontTable.xml, settings.xml, footnotes/endnotes from the
+//     source .dotm untouched.
+//  2. Preserves the firm letterhead (logo header + firm-address footer)
+//     by keeping word/header[12].xml + word/footer[12].xml and the
+//     sectPr that references them.
+//  3. Replaces word/document.xml with a Schriftsatz-shaped body that
+//     exercises every SubmissionVarsService placeholder (firm.*,
+//     today.*, user.*, project.*, parties.*, procedural_event.*, rule.*,
+//     deadline.*) — applying HL paragraph/character styles to each
+//     section so the rendered output reads as a real HL submission with
+//     variables substituted.
+//
+// Drop the output into HL/mWorkRepo at
+//
+//	6 - material/Templates/Word/Paliad/HLC/_firm-skeleton.docx
+//
+// so paliad's submission generator picks it up via the fallback chain.
+// Lookup order after this CL: per-firm per-code → _firm-skeleton.docx
+// (THIS file — HL formatting + placeholders) → universal _skeleton.docx
+// (generic skeleton from t-paliad-259) → bare HL Patents Style .dotm
+// (no placeholders). See internal/handlers/submission_drafts.go
+// resolveSubmissionTemplate.
+//
+// Why this is firm-specific: the .dotm carries HL-licensed fonts,
+// HL-branded logo media, and HLpat-prefixed style IDs. The output lives
+// under the firm-namespaced directory in mWorkRepo so a future firm gets
+// its own equivalent file generated against its own .dotm.
+//
+// Run:
+//
+//	go run ./scripts/gen-hl-skeleton-template \
+//	  -in /tmp/hl-patents-style.dotm \
+//	  -out /tmp/_firm-skeleton.docx
+//
+// Output is byte-stable across runs for a given input (zip mtimes
+// pinned).
+package main
+
+import (
+	"archive/zip"
+	"bytes"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	in := flag.String("in", "", "path to source HL Patents Style .dotm (required)")
+	out := flag.String("out", "_firm-skeleton.docx", "output .docx path")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *in == "" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "gen-hl-skeleton-template: -in is required (path to HL Patents Style .dotm)")
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
+
+	srcBytes, err := os.ReadFile(*in)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "gen-hl-skeleton-template: read source:", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	docx, err := buildDocx(srcBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "gen-hl-skeleton-template:", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(*out, docx, 0o644); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "gen-hl-skeleton-template: write:", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("wrote %s (%d bytes)\n", *out, len(docx))
+}
+
+// fixedTime pins every zip entry's mtime so successive runs over the
+// same .dotm produce byte-stable output. Useful for diffing the
+// generated file in PR review.
+var fixedTime = time.Date(2026, 5, 25, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+// dropPaths lists zip entries removed during the .dotm → .docx
+// conversion. VBA macros + their keymap binding + the template-only
+// glossary parts and ribbon customizations are all dead weight (and
+// some actively trigger Word's macro-security warning) — none of them
+// add anything to a placeholder-rich Schriftsatz starter.
+var dropPaths = map[string]bool{
+	"word/vbaProject.bin":              true,
+	"word/vbaData.xml":                 true,
+	"word/customizations.xml":          true,
+	"userCustomization/customUI.xml":   true,
+	"customUI/customUI14.xml":          true,
+	"word/glossary/document.xml":       true,
+	"word/glossary/_rels/document.xml.rels": true,
+	"word/glossary/fontTable.xml":      true,
+	"word/glossary/numbering.xml":      true,
+	"word/glossary/settings.xml":       true,
+	"word/glossary/styles.xml":         true,
+	"word/glossary/webSettings.xml":    true,
+}
+
+// rIdsToDrop names the document-rel ids whose targets are stripped
+// from the package (vbaProject, customizations.xml, glossary). They
+// must vanish from word/_rels/document.xml.rels so Word doesn't choke
+// on a dangling reference.
+var rIdsToDrop = map[string]bool{
+	"rId1":  true, // vbaProject.bin
+	"rId2":  true, // customizations.xml (keymap to VBA)
+	"rId21": true, // glossary/document.xml
+}
+
+func buildDocx(src []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	zr, err := zip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(src), int64(len(src)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open source zip: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	zw := zip.NewWriter(&buf)
+
+	for _, f := range zr.File {
+		name := f.Name
+		if dropPaths[name] {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		body, err := readZipEntry(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("read %s: %w", name, err)
+		}
+
+		switch name {
+		case "[Content_Types].xml":
+			body = []byte(patchContentTypes(string(body)))
+		case "_rels/.rels":
+			body = []byte(patchRootRels(string(body)))
+		case "word/_rels/document.xml.rels":
+			body = []byte(patchDocumentRels(string(body)))
+		case "word/document.xml":
+			body = []byte(buildDocumentXML())
+		}
+
+		hdr := &zip.FileHeader{
+			Name:     name,
+			Method:   zip.Deflate,
+			Modified: fixedTime,
+		}
+		w, err := zw.CreateHeader(hdr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("create %s: %w", name, err)
+		}
+		if _, err := w.Write(body); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("write %s: %w", name, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := zw.Close(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("finalise zip: %w", err)
+	}
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+func readZipEntry(f *zip.File) ([]byte, error) {
+	rc, err := f.Open()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rc.Close()
+	return io.ReadAll(rc)
+}
+
+// patchContentTypes rewrites the macroEnabledTemplate part type to the
+// regular wordprocessingml.document type (a .dotm carries the macro
+// part type even on the body part), and removes Default/Override
+// entries that target now-deleted parts (vba binary, customizations,
+// glossary).
+func patchContentTypes(in string) string {
+	out := in
+	out = strings.ReplaceAll(out,
+		`<Override PartName="/word/document.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabledTemplate.main+xml"/>`,
+		`<Override PartName="/word/document.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.main+xml"/>`)
+
+	removals := []string{
+		`<Default Extension="bin" ContentType="application/vnd.ms-office.vbaProject"/>`,
+		`<Override PartName="/word/vbaData.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.ms-word.vbaData+xml"/>`,
+		`<Override PartName="/word/customizations.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.ms-word.keyMapCustomizations+xml"/>`,
+		`<Override PartName="/word/glossary/document.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.glossary+xml"/>`,
+		`<Override PartName="/word/glossary/numbering.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.numbering+xml"/>`,
+		`<Override PartName="/word/glossary/styles.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.styles+xml"/>`,
+		`<Override PartName="/word/glossary/settings.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.settings+xml"/>`,
+		`<Override PartName="/word/glossary/webSettings.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.webSettings+xml"/>`,
+		`<Override PartName="/word/glossary/fontTable.xml" ContentType="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.fontTable+xml"/>`,
+	}
+	for _, r := range removals {
+		out = strings.ReplaceAll(out, r, "")
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// patchRootRels drops the userCustomization (ribbon mini-tab) and the
+// customUI14 extensibility relationships — both reference VBA-backed
+// UI we don't ship.
+func patchRootRels(in string) string {
+	out := in
+	out = stripRelByPrefix(out, `<Relationship Id="rId2" Type="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/relationships/ui/userCustomization"`)
+	out = stripRelByPrefix(out, `<Relationship Id="Rf8f70ab1afd0469a" Type="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2007/relationships/ui/extensibility"`)
+	return out
+}
+
+// patchDocumentRels drops the document-level rels whose targets we
+// stripped (vbaProject, customizations.xml, glossaryDocument).
+func patchDocumentRels(in string) string {
+	out := in
+	for rid := range rIdsToDrop {
+		needle := `<Relationship Id="` + rid + `" `
+		out = stripRelByPrefix(out, needle)
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// stripRelByPrefix removes the full <Relationship .../> element whose
+// open tag starts with the given prefix. Tolerates either a regular
+// closing tag (</Relationship>) or the more common self-closing form.
+func stripRelByPrefix(s, prefix string) string {
+	for {
+		start := strings.Index(s, prefix)
+		if start < 0 {
+			return s
+		}
+		// Find end of this element (next "/>"). The .dotm always uses the
+		// self-closing form for Relationship elements.
+		end := strings.Index(s[start:], "/>")
+		if end < 0 {
+			return s
+		}
+		s = s[:start] + s[start+end+2:]
+	}
+}
+
+// buildDocumentXML emits a Schriftsatz skeleton that exercises every
+// SubmissionVarsService placeholder (the canonical 48-key v1 contract
+// + the procedural_event.* canonical names + their rule.* legacy
+// aliases). The structure mirrors a real DE/UPC submission — title
+// block → court → rubrum → patent reference → submission title →
+// legal grounds → Sachverhalt/Anträge/Rechtsausführungen/Beweis →
+// signature → locale-variant verification footer.
+//
+// Each placeholder lives in its own <w:r> run so the renderer's pass-1
+// (format-preserving single-run replace) catches every key. HL
+// paragraph styles (HLpat-Heading-H1, HLpat-Header-Section, etc.) are
+// applied via pStyle, character styles via rStyle.
+//
+// The sectPr at the bottom is copied verbatim from the source .dotm
+// so the firm header/footer references (rId16=header1, rId17=footer1,
+// rId18=header2 first-page, rId19=footer2 first-page) keep resolving
+// after we replace the body. pgSz/pgMar/cols/docGrid match the .dotm
+// exactly — a lawyer printing this gets the same A4 layout the .dotm
+// produces.
+func buildDocumentXML() string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteString(`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>`)
+	b.WriteString(`<w:document xmlns:w="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main" xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships">`)
+	b.WriteString(`<w:body>`)
+
+	skeletonBanner(&b)
+
+	heading(&b, "HLpat-Heading-H1", "{{firm.name}}")
+	body0(&b, "Bearbeiter: {{user.display_name}}")
+	body0(&b, "E-Mail: {{user.email}} · Büro: {{user.office}}")
+	body0(&b, "Datum: {{today.long_de}} ({{today.iso}})")
+	body0(&b, "{{firm.signature_block}}")
+
+	headerSection(&b, "{{project.court}}")
+	body0(&b, "Aktenzeichen: {{project.case_number}}")
+	body0(&b, "Verfahrensart: {{project.proceeding.name}} ({{project.proceeding.code}})")
+	body0(&b, "Instanz: {{project.instance_level}}")
+
+	headerSubsection(&b, "In der Sache")
+
+	recitalsParty(&b, "{{parties.claimant.name}}")
+	recitalsPartyDetails(&b, "vertreten durch {{parties.claimant.representative}}")
+	recitalsRoles(&b, "— Klägerin / Patentinhaberin / Anmelderin —")
+
+	recitalsSequencer(&b, "gegen")
+
+	recitalsParty(&b, "{{parties.defendant.name}}")
+	recitalsPartyDetails(&b, "vertreten durch {{parties.defendant.representative}}")
+	recitalsRoles(&b, "— Beklagte / Einsprechende / Beschwerdegegnerin —")
+
+	recitalsSequencer(&b, "sowie")
+
+	recitalsParty(&b, "{{parties.other.name}}")
+	recitalsPartyDetails(&b, "vertreten durch {{parties.other.representative}}")
+	recitalsRoles(&b, "— Weitere Beteiligte —")
+
+	headerSubsection(&b, "Betreff")
+	body0(&b, "Streitpatent: {{project.patent_number}} (UPC-Schreibweise: {{project.patent_number_upc}})")
+	body0(&b, "Anmeldung: {{project.filing_date}} · Erteilung: {{project.grant_date}}")
+	body0(&b, "Projekttitel: {{project.title}}")
+	body0(&b, "Unsere Seite: {{project.our_side_de}} ({{project.our_side}})")
+	body0(&b, "Mandant: {{project.client_number}} · Matter: {{project.matter_number}}")
+	body0(&b, "Internes Aktenzeichen: {{project.reference}}")
+
+	heading(&b, "HLpat-Heading-H1", "{{procedural_event.name}}")
+	body0(&b, "(Schriftsatz-Code: {{procedural_event.code}})")
+	body0(&b, "Rechtsgrundlage: {{procedural_event.legal_source_pretty}} ({{procedural_event.legal_source}})")
+	body0(&b, "Typische Partei: {{procedural_event.primary_party}} · Schriftsatz-Typ: {{procedural_event.event_kind}}")
+
+	headerSubsection(&b, "Frist")
+	body0(&b, "Frist-Bezeichnung: {{deadline.title}}")
+	body0(&b, "Fälligkeit: {{deadline.due_date_long_de}} ({{deadline.due_date}})")
+	body0(&b, "Ursprüngliche Frist: {{deadline.original_due_date}}")
+	body0(&b, "Berechnet aus: {{deadline.computed_from}} · Quelle: {{deadline.source}}")
+
+	heading(&b, "HLpat-Heading-H2", "I. Sachverhalt")
+	body0(&b, "[Hier folgt der Sachverhalt. Diese Vorlage ist eine Skelett-Fassung — bitte gemäß Schriftsatz-Typ ({{procedural_event.name}}) ausformulieren.]")
+
+	heading(&b, "HLpat-Heading-H2", "II. Anträge")
+	requestsIntro(&b, "Es wird beantragt:")
+	requestsLevel1(&b, "[Antrag 1 — gemäß {{procedural_event.legal_source_pretty}}]")
+	requestsLevel1(&b, "[Antrag 2]")
+
+	heading(&b, "HLpat-Heading-H2", "III. Rechtsausführungen")
+	body0(&b, "[Hier folgen die Rechtsausführungen.]")
+
+	heading(&b, "HLpat-Heading-H2", "IV. Beweis")
+	evidenceOffering(&b, "Beweis: [Beweismittel — z. B. Anlage K1: {{project.patent_number}}]")
+
+	heading(&b, "HLpat-Heading-H2", "Schlussformel")
+	signature(&b, "{{today.long_de}}")
+	signature(&b, "")
+	signature(&b, "{{user.display_name}}")
+	signature(&b, "{{firm.name}}")
+
+	// Locale-aware verification block — exercises every EN/DE alias the
+	// variable bag carries plus the rule.* legacy aliases so a lawyer
+	// editing the template sees that both surfaces resolve. A real
+	// submission deletes this section after sanity-checking the render.
+	heading(&b, "HLpat-Heading-H3", "Locale-Varianten & Legacy-Aliase (SKELETON)")
+	body1(&b, "EN long date: {{today.long_en}} · Today (bare alias): {{today}}")
+	body1(&b, "Project our side (EN): {{project.our_side_en}} · Proceeding (EN): {{project.proceeding.name_en}}")
+	body1(&b, "Proceeding (DE): {{project.proceeding.name_de}}")
+	body1(&b, "Deadline EN long: {{deadline.due_date_long_en}}")
+	body1(&b, "Procedural event name (DE): {{procedural_event.name_de}} · (EN): {{procedural_event.name_en}}")
+	body1(&b, "Rule legacy aliases — name: {{rule.name}}, name_de: {{rule.name_de}}, name_en: {{rule.name_en}}")
+	body1(&b, "Rule legacy aliases — code: {{rule.submission_code}}, legal_source: {{rule.legal_source}}, legal_source_pretty: {{rule.legal_source_pretty}}")
+	body1(&b, "Rule legacy aliases — primary_party: {{rule.primary_party}}, event_type: {{rule.event_type}}")
+
+	// sectPr — copied verbatim from the source .dotm. Keeps the firm
+	// letterhead header (rId16=header1.xml, rId18=header2.xml first-page)
+	// and the firm-address footer (rId17, rId19) on every printed page.
+	b.WriteString(sectPrXML)
+
+	b.WriteString(`</w:body></w:document>`)
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// sectPrXML matches the source .dotm's section properties exactly so
+// the firm header/footer refs and A4 page geometry round-trip.
+const sectPrXML = `<w:sectPr><w:headerReference w:type="default" r:id="rId16"/><w:footerReference w:type="default" r:id="rId17"/><w:headerReference w:type="first" r:id="rId18"/><w:footerReference w:type="first" r:id="rId19"/><w:pgSz w:w="11906" w:h="16838" w:code="9"/><w:pgMar w:top="567" w:right="1418" w:bottom="567" w:left="1418" w:header="284" w:footer="284" w:gutter="0"/><w:cols w:space="720"/><w:titlePg/><w:docGrid w:linePitch="286"/></w:sectPr>`
+
+func skeletonBanner(b *strings.Builder) {
+	b.WriteString(`<w:p><w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val="HLpat-Heading-H1"/></w:pPr><w:r><w:rPr><w:b/><w:color w:val="C00000"/></w:rPr><w:t xml:space="preserve">SKELETON — HL Patents Style mit Platzhaltern (nicht freigegeben)</w:t></w:r></w:p>`)
+}
+
+func heading(b *strings.Builder, style, text string)         { styledPara(b, style, "", text) }
+func headerSection(b *strings.Builder, text string)          { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Header-Section", "", text) }
+func headerSubsection(b *strings.Builder, text string)       { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Header-Subsection", "", text) }
+func body0(b *strings.Builder, text string)                  { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Body-B0", "", text) }
+func body1(b *strings.Builder, text string)                  { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Body-B1", "", text) }
+func recitalsParty(b *strings.Builder, text string)          { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Table-Recitals-Party", "", text) }
+func recitalsPartyDetails(b *strings.Builder, text string)   { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Table-Recitals-PartyDetails", "", text) }
+func recitalsRoles(b *strings.Builder, text string)          { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Table-Recitals-PartyRoles", "", text) }
+func recitalsSequencer(b *strings.Builder, text string)      { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Table-Recitals-Sequencers", "", text) }
+func requestsIntro(b *strings.Builder, text string)          { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Requests-Intro", "", text) }
+func requestsLevel1(b *strings.Builder, text string)         { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Requests-Level1", "", text) }
+func evidenceOffering(b *strings.Builder, text string)       { styledPara(b, "HLpat-EvidenceOffering", "", text) }
+func signature(b *strings.Builder, text string)              { styledPara(b, "HLpat-Signature", "", text) }
+
+// styledPara writes one paragraph with the given pStyle (paragraph
+// style id) and optional rStyle (character style applied to every run).
+// Empty style ids drop the corresponding wrapper. Placeholders inside
+// `text` are split into their own runs so the renderer's pass-1
+// single-run replace catches each one independently.
+func styledPara(b *strings.Builder, pStyle, rStyle, text string) {
+	b.WriteString(`<w:p>`)
+	if pStyle != "" {
+		b.WriteString(`<w:pPr><w:pStyle w:val="`)
+		b.WriteString(pStyle)
+		b.WriteString(`"/></w:pPr>`)
+	}
+	for _, seg := range splitOnPlaceholders(text) {
+		b.WriteString(`<w:r>`)
+		if rStyle != "" {
+			b.WriteString(`<w:rPr><w:rStyle w:val="`)
+			b.WriteString(rStyle)
+			b.WriteString(`"/></w:rPr>`)
+		}
+		b.WriteString(`<w:t xml:space="preserve">`)
+		b.WriteString(xmlEscape(seg))
+		b.WriteString(`</w:t></w:r>`)
+	}
+	b.WriteString(`</w:p>`)
+}
+
+func splitOnPlaceholders(s string) []string {
+	if s == "" {
+		return []string{""}
+	}
+	var out []string
+	for {
+		open := strings.Index(s, "{{")
+		if open < 0 {
+			out = append(out, s)
+			return out
+		}
+		close := strings.Index(s[open:], "}}")
+		if close < 0 {
+			out = append(out, s)
+			return out
+		}
+		end := open + close + 2
+		if open > 0 {
+			out = append(out, s[:open])
+		}
+		out = append(out, s[open:end])
+		s = s[end:]
+		if s == "" {
+			return out
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func xmlEscape(s string) string {
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "&", "&amp;")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "<", "&lt;")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, ">", "&gt;")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, `"`, "&quot;")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "'", "&apos;")
+	return s
+}