diff --git a/.fallowrc.jsonc b/.fallowrc.jsonc
index a4d0163de..6ce9ccca3 100644
--- a/.fallowrc.jsonc
+++ b/.fallowrc.jsonc
@@ -325,6 +325,12 @@
       // → assert-remove-spawn shape; each verifies a distinct prune behavior, so
       // extracting the shared scaffold would obscure what each case asserts.
       "packages/cli/src/commands/skills.test.ts",
+      // layout-audit.browser.test.ts: parallel arrange/act/assert cases per audit
+      // rule (overflow / overlap / occlusion) that each install their own mocked
+      // geometry + computed-style before asserting. The clone groups are this
+      // pre-existing per-rule scaffold; adding a clip-path case shifts lines and
+      // re-flags it. Collapsing the per-rule installers would obscure each case.
+      "packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.test.ts",
     ],
   },
   "health": {
@@ -409,6 +415,14 @@
       // gsapRuntimeReaders.ts: pre-existing complexity in readAllAnimatedProperties;
       // line-shift fingerprint from import-path updates triggers the violation.
       "packages/studio/src/hooks/gsapRuntimeReaders.ts",
+      // In-page audit scripts: single large browser-side IIFE wrappers
+      // (auditLayout/__contrastAudit) with pre-existing CRITICAL helpers
+      // (textOverflowFixHint, selectorFor, the WCAG walk). Adding the small
+      // clip-path probe helpers shifts every function below it, so the line-shift
+      // fingerprint re-flags inherited complexity even though the new helpers are
+      // all at the lowest tier (<=5 cyclomatic).
+      "packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js",
+      "packages/cli/src/commands/contrast-audit.browser.js",
     ],
   },
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/contrast-audit.browser.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/contrast-audit.browser.js
index 7b45f6e7f..ab52ba9f8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/contrast-audit.browser.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/contrast-audit.browser.js
@@ -45,6 +45,45 @@ window.__contrastAudit = async function (imgBase64, time) {
     return s[Math.floor(s.length / 2)];
   }
 
+  function hasClipPath(el) {
+    for (var ce = el; ce; ce = ce.parentElement) {
+      var cp = getComputedStyle(ce).clipPath;
+      if (cp && cp !== "none") return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  var CLIP_PROBE_COLS = [0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.95];
+  var CLIP_PROBE_ROWS = [0.25, 0.5, 0.75];
+
+  function paintsAnyProbePoint(el, rect) {
+    // Keep probe resolution aligned with layout-audit.browser.js. Edge strips
+    // narrower than the nearest probe point are treated as clipped away to
+    // avoid noisy typewriter pre-reveal contrast reports.
+    for (var ci = 0; ci < CLIP_PROBE_COLS.length; ci++) {
+      for (var ri = 0; ri < CLIP_PROBE_ROWS.length; ri++) {
+        var x = rect.left + rect.width * CLIP_PROBE_COLS[ci];
+        var y = rect.top + rect.height * CLIP_PROBE_ROWS[ri];
+        var hit = document.elementFromPoint(x, y);
+        if (hit === el || el.contains(hit)) return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // A clip-path can shrink an element's painted region to nothing (a typewriter
+  // span pre-reveal at `inset(0 100% 0 0)`, or `circle(0px)`) while its box and
+  // colours read normally; it then paints zero pixels and measures a meaningless
+  // background-on-background ratio. clip-path drives hit-testing, so a fully
+  // clipped element is unreachable by elementFromPoint across its box. Probe only
+  // when a clip-path is in effect (self or ancestor) so genuinely-occluded but
+  // unclipped text is not skipped.
+  function isClippedAway(el, rect) {
+    if (typeof document.elementFromPoint !== "function") return false;
+    if (!hasClipPath(el)) return false;
+    return !paintsAnyProbePoint(el, rect);
+  }
+
   // Decode screenshot into canvas pixel data
   var img = new Image();
   await new Promise(function (resolve) {
@@ -110,6 +149,7 @@ window.__contrastAudit = async function (imgBase64, time) {
     var rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();
     if (rect.width < 8 || rect.height < 8) continue;
     if (rect.right <= 0 || rect.bottom <= 0 || rect.left >= w || rect.top >= h) continue;
+    if (isClippedAway(el, rect)) continue;
 
     var fg = parseColor(cs.color);
     if (fg[3] <= 0.01) continue;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js
index 510a55c96..7a1e011b5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.js
@@ -98,6 +98,50 @@
     return opacity;
   }
 
+  // A clip-path can shrink an element's painted region to nothing (e.g. a
+  // typewriter span pre-reveal at `inset(0 100% 0 0)`, or `circle(0px)`) while
+  // its layout box, opacity, visibility and display all still read as present.
+  // Such an element paints zero pixels, so flagging it for overlap/occlusion is
+  // a false positive. clip-path also drives hit-testing, so an element clipped
+  // to nothing is unreachable by elementFromPoint anywhere in its box; only run
+  // the probe when a clip-path is actually in effect (self or ancestor) to avoid
+  // mistaking a genuinely-occluded element for a clipped one.
+  function hasClipPath(element) {
+    for (let current = element; current; current = current.parentElement) {
+      const clip = getComputedStyle(current).clipPath;
+      if (clip && clip !== "none") return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const CLIP_PROBE_COLS = [0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.95];
+  const CLIP_PROBE_ROWS = [0.25, 0.5, 0.75];
+
+  function paintsAnyProbePoint(element, rect) {
+    // Probe resolution intentionally treats edge strips narrower than the
+    // nearest probe point as clipped away. That avoids noisy reports for
+    // typewriter pre-reveal states; if a real visible-strip bug appears, add
+    // edge probes here before widening the audit surface.
+    for (const fx of CLIP_PROBE_COLS) {
+      for (const fy of CLIP_PROBE_ROWS) {
+        const hit = document.elementFromPoint(
+          rect.left + rect.width * fx,
+          rect.top + rect.height * fy,
+        );
+        if (hit === element || element.contains(hit)) return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  function isClippedAway(element) {
+    if (typeof document.elementFromPoint !== "function") return false;
+    if (!hasClipPath(element)) return false;
+    const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+    if (rect.width <= 0.5 || rect.height <= 0.5) return false;
+    return !paintsAnyProbePoint(element, rect);
+  }
+
   function isVisibleElement(element) {
     if (IGNORE_TAGS.has(element.tagName)) return false;
     if (hasIgnoreFlag(element)) return false;
@@ -111,7 +155,8 @@
     }
     if (opacityChain(element) < 0.2) return false;
     const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
-    return rect.width > 0.5 && rect.height > 0.5;
+    if (rect.width <= 0.5 || rect.height <= 0.5) return false;
+    return !isClippedAway(element);
   }
 
   function textContentFor(element) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.test.ts
index b6917f00a..e084637f2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/layout-audit.browser.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const script = readFileSync(join(__dirname, "layout-audit.browser.js"), "utf-8");
+const contrastScript = readFileSync(join(__dirname, "contrast-audit.browser.js"), "utf-8");
 
 interface RectInput {
   left: number;
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ describe("layout-audit.browser content overlap", () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.restoreAllMocks();
     document.body.innerHTML = "";
+    delete (document as unknown as { elementFromPoint?: unknown }).elementFromPoint;
     delete (window as unknown as { __hyperframesLayoutAudit?: unknown }).__hyperframesLayoutAudit;
   });
 
@@ -166,6 +168,73 @@ describe("layout-audit.browser content overlap", () => {
   it("respects the data-layout-allow-overlap opt-out", () => {
     expectExemptFromOverlap({ attrs: "data-layout-allow-overlap" });
   });
+
+  // A typewriter span clipped to nothing (clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0)) keeps a
+  // normal box but paints zero pixels; overlapping it must not flag the visible
+  // block beneath. The clipped element is unreachable by elementFromPoint, which
+  // is how isClippedAway detects it.
+  it("excludes a block clipped to nothing by clip-path from overlap", () => {
+    const issues = auditOverlapScene({
+      a: { textRect: rect({ left: 100, top: 100, width: 400, height: 100 }) },
+      b: {
+        textRect: rect({ left: 300, top: 120, width: 400, height: 100 }),
+        clipPath: "inset(0px 100% 0px 0px)",
+      },
+    });
+    expect(issues.some((issue) => issue.code === "content_overlap")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("still flags overlap when clip-path leaves painted text visible", () => {
+    const issues = auditOverlapScene({
+      a: { textRect: rect({ left: 100, top: 100, width: 400, height: 100 }) },
+      b: {
+        textRect: rect({ left: 300, top: 120, width: 400, height: 100 }),
+        clipPath: "inset(0px 25% 0px 0px)",
+      },
+    });
+    expect(issues.some((issue) => issue.code === "content_overlap")).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("contrast-audit.browser clip-path visibility", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    document.body.innerHTML = "";
+    delete (document as unknown as { elementFromPoint?: unknown }).elementFromPoint;
+    delete (window as unknown as { __contrastAudit?: unknown }).__contrastAudit;
+  });
+
+  it("excludes text clipped to nothing by clip-path from contrast reports", async () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <div id="root" data-composition-id="main" data-width="640" data-height="360">
+        <div id="headline">Hidden text</div>
+      </div>
+    `;
+
+    vi.spyOn(window, "getComputedStyle").mockImplementation((element) => {
+      const id = (element as Element).id;
+      return {
+        display: "block",
+        visibility: "visible",
+        opacity: "1",
+        color: "rgb(0, 0, 0)",
+        fontSize: "32px",
+        fontWeight: "400",
+        clipPath: id === "headline" ? "inset(0px 100% 0px 0px)" : "none",
+      } as unknown as CSSStyleDeclaration;
+    });
+
+    vi.spyOn(document.getElementById("headline")!, "getBoundingClientRect").mockReturnValue(
+      rect({ left: 100, top: 100, width: 400, height: 80 }),
+    );
+    (document as unknown as { elementFromPoint: () => Element | null }).elementFromPoint = () =>
+      null;
+
+    installContrastScript();
+
+    expect(await runContrastAudit()).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });
 
 // Both blocks overlap heavily; only the exemption on block A should suppress
@@ -179,8 +248,8 @@ function expectExemptFromOverlap(aOverrides: { color?: string; attrs?: string })
 }
 
 function auditOverlapScene(options: {
-  a: { textRect: DOMRect; color?: string; attrs?: string };
-  b: { textRect: DOMRect; color?: string; attrs?: string };
+  a: { textRect: DOMRect; color?: string; attrs?: string; clipPath?: string };
+  b: { textRect: DOMRect; color?: string; attrs?: string; clipPath?: string };
 }): ReturnType<typeof runAudit> {
   document.body.innerHTML = `
     <div id="root" data-composition-id="main" data-width="1920" data-height="1080">
@@ -192,6 +261,10 @@ function auditOverlapScene(options: {
     a: options.a.color ?? "rgb(0, 0, 0)",
     b: options.b.color ?? "rgb(0, 0, 0)",
   };
+  const clipPaths: Record<string, string> = {
+    a: options.a.clipPath ?? "none",
+    b: options.b.clipPath ?? "none",
+  };
   const textRects: Record<string, DOMRect> = { a: options.a.textRect, b: options.b.textRect };
 
   vi.spyOn(window, "getComputedStyle").mockImplementation((element) => {
@@ -201,9 +274,18 @@ function auditOverlapScene(options: {
       visibility: "visible",
       opacity: "1",
       color: colors[id] ?? "rgb(0, 0, 0)",
+      clipPath: clipPaths[id] ?? "none",
     } as unknown as CSSStyleDeclaration;
   });
 
+  // A clipped-to-nothing element is unreachable by elementFromPoint; mimic that
+  // by returning the topmost non-clipped block at any probe point.
+  (document as unknown as { elementFromPoint: () => Element | null }).elementFromPoint = () => {
+    if (!isFullyClipped(clipPaths.b ?? "none")) return document.getElementById("b");
+    if (!isFullyClipped(clipPaths.a ?? "none")) return document.getElementById("a");
+    return null;
+  };
+
   for (const element of Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("*"))) {
     vi.spyOn(element, "getBoundingClientRect").mockReturnValue(
       textRects[element.id] ?? rect({ left: 0, top: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080 }),
@@ -230,6 +312,10 @@ function auditOverlapScene(options: {
   return runAudit();
 }
 
+function isFullyClipped(clipPath: string): boolean {
+  return /inset\([^)]*100%|circle\(0px/i.test(clipPath);
+}
+
 describe("layout-audit.browser occlusion", () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.restoreAllMocks();
@@ -360,6 +446,39 @@ function installAuditScript(): void {
   window.eval(script);
 }
 
+function installContrastScript(): void {
+  class MockImage {
+    onload: (() => void) | null = null;
+    onerror: (() => void) | null = null;
+    naturalWidth = 640;
+    naturalHeight = 360;
+
+    set src(_value: string) {
+      this.onload?.();
+    }
+  }
+
+  vi.stubGlobal("Image", MockImage);
+  const getContextSpy = vi.spyOn(HTMLCanvasElement.prototype, "getContext") as unknown as {
+    mockReturnValue(value: CanvasRenderingContext2D): void;
+  };
+  getContextSpy.mockReturnValue({
+    drawImage() {},
+    getImageData() {
+      return { data: new Uint8ClampedArray(640 * 360 * 4).fill(255) };
+    },
+  } as unknown as CanvasRenderingContext2D);
+  window.eval(contrastScript);
+}
+
+async function runContrastAudit(): Promise<Array<Record<string, unknown>>> {
+  return (
+    window as unknown as {
+      __contrastAudit: (imgBase64: string, time: number) => Promise<Array<Record<string, unknown>>>;
+    }
+  ).__contrastAudit("stub", 0);
+}
+
 function runAudit(): Array<{
   code: string;
   selector: string;