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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""One-shot meta-tooling duration analyzer.
+
+Walks git history + sub-agent task logs + session logs to produce a
+per-era, per-op duration analysis of the meta-tooling that built this
+codebase. Emits a 10-section Markdown report + JSON source-of-truth.
+
+Strictly Meta-Tooling domain (per docs/guide_meta_boundary.md). No
+src/ changes; no GUI changes; no Application-domain impact.
+
+Usage:
+ uv run python scripts/audit/analyze_meta_tooling_durations.py
+ uv run python scripts/audit/analyze_meta_tooling_durations.py --json-only
+ uv run python scripts/audit/analyze_meta_tooling_durations.py --output-dir <dir>
+ uv run python scripts/audit/analyze_meta_tooling_durations.py --era-window-days 7
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import re
+import statistics
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from collections import Counter, defaultdict
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Final
+
+# 1-space indent throughout per conductor/code_styleguides/python.md §1
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Dataclasses (per conductor/code_styleguides/data_oriented_design.md §8.5)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class Evidence:
+ """A single piece of evidence pointing to an era boundary."""
+
+ date: date
+ weight: str
+ source: str
+ note: str
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class EraBoundary:
+ """One era in the project's LLM-tooling history."""
+
+ index: int
+ start: date
+ end: date | None
+ name: str
+ evidence: list[Evidence] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class TrackRow:
+ """One track's duration and scope, era-bucketed."""
+
+ track_id: str
+ init_sha: str
+ end_sha: str
+ init_date: date
+ end_date: date
+ duration_days: int
+ commit_count: int
+ files_touched: int
+ era_index: int
+ status: str
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class SubAgentTaskOp:
+ """One sub-agent task log entry (Tier 3 or Tier 4 or Tier 1)."""
+
+ timestamp: datetime
+ tier: str
+ log_path: str
+ duration_s: float
+ in_track: str | None
+ era_index: int
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class CommitPrefixOp:
+ """One work-prefix commit."""
+
+ sha: str
+ date: date
+ prefix: str
+ scope: str
+ message: str
+ in_track: str | None
+ era_index: int
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class SessionOp:
+ """One chat session (logs/<session>/)."""
+
+ session_name: str
+ start_dt: datetime
+ end_dt: datetime
+ duration_min: float
+ task_count: int
+ era_index: int
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
+class EraStats:
+ """Aggregate stats for one era."""
+
+ era: EraBoundary
+ track_count: int
+ track_duration_median: float
+ track_duration_p25: float
+ track_duration_p75: float
+ track_commits_median: float
+ track_files_median: float
+ subagent_task_count: int
+ subagent_task_duration_median: float
+ commit_count: int
+ commit_count_by_prefix: dict[str, int]
+ session_count: int
+ session_duration_median: float
+ track_less_op_count: int
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Constants
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_REPO_ROOT: Final[Path] = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+_TRACKS_DIR: Final[Path] = _REPO_ROOT / "conductor" / "tracks"
+_ARCHIVE_DIR: Final[Path] = _REPO_ROOT / "conductor" / "archive"
+_LOGS_AGENTS_DIR: Final[Path] = _REPO_ROOT / "logs" / "agents"
+_LOGS_DIR: Final[Path] = _REPO_ROOT / "logs"
+
+_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIR: Final[Path] = _REPO_ROOT / "docs" / "reports"
+_DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_DIR: Final[Path] = _REPO_ROOT / "tests" / "artifacts"
+
+_DEFAULT_ERA_WINDOW_DAYS: Final[int] = 7
+_DEFAULT_DATE: Final[date] = date(2026, 7, 5)
+
+_WORK_PREFIX_RE: Final[re.Pattern[str]] = re.compile(
+ r"^(?P<prefix>feat|fix|refactor|perf|test)(?:\((?P<scope>[^)]*)\))?:\s"
+)
+_SESSION_NAME_RE: Final[re.Pattern[str]] = re.compile(
+ r"^(?P<date>\d{8})_(?P<time>\d{6})(?:_(?P<suffix>.+))?$"
+)
+
+_TIER_FROM_FILENAME_RE: Final[re.Pattern[str]] = re.compile(r"mma_tier(\d+[a-z\-]*)_task_")
+
+_ROLE_RE: Final[re.Pattern[str]] = re.compile(r"^ROLE:\s+(?P<role>.+)$", re.MULTILINE)
+_TIMESTAMP_RE: Final[re.Pattern[str]] = re.compile(r"^TIMESTAMP:\s+(?P<ts>.+)$", re.MULTILINE)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Era detection
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def cluster_era_candidates(
+ candidates: list[tuple[date, str, str]],
+ window_days: int,
+) -> list[EraBoundary]:
+ """Cluster era boundary candidates within `window_days` into EraBoundaries.
+
+ Args:
+  candidates: List of (date, weight, note) tuples from various signals.
+  window_days: Candidates within this many days of each other merge.
+
+ Returns:
+  List of EraBoundaries sorted by start date. The last era's `end` is None.
+  Evidence across all candidates in a cluster is preserved.
+ """
+ if not candidates:
+  return []
+ sorted_cands: list[tuple[date, str, str]] = sorted(candidates, key=lambda c: c[0])
+ clusters: list[list[tuple[date, str, str]]] = []
+ for cand in sorted_cands:
+  cand_date: date = cand[0]
+  if clusters and (cand_date - clusters[-1][-1][0]).days <= window_days:
+   clusters[-1].append(cand)
+  else:
+   clusters.append([cand])
+ eras: list[EraBoundary] = []
+ for i, cluster in enumerate(clusters):
+  cluster_start: date = cluster[0][0]
+  cluster_end: date | None = None
+  if i + 1 < len(clusters):
+   next_start: date = clusters[i + 1][0][0]
+   cluster_end = next_start - timedelta(days=1)
+  evidence: list[Evidence] = [
+   Evidence(date=c[0], weight=c[1], source="git-log", note=c[2])
+   for c in cluster
+  ]
+  eras.append(
+   EraBoundary(
+    index=i,
+    start=cluster_start,
+    end=cluster_end,
+    name=f"era_{i}",
+    evidence=evidence,
+   )
+  )
+ return eras
+
+
+def assign_era_name(index: int, total: int) -> str:
+ """Pick a human-readable name for an era by position.
+
+ Earliest is "early"; latest is "current"; middle is "mid"; second-to-last
+ is "late" (only when total >= 4 so that 3-eras stay early/mid/current).
+ """
+ if index == 0:
+  return "early"
+ if index == total - 1:
+  return "current"
+ if total <= 3:
+  return "mid"
+ if index == total - 2:
+  return "late"
+ return "mid"
+
+
+def assign_era_for_date(d: date, eras: list[EraBoundary]) -> int:
+ """Return the index of the era that contains date `d`.
+
+ The last era (open end) is the catch-all for any date >= its start.
+ """
+ for era in eras:
+  if era.end is None:
+   if d >= era.start:
+    return era.index
+  else:
+   if era.start <= d <= era.end:
+    return era.index
+ return eras[0].index if eras else 0
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Git plumbing helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _git_log(
+ folder_relpath: str,
+ *args: str,
+ timeout: int = 30,
+) -> str:
+ """Run `git log <args> -- <folder>` and return stdout. Empty on failure."""
+ try:
+  result: subprocess.CompletedProcess[str] = subprocess.run(
+   ["git", "log", *args, "--", folder_relpath],
+   capture_output=True,
+   text=True,
+   timeout=timeout,
+   check=False,
+  )
+  if result.returncode != 0:
+   return ""
+  return result.stdout
+ except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError):
+  return ""
+
+
+def _git_log_all(*args: str, timeout: int = 60) -> str:
+ """Run `git log <args>` (no path filter). Empty on failure."""
+ try:
+  result: subprocess.CompletedProcess[str] = subprocess.run(
+   ["git", "log", *args],
+   capture_output=True,
+   text=True,
+   timeout=timeout,
+   check=False,
+  )
+  if result.returncode != 0:
+   return ""
+  return result.stdout
+ except (subprocess.SubprocessError, OSError):
+  return ""
+
+
+def _parse_iso_date(s: str) -> date | None:
+ """Parse YYYY-MM-DD into a date. Returns None on failure."""
+ try:
+  return date.fromisoformat(s)
+ except ValueError:
+  return None
+
+
+def _git_first_commit_date(folder_relpath: str) -> date | None:
+ """Return the date of the first (oldest) commit touching folder_relpath."""
+ out: str = _git_log(folder_relpath, "--reverse", "--format=%aI")
+ if not out.strip():
+  return None
+ first_line: str = out.strip().splitlines()[0]
+ return _parse_iso_date(first_line[:10])
+
+
+def _git_last_commit_date(folder_relpath: str) -> date | None:
+ """Return the date of the last (newest) commit touching folder_relpath."""
+ out: str = _git_log(folder_relpath, "-1", "--format=%aI")
+ if not out.strip():
+  return None
+ return _parse_iso_date(out.strip()[:10])
+
+
+def _git_files_touched(folder_relpath: str) -> int:
+ """Count unique file paths touched across all commits in folder_relpath."""
+ out: str = _git_log(folder_relpath, "--name-only", "--pretty=format:")
+ files: set[str] = {line.strip() for line in out.splitlines() if line.strip()}
+ return len(files)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Track index
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _walk_track_folders() -> list[tuple[Path, str]]:
+ """Walk conductor/tracks/ and conductor/archive/; return (folder, relpath)."""
+ results: list[tuple[Path, str]] = []
+ for parent in (_TRACKS_DIR, _ARCHIVE_DIR):
+  if not parent.is_dir():
+   continue
+  for folder in sorted(parent.iterdir()):
+   if not folder.is_dir():
+    continue
+   relpath: str = folder.relative_to(_REPO_ROOT).as_posix()
+   results.append((folder, relpath))
+ return results
+
+
+def _init_end_shas(relpath: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+ """Return (init_sha, end_sha) for a track folder, respecting git mv."""
+ paths: list[str] = [relpath]
+ if relpath.startswith("conductor/archive/"):
+  paths.append(relpath.replace("conductor/archive/", "conductor/tracks/", 1))
+ log_lines: list[str] = []
+ for p in paths:
+  out: str = _git_log(p, "--oneline")
+  log_lines.extend(line for line in out.splitlines() if line.strip())
+ if not log_lines:
+  return ("", "")
+ init_sha: str = log_lines[-1].split(" ", 1)[0]
+ end_sha: str = log_lines[0].split(" ", 1)[0]
+ return (init_sha, end_sha)
+
+
+def _count_work_commits(relpath: str) -> int:
+ """Count feat|fix|refactor|perf|test commits touching relpath."""
+ out: str = _git_log(relpath, "--oneline")
+ count: int = 0
+ for line in out.splitlines():
+  if " " not in line:
+   continue
+  msg: str = line.split(" ", 1)[1]
+  if _WORK_PREFIX_RE.match(msg + " "):
+   count += 1
+ return count
+
+
+def _classify_status(relpath: str, folder: Path) -> str:
+ """Classify the track's status from state.toml + git evidence."""
+ state_path: Path = folder / "state.toml"
+ if state_path.is_file():
+  try:
+   for line in state_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines():
+    if line.strip().startswith("status") and "=" in line:
+     val: str = line.split("=", 1)[1].split("#")[0].strip().strip('"').strip("'")
+     if val in ("completed", "complete", "shipped"):
+      return "Completed"
+     if val == "superseded":
+      return "Superseded"
+     if val == "abandoned":
+      return "Abandoned"
+     if val == "active":
+      return "Active"
+  except OSError:
+   pass
+ wc: int = _count_work_commits(relpath)
+ if wc >= 3:
+  return "Completed"
+ if wc >= 1:
+  return "In Progress"
+ return "Active"
+
+
+def build_track_index(eras: list[EraBoundary]) -> list[TrackRow]:
+ """Walk every track folder and build a TrackRow per folder."""
+ rows: list[TrackRow] = []
+ for folder, relpath in _walk_track_folders():
+  init_date: date | None = _git_first_commit_date(relpath)
+  end_date: date | None = _git_last_commit_date(relpath)
+  if init_date is None or end_date is None:
+   continue
+  init_sha, end_sha = _init_end_shas(relpath)
+  duration_days: int = (end_date - init_date).days
+  commits: int = _count_work_commits(relpath)
+  files: int = _git_files_touched(relpath)
+  era_idx: int = assign_era_for_date(init_date, eras)
+  status: str = _classify_status(relpath, folder)
+  rows.append(
+   TrackRow(
+    track_id=folder.name,
+    init_sha=init_sha,
+    end_sha=end_sha,
+    init_date=init_date,
+    end_date=end_date,
+    duration_days=duration_days,
+    commit_count=commits,
+    files_touched=files,
+    era_index=era_idx,
+    status=status,
+   )
+  )
+ return rows
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Op Layer A: Sub-agent task log parser
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def parse_subagent_task_log(log_path: Path) -> tuple[str, datetime] | None:
+ """Parse a single mma_tier*_task_*.log file.
+
+ Returns (role, timestamp) tuple, or None if the file is malformed.
+ """
+ try:
+  text: str = log_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+ except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+  return None
+ role_match: re.Match[str] | None = _ROLE_RE.search(text)
+ ts_match: re.Match[str] | None = _TIMESTAMP_RE.search(text)
+ if role_match is None or ts_match is None:
+  return None
+ role: str = role_match.group("role").strip()
+ ts_str: str = ts_match.group("ts").strip()
+ try:
+  ts: datetime = datetime.strptime(ts_str, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+ except ValueError:
+  return None
+ return (role, ts)
+
+
+def _tier_from_role(role: str) -> str:
+ """Map a role string to a normalized tier label."""
+ role_lower: str = role.lower()
+ if role_lower.startswith("tier1"):
+  return "tier1"
+ if role_lower.startswith("tier3"):
+  return "tier3-worker"
+ if role_lower.startswith("tier4"):
+  return "tier4-qa"
+ return role
+
+
+def _find_track_for_timestamp(ts: datetime, tracks: list[TrackRow]) -> str | None:
+ """Return the track_id whose [init_date, end_date] window contains ts, or None."""
+ ts_date: date = ts.date()
+ for t in tracks:
+  if t.init_date <= ts_date <= t.end_date:
+   return t.track_id
+ return None
+
+
+def build_subagent_task_index(
+ eras: list[EraBoundary],
+ tracks: list[TrackRow],
+) -> list[SubAgentTaskOp]:
+ """Walk logs/agents/mma_tier*_task_*.log; emit one SubAgentTaskOp per log.
+
+ Duration is computed as the wall-clock seconds between consecutive logs
+ in the same tier (proxy: how long the agent's response took).
+ """
+ if not _LOGS_AGENTS_DIR.is_dir():
+  return []
+ parsed: list[tuple[str, datetime, Path]] = []
+ for log in sorted(_LOGS_AGENTS_DIR.iterdir()):
+  if not log.is_file() or not _TIER_FROM_FILENAME_RE.search(log.name):
+   continue
+  result: tuple[str, datetime] | None = parse_subagent_task_log(log)
+  if result is None:
+   continue
+  role, ts = result
+  parsed.append((_tier_from_role(role), ts, log))
+ parsed.sort(key=lambda t: t[1])
+ ops: list[SubAgentTaskOp] = []
+ for i, (role, ts, log) in enumerate(parsed):
+  if i + 1 < len(parsed):
+   next_ts: datetime = parsed[i + 1][1]
+   duration_s: float = (next_ts - ts).total_seconds()
+  else:
+   try:
+    mtime: float = log.stat().st_mtime
+    duration_s = max(0.0, mtime - ts.timestamp())
+   except OSError:
+    duration_s = 0.0
+  in_track: str | None = _find_track_for_timestamp(ts, tracks)
+  era_idx: int = assign_era_for_date(ts.date(), eras)
+  ops.append(
+   SubAgentTaskOp(
+    timestamp=ts,
+    tier=role,
+    log_path=str(log.relative_to(_REPO_ROOT)),
+    duration_s=duration_s,
+    in_track=in_track,
+    era_index=era_idx,
+   )
+  )
+ return ops
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Op Layer B: Commit-prefix indexer
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def build_commit_prefix_index(
+ eras: list[EraBoundary],
+ tracks: list[TrackRow],
+) -> list[CommitPrefixOp]:
+ """Walk all feat|fix|refactor|perf|test commits and bucket by track + era."""
+ out: str = _git_log_all(
+  "--pretty=format:%H|%aI|%s",
+ )
+ ops: list[CommitPrefixOp] = []
+ for line in out.splitlines():
+  parts: list[str] = line.split("|", 2)
+  if len(parts) != 3:
+   continue
+  sha, iso_date, message = parts
+  m: re.Match[str] | None = _WORK_PREFIX_RE.match(message)
+  if m is None:
+   continue
+  prefix: str = m.group("prefix")
+  scope: str = m.group("scope") or ""
+  d: date | None = _parse_iso_date(iso_date[:10])
+  if d is None:
+   continue
+  try:
+   dt: datetime = datetime.fromisoformat(iso_date.split("+")[0].split("Z")[0])
+  except ValueError:
+   continue
+  in_track: str | None = _find_track_for_timestamp(dt, tracks)
+  era_idx: int = assign_era_for_date(d, eras)
+  ops.append(
+   CommitPrefixOp(
+    sha=sha,
+    date=d,
+    prefix=prefix,
+    scope=scope,
+    message=message.strip(),
+    in_track=in_track,
+    era_index=era_idx,
+   )
+  )
+ return ops
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Op Layer C: Session log indexer
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def parse_session_name(name: str) -> tuple[date | None, str]:
+ """Parse a session folder name. Returns (date, suffix)."""
+ m: re.Match[str] | None = _SESSION_NAME_RE.match(name)
+ if m is None:
+  return (None, "")
+ try:
+  d: date = date(
+   int(m.group("date")[:4]),
+   int(m.group("date")[4:6]),
+   int(m.group("date")[6:8]),
+  )
+ except ValueError:
+  return (None, "")
+ suffix: str = m.group("suffix") or ""
+ return (d, suffix)
+
+
+def build_session_index(
+ eras: list[EraBoundary],
+ subagent_ops: list[SubAgentTaskOp],
+) -> list[SessionOp]:
+ """Walk logs/<session>/ directories and emit one SessionOp per session.
+
+ Excludes logs/agents/ (already covered by Op Layer A).
+ """
+ if not _LOGS_DIR.is_dir():
+  return []
+ ops_by_date: dict[date, int] = defaultdict(int)
+ for op in subagent_ops:
+  ops_by_date[op.timestamp.date()] += 1
+ sessions: list[SessionOp] = []
+ for entry in sorted(_LOGS_DIR.iterdir()):
+  if not entry.is_dir() or entry.name == "agents":
+   continue
+  d, _suffix = parse_session_name(entry.name)
+  if d is None:
+   continue
+  start_mtime: float | None = None
+  end_mtime: float | None = None
+  try:
+   for f in entry.rglob("*"):
+    if not f.is_file():
+     continue
+    mt: float = f.stat().st_mtime
+    if start_mtime is None or mt < start_mtime:
+     start_mtime = mt
+    if end_mtime is None or mt > end_mtime:
+     end_mtime = mt
+  except OSError:
+   continue
+  if start_mtime is None or end_mtime is None:
+   continue
+  start_dt: datetime = datetime.fromtimestamp(start_mtime)
+  end_dt: datetime = datetime.fromtimestamp(end_mtime)
+  duration_min: float = (end_dt - start_dt).total_seconds() / 60.0
+  task_count: int = ops_by_date.get(d, 0)
+  era_idx: int = assign_era_for_date(d, eras)
+  sessions.append(
+   SessionOp(
+    session_name=entry.name,
+    start_dt=start_dt,
+    end_dt=end_dt,
+    duration_min=duration_min,
+    task_count=task_count,
+    era_index=era_idx,
+   )
+  )
+ return sessions
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Statistician
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _percentile(values: list[float], pct: float) -> float:
+ """Linear-interpolation percentile (matches numpy default)."""
+ if not values:
+  return 0.0
+ sorted_v: list[float] = sorted(values)
+ k: float = (len(sorted_v) - 1) * (pct / 100.0)
+ f: int = int(k)
+ c: int = min(f + 1, len(sorted_v) - 1)
+ if f == c:
+  return sorted_v[f]
+ return sorted_v[f] + (sorted_v[c] - sorted_v[f]) * (k - f)
+
+
+def _safe_median(values: list[float]) -> float:
+ if not values:
+  return 0.0
+ return float(statistics.median(values))
+
+
+def compute_era_stats(
+ eras: list[EraBoundary],
+ tracks: list[TrackRow],
+ subagent_ops: list[SubAgentTaskOp],
+ commit_ops: list[CommitPrefixOp],
+ sessions: list[SessionOp],
+) -> list[EraStats]:
+ """Compute per-era aggregate statistics.
+
+ Returns one EraStats per era, in era order.
+ """
+ out: list[EraStats] = []
+ for era in eras:
+  e_tracks: list[TrackRow] = [t for t in tracks if t.era_index == era.index]
+  e_subagent: list[SubAgentTaskOp] = [op for op in subagent_ops if op.era_index == era.index]
+  e_commits: list[CommitPrefixOp] = [op for op in commit_ops if op.era_index == era.index]
+  e_sessions: list[SessionOp] = [s for s in sessions if s.era_index == era.index]
+  durations: list[float] = [float(t.duration_days) for t in e_tracks]
+  commits_per: list[float] = [float(t.commit_count) for t in e_tracks]
+  files_per: list[float] = [float(t.files_touched) for t in e_tracks]
+  subagent_durs: list[float] = [op.duration_s for op in e_subagent]
+  session_durs: list[float] = [s.duration_min for s in e_sessions]
+  prefix_counter: Counter[str] = Counter(op.prefix for op in e_commits)
+  track_less: int = sum(1 for op in e_subagent if op.in_track is None) \
+   + sum(1 for op in e_commits if op.in_track is None)
+  out.append(
+   EraStats(
+    era=era,
+    track_count=len(e_tracks),
+    track_duration_median=_safe_median(durations),
+    track_duration_p25=_percentile(durations, 25),
+    track_duration_p75=_percentile(durations, 75),
+    track_commits_median=_safe_median(commits_per),
+    track_files_median=_safe_median(files_per),
+    subagent_task_count=len(e_subagent),
+    subagent_task_duration_median=_safe_median(subagent_durs),
+    commit_count=len(e_commits),
+    commit_count_by_prefix=dict(prefix_counter),
+    session_count=len(e_sessions),
+    session_duration_median=_safe_median(session_durs),
+    track_less_op_count=track_less,
+   )
+  )
+ return out
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Renderer (10 section functions; one per Markdown section)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def render_methodology(era_window_days: int) -> str:
+ return (
+  "# Meta-Tooling Duration Analysis\n\n"
+  f"_Generated: {datetime.now().isoformat(timespec='seconds')}_\n\n"
+  "## 1. Methodology\n\n"
+  "This report analyzes the meta-tooling (per `docs/guide_meta_boundary.md`) "
+  "used to build this codebase from 2026-02-21 to 2026-07-05 (~133 days).\n\n"
+  "### 1.1 Data sources\n\n"
+  "- **Git history**: thousands of commits across the repo; work-prefix commits are feat/fix/refactor/perf/test\n"
+  "- **Sub-agent task logs**: every file in `logs/agents/mma_tier*_task_*.log`\n"
+  "- **Session logs**: every directory under `logs/` (excluding `logs/agents/`)\n"
+  "- **Per-track walker**: walks `conductor/tracks/` + `conductor/archive/`\n\n"
+  "### 1.2 Era detection algorithm\n\n"
+  f"Eras are detected via multi-signal weighted-vote. Candidates from "
+  f"multiple sources are clustered within a **{era_window_days}-day window**; "
+  "the cluster centroid becomes an era boundary. Signals (highest weight first):\n\n"
+  "1. **`config.toml` provider/model line changes** (`weight=high`)\n"
+  "2. **`conductor/workflow.md` tier-model-definition changes** (`weight=high`)\n"
+  "3. **`conductor/tech-stack.md` model-name changes** (`weight=high`)\n"
+  "4. **First appearance of a model name in a sub-agent task log** (`weight=medium`)\n"
+  "5. **Track spec frontmatter model mentions** (`weight=medium`)\n\n"
+  "### 1.3 Track attribution\n\n"
+  "Each sub-agent task log + each work-prefix commit is attributed to a track "
+  "if its timestamp falls inside the track's `[init_date, end_date]` window "
+  "(computed from the first and last commit touching the track folder). "
+  "Anything not attributed is a 'track-less op' (the simple todos that aren't "
+  "part of any formal track).\n\n"
+  "### 1.4 Limitations\n\n"
+  "- **No per-task model attribution.** Logs only carry tier (1/3/4), not the "
+  "exact model. We era-bucket, not per-task.\n"
+  "- **No LLM 'thinking' time or token costs** in the data.\n"
+  "- **Duration is wall-clock calendar days** between track init and last commit, "
+  "not active human/agent minutes.\n"
+  "- **Era boundaries are heuristic.** They reflect when configs/logs changed, "
+  "not when underlying model endpoints were updated server-side.\n"
+ )
+
+
+def render_era_timeline(eras: list[EraBoundary]) -> str:
+ lines: list[str] = ["\n## 2. Era Timeline\n"]
+ lines.append(f"Detected **{len(eras)} eras** (window={_DEFAULT_ERA_WINDOW_DAYS}d).\n")
+ lines.append("| # | Name | Start | End | Evidence count | Dominant providers/models |")
+ lines.append("|---|---|---|---|---|---|")
+ for era in eras:
+  end_str: str = era.end.isoformat() if era.end else "(current)"
+  models: set[str] = set()
+  for ev in era.evidence:
+   for token in ("gemini-3", "gemini-2.5", "minimax", "claude", "grok"):
+    if token in ev.note.lower():
+     models.add(token)
+  models_str: str = ", ".join(sorted(models)) if models else "—"
+  lines.append(
+   f"| {era.index} | {era.name} | {era.start.isoformat()} | {end_str} | "
+   f"{len(era.evidence)} | {models_str} |"
+  )
+ lines.append("\n### Evidence chain per era\n")
+ for era in eras:
+  lines.append(f"#### Era {era.index}: {era.name} (start {era.start.isoformat()})\n")
+  for ev in era.evidence:
+   lines.append(f"- `{ev.date.isoformat()}` **{ev.weight}**: {ev.note} _(source: {ev.source})_")
+  lines.append("")
+ return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def render_track_stats(eras: list[EraBoundary], tracks: list[TrackRow]) -> str:
+ lines: list[str] = ["\n## 3. Track-Level Stats\n"]
+ lines.append(f"**{len(tracks)} tracks** total.\n")
+ lines.append("### 3.1 Per-era aggregate\n")
+ lines.append("| Era | Tracks | Median duration (d) | P25 | P75 | Median commits | Median files |")
+ lines.append("|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|")
+ for era in eras:
+  e_tracks: list[TrackRow] = [t for t in tracks if t.era_index == era.index]
+  if not e_tracks:
+   lines.append(f"| {era.index} ({era.name}) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |")
+   continue
+  durations: list[float] = [float(t.duration_days) for t in e_tracks]
+  commits: list[float] = [float(t.commit_count) for t in e_tracks]
+  files: list[float] = [float(t.files_touched) for t in e_tracks]
+  lines.append(
+   f"| {era.index} ({era.name}) | {len(e_tracks)} | "
+   f"{_safe_median(durations):.1f} | {_percentile(durations, 25):.0f} | "
+   f"{_percentile(durations, 75):.0f} | {_safe_median(commits):.1f} | "
+   f"{_safe_median(files):.1f} |"
+  )
+ lines.append("\n### 3.2 All tracks (sorted by start date, top 30 by duration)\n")
+ lines.append("| Track | Init | End | Days | Commits | Files | Era | Status |")
+ lines.append("|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|")
+ for t in sorted(tracks, key=lambda x: x.duration_days, reverse=True)[:30]:
+  era_name: str = eras[t.era_index].name if t.era_index < len(eras) else "?"
+  lines.append(
+   f"| `{t.track_id}` | {t.init_date.isoformat()} | {t.end_date.isoformat()} | "
+   f"{t.duration_days} | {t.commit_count} | {t.files_touched} | "
+   f"{era_name} | {t.status} |"
+  )
+ return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def render_op_stats(commit_ops: list[CommitPrefixOp]) -> str:
+ lines: list[str] = ["\n## 4. Op-Level Stats (work-prefix commits)\n"]
+ lines.append(f"**{len(commit_ops)} work-prefix commits** total.\n")
+ lines.append("### 4.1 Per-era count by prefix\n")
+ lines.append("| Era | feat | fix | refactor | perf | test | Total |")
+ lines.append("|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|")
+ for era_idx in sorted({op.era_index for op in commit_ops}):
+  era_ops: list[CommitPrefixOp] = [op for op in commit_ops if op.era_index == era_idx]
+  counts: dict[str, int] = dict(Counter(op.prefix for op in era_ops))
+  lines.append(
+   f"| {era_idx} | {counts.get('feat', 0)} | {counts.get('fix', 0)} | "
+   f"{counts.get('refactor', 0)} | {counts.get('perf', 0)} | "
+   f"{counts.get('test', 0)} | {len(era_ops)} |"
+  )
+ lines.append("\n### 4.2 Top 15 busiest commit days\n")
+ by_day: Counter[date] = Counter(op.date for op in commit_ops)
+ for d, count in by_day.most_common(15):
+  lines.append(f"- `{d.isoformat()}`: {count} commits")
+ return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def render_subagent_stats(subagent_ops: list[SubAgentTaskOp]) -> str:
+ lines: list[str] = ["\n## 5. Sub-Agent Task Stats (Op Layer A)\n"]
+ lines.append(f"**{len(subagent_ops)} sub-agent task logs** parsed.\n")
+ lines.append("### 5.1 Per-tier counts and median duration\n")
+ lines.append("| Tier | Tasks | Median duration (s) | P25 | P75 |")
+ lines.append("|---|---|---|---|---|")
+ for tier in ("tier1", "tier3-worker", "tier4-qa"):
+  tier_ops: list[SubAgentTaskOp] = [op for op in subagent_ops if op.tier == tier]
+  if not tier_ops:
+   continue
+  durs: list[float] = [op.duration_s for op in tier_ops]
+  lines.append(
+   f"| {tier} | {len(tier_ops)} | {_safe_median(durs):.1f} | "
+   f"{_percentile(durs, 25):.0f} | {_percentile(durs, 75):.0f} |"
+  )
+ return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def render_trackless_ops(
+ subagent_ops: list[SubAgentTaskOp],
+ commit_ops: list[CommitPrefixOp],
+) -> str:
+ trackless_sub: list[SubAgentTaskOp] = [op for op in subagent_ops if op.in_track is None]
+ trackless_com: list[CommitPrefixOp] = [op for op in commit_ops if op.in_track is None]
+ lines: list[str] = ["\n## 6. Track-less Ops (the simple todos)\n"]
+ lines.append(f"- **{len(trackless_sub)} sub-agent tasks** outside any track window.")
+ lines.append(f"- **{len(trackless_com)} work-prefix commits** outside any track window.")
+ if trackless_sub:
+  lines.append("\n### 6.1 Sample track-less tasks (first 10 by timestamp)\n")
+  for op in sorted(trackless_sub, key=lambda o: o.timestamp)[:10]:
+   lines.append(f"- `{op.timestamp.isoformat()}` {op.tier}: `{op.log_path}`")
+ if trackless_com:
+  lines.append("\n### 6.2 Top 10 track-less commit prefixes\n")
+  prefix_counter: Counter[str] = Counter(op.prefix for op in trackless_com)
+  for p, c in prefix_counter.most_common(10):
+   lines.append(f"- `{p}`: {c} commits")
+ return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def render_trends(commit_ops: list[CommitPrefixOp], subagent_ops: list[SubAgentTaskOp]) -> str:
+ lines: list[str] = ["\n## 7. Cross-Era Trends\n"]
+ lines.append("### 7.1 Per-week commit count (last 16 weeks)\n")
+ by_week: Counter[tuple[int, int]] = Counter()
+ for op in commit_ops:
+  iy, iw, _ = op.date.isocalendar()
+  by_week[(iy, iw)] += 1
+ weeks_sorted: list[tuple[int, int]] = sorted(by_week.keys())[-16:]
+ for wk in weeks_sorted:
+  lines.append(f"- Week {wk[0]}-W{wk[1]:02d}: {by_week[wk]} commits")
+ lines.append("\n### 7.2 Per-week sub-agent task count (last 16 weeks)\n")
+ by_week_task: Counter[tuple[int, int]] = Counter()
+ for op in subagent_ops:
+  iy, iw, _ = op.timestamp.date().isocalendar()
+  by_week_task[(iy, iw)] += 1
+ for wk in sorted(by_week_task.keys())[-16:]:
+  lines.append(f"- Week {wk[0]}-W{wk[1]:02d}: {by_week_task[wk]} tasks")
+ return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def render_use_case_predictions(tracks: list[TrackRow]) -> str:
+ lines: list[str] = ["\n## 8. Use-Case Predictions\n"]
+ lines.append(
+  "Given a future track with N files to modify, expected duration based on "
+  "historical data:\n"
+ )
+ lines.append("| Files-touched bucket | Sample size (N) | Median duration (d) | P25 | P75 | IQR |")
+ lines.append("|---|---|---|---|---|---|")
+ buckets: list[tuple[str, int, int]] = [
+  ("1-5 files", 1, 5),
+  ("6-15 files", 6, 15),
+  ("16-30 files", 16, 30),
+  ("31+ files", 31, 10_000),
+ ]
+ for label, lo, hi in buckets:
+  bucket_tracks: list[TrackRow] = [t for t in tracks if lo <= t.files_touched <= hi]
+  if not bucket_tracks:
+   lines.append(f"| {label} | 0 | — | — | — | — |")
+   continue
+  durations: list[float] = [float(t.duration_days) for t in bucket_tracks]
+  iqr: float = _percentile(durations, 75) - _percentile(durations, 25)
+  lines.append(
+   f"| {label} | {len(bucket_tracks)} | {_safe_median(durations):.1f} | "
+   f"{_percentile(durations, 25):.0f} | {_percentile(durations, 75):.0f} | "
+   f"{iqr:.1f} |"
+  )
+ lines.append(
+  "\n> **Caveat**: durations are calendar days, not active minutes. A track that "
+  "sat idle for 2 weeks reads as 14 days. Use IQR as a sanity check on outliers."
+ )
+ lines.append(
+  "\n### 8.1 Use-case predictions per era\n"
+ )
+ lines.append("| Era | 1-5 files | 6-15 files | 16-30 files | 31+ files |")
+ lines.append("|---|---|---|---|---|")
+ all_eras_idx: set[int] = {t.era_index for t in tracks}
+ for era_idx in sorted(all_eras_idx):
+  cells: list[str] = []
+  for _label, lo, hi in buckets:
+   bucket: list[TrackRow] = [
+    t for t in tracks if t.era_index == era_idx and lo <= t.files_touched <= hi
+   ]
+   if not bucket:
+    cells.append("—")
+   else:
+    durs: list[float] = [float(t.duration_days) for t in bucket]
+    cells.append(f"N={len(bucket)}, {_safe_median(durs):.1f}d")
+  lines.append(f"| {era_idx} | " + " | ".join(cells) + " |")
+ return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def render_limitations() -> str:
+ return (
+  "\n## 9. Limitations\n\n"
+  "- Per-task model attribution is NOT available; we era-bucket only.\n"
+  "- 'Duration' is calendar days, not active minutes (idle time included).\n"
+  "- Era boundaries are heuristic (7-day cluster window on config/log signals).\n"
+  "- Sub-agent task durations are computed as wall-clock between consecutive logs "
+  "in the same tier, not from prompt received -> result returned.\n"
+  "- Session durations are computed from file mtimes, not from chat events.\n"
+  "- The per-track commit count is `feat|fix|refactor|perf|test` only; `docs|"
+  "chore|style|conductor(*)` commits are excluded.\n"
+ )
+
+
+def render_appendix(stats_json_path: Path) -> str:
+ return (
+  f"\n## 10. Appendix\n\n"
+  f"- **JSON artifact**: `{stats_json_path.relative_to(_REPO_ROOT)}`\n"
+  f"- **Re-render the Markdown from the JSON**: not supported in one-shot mode.\n"
+  f"- **Schema version**: `1`\n"
+ )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Era-detection signal gatherers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _gather_era_candidates() -> list[tuple[date, str, str]]:
+ """Gather era-boundary candidate dates from all signals.
+
+ Returns list of (date, weight, note) tuples. The note includes the
+ git evidence so the report can cite it.
+ """
+ candidates: list[tuple[date, str, str]] = []
+
+ # Signal A + B: structured per-commit walk on config.toml + workflow.md + tech-stack.md
+ for f in ("config.toml", "conductor/workflow.md", "conductor/tech-stack.md"):
+  structured: str = _git_log_all(
+   "--diff-filter=AM", "--pretty=format:COMMIT %H %aI", "-p", "--", f,
+  )
+  current_date: date | None = None
+  current_sha: str = ""
+  for line in structured.splitlines():
+   if line.startswith("COMMIT "):
+    parts: list[str] = line.split(" ", 2)
+    if len(parts) >= 3:
+     d: date | None = _parse_iso_date(parts[2][:10])
+     current_date = d
+     current_sha = parts[1][:8]
+   elif current_date and line.startswith("+"):
+    lower: str = line.lower()
+    is_relevant: bool = (
+     (f == "config.toml" and ("provider" in lower or "model" in lower))
+     or (f != "config.toml" and re.search(r"gemini-3|gemini-2\.5|minimax|claude|grok", lower))
+    )
+    if is_relevant:
+     candidates.append(
+      (current_date, "high",
+      f"{f} {line[1:80].strip()} (commit {current_sha})")
+     )
+
+ # Signal C: first appearance of model name in sub-agent task log content
+ if _LOGS_AGENTS_DIR.is_dir():
+  seen_tokens: set[str] = set()
+  for log in sorted(_LOGS_AGENTS_DIR.iterdir()):
+   if not log.is_file():
+    continue
+   try:
+    text: str = log.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore")
+   except OSError:
+    continue
+   for token in ("gemini-3", "gemini-2.5", "minimax", "claude", "grok"):
+    if token in seen_tokens:
+     continue
+    if token in text.lower():
+     try:
+      mtime_str: str = datetime.fromtimestamp(log.stat().st_mtime).date().isoformat()
+      d_mtime: date | None = _parse_iso_date(mtime_str)
+      if d_mtime is not None:
+       candidates.append(
+        (d_mtime, "medium",
+        f"first appearance of '{token}' in {log.name}")
+       )
+       seen_tokens.add(token)
+     except OSError:
+      pass
+ return candidates
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# JSON serialization helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _era_to_dict(e: EraBoundary) -> dict[str, object]:
+ return {
+  "index": e.index,
+  "start": e.start.isoformat(),
+  "end": e.end.isoformat() if e.end else None,
+  "name": e.name,
+  "evidence": [
+   {"date": ev.date.isoformat(), "weight": ev.weight,
+    "source": ev.source, "note": ev.note}
+   for ev in e.evidence
+  ],
+ }
+
+
+def _track_to_dict(t: TrackRow) -> dict[str, object]:
+ return {
+  "track_id": t.track_id,
+  "init_sha": t.init_sha,
+  "end_sha": t.end_sha,
+  "init_date": t.init_date.isoformat(),
+  "end_date": t.end_date.isoformat(),
+  "duration_days": t.duration_days,
+  "commit_count": t.commit_count,
+  "files_touched": t.files_touched,
+  "era_index": t.era_index,
+  "status": t.status,
+ }
+
+
+def _subagent_to_dict(op: SubAgentTaskOp) -> dict[str, object]:
+ return {
+  "timestamp": op.timestamp.isoformat(timespec="seconds"),
+  "tier": op.tier,
+  "log_path": op.log_path,
+  "duration_s": round(op.duration_s, 1),
+  "in_track": op.in_track,
+  "era_index": op.era_index,
+ }
+
+
+def _commit_to_dict(op: CommitPrefixOp) -> dict[str, object]:
+ return {
+  "sha": op.sha,
+  "date": op.date.isoformat(),
+  "prefix": op.prefix,
+  "scope": op.scope,
+  "message": op.message,
+  "in_track": op.in_track,
+  "era_index": op.era_index,
+ }
+
+
+def _session_to_dict(s: SessionOp) -> dict[str, object]:
+ return {
+  "session_name": s.session_name,
+  "start": s.start_dt.isoformat(timespec="seconds"),
+  "end": s.end_dt.isoformat(timespec="seconds"),
+  "duration_min": round(s.duration_min, 1),
+  "task_count": s.task_count,
+  "era_index": s.era_index,
+ }
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CLI
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
+ parser: argparse.ArgumentParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+  description="One-shot meta-tooling duration analyzer.",
+ )
+ parser.add_argument("--json-only", action="store_true",
+  help="Emit only the JSON artifact (skip Markdown).")
+ parser.add_argument("--output-dir", type=Path, default=None,
+  help="Override the default docs/reports/ + tests/artifacts/ output dirs.")
+ parser.add_argument("--era-window-days", type=int, default=_DEFAULT_ERA_WINDOW_DAYS,
+  help=f"Cluster era candidates within this many days (default {_DEFAULT_ERA_WINDOW_DAYS}).")
+ parser.add_argument("--date", type=str, default=None,
+  help="Override the analysis date (YYYY-MM-DD; default today).")
+ parser.add_argument("--profile", action="store_true",
+  help="Print timing per phase to stderr.")
+ return parser
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+ parser: argparse.ArgumentParser = _build_parser()
+ args: parser.parse_args()
+ output_dir: Path = args.output_dir or _DEFAULT_OUTPUT_DIR
+ artifact_dir: Path = args.output_dir or _DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_DIR
+ analysis_date: date = (
+  _parse_iso_date(args.date) if args.date else _DEFAULT_DATE
+ ) or _DEFAULT_DATE
+
+ def phase(label: str) -> None:
+  print(f"[{datetime.now().isoformat(timespec='seconds')}] {label}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+ phase("Detecting eras (multi-signal weighted-vote)...")
+ candidates: list[tuple[date, str, str]] = _gather_era_candidates()
+ eras: list[EraBoundary] = cluster_era_candidates(candidates, window_days=args.era_window_days)
+ named: list[EraBoundary] = []
+ for i, era in enumerate(eras):
+  named.append(
+   EraBoundary(
+    index=era.index,
+    start=era.start,
+    end=era.end,
+    name=assign_era_name(i, len(eras)),
+    evidence=era.evidence,
+   )
+  )
+ eras = named
+ phase(f"Detected {len(eras)} eras.")
+
+ phase("Building track index...")
+ tracks: list[TrackRow] = build_track_index(eras)
+ phase(f"Indexed {len(tracks)} tracks.")
+
+ phase("Building sub-agent task index (Op Layer A)...")
+ subagent_ops: list[SubAgentTaskOp] = build_subagent_task_index(eras, tracks)
+ phase(f"Indexed {len(subagent_ops)} sub-agent tasks.")
+
+ phase("Building commit-prefix index (Op Layer B)...")
+ commit_ops: list[CommitPrefixOp] = build_commit_prefix_index(eras, tracks)
+ phase(f"Indexed {len(commit_ops)} work-prefix commits.")
+
+ phase("Building session index (Op Layer C)...")
+ sessions: list[SessionOp] = build_session_index(eras, subagent_ops)
+ phase(f"Indexed {len(sessions)} sessions.")
+
+ phase("Computing per-era statistics...")
+ era_stats: list[EraStats] = compute_era_stats(eras, tracks, subagent_ops, commit_ops, sessions)
+
+ track_less_ops: dict[str, list[object]] = {
+  "subagent_tasks": [op for op in subagent_ops if op.in_track is None],
+  "commits": [op for op in commit_ops if op.in_track is None],
+ }
+
+ stats: dict[str, object] = {
+  "schema_version": "1",
+  "generated_at": datetime.now().isoformat(timespec="seconds"),
+  "metadata": {
+   "repo_head": subprocess.run(
+    ["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"], capture_output=True, text=True, check=False
+   ).stdout.strip(),
+   "analysis_date": analysis_date.isoformat(),
+   "era_window_days": args.era_window_days,
+   "track_count": len(tracks),
+   "subagent_task_count": len(subagent_ops),
+   "commit_count": len(commit_ops),
+   "session_count": len(sessions),
+  },
+  "eras": [_era_to_dict(e) for e in eras],
+  "tracks": [_track_to_dict(t) for t in tracks],
+  "ops": {
+   "subagent_tasks": [_subagent_to_dict(op) for op in subagent_ops],
+   "commits": [_commit_to_dict(op) for op in commit_ops],
+   "sessions": [_session_to_dict(s) for s in sessions],
+  },
+  "era_stats": [
+   {
+    "era_index": s.era.index,
+    "track_count": s.track_count,
+    "track_duration_median": round(s.track_duration_median, 1),
+    "track_duration_p25": round(s.track_duration_p25, 1),
+    "track_duration_p75": round(s.track_duration_p75, 1),
+    "track_commits_median": round(s.track_commits_median, 1),
+    "track_files_median": round(s.track_files_median, 1),
+    "subagent_task_count": s.subagent_task_count,
+    "subagent_task_duration_median": round(s.subagent_task_duration_median, 1),
+    "commit_count": s.commit_count,
+    "commit_count_by_prefix": s.commit_count_by_prefix,
+    "session_count": s.session_count,
+    "session_duration_median": round(s.session_duration_median, 1),
+    "track_less_op_count": s.track_less_op_count,
+   }
+   for s in era_stats
+  ],
+  "track_less_ops": {
+   "subagent_tasks": [_subagent_to_dict(op) for op in track_less_ops["subagent_tasks"]],
+   "commits": [_commit_to_dict(op) for op in track_less_ops["commits"]],
+  },
+ }
+
+ artifact_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ json_path: Path = artifact_dir / f"meta_tooling_stats_{analysis_date.isoformat()}.json"
+ with json_path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+  json.dump(stats, f, indent=2)
+ phase(f"Wrote {json_path}")
+
+ if args.json_only:
+  return 0
+
+ output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ md_parts: list[str] = [
+  render_methodology(args.era_window_days),
+  render_era_timeline(eras),
+  render_track_stats(eras, tracks),
+  render_op_stats(commit_ops),
+  render_subagent_stats(subagent_ops),
+  render_trackless_ops(subagent_ops, commit_ops),
+  render_trends(commit_ops, subagent_ops),
+  render_use_case_predictions(tracks),
+  render_limitations(),
+  render_appendix(json_path),
+ ]
+ md_path: Path = output_dir / f"META_TOOLING_DURATION_ANALYSIS_{analysis_date.isoformat()}.md"
+ md_path.write_text("\n".join(md_parts), encoding="utf-8")
+ phase(f"Wrote {md_path}")
+
+ return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ sys.exit(main())
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diff --git a/tests/test_analyze_meta_tooling_durations.py b/tests/test_analyze_meta_tooling_durations.py
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+# 1-space indent per conductor/code_styleguides/python.md §1
+from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from scripts.audit.analyze_meta_tooling_durations import (
+ CommitPrefixOp,
+ EraBoundary,
+ EraStats,
+ Evidence,
+ SessionOp,
+ SubAgentTaskOp,
+ TrackRow,
+ _find_track_for_timestamp,
+ _git_files_touched,
+ _parse_iso_date,
+ _percentile,
+ _safe_median,
+ assign_era_for_date,
+ assign_era_name,
+ build_commit_prefix_index,
+ build_session_index,
+ build_subagent_task_index,
+ build_track_index,
+ cluster_era_candidates,
+ compute_era_stats,
+ parse_session_name,
+ parse_subagent_task_log,
+ render_appendix,
+ render_era_timeline,
+ render_limitations,
+ render_methodology,
+ render_op_stats,
+ render_subagent_stats,
+ render_track_stats,
+ render_trackless_ops,
+ render_trends,
+ render_use_case_predictions,
+)
+
+
+def test_cluster_era_candidates_within_7_days_merges_into_one():
+ """Candidates within the 7-day window collapse to a single era."""
+ candidates: list[tuple[date, str, str]] = [
+  (date(2026, 2, 21), "high", "config.toml@9a23941e: gemini-3-flash-preview introduced"),
+  (date(2026, 2, 24), "high", "config.toml@9a23941e: gemini-3.1-pro-preview introduced"),
+  (date(2026, 2, 26), "medium", "logs/agents/mma_tier3-worker_task_20260226_123549.log first tier3 task"),
+ ]
+ result: list[EraBoundary] = cluster_era_candidates(candidates, window_days=7)
+ assert len(result) == 1
+ assert result[0].start == date(2026, 2, 21)
+ assert result[0].end is None
+ assert len(result[0].evidence) == 3
+
+
+def test_cluster_era_candidates_15_days_apart_produces_two_eras():
+ """Candidates 15 days apart stay as 2 eras."""
+ candidates: list[tuple[date, str, str]] = [
+  (date(2026, 2, 21), "high", "A"),
+  (date(2026, 3, 21), "high", "B"),
+ ]
+ result: list[EraBoundary] = cluster_era_candidates(candidates, window_days=7)
+ assert len(result) == 2
+ assert result[0].start == date(2026, 2, 21)
+ assert result[1].start == date(2026, 3, 21)
+
+
+def test_cluster_era_candidates_empty_input_returns_empty_list():
+ result: list[EraBoundary] = cluster_era_candidates([], window_days=7)
+ assert result == []
+
+
+def test_assign_era_name_first_is_early_last_is_current():
+ eras_n = 3
+ assert assign_era_name(0, eras_n) == "early"
+ assert assign_era_name(1, eras_n) == "mid"
+ assert assign_era_name(eras_n - 1, eras_n) == "current"
+
+
+def test_assign_era_for_date_returns_correct_index():
+ eras: list[EraBoundary] = [
+  EraBoundary(index=0, start=date(2026, 2, 21), end=date(2026, 3, 11), name="early", evidence=[]),
+  EraBoundary(index=1, start=date(2026, 3, 12), end=date(2026, 5, 8), name="mid", evidence=[]),
+  EraBoundary(index=2, start=date(2026, 5, 9), end=None, name="current", evidence=[]),
+ ]
+ assert assign_era_for_date(date(2026, 2, 25), eras) == 0
+ assert assign_era_for_date(date(2026, 4, 1), eras) == 1
+ assert assign_era_for_date(date(2026, 7, 5), eras) == 2
+
+
+def test_assign_era_for_date_before_first_era_returns_zero():
+ eras: list[EraBoundary] = [
+  EraBoundary(index=0, start=date(2026, 2, 21), end=None, name="early", evidence=[]),
+ ]
+ assert assign_era_for_date(date(2025, 1, 1), eras) == 0
+
+
+def test_parse_iso_date_valid_and_invalid():
+ assert _parse_iso_date("2026-07-05") == date(2026, 7, 5)
+ assert _parse_iso_date("garbage") is None
+
+
+def test_percentile_basic():
+ """Linear-interpolation percentile (numpy default)."""
+ assert _percentile([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0], 50) == 3.0
+ assert _percentile([], 50) == 0.0
+
+
+def test_safe_median_basic():
+ assert _safe_median([1.0, 2.0, 3.0]) == 2.0
+ assert _safe_median([]) == 0.0
+
+
+def test_parse_session_name_full_format():
+ d, suffix = parse_session_name("20260312_190926_gencpp_sloppy")
+ assert d is not None
+ assert d.year == 2026 and d.month == 3 and d.day == 12
+ assert suffix == "gencpp_sloppy"
+
+
+def test_parse_session_name_no_suffix():
+ d, suffix = parse_session_name("20260312_191301")
+ assert d is not None
+ assert d.year == 2026 and d.month == 3 and d.day == 12
+ assert suffix == ""
+
+
+def test_parse_session_name_invalid_returns_none():
+ assert parse_session_name("not-a-session-name") == (None, "")
+
+
+def test_parse_subagent_task_log_extracts_role_and_timestamp(tmp_path: Path):
+ log: Path = tmp_path / "mma_tier3-worker_task_20260611_001715.log"
+ log.write_text(
+  "==================================================\n"
+  "ROLE: tier3-worker\n"
+  "TIMESTAMP: 2026-06-11 00:17:15\n"
+  "--------------------------------------------------\n"
+  "FULL PROMPT:\n"
+  "STRICT SYSTEM DIRECTIVE: ...\n"
+  "TASK: Write a unit test.\n"
+  "--------------------------------------------------\n"
+  "RESULT:\n"
+  "Implemented.\n"
+  "==================================================\n",
+  encoding="utf-8",
+ )
+ result: tuple[str, datetime] | None = parse_subagent_task_log(log)
+ assert result is not None
+ role, ts = result
+ assert role == "tier3-worker"
+ assert ts == datetime(2026, 6, 11, 0, 17, 15)
+
+
+def test_parse_subagent_task_log_returns_none_for_malformed(tmp_path: Path):
+ log: Path = tmp_path / "mma_tier3-worker_task_20260611_001715.log"
+ log.write_text("garbage data with no ROLE or TIMESTAMP\n", encoding="utf-8")
+ assert parse_subagent_task_log(log) is None
+
+
+def test_find_track_for_timestamp_in_window():
+ tracks: list[TrackRow] = [
+  TrackRow(track_id="t1", init_sha="a", end_sha="b", init_date=date(2026, 3, 1),
+   end_date=date(2026, 3, 10), duration_days=9, commit_count=5,
+   files_touched=3, era_index=0, status="Completed"),
+  TrackRow(track_id="t2", init_sha="c", end_sha="d", init_date=date(2026, 4, 1),
+   end_date=date(2026, 4, 5), duration_days=4, commit_count=2,
+   files_touched=7, era_index=0, status="Completed"),
+ ]
+ assert _find_track_for_timestamp(datetime(2026, 3, 5), tracks) == "t1"
+ assert _find_track_for_timestamp(datetime(2026, 4, 3), tracks) == "t2"
+ assert _find_track_for_timestamp(datetime(2026, 5, 1), tracks) is None
+
+
+def test_compute_era_stats_aggregates_track_durations():
+ eras: list[EraBoundary] = [
+  EraBoundary(index=0, start=date(2026, 3, 1), end=None, name="early", evidence=[]),
+ ]
+ tracks: list[TrackRow] = [
+  TrackRow(track_id="t1", init_sha="a", end_sha="b", init_date=date(2026, 3, 1),
+   end_date=date(2026, 3, 5), duration_days=4, commit_count=10,
+   files_touched=5, era_index=0, status="Completed"),
+  TrackRow(track_id="t2", init_sha="c", end_sha="d", init_date=date(2026, 3, 10),
+   end_date=date(2026, 3, 30), duration_days=20, commit_count=3,
+   files_touched=12, era_index=0, status="Completed"),
+ ]
+ stats = compute_era_stats(eras, tracks, subagent_ops=[], commit_ops=[], sessions=[])
+ assert len(stats) == 1
+ s = stats[0]
+ assert s.track_count == 2
+ assert s.track_duration_median == 12.0
+ assert s.track_commits_median == 6.5
+ assert s.track_files_median == 8.5
+
+
+def test_compute_era_stats_empty_input_returns_era_with_zeros():
+ eras: list[EraBoundary] = [
+  EraBoundary(index=0, start=date(2026, 3, 1), end=None, name="early", evidence=[]),
+ ]
+ stats = compute_era_stats(eras, [], [], [], [])
+ assert len(stats) == 1
+ assert stats[0].track_count == 0
+ assert stats[0].track_duration_median == 0.0
+
+
+def test_render_methodology_returns_string_with_section_header():
+ out: str = render_methodology(era_window_days=7)
+ assert out.startswith("# Meta-Tooling Duration Analysis")
+ assert "## 1. Methodology" in out
+ assert "7-day window" in out
+
+
+def test_render_use_case_predictions_handles_empty_tracks():
+ out: str = render_use_case_predictions(tracks=[])
+ assert "Use-Case Predictions" in out
+
+
+def test_build_commit_prefix_index_smoke_returns_nonempty():
+ """Integration-ish test: run on real repo, expect 1000+ commits."""
+ eras: list[EraBoundary] = [
+  EraBoundary(index=0, start=date(2026, 2, 21), end=None, name="early", evidence=[]),
+ ]
+ ops: list[CommitPrefixOp] = build_commit_prefix_index(eras, tracks=[])
+ assert len(ops) > 100, f"expected 100+ ops, got {len(ops)}"
+ for op in ops[:5]:
+  assert op.prefix in ("feat", "fix", "refactor", "perf", "test")
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