conductor(plan): Complete Phase 5 Entropy Audit findings

.slop_cache/summary_cache.json

@@ -95,12 +95,8 @@
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   "summary": "This document is a plain text file containing ten lines of content, with the first eight lines previewed. Its purpose appears to be simply to hold and present this sequential text.\n\n**Outline:**\n**TXT** \u2014 10 lines\npreview:\n```\nline1\nline2\nline3\nline4\nline5\nline6\nline7\nline8\n```"
  },
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-  "hash": "d0b425e00e15a0d36b9b361f02bab63563aed6cb4665083905386c55d5b679fa",
-  "summary": "This document contains a single line of text, \"content1\". Its purpose and key takeaways are limited to this singular piece of content.\n\n**Outline:**\n**TXT** \u2014 1 lines\npreview:\n```\ncontent1\n```"
- },
- "C:\\Users\\Ed\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pytest-of-Ed\\pytest-848\\test_force_full0\\other.txt": {
-  "hash": "04d61c0832f9cbc2a210334352425d2519890a0a5945da96ccc5bd9ff101c4d3",
-  "summary": "This document is a simple text file containing ten lines of content, with the first eight lines previewed. Its purpose appears to be for basic data storage or as a placeholder.\n\n**Outline:**\n**TXT** \u2014 10 lines\npreview:\n```\nline1\nline2\nline3\nline4\nline5\nline6\nline7\nline8\n```"
+ "C:\\projects\\manual_slop\\conductor\\tracks\\data_oriented_optimization_20260312\\spec.md": {
+  "hash": "8d64d4ed23a19cef973bb639dee2953492445f5598c08e7dd7c272183ad9848b",
+  "summary": "This specification outlines a data-oriented optimization pass for Python code in `./src` and `./simulation`, aiming to minimize Python overhead by treating it as a procedural semantic definer. Key requirements include updating product guidelines, auditing and refactoring code, expanding profiling, and evaluating C extensions as a last resort, while maintaining test coverage and GUI responsiveness.\n\n**Outline:**\n**Markdown** \u2014 35 lines\nheadings:\n  Specification: Data-Oriented Python Optimization Pass\n    Overview\n    Functional Requirements\n    Non-Functional Requirements\n    Acceptance Criteria\n    Out of Scope"
  }
 }

conductor/tracks.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ This file tracks all major tracks for the project. Each track has its own detail
    *Link: [./tracks/beads_mode_20260309/](./tracks/beads_mode_20260309/)*
    *Goal: Integrate Beads (git-backed graph issue tracker) as an alternative backend for MMA implementation tracks and tickets.*
 
-7. [x] **Track: Optimization pass for Data-Oriented Python heuristics**
+7. [~] **Track: Optimization pass for Data-Oriented Python heuristics**
     *Link: [./tracks/data_oriented_optimization_20260312/](./tracks/data_oriented_optimization_20260312/)*
 
  8. [x] **Track: Rich Thinking Trace Handling** - *Parse and display AI thinking/reasoning traces*

conductor/tracks/data_oriented_optimization_20260312/plan.md

@@ -31,8 +31,14 @@ Goal: Identify and consolidate duplicate functionality, redundant code paths, an
 
 - [x] ~~Task: Identify duplicate getter/setter patterns~~ - FALSE POSITIVE, these are proper Python @property patterns.
 - [x] Task: Fix duplicate line bug in `app_controller.py` `rag_emb_provider.setter` - two identical lines. (f6feab9)
-- [ ] Task: Audit `src/` for duplicate functionality - find code that does the same thing in multiple places.
-- [ ] Task: Audit ticket/event handling patterns - ensure consistent state transitions across the codebase.
-- [ ] Task: Audit UI rendering patterns - find duplicate or overlapping rendering logic.
-- [ ] Task: Document findings and create refactoring plan for any identified issues.
+- [x] Task: Audit `src/` for duplicate functionality - find code that does the same thing in multiple places. (No significant duplicates found - proper @property patterns and intentional layering) (7a72987)
+- [x] Task: Audit ticket/event handling patterns - ensure consistent state transitions across the codebase. (Found: direct status assignments instead of method calls in abort paths, mark_manual_block is dead code) (7a72987)
+- [x] Task: Audit UI rendering patterns - find duplicate or overlapping rendering logic. (No significant duplication found - _gui_func is single sequential dispatch) (7a72987)
+- [x] Task: Document findings and create refactoring plan for any identified issues.
+  - **Duplicate code audit**: No significant duplication found. Proper @property patterns and intentional layering confirmed across aggregate.py, summarize.py, summary_cache.py.
+  - **Ticket/event handling issues**:
+    1. Direct `ticket.status = "killed"` assignments in abort paths (lines 445, 575 in multi_agent_conductor.py) instead of using a proper method
+    2. `mark_manual_block()` is dead code - defined in models.py but never called anywhere in src/
+  - **UI rendering**: No duplication found. _gui_func is single sequential dispatch to distinct panel methods.
+  - **Refactoring plan**: Consider adding a `mark_killed()` method to Ticket class for consistency, and add a deprecation note for `mark_manual_block()`. (7a72987)
 - [ ] Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 5: Entropy Audit & Reduction' (Protocol in workflow.md)