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+# Track codebase_curation_20260507 Context
+
+- [Specification](./spec.md)
+- [Implementation Plan](./plan.md)
+- [Metadata](./metadata.json)

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+{
+  "track_id": "codebase_curation_20260507",
+  "type": "chore",
+  "status": "new",
+  "created_at": "2026-05-07T15:00:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-05-07T15:00:00Z",
+  "description": "Exhaustive review of all .py files. Remove redundancies, eliminate unnecessary code/data/processing, and strictly align with project standards."
+}

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+# Implementation Plan: Comprehensive Codebase Curation & Style Alignment (codebase_curation_20260507)
+
+## Phase 1: Automated Standardization & Audit
+- [ ] Task: Run `scripts/ai_style_formatter.py` and `scripts/force_1space.py` on all files in `./src` and `./simulation`.
+- [ ] Task: Conduct an automated entropy audit to identify potential redundancy "hotspots".
+- [ ] Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Standardization' (Protocol in workflow.md)
+
+## Phase 2: Surgical Curation of `./src`
+- [ ] Task: Review and trim `gui_2.py` and `app_controller.py` based on pipeline maps.
+- [ ] Task: Consolidate data models in `models.py` and remove redundant state in `aggregate.py`.
+- [ ] Task: Refactor `ai_client.py` to ensure lean processing of provider responses.
+- [ ] Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Source Curation' (Protocol in workflow.md)
+
+## Phase 3: Surgical Curation of `./simulation`
+- [ ] Task: Review and trim `./simulation/` base classes and utility scripts.
+- [ ] Task: Eliminate redundant setup logic in `sim_context.py` and `workflow_sim.py`.
+- [ ] Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Simulation Curation' (Protocol in workflow.md)
+
+## Phase 4: Final Integrity Pass
+- [ ] Task: Verify all tests pass with the trimmed codebase.
+- [ ] Task: Final comparison against `product-guidelines.md` for architectural purity.
+- [ ] Task: Final performance baseline check to ensure no regressions.
+- [ ] Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Final Review' (Protocol in workflow.md)

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+# Specification: Comprehensive Codebase Curation & Style Alignment (codebase_curation_20260507)
+
+## Overview
+Aggressive pruning, optimization, and standardization of the codebase. This track uses the findings from the Code Path Analysis to trim away non-essential logic, data, and processing while strictly enforcing the project's technical integrity standards.
+
+## Scope
+- **Target Files:** All `.py` files in `./src` and `./simulation`.
+- **Primary Goal:** Trimming the "slop" (redundancies, dead code, excessive complexity).
+
+## Functional Requirements
+1.  **Redundancy Pruning:** Eliminate duplicate logic across different data pipelines.
+2.  **Dead Code Removal:** Strip out legacy "just-in-case" code and unused processing paths.
+3.  **Strict Style Enforcement:**
+    - Universal 1-space indentation.
+    - CRLF line endings.
+    - Standardized type hinting.
+4.  **Guideline Alignment:** Refactor any code that deviates from `product-guidelines.md` (e.g., ensuring explicit composition over complex inheritance).
+5.  **Validation:** Ensure no loss of functionality or performance degradation.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+- [ ] Significant reduction in total codebase line count (where applicable).
+- [ ] 100% pass on style audit (`scripts/ai_style_formatter.py`).
+- [ ] All remaining code is mapped to a necessary functional requirement or performance goal.