Sub-track 1 of the 5-sub-track result_migration_20260616 campaign.
Audit-driven research task: classify 43 ambiguous exception-handling sites
(24 UNCLEAR + 19 INTERNAL_RETHROW across 11 files) and update the
audit script's heuristics. No production code change.
Scope: 11 files, 43 sites, T-shirt S. The per-site decisions feed
sub-tracks 2-4 (small_files, app_controller, gui_2) as their starting
migration scope.
Files: spec.md, plan.md, metadata.json, state.toml under
conductor/tracks/result_migration_review_pass_20260617/. Row added
to conductor/tracks.md.
Per user feedback 2026-06-17:
- T-shirt size is not an acceptable sizing metric. Remove it from
conductor/workflow.md (the policy file), conductor/tracks.md (the
registry), and docs/reports/NEGATIVE_FLOWS_INVESTIGATION_20260617.md.
- Regenerate manualslop_layout.ini to remove 83 stale window references
that pointed to deleted/renamed windows (Projects, Files, Screenshots,
Provider, System Prompts, Discussion History, Comms History, etc.).
Layout now matches the windows registered in src/app_controller.py
_default_windows (lines 1862-1886). Stale window count: 10 -> 3.
T-shirt size removal details:
- conductor/workflow.md: Removed the S/M/L/XL table, the replacement
pattern row, and the 'reasonable effort' guard's reference. Scope
(N files, M sites, N tasks) is the only effort dimension.
- conductor/tracks.md: Removed the T-shirt column from the table header
and removed T-shirt size mentions from the Fable track entry.
- docs/reports/NEGATIVE_FLOWS_INVESTIGATION_20260617.md: Removed the
T-shirt size mention in the follow-up track suggestion.
Layout fix:
- manualslop_layout.ini went from 17,360 bytes (102 windows, 83 stale)
to 3,361 bytes (23 windows, all matching _default_windows). The
stale window warning dropped from 10 windows to 3 (Message, Tool
Calls, Response - these are in _default_windows but reference
separate panels in the layout).
Verification: layout fix did NOT fix the underlying stack overflow crash.
After layout fix, the test still dies with rc=3221225725 (0xC00000FD).
The user noted 'Something more fundamental is wrong.' Investigation
continues; this commit only addresses the explicit ask (remove T-shirt,
fix layout).
New research track for critical analysis of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 system prompt. Added as row 25 in the Active Tracks table (Priority B research) and as a section in the new 'Active Research Tracks (2026-06+)' grouping. The companion spec + metadata + state.toml are committed in 058e2c93 and a6114ef9.
Updated metadata.json: status=completed, completed_at=2026-06-15,
verification_criteria filled with actual results.
Updated tracks.md: status=shipped, 4-commit summary, test file added.
Final result: 1288 pass + 4 skip + 0 fail. All 11 batched test tiers pass
in 873.6s. First fully green baseline since 2026-06-12.
Add SQLite-style inline docstrings to render_ai_settings_hub, render_agent_tools_panel, and render_diagnostics_panel under simplified granularity per user request. Mark track sqlite_docs_gui_2_20260612 as complete.
Survey now covers 10 prior-art clusters (was 8). New clusters per
user direction (Option A in the v1.2 cluster-fit discussion):
NEW: research/cluster_8_metadesk.md (research sub-report):
- Metadesk (Ryan Fleury + Allen Webster, Dion Systems, 2020-2021)
- 5 distinctive design properties: uniform 'lego-brick' AST, tags
as dispatch keys, multiple interchangeable delimiters, comment
+ source-location preservation, first-class C interop with
copy-paste distribution
- 2 citable anchor quotes with source URLs
- Synthesis: maps to Tier 3 (read/edit/discover) and Tier 4
(audit/fuzzy) verbs
NEW: research/cluster_9_verse.md (research sub-report):
- Verse (Simon Peyton Jones + Tim Sweeney, Epic Games, 2021-)
- 5 distinctive design properties: transactional semantics with
speculative execution, failure as first-class control flow, effect
tracking in function signature, new Verse Calculus (ICFP 2023
Distinguished Paper), everything-is-an-expression + live variables
- 3 citable anchor quotes
- Synthesis: maps to Tier 4 (try/recover/sandbox/audit) verbs;
two-layer failure model maps to Cluster 7's Result convention
UPDATED: report_v1.2.md (1343 lines, +42 from v1.2 base):
- Inserted Cluster 8 (Metadesk) and Cluster 9 (Verse) sections
between Cluster 7 and the section 2/3 divider
- Updated §2 intro to say '10 clusters' (was '8')
- Updated glossary 'clusters' entry to list all 10
- Updated v1.2 changelog note (4) to document the cluster additions
UPDATED: tracks.md:
- Track #23 status line now lists all 10 clusters
- Goal line updated to say '10 clusters' (was '8')
UPDATED: state.toml deliverable_summary:
- Added v1.2_changes[4] for the cluster additions
- Added cluster_count = 10
- research_sub_reports now lists 7 cluster files (0-9)
The spec/plan/review files still say '8 clusters' — left as
historical context (spec is approved with 8; expanding to 10 is
an editorial decision the user has now made; future revisions of
spec/plan should reflect 10).
Three bookkeeping files updated to reflect the v1.2 deliverable:
- metadata.json: deliverable now points at report_v1.2.md; added
deliverable_v1_1, final_commit=213e4994
- tracks.md: track #23 heading shows COMPLETE: 213e4994; status
line lists v1.0 -> v1.1 -> v1.2 history with the 3 v1.2 changes
(rename, postfix heuristic, nagent fix)
- state.toml: added version='v1.2'; deliverable_summary updated with
v1_2, v1_1, v1_0 fields and v1_2_changes list
Three files updated to close out the track:
1. state.toml — all 28 tasks marked completed with their commit SHAs;
current_phase = complete; all 14 verification flags = true; added
deliverable_summary section pointing at report_v1.1.md, reportreview.md,
and the 5 research/ sub-reports.
2. metadata.json — status: complete; added deliverable_v1_0, review,
and final_commit fields.
3. tracks.md — track #23 heading now reads 'COMPLETE: c7e92896';
added a 'Status: 2026-06-12 — COMPLETE' line summarizing the
v1.1 deliverable (1301 lines, 7 sections + 9-subsection appendix,
42-verb vocab, 8 prior-art clusters, 14-grammar primitives, 4
hardware anchor claims, 10 AI-agent properties, 8 open questions).
This is the final bookkeeping for the track. nagent v2.2 can now
reference the report's Section 6 (AI-Agent Properties) and Section 7
(Open Questions) for its 'Future-Track Candidate #4: Intent-based
DSL' planning.
Per user instruction: the report is too closely related to the track
to live in the general docs/ideation/ folder. It's the track's main
deliverable, not a general ideation doc. The existing convention for
track reports is the track folder (e.g., nagent_review_20260608/report.md).
This commit is the phase 2+3 work:
- Adds the integrated report (417 lines, 8 ## headings, 40 ###)
to conductor/tracks/intent_dsl_survey_20260612/report.md
- Adds 5 Tier 2 sub-reports (1319 lines combined) to
conductor/tracks/intent_dsl_survey_20260612/research/
- Removes the old docs/ideation/ location (moved, not duplicated)
- Updates spec.md, plan.md, metadata.json, tracks.md to point at
the new location
Report structure:
Section 1: 4 anchor claims (O'Donnell, Onat/Lottes, CoSy, Jofito)
Section 2: 8 prior-art clusters (with sub-report references)
Section 3: 14-primitive grammar + ambiguity flags
Section 4: 4-tier vocab (12+12+10+8 = 42 verbs)
Section 5: 4 hardware-mapping anchor claims
Section 6: 10 AI-agent properties
Section 7: 8 open questions for follow-up B
Appendix: bibliography (external, project, sub-reports)
The sub-reports contain the deep analysis with citations; the main
report is the ejecutiva summary. Tier 2 sub-agents handled the heavy
research (5 cluster sub-reports in research/); Tier 1 focused on
integration and writing the simpler sections inline.
Time-sensitive: report must complete before nagent v2.2.
Side non-impl research track. Survey of intent-based scripting
languages + 4-tier vocab proposal for a Meta-Tooling-facing intent
DSL. Produces docs/ideation/2026-06-12-intent-based-scripting-languages.md.
Time-sensitive: must complete before nagent v2.2.
- Added table row #23 (A research priority, no blockers)
- Added #### Track section after RAG Phase 4 fix entry
- Links to spec at conductor/tracks/intent_dsl_survey_20260612/spec.md
- Plan to be authored by writing-plans skill
Both qwen_llama_grok tracks (parent + follow-up) archived
to conductor/archive/ per the parent track's Phase 6 plan.
conductor/tracks/qwen_llama_grok_integration_20260606/
-> conductor/archive/qwen_llama_grok_integration_20260606/
conductor/tracks/qwen_llama_grok_followup_20260611/
-> conductor/archive/qwen_llama_grok_followup_20260611/
Follow-up state.toml updates:
- status: active -> archived
- current_phase: 5 -> 6
- phase_6 status: pending -> completed
- t4_3 (Meta Llama) reclassified from 'deferred' to
'cancelled' (the 'deferral' was the agent's invention;
the real situation is permanent, awaiting Meta)
- t6_1 (Meta Llama API): proper task entry; cancelled
per the actual situation (no public surface)
- t6_2 (Track archive): proper task entry; completed
- Cleaned up the '3-5 days' / '1-2 weeks' comment in
deferred_work that the user called out as made up
- Removed duplicate [verification] section markers
and duplicate keys that crept in from prior edits
tracks.md updated with 2 new entries under
'Phase 9: Chore Tracks' (Completed) listing both
archived tracks with their reports.
Net result: the qwen_llama_grok track family is fully
archived. The only remaining permanent deferral is
Meta Llama API (t6_1), blocked on Meta's product
decision. All other work is in src/ or scripts/
and is reachable from there.
Adds a status line to the qwen_llama_grok_integration_20260606 entry
in conductor/tracks.md noting that:
- Phases 1-5 are done; Phase 6 (docs) is in progress
- The track is NOT being archived (per user directive)
- A 5-phase follow-up track exists at
conductor/tracks/qwen_llama_grok_followup_20260611/
- An audit report is at docs/reports/qwen_llama_grok_followup_audit_20260611.md
- 50/79 tasks done; the remaining gaps are documented
Phase 6 t6.1 + t6.2 (no archive per user directive):
- docs/guide_ai_client.md: update Overview to mention 8 providers (was 5);
add 'Shared OpenAI-Compatible Helper' section explaining
src/openai_compatible.py (NormalizedResponse, OpenAICompatibleRequest,
send_openai_compatible, usage pattern); document the Qwen adapter
and Llama multi-backend.
- docs/guide_models.md: update PROVIDERS list to 8 entries (was 5).
- conductor/tracks.md: update the Qwen track entry to reflect
'50/79 tasks done; Phase 6 in progress; NOT archiving - has follow-up';
add detailed status note pointing to the follow-up track + audit
report.
- docs/reports/qwen_llama_grok_followup_audit_20260611.md: NEW report
explaining why a follow-up is needed (7 categories of gaps; the
Tech Lead's 'footnote for now' failure mode; the lessons learned).
- conductor/tracks/qwen_llama_grok_followup_20260611/: NEW follow-up
track setup (spec.md, state.toml, metadata.json, TODO.md).
5 phases: tool loop lift, PROVIDERS move, UX adaptations 2-9,
local-first + matrix v2, Anthropic/Gemini/DeepSeek migration.
Phase 6 t6.3 (git mv to archive) and t6.4 (mark Recently Completed)
are NOT applied per user directive: 'we can then doc this we're not
archiving yet, if we have a follow up track I need this one to stay
up because there is still alot todo'.
The Phase 6+ section had two duplicate '### Active' headers, which
made the chronology confusing. The user (paraphrased): preserve the
chronology of project progress, don't need full detail, follow the
previous restructure's lightweight pattern.
Changes:
- Add '### Recently Completed (2026-06-06 to 2026-06-10)' subsection
containing the 3 closed tracks (startup_speedup, test_batching_refactor,
test_infrastructure_hardening) with lightweight entries: per-phase
commit SHAs only, 1-line summary, link to spec/plan/state folder.
Trimmed the verbose per-sub-track commentary that was in the old
startup_speedup entry (the per-sub-track bullets for warmup, status
indicator, audit violations, post-shipping fixes are in the
archive's spec/plan, not the tracks.md).
- Remove the duplicate '### Active' header.
- Update section intro to reflect '3 recently completed, 4 in plan'
(was '2 already completed, 3 in plan').
- test_infrastructure_hardening entry now has phase commit SHAs
(5df22fa8, 67d0211e, 006bb114, b8fcd9d6, 33d5cac, 7b87bbf5,
84edb200, 719fe9a) instead of just the closing-report link.
Chronology is now visible at a glance; per-track full detail is
in the linked archive/ folder.
- Remove row 1 from Active Tracks table
- Update rows 2-5, 17: test_infrastructure_hardening_20260609 -> '(merged)'
- Mark test_infrastructure_hardening as [COMPLETE 2026-06-10] [archived]
- Update link to use archive/ instead of tracks/
- Add closing note: 314/314 tests green, lineage tracks also archived
The SSDL digest (docs/reports/computational_shapes_ssdl_digest_20260608.md,
504 lines, 30KB) is the theoretical foundation for the chunkification
pattern. Per the digest's Technique 5 "Assume-away (Xar)" in §2.2
and the "Xar-style chunked arrays" recommendation in §5.2, the
chunkification track is a *direct application* of the SSDL's
"assume as much as possible" lens (§4).
This commit adds the SSDL digest to the See Also of the v1+v2
C11-Python interop assessment (front-matter Cross-references line).
The same cross-reference is also being added to:
- conductor/tracks/chunkification_optimization_20260608_PLACEHOLDER/spec.md
(in a new §6.1 "SSDL alignment" subsection)
- conductor/tracks/manual_ux_validation_20260608_PLACEHOLDER/spec.md
(in §5 Architectural Reference + §6 See Also + a new §2.6
"SSDL cross-reference" section that distinguishes GUI ASCII
vocabulary from SSDL vocabulary)
No code modified. Cross-reference only.
Also: small update to conductor/tracks.md to add the 2 new
tracks (manual_ux_validation_20260608_PLACEHOLDER as Active;
chunkification_optimization_20260608_PLACEHOLDER as Backlog/Contingency).
The user specified that the code_path_audit_20260607 track should run
AFTER the 4 foundational tracks complete (qwen_llama_grok,
data_oriented_error_handling, data_structure_strengthening,
mcp_architecture_refactor). This commit formalizes that timing
and grounds the audit's analytical framing in the 5 sources loaded
into context on 2026-06-08.
3 surgical additions to the spec/plan, no task changes:
1. Post-4-tracks timing (new section in spec.md §"Timing", plus
a "Timing" callout in plan.md's opening):
- The 4 tracks will significantly reshape src/ai_client.py,
src/mcp_client.py, src/app_controller.py, and
src/type_aliases.py
- Running the audit on pre-refactor code would produce a
report that's stale on day 1
- The post-4-tracks timing ensures the audit grounds
optimization decisions for the *resulting* architecture
- Pre-flight check: verify all 4 tracks are [x] completed
in conductor/tracks.md before starting this track
2. Analytical framing (new section in spec.md §"Analytical Framing
(5-source lens)"):
- Maps each of the 5 sources (Fleury taxonomy + Fleury
combinatoric + Muratori Big OOPs + Reece Assuming + user's
chunk ideation) to specific audit-time heuristics
- 4 concrete heuristics: effective-codepath count,
entity-hierarchy fingerprint, assumed-too-much detector,
chunkification candidates
- The heuristics shape REPORT INTERPRETATION, not the
static cost model (which stays data-grounded in
EXPENSIVE_THRESHOLD + per-class weights)
3. See Also cross-references in spec.md (6 new entries):
- nagent_review Pitfalls #2 and #4 (provider history
globals + stateful singleton)
- wo84LFzx5nI Big OOPs transcript (full text, 4310
segments, 200KB; loaded 2026-06-08)
- i-h95QIGchY Assuming transcript (full text, 3719
segments, 162KB; loaded 2026-06-08)
- ed_chunk_data_structures_20260523.md (5-image archive
of user's chunk ideation, 19KB; saved 2026-06-08)
- computational_shapes_ssdl_digest_20260608.md (the SSDL
digest that synthesizes the 4-source computational-shapes
thinking; the audit's tree/mermaid outputs ARE
computational-shape visualizations)
4. tracks.md entry updated to include the spec/plan links and
a brief status note that the audit is post-4-tracks.
5. plan.md has a "Timing" callout at the top stating the 4
tracks must ship before the plan executes.
No code modified. The audit's tasks (Phases 1-6) are unchanged
in structure; the new sections only add analytical context
and timing constraints.
Phase 4 verification complete: 4 atomic commits landed, 28
unit + integration tests passing, the audit script runs
end-to-end against the post-cleanup repo, --strict mode
+ baseline file wired in as the CI gate. The 3 existing
audit scripts are now joined by a 4th: scripts/audit_license_cve.py.
Scope: third-party deps only. The project's own LICENSE
file and SPDX headers are explicitly NOT touched (the user
reserves all rights to the repo; no LICENSE file is
created by this track). The audit reports third-party state
only; it does not assert or imply a project license.
Commits:
a8ae11d3 - chore(audit): add license_cve audit script + initial report
20fa3558 - chore(deps): tilde-pin all deps; delete requirements.txt
a7ab994f - chore(audit): add --strict mode + baseline file (CI gate)
(this) - conductor(tracks): mark track complete
All 6 sub-tracks (2A-2F) complete. Audit script: 0 violations (was 67 baseline / 61 before sub-track 2). Track is now FULLY COMPLETE (was previously [~] due to sub-track 2 partial). 79 tests added/passing across sub-tracks 2A-2F. Updated sub_tracks table in state.toml with per-sub-track completion details. Pre-existing test failures (4 unrelated) documented in test_failure_notes.
Phase 9 was shipped at 12cec6ae and the 9-phase core plan is done, but the [COMPLETE 2026-06-07] tag was applied prematurely. Sub-track 2 (audit violations) remains partial at ae3b433e with 61 violations remaining: pydantic in models.py (1), tree_sitter in file_cache.py (4), api_hooks.py (4), sloppy.py (5), app_controller.py (23), gui_2.py (24). Reopening the track to finish sub-track 2 in 6 per-file sub-tracks (2A-2F).
Track + metadata + state + tracks.md registration for the 2,205-line
mcp_client.py split into a slim controller + 6 native sub-MCPs + 1
external sub-MCP.
Key design decisions (per user feedback):
- Naming convention: mcp_<type>.py for native MCPs (mcp_file_io.py,
mcp_python.py, mcp_c.py, mcp_cpp.py, mcp_web.py, mcp_analysis.py).
- ExternalMCPManager class name preserved (moves to mcp_external.py).
- Sub-MCP shape: class with name / description / tools / invoke().
- MCPController: holds ALL_SUB_MCPS list, inverted-dict tool lookup,
3-layer security (extracted to mcp_client_security.py), schema
aggregation.
- Each invoke() returns Result[str, ErrorInfo] (from
data_oriented_error_handling_20260606).
- Backward compat: mcp_client_legacy.py re-exports all 45+ old
symbols; the 4 existing test files + src/app_controller.py:61
direct call continue to work.
DSL future (per user notes on APL/K/Cosy): NOT in this track.
Documented in spec §12.1 as the mcp_dsl_20260606 follow-up.
Sub-MCP architecture is the natural unit to pair with a DSL emitter.
7 phases. ~22 task slots. New tests: 9 (one per sub-MCP + controller +
security + legacy). Modified tests: 4 (existing mcp_* tests must
pass unchanged).
Blocked by: data_oriented_error_handling_20260606, data_structure_strengthening_20260606.
Blocks: mcp_dsl_20260606 (future DSL track).
Track + metadata + state + tracks.md registration for the type-aliases
refactor that follows the audit_weak_types.py findings (430 weak sites
across 29 of 61 files; 86% concentrated in 6 high-traffic files).
Key design decisions (per user approval):
- 10 TypeAlias definitions in src/type_aliases.py (Metadata, CommsLogEntry,
CommsLog, HistoryMessage, History, FileItem, FileItems, ToolDefinition,
ToolCall, CommsLogCallback).
- 1 NamedTuple (FileItemsDiff) for the _reread_file_items return.
- Mechanical replacement of 345 weak sites across 6 files (NOT 430; the
remaining 85 are in 23 lower-impact files deferred to future tracks).
- scripts/audit_weak_types.py gains a --strict mode and a baseline file
(scripts/audit_weak_types.baseline.json) so the count is enforced.
- 2 phases: aliases + 6-file replacement + audit baseline; NamedTuples
+ docs + archive.
- Honest about what's missing: TypedDict / @dataclass migration is a
follow-up track (typed_dict_migration_20260606), not this one.
- Coexistence with the data_oriented_error_handling_20260606 track's
Result[T] / ErrorInfo: the aliases are value-level (data types), Result
is control-level (wrapper). They compose (Result[FileItems] is valid).
No conflict.
Audit baseline:
- Pre-track: 430 weak sites, 0 strong patterns
- Target after Phase 1: ~60 weak sites (only the 23 lower-impact files)
- Top 4 unique type strings account for 86% of findings (4-6 aliases
eliminate the bulk of the noise).
Not blocked by anything; can be executed independently of the other
pending tracks. Blocks typed_dict_migration_20260606 (the future Phase 2).
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