Adds a manual-first pipeline for finding UX regressions in long screen recordings: ffmpeg re-encode to proxy, LAB-palette frame-change detection (kasa-style), pixel-diff backup, manual triage into a triage overlay on the existing ASCII UI Layout Map DSL (docs/guide_ascii_layout_map.md). The overlay adds only a thin meta-layer (entry headers, @delta, @ux_finding) on top of the existing visual grammar; the existing DSL remains the source of truth for the visual layer. Includes 8 edge-case worked examples ranked by LLM difficulty and a findings-report template for the user-in-the-loop iteration. Future track candidates: build the keyframe-extraction tool (scripts/dogfood_extract.py) after ≥3 manual dogfoods validate the DSL shape.
User feedback from the first sandbox run (send_result_to_send_20260616,
2026-06-17) identified 6 conventions Tier 2 must follow. Update the agent
prompt template, slash command template, user guide, and workflow doc:
1. Test runner: ALWAYS use 'uv run python scripts/run_tests_batched.py'
(NOT 'uv run pytest'). The batched runner provides tier filtering,
parallelization (xdist), and a summary table that direct pytest lacks.
2. Default branch: this repo uses 'master', not 'main'. The Tier 2 slash
command now does 'git fetch origin master' (was 'origin main').
3. Line endings: preserve existing. This repo has a mix of CRLF and LF;
a repo-wide LF standardization is a future track.
4. Throw-away scripts: write to 'scripts/tier2/artifacts/<track>/', NOT
the base 'scripts/tier2/' directory. The base is reserved for
production code; throw-away scripts are kept for archival but
isolated per-track.
5. End-of-track report: write 'docs/reports/TRACK_COMPLETION_<track>.md'
and update 'state.toml' to 'status=completed'. The user reads this
to decide merge. Previously this was implicit; now it's explicit.
6. Run-time expectation: tracks are 1-4 hours. If context runs out, Tier
2 notes progress to disk and continues. The --resume flag picks up
from the last completed task.
Also updated the user guide with a 'Conventions' section and a
troubleshooting entry for the resume flow. The verify-the-sandbox
checklist now uses 'origin master' instead of 'origin main'.
The Tier 2 sandbox blocks git push (and all other destructive git ops).
After Tier 2 finishes a track, this script is the bridge: it fetches the
tier2/<track> branch from the sandboxed clone (C:\projects\manual_slop_tier2)
into the main repo (C:\projects\manual_slop), creating a local
review/<track> branch so the working tree is untouched.
Usage:
pwsh -File scripts\\tier2\\fetch_tier2_branch.ps1 -TrackName send_result_to_send_20260616
Supports -WhatIf for dry-run. Does NOT push to origin (user's call).
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.
7 phases (init -> 10 parallel cluster dispatches -> 17 synthesis sections -> 3 side artifacts -> self-review -> user review -> register). Each phase has explicit task IDs (t1_1 .. t7_4) for Tier 2 to walk through. current_phase = 0 (spec approved, not started). Hard rule encoded in [meta]: docs/artifacts/Fable System Prompt.txt is NEVER committed.
Critical-analysis track for Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 system prompt (1585 lines, the public 'Mythos' version). 10 cluster sub-reports written by Tier 3 workers in parallel, synthesized by Tier 1 into a 17-section report (>3500 LOC) with 3 side artifacts. T-shirt size: XL. Fable artifact at docs/artifacts/Fable System Prompt.txt is local-only and MUST NOT be committed (per user hard rule). No day estimates (per conductor/workflow.md §Tier 1 Track Initialization Rules).
The first end-to-end test of the tier2_autonomous_sandbox_20260616
sandbox. Pure mechanical rename: ai_client.send_result to ai_client.send
across 38 active files (6 src/, 29 tests/, 3 current docs). 10 atomic
commits across 5 phases. No behavior change; no new tests; the existing
test suite is the safety net.
Phase structure:
- Phase 1: rename src/ai_client.py (TDD red moment)
- Phase 2: rename 5 other src/ files (batch)
- Phase 3: rename top 5 test files (one commit per file)
- Phase 4: rename 24 remaining test files (batch)
- Phase 5: rename 3 current docs + final verification
- Phase 6: update state + metadata + register in tracks.md
Historical archives (conductor/tracks/*/spec.md, conductor/tracks/*/plan.md,
docs/reports/*) are NOT modified per spec section 7.
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