# Track state for twitter_threads_extraction_20260705 # Initialized by Tier 1 Orchestrator on 2026-07-05. # Completed by Tier 2 autonomous run on 2026-07-05. # Standalone tooling track: scripts/twitter_threads/ + tests + README. No src/ changes. [meta] track_id = "twitter_threads_extraction_20260705" name = "Twitter/X Thread Extraction Tooling" status = "completed" current_phase = 5 last_updated = "2026-07-05" [blocked_by] # None. Standalone scripts + tests; no dependency on other tracks. [blocks] # None. The tooling may be consumed by a future "Twitter thread analysis campaign" track. [phases] phase_1 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "161d8da8", name = "Scaffold + Error Types + Data Classes" } phase_2 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "ef98f6d1", name = "render_markdown.py (TDD-first; pure function)" } phase_3 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "f503eb5d", name = "download_media.py (stdlib urllib + idempotent)" } phase_4 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "06ff9299", name = "fetch_thread.py (gallery-dl subprocess + html.parser fallback)" } phase_5 = { status = "completed", checkpointsha = "fe207c1e", name = "README + End-to-End CLI + Verification" } [tasks] t1_1 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "161d8da8", description = "Create scripts/twitter_threads/ + __init__.py (namespace docstring)" } t1_2 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "161d8da8", description = "Write error_types.py (ErrorInfo + make_error; standalone, no import from scripts.video_analysis)" } t1_3 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "161d8da8", description = "Write typed dataclasses (PostData, PostMetrics, ThreadData; frozen, slots)" } t1_4 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "161d8da8", description = "Write tests/test_twitter_threads_types.py (TDD red-first)" } t1_5 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "161d8da8", description = "Commit Phase 1" } t2_1 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "ef98f6d1", description = "Write failing tests for render_markdown.py (7 tests incl Result contract)" } t2_2 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "ef98f6d1", description = "Implement render_markdown.py (YAML front-matter + per-post sections + media links + quote-tweet blockquote)" } t2_3 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "ef98f6d1", description = "Commit Phase 2" } t3_1 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "f503eb5d", description = "Write failing tests for download_media.py (6 tests: naming, video naming, idempotent, http error)" } t3_2 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "f503eb5d", description = "Implement download_media.py (stdlib urllib; idempotent; typed naming _.)" } t3_3 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "f503eb5d", description = "Commit Phase 3" } t4_1 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "06ff9299", description = "Write failing tests for fetch_thread.py Strategy C (local HTML parse; 7 tests incl URL normalization)" } t4_2 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "06ff9299", description = "Implement fetch_thread_from_html (html.parser.HTMLParser subclass; stdlib only)" } t4_3 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "06ff9299", description = "Implement fetch_thread_from_url (gallery-dl subprocess wrapper; --dump-json; best-effort, network-boundary)" } t4_4 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "06ff9299", description = "Implement CLI dispatch + --help (argparse; URL or local HTML path input); _normalize_url strips ?s=20" } t4_5 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "06ff9299", description = "Commit Phase 4" } t5_1 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "fe207c1e", description = "Write README.md (prerequisites, usage, output layout, copy-to-another-repo, Strategy B/D alternatives)" } t5_2 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "fe207c1e", description = "Verify standalone requirement (VC6 + VC7: --help works; zero src/conductor/video_analysis imports)" } t5_3 = { status = "deferred_user", commit_sha = "", description = "End-to-end smoke test against 8-URL corpus — DEFERRED: requires network + cookies.txt (out of sandbox scope). Pipeline mechanics verified by test_twitter_threads_pipeline.py." } t5_4 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "ed867317", description = "Run the full new-test suite (34 tests pass together; log at tests/artifacts/tier2_state/.../test_run_phase5_final.log)" } t5_5 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "fe207c1e", description = "Commit Phase 5 + README" } t5_6 = { status = "pending_user", commit_sha = "", description = "User Manual Verification — handed off via TRACK_COMPLETION report (autonomous mode: user reviews report to decide merge)" } t5_7 = { status = "completed", commit_sha = "", description = "Mark track complete + write TRACK_COMPLETION_twitter_threads_extraction_20260705.md" } [verification] vc1_package_exists = true vc2_readme_exists = true vc3_render_tests_pass = true vc4_fetch_tests_pass = true vc5_media_tests_pass = true vc6_standalone_help_works = true vc7_zero_internal_imports = true vc8_corpus_extraction_complete = false # DEFERRED to user: network + cookies.txt required (Task 5.3) [reference_project] path = "C:\\projects\\forth\\bootslop" purpose = "The Twitter thread extraction tooling feeds reference material into bootslop's scripts and reference-generation pipeline." corpus_urls = [ "https://x.com/NOTimothyLottes/status/1757198624818168210", "https://x.com/NOTimothyLottes/status/1653570742762479620", "https://x.com/NOTimothyLottes/status/1917646466417381426", "https://x.com/NOTimothyLottes/status/1917645859791200562", "https://x.com/NOTimothyLottes/status/1917644904055910502", "https://x.com/NOTimothyLottes/status/1917642786804785230", "https://x.com/VPCOMPRESSB/status/1991383117571957052", "https://x.com/VPCOMPRESSB/status/1987744335333622188", ] corpus_output_dir = "tests/artifacts/twitter_threads_corpus/" acceptance_criterion = "All 8 threads extract cleanly to thread.md + media/ pairs; the corpus is handed off to bootslop. The ?s=20 query suffix on the @VPCOMPRESSB URLs must be stripped by fetch_thread.py before acquisition." [standalone_requirement] rationale = "Per user directive: scripts must be standalone tooling so they don't have lots of dependencies with the repo's codebase and could be utilized in others." enforcement = "VC7 — zero imports from src/, conductor/, or scripts.video_analysis. Verified via grep (empty)." copyable = "The scripts/twitter_threads/ directory is copy-pasteable to another repo with only gallery-dl as an external dep. All runnable modules use a dual-import (absolute/relative) so they work via -m and as bare scripts." [acquisition_strategy] primary = "Strategy A: gallery-dl subprocess wrapper (URL input; --dump-json)" fallback = "Strategy C: local HTML parse via html.parser.HTMLParser (user saves HTML via browser; script parses offline)" documented_alternatives = "Strategy B: snscrape (legacy; documented in README); Strategy D: tweepy/twitter-api-python (paid API; documented in README)"