docs: state the two status-log rules the reader enforces - #2823
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe changes document status-log sentinel values, recognized and unrecognized sources, per-writer notes, and related analysis tools. ChangesStatus-log documentation
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In `@set-status.mjs`:
- Around line 78-79: Update the documentation near parseStatusLog to clarify
that unrecognized sources are recorded in unknownSources and exposed through
dataQuality; only their funnel day-math contribution is excluded, rather than
the rows being silently lost.
- Around line 72-75: Correct the comment describing sentinel handling to
distinguish the semantics: “-” in the from-state represents no prior state and
is mapped to null, while “-” in the to-state remains the literal sentinel value.
Keep the existing unknown-state and empty-cell behavior documentation accurate.
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44-44: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDocument both empty-state diagnostics.
funnel-velocity.mjs:90-117reportsunknown from-state ""for an emptyfromcell andunknown to-state ""for an emptytocell. This entry names only thefromdiagnostic. Replace it with a generic unparseable-state description or document both diagnostics.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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106-108: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winQualify the default status-log path.
set-status.mjs:504-520writesstatus-log.tsvbesideAPPS_FILE, sodata/status-log.tsvapplies only to the default tracker layout. Add that qualifier. A redirectedCAREER_OPS_TRACKERcan otherwise cause readers to use the wrong ledger path.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@AGENTS.md`:
- Around line 106-108: Update the AGENTS.md description for data/status-log.tsv
to state that this is the default ledger path used when the tracker has the
default layout; redirected CAREER_OPS_TRACKER configurations write the ledger
beside APPS_FILE instead. Preserve the existing format, ownership, and
source-column guidance.
- Line 400: Update the fenced code block at the affected documentation section
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In `@DATA_CONTRACT.md`:
- Line 44: Update the status-log documentation entry to include both empty-state
diagnostics: unknown from-state "" and unknown to-state "". Use wording that
covers empty or otherwise unparseable state values while preserving the
documented sentinel "-" behavior.
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Documentation that states a rule the code already enforces is worth more than it looks, @rubicon — an undocumented invariant is one somebody removes during a refactor because nothing said it was load-bearing. And this is the second time tonight that pattern has come up from the opposite direction: #2791 found that JD archival was a prompt-only instruction with nothing enforcing it (seven reports, zero archives). Yours is the inverse — enforcement with nothing documenting it. Both fail eventually, just in opposite directions. It touches Not merged tonight (per-session merge ceiling), queued. |
The ledger's line format is documented in set-status.mjs and in DATA_CONTRACT.md, and both leave out two rules funnel-velocity.mjs enforces when it parses the file, so a second writer that follows the documented format can produce rows the reader rejects. The ledger is append-only, so those rows are permanent. An unknown from- or to-state has to be the sentinel "-". funnel-velocity.mjs treats "-" as no prior state and sends anything else through resolveCanonicalState, so an empty cell is rejected as unknown from-state and the row is dropped. An empty cell is the natural thing to write for a row's first event. The source column is a closed set. This documents that it is closed and names VALID_SOURCES in funnel-velocity.mjs as the authority on its members, rather than copying the members into prose. The first draft did copy them, and santifer#2898 falsifies that copy by adding a fifth source -- in three files at once, since the list appeared in all three this touches. A list that decays inside a day is evidence the enumeration was the wrong thing to write down; the rule and the grep target are what a would-be producer actually needs. A value outside the set parses but is counted as an unknown source and left out of the funnel, so namespacing a source loses the row quietly. Per-writer detail belongs in the note column instead. set-status.mjs is never affected by either rule, because it always has a real prior status from the tracker and always writes its own source, which is why they can sit undocumented. Both are now stated in its header next to the format it already documents, and in the status-log row in DATA_CONTRACT.md. AGENTS.md gains Main Files rows for the ledger and for its two readers. It had no mention of status-log.tsv, funnel-velocity.mjs or company-history.mjs, so an agent working from that table had no way to learn the ledger exists. Documentation only. No behaviour change. Closes santifer#2822
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In `@DATA_CONTRACT.md`:
- Line 44: Update the ledger documentation at DATA_CONTRACT.md line 44 to state
that from = "-" parses to null, while to = "-" remains the unknown-target
sentinel, with column-specific errors for empty cells. Update the writer
documentation in set-status.mjs lines 72-75 to describe the same sentinel and
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Rebased onto current The first draft enumerated the source column as So the rule stays and the list goes. All three now say the set is closed and name That makes this order-independent: correct before #2898, correct after it, and correct after #2901 adds Your framing is the reason I did not just drop the paragraph — an undocumented invariant is one somebody removes during a refactor because nothing said it was load-bearing. The load-bearing part turned out to be that the set is closed and where it is declared, not who is currently in it. Naming the declaration also makes the doc self-repairing in the way the enumeration was not: the grep is right even when the prose is old. One thing to check against the diff rather than this description, since you said you would and it is the right instinct on a 🔴 file: the If you would rather have the members listed somewhere in prose after all, my pick would be exactly one place — the |
funnel-velocity.mjs reads the two columns differently: a from of "-" parses to null, meaning no prior state, while a to of "-" is preserved as the literal "-", meaning an unknown target. The previous wording described both as "no prior state" and gave a from-specific rejection example as if it covered either column. Also corrects the unknown-source note. A value outside VALID_SOURCES is not silently lost: the row is kept as an observation with dayMath false, recorded in unknownSources, and printed with its line number under dataQuality. Only its day-math contribution is dropped.
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- Line 44: Update the status-log description in DATA_CONTRACT.md to say unknown
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| | `data/outcomes/*` | Your application outcome logs and archived application artifacts (written by the `outcome` mode) | | ||
| | `data/salary-observations.tsv` | Your append-only compensation observation log: `{tracker#}\t{date}\t{desired\|advertised\|actual}\t{amount}\t{currency}\t{source}\t{note}`. Written by interactive modes when a figure is stated/confirmed; never edited in place. Advertised figures come from reports' `advertised_comp` instead — reports are themselves observation sources. Read by `salary-gap.mjs` | | ||
| | `status-log.tsv` (sibling of the active tracker file — `data/status-log.tsv` in the default layout) | Your append-only status transition ledger: `{tracker#}\t{date}\t{from}\t{to}\t{source}\t{note}`. Appended by `set-status.mjs` next to wherever the tracker lives, on every real status change (the tracker stays the source of truth for *state*; the ledger records *when* transitions happened); never edited in place — corrections are new `correction`-source lines. Read by `funnel-velocity.mjs` | | ||
| | `status-log.tsv` (sibling of the active tracker file — `data/status-log.tsv` in the default layout) | Your append-only status transition ledger: `{tracker#}\t{date}\t{from}\t{to}\t{source}\t{note}`. Appended by `set-status.mjs` next to wherever the tracker lives, on every real status change (the tracker stays the source of truth for *state*; the ledger records *when* transitions happened); never edited in place — corrections are new `correction`-source lines. An unknown from- or to-state is the sentinel `-`, never an empty cell; the two columns then diverge, with a from of `-` parsing to null (no prior state) and a to of `-` preserved as the literal unknown-target sentinel, while an empty cell is rejected as `unknown from-state ""` or `unknown to-state ""` for its own column. The source column is a closed set whose members are `VALID_SOURCES` in `funnel-velocity.mjs` — that declaration is the authority, so this contract points at it rather than restating a list that goes stale the next time a writer is added. Any value outside the set parses but is counted as an unknown source and excluded from the funnel, so per-writer detail belongs in the note column rather than namespaced onto the source. Read by `funnel-velocity.mjs` and `company-history.mjs` | |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Limit the exclusion to funnel day-math.
DATA_CONTRACT.md says that an unknown source is “excluded from the funnel.” funnel-velocity.mjs keeps the row as an observation, records it in unknownSources, and excludes only its day-math contribution. Replace that phrase with “excluded from funnel day-math calculations” to prevent readers from treating the row as absent from data-quality output.
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In `@DATA_CONTRACT.md` at line 44, Update the status-log description in
DATA_CONTRACT.md to say unknown sources are “excluded from funnel day-math
calculations” instead of “excluded from the funnel,” preserving the documented
behavior that funnel-velocity.mjs retains the row as an observation and reports
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59-59: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winReconcile the
config/local-paths.txtexception with the User Layer rule.Line 59 says the updater reads
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121-122: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winInclude
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283-283: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAvoid hard-coding the 300-character Premium limit.
LinkedIn Help pages conflict: one states a 200-character limit for all personalized invitations, while another states 300 characters for Premium members. Use a single current authoritative limit or omit tier-specific values.
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Approved days ago and held only by the author cap: pointing at VALID_SOURCES as the authority instead of copying the list is the documentation standard this repo wants. Merged! 🚀 |
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Closes #2822
Documentation only. No behaviour change.
What is missing today
status-log.tsv's line format is documented inset-status.mjs's header and in thestatus-log.tsvrow ofDATA_CONTRACT.md. Both omit two rules thatfunnel-velocity.mjsenforces when it parses the file:-.funnel-velocity.mjs:104-105treats-as no prior state and sends anything else throughresolveCanonicalState, so an empty cell is rejected asunknown from-state ""and the row is dropped intounparseable.set-status,correction,backfill,manual(funnel-velocity.mjs:54). Anything else parses but is counted as an unknown source and excluded from the funnel.set-status.mjsnever runs into either one, because it always has a real prior status from the tracker and always writes its own source. That is why they can sit undocumented without anything breaking.Why it is worth writing down
I hit both while writing a second producer, a one-off backfill for rows that predate the ledger having a writer. It followed the documented format, used an empty cell for a row's first event, and namespaced its source to record which derivation produced each row. Against real data that gave 623 unparseable rows out of 627, with the remaining 4 counted as unknown sources, and the run reported success. In an append-only file that is permanent cleanup work.
An empty cell is the natural thing to write for an event that has no prior state, so I do not think this is an unusual mistake to make.
What changed
set-status.mjs: both rules added to the header comment, next to the format it already documents, with a note that this writer is unaffected by them.DATA_CONTRACT.md: both rules added to thestatus-log.tsvrow, andcompany-history.mjsadded alongsidefunnel-velocity.mjsas a reader.AGENTS.md: Main Files rows fordata/status-log.tsv,funnel-velocity.mjsandcompany-history.mjs. The table had no mention of any of the three, so an agent working from it had no way to learn the ledger exists.Verification
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