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{"type":"custom_message","customType":"gsd-auto","content":"You are executing GSD auto-mode.\n\n## Working Directory\n\nYour working directory is `/home/aux/projects/content-to-kb-automator`. All file reads, writes, and shell commands MUST operate relative to this directory. Do NOT `cd` to any other directory.\n\n## Requirements Advanced\n\nNone.\n\n## Requirements Validated\n\nNone.\n\n## Requirements Invalidated or Re-scoped\n\nNone.\n\n## Requirements Advanced\n\nNone.\n\n## Requirements Validated\n\nNone.\n\n## Requirements Invalidated or Re-scoped\n\nNone.\n\n## Requirements Advanced\n\n- R013 — Prompt optimization loop provides automated mechanism to improve prompt templates — generates variants, scores them, and identifies winners\n\n## Requirements Validated\n\nNone.\n\n## Requirements Invalidated or Re-scoped\n\nNone.\n\n## UNIT: Validate Milestone M013 (\"M013\")\n\n## Your Role in the Pipeline\n\nAll slices are done. Before the milestone can be completed, you must validate that the planned work was delivered as specified. Compare the roadmap's success criteria and slice definitions against the actual slice summaries and UAT results. This is a reconciliation gate — catch gaps, regressions, or missing deliverables before the milestone is sealed.\n\nThis is remediation round 0. If this is round 0, this is the first validation pass. If > 0, prior validation found issues and remediation slices were added and executed — verify those remediation slices resolved the issues.\n\nAll relevant context has been preloaded below — the roadmap, all slice summaries, UAT results, requirements, decisions, and project context are inlined. Start working immediately without re-reading these files.\n\n## Inlined Context (preloaded — do not re-read these files)\n\n### Milestone Roadmap\nSource: `.gsd/milestones/M013/M013-ROADMAP.md`\n\n# M013: \n\n## Vision\nA fully automated CLI tool that tests FYN-LLM fitness, scores pipeline output across structural, content, voice preservation, readability, and preference dimensions, generates prompt variants, and runs unattended A/B optimization loops — producing reports with winning prompts and score trajectories. Starting with stage 5 synthesis (highest user-visible impact), expanding to all pipeline stages.\n\n## Slice Overview\n| ID | Slice | Risk | Depends | Done | After this |\n|----|-------|------|---------|------|------------|\n| S01 | General FYN-LLM Fitness Suite | medium | — | ✅ | Run `python -m pipeline.quality fitness` — outputs pass/fail for Mandelbrot question, JSON compliance, instruction following, and diverse prompt battery against live FYN-LLM |\n| S02 | Stage 5 Quality Scorer & Voice Preservation Dial | high | S01 | ✅ | Run scorer on a reference article — outputs composite score across 5 dimensions. Run same article at voice_level 0.2 vs 0.8 — voice preservation score differs meaningfully |\n| S03 | Prompt Variant Generator & Automated A/B Loop | high | S02 | ✅ | Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 5 --iterations 10` — generates prompt variants, scores each against reference articles, outputs leaderboard and score trajectory chart |\n| S04 | Expand to Pipeline Stages 2-4 | medium | S03 | ✅ | Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 3 --iterations 5` — optimizes extraction prompts with stage-appropriate scoring |\n\n---\n\n### Verification Classes (from planning)\n\nThese verification tiers were defined during milestone planning. Each non-empty class must be checked for evidence during validation.\n\n- **Contract:** All scoring functions produce deterministic numeric outputs for the same input. CLI tool exits 0 on success with report file written.\n- **Integration:** CLI tool runs end-to-end against live FYN-LLM endpoints, scores real pipeline output, and writes a complete report.\n- **Operational:** Report includes timing data per stage, total LLM calls, token usage, and cost estimate for a full optimization run.\n- **UAT:** Run optimization loop on stage 5, compare winning prompt's output on a reference article against the current baseline — demonstrate visible qualitative improvement or confirm current prompt is already near-optimal.\n\n---\n\n### S01 Summary\nSource: `.gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S01/S01-SUMMARY.md`\n\n---\nid: S01\nparent: M013\nmilestone: M013\nprovides:\n  - pipeline.quality package with FitnessRunner and argparse CLI entry point\n  - TestResult dataclass for structured test results\nrequires:\n  []\naffects:\n  - S02\n  - S03\nkey_files:\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/__init__.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/__main__.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/fitness.py\nkey_decisions:\n  - Connectivity probe as first action in run_all() for fast failure before running tests\n  - Mandelbrot test uses thinking modality to exercise both LLM modes\n  - Generous validation thresholds to avoid flaky failures from LLM variance\npatterns_established:\n  - pipeline.quality package structure with argparse subcommands — S02/S03 add score and optimize subcommands to the same CLI\n  - TestResult dataclass as standard return type for all quality tests — carries name, passed, elapsed_seconds, token_count, detail\nobservability_surfaces:\n  - none\ndrill_down_paths:\n  - .gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S01/tasks/T01-SUMMARY.md\nduration: \"\"\nverification_result: passed\ncompleted_at: 2026-04-01T08:46:13.884Z\nblocker_discovered: false\n---\n\n# S01: General FYN-LLM Fitness Suite\n\n**Built pipeline.quality package with FitnessRunner CLI — 9 tests across 4 categories (Mandelbrot reasoning, JSON compliance, instruction following, diverse battery), clean connectivity error handling, exits 0/1.**\n\n## What Happened\n\nCreated the `backend/pipeline/quality/` package as the foundation for the M013 quality assurance toolkit. The package has three files: `__init__.py`, `__main__.py` (argparse CLI with `fitness` subcommand), and `fitness.py` (FitnessRunner class).\n\nFitnessRunner implements 9 tests across 4 categories:\n1. **Mandelbrot reasoning** (1 test) — asks about the Mandelbrot set area, checks for key concepts. Uses thinking modality to exercise both LLM modes.\n2. **JSON compliance** (2 tests) — simple and nested JSON with Pydantic validation. Catches malformed/empty responses gracefully.\n3. **Instruction following** (3 tests) — bullet count, keyword inclusion, lowercase constraint. Programmatic compliance checks.\n4. **Diverse battery** (3 tests) — summarization, classification, extraction. Tests practical pipeline-relevant capabilities.\n\nThe CLI runs `python -m pipeline.quality fitness`, prints a formatted pass/fail report with per-test timing and token counts, and exits 0 (all pass) or 1 (any failure or connectivity error). A connectivity pre-check probes the LLM endpoint before running tests, providing a clear error message with the endpoint URL on failure — no tracebacks.\n\nThe argparse structure is designed for extension: S02 and S03 will add `score` and `optimize` subcommands to the same CLI.\n\n## Verification\n\n1. Import check: `cd backend && python -c 'from pipeline.quality.fitness import FitnessRunner; print(\"import ok\")'` — exits 0, prints \"import ok\".\n2. CLI connectivity error: `cd backend && python -m pipeline.quality fitness` — prints clear \"Cannot reach LLM endpoint\" message with URLs, exits 1, no traceback.\n3. Help output: `python -m pipeline.quality --help` — shows fitness subcommand with description.\n4. No-subcommand: `python -m pipeline.quality` — prints usage, exits 1.\n\n## New Requirements Surfaced\n\nNone.\n\n## Deviations\n\nNone.\n\n## Known Limitations\n\nCannot verify actual test pass/fail behavior without a live FYN-LLM endpoint — only connectivity error path is testable on this machine.\n\n## Follow-ups\n\nNone.\n\n## Files Created/Modified\n\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/__init__.py` — Empty package init\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/__main__.py` — Argparse CLI with fitness subcommand, extensible for score/optimize\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/fitness.py` — FitnessRunner class with 9 tests, 4 categories, connectivity pre-check, formatted report output\n\n---\n\n### S01 UAT Result\nSource: `.gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S01/S01-UAT.md`\n\n# S01: General FYN-LLM Fitness Suite — UAT\n\n**Milestone:** M013\n**Written:** 2026-04-01T08:46:13.884Z\n\n## UAT: S01 — General FYN-LLM Fitness Suite\n\n### Preconditions\n- Backend source at `backend/` with `pipeline/quality/` package present\n- Python 3.x with project dependencies installed\n- No live LLM endpoint required for error-path tests (tests 1-4)\n- Live FYN-LLM endpoint required for functional tests (tests 5-7)\n\n### Test Cases\n\n#### TC1: Import Check\n1. Run `cd backend && python -c 'from pipeline.quality.fitness import FitnessRunner; print(\"ok\")'`\n2. **Expected:** Prints \"ok\", exits 0\n\n#### TC2: CLI Help\n1. Run `cd backend && python -m pipeline.quality --help`\n2. **Expected:** Shows usage with `fitness` subcommand listed and described\n\n#### TC3: No Subcommand\n1. Run `cd backend && python -m pipeline.quality`\n2. **Expected:** Prints usage message, exits non-zero\n\n#### TC4: Connectivity Error (no LLM running)\n1. Ensure no LLM is running on localhost\n2. Run `cd backend && python -m pipeline.quality fitness`\n3. **Expected:** Prints \"Cannot reach LLM endpoint at {url}\" with both primary and fallback URLs. Exits 1. No Python traceback visible in output.\n\n#### TC5: Full Fitness Run (requires live FYN-LLM)\n1. Ensure FYN-LLM is reachable at configured endpoint\n2. Run `cd backend && python -m pipeline.quality fitness`\n3. **Expected:** Prints formatted report with 9 test results across 4 categories. Each test shows name, PASS/FAIL, elapsed time. Summary line at end shows pass count / total. Exits 0 if all pass, 1 if any fail.\n\n#### TC6: Mandelbrot Thinking Mode (requires live FYN-LLM)\n1. Run fitness suite with live LLM\n2. **Expected:** Mandelbrot test uses thinking modality (visible in verbose output or code inspection). Tests LLM's reasoning capability, not just chat completion.\n\n#### TC7: JSON Compliance with Malformed Response (requires live FYN-LLM)\n1. If LLM returns non-JSON for a JSON test\n2. **Expected:** Test marks as FAIL with clear detail message (\"Failed to parse JSON\" or similar). No crash or traceback.\n\n### Edge Cases\n\n#### EC1: Empty LLM Response\n- If LLM returns empty string, affected tests should FAIL with descriptive detail, not crash with IndexError or similar.\n\n#### EC2: Timeout\n- If LLM endpoint is reachable but extremely slow, the connectivity probe should eventually time out and report the failure clearly.\n\n---\n\n### S02 Summary\nSource: `.gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S02/S02-SUMMARY.md`\n\n---\nid: S02\nparent: M013\nmilestone: M013\nprovides:\n  - ScoreRunner with score_page() and synthesize_and_score() methods\n  - VoiceDial class for 3-band prompt modification\n  - CLI score subcommand with --file, --slug, --voice-level\n  - 6-moment fixture file for offline testing\nrequires:\n  []\naffects:\n  - S03\nkey_files:\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/scorer.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/voice_dial.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/__main__.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/__init__.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json\n  - pipeline\nkey_decisions:\n  - Hardcoded scoring rubric in scorer.py rather than external prompt file — faster iteration during quality toolkit development\n  - Three discrete voice bands (low/mid/high) at 0.33/0.67 boundaries instead of continuous interpolation — simpler to reason about and test\n  - Mid band returns base prompt unmodified since existing stage5 prompt already targets ~0.6 voice preservation\n  - Project-root symlink + __init__.py sys.path bootstrap to support running from any CWD\npatterns_established:\n  - sys.path bootstrap in package __init__.py using os.path.realpath() to resolve through symlinks\n  - VoiceDial band-based prompt modification pattern reusable for other prompt dimension dials\nobservability_surfaces:\n  - Score report output with per-dimension scores and justification excerpts\n  - Band identification in voice-level output (band=low/mid/high)\n  - Clean connectivity error with endpoint URL on LLM failure\ndrill_down_paths:\n  - .gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S02/tasks/T01-SUMMARY.md\n  - .gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S02/tasks/T02-SUMMARY.md\nduration: \"\"\nverification_result: passed\ncompleted_at: 2026-04-01T09:01:48.179Z\nblocker_discovered: false\n---\n\n# S02: Stage 5 Quality Scorer & Voice Preservation Dial\n\n**Built 5-dimension LLM-as-judge scorer with CLI `score` subcommand and 3-band voice preservation dial that modifies Stage 5 synthesis prompts, runnable from both project root and backend/ directory.**\n\n## What Happened\n\nT01 created the scoring infrastructure: `ScoreRunner` with a `ScoreResult` dataclass covering 5 quality dimensions (structural, content_specificity, voice_preservation, readability, factual_fidelity), each scored 0.0–1.0 by an LLM judge via a hardcoded rubric prompt. The `score` subcommand was added to the existing `pipeline.quality` CLI with mutually exclusive `--file`/`--slug` inputs and an optional `--voice-level` parameter. A 6-moment fixture file (`sample_moments.json`) with realistic music production content provides offline testing data.\n\nT02 added the `VoiceDial` class implementing three discrete bands (low ≤0.33, mid 0.34–0.66, high ≥0.67) that modify the Stage 5 synthesis system prompt. Low band appends voice suppression instructions (neutral third-person, no direct quotes). Mid band passes the base prompt through unmodified (it already targets ~0.6 voice preservation). High band appends amplification instructions (maximize direct quotes, preserve personality). `ScoreRunner.synthesize_and_score()` chains re-synthesis through the modified prompt followed by scoring.\n\nPost-task fix: The verification gate ran `python -m pipeline.quality score --help` from the project root, but the `pipeline` package lives under `backend/`. Added a `pipeline` symlink at project root pointing to `backend/pipeline`, and added a `sys.path` bootstrap in `backend/pipeline/quality/__init__.py` that resolves through the symlink to add `backend/` to `sys.path`. This ensures `config` and `pipeline.llm_client` imports resolve regardless of CWD.\n\n## Verification\n\nAll slice verification checks pass from both project root and backend/ directory:\n\n1. `python -m pipeline.quality score --help` — shows --file, --slug, --voice-level args (exit 0)\n2. `python -c \"from pipeline.quality.scorer import ScoreRunner, ScoreResult; print('ok')\"` — import succeeds (exit 0)\n3. `python -c \"from pipeline.quality.voice_dial import VoiceDial; vd = VoiceDial('base'); assert vd.modify(0.1) != vd.modify(0.5); assert vd.modify(0.5) != vd.modify(0.9)\"` — three distinct bands confirmed (exit 0)\n4. `python -m pipeline.quality score --file backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json` — clean connectivity error, exit 1, no traceback\n5. `python -m pipeline.quality score --file backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json --voice-level 0.3` — re-synthesis path, clean connectivity error, exit 1, no traceback\n6. Fixture validation: 6 moments with required fields present\n\n## New Requirements Surfaced\n\nNone.\n\n## Deviations\n\nAdded project-root `pipeline` symlink and `sys.path` bootstrap in `__init__.py` to support running `python -m pipeline.quality` from the project root (not just from `backend/`). This was not in the original plan but required by the verification gate.\n\n## Known Limitations\n\n`--slug` path prints \"DB loading not yet implemented\" and exits 1 (deferred by design). Voice-level path requires `prompts/stage5_synthesis.txt` to be reachable from CWD — works in Docker (WORKDIR=/app) and from `backend/`, but from project root the prompt file path resolves differently.\n\n## Follow-ups\n\nNone.\n\n## Files Created/Modified\n\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/scorer.py` — New: ScoreResult dataclass + ScoreRunner with score_page() and synthesize_and_score() methods\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/voice_dial.py` — New: VoiceDial class with 3-band prompt modification (low/mid/high)\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/__main__.py` — Added score subcommand with --file, --slug, --voice-level args\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/__init__.py` — Added sys.path bootstrap for project-root execution\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json` — New: 6-moment fixture with realistic music production content\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/__init__.py` — New: empty package marker\n- `pipeline` — New: symlink to backend/pipeline for project-root execution\n\n---\n\n### S02 UAT Result\nSource: `.gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S02/S02-UAT.md`\n\n# S02: Stage 5 Quality Scorer & Voice Preservation Dial — UAT\n\n**Milestone:** M013\n**Written:** 2026-04-01T09:01:48.179Z\n\n## UAT: Stage 5 Quality Scorer & Voice Preservation Dial\n\n### Preconditions\n- Python 3.12+ available\n- Working directory: project root (`/home/aux/projects/content-to-kb-automator`)\n- No live LLM endpoint required (tests verify error handling)\n\n### Test Case 1: CLI Help Output\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality score --help`\n\n**Expected:**\n- Exit code 0\n- Output shows three arguments: `--file`, `--slug`, `--voice-level`\n- `--file` and `--slug` shown as mutually exclusive (required group)\n- `--voice-level` shown as optional with float type\n\n### Test Case 2: Score with File Input (No LLM)\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality score --file backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json`\n\n**Expected:**\n- Exit code 1 (no LLM available)\n- Output includes \"Cannot reach LLM endpoint\" with the endpoint URL\n- No Python traceback in output\n- Shows \"Scoring page for 'KOAN Sound' (6 moments)...\"\n\n### Test Case 3: Score with Voice Level (No LLM)\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality score --file backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json --voice-level 0.3`\n\n**Expected:**\n- Exit code 1 (no LLM available)\n- Output includes \"Re-synthesizing + scoring\" and \"voice_level=0.3\"\n- Output includes \"band=low\" (0.3 falls in low band ≤0.33)\n- No Python traceback\n\n### Test Case 4: Voice Dial Band Boundaries\n**Steps:**\n1. Run:\n```python\nfrom pipeline.quality.voice_dial import VoiceDial\nvd = VoiceDial(\"base prompt text\")\nlow = vd.modify(0.1)\nmid = vd.modify(0.5)\nhigh = vd.modify(0.9)\n```\n\n**Expected:**\n- `low != mid` — low band appends voice suppression instructions\n- `mid != high` — high band appends voice amplification instructions\n- `mid == \"base prompt text\"` — mid band returns base prompt unmodified\n- `low` contains words like \"suppress\", \"neutral\", or \"third-person\"\n- `high` contains words like \"quote\", \"direct\", or \"personality\"\n\n### Test Case 5: Invalid Voice Level\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality score --file backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json --voice-level 1.5`\n\n**Expected:**\n- Exit code 1\n- Error message: \"--voice-level must be between 0.0 and 1.0\"\n\n### Test Case 6: Missing Required Input\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality score`\n\n**Expected:**\n- Exit code 2 (argparse error)\n- Error message about requiring --file or --slug\n\n### Test Case 7: Slug Path (Deferred)\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality score --slug test-technique`\n\n**Expected:**\n- Exit code 1\n- Output: \"DB loading not yet implemented\"\n\n### Test Case 8: Fixture File Validity\n**Steps:**\n1. Run:\n```python\nimport json\nwith open(\"backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json\") as f:\n    data = json.load(f)\n```\n\n**Expected:**\n- `data[\"creator_name\"]` is a non-empty string\n- `data[\"moments\"]` is a list with ≥5 entries\n- Each moment has: `summary`, `transcript_excerpt`, `topic_tags`, `topic_category`\n- At least one moment contains specific plugin/setting mentions in transcript_excerpt\n\n### Test Case 9: Import from Project Root\n**Steps:**\n1. From project root, run:\n```python\nfrom pipeline.quality.scorer import ScoreRunner, ScoreResult\nfrom pipeline.quality.voice_dial import VoiceDial\n```\n\n**Expected:**\n- Both imports succeed without error\n- Works from project root (not just backend/)\n\n---\n\n### S03 Summary\nSource: `.gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S03/S03-SUMMARY.md`\n\n---\nid: S03\nparent: M013\nmilestone: M013\nprovides:\n  - optimize CLI subcommand for automated prompt A/B testing\n  - PromptVariantGenerator for LLM-powered prompt mutation\n  - OptimizationLoop + OptimizationResult for iterative optimization with full history\n  - Leaderboard table, ASCII trajectory chart, and timestamped JSON result output\nrequires:\n  - slice: S02\n    provides: ScoreRunner, ScoreResult, LLMClient, 5-dimension scoring rubric, VoiceDial pattern\naffects:\n  - S04\nkey_files:\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/variant_generator.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/optimizer.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/__main__.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/results/.gitkeep\nkey_decisions:\n  - OptimizationLoop bypasses VoiceDial — owns the full prompt text directly to avoid double-application\n  - Variant validation uses both length diff and line-level symmetric difference to catch trivial mutations\n  - Reporting functions live in __main__.py rather than a separate reporting.py — keeps surface area small\npatterns_established:\n  - Meta-prompt pattern: LLM acts as prompt engineer, receives current prompt + per-dimension scores + rubric summary, outputs a modified variant targeting weakest dimensions\n  - Variant validation gate: min-diff threshold + format marker check before scoring, invalid variants logged and skipped\n  - Optimization history capture: full iteration×variant matrix stored in OptimizationResult for downstream leaderboard/charting/JSON export\nobservability_surfaces:\n  - none\ndrill_down_paths:\n  - .gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S03/tasks/T01-SUMMARY.md\n  - .gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S03/tasks/T02-SUMMARY.md\nduration: \"\"\nverification_result: passed\ncompleted_at: 2026-04-01T09:12:07.490Z\nblocker_discovered: false\n---\n\n# S03: Prompt Variant Generator & Automated A/B Loop\n\n**Automated prompt optimization loop: LLM-powered variant generation, iterative scoring, CLI with leaderboard/trajectory output, and JSON result persistence.**\n\n## What Happened\n\nBuilt two core modules and wired them into the existing quality CLI. `variant_generator.py` provides `PromptVariantGenerator` — given a base prompt and its per-dimension scores, it calls the LLM with a meta-prompt to generate N variants targeting the weakest scoring dimensions. Each variant is validated: must differ from the base by ≥50 chars (via line-level symmetric difference), must preserve JSON format markers (`SynthesisResult`, `\"pages\"`). Invalid variants are logged and skipped.\n\n`optimizer.py` provides `OptimizationLoop` — loads the base stage 5 prompt and fixture data, runs a baseline score, then iterates: generate variants → score each via synthesis + the existing 5-dimension scorer → keep the best → repeat. The loop handles LLM errors gracefully (errored variants are skipped, not fatal). `OptimizationResult` captures the full history (iteration, variant index, prompt text, all scores) for downstream reporting.\n\nThe `optimize` CLI subcommand accepts `--stage`, `--iterations`, `--variants-per-iter`, `--file`, and `--output-dir`. Stage validation restricts to stage 5 (others print a clear message and exit 1). After the loop completes, three reporting functions fire: `print_leaderboard()` shows top 5 variants ranked by composite score with per-dimension breakdown; `print_trajectory()` renders a 15-row ASCII chart of best composite per iteration; `write_results_json()` persists the full result with config metadata to a timestamped JSON file.\n\nOne deviation from the plan: `OptimizationLoop._score_variant()` does its own synthesis call rather than delegating to `ScoreRunner.synthesize_and_score()`, because the loop owns the full prompt text directly and bypassing VoiceDial avoids double-application of voice modifiers.\n\n## Verification\n\nAll slice-level verification checks passed:\n\n1. `python -c \"from pipeline.quality.variant_generator import PromptVariantGenerator; print('generator ok')\"` → exit 0\n2. `python -c \"from pipeline.quality.optimizer import OptimizationLoop, OptimizationResult; print('optimizer ok')\"` → exit 0\n3. `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --help` → shows all 5 args (--stage, --iterations, --variants-per-iter, --file, --output-dir)\n4. `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 3 --iterations 1 --file ...` → prints \"only stage 5 is supported\" and exits 1\n5. `backend/pipeline/quality/results/.gitkeep` exists\n\n## New Requirements Surfaced\n\nNone.\n\n## Deviations\n\nOptimizationLoop._score_variant() performs its own synthesis call instead of delegating to ScoreRunner.synthesize_and_score(). This avoids double-application of VoiceDial modifiers since the optimization loop owns the full prompt text directly.\n\n## Known Limitations\n\nOnly stage 5 optimization is supported — other stages print an error and exit 1. This is by design; S04 will extend to stages 2-4.\n\n## Follow-ups\n\nS04 extends optimization to pipeline stages 2-4 with stage-appropriate scoring dimensions.\n\n## Files Created/Modified\n\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/variant_generator.py` — New module: PromptVariantGenerator with meta-prompt, LLM-powered variant generation, and validation (min-diff + format markers)\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/optimizer.py` — New module: OptimizationLoop (generate→score→select cycles) and OptimizationResult dataclass with full history\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/__main__.py` — Added optimize subparser, print_leaderboard(), print_trajectory(), write_results_json() reporting functions\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/results/.gitkeep` — Created results output directory\n\n---\n\n### S03 UAT Result\nSource: `.gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S03/S03-UAT.md`\n\n# S03: Prompt Variant Generator & Automated A/B Loop — UAT\n\n**Milestone:** M013\n**Written:** 2026-04-01T09:12:07.490Z\n\n## UAT: S03 — Prompt Variant Generator & Automated A/B Loop\n\n### Preconditions\n- Working directory: project root (content-to-kb-automator)\n- Python environment with backend dependencies installed\n- `backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json` exists (created in S02)\n\n### Test 1: Module Imports\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -c \"from pipeline.quality.variant_generator import PromptVariantGenerator; print('ok')\"`\n2. Run `python -c \"from pipeline.quality.optimizer import OptimizationLoop, OptimizationResult; print('ok')\"`\n\n**Expected:** Both print 'ok' and exit 0.\n\n### Test 2: CLI Help Output\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --help`\n\n**Expected:** Output shows all 5 arguments: --stage (default 5), --iterations (default 10), --variants-per-iter (default 2), --file (required), --output-dir (default backend/pipeline/quality/results/).\n\n### Test 3: Stage Validation — Unsupported Stage\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 3 --iterations 1 --file backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json`\n\n**Expected:** Prints error containing \"only stage 5\" and exits with code 1.\n\n### Test 4: Stage Validation — Stage 2\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 2 --iterations 1 --file backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json`\n\n**Expected:** Same rejection as Test 3 — prints error containing \"only stage 5\" and exits 1.\n\n### Test 5: Missing Fixture File\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 5 --iterations 1 --file /nonexistent/path.json`\n\n**Expected:** Prints error about missing file and exits with non-zero code. No traceback.\n\n### Test 6: Missing Required --file Arg\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 5 --iterations 1`\n\n**Expected:** argparse error about required --file argument.\n\n### Test 7: Results Directory\n**Steps:**\n1. Verify `backend/pipeline/quality/results/.gitkeep` exists\n\n**Expected:** File exists, directory is tracked in git.\n\n### Test 8: End-to-End Optimization (requires LLM connectivity)\n**Preconditions:** FYN-LLM reachable at configured endpoint.\n**Steps:**\n1. Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 5 --iterations 2 --variants-per-iter 1 --file backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json --output-dir /tmp/chrysopedia_test_results/`\n2. Check stdout for iteration progress lines\n3. Check stdout for leaderboard table (top variants by composite score)\n4. Check stdout for ASCII trajectory chart\n5. Check `/tmp/chrysopedia_test_results/` for a JSON file matching `optimize_stage5_*.json`\n6. Validate JSON contains keys: best_prompt, best_scores, history, config, elapsed_seconds\n\n**Expected:** Loop runs 2 iterations, generates 1 variant per iteration, scores each, prints leaderboard and trajectory, writes JSON result file with all expected keys.\n\n### Edge Case 9: LLM Unreachable\n**Steps:**\n1. Set LLM endpoint to an unreachable host (e.g., modify config temporarily)\n2. Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 5 --iterations 1 --file backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json`\n\n**Expected:** Clean error message about connectivity failure. No Python traceback shown to user.\n\n---\n\n### S04 Summary\nSource: `.gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S04/S04-SUMMARY.md`\n\n---\nid: S04\nparent: M013\nmilestone: M013\nprovides:\n  - Multi-stage optimize CLI: `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage N` for N in {2,3,4,5}\n  - STAGE_CONFIGS registry for per-stage scoring rubrics and config\n  - Stage 2-4 fixture files for testing\nrequires:\n  []\naffects:\n  []\nkey_files:\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/scorer.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/variant_generator.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/optimizer.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/__main__.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_segments.json\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_topic_group.json\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_classifications.json\nkey_decisions:\n  - Used backward-compat properties on ScoreResult instead of migrating all callers\n  - Stage-specific user prompt building via _build_user_prompt() dispatch in optimizer\npatterns_established:\n  - STAGE_CONFIGS registry pattern: centralized config objects per pipeline stage with rubric, dimensions, format markers, fixture keys, prompt file, and schema class\n  - Templatized meta-prompt with {dimension_descriptions} placeholder for stage-agnostic variant generation\nobservability_surfaces:\n  - none\ndrill_down_paths:\n  - .gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S04/tasks/T01-SUMMARY.md\n  - .gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S04/tasks/T02-SUMMARY.md\nduration: \"\"\nverification_result: passed\ncompleted_at: 2026-04-01T09:26:23.089Z\nblocker_discovered: false\n\n[...truncated 28 sections]\n\n\n\n## Validation Steps\n\n1. For each **success criterion** in `.gsd/milestones/M013/M013-ROADMAP.md`, check whether slice summaries and UAT results provide evidence that it was met. Record pass/fail per criterion.\n2. For each **slice** in the roadmap, verify its demo/deliverable claim against its summary. Flag any slice whose summary does not substantiate its claimed output.\n3. Check **cross-slice integration points** — do boundary map entries (produces/consumes) align with what was actually built?\n4. Check **requirement coverage** — are all active requirements addressed by at least one slice?\n5. If **Verification Classes** are provided in the inlined context above, check each non-empty class:\n   - For each verification class (Contract, Integration, Operational, UAT), determine whether slice summaries, UAT results, or observable behavior provide evidence that this verification tier was addressed.\n   - Document the compliance status of each class in a dedicated verification classes section.\n   - If `Operational` verification is non-empty and no evidence of operational verification exists, flag this explicitly — it means planned operational checks (migrations, deployments, runtime verification) were not proven.\n   - A milestone with unaddressed verification classes may still pass if the gaps are minor, but the gaps MUST be documented in the Deferred Work Inventory.\n6. Determine a verdict:\n   - `pass` — all criteria met, all slices delivered, no gaps\n   - `needs-attention` — minor gaps that do not block completion (document them)\n   - `needs-remediation` — material gaps found; remediation slices must be added to the roadmap\n\n## Persist Validation\n\n**Persist validation results through `gsd_validate_milestone`.** Call it with: `milestoneId`, `verdict`, `remediationRound`, `successCriteriaChecklist`, `sliceDeliveryAudit`, `crossSliceIntegration`, `requirementCoverage`, `verificationClasses` (when non-empty), `verdictRationale`, and `remediationPlan` (if verdict is `needs-remediation`). The tool writes the validation to the DB and renders VALIDATION.md to disk.\n\nIf verdict is `needs-remediation`:\n- After calling `gsd_validate_milestone`, use `gsd_reassess_roadmap` to add remediation slices. Pass `milestoneId`, a synthetic `completedSliceId` (e.g. \"VALIDATION\"), `verdict: \"roadmap-adjusted\"`, `assessment` text, and `sliceChanges` with the new slices in the `added` array. The tool persists the changes to the DB and re-renders ROADMAP.md.\n- These remediation slices will be planned and executed before validation re-runs.\n\n**File system safety:** When scanning milestone directories for evidence, use `ls` or `find` to list directory contents first — never pass a directory path (e.g. `tasks/`, `slices/`) directly to the `read` tool. The `read` tool only accepts file paths, not directories.\n\nWhen done, say: \"Milestone M013 validation complete — verdict: <verdict>.\"","display":false,"id":"68d08f2b","parentId":"9e3f78a5","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:26:27.483Z"}
{"type":"message","id":"f3ad7d68","parentId":"68d08f2b","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:26:33.813Z","message":{"role":"assistant","content":[{"type":"thinking","thinking":"Let me analyze the milestone validation systematically. I have all the context inlined, so I can work through the validation steps directly.\n\nLet me first check what success criteria and other details are in the roadmap that might have been truncated.","thinkingSignature":"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"},{"type":"text","text":"I need to check the full roadmap for success criteria and the S04 summary/UAT that were truncated."},{"type":"toolCall","id":"toolu_018BaEDYU6uTawEzdMt6fdP8","name":"read","arguments":{"limit":100,"offset":1,"path":".gsd/milestones/M013/M013-ROADMAP.md"}},{"type":"toolCall","id":"toolu_01KJErzNYm2in5dsMJPRitZm","name":"read","arguments":{"path":".gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S04/S04-UAT.md"}}],"api":"anthropic-messages","provider":"anthropic","model":"claude-opus-4-6","usage":{"input":3,"output":252,"cacheRead":59647,"cacheWrite":9558,"totalTokens":69460,"cost":{"input":0.000015000000000000002,"output":0.0063,"cacheRead":0.0298235,"cacheWrite":0.059737500000000006,"total":0.095876}},"stopReason":"toolUse","timestamp":1775035587481}}
{"type":"message","id":"61ae435d","parentId":"f3ad7d68","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:26:33.815Z","message":{"role":"toolResult","toolCallId":"toolu_018BaEDYU6uTawEzdMt6fdP8","toolName":"read","content":[{"type":"text","text":"# M013: \n\n## Vision\nA fully automated CLI tool that tests FYN-LLM fitness, scores pipeline output across structural, content, voice preservation, readability, and preference dimensions, generates prompt variants, and runs unattended A/B optimization loops — producing reports with winning prompts and score trajectories. Starting with stage 5 synthesis (highest user-visible impact), expanding to all pipeline stages.\n\n## Slice Overview\n| ID | Slice | Risk | Depends | Done | After this |\n|----|-------|------|---------|------|------------|\n| S01 | General FYN-LLM Fitness Suite | medium | — | ✅ | Run `python -m pipeline.quality fitness` — outputs pass/fail for Mandelbrot question, JSON compliance, instruction following, and diverse prompt battery against live FYN-LLM |\n| S02 | Stage 5 Quality Scorer & Voice Preservation Dial | high | S01 | ✅ | Run scorer on a reference article — outputs composite score across 5 dimensions. Run same article at voice_level 0.2 vs 0.8 — voice preservation score differs meaningfully |\n| S03 | Prompt Variant Generator & Automated A/B Loop | high | S02 | ✅ | Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 5 --iterations 10` — generates prompt variants, scores each against reference articles, outputs leaderboard and score trajectory chart |\n| S04 | Expand to Pipeline Stages 2-4 | medium | S03 | ✅ | Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 3 --iterations 5` — optimizes extraction prompts with stage-appropriate scoring |\n"}],"isError":false,"timestamp":1775035593815}}
{"type":"message","id":"cc44aa4c","parentId":"61ae435d","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:26:33.818Z","message":{"role":"toolResult","toolCallId":"toolu_01KJErzNYm2in5dsMJPRitZm","toolName":"read","content":[{"type":"text","text":"# S04: Expand to Pipeline Stages 2-4 — UAT\n\n**Milestone:** M013\n**Written:** 2026-04-01T09:26:23.089Z\n\n# S04 UAT: Expand to Pipeline Stages 2-4\n\n## Preconditions\n- Working directory: `backend/`\n- Python environment with project dependencies available\n- No live LLM connection required (import/structure tests only)\n\n## Test Cases\n\n### TC1: STAGE_CONFIGS registry completeness\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from pipeline.quality.scorer import STAGE_CONFIGS; assert sorted(STAGE_CONFIGS.keys()) == [2,3,4,5]; print('pass')\"`\n**Expected:** Prints `pass`. All four stages registered.\n\n### TC2: Per-stage dimensions are distinct\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from pipeline.quality.scorer import STAGE_CONFIGS; dims = {s: cfg.dimensions for s, cfg in STAGE_CONFIGS.items()}; assert dims[2] != dims[5]; assert 'voice_preservation' in dims[5]; assert 'boundary_accuracy' in dims[2]; print('pass')\"`\n**Expected:** Prints `pass`. Stage 2 has segmentation-specific dims, stage 5 has synthesis-specific dims.\n\n### TC3: ScoreResult backward compatibility\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from pipeline.quality.scorer import ScoreResult; r = ScoreResult(scores={'structural': 0.9, 'readability': 0.7}, composite=0.8); assert r.structural == 0.9; assert r.readability == 0.7; assert r.composite == 0.8; print('pass')\"`\n**Expected:** Prints `pass`. Named property access works on generalized scores dict.\n\n### TC4: ScoreResult with non-stage-5 dimensions\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from pipeline.quality.scorer import ScoreResult; r = ScoreResult(scores={'coverage_completeness': 0.85, 'boundary_accuracy': 0.6}, composite=0.725); assert r.scores['coverage_completeness'] == 0.85; print('pass')\"`\n**Expected:** Prints `pass`. Arbitrary dimension names work in scores dict.\n\n### TC5: Stage schema resolution\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from pipeline.quality.scorer import STAGE_CONFIGS; schemas = {s: cfg.get_schema().__name__ for s, cfg in STAGE_CONFIGS.items()}; assert schemas == {2: 'SegmentationResult', 3: 'ExtractionResult', 4: 'ClassificationResult', 5: 'SynthesisResult'}; print('pass')\"`\n**Expected:** Prints `pass`. Each stage resolves to its correct Pydantic schema class.\n\n### TC6: Variant generator accepts stage parameter\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from pipeline.quality.variant_generator import PromptVariantGenerator; print('pass')\"`\n**Expected:** Prints `pass`. Generator imports without error.\n\n### TC7: Optimizer accepts all valid stages\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from unittest.mock import MagicMock; from pipeline.quality.optimizer import OptimizationLoop; c=MagicMock(); [OptimizationLoop(stage=s, fixture_path='x', iterations=1, variants_per_iter=1, client=c) for s in [2,3,4,5]]; print('pass')\"`\n**Expected:** Prints `pass`. Constructor succeeds for stages 2-5.\n\n### TC8: Optimizer rejects invalid stages\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from unittest.mock import MagicMock; from pipeline.quality.optimizer import OptimizationLoop; c=MagicMock(); OptimizationLoop(stage=1, fixture_path='x', iterations=1, variants_per_iter=1, client=c)\" 2>&1`\n**Expected:** Raises error mentioning invalid/unsupported stage.\n\n### TC9: Fixture loading validates per-stage keys\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from unittest.mock import MagicMock; from pipeline.quality.optimizer import OptimizationLoop; c=MagicMock(); l=OptimizationLoop(stage=2, fixture_path='pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_segments.json', iterations=1, variants_per_iter=1, client=c); d=l._load_fixture(); assert 'transcript_segments' in d; print('pass')\"`\n2. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from unittest.mock import MagicMock; from pipeline.quality.optimizer import OptimizationLoop; c=MagicMock(); l=OptimizationLoop(stage=3, fixture_path='pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_topic_group.json', iterations=1, variants_per_iter=1, client=c); d=l._load_fixture(); assert 'topic_segments' in d; print('pass')\"`\n3. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from unittest.mock import MagicMock; from pipeline.quality.optimizer import OptimizationLoop; c=MagicMock(); l=OptimizationLoop(stage=4, fixture_path='pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_classifications.json', iterations=1, variants_per_iter=1, client=c); d=l._load_fixture(); assert 'extracted_moments' in d and 'taxonomy' in d; print('pass')\"`\n**Expected:** All three print `pass`. Each stage's fixture contains the expected keys.\n\n### TC10: CLI rejects stage 6\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 6 --file x 2>&1`\n**Expected:** Error message containing \"stage\" and exits non-zero.\n\n### TC11: CLI accepts stage 3 with help\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 3 --iterations 5 --help 2>&1 | head -1`\n**Expected:** Shows usage line (not an error about invalid stage).\n\n## Edge Cases\n\n### EC1: Stage 5 backward compatibility preserved\n**Steps:**\n1. Run: `cd backend && python -c \"from unittest.mock import MagicMock; from pipeline.quality.optimizer import OptimizationLoop; c=MagicMock(); l=OptimizationLoop(stage=5, fixture_path='pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_moments.json', iterations=1, variants_per_iter=1, client=c); d=l._load_fixture(); assert 'moments' in d and 'creator_name' in d; print('pass')\"`\n**Expected:** Prints `pass`. Stage 5 still works with existing fixture format.\n"}],"isError":false,"timestamp":1775035593816}}
{"type":"message","id":"39b6e405","parentId":"cc44aa4c","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:26:38.522Z","message":{"role":"assistant","content":[{"type":"thinking","thinking":"Now let me check the success criteria and other sections of the roadmap that might have been cut off.","thinkingSignature":"EqACClkIDBgCKkB/SZ1VfZLTdBM8xC6RdqV9b6koTyW9jwcY2/sk31dDGEDn15HCtrhszQ0L20j9VyESnqXuThqyUSGogaAipEtBMg9jbGF1ZGUtb3B1cy00LTY4ABIMwMN2e4ujTY3Y+yOwGgyNgZOTFrdGxWpyvPUiMNqdVJPlVNpgBqGqSv6UpdoFrO5zZ2XqvpU7QHgqthCzhaNI497Pq/Kdb2DF7mKkvCp1wAjA8hVPkJsTReuYrgn/HXHAy1G/RhqpYK1Ziij0TVtCMnwa6Gh5h9SdEECCjTSICebshHsAMqziPsAe47AKePNv8ykkxFlPEB3Xm5nB0SLwt5EHtmbqyiDJmexmD9qqEW5sT8zVqPLIxgPs37HmPs75Ijt5GAE="},{"type":"text","text":"Now let me check for success criteria, definition of done, and other planning sections in the roadmap."},{"type":"toolCall","id":"toolu_01DPiwA3MTak47SEb9u7ArgK","name":"bash","arguments":{"command":"grep -n \"Success Criteria\\|Definition of Done\\|Key Risks\\|Proof Strategy\\|Boundary Map\\|Requirement Coverage\\|Verification\" .gsd/milestones/M013/M013-ROADMAP.md | head -30"}}],"api":"anthropic-messages","provider":"anthropic","model":"claude-opus-4-6","usage":{"input":1,"output":169,"cacheRead":69205,"cacheWrite":2320,"totalTokens":71695,"cost":{"input":0.000005,"output":0.0042250000000000005,"cacheRead":0.0346025,"cacheWrite":0.0145,"total":0.0533325}},"stopReason":"toolUse","timestamp":1775035593817}}
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{"type":"message","id":"e778bf5b","parentId":"a9ee46b1","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:26:42.546Z","message":{"role":"toolResult","toolCallId":"toolu_01VwYPjqvQ3XqY5JyLJLD2kh","toolName":"read","content":[{"type":"text","text":"# M013: \n\n## Vision\nA fully automated CLI tool that tests FYN-LLM fitness, scores pipeline output across structural, content, voice preservation, readability, and preference dimensions, generates prompt variants, and runs unattended A/B optimization loops — producing reports with winning prompts and score trajectories. Starting with stage 5 synthesis (highest user-visible impact), expanding to all pipeline stages.\n\n## Slice Overview\n| ID | Slice | Risk | Depends | Done | After this |\n|----|-------|------|---------|------|------------|\n| S01 | General FYN-LLM Fitness Suite | medium | — | ✅ | Run `python -m pipeline.quality fitness` — outputs pass/fail for Mandelbrot question, JSON compliance, instruction following, and diverse prompt battery against live FYN-LLM |\n| S02 | Stage 5 Quality Scorer & Voice Preservation Dial | high | S01 | ✅ | Run scorer on a reference article — outputs composite score across 5 dimensions. Run same article at voice_level 0.2 vs 0.8 — voice preservation score differs meaningfully |\n| S03 | Prompt Variant Generator & Automated A/B Loop | high | S02 | ✅ | Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 5 --iterations 10` — generates prompt variants, scores each against reference articles, outputs leaderboard and score trajectory chart |\n| S04 | Expand to Pipeline Stages 2-4 | medium | S03 | ✅ | Run `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage 3 --iterations 5` — optimizes extraction prompts with stage-appropriate scoring |\n"}],"isError":false,"timestamp":1775035602543}}
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{"type":"message","id":"21244b4d","parentId":"4a3eead3","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:26:51.111Z","message":{"role":"assistant","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The roadmap is minimal — only the slice overview, no explicit success criteria section. Let me check the DB for the milestone planning data."},{"type":"toolCall","id":"toolu_01PiALpNhSeGpmsAPs8pT95v","name":"bash","arguments":{"command":"sqlite3 .gsd/gsd.db \"SELECT success_criteria, definition_of_done, verification_contract, verification_integration, verification_operational, verification_uat, requirement_coverage FROM milestones WHERE milestone_id='M013'\" 2>/dev/null | head -50"}},{"type":"toolCall","id":"toolu_013tKCgZu7oMuG7w8d9XpYre","name":"bash","arguments":{"command":"ls .gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S04/S04-SUMMARY.md"}}],"api":"anthropic-messages","provider":"anthropic","model":"claude-opus-4-6","usage":{"input":1,"output":204,"cacheRead":71672,"cacheWrite":566,"totalTokens":72443,"cost":{"input":0.000005,"output":0.0051,"cacheRead":0.035836,"cacheWrite":0.0035375000000000003,"total":0.0444785}},"stopReason":"toolUse","timestamp":1775035605180}}
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{"type":"message","id":"abab3cf0","parentId":"47ed4aab","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:27:12.210Z","message":{"role":"toolResult","toolCallId":"toolu_01TFx46iMZB4kh1Rv2tdEUYC","toolName":"bash","content":[{"type":"text","text":"=== id ===\nM013\n\n=== success_criteria ===\n[\"CLI tool `python -m pipeline.quality` runs unattended for N iterations and produces a scored report\",\"General FYN-LLM fitness suite passes (including Mandelbrot question) validating base model health\",\"Stage 5 synthesis scored across 5 dimensions: structural (20%), content coverage (25%), voice preservation (30%), readability (10%), A/B preference (15%)\",\"Voice preservation scorer compares synthesized article against source transcript — measures vocabulary overlap, quote survival, colloquialism retention\",\"Global voice_level dial (0.0-1.0) in stage 5 prompt scales between clinical reference and full creator personality\",\"Prompt variant generator produces systematic mutations and A/B tests them against scoring criteria\",\"3-5 curated reference articles serve as regression anchors with before/after comparison across optimization runs\",\"At least one measurable quality improvement demonstrated on a real article from the current database\"]\n\n=== definition_of_done ===\n[\"CLI tool runs unattended and produces a scored report with prompt leaderboard\",\"General fitness suite validates FYN-LLM base health\",\"Stage 5 quality scorer covers all 5 dimensions with weighted composite\",\"Voice preservation dial implemented in stage 5 prompt\",\"3-5 reference articles selected and baselined\",\"At least one full optimization loop completed with results documented\",\"Framework extensible to stages 2-4 (S04 delivers at least one additional stage)\"]\n\n=== verification_contract ===\nAll scoring functions produce deterministic numeric outputs for the same input. CLI tool exits 0 on success with report file written.\n\n=== verification_integration ===\nCLI tool runs end-to-end against live FYN-LLM endpoints, scores real pipeline output, and writes a complete report.\n\n=== verification_operational ===\nReport includes timing data per stage, total LLM calls, token usage, and cost estimate for a full optimization run.\n\n=== verification_uat ===\nRun optimization loop on stage 5, compare winning prompt's output on a reference article against the current baseline — demonstrate visible qualitative improvement or confirm current prompt is already near-optimal.\n\n=== requirement_coverage ===\nR003 (LLM Pipeline) — directly optimizes extraction quality. R013 (Prompt Templates) — automated prompt variant testing. R005/R015 — better articles improve search result quality and retrieval speed.\n\n"}],"isError":false,"timestamp":1775035632209}}
{"type":"message","id":"832c7ab5","parentId":"abab3cf0","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:27:22.560Z","message":{"role":"assistant","content":[{"type":"thinking","thinking":"Now I have everything I need. Let me validate systematically.\n\n**Success Criteria:**\n1. CLI tool `python -m pipeline.quality` runs unattended for N iterations and produces a scored report — S03 delivers this\n2. General FYN-LLM fitness suite passes (including Mandelbrot question) — S01 delivers this\n3. Stage 5 synthesis scored across 5 dimensions: structural (20%), content coverage (25%), voice preservation (30%), readability (10%), A/B preference (15%) — S02 delivers scoring across 5 dimensions, but the specific weights aren't clear from summaries\n\n\n4. Voice preservation scorer compares synthesized article against source transcript — S02's scorer does this\n5. Global voice_level dial (0.0-1.0) in stage 5 prompt — S02 delivers VoiceDial with 3 bands\n6. Prompt variant generator produces systematic mutations and A/B tests them — S03 delivers this\n7. 3-5 curated reference articles serve as regression anchors — S02 has 1 fixture file with 6 moments (1 article), so I'm short on the reference articles needed\n8. At least one measurable quality improvement demonstrated on a real article — No evidence of this yet, all testing has been synthetic so far without hitting a live LLM\n\nLet me dig into the S04 summary more carefully since the context got cut off.","thinkingSignature":"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"},{"type":"text","text":"Now let me check the actual S04 summary and verify file existence for key deliverables."},{"type":"toolCall","id":"toolu_01DNVnMGBPmwAGPSGftmPTbm","name":"read","arguments":{"path":".gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S04/S04-SUMMARY.md"}},{"type":"toolCall","id":"toolu_012KEMM7e9EWUmifz5oKzLzV","name":"bash","arguments":{"command":"ls backend/pipeline/quality/ && echo \"---\" && ls backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/ && echo \"---\" && ls backend/pipeline/quality/results/ 2>/dev/null"}}],"api":"anthropic-messages","provider":"anthropic","model":"claude-opus-4-6","usage":{"input":1,"output":514,"cacheRead":73555,"cacheWrite":779,"totalTokens":74849,"cost":{"input":0.000005,"output":0.01285,"cacheRead":0.0367775,"cacheWrite":0.00486875,"total":0.054501249999999994}},"stopReason":"toolUse","timestamp":1775035632209}}
{"type":"message","id":"6522aed5","parentId":"832c7ab5","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:27:22.574Z","message":{"role":"toolResult","toolCallId":"toolu_01DNVnMGBPmwAGPSGftmPTbm","toolName":"read","content":[{"type":"text","text":"---\nid: S04\nparent: M013\nmilestone: M013\nprovides:\n  - Multi-stage optimize CLI: `python -m pipeline.quality optimize --stage N` for N in {2,3,4,5}\n  - STAGE_CONFIGS registry for per-stage scoring rubrics and config\n  - Stage 2-4 fixture files for testing\nrequires:\n  []\naffects:\n  []\nkey_files:\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/scorer.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/variant_generator.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/optimizer.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/__main__.py\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_segments.json\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_topic_group.json\n  - backend/pipeline/quality/fixtures/sample_classifications.json\nkey_decisions:\n  - Used backward-compat properties on ScoreResult instead of migrating all callers\n  - Stage-specific user prompt building via _build_user_prompt() dispatch in optimizer\npatterns_established:\n  - STAGE_CONFIGS registry pattern: centralized config objects per pipeline stage with rubric, dimensions, format markers, fixture keys, prompt file, and schema class\n  - Templatized meta-prompt with {dimension_descriptions} placeholder for stage-agnostic variant generation\nobservability_surfaces:\n  - none\ndrill_down_paths:\n  - .gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S04/tasks/T01-SUMMARY.md\n  - .gsd/milestones/M013/slices/S04/tasks/T02-SUMMARY.md\nduration: \"\"\nverification_result: passed\ncompleted_at: 2026-04-01T09:26:23.089Z\nblocker_discovered: false\n---\n\n# S04: Expand to Pipeline Stages 2-4\n\n**Extended the prompt optimization loop from stage-5-only to stages 2-5 with per-stage scoring rubrics, fixtures, schema dispatch, and user prompt building.**\n\n## What Happened\n\nThis slice generalized the quality optimization infrastructure from a stage-5-only system to a multi-stage system covering pipeline stages 2-5.\n\n**T01 — STAGE_CONFIGS registry and generalized scoring:** Built a `STAGE_CONFIGS` registry mapping stages 2-5 to `StageConfig` objects containing per-stage rubrics, dimension lists, format markers, fixture key requirements, prompt file names, and schema class references. Generalized `ScoreResult` from named float fields to a `scores: dict[str, float]` with backward-compatible properties for stage 5 callers. Added `score_stage_output()` to `ScoreRunner` for arbitrary stage scoring. Updated `PromptVariantGenerator` with a templatized meta-prompt that accepts `{dimension_descriptions}` per stage and accepts `format_markers`/`stage` parameters.\n\n**T02 — Stage-aware optimizer and CLI:** Rewrote `OptimizationLoop` to be fully stage-aware: constructor validates stage against `STAGE_CONFIGS`, `_load_fixture()` validates against per-stage fixture keys, `_score_variant()` dispatches per-stage with stage-appropriate user prompts and schema parsing via `_build_user_prompt()`. Created fixture files for stages 2-4 (`sample_segments.json`, `sample_topic_group.json`, `sample_classifications.json`). Removed the stage-5 gate from the CLI — `optimize --stage N` now works for N in {2, 3, 4, 5} with proper validation rejecting other values. Fixed a T01 mismatch where stage 5 `fixture_keys` used `key_moments` instead of `moments`.\n\n## Verification\n\nAll slice verification checks pass:\n\n1. **STAGE_CONFIGS registry**: Stages 2-5 all present with correct dimensions, prompt files, and schema classes\n2. **ScoreResult generalization**: `scores` dict works; backward-compat `.structural` property resolves correctly\n3. **Variant generator**: Imports clean with templatized meta-prompt\n4. **Optimizer**: Imports clean, constructs for all stages 2-5 with mock client\n5. **CLI**: `--help` shows stage parameter; stage 6 rejected with clear error message\n6. **Fixture loading**: All 4 stage fixtures load and validate against their stage's `fixture_keys`\n\n## Requirements Advanced\n\nNone.\n\n## Requirements Validated\n\nNone.\n\n## New Requirements Surfaced\n\nNone.\n\n## Requirements Invalidated or Re-scoped\n\nNone.\n\n## Deviations\n\nT01 added SCORING_RUBRIC backward-compat alias and templatized VARIANT_META_PROMPT (not in original plan). 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Let me compile the validation.\n\n**Analysis summary:**\n\n**Success Criteria:**\n1. ✅ CLI `python -m pipeline.quality` runs unattended — confirmed by S03 optimizer loop\n2. ✅ FYN-LLM fitness suite — S01 delivers 9 tests across 4 categories\n3. ✅ Stage 5 scored across 5 dimensions — S02 delivers ScoreRunner with 5 dimensions\n4. ✅ Voice preservation scorer — S02 ScoreRunner includes voice_preservation dimension\n5. ✅ Voice_level dial (0.0-1.0) — S02 VoiceDial with 3 bands\n6. ✅ Prompt variant generator — S03 PromptVariantGenerator\n7. ⚠️ 3-5 curated reference articles — Only 1 fixture file (sample_moments.json) exists for stage 5; not 3-5 distinct articles\n8. ⚠️ At least one measurable quality improvement demonstrated — No evidence of an actual live run producing results; all verification was against connectivity-error paths\n\n**Verification Classes:**\n- **Contract:** ✅ Scoring produces numeric outputs, CLI exits 0/1 — structurally verified\n- **Integration:** ⚠️ No evidence of actual end-to-end run against live FYN-LLM — all tests show connectivity errors\n- **Operational:** ⚠️ No evidence of timing data, token usage, or cost estimates in actual output\n- **UAT:** ⚠️ No actual optimization loop run with real LLM output demonstrated\n\nThe integration/operational/UAT gaps are inherent — this machine doesn't have FYN-LLM access. The code structure is sound and all offline verification passed. These are environmental limitations, not code deficiencies."},{"type":"toolCall","id":"toolu_01VP3WB891usRqpi5cSmZdGZ","name":"gsd_validate_milestone","arguments":{"crossSliceIntegration":"**S01 → S02:** S01 established the `pipeline.quality` package and argparse CLI pattern. S02 added `score` subcommand to the same CLI and reused `LLMClient` from the fitness module. Integration confirmed — both subcommands coexist.\n\n**S02 → S03:** S03 consumes `ScoreRunner` and `ScoreResult` from S02 for scoring variants. One deviation: `OptimizationLoop._score_variant()` performs its own synthesis call instead of delegating to `ScoreRunner.synthesize_and_score()` to avoid double VoiceDial application. This is a deliberate design decision, not a boundary mismatch.\n\n**S03 → S04:** S04 generalized the stage-5-only infrastructure to stages 2-5. `ScoreResult` was generalized from named fields to a `scores` dict with backward-compat properties. S03's reporting functions in `__main__.py` were updated to use per-stage dimensions. No boundary breaks — stage 5 continues to work as before.","milestoneId":"M013","remediationRound":0,"requirementCoverage":"- **R003 (LLM Pipeline):** Advanced — quality scoring and optimization directly improve extraction pipeline output quality. Stage-appropriate scoring rubrics for stages 2-5.\n- **R013 (Prompt Templates):** Advanced — automated prompt variant generation and A/B testing provides a systematic mechanism for prompt optimization. This is the primary requirement advanced by M013.\n- **R005 (Search-First Web UI):** Indirectly advanced — better synthesis quality improves the articles users find via search.\n- **R015 (30-Second Retrieval):** Not directly addressed by this milestone (performance target, not quality target).","sliceDeliveryAudit":"| Slice | Claimed Deliverable | Evidence | Verdict |\n|-------|-------------------|----------|---------|\n| S01 | `python -m pipeline.quality fitness` outputs pass/fail for 4 categories against live FYN-LLM | FitnessRunner with 9 tests, CLI subcommand, connectivity error handling verified. Import + help + error-path all pass. | ✅ Delivered (offline-verified) |\n| S02 | Scorer outputs composite score across 5 dimensions; voice_level 0.2 vs 0.8 differs meaningfully | ScoreRunner with 5-dimension scoring, VoiceDial with 3 bands producing distinct prompts, CLI `score` subcommand with `--voice-level`. Verified: bands differ, imports clean, connectivity error clean. | ✅ Delivered (offline-verified) |\n| S03 | `optimize --stage 5 --iterations 10` generates variants, scores, outputs leaderboard + trajectory chart | OptimizationLoop, PromptVariantGenerator, CLI with all 5 args, leaderboard/trajectory/JSON reporting functions. Stage validation works. | ✅ Delivered (offline-verified) |\n| S04 | `optimize --stage 3 --iterations 5` optimizes extraction prompts with stage-appropriate scoring | STAGE_CONFIGS for stages 2-5, per-stage rubrics/dimensions/fixtures/schemas, stage-aware optimizer. Stage 6 rejected. All fixtures validate. | ✅ Delivered (offline-verified) |","successCriteriaChecklist":"- [x] **CLI tool runs unattended for N iterations and produces a scored report** — S03 `optimize` subcommand implements the full loop with configurable `--iterations` and `--variants-per-iter`, writes timestamped JSON results to `--output-dir`.\n- [x] **General FYN-LLM fitness suite passes** — S01 delivers FitnessRunner with 9 tests across 4 categories (Mandelbrot, JSON compliance, instruction following, diverse battery). CLI `fitness` subcommand exits 0/1.\n- [x] **Stage 5 synthesis scored across 5 dimensions** — S02 ScoreRunner scores structural, content_specificity, voice_preservation, readability, factual_fidelity via LLM-as-judge rubric.\n- [x] **Voice preservation scorer** — S02 ScoreRunner includes voice_preservation dimension comparing synthesized output against source material.\n- [x] **Global voice_level dial (0.0-1.0)** — S02 VoiceDial with 3 discrete bands (low ≤0.33, mid 0.34-0.66, high ≥0.67) modifying Stage 5 synthesis prompt. Verified: three bands produce distinct prompts.\n- [x] **Prompt variant generator produces systematic mutations** — S03 PromptVariantGenerator with meta-prompt targeting weakest dimensions, validation gate (min-diff + format markers).\n- [ ] **3-5 curated reference articles as regression anchors** — Only 1 fixture file (`sample_moments.json`) exists for stage 5. No evidence of 3-5 distinct reference articles selected or baselined. **Gap: minor — fixture infrastructure exists, additional articles are content curation, not code work.**\n- [ ] **At least one measurable quality improvement demonstrated on a real article** — No evidence of a live optimization run producing actual quality improvement. All verification hit connectivity-error paths (no LLM available on build machine). **Gap: environmental — code is structurally complete, requires live FYN-LLM for demonstration.**","verdict":"needs-attention","verdictRationale":"All four slices delivered their claimed code artifacts and pass offline verification. The pipeline.quality package is structurally complete with fitness testing (S01), 5-dimension scoring + voice dial (S02), automated optimization loop with reporting (S03), and multi-stage support for stages 2-5 (S04). Cross-slice integration is clean.\n\nTwo success criteria have minor gaps: (1) only 1 reference fixture instead of 3-5 curated articles — this is content curation work, not a code gap; (2) no demonstrated measurable quality improvement on a real article — this requires a live FYN-LLM endpoint unavailable on the build machine. Three verification classes (Integration, Operational, UAT) are unproven for the same environmental reason.\n\nThese gaps are **environmental, not architectural**. The code is complete and correct for its offline-verifiable surface. Rating as needs-attention rather than needs-remediation because: the gaps require infrastructure access (live LLM), not additional code work, and the milestone's primary deliverable (the optimization framework) is fully built.","verificationClasses":"### Contract Verification\n**Status: ✅ Passed (structurally verified)**\n- ScoreResult produces numeric outputs (0.0-1.0 per dimension, composite float). Verified via import tests.\n- CLI exits 0 on success, 1 on failure/connectivity error. Verified: `--help` exits 0, missing LLM exits 1, invalid stage exits 1.\n- Results written to timestamped JSON file in `--output-dir`. File write path confirmed in code; `.gitkeep` in results directory.\n\n### Integration Verification\n**Status: ⚠️ Not proven (environmental limitation)**\n- No evidence of end-to-end run against live FYN-LLM. All tests on the build machine hit connectivity-error paths.\n- Code structurally supports the flow: connectivity probe → fitness/score/optimize → report output.\n- This gap is environmental (no LLM on build machine), not a code deficiency.\n\n### Operational Verification\n**Status: ⚠️ Not proven (environmental limitation)**\n- No evidence of timing data, LLM call counts, token usage, or cost estimates in actual output.\n- `TestResult` dataclass includes `elapsed_seconds` and `token_count` fields (S01).\n- `OptimizationResult` includes `elapsed_seconds` (S03).\n- Token usage and cost estimation were planned but no evidence they appear in the report output.\n\n### UAT Verification\n**Status: ⚠️ Not proven (environmental limitation)**\n- No actual optimization loop run with real output demonstrated.\n- UAT test cases for all 4 slices are well-specified with both offline and live-LLM test cases.\n- All offline test cases pass. 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{"type":"message","id":"79be150e","parentId":"8f86bdf2","timestamp":"2026-04-01T09:28:27.818Z","message":{"role":"assistant","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Milestone M013 validation complete — verdict: **needs-attention**.\n\nAll four slices delivered their code artifacts and pass offline verification. The `pipeline.quality` package is structurally complete across fitness testing, multi-dimension scoring, voice preservation dial, automated optimization loop, and multi-stage (2-5) support. Cross-slice boundaries are clean.\n\nTwo gaps documented but not blocking:\n1. **Reference articles** — 1 fixture instead of 3-5 curated articles (content curation, not code work)\n2. **Live demonstration** — no actual LLM-powered optimization run was executed (build machine has no FYN-LLM access)\n\nThree verification classes (Integration, Operational, UAT) are unproven for the same environmental reason. These require running on ub01 with live FYN-LLM, not additional code."}],"api":"anthropic-messages","provider":"anthropic","model":"claude-opus-4-6","usage":{"input":1,"output":196,"cacheRead":76224,"cacheWrite":2618,"totalTokens":79039,"cost":{"input":0.000005,"output":0.0049,"cacheRead":0.038112,"cacheWrite":0.016362500000000002,"total":0.0593795}},"stopReason":"stop","timestamp":1775035701832}}
