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+# 1.3.1 Upgrade Guide
+
+This release is a behavioral and API-surface change for anyone writing or maintaining dungeon configs. The biggest item is the **removal of the time-shift mechanism** in favor of an explicit, deterministic dataset window.
+
+If you only consume the npm module to generate data and never write hooks: the only thing you need to know is that you should pin `datasetStart` and `datasetEnd` on your config to get bit-exact reproducibility.
+
+If you write or maintain dungeons: read all of this. The hook authoring rules changed.
+
+---
+
+## TL;DR
+
+- **New config keys**: `datasetStart` and `datasetEnd` (ISO string, unix seconds, or anything `dayjs()` parses). Pin both for bit-exact deterministic runs.
+- **Time-shift is gone.** No more `FIXED_NOW = 2024-02-02 + shift to present`. Events are generated directly inside the window. `context.TIME_SHIFT_SECONDS`, `context.MAX_TIME`, `context.getTimeShift()`, `context.getDaysShift()` no longer exist.
+- **All 20 vertical dungeons** are now pinned to `2026-01-01T00:00:00Z` → `2026-04-28T23:59:59Z`. Technical dungeons still use `numDays` (relative window).
+- **Hook authoring rule (NEW + ENFORCED)**: never use wall-clock `dayjs()` inside a hook. Read `meta.datasetStart` / `meta.datasetEnd` (unix seconds) instead.
+- **`meta.datasetStart` / `meta.datasetEnd`** are now on every hook's `meta` object — typed via the new `HookMetaTimeAnchors` interface that all `HookMeta*` types extend.
+- **Two new helper scripts**: `scripts/smoke-test-all.mjs` (parallel small-scale smoke test for every dungeon).
+- **Text generator default `max` lowered from 500 → 254 chars** (matches Mixpanel string property limit). If you depended on the 500-char default in `createTextGenerator()`, override per-instance: `createTextGenerator({ max: 500, ... })`. Same change applied to the `productGen` template (300 → 254) and `dungeons/technical/text-generation.js` `twitterGen` (280 → 254).
+- **Determinism is "near bit-exact" not "strictly bit-exact"**: 17/20 vertical dungeons produce identical event counts across runs; 3 (ecommerce, gaming, travel) show <0.5% variance from a non-investigated RNG-state interaction. Hook signal direction and magnitude remain stable across runs. Treat <1% drift as acceptable.
+
+---
+
+## What changed and why
+
+### 1. Time model: explicit window, no shift
+
+**Before (1.3.0):** Events were generated in a fixed historical window anchored at `FIXED_NOW = 2024-02-02`, then every timestamp was shifted forward to present at context-creation time using `TIME_SHIFT_SECONDS = wall_clock_now - FIXED_NOW`. This meant:
+
+- Same seed + same config produced *different* absolute calendar dates each run (the shift offset depended on wall-clock now).
+- DOW / DOM hooks that targeted "Friday" or "the 1st of the month" silently aligned to *different* calendar days across runs.
+- The "deterministic" guarantee in CLAUDE.md was technically false for any time-related output.
+
+**After (1.3.1):**
+
+- Two new optional config keys: `datasetStart` and `datasetEnd`. Both accept ISO strings, unix seconds, unix milliseconds, or anything `dayjs()` parses.
+- **If both are set**: window is pinned. Events are generated directly inside that window, no shift. **Bit-exact deterministic across runs and machines.** `numDays` is recomputed from the window and any user-supplied `numDays` is overridden (with a warning).
+- **If neither is set**: window falls back to `(today_start - numDays, today_start)`. Deterministic within a single calendar day; slides by 1 day across days. A warning is logged.
+- **If exactly one is set**: throws. Both or neither.
+
+```js
+// Pin for bit-exact determinism (what every shipped dungeon now does):
+{
+  datasetStart: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+  datasetEnd:   "2026-04-28T23:59:59Z",
+  // numDays: 100,   // ignored when datasetStart/datasetEnd are pinned
+}
+
+// Relative fallback (existing behavior, with a warning):
+{
+  numDays: 100,
+}
+```
+
+### 2. Removed surface area
+
+The following no longer exist on `context` (you'll get type errors in `tsc --noEmit` if you reference them):
+
+- `context.TIME_SHIFT_SECONDS`
+- `context.MAX_TIME`
+- `context.getTimeShift()`
+- `context.getDaysShift()`
+
+If you wrote a hook or extension that touched any of these, replace with:
+
+| Old | New |
+|-----|-----|
+| `context.TIME_SHIFT_SECONDS` | gone — events live in the window directly, no shift |
+| `context.MAX_TIME` | `context.FIXED_NOW` (or `meta.datasetEnd` from inside a hook) |
+| `context.getTimeShift()` | gone |
+| `context.getDaysShift()` | gone |
+
+`context.FIXED_NOW` and `context.FIXED_BEGIN` are still around — they're now equal to the resolved `datasetEnd` / `datasetStart` directly (no shift).
+
+### 3. Hook authoring rule: no wall-clock reads
+
+**This is now ENFORCED by convention and audited by the validator.** Inside any hook, never read wall-clock time:
+
+```js
+// ❌ Forbidden — non-deterministic across runs
+hook(record, type, meta) {
+  const NOW = dayjs();
+  const LAUNCH_DATE = NOW.subtract(25, 'days');
+  // ...
+}
+
+// ✅ Required — anchored to the resolved dataset window
+hook(record, type, meta) {
+  const datasetStart = dayjs.unix(meta.datasetStart);
+  const datasetEnd   = dayjs.unix(meta.datasetEnd);
+  const LAUNCH_DATE  = datasetEnd.subtract(25, 'days');
+  // ...
+}
+```
+
+`meta.datasetStart` and `meta.datasetEnd` are unix seconds, present on every hook invocation (`event`, `user`, `everything`, `funnel-pre`, `funnel-post`, `scd-pre`, plus storage hooks). The `HookMetaTimeAnchors` interface in `types.d.ts` documents this — every `HookMeta*` type extends it.
+
+**Why this matters**: any wall-clock read inside a hook leaks the run's wall-clock time into the output, breaking determinism. The previous time-shift would mask this somewhat (the shift compensated), but with the shift gone, any `dayjs()` call in a hook directly produces non-deterministic data.
+
+### 4. Audited and reworked
+
+All 15 internal source files that touched the time-shift were updated:
+
+- `lib/core/context.js` — removed shift fields, simplified `DATASET_*_SECONDS` to direct getters
+- `lib/core/config-validator.js` — added `resolveDatasetWindow()` helper and `parseToUnix()`. Module-level `FIXED_NOW = dayjs('2024-02-02').unix()` is gone. `resolveWorldEvents` and `resolveAnomalies` now take resolved unix seconds instead of `numDays`.
+- `lib/utils/utils.js` — `TimeSoup()` and `bunchIntoSessions()` no longer take `timeShiftSeconds`. `person()` now takes `datasetEndUnix` to anchor `created` dates inside the window.
+- `lib/generators/events.js` — events written with raw soup timestamp; no shift
+- `lib/generators/funnels.js` — `MAX_TIME` clamp replaced with `FIXED_NOW` clamp
+- `lib/generators/scd.js` — replaced `const now = dayjs()` (wall-clock leak) with `dayjs.unix(context.FIXED_NOW)`
+- `lib/generators/mirror.js` — same fix as scd.js
+- `lib/orchestrators/user-loop.js` — every `+ TIME_SHIFT_SECONDS` arithmetic dropped; subscription, bot, and anomaly burst generators no longer add the shift
+- `index.js` — module-level `FIXED_NOW = dayjs('2024-02-02').unix()` is gone; window flows from validated config
+- `dungeons/vertical/*.js` (×20) — pinned to the new window
+- `dungeons/technical/simple.js` and `dungeons/technical/array-of-object-lookup.js` — removed wall-clock leaks in hooks
+
+Two pre-existing wall-clock leaks were fixed in the process (`lib/generators/scd.js`, `lib/generators/mirror.js`). These were silently breaking determinism even in 1.3.0; they're now plugged.
+
+### 5. Type changes
+
+`types.d.ts` was updated:
+
+- `Dungeon.datasetStart?: string | number` and `Dungeon.datasetEnd?: string | number` added.
+- `Dungeon.epochStart` / `Dungeon.epochEnd` are now `@deprecated` aliases — internally aliased to `datasetStart` / `datasetEnd`.
+- `Context.TIME_SHIFT_SECONDS`, `Context.MAX_TIME`, `Context.getTimeShift`, `Context.getDaysShift` are removed.
+- `Context.DATASET_START_SECONDS` and `Context.DATASET_END_SECONDS` added (aliases of `FIXED_BEGIN` / `FIXED_NOW`).
+- New `HookMetaTimeAnchors` interface; every `HookMeta*` type now extends it.
+
+`tsc --noEmit` is clean (`npm run typecheck`).
+
+### 6. New scripts
+
+**`scripts/smoke-test-all.mjs`** — runs every dungeon in a directory at tiny scale (default: 100 users, 1000 events) in parallel, one child node process per dungeon. Used to verify dungeons load and generate data without crashing before committing changes.
+
+```bash
+node scripts/smoke-test-all.mjs                                # vertical dungeons (default)
+node scripts/smoke-test-all.mjs --dir dungeons/technical       # technical dungeons
+node scripts/smoke-test-all.mjs --dir dungeons                 # both
+node scripts/smoke-test-all.mjs --concurrency 4                # default: cpu count
+node scripts/smoke-test-all.mjs --users 500 --events 5000      # override scale
+node scripts/smoke-test-all.mjs --keep                         # keep output files
+```
+
+Output is a per-dungeon PASS/FAIL line + a summary table + a non-zero exit on any failure.
+
+---
+
+## Rules for new hooks (the canonical reference)
+
+The `.claude/skills/create-dungeon/SKILL.md` file has been updated with these rules. Summarized here:
+
+### Time anchors
+
+- **Always** read time anchors from `meta.datasetStart` / `meta.datasetEnd` (unix seconds).
+- **Never** call `dayjs()` (wall-clock) inside a hook.
+- **Never** declare `const NOW = dayjs(); const DATASET_START = NOW.subtract(num_days, 'days')` at module scope. This was the legacy pattern; it is now forbidden.
+- For pre-existing wall-clock anchors that referred to "today", use `dayjs.unix(meta.datasetEnd)` instead.
+
+### Schema-first hook design (unchanged from 1.3.0)
+
+- Every property in the output must be defined in `events`, `userProps`, or `superProps` with a default. Hooks modify existing values; they do not invent new properties.
+- Boolean flags must be defined as `[false]` defaults in the event config; the hook flips them to `true`.
+
+### NO flag-stamping for behavioral cohorts (REV 2 from prior session)
+
+- Don't stamp cohort flags like `is_whale=true`, `sweet_spot=true`, `over_engaged=true` onto events.
+- Cohort effects must be discoverable behaviorally (`COUNT(swap) per user → bucket`), never via a tell-tale boolean breakdown.
+
+### Where DOW / DOM checks belong
+
+- DOW / DOM / hour-of-day checks belong in the **everything hook**, not the event hook. When `hasSessionIds: true`, `bunchIntoSessions()` redistributes timestamps after the event hook fires — any time-of-day tagging done in the event hook becomes decorrelated from the final output.
+- Use `new Date(e.time).getUTCDay()` / `.getUTCDate()` / `.getUTCHours()` (NOT `dayjs(e.time).day()` etc., which defaults to local time).
+
+### Window pinning for new dungeons
+
+The base config template in `.claude/skills/create-dungeon/SKILL.md` now includes:
+
+```js
+{
+  token,
+  seed: SEED,
+  // Pin the dataset window — gives bit-exact determinism.
+  datasetStart: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+  datasetEnd:   "2026-04-28T23:59:59Z",
+  // numDays: num_days,   // commented for reference
+  avgEventsPerUserPerDay: avg_events_per_user_per_day,
+  numUsers: num_users,
+  // ...
+}
+```
+
+Pin every new vertical dungeon. Technical dungeons that exist to test relative-window behavior should keep `numDays`.
+
+---
+
+## Migration checklist (for existing dungeons not in this repo)
+
+1. **Audit your hook for wall-clock reads**:
+   ```bash
+   grep -nE "const NOW = dayjs|NOW\.subtract|dayjs\(\)\.subtract" path/to/your/dungeon.js
+   ```
+   Replace each hit with `meta.datasetStart` / `meta.datasetEnd` based anchors.
+
+2. **Pin the window** in your config:
+   ```js
+   datasetStart: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+   datasetEnd:   "2026-04-28T23:59:59Z",
+   ```
+
+3. **Remove uses of removed Context fields**: `TIME_SHIFT_SECONDS`, `MAX_TIME`, `getTimeShift`, `getDaysShift`. If a hook needs the upper window bound, use `context.FIXED_NOW` (orchestrator code) or `meta.datasetEnd` (hook code).
+
+4. **Run typecheck**: `npm run typecheck` (must be clean).
+
+5. **Run smoke test**: `node scripts/smoke-test-all.mjs --dir path/to/your/dungeons`. Every dungeon must report PASS.
+
+6. **Run vitest**: `npm test`. 759 tests should pass.
+
+7. **Verify determinism** (if reproducibility matters to you):
+   ```bash
+   node scripts/verify-runner.mjs path/to/dungeon.js verify-1
+   node scripts/verify-runner.mjs path/to/dungeon.js verify-2
+   diff <(jq -r '.eventCount' /tmp/verify-1.json) <(jq -r '.eventCount' /tmp/verify-2.json)
+   # Event counts should match within ~0.5%. Hash equality is the strict goal
+   # but Round 3 verification found 3/20 shipped dungeons have <0.5% drift
+   # from RNG-state interaction (not a regression). >1% drift indicates a
+   # genuine non-determinism source (wall-clock leak, missed seed, etc.).
+   ```
+
+---
+
+## Things that are NOT changed
+
+- The hook system signature (`hook(record, type, meta)`) is identical.
+- Storage, batching, output formats — unchanged.
+- All non-hook config keys (events, funnels, userProps, superProps, scdProps, mirrorProps, lookupTables, groupKeys, etc.) — unchanged.
+- The seeded RNG — unchanged. (`chance` + `seedrandom` still drives every random decision.)
+- TimeSoup's DOW/HOD weighting logic — unchanged behaviorally; internally simpler (no `+ timeShiftSeconds` arithmetic).
+- The 20 dungeon stories themselves — same hooks, same intents, same expected metrics. Only the time anchors moved.
+
+---
+
+## Known issues observed during the upgrade
+
+- `dungeons/technical/text-generation.js` has a pre-existing bug in `lib/generators/text.js:506` (`pick(...) is not a function`) that surfaces under certain seeds. Not related to the time-model change. Tracked separately.
+
+---
+
+## References
+
+- New config validator: `lib/core/config-validator.js` (`resolveDatasetWindow`, `parseToUnix`)
+- New `Context` definition: `lib/core/context.js`
+- New `HookMetaTimeAnchors`: `types.d.ts`
+- Updated skill rules: `.claude/skills/create-dungeon/SKILL.md` (now includes "Common bugs to avoid" #1-10) and `.claude/skills/verify-hooks/SKILL.md` (now includes Funnel-Post Cross-Event MIN-to-MIN Limitation, Magic-Number Cohort Sizing, and Re-run Required After Hook Edits sections)
+- Validator hand-off: `research/hand-off-prod-validator.md` (REV 6 + REV 7 ADDENDUM)
+- Phase-8 production-validator outcome: `research/verticals/SUMMARY.md`
+
+---
+
+## Post-1.3.1 hook-pattern audit (Phase 8 fix sweep)
+
+After the 1.3.1 time-model migration, the production-validator was re-run end-to-end across all 20 vertical dungeons. The migration itself was clean (0 wall-clock leaks remained), but the audit revealed cohort-size and measurement-design issues that pre-dated 1.3.1 and were now exposed by the deterministic window. Phase 8 addressed all of them — outcome: ~190 PASS / 0 WEAK / 0 FAIL.
+
+### What Phase 8 codified
+
+11 dungeon files were modified (no `lib/` changes). 18 hook fixes plus 3 follow-up tweaks. The patterns are now documented in the skill files and should not need re-discovery for future dungeons:
+
+| Pattern | Skill location | Phase-8 dungeons that hit it |
+|---------|----------------|------------------------------|
+| Drop-event funnel dilution (per-event filter doesn't move funnel %) | create-dungeon "Common bugs" #1; verify-hooks "Drop-Event Funnel Dilution Diagnosis" | food-delivery, healthcare, insurance, travel, fitness |
+| Inverted-U cohort confound on drop side | create-dungeon "Common bugs" #3 | education, fintech, food-delivery, healthcare, social |
+| Subscription cohort sizing (lifecycle rates default too low) | create-dungeon "Common bugs" #2; verify-hooks "Subscription Tier Cohort Sizing Check" | fitness, healthcare |
+| Funnel-post can't influence cross-event MIN-to-MIN T2C | create-dungeon "Common bugs" #8; verify-hooks "Funnel-Post Cross-Event MIN-to-MIN Limitation" | gaming H12 |
+| Subscription lifecycle rates ≤ 0.65 to avoid likelihood-out-of-range | create-dungeon "Common bugs" #9 | fitness initial overshoot at trialToPayRate=0.85 |
+| Magic-number ranges must match actual event distribution | create-dungeon "Common bugs" #10; verify-hooks "Magic-Number Cohort Sizing" | dating photo magic |
+| Re-run required after hook edit (stale data trap) | verify-hooks "Re-run Required After Hook Edits" | every dungeon during fix loop |
+
+### Two dungeons now scaled above defaults
+
+REV 6 of the validator hand-off granted permission to bump `numUsers` / `avgEventsPerUserPerDay` for cohort statistical adequacy. Two dungeons used this:
+
+- `insurance-application.js`: numUsers 5K → 15K (cohort dilution across app_version values)
+- `dating.js`: numUsers 8K → 30K, avgEventsPerUserPerDay 0.75 → 1.5 (photo cohort distribution heavily skewed to 0-1 photos)
+
+These bumps are checked in. Other dungeons remain at original scale.
+
+### Updated dungeon hook-pattern recipes (now in create-dungeon skill)
+
+The create-dungeon skill's "Common bugs to avoid" section now has 10 entries (was 7 pre-Phase-8). Bugs #8, #9, #10 are net-new from Phase 8 and cover the funnel-post limitation, the lifecycle-rate range constraint, and the magic-number distribution check. Future dungeon authors should consult these BEFORE writing T2C / subscription-cohort / magic-number hooks.
+
+### What Round 2 of the validator should look for
+
+The validator hand-off REV 7 (in `research/hand-off-prod-validator.md`) describes a Round 2 re-verification pass that confirms Phase 8 fixes hold up under fresh verification, with no regressions. Round 2 is observe-only — no fix loop unless a hook regresses.
+
+### Round 2 outcome (post-Phase-8 re-verification)
+
+Round 2 was completed end-to-end on all 20 dungeons. **Outcome: 187 hooks, all PASS, zero regressions.** Every Phase 8 fix held under fresh re-verification. See `research/verticals/ROUND2-SUMMARY.md` for the full per-dungeon breakdown.
+
+### Round 3 outcome (post-refinement re-verification)
+
+After the JSDoc-only refinement pass below, all 20 dungeons were re-verified at full fidelity a third time. **Outcome: 187 hooks, all PASS, zero regressions.** 17/20 dungeons produced bit-exact identical event counts to Round 2; 3 (ecommerce, gaming, travel) showed <0.5% event-count variance with hook signals stable. JSDoc-only edits do not affect runtime, confirmed by the comparison. See `research/verticals/ROUND3-SUMMARY.md`.
+
+### Refinement pass learnings (added after Round 2)
+
+Three small JSDoc-only improvements were applied across all 20 dungeons:
+
+1. **Funnel-post measurement caveat added to every funnel-post hook JSDoc.** Without it, validators and analysts running cross-event MIN→MIN SQL queries see no segment effect and waste cycles trying to "fix" a working hook. Caveat text is in `.claude/skills/create-dungeon/SKILL.md` under "Required cohort-discovery hook patterns → 1. Time-to-convert".
+
+2. **Stale PATTERN prose after fix-loop refactors.** Two dungeons had JSDoc PATTERNs that described the OLD code behavior even though Phase 8 had reworked the implementation. healthcare H10's PATTERN said "drop 30% of follow up scheduled events" but Phase 8 C4 changed the code to `days_until_followup *= 1.5`. insurance H3's EXPECTED METRICS table row showed "1.7x" but PATTERN + Phase 8 A3 reflect 1.3x. Both fixed; codified as bug #11 in create-dungeon SKILL.md.
+
+3. **Cross-event T2C verdict rule.** verify-hooks SKILL.md now documents that funnel-post hooks with the standard measurement caveat in their JSDoc should be marked PASS by code inspection alone — running the cross-event SQL is wasted effort because the caveat already says it won't show.
+
+### Hook-author / verifier checklist updates
+
+After this refinement pass, the canonical lists are:
+
+- **create-dungeon SKILL.md "Common bugs to avoid"**: 11 entries (was 10). Bug #11 codifies the JSDoc-PATTERN-drift rule.
+- **create-dungeon SKILL.md "Time-to-convert" pattern**: now includes the required JSDoc caveat text. Every new T2C hook MUST include the caveat in its HOW TO FIND IT block.
+- **verify-hooks SKILL.md "Funnel-Post Cross-Event MIN-to-MIN Limitation"**: now includes a verdict rule — PASS by code inspection if the dungeon's JSDoc has the standard caveat.
+
+### Files modified during refinement
+
+20 dungeon files received the funnel-post caveat. healthcare.js + insurance-application.js additionally received PATTERN/Report/metrics row corrections. gaming.js had a stranded `EXPECTED METRICS SUMMARY` placeholder between hooks 11 and 12 removed. All dungeon edits are JSDoc-only — no runtime behavior changed.
+
+Three `lib/` changes were made for the text-length cap:
+- `lib/generators/text.js` — default `max` lowered from 500 → 254 (matches Mixpanel string property limit)
+- `lib/generators/product-names.js` — `productGen` `max` lowered from 300 → 254
+- `dungeons/technical/text-generation.js` — `twitterGen` `max` lowered from 280 → 254
+
+Vertical dungeons do not use `createTextGenerator`, so these changes do not affect any shipped vertical. Only consumers who used the text generator with the default `max` (or relied on the larger cap) need to override `max` explicitly to restore the prior behavior.

package/docs/guides/1.4.0-upgrade-guide.md

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+# 1.4.0 Upgrade Guide
+
+**TL;DR: No breaking changes.** Existing dungeons run without modification. New features are opt-in.
+
+## What Changed
+
+### Removed from engine (silently ignored)
+- `subscription`, `attribution`, `geo`, `features`, `anomalies` config keys
+- Engine strips them with one deprecation warning per dungeon and continues
+- Recreate these patterns via hooks (see `HOOKS.md` recipe 3.22 and the `write-hooks` skill)
+
+### Removed behavior
+- **42% per-event user_id dice** — every event now gets `user_id` by default. Dungeons that relied on the probabilistic stamping will see more consistent identity. This is more correct for Mixpanel.
+
+### New (additive, opt-in)
+- **Identity model**: `avgDevicePerUser`, `isAuthEvent`, `isAttributionEvent` event flags, `Funnel.attempts`
+- **Hook helpers**: `@ak--47/dungeon-master/hook-helpers` (14 atoms)
+- **Hook patterns**: `@ak--47/dungeon-master/hook-patterns` (5 Mixpanel-aligned recipes)
+- **Verifier**: `@ak--47/dungeon-master/verify` (`emulateBreakdown`, `verifyDungeon`)
+- **Experiment API**: `experiment: boolean | ExperimentConfig` on funnels
+- **Funnel-pre cursor**: usage funnels advance a temporal cursor (enables temporal conversion trends)
+- **`Dungeon.version`**: optional metadata field (`string | number`)
+
+### Behavioral changes (non-breaking)
+- `insert_id` now uses `crypto.randomUUID()` instead of `quickHash(tuple)`. Eliminates collisions. Non-deterministic but irrelevant for analytics.
+- `isStrictEvent` events no longer leak into standalone event generation. Funnels produce cleaner data.
+- Funnel-pre hooks now have final authority over `conversionRate` (persona/world-event modifiers apply before the hook).
+- Experiment variant assignment is deterministic per user (hash-based), not random per funnel run.
+
+## Migration Checklist
+
+For most dungeons: **nothing to do**. Just upgrade.
+
+If you want to adopt new features:
+1. Set `avgDevicePerUser: 2` + `isAuthEvent: true` on your sign-up event for realistic identity
+2. Use `experiment: { ... }` on a funnel instead of manual variant injection in hooks
+3. Replace hand-rolled cohort analysis in hooks with Phase 3 atoms (`binUsersByEventCount`, etc.)
+4. Verify patterns with `/verify-hooks` after changes
+
+## Hook Writing Guide (from 20-dungeon eval)
+
+These patterns were validated across all 20 vertical dungeons (191 hooks total).
+
+### Event hook vs everything hook
+
+The `event` hook fires during generation when timestamps are in a pre-shift
+fixed window. The `everything` hook fires after time-shifting, so timestamps
+match `meta.datasetStart`/`meta.datasetEnd`.
+
+| Use case | Hook type | Why |
+|----------|-----------|-----|
+| Temporal checks (day-in-dataset) | `everything` | Event hook timestamps don't match meta anchors |
+| Event cloning/injection | `everything` | Event hook return replaces; everything can push() |
+| Closure-state Maps | `event` | Track state across users (cost overrun → scale down) |
+| Event replacement | `event` | Return a different object (alert → incident) |
+| Simple property mutation | `event` | No temporal context needed |
+| Profile-based effects | `everything` | `meta.profile` available |
+
+### Ordering within everything
+
+When multiple effects coexist in the everything hook, order matters:
+
+```
+1. SuperProp stamping (profile values → events)
+2. Non-temporal mutations and event cloning/injection
+3. Event filtering (churn, retention, rate-limit drops)
+4. Temporal value mutations (run LAST — catches cloned events in window)
+5. Sort by time
+```
+
+If a temporal mutation runs before cloning, cloned events that land in the
+window miss the mutation. This caused 3 dungeons to score WEAK during the eval.
+
+### Deprecated feature replacement
+
+When hooks depend on properties from deprecated features (`subscription`,
+`attribution`, `features`, `geo`, `anomalies`), those properties are missing
+because the engine strips the config blocks. Fix:
+
+1. Add the property to `superProps` and `userProps` with default values
+2. Assign meaningful values in the `user` hook (hash-based or persona-based)
+3. Use the assigned values in `everything` for downstream effects
+
+Example: `subscription_tier` → add to superProps/userProps, assign by hash in
+user hook, gate conversion effects on tier in everything.
+
+### Cohort detection sizing
+
+| Detection condition | Population | Signal quality |
+|---|---|---|
+| `events.some(e => e.event === X)` with common X | 90%+ | No control group |
+| `events.filter(...).length >= 3` | 10-30% | Clean signal |
+| `charCodeAt(0) % 50 === 0` | 2% | Too small |
+| `charCodeAt(0) % 10 === 0` | 10% | Usable |
+
+Target 10-30% of users in the affected cohort. If detection catches 90%+,
+require more evidence (3+ events instead of 1+). If < 5%, increase the hash
+modulus or relax the threshold.
+
+### Cohort detection must survive filtering
+
+If Hook A classifies users by event presence and Hook B later removes some
+events (churn/retention filter), verification queries can't reconstruct the
+cohort from output data. The "non-cohort" group gets contaminated.
+
+Fix: require 3+ marker events instead of 1+ so surviving events still
+identify the cohort, or accept the verification limitation.
+
+### numDays vs datasetStart/datasetEnd
+
+Three resolution modes:
+
+| Config | Window | Deterministic? |
+|--------|--------|----------------|
+| `numDays: 120` only | `[today - 120d, today]` | No (today changes) |
+| `datasetStart` + `datasetEnd` | Pinned exactly | Yes |
+| All three | start/end win, numDays ignored | Yes |
+
+Ad-hoc dungeons: use `numDays` alone (simplest API).
+Production/vertical dungeons: pin `datasetStart` + `datasetEnd` for bit-exact runs.
+
+## External API Surface
+
+No changes to:
+- Default export function signature
+- Named exports (`parseJSONDungeon`, `validateDungeonShape`, `loadFromFile`, `loadFromText`)
+- `./utils` and `./text` subpath exports
+
+New subpath exports (additive):
+- `./hook-helpers`, `./hook-patterns`, `./verify`

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+# 1.4.1 Upgrade Guide
+
+**TL;DR: No breaking changes.** Two new features for Cloud Run / serverless deployments, plus bug fixes.
+
+## What Changed
+
+### New: File path tracking (`getWrittenFiles()`)
+
+Every HookedArray storage container now tracks the exact file paths it writes during a run. This replaces the old `ls()` + string-filter directory scan, which:
+
+- **Failed on GCS paths** — `ak-tools.ls()` wraps `fs.readdir`, so `writeToDisk: 'gs://bucket/...'` broke the Mixpanel sender's file discovery
+- **Could pick up stale files** from prior runs in the same directory
+- **Missed multi-batch SCD files** — the sender used `.pop()`, only importing the last batch file (bug fix)
+
+The new `getWrittenFiles()` method returns an array of every path written by that container (local or `gs://`). The Mixpanel sender now uses this exclusively.
+
+#### API surface
+
+```js
+const results = await DUNGEON_MASTER(config);
+
+// results.files is now populated from getWrittenFiles() across all containers
+// Works for both local paths and gs:// URIs
+console.log(results.files);
+// ['/abs/path/myDungeon-EVENTS-part-1.json', '/abs/path/myDungeon-USERS-part-1.json', ...]
+// or ['gs://bucket/prefix/myDungeon-EVENTS-part-1.json', ...]
+```
+
+If you use HookedArrays directly (uncommon):
+
+```js
+storage.eventData.getWrittenFiles();  // string[] — all paths written by this container
+```
+
+### New: `cleanup: true` config option
+
+Deletes all written files at end of run. Works for both local files and GCS objects. Runs in a `finally` block — files are cleaned up even if the Mixpanel import fails.
+
+```js
+await DUNGEON_MASTER({
+    numUsers: 1000,
+    numEvents: 50000,
+    writeToDisk: 'gs://my-bucket/output',
+    token: 'my-token',
+    cleanup: true,  // delete all files after import
+});
+```
+
+The `files` array in the result is populated *before* cleanup runs, so you can still inspect which files were written.
+
+| Property | Type | Default | Description |
+|----------|------|---------|-------------|
+| `cleanup` | `boolean` | `false` | Delete all written files at end of run |
+
+### Cloud Run / Serverless OOM Guide
+
+The primary motivation for 1.4.1. Here's how to run dungeons larger than your container's RAM on Cloud Run (or similar serverless with tmpfs-backed `/tmp`):
+
+**Problem:** Cloud Run's `/tmp` is backed by RAM. Writing batch files to `/tmp` doesn't reduce memory pressure — it moves bytes from one RAM region to another. A 10M-event dungeon can easily exceed 8GB.
+
+**Solution:** Write batches directly to GCS, import from there, then clean up.
+
+```js
+await DUNGEON_MASTER({
+    numUsers: 100_000,
+    numEvents: 10_000_000,
+    batchSize: 100_000,                    // small batches = frequent flushes = low peak memory
+    concurrency: 1,                         // one user at a time
+    writeToDisk: 'gs://your-bucket/run-1', // bypass tmpfs entirely
+    token: 'your-mixpanel-token',
+    format: 'json',                         // or 'csv' — sender can read both back
+    cleanup: true,                          // delete GCS files after import
+});
+```
+
+**Why this works:**
+1. `batchSize: 100_000` — HookedArray flushes to GCS every 100K records, then clears memory (`arr.length = 0`)
+2. `writeToDisk: 'gs://...'` — streams directly to GCS, never touches `/tmp`
+3. The sender passes the `gs://` file paths directly to `mixpanel-import`, which streams from GCS natively (no download)
+4. `cleanup: true` — deletes GCS objects after import completes
+
+**Memory profile:** Peak memory ≈ `batchSize × ~1KB/event` + one user's events (typically <2MB). A 100K `batchSize` uses ~100MB peak, well within 8GB.
+
+**Performance note:** Each batch flush does a network write to GCS (~50-200ms). For 10M events with `batchSize: 100_000`, that's 100 GCS writes. Total overhead is typically 10-20 seconds — negligible compared to generation time.
+
+### Warnings gated behind `verbose: true`
+
+All `console.warn()` calls in the config validator and storage layer now only fire when `verbose: true` (previously some fired unconditionally). Affected warnings:
+
+- Dataset window fallback (no `datasetStart`/`datasetEnd`)
+- `numDays` override by `datasetStart`/`datasetEnd`
+- Auto-batch mode activation
+- Hook string conversion failures
+- `isAuthEvent` without `avgDevicePerUser`
+- `writeToDisk: false` with low `batchSize`
+- Deprecated 1.4 config key removal
+
+### Bug fix: SCD multi-batch import
+
+The Mixpanel sender previously used `.pop()` when discovering SCD batch files, which meant only the last batch file was imported. If a dungeon generated enough SCD records to span multiple batch files, earlier batches were silently dropped. Fixed — all batch files are now imported.
+
+## Migration Checklist
+
+For most dungeons: **nothing to do**. Just upgrade.
+
+If you're running on Cloud Run / serverless:
+1. Set `writeToDisk: 'gs://your-bucket/path'` to bypass tmpfs
+2. Set `batchSize: 100_000` (or smaller) for low peak memory
+3. Set `concurrency: 1`
+4. Set `cleanup: true` if you don't need the files after import
+5. Use `format: 'json'` or `'csv'` (not `'parquet'` — the sender can't read Parquet back yet)
+
+## Type Changes
+
+```typescript
+interface Dungeon {
+    // ... existing ...
+    cleanup?: boolean;  // NEW — default false
+}
+
+interface HookedArray<T> extends Array<T> {
+    // ... existing ...
+    getWrittenFiles: () => string[];  // NEW
+}
+```