@llm4ts/flow 2.15.0 → 2.17.0

package/src/EpicBrief.ts

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+import * as Effect from "effect/Effect"
+import * as Schema from "effect/Schema"
+import type { JsonSchema } from "@llm4ts/core/Models"
+import { makeOpenPointsCollector, OpenPoint } from "./Decisions.ts"
+import { EpicBriefInvalid } from "./FlowError.ts"
+
+/**
+ * The epic brief: what `epic-design` writes and `epic-stories` plans from.
+ * The file is the state. It says what an epic delivers and, for every
+ * scenario of every legacy program it considered, whether that behaviour is
+ * carried over, dropped, already provided by the target, or deferred, each
+ * with its evidence in the extract pack (`PROGRAM › scenario title`). A human
+ * edits it, answers its open points, writes feedback, and approves it by
+ * setting `Status: approved`.
+ */
+
+export const BriefStatus = Schema.Literals(["draft", "approved"])
+export type BriefStatus = typeof BriefStatus.Type
+
+/** Legacy evidence: a scenario of a program, both named exactly as in the pack. */
+export class Citation extends Schema.Class<Citation>("Citation")({
+  program: Schema.String,
+  scenario: Schema.String
+}) {}
+
+export class ScopeItem extends Schema.Class<ScopeItem>("ScopeItem")({
+  title: Schema.String,
+  citations: Schema.Array(Citation),
+  /** Why an item with no citation exists: behaviour with no legacy counterpart. */
+  newBehaviour: Schema.optionalKey(Schema.String)
+}) {}
+
+/** A scenario not carried over; `note` is the reason (dropped), the pointer (provided) or the note (deferred). */
+export class Disposed extends Schema.Class<Disposed>("Disposed")({
+  program: Schema.String,
+  scenario: Schema.String,
+  note: Schema.String
+}) {}
+
+export class ConsideredProgram extends Schema.Class<ConsideredProgram>("ConsideredProgram")({
+  name: Schema.String,
+  reason: Schema.String
+}) {}
+
+export class EpicBrief extends Schema.Class<EpicBrief>("EpicBrief")({
+  epicId: Schema.String,
+  status: BriefStatus,
+  /** The epic as the user asked for it; becomes the story plan's `epic`. */
+  request: Schema.String,
+  legacy: Schema.String,
+  goal: Schema.String,
+  programs: Schema.Array(ConsideredProgram),
+  scope: Schema.Array(ScopeItem),
+  dropped: Schema.Array(Disposed),
+  provided: Schema.Array(Disposed),
+  deferred: Schema.Array(Disposed),
+  constraints: Schema.String,
+  openPoints: Schema.Array(OpenPoint),
+  feedback: Schema.String
+}) {}
+
+/** Open points with no answer, or an empty one. */
+export const unanswered = (brief: EpicBrief): ReadonlyArray<OpenPoint> =>
+  brief.openPoints.filter((point) => (point.answer ?? "").trim().length === 0)
+
+// ---- Rendering ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const cite = " › "
+const dash = " — "
+
+const sectionTitles = {
+  goal: "Goal",
+  programs: "Legacy programs considered",
+  scope: "In scope",
+  dropped: "Dropped",
+  provided: "Provided by the target",
+  deferred: "Deferred",
+  constraints: "Constraints",
+  openPoints: "Open points",
+  feedback: "Feedback"
+} as const
+type SectionKey = keyof typeof sectionTitles
+
+/** A scenario title holding the note separator is quoted, so the note still splits cleanly. */
+const quoted = (scenario: string): string =>
+  scenario.includes(dash.trim()) ? `\`${scenario}\`` : scenario
+
+const unquoted = (scenario: string): string =>
+  scenario.length > 1 && scenario.startsWith("`") && scenario.endsWith("`")
+    ? scenario.slice(1, -1)
+    : scenario
+
+const renderDisposed = (entry: Disposed): string =>
+  `- ${entry.program}${cite}${quoted(entry.scenario)}${entry.note.length === 0 ? "" : `${dash}${entry.note}`}`
+
+const section = (key: SectionKey, body: ReadonlyArray<string>): ReadonlyArray<string> => [
+  `## ${sectionTitles[key]}`,
+  "",
+  ...(body.length === 0 ? [] : [...body, ""])
+]
+
+const prose = (text: string): ReadonlyArray<string> =>
+  text.trim().length === 0 ? [] : text.trim().split("\n")
+
+export const renderEpicBrief = (brief: EpicBrief): string =>
+  [
+    `# Epic brief: ${brief.epicId}`,
+    "",
+    `Status: ${brief.status}`,
+    `Request: ${brief.request}`,
+    `Legacy: ${brief.legacy}`,
+    "",
+    ...section("goal", prose(brief.goal)),
+    ...section(
+      "programs",
+      brief.programs.map(
+        (program) =>
+          `- ${program.name}${program.reason.length === 0 ? "" : `${dash}${program.reason}`}`
+      )
+    ),
+    ...section(
+      "scope",
+      brief.scope.flatMap((item) => [
+        `- ${item.title}`,
+        ...item.citations.map((citation) => `  - ${citation.program}${cite}${citation.scenario}`),
+        ...(item.newBehaviour === undefined ? [] : [`  - new: ${item.newBehaviour}`])
+      ])
+    ),
+    ...section("dropped", brief.dropped.map(renderDisposed)),
+    ...section("provided", brief.provided.map(renderDisposed)),
+    ...section("deferred", brief.deferred.map(renderDisposed)),
+    ...section("constraints", prose(brief.constraints)),
+    ...section(
+      "openPoints",
+      brief.openPoints.flatMap((point) => {
+        const answer = (point.answer ?? "").trim()
+        return [
+          `${point.number}. ${point.question}`,
+          `   answer:${answer.length === 0 ? "" : ` ${answer}`}`
+        ]
+      })
+    ),
+    ...section("feedback", prose(brief.feedback))
+  ]
+    .join("\n")
+    .replace(/\n+$/, "\n")
+
+// ---- Parsing ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const sectionOf = (title: string): SectionKey | undefined => {
+  for (const key of Object.keys(sectionTitles)) {
+    if (isSectionKey(key) && sectionTitles[key].toLowerCase() === title.toLowerCase()) return key
+  }
+  return undefined
+}
+
+const isSectionKey = (key: string): key is SectionKey => Object.hasOwn(sectionTitles, key)
+
+const splitFirst = (text: string, separator: string): readonly [string, string | undefined] => {
+  const at = text.indexOf(separator)
+  return at < 0
+    ? [text.trim(), undefined]
+    : [text.slice(0, at).trim(), text.slice(at + separator.length).trim()]
+}
+
+/** `PROGRAM › scenario — note` (the note optional); undefined when there is no `›`. */
+const parseDisposed = (text: string): Disposed | undefined => {
+  const [program, rest] = splitFirst(text, cite.trim())
+  if (rest === undefined || program.length === 0) return undefined
+  const close = rest.startsWith("`") ? rest.indexOf("`", 1) : -1
+  if (close > 0) {
+    const tail = rest.slice(close + 1).trim()
+    const note = tail.startsWith(dash.trim()) ? tail.slice(dash.trim().length).trim() : tail
+    return Disposed.make({ program, scenario: rest.slice(1, close), note })
+  }
+  const [scenario, note] = splitFirst(rest, dash)
+  return scenario.length === 0 ? undefined : Disposed.make({ program, scenario, note: note ?? "" })
+}
+
+const headerLine = /^(Status|Request|Legacy):\s*(.*)$/i
+
+export const parseEpicBrief = Effect.fn("@llm4ts/flow/EpicBrief.parse")(function* (
+  markdown: string,
+  path?: string
+): Effect.fn.Return<EpicBrief, EpicBriefInvalid> {
+  const violations: Array<string> = []
+  const header: Record<string, string> = {}
+  let epicId: string | undefined
+  let status: BriefStatus | undefined
+  const proseLines: Record<"goal" | "constraints" | "feedback", Array<string>> = {
+    goal: [],
+    constraints: [],
+    feedback: []
+  }
+  const programs: Array<ConsideredProgram> = []
+  const scope: Array<{ title: string; citations: Array<Citation>; newBehaviour?: string }> = []
+  const disposed: Record<"dropped" | "provided" | "deferred", Array<Disposed>> = {
+    dropped: [],
+    provided: [],
+    deferred: []
+  }
+  const points = makeOpenPointsCollector()
+  let current: SectionKey | "header" | "unknown" = "header"
+  let fenced = false
+  let fenceLine = 0
+
+  const lines = markdown.split(/\r?\n/)
+  for (let index = 0; index < lines.length; index += 1) {
+    const number = index + 1
+    const raw = lines[index] ?? ""
+    const trimmed = raw.trim()
+    const isProse = current === "goal" || current === "constraints" || current === "feedback"
+    if (trimmed.startsWith("```")) {
+      fenced = !fenced
+      if (fenced) fenceLine = number
+      if (current === "goal" || current === "constraints" || current === "feedback") {
+        proseLines[current].push(raw)
+      }
+      continue
+    }
+    if (!fenced && trimmed.startsWith("## ")) {
+      const title = trimmed.slice(3).trim()
+      const key = sectionOf(title)
+      if (key === undefined) {
+        violations.push(`line ${number}: unknown section "${title}"`)
+        current = "unknown"
+      } else {
+        current = key
+      }
+      continue
+    }
+    if (current === "goal" || current === "constraints" || current === "feedback") {
+      proseLines[current].push(raw)
+      continue
+    }
+    if (isProse || fenced || trimmed.length === 0 || current === "unknown") {
+      continue
+    }
+    if (current === "header") {
+      const title = /^#\s+Epic brief:\s*(.+)$/i.exec(trimmed)
+      if (title?.[1] !== undefined) {
+        epicId = title[1].trim()
+        continue
+      }
+      const field = headerLine.exec(trimmed)
+      if (field?.[1] !== undefined) {
+        const name = field[1].toLowerCase()
+        const value = (field[2] ?? "").trim()
+        if (name === "status") {
+          if (value === "draft" || value === "approved") {
+            status = value
+          } else {
+            violations.push(`line ${number}: Status is \`draft\` or \`approved\`, got: ${value}`)
+            status = "draft"
+          }
+        } else {
+          header[name] = value
+        }
+      }
+      continue
+    }
+    if (current === "openPoints") {
+      const problem = points.add(number, trimmed)
+      if (problem !== undefined) violations.push(problem)
+      continue
+    }
+    const nested = /^\s+-\s+(.*)$/.exec(raw)
+    const top = /^-\s+(.*)$/.exec(raw)
+    if (current === "scope") {
+      if (top?.[1] !== undefined) {
+        scope.push({ title: top[1].trim(), citations: [] })
+        continue
+      }
+      const item = scope.at(-1)
+      if (nested?.[1] === undefined || item === undefined) {
+        violations.push(
+          `line ${number}: an in-scope entry is \`- <title>\` with indented \`- PROGRAM › scenario\` lines below it, got: ${trimmed}`
+        )
+        continue
+      }
+      const text = nested[1].trim()
+      const fresh = /^new:\s*(.*)$/i.exec(text)
+      if (fresh !== null) {
+        item.newBehaviour = (fresh[1] ?? "").trim()
+        continue
+      }
+      const [program, scenario] = splitFirst(text, cite.trim())
+      if (scenario === undefined || program.length === 0 || scenario.length === 0) {
+        violations.push(`line ${number}: a citation is \`PROGRAM › scenario title\`, got: ${text}`)
+        continue
+      }
+      item.citations.push(Citation.make({ program, scenario: unquoted(scenario) }))
+      continue
+    }
+    const bullet = (top ?? nested)?.[1]?.trim()
+    if (bullet === undefined) {
+      violations.push(`line ${number}: expected a \`- \` entry, got: ${trimmed}`)
+      continue
+    }
+    if (current === "programs") {
+      const [name, reason] = splitFirst(bullet, dash)
+      programs.push(ConsideredProgram.make({ name, reason: reason ?? "" }))
+      continue
+    }
+    const entry = parseDisposed(bullet)
+    if (entry === undefined) {
+      violations.push(
+        `line ${number}: an entry here is \`- PROGRAM › scenario title — note\`, got: ${bullet}`
+      )
+      continue
+    }
+    disposed[current].push(entry)
+  }
+
+  if (epicId === undefined) violations.push("missing the `# Epic brief: <id>` title")
+  if (status === undefined) violations.push("missing the `Status:` line")
+  if (fenced) {
+    // Everything after it was read as code: nothing below that line can be trusted.
+    violations.push(`line ${fenceLine}: the code fence opened here is never closed`)
+  }
+  if (header.request === undefined) violations.push("missing the `Request:` line")
+  if (header.legacy === undefined) violations.push("missing the `Legacy:` line")
+  if (violations.length > 0 || epicId === undefined || status === undefined) {
+    return yield* EpicBriefInvalid.make({
+      ...(path === undefined ? {} : { path }),
+      violations
+    })
+  }
+  const text = (key: "goal" | "constraints" | "feedback"): string =>
+    proseLines[key].join("\n").trim()
+  return EpicBrief.make({
+    epicId,
+    status,
+    request: header.request ?? "",
+    legacy: header.legacy ?? "",
+    goal: text("goal"),
+    programs,
+    scope: scope.map((item) =>
+      ScopeItem.make({
+        title: item.title,
+        citations: item.citations,
+        ...(item.newBehaviour === undefined ? {} : { newBehaviour: item.newBehaviour })
+      })
+    ),
+    dropped: disposed.dropped,
+    provided: disposed.provided,
+    deferred: disposed.deferred,
+    constraints: text("constraints"),
+    openPoints: points.points,
+    feedback: text("feedback")
+  })
+})
+
+// ---- Normalizing --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const oneLine = (text: string): string => text.replace(/\s*\r?\n\s*/g, " ").trim()
+
+/** Prose the file format can hold: no `## ` line of its own, no fence left open. */
+const safeProse = (text: string): string => {
+  let fenced = false
+  const lines = text.split(/\r?\n/).map((line) => {
+    if (line.trim().startsWith("```")) {
+      fenced = !fenced
+      return line
+    }
+    return !fenced && /^\s*##\s/.test(line) ? line.replace(/^(\s*)##\s/, "$1### ") : line
+  })
+  return (fenced ? [...lines, "```"] : lines).join("\n")
+}
+
+const safeDisposed = (entry: Disposed): Disposed =>
+  Disposed.make({
+    program: oneLine(entry.program),
+    scenario: oneLine(entry.scenario),
+    note: oneLine(entry.note)
+  })
+
+/**
+ * The brief as the file can hold it. A model's proposal may carry a newline
+ * in a title, a `## ` line in the goal, an unclosed fence; written as they
+ * are, those would parse back as something else on the next run. Fields that
+ * live on one line are folded onto one, prose is made safe for the section
+ * grammar, and nothing else changes.
+ */
+export const normalizeBrief = (brief: EpicBrief): EpicBrief =>
+  EpicBrief.make({
+    epicId: oneLine(brief.epicId),
+    status: brief.status,
+    request: oneLine(brief.request),
+    legacy: oneLine(brief.legacy),
+    goal: safeProse(brief.goal),
+    programs: brief.programs.map((program) =>
+      ConsideredProgram.make({ name: oneLine(program.name), reason: oneLine(program.reason) })
+    ),
+    scope: brief.scope.map((item) =>
+      ScopeItem.make({
+        title: oneLine(item.title).replace(/^-+\s*/, ""),
+        citations: item.citations.map((citation) =>
+          Citation.make({
+            program: oneLine(citation.program),
+            scenario: oneLine(citation.scenario)
+          })
+        ),
+        ...(item.newBehaviour === undefined ? {} : { newBehaviour: oneLine(item.newBehaviour) })
+      })
+    ),
+    dropped: brief.dropped.map(safeDisposed),
+    provided: brief.provided.map(safeDisposed),
+    deferred: brief.deferred.map(safeDisposed),
+    constraints: safeProse(brief.constraints),
+    openPoints: brief.openPoints.map((point) =>
+      OpenPoint.make({
+        number: point.number,
+        question: oneLine(point.question),
+        ...(point.answer === undefined ? {} : { answer: oneLine(point.answer) })
+      })
+    ),
+    feedback: safeProse(brief.feedback)
+  })
+
+// ---- Checks -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export interface PackProgram {
+  readonly name: string
+  /** The first paragraph of the program's spec. */
+  readonly summary: string
+  readonly scenarios: ReadonlyArray<string>
+}
+
+/** A disposition `modernize-refine` recorded in the legacy pack's decisions.md. */
+export interface RefineDisposition {
+  readonly program: string
+  /** Absent: the disposition covers every scenario of the program. */
+  readonly scenario?: string
+  readonly disposition: "drop" | "provided" | "defer" | "wrap"
+}
+
+/** What the checks need from the extract pack, built by the flow from its files. */
+export interface PackIndex {
+  readonly programs: ReadonlyArray<PackProgram>
+  readonly refine: ReadonlyArray<RefineDisposition>
+}
+
+export const BriefProblem = Schema.Union([
+  Schema.Struct({ kind: Schema.Literal("UnknownProgram"), program: Schema.String }),
+  Schema.Struct({
+    kind: Schema.Literal("UnknownScenario"),
+    program: Schema.String,
+    scenario: Schema.String,
+    closest: Schema.optionalKey(Schema.String)
+  }),
+  Schema.Struct({
+    kind: Schema.Literal("MissingPointer"),
+    program: Schema.String,
+    scenario: Schema.String,
+    pointer: Schema.String
+  }),
+  Schema.Struct({ kind: Schema.Literal("MissingReason"), where: Schema.String }),
+  Schema.Struct({
+    kind: Schema.Literal("DuplicateDisposition"),
+    program: Schema.String,
+    scenario: Schema.String,
+    lists: Schema.Array(Schema.String)
+  }),
+  Schema.Struct({
+    kind: Schema.Literal("Unaccounted"),
+    program: Schema.String,
+    scenario: Schema.String
+  }),
+  Schema.Struct({
+    kind: Schema.Literal("RefineConflict"),
+    program: Schema.String,
+    scenario: Schema.String,
+    disposition: Schema.String
+  }),
+  Schema.Struct({
+    kind: Schema.Literal("ApprovedWithOpenPoints"),
+    numbers: Schema.Array(Schema.Int)
+  })
+])
+export type BriefProblem = typeof BriefProblem.Type
+
+export const renderBriefProblem = (problem: BriefProblem): string => {
+  switch (problem.kind) {
+    case "UnknownProgram":
+      return `${problem.program} is not a program of the extract pack`
+    case "UnknownScenario":
+      return `${problem.program} has no scenario "${problem.scenario}"${
+        problem.closest === undefined ? "" : ` (did you mean "${problem.closest}"?)`
+      }`
+    case "MissingPointer":
+      return `${problem.program}${cite}${problem.scenario} is marked provided by "${problem.pointer}", which does not exist in the target`
+    case "MissingReason":
+      return `${problem.where} needs a reason`
+    case "DuplicateDisposition":
+      return `${problem.program}${cite}${problem.scenario} appears in several lists: ${problem.lists.join(", ")}`
+    case "Unaccounted":
+      return `${problem.program}${cite}${problem.scenario} has no disposition: put it in scope, or drop, mark provided or defer it`
+    case "RefineConflict":
+      return `${problem.program}${cite}${problem.scenario} is in scope, but modernize-refine marked it ${problem.disposition}; answer \`keep: <why>\` to keep it in scope, or move it out`
+    case "ApprovedWithOpenPoints":
+      return `the brief is approved with unanswered open points: ${problem.numbers.join(", ")}`
+  }
+}
+
+/** The pointers of the provided entries: what the caller verifies before checking. */
+export const providedPointers = (brief: EpicBrief): ReadonlyArray<string> => [
+  ...new Set(brief.provided.map((entry) => entry.note).filter((note) => note.length > 0))
+]
+
+const loose = (text: string): string => text.trim().replace(/\s+/g, " ").toLowerCase()
+const slot = (program: string, scenario: string): string => `${program}\u0000${scenario}`
+
+export interface BriefCheckInputs {
+  readonly pack: PackIndex
+  /** The provided pointers that were found in the target (or its pack). */
+  readonly pointers: ReadonlySet<string>
+}
+
+/** Every problem of a brief against the pack, all at once; empty means acceptable. */
+export const checkEpicBrief = (
+  brief: EpicBrief,
+  inputs: BriefCheckInputs
+): ReadonlyArray<BriefProblem> => {
+  const problems: Array<BriefProblem> = []
+  const programs = new Map(inputs.pack.programs.map((program) => [program.name, program]))
+  const lists = new Map<string, Array<string>>()
+  const place = (list: string, program: string, scenario: string): void => {
+    const known = programs.get(program)
+    if (known === undefined) {
+      if (!problems.some((p) => p.kind === "UnknownProgram" && p.program === program)) {
+        problems.push({ kind: "UnknownProgram", program })
+      }
+      return
+    }
+    if (!known.scenarios.includes(scenario)) {
+      const closest = known.scenarios.find((title) => loose(title) === loose(scenario))
+      problems.push({
+        kind: "UnknownScenario",
+        program,
+        scenario,
+        ...(closest === undefined ? {} : { closest })
+      })
+      return
+    }
+    const key = slot(program, scenario)
+    const seen = lists.get(key) ?? []
+    if (!seen.includes(list)) lists.set(key, [...seen, list])
+  }
+
+  for (const item of brief.scope) {
+    if (item.citations.length === 0 && (item.newBehaviour ?? "").trim().length === 0) {
+      problems.push({
+        kind: "MissingReason",
+        where: `in-scope item "${item.title}" cites nothing and`
+      })
+    }
+    for (const citation of item.citations) place("in scope", citation.program, citation.scenario)
+  }
+  for (const entry of brief.dropped) {
+    place("dropped", entry.program, entry.scenario)
+    if (entry.note.trim().length === 0) {
+      problems.push({
+        kind: "MissingReason",
+        where: `dropped ${entry.program}${cite}${entry.scenario}`
+      })
+    }
+  }
+  for (const entry of brief.provided) {
+    place("provided", entry.program, entry.scenario)
+    if (!inputs.pointers.has(entry.note)) {
+      problems.push({
+        kind: "MissingPointer",
+        program: entry.program,
+        scenario: entry.scenario,
+        pointer: entry.note
+      })
+    }
+  }
+  for (const entry of brief.deferred) {
+    place("deferred", entry.program, entry.scenario)
+    if (entry.note.trim().length === 0) {
+      problems.push({
+        kind: "MissingReason",
+        where: `deferred ${entry.program}${cite}${entry.scenario}`
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const [key, where] of lists) {
+    if (where.length > 1) {
+      const [program = "", scenario = ""] = key.split("\u0000")
+      problems.push({ kind: "DuplicateDisposition", program, scenario, lists: where })
+    }
+  }
+  // Complete means every program the brief touches: the ones it lists as
+  // considered, and any it cites or disposes of without listing.
+  const touched = [
+    ...new Set([
+      ...brief.programs.map((program) => program.name),
+      ...[...lists.keys()].map((key) => key.split("\u0000")[0] ?? "")
+    ])
+  ]
+  for (const name of touched) {
+    const known = programs.get(name)
+    if (known === undefined) {
+      if (!problems.some((p) => p.kind === "UnknownProgram" && p.program === name)) {
+        problems.push({ kind: "UnknownProgram", program: name })
+      }
+      continue
+    }
+    for (const scenario of known.scenarios) {
+      if (!lists.has(slot(known.name, scenario))) {
+        problems.push({ kind: "Unaccounted", program: known.name, scenario })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // A scenario refine took out of the pack's scope can come back only on purpose.
+  // The override is explicit: the check's own question, answered `keep: <why>`.
+  const justified = (conflict: BriefProblem): boolean =>
+    brief.openPoints.some(
+      (point) =>
+        point.question === `${checkMark} ${renderBriefProblem(conflict)}` &&
+        (point.answer ?? "").trim().toLowerCase().startsWith("keep")
+    )
+  for (const item of brief.scope) {
+    for (const citation of item.citations) {
+      const refined = inputs.pack.refine.find(
+        (entry) =>
+          entry.program === citation.program &&
+          (entry.scenario === undefined || entry.scenario === citation.scenario) &&
+          (entry.disposition === "drop" || entry.disposition === "provided")
+      )
+      if (refined !== undefined) {
+        const conflict: BriefProblem = {
+          kind: "RefineConflict",
+          program: citation.program,
+          scenario: citation.scenario,
+          disposition: refined.disposition
+        }
+        if (!justified(conflict)) problems.push(conflict)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const pending = unanswered(brief)
+  if (brief.status === "approved" && pending.length > 0) {
+    problems.push({ kind: "ApprovedWithOpenPoints", numbers: pending.map((point) => point.number) })
+  }
+  return problems
+}
+
+// ---- Proposals ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/** The programs of the pack a request touches; the model's first typed reply. */
+export class ProgramSelection extends Schema.Class<ProgramSelection>("ProgramSelection")({
+  programs: Schema.Array(ConsideredProgram)
+}) {}
+
+/** The model's typed proposal for a brief; checked before anything is written. */
+export class EpicBriefProposal extends Schema.Class<EpicBriefProposal>("EpicBriefProposal")({
+  goal: Schema.String,
+  scope: Schema.Array(ScopeItem),
+  dropped: Schema.Array(Disposed),
+  provided: Schema.Array(Disposed),
+  deferred: Schema.Array(Disposed),
+  constraints: Schema.String,
+  /** Questions only a human can answer. */
+  openPoints: Schema.Array(Schema.String)
+}) {}
+
+const text: JsonSchema = { type: "string" }
+const disposedList = (note: string): JsonSchema => ({
+  type: "array",
+  items: {
+    type: "object",
+    properties: {
+      program: text,
+      scenario: text,
+      note: { type: "string", description: note }
+    },
+    required: ["program", "scenario", "note"]
+  }
+})
+
+export const programSelectionJsonSchema: JsonSchema = {
+  type: "object",
+  properties: {
+    programs: {
+      type: "array",
+      items: {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: { name: text, reason: text },
+        required: ["name", "reason"]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  required: ["programs"]
+}
+
+export const epicBriefProposalJsonSchema: JsonSchema = {
+  type: "object",
+  properties: {
+    goal: text,
+    scope: {
+      type: "array",
+      items: {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: {
+          title: text,
+          citations: {
+            type: "array",
+            items: {
+              type: "object",
+              properties: { program: text, scenario: text },
+              required: ["program", "scenario"]
+            }
+          },
+          newBehaviour: {
+            type: "string",
+            description: "only for an item with no citation: why it has no legacy counterpart"
+          }
+        },
+        required: ["title", "citations"]
+      }
+    },
+    dropped: disposedList("why the behaviour is not carried over"),
+    provided: disposedList("the target path that already does it"),
+    deferred: disposedList("why it waits and for what"),
+    constraints: text,
+    openPoints: { type: "array", items: text }
+  },
+  required: ["goal", "scope", "dropped", "provided", "deferred", "constraints", "openPoints"]
+}
+
+export interface AssembleOptions {
+  readonly epicId: string
+  readonly request: string
+  readonly legacy: string
+  readonly programs: ReadonlyArray<ConsideredProgram>
+  readonly proposal: EpicBriefProposal
+  /** The brief this one revises: its unanswered points the proposal did not restate are kept. */
+  readonly previous?: EpicBrief
+  /** Problems the fix round could not clear: raised as `[check]` open points. */
+  readonly problems?: ReadonlyArray<BriefProblem>
+}
+
+export const checkMark = "[check]"
+
+/**
+ * The next draft: never approved, feedback consumed, open points renumbered.
+ * Answered points are folded in by the revision and go, except answered
+ * `[check]` points: those are the human overriding a check (a scenario
+ * refine dropped, kept on purpose) and stay as the record of it.
+ */
+export const assembleBrief = (options: AssembleOptions): EpicBrief => {
+  const previous = options.previous
+  const isAnswered = (point: OpenPoint): boolean => (point.answer ?? "").trim().length > 0
+  const carried: ReadonlyArray<{ readonly question: string; readonly answer?: string }> =
+    previous === undefined
+      ? []
+      : [
+          ...unanswered(previous)
+            .filter((point) => !point.question.startsWith(checkMark))
+            .map((point) => ({ question: point.question })),
+          ...previous.openPoints
+            .filter((point) => point.question.startsWith(checkMark) && isAnswered(point))
+            .map((point) => ({ question: point.question, answer: (point.answer ?? "").trim() }))
+        ]
+  const all: ReadonlyArray<{ readonly question: string; readonly answer?: string }> = [
+    ...options.proposal.openPoints.map((question) => ({ question })),
+    ...carried,
+    ...(options.problems ?? []).map((problem) => ({
+      question: `${checkMark} ${renderBriefProblem(problem)}`
+    }))
+  ]
+  const unique = all.filter(
+    (entry, index) => all.findIndex((other) => other.question === entry.question) === index
+  )
+  return EpicBrief.make({
+    epicId: options.epicId,
+    status: "draft",
+    request: options.request,
+    legacy: options.legacy,
+    goal: options.proposal.goal,
+    programs: options.programs,
+    scope: options.proposal.scope,
+    dropped: options.proposal.dropped,
+    provided: options.proposal.provided,
+    deferred: options.proposal.deferred,
+    constraints: options.proposal.constraints,
+    openPoints: unique.map((entry, index) =>
+      OpenPoint.make({
+        number: index + 1,
+        question: entry.question,
+        ...(entry.answer === undefined ? {} : { answer: entry.answer })
+      })
+    ),
+    feedback: ""
+  })
+}
+
+// ---- The loop -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export type LoopAction = "propose" | "revise" | "halt" | "await-approval" | "validate"
+
+/** What one run does, decided from the file alone. */
+export const loopAction = (brief: EpicBrief | undefined): LoopAction => {
+  if (brief === undefined) return "propose"
+  if (brief.status === "approved") return "validate"
+  // An answered `[check]` point is an override on file, not something to fold in.
+  const answered = brief.openPoints.some(
+    (point) => (point.answer ?? "").trim().length > 0 && !point.question.startsWith(checkMark)
+  )
+  if (answered || brief.feedback.trim().length > 0) return "revise"
+  return unanswered(brief).length > 0 ? "halt" : "await-approval"
+}
+
+const notes = (brief: EpicBrief): ReadonlyMap<string, readonly [string, string]> => {
+  const found = new Map<string, readonly [string, string]>()
+  const add = (kind: string, entries: ReadonlyArray<Disposed>): void => {
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      found.set(`${entry.program}${cite}${entry.scenario}`, [kind, entry.note])
+    }
+  }
+  add("reason", brief.dropped)
+  add("pointer", brief.provided)
+  add("note", brief.deferred)
+  return found
+}
+
+const dispositions = (brief: EpicBrief): ReadonlyMap<string, string> => {
+  const found = new Map<string, string>()
+  const add = (list: string, program: string, scenario: string): void => {
+    found.set(`${program}${cite}${scenario}`, list)
+  }
+  for (const item of brief.scope) {
+    for (const citation of item.citations) add("in scope", citation.program, citation.scenario)
+  }
+  for (const entry of brief.dropped) add("dropped", entry.program, entry.scenario)
+  for (const entry of brief.provided) add("provided", entry.program, entry.scenario)
+  for (const entry of brief.deferred) add("deferred", entry.program, entry.scenario)
+  return found
+}
+
+/** What a revision changed, in lines a person reads; empty when nothing did. */
+export const diffBriefs = (
+  previous: EpicBrief | undefined,
+  next: EpicBrief
+): ReadonlyArray<string> => {
+  if (previous === undefined) {
+    return [
+      `programs considered: ${next.programs.map((program) => program.name).join(", ") || "none"}`,
+      `in scope: ${next.scope.length} item(s); dropped: ${next.dropped.length}; provided by the target: ${next.provided.length}; deferred: ${next.deferred.length}`,
+      `open points: ${next.openPoints.length}`
+    ]
+  }
+  const changes: Array<string> = []
+  const before = new Set(previous.programs.map((program) => program.name))
+  const after = new Set(next.programs.map((program) => program.name))
+  for (const name of after) if (!before.has(name)) changes.push(`program added: ${name}`)
+  for (const name of before) if (!after.has(name)) changes.push(`program removed: ${name}`)
+  const was = dispositions(previous)
+  const is = dispositions(next)
+  for (const [scenario, list] of is) {
+    const old = was.get(scenario)
+    if (old === undefined) changes.push(`${scenario}: added to ${list}`)
+    else if (old !== list) changes.push(`${scenario}: ${old} → ${list}`)
+  }
+  for (const [scenario, list] of was) {
+    if (!is.has(scenario)) changes.push(`${scenario}: removed (was ${list})`)
+  }
+  // A rationale is what an audit reads: a changed one is never silent.
+  const noted = notes(previous)
+  for (const [scenario, [kind, note]] of notes(next)) {
+    const old = noted.get(scenario)
+    if (old !== undefined && old[0] === kind && old[1] !== note) {
+      changes.push(`${scenario}: ${kind} changed`)
+    }
+  }
+  const titled = new Set(previous.scope.map((item) => item.title))
+  const titles = new Set(next.scope.map((item) => item.title))
+  for (const title of titles) if (!titled.has(title)) changes.push(`item added: ${title}`)
+  for (const title of titled) if (!titles.has(title)) changes.push(`item removed: ${title}`)
+  const asking = new Set(next.openPoints.map((point) => point.question))
+  const asked = new Set(previous.openPoints.map((point) => point.question))
+  for (const question of asking)
+    if (!asked.has(question)) changes.push(`open point raised: ${question}`)
+  for (const point of previous.openPoints) {
+    if (asking.has(point.question)) continue
+    const answer = (point.answer ?? "").trim()
+    changes.push(
+      `open point closed: ${point.question}${answer.length === 0 ? "" : ` (answer: ${answer})`}`
+    )
+  }
+  if (previous.goal !== next.goal) changes.push("goal rewritten")
+  if (previous.constraints !== next.constraints) changes.push("constraints rewritten")
+  return changes
+}