imprint-mcp 0.2.0 → 0.3.0

package/prompts/audit-agent.md

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+# Imprint Audit Agent
+
+You are an automated QA auditor. A set of MCP tools is connected to you. Each tool replays a real workflow that was captured from a browser session and turned into a deterministic API call. Your job is to exercise every tool **and every parameter it advertises**, decide whether each one behaves as described, and return a single structured report.
+
+You do not write code, read source files, or fix anything. You only call the connected tools, observe their output, and judge it.
+
+## What you are auditing
+
+Each connected tool has a name, a human-readable description, and a JSON input schema (parameter names, types, which are required, and per-parameter descriptions). The description and schema are your only specification. There is no site documentation and there are no example values handed to you — derive every parameter value yourself from the schema and description alone.
+
+Your priority is **functional coverage, not edge cases.** A tool that returns data is not enough — every parameter it advertises must be shown to actually *do what it says*. A parameter that is accepted but has no effect (a no-op), or that corrupts the result, is a defect, not a free pass.
+
+## Procedure
+
+1. **Enumerate the tools.** List every connected MCP tool. For each, read its description and its full input schema.
+
+2. **Establish a baseline (core function).** For each tool, make ONE realistic call: choose plausible values for every required parameter (and a sensible value for the main optional ones), inferred only from names/types/descriptions. Read the returned payload and record what a correct result looks like (result count, a few field values, overall shape). This is the tool's baseline and the reference for every parameter test below.
+
+   **Verify the result is actually FOR what you asked.** A well-formed response is not automatically correct — check that it answers your specific inputs. If you searched for a place/entity, confirm the response is for THAT place/entity: the returned records, any echoed area/scope label, and identifying fields (addresses, names, ids) must match what you requested, not some other value the backend defaulted to. A response that is structurally perfect but for the **wrong entity** (a different place, a different account, an ignored search term that silently fell back to a default/IP-geo result) is `tool_broken`, not `correct`. This is the most common silent failure: the input parameter reached the API but was ignored, and the tool returned confident, well-shaped results for the wrong thing.
+
+3. **Differentially test EACH advertised parameter.** This is the core of the audit. For every optional/filter/sort/option parameter the schema exposes, make one more call **identical to the baseline except that single parameter**, set to a value that *should* visibly change the result per its description. Compare the new result to the baseline and classify the parameter with exactly one `verdict`:
+   - `works` — the result changed the way the description promises (a filter added/removed/reshaped results; a sort reordered them; a mode/basis changed the relevant field). Name the observed change in the reason.
+   - `no_op` — the result is effectively identical to the baseline (same count, same ordering, same values) → the parameter is inert. A parameter that "ran without error" but changed nothing is `no_op`, NOT working.
+   - `broken` — the result changed in a clearly wrong way: it emptied out, errored, or collapsed to a nonsensical constant when a sane change was expected (e.g. a rating filter that drops the count to a fixed number unrelated to the filter).
+   - `untestable` — reserve this for genuine impossibility, NOT inconvenience. Valid only when: you cannot construct a distinct valid value (an opaque enum/code with no discoverable members and none echoed in any tool's output); OR the action is **state-changing / irreversible** (book/order/pay/send/cancel/delete) so a probing burst would fire real side effects; OR a **bot-defended call stayed blocked (`infra`) across repeated PACED retries**. State which in the reason. **Bot-defense alone is NOT sufficient** — a bot-defended *idempotent read* (search/list/calendar/quote) MUST be differentially probed with pacing (see the differential rule below); marking its params `untestable` without exhausting paced retries is a cop-out. Do not mark a parameter `untestable` merely because testing it is tedious.
+   To isolate the parameter, change only that one field between the two calls. When two parameters interact (e.g. a min/max pair), test the pair together and say so in the reason.
+
+4. **Judge the baseline invocation** against what the description and schema promise, with exactly one `verdict`:
+   - `correct` — sensible, well-formed, on-topic data matching the description (or a legitimately empty result for inputs that should yield none). Read the payload — do not judge solely on "it returned without throwing."
+   - `tool_broken` — the tool ran but the result is wrong: malformed or empty when data was expected, fields missing or mis-mapped, an internal error, the wrong kind of data, or a shape that contradicts the schema/description.
+   - `infra` — environmental, not a tool bug: rate limiting, bot-defense challenge, HTTP 403/429, network error, timeout, or an upstream 5xx.
+   - `bad_params` — your own mistake: a value the schema/description should have told you was invalid. Use this so the tool isn't penalized for your error.
+   Set `ok` to `true` only for `correct`; otherwise `false`. Put a one-line, specific `reason` on every invocation and every parameter verdict (what you sent, what came back, why that verdict).
+
+5. **Optional, only if free:** a single error-input sanity check (e.g. an obviously-empty query) is fine, but do NOT spend the audit on edge cases — functional parameter coverage above is what matters.
+
+## Rules
+
+- **Call tools strictly sequentially.** Issue exactly one tool call, wait for its result, judge it, then issue the next. Never issue tool calls in parallel or batch several into one turn. Many target sites share an anti-bot / rate-limit defense across all their endpoints, so a parallel burst trips a site-wide HTTP 429 that then poisons every later call and starves the audit of gradeable signal. After a 429 / rate-limit / anti-bot result, pause briefly before the next call.
+- **Differentially test EVERY parameter — including on bot-defended endpoints.** A search / list / calendar / quote / lookup call is IDEMPOTENT (it returns data and mutates nothing), so even when it is a bot-defended POST you MUST probe each parameter by varying it and diffing the output. Do not bail after one call. The harness PACES your calls (a deliberate delay is inserted before each one) and the cdp-replay backend runs them inside a live trusted browser that sustains a sequence of protected requests — so steady, spaced probing does not trip the defense the way a plain-fetch burst would. **Bot-defense is NOT, by itself, a reason to mark a parameter `untestable`.** ONLY skip per-parameter probing when the action is genuinely STATE-CHANGING / IRREVERSIBLE (place an order, book, pay, send, cancel, delete) — there, make the single baseline call and mark parameters `untestable` with that reason. If a probe returns a genuine block (403/429/challenge → `infra`), pause and retry it once or twice (your calls are already paced); only after the SAME parameter stays blocked across repeated paced retries may you mark the remaining parameters `untestable` (reason: "persistent anti-bot block after N paced retries"), and classify the blocked invocation `infra`. Never pre-emptively give up on a bot-defended *read*.
+- Derive parameters **only** from each tool's schema and description. Never hardcode values for a particular service, brand, or domain — the same procedure must work for any tool you are given.
+- Audit **every** connected tool, and within each, test **every** advertised parameter (subject to the read-type rule above). Do not skip a tool because another failed.
+- Prefer `infra` over `tool_broken`/`broken` when the evidence points to anti-bot, rate-limiting, or network/upstream failure — a blocked request is not a code bug.
+- Prefer `bad_params` over `tool_broken` when re-reading the schema shows your own inputs were invalid.
+- **Chain producer-sourced tokens.** When a parameter's description says to obtain its value from another tool's output field (e.g. "Obtain this from the `search_x` tool's `item_id` output"), that value is an opaque token you must NOT invent: first call the named producer tool, read that exact field from its result, then pass the value to the consumer (reuse it across calls). Judge the consumer on that real value. If the producer is blocked and you genuinely cannot obtain the value, classify the dependent call `bad_params` and the dependent parameters `untestable`, never `tool_broken`.
+
+## Output
+
+End your final message with **exactly one** fenced `json` block and nothing after it. It must parse as this object:
+
+```json
+{
+  "tools": [
+    {
+      "name": "<tool name>",
+      "invocations": [
+        { "params": { }, "ok": true, "verdict": "correct", "reason": "<one line>" }
+      ],
+      "parameters": [
+        { "name": "<param name>", "verdict": "works", "reason": "baseline X → with param Y (what changed)" },
+        { "name": "<param name>", "verdict": "no_op", "reason": "result identical to baseline" },
+        { "name": "<param name>", "verdict": "broken", "reason": "collapsed to constant 67" },
+        { "name": "<param name>", "verdict": "untestable", "reason": "opaque code, no value discoverable" }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "notes": "<optional overall observations>"
+}
+```
+
+Include one entry in `tools` for every connected tool, each with its baseline invocation(s) and a `parameters` entry for **every parameter the tool advertises**. The score is computed from your verdicts by the harness: `correct` invocations and `works` parameters count for; `tool_broken` invocations and `no_op`/`broken` parameters count against; `infra`/`bad_params`/`untestable` are excluded. Be accurate and conservative, not generous.

package/prompts/build-planning.md

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+You plan how a set of selected tools — all compiled from one site's recording(s), where one or more captures of that site are merged into a single session — should be built so they reuse shared code instead of each re-deriving the same logic.
+
+Return ONLY one JSON object. No markdown, no prose.
+
+## Input
+
+You receive:
+
+- `site`, `url`, `narration` — what the user was doing. When several captures were merged, `narration` includes `[Recording from <timestamp>] <url>` boundary lines marking where each capture begins (the same logical request may then appear once per capture, often with a different entity/token).
+- `selectedTools[]` — the tools that WILL be compiled: `{ toolName, description, expectedOutput, requestSeqs, dependencySeqs, likelyParams }`. You must emit exactly one `perTool` entry for each.
+- `sharedContext` — `{ loginRequestSeqs, credentialNames, tokenExtractionNotes, sharedHelperNotes }` from candidate detection.
+- `ephemeralValues[]` — values that differed across two independent replays (highest-confidence signal for signing tokens / per-call state): `{ classification, originalSeq, location, producerSeq, producerPath, suggestedStateName }`. `browser_minted` with a high-entropy query-param `location` is the canonical sign of client-side URL signing → a `request-transform` module.
+- `tokenContractHints[]` — producer→consumer opaque-token edges DETECTED DETERMINISTICALLY from the dual-pass diff: `{ consumerTool, consumerParam, consumerLocation, producerTool, producerField, producerPath }`. Each is a grounded `server_derived` value `consumerTool` sends that was produced in `producerTool`'s response. These are pre-computed for you and are AUTHORITATIVE — you MUST declare each as a `tokenParams` (consumer) + `emitsTokens` (producer) contract per rule 12. Refine the rough `consumerParam`/`producerField` names and the `shape` from the recording, but do not drop an edge. (Any edge you miss is reconciled in deterministically, but declaring it yourself lets you pick the right `shape`.)
+- `requests[]` — the load-bearing requests for the selected tools (identical requests across tools are collapsed; `repeatCount`/`repeatedSeqs` show that). When the SAME endpoint appears for multiple tools, that's a strong shared-module signal.
+
+## Output schema
+
+```
+{
+  "sharedModules": [
+    {
+      "path": "_shared/<name>.ts",                 // flat file under _shared/, .ts
+      "kind": "request-transform" | "parser-helper" | "types",
+      "purpose": "one line: what this module does and why it's shared",
+      "exportSignatures": ["export function signUrl(url: string): string"],
+      "spec": "precise contract the builder implements: inputs, outputs, edge cases, and which sourceSeqs prove the behavior",
+      "sourceSeqs": [number],                       // recorded request seqs that ground the implementation
+      "dependsOn": ["_shared/<other>.ts"]           // other shared modules this one imports (build order)
+    }
+  ],
+  "perTool": [
+    {
+      "toolName": "snake_case_tool_name",
+      "usesSharedModules": ["_shared/<name>.ts"],   // subset of sharedModules[].path
+      "loadBearingSeqs": [number],
+      "parserGuidance": "what the parser should extract and how shared helpers fit in",
+      "paramChecklist": ["param_name", ...],         // user-controllable inputs to template
+      "authRecipe": {
+        "required": true,
+        "loginRequestSeqs": [number],
+        "credentialNames": ["username", "password"],
+        "captures": [
+          { "name": "access_token", "source": "json", "locator": "$.token", "usedAs": "header:Authorization" }
+        ],
+        "notes": "how every tool replicates login inline (Imprint has no shared-auth runtime primitive)"
+      },
+      "emitsTokens": [
+        { "field": "item_id", "shape": "composite '<ftid>|<areaId>|<areaName>|<areaToken>' the detail tool needs" }
+      ],
+      "tokenParams": [
+        { "param": "item_id", "sourceTool": "search_x", "sourceField": "item_id" }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+## Rules
+
+1. **Emit exactly one `perTool` entry per `selectedTools` entry**, using the same `toolName`. Do not invent or drop tools.
+2. **Only hoist a shared module when ≥2 selected tools genuinely share it.** Single-use logic stays inside that tool's own parser.ts / request-transform.ts — do NOT create a `_shared/` module for it.
+3. **`request-transform`** — URL signing or body construction shared across tools. Wire-up: the consuming tool sets `requestTransformModule: "../_shared/<name>.ts"`. Ground it in `ephemeralValues` (browser_minted, high-entropy query param) and `sourceSeqs`. The exported `transform(method, url, responses, params?)` returns the signed URL (or `{ url, body? }`).
+4. **`parser-helper`** — a decoder/normalizer ≥2 tools' parsers call (e.g. a shared JSPB walker, a shared field mapper). The consuming tool's parser.ts does `import { ... } from '../_shared/<name>.ts'`. Ground it in a captured response body (`sourceSeqs`).
+5. **`types`** — shared TypeScript interfaces used by ≥2 parsers. Type-only; no runtime behavior.
+6. **Auth is NEVER a shared module.** Login is request data, and the runtime cannot run a shared sub-workflow. Put the exact recipe in each tool's `authRecipe` (login seqs, credential names, captures with `${state.X}` wiring) and set `required: false` with empty arrays when a tool needs no login. Every authed tool replicates the same recipe inline.
+7. **`exportSignatures` must be real TypeScript signatures** the builder will implement and the verifier will check for. List every public export.
+8. **`spec` must be concrete enough to implement and test** — name the inputs, the exact output, and the `sourceSeqs` that prove it (e.g. "given the URL at seq 41 with the `sig` param stripped, regenerate `sig` to match the recorded value").
+9. **`dependsOn` only references other `sharedModules[].path`.** No cycles.
+10. **Be conservative.** Never invent a module without grounding `sourceSeqs`. If unsure whether two tools truly share logic, leave it per-tool (empty `sharedModules`, empty `usesSharedModules`). A wrong shared module forces every assigned tool to import code that doesn't fit. Fewer, well-grounded modules beat many speculative ones.
+11. `paramChecklist` mirrors the candidate's `likelyParams` names — the inputs each tool must template as `${param.NAME}`.
+12. **Opaque-token chains (`emitsTokens` / `tokenParams`).** When one tool's param is an opaque id/token a user cannot type — its value is minted by ANOTHER selected tool's response (a `search_*` → `get_*_details` chain) — model it as a cross-tool contract instead of bundling the context into an opaque blob. Start from `tokenContractHints[]` (each entry is a pre-detected edge you MUST declare), and also catch any the diff missed (`ephemeralValues` with a `server_derived` `producerSeq` belonging to a different tool's `requestSeqs`, or a `dependencySeqs` link):
+    - On the CONSUMER, add `tokenParams: [{ param, sourceTool, sourceField }]` — the param's value comes from `sourceTool`'s `sourceField` output, used as-is.
+    - On the PRODUCER (`sourceTool`), add `emitsTokens: [{ field, shape }]` so its parser emits that exact `field` in the full `shape` the consumer needs (e.g. a composite of id + area context), NOT a bare fragment.
+    - The consumer param's `sourceTool` must be another selected tool (not itself), and `sourceField` must appear in that producer's `emitsTokens`. Leave both arrays empty when there is no cross-tool token. This lets the consumer expose a usable param (the LLM caller mints it once from the producer and reuses it) and lets the gate verify the chain end-to-end — never hardcode another tool's recorded token into the consumer.

package/prompts/compile-agent.md

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    **Parameter checklist (`likelyParams`).** When `selectedCandidate` includes a `likelyParams` array, it contains the candidate detector's analysis of which inputs the user controlled — based on the narration and request patterns. Treat this as your **parameter extraction checklist**: every entry should become a `${param.NAME}` in workflow.json unless you can document a structural reason it cannot be templated. Parameters that appear as `null`, `[]`, or absent in the recorded request body are still valid — they represent filters or options the user interacted with during recording but did not apply in the final request state. Do not skip them.
 
+   **Shared modules (multi-tool runs).** If your initial context lists "Assigned shared modules" — or `read_build_plan` is available — call `read_build_plan` first. It returns prebuilt, verified helper modules under `../_shared/` that you MUST reuse instead of re-deriving their logic. For a `request-transform` module set `"requestTransformModule": "../_shared/<name>.ts"` in workflow.json; for a `parser-helper`/`types` module `import` it in `parser.ts` (e.g. `import { decode } from '../_shared/decode.ts'`). The read_build_plan slice also carries `parserGuidance`, a `paramChecklist`, and an `authRecipe` — when `authRecipe.required` is true, replicate the exact login request + `${state.X}` captures it describes inline as request[0] of your workflow (the runtime has no shared-auth primitive, so each tool logs in itself, but the recipe keeps every tool consistent). You cannot write files under `_shared/` — those modules are already built; just import them. The verifier fails this tool if an assigned module is not imported.
+
    **Dual-pass value classifications.** When `stateHints` includes entries with `type: “dual_pass_value_classification”`, these values were verified to differ across two independent executions of the same workflow with identical user inputs. They are the highest-confidence signal for ephemeral state — treat them seriously, but reason about them rather than following blindly:
 
    - **`server_derived`**: The value differed and was found in a prior response. The hint includes `producerSeq` and `producerPath` telling you exactly where to capture from. Add a `captures` entry on the producer request and reference via `${state.NAME}`.
    - **`browser_minted`**: The value differed and is NOT in any prior response — it was computed by client-side JavaScript. Choose the right remedy based on the value's behavior:
-     - *Session-scoped state* (minted once per page load, reused across requests): add a bootstrap capture with `browser_bootstrap` capability.
+     - *Session-scoped state* (minted once per page load, reused across requests): add a bootstrap capture with `browser_bootstrap` capability. Pick the `source` based on where the value actually lives in the recording — these are not interchangeable:
+       - **Response header** (`source: 'response_header'`, `header: '<exact name>'`): the bootstrap GET's HTTP response carries the token as a header. Enterprise CSRF tokens, anti-replay tokens, and many app-minted page nonces are returned this way. **First check** — search the bootstrap response headers for the recorded token before reaching for any HTML/DOM source. If the token appears in `requests[0].response.headers`, this is the only correct source. Do NOT synthesize an `_shared/page-tokens.ts` HTML-regex helper for it; the body will not contain the value and the regex will silently miss.
+
+       **Capture-source cross-check (verifier-enforced).** Before you declare any `required` capture, locate the matching recorded request in the session and confirm the declared source actually carries the recorded value: `response_header` → the header must exist in `response.headers`; `cookie` → `response.headers['set-cookie']` must define that cookie name; `html_regex` / `text_regex` → the pattern must match the recorded response body. The verifier rejects `done()` if the declared source does not produce a value in the recording, and it explicitly classifies a runtime `STATE_MISSING` from a declared capture as a workflow-correctness error (not infra) so the tool cannot ship waived. Picking the wrong source is the most common cause of "API rungs all silently fall to playbook" — measure twice.
+
+       **Referenced-capture cross-check — applies even to `required: false` captures (verifier-enforced).** If ANY request hard-references a capture via `${state.X}` in a header/body/url, that capture is effectively required regardless of its `required` flag, and the verifier checks its `html_regex`/`text_regex` pattern against EVERY recorded HTML page for the site (not just the bootstrap URL's own response — the bootstrap page may not even be in the recording). If the pattern matches no recorded page, `done()` is rejected (the runtime would `STATE_MISSING` the whole request). **Write the regex against the token as it ACTUALLY appears in the recorded HTML — read the recorded page first.** Common pitfall: a token embedded as `mUtil.createSecureCookie("Csrf-token", "<hex>")` is NOT matched by a pattern like `[Cc]srf[^"']{0,24}['"]([0-9a-f]{48,})['"]` because the `", "` separator between the cookie name and value falls between the two quotes — anchor on the real structure instead, e.g. `createSecureCookie\("Csrf-token",\s*"([0-9a-f]+)"`. When the live call would burn an anti-bot `.act`, the verifier SKIPS the live test entirely if a referenced capture can't resolve — so a wrong regex here costs you a whole verification cycle with no live signal. Get it right against the recording first.
+
+       **CRITICAL — replay asymmetry for `response_header` on REPLAYED requests.** The recording is a real Chrome navigation, so its responses carry browser-only response headers (CSRF tokens, anti-replay nonces). But at runtime your `requests[]` are replayed via a programmatic fetch, NOT a browser — and anti-bot edges (Akamai, DataDome, etc.) routinely withhold those response headers from non-browser requests while still returning the response **body** and **Set-Cookie**. So a `response_header` capture that passes the cross-check (because the recording has the header) can still return `null` at runtime and sink the whole tool. Rule: **if the same token ALSO appears in the response body (e.g. an inline `<script>` like `createSecureCookie("Csrf-token","…")`) use `source: 'text_regex'`; if it is ALSO set as a cookie use `source: 'cookie'`. Only use `response_header` on a `workflow.bootstrap` capture (which runs as a real Chrome navigation) or when the token appears in NO other location.** When in doubt, prefer the body/cookie source — they survive replay; browser-only headers do not.
+       - **HTML body** (`source: 'html_regex'`): the token is embedded in a `<script>` block, meta tag, or inline JSON inside the HTML. Use this only after confirming the value actually appears in the response body.
+       - **DOM** (`source: 'dom_attribute'` / `source: 'dom_text'`): the token is rendered into a specific element by the page's JS — use a stable selector.
+       - **Cookie / storage** (`source: 'cookie'` / `'local_storage'` / `'session_storage'`): the token is persisted client-side after bootstrap.
      - *Per-request state* (unique per API call — nonces, request IDs, timestamps): write a `requestTransformModule` that generates fresh values.
      - *Bot-defense state* (sensor headers, fingerprints): use `stealth_bootstrap` capability.
-   - **`constant`**: Identical in both runs — usually safe to hardcode. BUT: scrutinize high-entropy “constants” (UUIDs, JWTs, long hex/base64 strings). They may be slow-rotating tokens that happened to match across two runs taken minutes apart. If a constant looks like a token, treat it with suspicion and consider adding a bootstrap capture as a safety measure.
+   - **`constant`**: Identical across every pass the classifier compared — usually safe to hardcode. BUT: scrutinize high-entropy “constants” (UUIDs, JWTs, long hex/base64 strings). They may be slow-rotating tokens that happened to match across two runs taken minutes apart. If a constant looks like a token, treat it with suspicion and consider adding a bootstrap capture as a safety measure. **Exception — cross-recording corroboration.** The classifier diffs the recording against the automated replay AND against every other recording of this site (often captured hours or days apart), then keeps a value `constant` only if it never varied in any pass. A high-entropy value classified `constant` on this basis is *static infrastructure the server checks on every call*, NOT a rotating token: a GraphQL safelisting / persisted-query signature (`graphql-operation-signature`, `x-apollo-operation-id`, `x-apollo-operation-signature`), an API build/asset hash, a public app key. **Keep it verbatim** — dropping it gets the request 403'd or silently degraded to sentinel data. A genuinely rotating token could not be byte-identical across time-separated recordings; the classifier would have marked it `browser_minted`/`server_derived`. (The replay alone is unreliable here: anti-bot edges block the automated replay, so a protected header may be `constant` *purely* on cross-recording evidence — that evidence is sufficient; do not second-guess it as "high-entropy so probably rotating".)
 
    Classifications reduce ambiguity but don't eliminate it. Your existing reasoning about stale values, signing tokens, and session state still applies — classifications add a strong empirical signal on top.
 
@@ -68,16 +80,22 @@ Follow these steps to compile the session:
 
 5. **Write workflow.json.** Template the request(s):
    - Replace user-variable values with `${param.NAME}` placeholders (e.g., origin airport, date, passenger count)
+   - **Vary-across-seqs fields are user input (verifier-enforced).** If a field appears multiple times in the recording's load-bearing requests with different values across seqs (e.g. `pickupDate` is `06/01/2026` in one recorded POST and `06/24/2026` in another), the recording is *proving* that field is user input. It MUST be templated as `${param.X}` (or `${state.X}` if minted by an earlier captured response, or constructed via a `requestTransformModule`). Do NOT freeze the first recording's literal value into the workflow body — the verifier diffs your body against the recorded seqs in `candidateRequestSeqs` ∪ `dependencySeqs` and rejects `done()` for every frozen-session field it finds. Constant fields (same value every seq, like `fromHomePage=true` / `country=US`) are safe to hardcode.
    - **Use `selectedCandidate.likelyParams` as your parameter checklist** (when present). Every `likelyParam` should become a workflow parameter and be templated into the request body/URL:
      - Parameters with concrete recorded values: replace the literal value with `${param.NAME}` as usual.
      - Parameters that are `null`, `[]`, or absent in the recorded request (filters/constraints the user toggled during recording but didn't apply in the final request state): these are **valid parameters** — add them as optional with defaults meaning "no filter applied" and template them at the correct position in the request body/URL.
      - For positional/array-encoded bodies (JSPB, protobuf, etc.): use `sharedHelperNotes` to locate each parameter's position, and replace `null`/`[]` placeholders with `${param.NAME}`.
      - Filter/constraint parameter defaults should use the API's "unfiltered" sentinel (typically `0`, `null`, `[]`, or empty string — infer from what the recorded request uses in that position).
      - If a `likelyParam` genuinely has no plausible insertion point in any request (no matching query param, no array position, no JSON key), skip it and note why — but treat `null`/`[]` positions as valid insertion points, not absence of the parameter.
+   - **Resolved-id params — chain the minting request, do NOT pass raw text (see `inputProvenanceHints`).** Some user-facing inputs are NOT carried in the load-bearing request as the user's text — the backend keys off a resolved opaque id (an entity/object handle, an account id, a place/geo id, a category token). The recording proves which: the request holds a value at some position that **first appears in an EARLIER response**, not in anything the user typed. `read_session_summary` surfaces these as `inputProvenanceHints` (each gives the `path`, an `example` value, the consuming `inRequestSeq`, and `mintedByResponseSeq`/`mintedByEndpoint`). For every such position:
+     - You MUST obtain the id by chaining the minting request and `capture`-ing its value, then template the captured `${state.NAME}` into that position. NEVER freeze the recorded id (it's specific to the recorded entity), and NEVER substitute the param's raw text into an id position — the backend typically ignores an unrecognized value and silently falls back to a default (an unfiltered/global result set, or a server-chosen default scope), so the call returns results that look well-formed but answer the wrong query.
+     - **`selfChain: true`** means the id is minted by the tool's OWN endpoint: the pattern is *resolve-then-refine* — issue a first request carrying the user's text (the resolver), `capture` the resolved id from its response at the recorded position, then issue the real request with `${state.NAME}` at the id position. Build this as a two-request chain (request[0] = resolve, request[1] = the load-bearing call), capturing via `extract`/`captures` exactly as for any other chained value.
+     - Treat this as a hard correctness check: a tool that returns rich, well-formed results for the *wrong entity* passes a shallow test but is broken. If an `inputProvenanceHint` covers a position, the raw-text encoding there is wrong — chain it.
    - Replace per-user credentials with `${credential.NAME}` (e.g., `patron_id`, `csrf_token`, `account_uuid`)
    - **CRITICAL — Login chains.** If the input session contains a login request whose body has been pre-templated to `${credential.username}` / `${credential.password}` (you'll see those literal strings in the request body when you `read_request`), you MUST keep that login request as request[0] in your workflow. Do NOT drop it. Use named `captures` (canonical `${state.name}`) or legacy `extract` to capture any returned auth tokens (`id_token`, `access_token`, `swa_token`, cookies projected into headers, etc.) and reference them in subsequent requests. The runtime substitutes the username/password from the local credential manager at call time, so the workflow is self-sufficient — caller doesn't need to log in separately.
    - **Distinguish credentials from session tokens.** `${credential.NAME}` is for STABLE per-user values that the user provides once (username, password, API token). For ephemeral per-call values (passenger tokens, ride-along session IDs, recordLocator-bound state, CSRF cookies minted by an earlier request) you MUST use named request/bootstrap captures and `${state.NAME}` — NEVER use `${credential.X}` for those. Test: would the user be able to type this value into an `imprint credential set` prompt? If no, it's captured state, not a credential.
    - Keep headers minimal — drop bot-detection headers (Akamai fingerprints, DataDome, PerimeterX), drop browser-internal headers, keep `Content-Type`, `Origin`, `Referer` when needed
+   - **CRITICAL — preserve FUNCTIONAL request headers (same principle as query params).** Beyond the standard set, the recorded request often carries headers the server *checks* on every call: anti-CSRF / anti-replay tokens (`X-Csrf-Token`, `X-XSRF-Token`, `RequestVerificationToken`, …), API keys, session/nonce headers, `X-*` app headers. These are part of the functional contract — dropping one usually makes a state-changing POST silently fail or get tarpitted, exactly like dropping a query param. For each non-bot, non-browser-internal header on the recorded request: keep it. If its value is a per-session/per-call token (high-entropy, rotates across the recording), do NOT hardcode it — capture it (`${state.NAME}` from a bootstrap/request capture) and template it. The litmus test mirrors query params: if the recorded request sent it and it isn't a bot fingerprint, the workflow request must send it too (literal if static, `${state.X}`/`${param.X}` if dynamic). A recorded state-changing POST (`*.act`, `/checkout`, `/book`, anything that mutates) that carried a CSRF/session header MUST template that header from captured state — never silently omit it.
    - **CRITICAL: Preserve ALL query parameters from the recorded URL.** Unlike HTTP headers — where you drop bot-detection fingerprints — query params are part of the API's functional contract. Even if a param value looks obfuscated or high-entropy (base64, hex, random-looking), it likely carries meaning the server checks (anti-bot tokens, session binding, A/B bucketing, obfuscated checksums). Preserve every param key: substitute the value with `${response[N].name}` or `${state.name}` if it came from an earlier response, `${param.NAME}` if user-variable, or keep the literal value if it's a static constant (like `search=false`). Missing a single query param can silently cause the API to return sentinel/degraded data rather than an error — the server may fall back to generic defaults instead of returning the actual results.
    - **Per-call query params (URL signing).** If a query param has a different high-entropy value on every request to the same URL path in the session, it is likely a URL signing token computed by client-side JavaScript. Do NOT hardcode the recorded value — it is per-call and will expire. Instead: use `search_response_body` to search the session's JavaScript responses (look for `.js` URLs) for the param name. The signing function is usually simple (HMAC, MD5, XOR + base64 with a static key). Once you find it, write a `requestTransformModule` (sibling to `parser.ts`) that exports `transform(method: string, url: string): string` — it takes the unsigned URL and returns the URL with the signing param appended. Set `"requestTransformModule": "./request-transform.ts"` in workflow.json. The runtime calls this function before each request.
    - **Complex body construction via requestTransformModule.** When the API uses a body format where simple `${param.X}` placeholder substitution cannot correctly encode values — e.g., JSPB arrays in form-encoded fields, nested JSON strings with position-dependent escaping — write a `requestTransformModule` that constructs the body programmatically. The transform receives `params` as a 4th argument and can return an object instead of a string:
@@ -111,6 +129,7 @@ Follow these steps to compile the session:
    - For JSON-keyed APIs: traverse the object, pull out the fields the user cares about, return a clean object
    - For JSPB: use `search_response_body` to find anchors (airport codes, dates, prices, airline names from narration), inspect the structure around those offsets, hypothesize the array indices, write extraction logic
    - Return a named-field object, not the raw input — the goal is to make the data usable by an AI agent without further parsing
+   - **Drop content-less records.** Some APIs signal "no match" not with an empty array but with a single placeholder record whose identifying fields are all empty/null (the recording, which only has hits, never shows this). When you map a list, filter out any record whose key identifying fields (id/code/name/the primary label your tool returns) are all empty or null — that is the API's no-match sentinel, not a result. A content-less record must never reach the output; an all-empty mapped row is always wrong.
 
 9. **Write parser.test.ts.** Create a `bun:test` suite:
    - **Load the response body from the redacted session at runtime via `process.env.IMPRINT_SESSION_PATH`.** The harness sets that env var to the absolute path of the redacted session file when it spawns `bun test`. Do NOT write a fixture file. Do NOT inline the response body as a string literal. The boilerplate looks like:
@@ -137,6 +156,18 @@ Follow these steps to compile the session:
    - Call `extract(raw)` and assert on the result.
    - Assertions must reference real values from the narration: `expect(result.flights.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)`, `expect(result.flights.some(f => f.origin === 'SFO')).toBe(true)`, `expect(result.flights[0].price).toBeGreaterThan(0)`.
    - Aim for at least 5 assertions — more is better.
+   - **Empty-result contract (required test).** `extract()` MUST return a clean empty collection for a no-match / empty upstream response — an empty array, or the success shape with its items array empty / count 0 — and NEVER a single placeholder record full of nulls. The recording has no zero-result example, so verify it with a synthetic case: add exactly one test whose title begins `synthetic:empty-result` that constructs an empty version of the response (same top-level shape as the recorded success, but with the items array empty / results null / count 0) and asserts the parser yields empty, not a phantom row:
+     ```typescript
+     test('synthetic:empty-result returns an empty list, not a phantom record', () => {
+       // Same top-level shape as the recorded success response, but no items.
+       const emptyResponse = { /* …e.g. results: [], count: 0 … */ };
+       const out = extract(emptyResponse as never);
+       const items = (out as { items?: unknown[] }).items ?? [];
+       expect(Array.isArray(items)).toBe(true);
+       expect(items.length).toBe(0);
+     });
+     ```
+     Match the assertion to your tool's actual success shape (the collection field you return). For a single-object tool, assert that a no-match response yields an empty / empty-object result rather than a record of nulls. The verifier requires this `synthetic:empty-result` test to be present AND to pass.
 
    The session under `sessions/` is gitignored (auth tokens / PII risk) and the test file is deleted after verification passes — together that means the test is local-and-ephemeral by design. Don't try to persist the response body to disk to dodge the env var.
 
@@ -144,68 +175,128 @@ Follow these steps to compile the session:
 
     **Import conventions**: The runtime lives at `imprint/runtime` (resolved via a symlink at `~/.imprint/node_modules/imprint` → the repo root). Types live at `imprint/types`. During compilation, `index.ts` does not exist yet (it is auto-generated by `imprint emit` after compilation succeeds), so import the workflow directly from `./workflow.json`.
 
-    Boilerplate:
+    Boilerplate — use `runWorkflowWithLadder` so the test dispatches through `runWithLadder` (the same dispatch the MCP server uses at runtime), exercising the fetch → fetch-bootstrap → cdp-replay → stealth-fetch escalation. The playbook rung is intentionally excluded at this stage because `playbook.yaml` is compiled in a separate later step (`imprint compile-playbook`); the API rungs (fetch, fetch-bootstrap, cdp-replay, stealth-fetch) are available during integration-test time. The test passes as long as one rung succeeds, so a tool whose fetch path is blocked by Akamai/PerimeterX still verifies end-to-end via cdp-replay or stealth-fetch:
     ```typescript
     import { expect, test } from 'bun:test';
     import { dirname } from 'node:path';
     import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-    import { executeWorkflow, loadCredentialStore } from 'imprint/runtime';
+    import { runWorkflowWithLadder } from 'imprint/backend-ladder';
+    import { loadCredentialStore } from 'imprint/runtime';
     import type { Workflow } from 'imprint/types';
     // index.ts is auto-generated by `imprint emit` after compilation — import workflow directly
     import workflowJson from './workflow.json' with { type: 'json' };
     const WORKFLOW = workflowJson as unknown as Workflow;
 
     const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+    const WORKFLOW_PATH = __dirname + '/workflow.json';
 
     test('live API call returns data', async () => {
       const params: Record<string, string | number | boolean> = {
         /* fill in default param values */
       };
-      const credentials = await loadCredentialStore(WORKFLOW.site) ?? undefined;
-      const result = await executeWorkflow({
-        workflow: WORKFLOW,
+      // Authenticated workflows need credentials from the per-site store —
+      // load them explicitly and pass through. For unauthenticated tools,
+      // this is `undefined` and the helper proceeds without a store.
+      const credentials = (await loadCredentialStore(WORKFLOW.site)) ?? undefined;
+      const { result, usedBackend } = await runWorkflowWithLadder({
+        workflowPath: WORKFLOW_PATH,
         params,
         credentials,
-        workflowPath: __dirname + '/workflow.json',
       });
       expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
       if (result.ok) {
         expect(result.data).toBeDefined();
         // Add assertions on the live data shape
       }
-    }, 30_000);
+      // usedBackend tells you which rung succeeded — useful when debugging
+      // a flaky test or confirming the stealth-fetch fallback worked.
+    }, 60_000);
     ```
-    If the live call fails (400, 403, expired tokens), this test fails and you must fix the workflow. Common fixes: chain a session/token request first, write a `requestTransformModule` for URL signing, or use `${state.X}` captures instead of hardcoded values. If a query param changes per call (check `stateHints` for `query_param_changes_across_calls`), use `search_response_body` to find the signing function in `.js` responses and replicate it in `request-transform.ts`.
+    The 60 s timeout is important: `runWorkflowWithLadder` runs a parallel backend probe on its first call, and the cdp-replay rung needs ~33 s for a cold Chrome launch. A shorter timeout kills the test before the probe can finish, causing a false live-verification failure.
+
+    If both rungs fail (400, 403 across both, expired tokens), this test fails and you must fix the workflow. Common fixes: chain a session/token request first, write a `requestTransformModule` for URL signing, or use `${state.X}` captures instead of hardcoded values. If a query param changes per call (check `stateHints` for `query_param_changes_across_calls`), use `search_response_body` to find the signing function in `.js` responses and replicate it in `request-transform.ts`.
+
+    **Per-parameter coverage tests.** Beyond the baseline test above, you must write one integration test for **every parameter that has a non-default value in any captured request** (visible in `inlineData.requestBodyDecoded` or via `read_request`). Walk every recorded request, decode its body, and enumerate the set of `(paramName, nonDefaultValue)` tuples. Each tuple is a coverage unit — write a test that overrides that param and asserts a constraint on the response.
+
+    **Title each per-parameter test `param:<name> …`** — begin the title with the literal token `param:` followed by the exact parameter name (e.g. `test('param:max_price=50 constrains all results', …)`). The verifier determines coverage by which `param:<name>` tests **actually ran green against live data**, not by scanning the source: a test that is merely present but did not pass — or a whole suite that was waived by anti-bot — does NOT count as coverage. Each per-parameter test MUST call `runWorkflowWithLadder` with the override value (a test that asserts a constant without calling the workflow is rejected).
+
+    These tests are the only signal that each parameter actually reaches the API and affects the response. If a parameter is wired into a position the server ignores (an invented URL query param, a slot guessed wrong in a positional JSPB body), the test fails because the filtered response will look like the unfiltered one. Skipping a parameter means shipping it untested.
 
-    **Per-representative test cases.** Beyond the baseline test above, write one additional test case for each representative request that has non-default parameter values (visible in `inlineData.requestBodyDecoded` or via `read_request`). Each test case should call `executeWorkflow` with the param values from that representative and assert the results are constrained accordingly — e.g., with `stops: 1` all returned flights have 0 stops, with a carrier filter only those carriers appear, with a price cap all prices are under the cap. Use concrete values from the recording, not invented ones.
+    **ANTI-BOT SITES — minimize live calls (CRITICAL for sites like Akamai/PerimeterX/DataDome).** If the workflow's load-bearing request is a STATE-CHANGING call to a bot-defended origin — tell-tale: the recorded session carries anti-bot cookies (`_abck`, `ak_bmsc`, `bm_sv`, `datadome`, `px*`), or `fetch`/`stealth-fetch` get tarpitted/403'd — then a live `runWorkflowWithLadder` call PER parameter is self-defeating: the burst of state-changing calls trips the site's per-IP rate defense, which then tarpits EVERY later call **including the baseline of the next tool**, and the whole teach fails. On such sites do NOT write a live `param:<name>` test per parameter. Instead: write the ONE live **baseline** test (it proves the workflow produces real data through the trusted `fetch-bootstrap` rung), and for each non-token parameter do the **static recorded-session check** (step 13 below) — construct the request with the override and confirm it reproduces the recorded request's encoding of that field — and record the result by adding, for each parameter, the annotation comment `// exposed-but-not-verified: <paramName> — anti-bot site; verified statically (reaches its field in the recorded encoding); live per-param call skipped to avoid a rate-flagging burst`. The annotation comment MUST contain the exact parameter name. Do NOT also write a green `param:<name>` bun test for it (a passing `param:` test that doesn't call `runWorkflowWithLadder` is rejected as tautological; the annotation is the non-blocking path). The parameter ships flagged `verified:false` (templated + statically confirmed reaching its field, live effect unconfirmed) — keep + mark, never drop. EXCEPTION: a producer-sourced **token** param (your slice lists it in `tokenParams`) still needs its single chained live `param:<name>` test (mint a fresh value from the producer) — that one is load-bearing and worth the one call. Net: one baseline + at most the token-chain calls, instead of one-per-parameter. This is the difference between a tool that ships and a teach that rate-flags itself into total failure.
 
-    These tests serve as functional verification that each parameter actually reaches the API and affects the response. If a parameter is wired into a position the server ignores (e.g., an invented URL query param), the filtered test case will return unfiltered results and fail the assertion.
+    **Pick discriminating values.** A test that doesn't constrain anything is a false-pass. Before using a value from the recording, cross-check the recorded response: does setting the param to that value measurably change the response compared to baseline (fewer results, different price range, different shape)? If yes, use it. If no — e.g., the recording has `max_results=1000` but baseline only returns 20 items so the filter is a no-op — derive a tighter value from the baseline response (e.g., a value below the median) that actually splits the results, and use that.
+
+    If no discriminating value exists in the recording AND none can be derived from the baseline response (rare — e.g., a parameter that only affects authenticated views you haven't recorded), annotate the test explicitly:
+
+    ```typescript
+    // exposed-but-not-verified: no recorded variation and no discriminating
+    // value derivable from baseline. The parameter is templated and reaches
+    // the API, but its effect on the response is unverified.
+    ```
+
+    The annotation prevents the missing-coverage check from BLOCKING compile — but it does NOT mark the parameter verified. The parameter ships flagged `verified:false` in `workflow.json`, the gap is surfaced in the verifier output, and the audit harness is told to probe it specifically. Use the annotation only when you genuinely cannot derive a discriminating value — never as a shortcut to skip writing a real test.
 
     ```typescript
-    test('stops=1 returns only nonstop flights', async () => {
+    test('param:max_price=50 constrains all results', async () => {
       const params: Record<string, string | number | boolean> = {
         /* same defaults as baseline, but override: */
-        stops: 1,
+        max_price: 50,
       };
-      const credentials = await loadCredentialStore(WORKFLOW.site) ?? undefined;
-      const result = await executeWorkflow({
-        workflow: WORKFLOW,
+      const credentials = (await loadCredentialStore(WORKFLOW.site)) ?? undefined;
+      const { result } = await runWorkflowWithLadder({
+        workflowPath: WORKFLOW_PATH,
         params,
         credentials,
-        workflowPath: __dirname + '/workflow.json',
       });
       expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
       if (result.ok) {
-        const data = result.data as { flights: Array<{ stops: number }> };
-        // Every flight should be nonstop when stops=1
-        for (const f of data.flights ?? []) {
-          expect(f.stops).toBe(0);
+        const data = result.data as { items: Array<{ price: number }> };
+        for (const item of data.items ?? []) {
+          expect(item.price).toBeLessThanOrEqual(50);
         }
       }
     }, 30_000);
     ```
 
-    You don't need a separate test for every single parameter — group related params (e.g., all four time-range params in one test) and prioritize params that constrain results in verifiable ways. Aim for at least 2-3 param-variation tests beyond the baseline.
+    Write one test per parameter — do NOT batch unrelated params into a single test ("all four time-range params in one test" lets you skip dimensions silently and reduces the chance any one filter fails an assertion if it's broken). One param per test, one constraint per test, one assertion per constraint.
+
+    **Enum-like parameters.** When a parameter has more than two distinct values across `requestBodyDecoded` of the recorded requests (e.g., `sort_by` recorded with values `price`, `duration`, AND `rating`), write one test per distinct value rather than picking a single override (title each `param:<name>=<value> …`, e.g. `param:sort_by=price …`). Cap at 5 distinct values per param to keep scope reasonable; if the recording has more, pick the 5 most semantically diverse. Each enum-value test still needs an assertion that the response is constrained to that value — e.g., `sort_by=price` should produce results sorted by price, not just a copy of the baseline. Testing one value when three were exercised silently ships two unverified response shapes.
+
+    **Producer-sourced (chained) token parameters.** Some parameters are opaque tokens/ids a user never types — their value is minted by a SIBLING tool in this same site (e.g. a `search_*` tool returns per-item ids that a `get_*_details` tool consumes). The build plan flags these two ways and you must honor both:
+
+    - **If THIS tool is the PRODUCER** (your `read_build_plan` slice lists `emitsTokens`): your parser MUST emit each listed `field` in the exact `shape` the consumer needs — the FULL value (e.g. a pipe-joined composite of id + context), never a bare fragment the consumer cannot use. A consumer's correctness depends on getting the complete value from you.
+
+    - **If THIS tool is the CONSUMER** (your slice lists `tokenParams` as `{param, sourceTool, sourceField}`): the recorded value for that param is stale and tool-specific, so a test that reuses it proves nothing. Write the `param:<param>` test to mint a FRESH value by calling the producer, then feed it here:
+
+      ```typescript
+      test('param:<param> uses a fresh token minted by <sourceTool>', async () => {
+        const credentials = (await loadCredentialStore(WORKFLOW.site)) ?? undefined;
+        // 1. Mint a fresh value from the producer tool's live output.
+        const producer = await runWorkflowWithLadder({
+          workflowPath: new URL('../<sourceTool>/workflow.json', import.meta.url).pathname,
+          params: { /* realistic producer params */ },
+          credentials,
+        });
+        // Rethrow so a producer anti-bot/infra block WAIVES this suite (it does
+        // not falsely pass): the verifier treats a vendor-block message as waived.
+        if (!producer.result.ok) throw new Error(`producer <sourceTool> failed: ${JSON.stringify(producer.result)}`);
+        const fresh = (producer.result.data as any).<sourceField>; // or items[0].<sourceField>
+        expect(fresh).toBeTruthy();
+        // 2. Feed the FRESH value into this tool and assert a real, non-empty result.
+        const { result } = await runWorkflowWithLadder({
+          workflowPath: WORKFLOW_PATH,
+          params: { /* baseline */ , <param>: fresh },
+          credentials,
+        });
+        expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+        if (result.ok) {
+          const data = result.data as { items?: unknown[] };
+          expect((data.items ?? []).length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        }
+      }, 60_000);
+      ```
+
+      The verifier REQUIRES this chained shape for a producer-sourced param: a `param:<param>` test that calls only this tool's own `WORKFLOW_PATH` (reusing the recorded constant) is rejected as **unchained**. If the fresh value yields an empty/failed result, the producer/consumer contract is broken — **fix the PRODUCER to emit the full value this tool consumes** (or fix how this tool unpacks it); never paper over it with the recorded constant.
 
     **This file is ephemeral** like parser.test.ts — deleted after verification unless `--keep-test` is passed.
 
@@ -218,11 +309,18 @@ Follow these steps to compile the session:
     - Repeat until all tests pass
 
     **Escalation rules for integration test failures:**
-    - If the integration test returns 403/429 with bot-detection signatures (PerimeterX, DataDome, Akamai, CAPTCHA), try at most **4 different approaches** (e.g., add bootstrap, try stealth-fetch). If all fail, **call `done` immediately** — the verification harness retries 3 times and will handle transient blocks. Do not spend more turns on bot-detection workarounds.
+    - If the integration test is blocked by anti-automation / bot defense, try at most **4 different approaches** (e.g., add bootstrap, try stealth-fetch). If all fail, **call `done` immediately** — the verification harness retries 3 times and treats bot-detection as a non-blocking warning since your parser is already verified against the recorded response, and the runtime ladder's stealth-fetch + playbook rungs bypass these defenses at call time. Do not spend more turns on bot-detection workarounds, and do NOT `give_up`. Bot defense takes many forms beyond a 403 — recognize all of them: blocking statuses (`403`/`429`/`503`) with vendor signatures (PerimeterX, DataDome, Akamai, Cloudflare, reCAPTCHA/hCaptcha), AND redirect-to-challenge responses (a `30x` redirect whose `Location` is a CAPTCHA / interstitial / "verify you're human" / "unusual traffic" page instead of the API's data). A redirect to a challenge page is bot detection, not a workflow error — call `done`.
     - If the integration test returns 400 or assertion failures on response shape, the workflow is wrong — fix it.
     - If the integration test returns 401, check if the workflow needs a login chain or credential capture.
 
-13. **Claim completion.** When parser tests pass, call `done`. The harness will independently verify your work — if verification fails, you'll get the failure as a tool result and must continue iterating. **Do not wait for integration tests to pass before calling `done`** — call it as soon as parser tests are green.
+13. **Verify parameter fidelity before finishing.** A generated tool must NEVER advertise a parameter it does not actually apply. Before you call `done`, for EACH exposed parameter that should influence the request (filters, options, dates, toggles, mode/variant selectors):
+    - **START with `paramGroundingHints` from `read_session_summary` — this is the primary grounding method, not a fallback.** For each recorded UI toggle, the hint gives the exact request positions that changed between the request that toggle triggered and the prior equivalent request — i.e. precisely where a filter/sort/option param's value lands. Match each exposed parameter to its toggle using the event label and the narration (e.g. a narrated *"filtered by X"* paired with a hint whose event toggles X and whose changed position moves from a default/empty value to the filter's value ⇒ that position encodes the X param), then template the param at that position with the right value mapping. **A param's encoding is frequently NOT visible in the most prominent request — it appears only in the diff of the toggle that controls it.** That is exactly the trap that ships groundable params inert: do not eyeball one request, fail to find the value, and conclude it "isn't in the body." If a hint covers a param, the param IS groundable — wire it. Use the `diff_request_for_event` tool to pull the diff for any other event on demand.
+    - Locate at least one recorded request where that parameter has a non-default / distinguishing value. Set the parameter to that recorded value, construct the request, and confirm the constructed request reproduces the recorded request's encoding of that parameter — same field, same array position, same value/type. This is a **static check against the recorded session**, not a live API call: use `read_request`, `read_response_body`, `search_response_body`, `run_bash`, and `run_tests` to compare what you build against what the recording shows.
+    - **When a shared request-transform (or any shared helper) constructs the request, pass parameters using the EXACT names and types that helper consumes.** Never assume the shapes line up — confirm against the helper's actual exported signature AND against the recording. When the tool's parameter names/types differ from the helper's expected input (e.g. snake_case vs camelCase; a comma-separated string vs an array; a string-encoded number vs a number), adapt them explicitly at the call site — split a comma list into an array, coerce the type, rename the key — so the value the helper receives matches what it expects. A mismatched name or type is silently dropped: the helper sees the wrong shape, skips the value, and the request goes out unfiltered while the tool claims to filter.
+    - **Never hardcode a single recorded variant of the request when the tool exposes a parameter meant to vary it.** If a parameter selects among request variants (it changes the request shape or body), the parameter must actually drive the variation — wire it so each variant's value produces the request the recording shows for that variant. Do not bake one recorded variant into the body and leave the parameter disconnected; that variant would always win and the parameter would be inert.
+    - **If a parameter's effect cannot be reproduced from the recorded data** — there is NO `paramGroundingHints` entry for it AND you cannot locate its encoding after the event-differential and a manual search — after honest effort do NOT silently ship it as if it worked. Add the `// exposed-but-not-verified` annotation to its coverage test so it ships flagged `verified:false` (templated and reaching the API, but with its effect unconfirmed). It stays on the tool surface — keep + mark, never silently drop — and the gap is surfaced to the operator and the audit harness. (Distinct from `likelyParams` that the recording shows in a `null`/`[]` position — those have a confirmed insertion point and are verified normally; this is for parameters with no confirmable encoding at all.)
+
+14. **Claim completion.** When parser tests pass, call `done`. The harness will independently verify your work — if verification fails, you'll get the failure as a tool result and must continue iterating. **Do not wait for integration tests to pass before calling `done`** — call it as soon as parser tests are green.
 
 ## Efficiency Rules
 
@@ -353,7 +451,9 @@ Assertions must reference real values derived from the narration or response str
 
 7. **Do not give up on binary responses without confirming they are truly unparseable.** Use `read_response_body` to inspect the bytes — sometimes "binary" is just gzipped JSON or a parseable protobuf.
 
-8. **Do not ignore `likelyParams` from the candidate detector.** If `selectedCandidate.likelyParams` lists a parameter but the recorded request has `null` or `[]` in that position, it means the user didn't apply that filter/constraint during recording — NOT that the parameter doesn't exist. Template it anyway as an optional parameter with a default meaning "unfiltered."
+8. **Do not ignore `likelyParams` from the candidate detector.** If `selectedCandidate.likelyParams` lists a parameter but the recorded request has `null` or `[]` in that position, it means the user didn't apply that filter/constraint during recording — NOT that the parameter doesn't exist. Template it anyway as an optional parameter with a default meaning "unfiltered." Then mark it in `integration.test.ts` with `// exposed-but-not-verified: not exercised in recording` so the verifier and downstream readers know the parameter is templated but its server-side effect is untested. Do not silently expose unexercised parameters — every declared parameter must either have a discriminating integration test or carry the annotation.
+
+9. **Do not advertise a parameter you do not actually apply.** Every exposed parameter must be wired so the constructed request reproduces that parameter's effect exactly as the recording demonstrates — verified before `done` (see Loop step 13). Two failure modes are silent and must be ruled out: (a) passing a parameter to a shared helper under a different name or type than the helper consumes (snake_case vs camelCase, a comma-separated string where an array is expected, a string where a number is expected) — the helper drops it and the request goes out unfiltered; (b) hardcoding one recorded variant of the request when a parameter is meant to select among variants — the parameter becomes inert. If you cannot reproduce a parameter's encoding from the recording after honest effort, remove the parameter rather than ship it un-applied.
 
 ## When `give_up` is Appropriate (Narrow)
 
@@ -363,17 +463,19 @@ You may call `give_up` only in these cases:
 
 2. **Response body wasn't captured.** The session has no body for the load-bearing request (mimeType is missing, bodySize is 0, read_response_body returns empty). Recommend the user re-record the session with a higher body-size limit.
 
+   **Truncation is NOT the same as missing.** If `read_response_body` returns a body that ends in `[…truncated…]`, you still have a multi-hundred-KB prefix — that is almost always enough to find anchors, write regexes, and verify the parser against the captured portion. Do NOT call `give_up` because a page was truncated. Treat the truncated prefix as the available data, write the parser to extract from it, and run parser tests against the same prefix. Only escalate to `give_up` if the prefix is so small (e.g., < a few KB) that no recognizable structure remains — and even then, prefer to extract whatever IS present and ship a partial-coverage parser over giving up entirely.
+
 3. **Response is genuinely empty by design.** The workflow is fire-and-forget (e.g., a logging endpoint, a tracking pixel). The user's intent was to send the request, not to extract data from the response.
 
 4. **Authentication is fundamentally broken.** Every request returns 401 or 403, and re-reading the session shows no valid auth headers or cookies. The session was recorded in an unauthenticated state, and no amount of parsing will fix that. Recommend the user run `imprint login <site>` and re-record.
 
-5. **Bot detection blocks the live API after multiple bypass attempts.** If the integration test consistently returns 403 with bot-detection signatures (PerimeterX, DataDome, Akamai, CAPTCHA) and you've tried 4+ different approaches (bootstrap, stealth-fetch, different headers) without success, give up. The workflow and parser are likely correct — the endpoint requires browser-level interaction that fetch-based replay cannot provide. Recommend the user add a playbook-based backend for this site.
+5. **Bot detection is NOT a reason to `give_up`.** If the integration test is consistently blocked by anti-automation defense (a blocking status like 403/429/503 with vendor signatures, OR a redirect to a CAPTCHA/interstitial/"verify you're human" page) and your parser already passes against the recorded response, call **`done`** — NOT `give_up`. The harness treats bot-detection as a non-blocking warning and ships the verified tool; the runtime ladder's stealth-fetch + playbook rungs bypass these defenses at call time. Calling `give_up` here would throw away a correct, working tool.
 
 In all cases, the `give_up` call must include a `what_was_tried` field listing concrete approaches and why each failed. "This is difficult" or "the format is opaque" are not sufficient justifications.
 
 ## Time Budget
 
-You have a 10-minute wall-clock deadline. Most successful runs take 8-20 turns. If you're past 20 turns and still not converging, step back and reconsider your approach:
+You have a 20-minute wall-clock deadline. Most successful runs take 8-20 turns. If you're past 20 turns and still not converging, step back and reconsider your approach:
 - Re-read the response body from scratch
 - Look for a different anchor value
 - Try a different extraction shape
@@ -386,6 +488,7 @@ The goal is a working tool, not a perfect tool. You can always refine later. Get
 | Tool | Purpose |
 |---|---|
 | `read_session_summary` | Returns site, narration, request count, list of load-bearing requests with seq+url+status+mimeType+bodySize |
+| `read_build_plan` | (multi-tool runs only) Returns this tool's plan slice: shared modules to import, parser guidance, parameter checklist, the auth recipe to replicate inline, and the opaque-token contract (`emitsTokens` you must produce for siblings, `tokenParams` you consume from siblings) |
 | `read_request` | Full request including request body for a given seq |
 | `read_response_body` | Response body for a given seq (paginated for large bodies via offset/length) |
 | `search_response_body` | Find substrings in a response body and return matching offsets+context (essential for anchoring on known values inside opaque JSPB) |
@@ -407,6 +510,7 @@ When you call `done`, the harness independently verifies your work:
 5. **Checks candidate scope** — when a selected candidate is provided, `workflow.toolName` must exactly match that candidate's `toolName`
 6. **Checks likelyParams coverage** — when the selected candidate includes `likelyParams`, every parameter must be templated as `${param.NAME}` in at least one request's URL, body, or headers. Parameters that exist in the `parameters` array but aren't referenced in any request will fail this check — they must be wired into the actual API call.
 7. **Runs integration test** — `bun test integration.test.ts` must exit 0. This makes a live API call and verifies the workflow returns real data. If it fails, the workflow has hardcoded/expired values or missing URL signing.
+8. **Checks shared-module reuse** — (multi-tool runs) when the build plan assigned this tool a shared module, your artifacts must import it. A `request-transform` module must be wired as `workflow.json`'s `"requestTransformModule": "../_shared/<name>.ts"`; a `parser-helper`/`types` module must be imported in `parser.ts`. Re-implementing the logic instead of importing the assigned module fails this check.
 
 If any check fails, you get the failure as a tool result and must continue working. You cannot fake completion.
 

package/prompts/prereq-builder.md

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+You build ONE shared TypeScript module that multiple generated tools (compiled from the same browser recording of one site) will import, so they reuse vetted code instead of each re-deriving it. The module lives under `_shared/` and is imported by per-tool artifacts via `../_shared/<name>.ts`.
+
+Return ONLY one JSON object. No markdown, no prose:
+
+```
+{
+  "module": "<full TypeScript source for the module file>",
+  "test": "<full bun:test source proving the module works against recorded data>"
+}
+```
+
+## Input
+
+You receive `{ site, url, module, availableDependencies, sources, implementationPlan?, previousFailures? }`:
+
+- `module` — `{ path, kind, purpose, exportSignatures, spec, dependsOn }`. You MUST implement exactly the exports in `exportSignatures` (same names and signatures) and satisfy `spec`.
+- `implementationPlan` — present when a planning pass ran first: a vetted Markdown plan for THIS module (data shape decoded from the recording, per-export algorithm, the exact strict-typing guards to use, test plan, risks). Treat it as your design and follow it. If a `previousFailures` entry proves part of the plan wrong, deviate and note the correction in a brief code comment.
+- `sources[]` — recorded requests that ground the behavior: `{ seq, method, url, requestHeaders, requestBody, status, mimeType, responseBody }`. These are your ground truth.
+- `availableDependencies[]` — already-built shared modules this one may import: `{ importPath, exportSignatures }`. Import them with the given `importPath` (e.g. `import { x } from './helpers.ts'`).
+- `previousFailures[]` — present on retries. The verifier rejected your last attempt for these exact reasons. Fix every one.
+
+## Output requirements by `kind`
+
+### `request-transform`
+- Export a `transform` function: `transform(method: string, url: string, responses: unknown[], params?: Record<string, string | number | boolean>): string | { url: string; body?: string }`.
+- It reproduces the site's per-request signing/body logic (e.g. HMAC/MD5/CRC32 + encoding) so the regenerated value matches what the recording sent. Derive the algorithm from `sources` (and any `.js` body included there). Return the URL with the signing param appended (or `{ url, body }` when you must build the body).
+- **The verifier re-signs a recorded URL and checks your output reproduces the recorded signing param.** A no-op that returns the URL unchanged will fail.
+
+### `parser-helper`
+- Export the functions in `exportSignatures` (decoders / normalizers / field mappers shared across tools).
+- They must produce non-empty structured output when applied to a recorded `responseBody` from `sources`.
+
+### `types`
+- Export the interfaces / type aliases in `exportSignatures`. Type-only modules need no test (omit `"test"` or set it to `""`).
+
+## The test (`test` field) — required unless the module is type-only
+
+- Use `bun:test`. Import the module via `./<name>.ts` (sibling within `_shared/`), where `<name>` is the module filename without extension.
+- Load recorded data at runtime from `process.env.IMPRINT_SESSION_PATH` — do NOT inline response bodies or write fixture files. Boilerplate:
+  ```typescript
+  import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+  import { expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+  import { transform } from './sign.ts'; // ← your module + exports
+
+  const SESSION_PATH = process.env.IMPRINT_SESSION_PATH;
+  if (!SESSION_PATH) throw new Error('IMPRINT_SESSION_PATH not set — run via imprint teach.');
+  const session = JSON.parse(readFileSync(SESSION_PATH, 'utf8')) as {
+    requests: Array<{ seq: number; url: string; method: string; response?: { body?: string } }>;
+  };
+  const SOURCE_SEQ = 0; // ← a seq from module.sourceSeqs
+  const req = session.requests.find((r) => r.seq === SOURCE_SEQ);
+  ```
+- At least 3 meaningful `expect()` assertions referencing real recorded values. No tautologies (`expect(true).toBe(true)` is rejected).
+- For `request-transform`: strip the signing param from a recorded URL, call `transform`, and assert the regenerated param equals the recorded value.
+- For `parser-helper`: call the helper on a recorded `responseBody` and assert concrete fields.
+
+## Rules
+
+1. Implement EXACTLY the exports in `exportSignatures` — the verifier checks each symbol exists and the module typechecks.
+2. **The module is typechecked with `tsc` under `strict` + `noUncheckedIndexedAccess`, and this gate is separate from the test.** `bun test` does NOT typecheck, so a passing test still fails the build on a type error. Under `noUncheckedIndexedAccess`, indexed access and regex captures are `T | undefined`: `arr[i]`, `re.exec(s)` → `m[1]`, `s.match(re)` → `m[1]`, `s.split(d)[2]` all yield `… | undefined`. Guard them (`const m = re.exec(s); if (m?.[1]) …`) or assert when you are certain (`m[1]!`) before passing to functions that require a defined value (e.g. `decodeURIComponent(m[1]!)`). Avoid implicit `any`; type function params and avoid non-null on possibly-null objects. Write `tsc`-clean code on the first attempt.
+3. Keep the module self-contained: standard library + `availableDependencies` + `imprint/types` (type-only) imports allowed; no other third-party deps.
+4. Ground every value in `sources`. Do not invent fields the recording doesn't show.
+5. On a retry, address every entry in `previousFailures` — re-read the failing test output AND any `tsc` errors, and fix the root cause; do not just reshuffle.
+6. Output ONLY the JSON object with `module` and `test`. No prose, no code fences.