tor-to-proposal 2.1.4 → 2.1.6

package/bin/bid-pack.mjs

@@ -117,7 +117,19 @@ function buildQuestions() {
         : f === 'financial-proposal.md' && /tax/.test(detail) ? 'TAXES'
         : null;
       const id = known ? `Q-FILL-${known}` : 'Q-FILL-' + crypto.createHash('md5').update(f + '|' + excerpt).digest('hex').slice(0, 8);
-      add({ id, area: 'draft-fill', type: 'string', question: `${f}: a placeholder needs a real fact — “…${excerpt}…”. What is the fact?`, why: 'No invented facts. If you cannot supply it, it stays [FILL] and the audit blocks submission.' });
+      // known slots get plain-language questions; unknown ones keep the raw excerpt
+      const friendly = known === 'CONSULTANT'
+        ? `financial-proposal.md: whose name goes in the consultant line of the financial proposal? (Usually you — exactly as on your CV.)`
+        : known === 'REIMBURSABLES'
+          ? `financial-proposal.md: which costs does the client reimburse on top of your fee? Write ONE clear sentence — or write none if nothing is reimbursable (the row is then removed).`
+          : known === 'TAXES'
+            ? `financial-proposal.md: what is the tax treatment of your prices? ONE sentence, e.g. "All amounts are exclusive of VAT" or "All amounts are tax-inclusive".`
+            : null;
+      add({
+        id, area: 'draft-fill', type: 'string',
+        question: friendly || `${f}: a placeholder needs a real fact — “…${excerpt}…”. What is the fact?`,
+        why: 'No invented facts. If you cannot supply it, it stays [FILL] and the audit blocks submission.',
+      });
     }
   }
   // cv-tailor unanchored bullets -> evidence questions
@@ -383,20 +395,24 @@ function apply() {
   const stillYours = fresh.items.filter((i) => i.type !== 'client');
   const stillClient = fresh.items.filter((i) => i.type === 'client');
   const state = readState();
+  state.rounds = (state.rounds || 0) + 1;
+  const round = state.rounds;
   state.steps.questions = { status: 'done', open: fresh.openCount };
   state.steps.pricing = { status: inDir('pricing.json') ? 'done' : 'awaiting-user-numbers' };
   writeState(state);
   renderPreviews();
 
   process.stdout.write(
-    `# Apply: ${applied} answer(s) recorded, ${fresh.openCount} still open\n\n` +
+    `# Apply (round ${round}): ${applied} answer(s) recorded, ${fresh.openCount} still open\n\n` +
       (stillYours.length
-        ? `## Still open — answer these (bid-pack ask)\n${mdTable(['#', 'Question'], stillYours.map((i, ix) => [ix + 1, `**${i.id}** — ${i.question}`]))}\n`
-        : '') +
+        ? `## Still open — answer these (bid-pack ask)\n${mdTable(['#', 'Question'], stillYours.map((i, ix) => [ix + 1, `**${i.id}** — ${i.question}`]))}\n` +
+          `THIS IS NORMAL AND CONVERGES: answering one round can reveal new questions when a document is filled or rendered for the first time (your pricing answer just created the financial proposal, whose gaps are now questions). Each round has fewer questions than the last — keep going until zero.\n` +
+          `NEXT STEP: run  npx tor-to-proposal bid-pack ask --dir ${dir}  — it asks each of these in plain language, one at a time.\n`
+        : `NEXT STEP: run  npx tor-to-proposal bid-pack pack --dir ${dir} --fallback-pdf  to build the submission pack.\n`) +
       (stillClient.length
         ? `## Reminders — ACTIONS for you, not answers\n(These describe things to DO outside the tool: contact the client, verify a fact. They never close by typing an answer here.)\n${mdTable(['#', 'Action'], stillClient.map((i, ix) => [ix + 1, `**${i.id}** — ${i.question}`]))}\n`
         : '') +
-      (!fresh.openCount ? `All questions resolved. Draft/generate, then: bid-pack pack --dir ${dir}\n` : '') +
+      (!fresh.openCount ? `All questions resolved.\n` : '') +
       (fills.length ? `\nFill answers recorded in out/fill-answers.json — apply them to the drafts, re-run the lints, and the questions disappear once the [FILL]s are gone.\n` : '') +
       (evidence.length ? `\nCV evidence entries: ${evidence.length} (out/cv-evidence.json) — cv-tailor lint accepts these as user-input anchors.\n` : '')
   );

package/mcp/server.mjs

@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ function handle(msg) {
     return {
       protocolVersion: typeof params?.protocolVersion === 'string' ? params.protocolVersion : '2024-11-05',
       capabilities: { tools: {} },
-      serverInfo: { name: 'tor-to-proposal', version: '2.1.4' },
+      serverInfo: { name: 'tor-to-proposal', version: '2.1.6' },
     };
   }
   if (typeof method === 'string' && method.startsWith('notifications/')) return undefined;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "tor-to-proposal",
-  "version": "2.1.4",
+  "version": "2.1.6",
   "description": "The bid tool that refuses to lie. ToR + CV in -> verified bid pack out: cover letter, tailored CV, technical response, financial proposal, submission checklist. Deterministic CLI + agent skill for UN / NGO / government consultants.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {