Documents the cascade pattern surfaced during this session's install-modernization
arc: a `test_sync_cache_path_uses_skill_version` test asserted that a hardcoded
version pin in `sync.sh` matched the version frontmatter in SKILL.md. When a
release bumped SKILL.md, every open PR's CI failed simultaneously on the
unrelated stale-pin assertion. Affected at least 5 PRs across the 2026-05-13
to 2026-05-15 window (#400, #390, #392, and two others) plus required hotfix
PR #397 to unblock the queue.
The permanent fix shipped in PR #405 (deleted sync.sh + the test). This doc
captures the design lesson so the pattern doesn't reappear: don't write
consistency tests that read two files and assert one matches a value derived
from the other. Either derive at runtime from a single source of truth, or
self-skip / merge-base-scope the test so deletion is a non-event.
Created via /ce-compound. Includes:
- docs/solutions/workflow-issues/release-consistency-test-cascade-2026-05-16.md
(the new learning — first entry under docs/solutions/)
- CONCEPTS.md (new — 4 entries: Skill, Engine, Harness, Beta channel,
capturing project-specific vocabulary that surfaced across the session)
- AGENTS.md (added one-line Structure entries surfacing docs/solutions/ and
CONCEPTS.md so fresh agents discover them)
- docs/plans/2026-04-22-{002,003,005,006}-*-plan.md (added deprecation banner
to each, pointing readers at PR #405 and the new docs/solutions entry —
these 4 historical plans still reference the deleted sync.sh inline)
Also: closed PR #379 (j-sperling's workaround for the same cascade,
superseded by PR #405's permanent fix).
* feat: vs mode runs N full passes; --competitors wraps vs with auto-discovery
Unifies vs-mode and --competitors onto one fanout architecture. A topic
containing "vs" / "versus" now runs N full pipeline.run() calls in parallel
(reverting the one-pass latency optimization that removed per-entity
depth); --competitors becomes a SKILL.md-level shortcut where the hosting
reasoning model (Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Gemini) discovers N peers via
its own WebSearch, runs Step 0.55 per entity, and invokes the engine with
a vs-topic + --competitors-plan JSON.
Changed:
- vs-mode: N full passes in parallel via fanout (was 1 merged pass).
- --competitors: SKILL.md shortcut for vs-mode-with-discovery. Engine flag
kept for headless/cron use. LAW 7-style stderr reframed to lead with the
hosting-model path (use WebSearch + --competitors-plan) instead of
BRAVE_API_KEY. Footer BRAVE/SERPER nudge suppressed when --plan or
--competitors-plan present (hosting model already has WebSearch).
Added:
- --competitors-plan JSON flag: per-entity {x_handle, x_related, subreddits,
github_user, github_repos, context}. Accepts inline JSON or file path.
subrun_kwargs_for helper is the single source of truth for per-entity
kwargs — no closure-default fallthrough from main scope.
- Per-entity save files: each entity's sub-run produces its own
{slug}-raw.md with a single-row Resolved Entities block.
- --polymarket-keywords filter for ambiguous single-token topics.
Fixed:
- test_competitor_subrun_isolation regression suite locks in 3.0.12's
no-leak invariant (main flags do not inherit into peer sub-runs).
- Updates test_regression.py for the new comparison-mode payload shape.
Bumps plugin.json to 3.0.13. 1,219 tests passing.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: comparison title attribution — (Last 30 Days) → (/Last30Days)
User feedback on 3.0.13 dogfood runs (Kanye vs Drake, Mercer Island,
Figma): the comparison-mode synthesis title should attribute to the
slash command rather than restate the date range.
Three SKILL.md occurrences updated. Pure documentation change. Bumps to
3.0.14.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Matt Van Horn <455140+mvanhorn@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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