Adds experimental apparatus for testing whether removing the question field
from importantUnknowns in reconstruction output improves semantic fidelity.
New files:
- lib/reconstruction/schema-variant.js (conditionB schema + production passthrough)
- prompts/reconstruct-v0.5-b-noreq.md (alt prompt, identical line count to prod)
Changed files:
- lib/graph/orchestrator.js (pass generationSchema through dependencies)
- lib/analysis.js (accept opts.generationSchema fallback to original schema)
- scripts/start-case-experiment-helper.cjs (--condition B/A flag support)
- tests/scripts/start-case-experiment-helper.test.js (8 new deterministic tests)
43 targeted deterministic tests PASS. Production callers use original prompt/schema unchanged.
No live model calls. No full suite evidence available.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds deriveInvestigationLearning to episode-preparation.js: pure function that maps resolvedNodeIds + Contributions + Findings to investigation learning propositions, preserving node.label question text and contribution-provenance ordering.
Owning tests prove: correct provenance, cross-question isolation, eligibility rule (null/agree eligible; not_quite/not_relevant excluded), unresolved exclusion, no-eligible-material omission, text preservation, and provenance authority over originatingTargetNodeId shortcut.
- Zod validator: plausibleInterpretations accepts empty string (zero interpretations) while remaining required and string-typed
- Prompt instruction: SECTION B now explicitly requests "" instead of absence prose when no plausible inputs exist
- Report generation/update paths derive hasPlausibleInterpretations from actual synthesized data rather than hard-coding true
- Tests: updated validation contract, added hasPlausibleInterpretations derivation assertions, updated seam tests to use derived values
synthesizeInvestigationOverview() called provider.generateReconstruction(prompt, modelName)
without an output contract. Without a structured-output schema the provider defaults to its
initial-reconstruction format which lacks { understanding, plausibleInterpretations }, causing
'Missing or invalid required fields' validation failure.
Add overviewOutputSchema (JSON-schema matching validateOverviewResponse contract) and pass as
third argument, matching the proven pattern in synthesizeCurrentUnderstanding().
53/53 tests PASS. Co-Authored-By: Claude Code <noreply@anthropic.com>
Production: synthesizeInvestigationOverview() now passes providerResult.response
to validateOverviewResponse() instead of the raw envelope, matching the proven
pattern in current-understanding-synthesis.js.
Regression: fakeProvider returns real-provider envelope shape { response, providerApiPath }
and four new regression tests verify unwrapping succeeds with valid response
and fails correctly with invalid response inside the envelope.
Handoff: documented defect confirmed, fix applied, and owning regression added.
robbondandClaude Code