- Reduce docs/current-handoff.md from 2003 → 185 lines (90% reduction)
- Move all initial-decomposition v0.61 experiment narrative to
docs/archive/experiments/vol-1-chapters/ch19/initial-decomposition-v0.61.md
- Update design-evolution/README.md with ch19 Era 8 entry
- Add CURRENT MVP DIRECTION section (frozen; OpenAI investigation is next question)
- Fix stale branch reference in current-project-state.md
- Update Return-to-Work Summary to reflect v0.61 completion
- Update Verification Marker for v0.60/v0.61 status
Establishes reusable apparatus for asking: given scenario text X,
what structured initial decomposition does current production path produce?
- Direct curl/Postman via existing /api/cases/start route (no new API)
- Thin CJS helper at scripts/start-case-experiment-helper.cjs for Claude
experiments (imports startCase directly, zero code duplication)
- Zero-live-call verification: all four seam checks confirmed by existing
tests (cases-start-route.test.js, start-case-summary.test.js)
- No browser state, no persistence mutation, no Investigation ID required
by the route itself
Files:
+ scripts/start-case-experiment-helper.cjs (new helper script)
M docs/current-handoff.md (§v0.61 apparatus documentation)
Replace Portfolio's static "+ Create new investigation" link (href:
/investigations/case-1) with a <button> that allocates an opaque
application-owned durable ID via crypto.randomUUID() and navigates
via router.push to /investigations/{id} without persisting any empty
Investigation.
INVESTIGATION_ID constant retained only for card links (Continue
investigation / View report) — not migrated in this increment.
Test: deterministic Create New activation test verifies UUID allocation,
navigation to generated ID route, and zero saveInvestigation calls.
Migrate the Investigation page route to own durable investigation identity
via its route [id] segment, passing that ID through to ScenarioForm for
hydration and persistence.
- Remove hardcoded INVESTIGATION_ID constant from page.jsx
- Use params.id as routeId; loadInvestigation(routeId) loads by identity
- Pass investigationId prop into ScenarioForm in both branch paths
- Session restore calls loadInvestigation(investigationId)
- All 4 save call sites include id: investigationId in snapshot
- Missing identified Investigation starts clean (no singleton fallback)
- Legacy singleton is not migrated/fallback-loaded
- Portfolio remains unmigrated; Report remains unmigrated; Restart untouched
Deterministic tests: 34/34 pass (scenario-form-persistence + investigation-storage)
Build: PASS
Live Playwright: all criteria verified at /investigations/v060e-live
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