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# Implementation Summary

**Session ID**: `phase27-session06-lifecycle-stage-taxonomy` **Completed**: 2026-06-13 **Duration**: 1.3 hours

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## Overview

Session 06 completed the Trend Finder lifecycle stage taxonomy by deriving absolute maturity labels from existing browser-safe and script-safe signals. The runtime now classifies topics into `unknown`, `whisper`, `builder`, `creator`, and `saturated` stages using bounded saturation, recurrence, role-share, movement, and velocity-dynamics inputs.

The browser contract stays additive and conservative. Legacy payloads parse as explicit `unknown`, trend cards render lifecycle chips with derivation notes, Signal Workbench exposes lifecycle filter/sort/table behavior, and Signal Radar colors data points by lifecycle stage while preserving fallback-node distinction.

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## Deliverables

### Files Created

| File                                                                                      | Purpose                                                                      | Lines |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase27-session06-lifecycle-stage-taxonomy/spec.md`                   | Session scope and implementation contract.                                   | 390   |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase27-session06-lifecycle-stage-taxonomy/tasks.md`                  | 20-task checklist and completion tracker.                                    | 94    |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase27-session06-lifecycle-stage-taxonomy/implementation-notes.md`   | Task-by-task implementation record.                                          | 539   |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase27-session06-lifecycle-stage-taxonomy/security-compliance.md`    | Security and GDPR review.                                                    | 94    |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase27-session06-lifecycle-stage-taxonomy/validation.md`             | Validation report and quality gates.                                         | 251   |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/lifecycle.ts`                                                     | Pure lifecycle classifier, thresholds, confidence, input summary, and notes. | 361   |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/__tests__/lifecycle.test.ts`                                      | Classifier boundary, precedence, missing-input, and fallback tests.          | 163   |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/lifecycle-chip.tsx`                               | Reusable lifecycle stage chip for cards and dense tables.                    | 37    |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase27-session06-lifecycle-stage-taxonomy/IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md` | Session closeout summary.                                                    | 139   |

### Files Modified

| File                                                                              | Changes                                                                                                                      |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `.spec_system/PRD/phase_27/PRD_phase_27.md`                                       | Marked Session 06 complete, updated progress to 6/12, recorded completion details, and advanced upcoming work to Session 07. |
| `.spec_system/state.json`                                                         | Added Session 06 to completed sessions and history; cleared current session.                                                 |
| `package.json`                                                                    | Bumped patch version from 0.1.308 to 0.1.309.                                                                                |
| `README.md`                                                                       | Updated the displayed project version to 0.1.309.                                                                            |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/scoring.ts`                                               | Derived lifecycle after saturation, velocity, movement, and history context and attached it to scored topics.                |
| `scripts/extensions/trend-finder/collector.ts`                                    | Added sanitized aggregate lifecycle counters to scoring trace output.                                                        |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/schema.ts`                                           | Added bounded lifecycle enums, schemas, defaults, and additive topic field.                                                  |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/view-model.ts`                                       | Added lifecycle labels, tones, derivation notes, accessibility copy, and radar color metadata.                               |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/trend-card.tsx`                           | Rendered lifecycle chips alongside existing topic status context.                                                            |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/signal-workbench-model.ts`                           | Added lifecycle row fields, filter facets, search text, sort key, and deterministic tie-breakers.                            |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/signal-workbench-controls.tsx`            | Added the lifecycle filter control through the existing filter update path.                                                  |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/signal-workbench-table.tsx`               | Added lifecycle table column and compact row chips.                                                                          |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/signal-radar.tsx`                         | Recolored radar data points by lifecycle stage and added a compact stage legend.                                             |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/fixtures.ts`                                         | Added available and explicit unknown lifecycle states to fixtures.                                                           |
| `src/data/live-data.example.json`                                                 | Added compact lifecycle examples and unknown fallback data.                                                                  |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/__tests__/scoring.test.ts`                                | Covered lifecycle integration for builder, saturated, and unknown topics.                                                    |
| `src/lib/__tests__/trend-finder-schema.test.ts`                                   | Covered lifecycle defaults, malformed fallback, bounds, and legacy parsing.                                                  |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/__tests__/view-model.test.ts`                        | Covered lifecycle labels, tones, derivation notes, accessibility text, and radar color metadata.                             |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/__tests__/signal-workbench-model.test.ts`            | Covered lifecycle row projection, search, facets, filtering, sorting, and stage order.                                       |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/__tests__/signal-radar-projection.test.ts`           | Covered radar lifecycle color metadata and lifecycle aria text.                                                              |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/__tests__/signal-workbench-view.test.tsx` | Covered visible lifecycle filter behavior and stage filtering.                                                               |

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## Technical Decisions

1. **Pure runtime classification**: Lifecycle derivation lives in `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/lifecycle.ts`, keeping maturity math out of browser components.
2. **Conservative unknown fallback**: Missing saturation, role mix, source diversity, evidence, or short history produce explicit `unknown` notes instead of guessed maturity.
3. **Additive browser compatibility**: New schema fields default malformed or missing lifecycle branches to a bounded unknown object.
4. **Projected UI rendering**: Cards, Workbench, and Radar consume lifecycle view-model metadata rather than classifier internals.
5. **Sanitized trace output**: Collector logs only aggregate lifecycle counters, never raw archives, private paths, per-topic notes, or derivation inputs.

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## Test Results

| Metric   | Value   |
| -------- | ------- |
| Tests    | 3387    |
| Passed   | 3387    |
| Coverage | Not run |

Commands validated:

* `bun run test` - passed, 274 files and 3387 tests.
* `bun run typecheck` - passed.
* `bun run typecheck:scripts` - passed.
* `bun run lint` - passed with 0 errors and 3 existing warnings outside session deliverables.
* `bunx prettier --check [session files and touched code]` - passed.
* `jq empty src/data/live-data.example.json` - passed.
* `git diff --check` - passed.
* Touched-file ASCII and CRLF validation - passed.

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## Lessons Learned

1. Lifecycle needs an absolute maturity contract separate from movement, which remains a relative score-delta label.
2. Low-history and missing-source-role topics are safer as explicit `unknown` than as low-confidence mature stages.
3. Workbench lifecycle sorting needs an explicit stage order plus existing rank, score, name, and ID tie-breakers to stay deterministic.
4. Radar lifecycle colors need fallback-node treatment to remain visibly distinct from real topic data.

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## Future Considerations

Items for future sessions:

1. Session 07 can layer convergence and trajectory visuals on top of lifecycle stage context.
2. Session 08 can add `lifecycle_at_filing` and target lifecycle semantics for dated predictions.
3. A later calibration pass can adjust lifecycle thresholds after more daily series history accumulates.

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## Session Statistics

* **Tasks**: 20 completed
* **Files Created**: 9
* **Files Modified**: 21
* **Tests Added**: 7 test files added or updated
* **Blockers**: 0 resolved


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