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# Implementation Summary

**Session ID**: `phase28-session08-action-verdicts-and-consistency-qa` **Completed**: 2026-06-14 **Duration**: 0.7 hours

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## Overview

Completed Phase 28 Session 08 by adding a deterministic Trend Finder topic-level action layer. Each parsed topic now receives an action verdict, score band, urgency, bounded reason and warning codes, next-step copy, calibration metadata, and an evidence-to-action QA result. Blocked QA demotes unsafe visible verdicts and labels the creator angle with caution while leaving AI-authored text unchanged.

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## Deliverables

### Files Created

| File                                                                                                | Purpose                                                                                    | Lines |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase28-session08-action-verdicts-and-consistency-qa/spec.md`                   | Session specification.                                                                     | 390   |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase28-session08-action-verdicts-and-consistency-qa/tasks.md`                  | Session task checklist.                                                                    | 98    |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/action-priority.ts`                                                         | Deterministic action scoring, hard caps, reason ordering, urgency, and defaults.           | 750   |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/action-consistency.ts`                                                      | Evidence-to-action QA checks, contradiction limits, demotion metadata, and caution labels. | 572   |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/__tests__/action-priority.test.ts`                                          | Verdict, score-band, hard-cap, reliable-evidence, reason, and default coverage.            | 184   |
| `scripts/lib/ai-runtime/__tests__/action-consistency.test.ts`                                       | QA check, contradiction, overstatement, demotion, and default coverage.                    | 234   |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase28-session08-action-verdicts-and-consistency-qa/implementation-notes.md`   | Implementation log, calibration decisions, validation commands, and residual risks.        | 861   |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase28-session08-action-verdicts-and-consistency-qa/security-compliance.md`    | Security and GDPR review report.                                                           | 86    |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase28-session08-action-verdicts-and-consistency-qa/validation.md`             | Validation report and quality gate evidence.                                               | 250   |
| `.spec_system/specs/phase28-session08-action-verdicts-and-consistency-qa/IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md` | Session closeout summary.                                                                  | 107   |

### Files Modified

| File                                                                         | Changes                                                                                                        |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `scripts/extensions/trend-finder/collector.ts`                               | Attached action recommendations after scoring, applied QA demotion, and emitted sanitized action trace fields. |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/schema.ts`                                      | Added additive action recommendation and action consistency schemas with legacy-safe defaults and bounds.      |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/view-model.ts`                                  | Added action labels, tones, reason summaries, QA status projection, and creator-angle caution view models.     |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/trend-card.tsx`                      | Rendered action verdict chips and creator-angle QA caution chips with accessible labels.                       |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/fixtures.ts`                                    | Added clean, review, blocked, research-only, and legacy/default action fixture topics.                         |
| `docs/extensions/trend-finder-scoring.md`                                    | Documented shipped verdict semantics, hard caps, QA gate, and no-rewrite behavior.                             |
| `scripts/extensions/trend-finder/__tests__/collector.test.ts`                | Covered action wiring, demotion, original text preservation, and sanitized trace counts.                       |
| `src/lib/__tests__/trend-finder-schema.test.ts`                              | Covered action defaults, enum fallback, bounded arrays, and oversized text fallback.                           |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/__tests__/view-model.test.ts`                   | Covered action labels, tones, aria text, caution projection, and legacy card defaults.                         |
| `src/extensions/trend-finder/components/__tests__/trend-card.test.tsx`       | Covered action and caution chip rendering.                                                                     |
| `src/lib/__tests__/trend-finder-dashboard.test.tsx`                          | Kept dashboard topic projections compatible with the new action fields.                                        |
| `.spec_system/state.json`                                                    | Marked Session 08 validated and completed, appended completed session, and cleared current session.            |
| `.spec_system/PRD/phase_28/PRD_phase_28.md`                                  | Marked Session 08 complete and updated Phase 28 progress to 8/15.                                              |
| `.spec_system/PRD/phase_28/session_08_action_verdicts_and_consistency_qa.md` | Marked the session stub complete and checked shipped criteria.                                                 |
| `package.json`, `README.md`, `docs/CHANGELOG.md`                             | Bumped release references from 0.1.325 to 0.1.326 and recorded the closeout.                                   |

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## Technical Decisions

1. **Calibrate to Trend Finder fields**: Used Trends-Finderz behavior classes but weighted against local score, creator potential, evidence strength, visibility, quality, aging, lifecycle, saturation, movement, and confidence fields.
2. **Demote and label, do not rewrite**: Blocked QA changes the visible verdict and adds caution metadata while preserving creator angle and hook text.
3. **Keep payloads legacy-safe and bounded**: Browser schema fields are additive, defaulted, enum-constrained, and capped to protect the generated payload boundary.

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## Test Results

| Metric     | Value         |
| ---------- | ------------- |
| Test files | 293           |
| Tests      | 3570          |
| Passed     | 3570          |
| Failed     | 0             |
| Coverage   | Not collected |

Additional gates passed: `bun run typecheck`, `bun run typecheck:scripts`, `bun run lint`, scoped Prettier check, `git diff --check`, ASCII/LF scan, security review, and manual clean/review/blocked/legacy projection checks.

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## Lessons Learned

1. The action layer should be treated as a projection over existing gates, not a new source of truth.
2. QA demotion is safer than rewriting generated text because it preserves provenance and avoids creating new analyst output.
3. Trace additions need enum/count-only summaries to keep Engine Replay useful without leaking raw copy or private paths.

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## Future Considerations

Items for future sessions:

1. Session 09 can group the shipped verdicts into the Action Queue surface.
2. Session 10 can use verdicts as optional context for watchlist pin baselines and notes.
3. More live Trend Finder runs may justify small calibration tweaks to score weights and hard-cap thresholds.

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## Session Statistics

* **Tasks**: 24 completed
* **Files Created**: 10
* **Files Modified**: 17
* **Tests Added**: 4 focused test areas plus dashboard/schema/view-model/card/collector coverage
* **Blockers**: 0 resolved


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