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# Task Checklist

**Session ID**: `phase29-session18-documentation-validation-and-release` **Total Tasks**: 24 **Estimated Duration**: 3-4 hours **Created**: 2026-06-21

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## Legend

* `[x]` = Completed
* `[ ]` = Pending
* `[P]` = Parallelizable (can run with other \[P] tasks)
* `[SNNMM]` = Session reference (NN=phase number, MM=session number)
* `TNNN` = Task ID

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## Progress Summary

| Category       | Total  | Done   | Remaining |
| -------------- | ------ | ------ | --------- |
| Setup          | 3      | 3      | 0         |
| Foundation     | 5      | 5      | 0         |
| Implementation | 11     | 11     | 0         |
| Testing        | 5      | 5      | 0         |
| **Total**      | **24** | **24** | **0**     |

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## Setup (3 tasks)

Initial configuration and environment preparation.

* [x] T001 \[S2918] Verify prerequisites, completed Session 01-16 artifacts, Session 17 defer evidence, closeout-only scope, and current validation command set (`.spec_system/PRD/phase_29/session_18_documentation_validation_and_release.md`)
* [x] T002 \[S2918] Create closeout artifact scaffolds for coverage, implementation notes, security review, and validation results (`.spec_system/specs/phase29-session18-documentation-validation-and-release/implementation-notes.md`)
* [x] T003 \[S2918] Confirm package scripts, e2e scope, static Brief export command, payload budget check, private-artifact scan, dependency audit, and scoped formatting expectations (`package.json`)

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## Foundation (5 tasks)

Core structures and base implementations.

* [x] T004 \[S2918] Build a coverage matrix for Phase 29 shipped sessions, deferred Session 17, Coverage Audit rows, Session Map rows, do-not-regress guardrails, social non-goal, and durable documentation destinations (`.spec_system/specs/phase29-session18-documentation-validation-and-release/coverage.md`)
* [x] T005 \[S2918] \[P] Audit scoring and runtime manual gaps for attention, reception, corroboration, rationale, substrate narratives, validation narration, required fields, and deterministic fallback (`docs/extensions/trend-finder-scoring.md`)
* [x] T006 \[S2918] \[P] Audit pipeline and source manual gaps for source-death baseline, seed review, industry events, security lens, pre-run estimate, podcast defer, social non-goal, and release validation (`docs/extensions/trend-finder-pipeline.md`)
* [x] T007 \[S2918] \[P] Audit UI surface and static Brief docs for polarity/reception presentation, static Brief archival/richness, one-to-watch, pre-run estimate, Reference mode, and export safety (`docs/extensions/trend-finder-ui-surfaces.md`)
* [x] T008 \[S2918] Verify Reference mode registry metadata, Markdown imports, internal links, required boundary phrases, and planned-feature drift before edits (`src/extensions/trend-finder/reference-docs.ts`)

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## Implementation (11 tasks)

Main closeout implementation.

* [x] T009 \[S2918] \[P] Update scoring manual for Phase 29 scoring-adjacent fields, actionability caps, unavailable states, no-invented-metrics rules, and browser-safe rationale language (`docs/extensions/trend-finder-scoring.md`)
* [x] T010 \[S2918] \[P] Update pipeline manual for validation narration, required-derived-field closeout, source-death baseline, static Brief release validation, payload budget, and private-artifact checks (`docs/extensions/trend-finder-pipeline.md`)
* [x] T011 \[S2918] \[P] Update runtime/provenance manual for deterministic fallback, Engine Replay sanitization, provenance boundaries, Reference mode, and no raw provider/source output (`docs/extensions/trend-finder-runtime-and-provenance.md`)
* [x] T012 \[S2918] \[P] Update UI surfaces manual for shipped Phase 29 live surfaces, static Brief archival/richness, one-to-watch, pre-run estimate, loading/empty/error language, and export safety (`docs/extensions/trend-finder-ui-surfaces.md`)
* [x] T013 \[S2918] \[P] Update sources manual for industry events, security lens source posture, podcast/audio defer decision, broader social non-goal, source-specific compliance gates, and deferred candidates (`docs/extensions/trend-finder-sources.md`)
* [x] T014 \[S2918] Update extension docs README with Phase 29 manual coverage, Reference mode certification, release validation commands, and durable deferred-candidate pointers (`docs/extensions/README_docs-extensions.md`)
* [x] T015 \[S2918] Update or confirm Reference mode registry and tests for stable metadata, required boundary phrases, resolvable links, and no planned-feature drift (`src/extensions/trend-finder/__tests__/reference-docs.test.ts`)
* [x] T016 \[S2918] Update Phase 29 PRD Coverage Audit, Session Map, progress tracker, Session 17 defer language, Session 18 closeout criteria, and release status (`.spec_system/PRD/phase_29/PRD_phase_29.md`)
* [x] T017 \[S2918] Update Session 18 stub, master PRD, and changelog with closeout scope, validation status, Session 17 defer handling, and release summary (`.spec_system/PRD/phase_29/session_18_documentation_validation_and_release.md`)
* [x] T018 \[S2918] Update cumulative security/compliance with Phase 29 no-new-surface review, GDPR result, dependency audit result, source-boundary posture, and latest clean-state evidence (`.spec_system/SECURITY-COMPLIANCE.md`)
* [x] T019 \[S2918] Update considerations with Phase 29 lessons, active concerns, deferred source posture, release validation follow-ups, and docs-first closeout guidance (`.spec_system/CONSIDERATIONS.md`)

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## Testing (5 tasks)

Verification and quality assurance.

* [x] T020 \[S2918] \[P] Run Reference docs checks, Markdown link/phrase assertions, planned-feature wording checks, and ASCII/LF validation for changed Markdown (`src/extensions/trend-finder/__tests__/reference-docs.test.ts`)
* [x] T021 \[S2918] \[P] Run typecheck, script typecheck, full Vitest, and scoped formatting proof; record exact pass/fail output plus unrelated drift (`.spec_system/specs/phase29-session18-documentation-validation-and-release/implementation-notes.md`)
* [x] T022 \[S2918] \[P] Run static Brief export, payload budget check, private-artifact scan, and `bun audit` with sanitized generated-safe output (`scripts/trend-finder-export-brief.ts`)
* [x] T023 \[S2918] \[P] Run Playwright e2e validation or record environment blocker with evidence, including Engine Replay Reference mode and shipped Trend Finder surfaces (`tests/e2e`)
* [x] T024 \[S2918] Complete session security report, validation report, task status updates, release-ready handoff notes, and ASCII validation for spec artifacts (`.spec_system/specs/phase29-session18-documentation-validation-and-release/validation.md`)

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## Completion Checklist

Before marking session complete:

* [x] All tasks marked `[x]`
* [x] All tests passing
* [x] All files ASCII-encoded
* [x] implementation-notes.md updated
* [x] Ready for the validate workflow step

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## Next Steps

Run the validate workflow step to complete final review.


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