Root approval pages — Railspike debug log

2026-10-16 — Step 1 completed handoff

Debug mode: enabled, inherited from the project marker for this new workflow.

Necessary/useful instructions

• Source: step1_solution_assessment.md, Objective and Structure. Comparing readable seed pages with introducing root approval posts exposes the authority/migration difference before implementation. Retain the comparison and concise recommendation.

• Source: RAILSPIKE.md, approval gates. The assessment makes a concrete narrow proposal reviewable before expanding the approval data model. Retain the gate for this new page type.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

Uncertain assessments

• Source: step1_solution_assessment.md, complexity threshold. A single seed page may prove small enough for direct work, but treating seeds as posts raises authority and historical-fact questions. This assessment uses the planning workflow because that distinction affects scope.

2026-10-16 — Step 2 completed handoff

Debug mode: enabled, inherited from Step 1. The user approved Step 1 after completing Forte Activity parity; this resumes the deferred dedicated-seed-page proposal.

Necessary/useful instructions

• Source: step2_feature_description.md, shared component inventory. Existing canonical seed parsing/path binding and shared ApprovalHistory presentation provide the foundations for the new detail page without introducing a new authority record. Retain explicit reuse checks.

• Source: step2_feature_description.md, risks and completion boundary. Separating repository evidence from acceptance facts and checking private-site/direct-URL access keeps the proposed readable page honest and usable. Retain these requirements.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

No supported findings.

Uncertain assessments

• Source: step2_feature_description.md, high-level requirements. Availability of repository commit/history links depends on existing instance history; the requirements deliberately promise available evidence rather than reconstructing unknown history. Confirm the applicable evidence helpers during Step 3.

2026-10-16 — Step 3 completed handoff

Debug mode: enabled, inherited from approved Step 2. Implementation has not started; planning files remain uncommitted.

Necessary/useful instructions

• Source: step3_development_plan_do.md, Key Risks and dependencies. Inspecting the seed loader confirmed existing identity/path binding, while provenance requires separate handling for absent history or changed bytes. Stage 1 resolves route/authority risks before Stage 2 adds repository evidence. Retain explicit early risk validation.

• Source: step3_development_plan_do.md, normal-flow completion contract. The stages include shared history entry links, direct-route access, optional profiles, missing-record handling, and source destinations rather than delivering only a hidden detail route. Retain this boundary.

• Source: step3_development_plan_after.md, approval gate. Keeping the plan uncommitted and stopping before application changes preserves review of the new route and evidence boundary. Retain the gate.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

• Source: Step 3 Before/Do/After, repeated debug recovery and uncommitted-plan reminders. The short sequential phases repeat state already recorded in the artifacts. Consolidate routine reminders at entry and final handoff while retaining approval checks.

Uncertain assessments

• Source: step3_development_plan_do.md, stage sizing. Existing source URL helpers are reusable, but seed-specific provenance availability still needs implementation-time validation. Stage 2 explicitly bounds this to available repository evidence, avoiding a general history browser or invented acceptance facts.

2026-10-17 00:41:15 UTC — Step 4 completed handoff

Debug mode: enabled, inherited from the approved plans and implementation summary. Planning commit 974f320a; stage commits aed1ae09 and 0afb71e0. Final gate checks confirmed the planning-only commit, both stage summaries, and the completed local contract.

Necessary/useful instructions

• Source: step4_implementation_do.md, shared component/contract rule. The implementation reused canonical seed/path validation, membership routing, profile lookup, themed cards, source URL helpers, and source metadata. This kept the new page independent of any invented post/authority format. Retain the reuse check.

• Source: step4_implementation_do.md, Stage Boundary Protocol. Stage 1's six passing focused checks established page entry/access/error behavior before provenance was added; Stage 2's byte-binding/history tests and browser checks then completed the slice. Retain sequential verification and summary commits.

• Source: step4_implementation_after.md, Contract verification. Exercising all four history entry points and following raw/blob/commit destinations verified a usable navigation flow. Desktop/phone checks covered five themes and current key/source wrapping. Retain normal-flow and evidence-link checks.

Redundant/unnecessary instructions

• Source: RAILSPIKE.md, Step 4 commit cadence, and Step 4 Do's repeated execution/boundary instructions. The same per-stage verification/summary/commit rule appears several times. Consolidate the normative requirement and reference it from the phase checklist without changing the approval boundary.

Inapplicable instructions

• Source: Step 4 documentation-only rules. This approved application change includes runtime routes, templates, and tests, so documentation-only restrictions/exemptions did not apply.

• Source: step4_implementation_after.md, external dependencies/deployment checks. No schema migration or external services were introduced; production deployment is outside scope. Local fixture and live read-only navigation checks were applicable and completed.

Uncertain assessments

• Source: step3_development_plan_do.md, approximately 50 lines or one hour per stage. Test coverage accounts for much of each stage's line count, while implementation remained a compact two-stage slice. Clarify whether the line heuristic includes regression fixtures; preserve the outcome-based stage boundary.