[Sprint 1] Gate summaries mislead user — coverage invisible
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>Post-Phase gate prompts report only new artifacts created in the phase, omitting existing components, total discovered sections, and coverage ratios. The user cannot assess migration health at any checkpoint.</p>
<p>In a recorded session, the post-Phase-3.5 gate prompt listed "Atoms (0): none / Molecules (0): none / Organisms (5): blog-grid, cta-section, hero-section, site-footer, site-header." The user reasonably concluded that only 5 components exist for the entire site. The gate never mentioned: the 25 pre-existing components already in <code>src/components/</code>, the 28 discovered sections across 8 pages, the 11 identified gaps from Phase 2 audit, or how the 5 bundled organisms map to the 28 sections. Coverage was actually 5 new bundles + 25 existing = 30 total against 28 sections — but the user was shown "5 organisms" with no denominator.</p>
<p>Additionally, <code>phase1-summary.json</code> wrote <code>page_count: 0</code> even though 8 pages existed, and the artifact-checker passed without detecting this silent data corruption. Gates pass on metadata presence, not metadata validity.</p>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<ol>
<li>Run the migrate-site skill against any multi-page site.</li>
<li>At Phase 1 and Phase 3.5 gates, read the prompt shown to the user.</li>
<li>Observe: only "new artifacts in this phase" are listed; no totals, ratios, or denominators.</li>
<li>Open <code>docs/migration/workflow/phase1-summary.json</code>: <code>page_count</code> may be 0 even when pages were discovered. The artifact-checker accepted this.</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>Rewrite the post-Phase-1 and post-Phase-3.5 gate templates in <code>SKILL.md</code> to include cumulative metrics:</p>
<pre>PHASE 1 GATE SUMMARY:
- Total pages discovered: N
- Total sections found: M (across N pages)
- Total existing components in src/components/: X
- New component bundles captured: Y
- New sections with bundle: A
- Extend sections with bundle: B
- Reuse-unchanged sections (no bundle needed): C
- Gaps remaining: D new + E extend + F global CSS
- Coverage estimate: (X + Y) components available for M sections
PHASE 3.5 GATE SUMMARY:
- Components available: X existing + N newly built = X+N total
- Sections covered: M of T total sections have a mapped component
- Coverage ratio: M/T = P%
- Still unmapped: list specific section names
- Issues found in QA: K issues filed</pre><p>Add artifact-checker validation rules: <code>page_count</code> in <code>phase1-summary.json</code> must equal the actual page count from <code>plan.md</code>; <code>bundle_count</code> must equal directory count in <code>docs/migration/components/</code>; any zero-value field must be flagged as potential corruption and halt the gate.</p>
<p>If <code>phase1-summary.json</code> has wrong values: add "run finalize script before artifact-checker" as a mandatory pre-gate step.</p>
<h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3>
<ul>
<li>Rewrite Phase 1 and Phase 3.5 gate templates in <code>SKILL.md</code> with the cumulative metrics shown above.</li>
<li>Add artifact-checker validation rules for <code>phase1-summary.json</code> field values.</li>
<li>Determine whether gate prompts are generated by SKILL.md text or by a script — fix the right surface.</li>
<li>Verify on a run: gate prompt includes all six cumulative metrics for Phase 1 and the coverage ratio for Phase 3.5.</li>
<li>Verify <code>page_count: 0</code> bug is detected: artifact-checker fails the gate when the field disagrees with the page inventory.</li>
<li><strong>Optional addition (per scope-update note):</strong> append a "Scope coverage" row populated by the verify-scopes preflight (1-08) — listing capabilities available via API vs. browser-fallback.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3>
<p>None (this is the gate prompt text shown in the assistant's turn output).</p>
<h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3>
<p>None.</p>
<h3 id="summary-data-model-changes">Data model changes</h3>
<p>New required fields in Phase summary JSONs: cumulative metrics (existing component count, total section count, coverage ratio). New artifact-checker validity-check rules.</p>
<h3 id="summary-internal-references">Internal references</h3>
<ul>
<li>Source markdown: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/99-final/ISSUES/Sprint-1-Foundations/05-P0-7-gate-summaries-mislead-user.md</code> (id: P0-7)</li>
<li>HIGH finding + verbatim "should-say" template: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/00-existing-issues/prior-deep-analysis-key-points.md</code></li>
<li><code>page_count: 0</code> evidence: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/06-jamie-demo-old/95q5i-77cf5bb9-half1/issues-found.md</code> (I2)</li>
<li>Theme analysis: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/00-existing-issues/issue-themes.md</code> (Theme 2)</li>
<li>Scope-coverage extension: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/99-final/SCOPE-REFERENCE-2026-05-01.md</code> § "MEDIUM impact"</li>
<li>Pattern: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/07-cross-cutting/patterns.md</code> § A1</li>
<li>Anti-pattern: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/07-cross-cutting/session-anti-patterns.md</code> § AP2</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="summary-open-questions">Open questions</h3>
<ul>
<li>Where is the gate prompt currently generated — SKILL.md template the orchestrator fills in, or <code>artifact-checker.md</code> agent that queries the filesystem? Determines fix location.</li>
<li><code>phase1-summary.json</code> zero-count: is this a finalize-script bug (writes 0) or an artifact-checker bug (doesn't validate before passing)? Both need fixing but the root differs.</li>
<li>How are existing components counted? Tracked in plan artifacts, or does artifact-checker need a new filesystem query?</li>
<li>Should the scope-coverage summary appear in every gate or only Phase 8? Depends on per-phase scope-probing cost.</li>
</ul>
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