Research engine lifted to Tier-1 (operator 2026-06-24): the daily workflow
rests on a steady stream of topic suggestions, and research is the only
subsystem whose core logic (poll/score/digest) is ungated prose in
agents/trend-spotter.md rather than tested code.
RE-R1 (rung-2, slice 1): B1 canonical item envelope + normalizer
(scripts/trends/src/item.ts) and B2 deterministic triage-scorer
(score.ts — composite/band/triage, owns only the arithmetic; the five
1-10 dimension scores stay model judgment), plus a stdin/JSON CLI seam,
tests, a trend-spotter prose pointer, and gate-floor bumps. No
store-schema change (SCHEMA_VERSION stays 1). The visible morning-brief
stream (B3 + surfacing) is R2.
Light-Voyage hardened: scope-guardian ALIGNED; plan-critic blocker + 6
majors folded — incl. TrendItem does NOT map directly onto TrendInput
(capturedAt vs publishedAt → store bridge deferred to R2), CLI reads
stdin (no --json overload), gate Section 16g before the anti-erosion
Section 18, ASSERT floor recount-not-pinned, band thresholds + action
strings drift-pinned, wiring grep literal src/cli.ts score.
No code touched yet — awaiting operator go-gate on the plan.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RigJBiRFNtFZKCz21qNbQ4
Kjell Tore Guttormsen
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