J's ask: explain the full architecture so someone reading a README
can dispute it or recreate it. The repo isn't public yet; this page
IS the spec until it is.
Ch1 Repository layout — 13 crates + tests/multi-agent + docs + data,
with owned responsibility and file path per crate.
Ch2 Data ingest pipeline (8 steps) — sources (file/inbox/DB/cron),
parse+normalize with ADR-010 conservative typing, PII auto-tag,
dedup, Parquet write, catalog register with fingerprint gate,
mark embeddings stale, queryable immediately.
Ch3 Measurement & indexing — row count / fingerprint / owner /
sensitivity / freshness / lineage per dataset. HNSW vs Lance
tradeoff table with measured numbers (ADR-019). Autotune loop.
Per-profile scoping (Phase 17).
Ch4 Contract inference from external signal — Chicago permit feed
→ role mapping → worker count heuristic → timeline → hybrid
search with boost → pattern discovery → rendered card. All
pre-computed before staffer opens UI.
Ch5 What a CRM can't do — 11-row comparison table of capabilities.
Ch6 How it gets better over time — three paths:
- Phase 19 playbook boost (full math)
- Pattern discovery meta-index
- Autotune agent
Ch7 Scale story: 20 staffers, 300 contracts, midday +20/+1M surge
- Async gateway + per-staffer profile isolation + client blacklists
- 7-step surge handling flow (ingest, stale-mark, incremental refresh,
degradation, hot-swap, autotune re-enter)
- Known pain points: Ollama inference serial, RAM ceiling ~5M on
HNSW (mitigated by Lance), VRAM 1-2 models sequential,
playbook_memory unbounded.
Ch8 Error surfaces & recovery — 10-row table covering ingest schema
conflicts, bucket failures, ghost names, dual-agent drift,
empty searches, Ollama down, gateway restart, schema fingerprint
divergence. Every failure has a named surface and recovery path.
Ch9 Per-staffer context — active profile, workspace, client blacklist,
audit trail, daily summary. How 20 staffers don't see the same UI.
Ch10 Day in the life — 07:00 housekeeping → 07:30 refresh → 08:00
staffer opens → 08:15 drill down → 08:30 Call click → 09:00
second staffer shares memory → 12:30 surge → 14:00 no-show →
15:00 new embeddings live → 17:00 retrospective → 22:00
overnight trials.
Ch11 Known limits & non-goals — deferred (rate/margin, push, confidence
calibration, neural re-ranker, pm compaction, call_log cross-ref)
and explicitly out-of-scope (cloud, ACID, streaming, CRM replace,
proprietary formats, hard multi-tenant).
Also: nav updated on /dashboard, /console, /proof to link /spec.
Every architectural claim in the spec cites either a code path, an
ADR number, or a phase reference so someone skeptical can target
the specific artifact.
J's ask: move the system from retrospective ranking to predictive
anticipation. Show it tracks the clock, not just the roster.
New endpoint /intelligence/staffing_forecast:
- Pulls 30-day Chicago permit window (200 permits)
- Maps work_type → role via industry heuristic
- Aggregates predicted worker demand per role
- Joins IL bench supply (workers_500k state='IL' group by role)
- Computes coverage_pct, reliable_coverage_pct
- Classifies risk: critical/tight/watch/ok
- Computes earliest staffing deadline per role
(permit issue_date + 31d = 45d construction start - 14d window)
- Surfaces recent Chicago playbook ops for the role-specific memory
New UI 'Staffing Forecast' section ABOVE Live Contracts:
- Top card: total construction value, permit count, workers needed,
critical/tight role count
- Per-role rows: demand vs available supply, coverage %, deadline
with red/amber/green urgency coloring
Per-contract timeline on Live Contracts:
- estimated_construction_start, staffing_window_opens, days_to_deadline
- urgency classification: overdue/urgent/soon/scheduled
- card border colored by urgency
- timeline line explicitly shows recruiter: OVERDUE/URGENT + days count
This is the 'system already thinks about when, not just who' surface
J was asking for. CRMs store; this anticipates.
Closing trust-breaks surfaced in the strategic audit.
A — MEMORY chip renders even when sparse:
Previously rendered nothing when no trait crossed threshold, which
recruiters would read as "system has no signal." Now explicitly
says "memory is sparse for this role+geo — no trait crossed
threshold" or "no similar past playbooks yet — first fill of this
kind will seed it." Honest when it doesn't know.
B — Removed /intelligence/learn dead endpoint:
Legacy CSV-writer path that destructively re-wrote
successful_playbooks. /log and /log_failure replace it cleanly.
Leaving dead code confuses future maintainers.
C — Narrative tooltips on Endorsed chips:
Hovering the green "Endorsed · N playbooks" chip now fetches
the worker's past operations from successful_playbooks_live and
shows a story: "Maria — past endorsements: • Welder x2 in
Toledo (2026-04-15), • Welder x1 in Toledo (2026-04-18)..."
Falls back to honest "narrative unavailable" if the seed
didn't land in SQL.
D — call_log infrastructure in worker modal:
New "Recent Contact" section queries call_log JOIN candidates by
name. Surfaces last 3 call entries with timestamp, recruiter,
disposition, duration. When empty (which is today's reality —
candidates table only has 1000 rows vs call_log's higher IDs),
shows an honest message about the data gap and what real ATS
integration would unlock.
Honest call: D ships infrastructure. Actual utility depends on
aligning candidate IDs between the candidates table and
call_log — current synthetic data doesn't cross-ref cleanly.
When real ATS data lands, this section becomes the
"system knows who we called yesterday" feature the recruiter
needs.
Deferred (would require a dedicated session):
- Rate awareness (needs worker pay_rate + contract bill_rate)
- Push / background daemon (Slack/SMS/email integration)
- Confidence calibration (needs a probabilistic ranking layer)
Click any worker card → modal now includes a 'Past Playbooks' section
that queries successful_playbooks_live for any row where this worker's
name appears in the result field. Shows up to 8 most recent with
operation, timestamp, approach, and context.
When empty: 'No prior playbooks for NAME yet. First placement builds
the first entry.' — makes the institutional-memory claim visible to
the recruiter: the system is tracking everyone, not just the ones
that sealed this session.
Also added Call / SMS / No-show buttons to the modal action row
(matching the card-level buttons from #1). Every worker-card path
now trains the system.
Closes the user-visible side of Phase 19 — patterns surface during
search (Pass A), boosts fire in ranking (Phase 19 core), and now
the worker's own profile shows the full history that informs those
boosts. Institutional memory legibility, per J's ask.
Every worker-card button in the dashboard now trains the Phase 19
system directly:
- Call → POST /log (seeds playbook_memory + persists SQL)
- SMS → POST /log (same — both count as positive engagement)
- No-show → POST /log_failure (per-worker penalty 0.5^n on future boost)
Buttons flash status (Logged / Flagged / Ghost) for 1.4s on success,
then re-enable. Operation string derived from the worker's role +
city/state parsed from their loc field. The worker's ghost-name
guard on both endpoints ensures nothing invalid lands in memory.
Before: Call/SMS hit a legacy /intelligence/learn CSV write that
didn't affect ranking. No failure capture existed.
Now: recruiter using the app IS the training signal. Tested
end-to-end — pm_entries grew 203 → 391 from a single session of
logged actions.
A — Patterns surface in main Worker Search:
/intelligence/chat smart_search fallback now calls /patterns in
parallel with hybrid, returns discovered_pattern + matched count.
search.html doSearch renders a green "MEMORY (N playbooks): ..."
chip above results so every recruiter query shows the meta-index
dimension, not just live-contract cards.
B — Compounding proven and default-k bumped:
Direct compounding test on Chicago Electrician:
- Run 0 (no seeds): Carmen Green not in top-5, boost 0
- After 3 seeds of identical operation: boost +0.250 (capped),
3 citations, lifted to #1. Each seed adds 1 citation. Cap
prevents one worker from dominating future searches.
- Required k=200 (not 25 or 50) — embedding band is narrow
(cosines 0.55-0.67 across all playbooks regardless of geo).
- Bumped defaults on /search, permit_contracts, and smart_search
to playbook_memory_k=200. Brute-force sub-ms at this scale.
New devop.live/lakehouse section pairs live public Chicago building
permits with derived staffing contracts, ranked candidates from the
500K worker bench, and meta-index discovered patterns per role+geo.
Makes the Phase 19 boost + Path 2 pattern discovery visible on real
external data, without needing a paying client to demo.
Backend:
- New /intelligence/permit_contracts endpoint
- Fetches 6 recent Chicago permits > $250K from the Socrata API
- Derives proposed fill: 1 worker per $150K of permit value (capped 2-8)
- For each: /vectors/hybrid with use_playbook_memory=true,
playbook_memory_k=25, auto availability>0.5 filter
- For each: /vectors/playbook_memory/patterns with k=25 min_freq=0.3
- Returns permit + proposed contract + top 5 candidates with boosts
and citations + discovered pattern + pattern_matched count
Frontend:
- New "Live Contracts" section on search.html between today's sim
contracts and Market Intelligence
- Per-permit card: cost + work_type + address + proposed role/count
+ pool size + top 3 candidates (with endorsement chip when boost
fires) + memory-derived pattern ("MEMORY (N playbooks): recurring
certifications: OSHA-10 47%, Forklift... · archetype mostly: ...")
Real working demo even without paying clients: shows the system
operating on genuinely external data with our synthetic-data-derived
learning applied.
Backend:
- crates/vectord/src/playbook_memory.rs (new): Phase 19 in-memory boost
store with seed/rebuild/snapshot, plus temporal decay (e^-age/30 per
playbook), persist_to_sql endpoint backing successful_playbooks_live,
and discover_patterns endpoint for meta-index pattern aggregation
(recurring certs/skills/archetype/reliability across similar past fills).
- DEFAULT_TOP_K_PLAYBOOKS bumped 5 → 25; old default silently missed
most boosts when memory had > 25 entries.
- service.rs: new routes /vectors/playbook_memory/{seed,rebuild,stats,
persist_sql,patterns}.
Bun staffing co-pilot (mcp-server/):
- /search, /match, /verify, /proof, /simulation/run, MCP tools all
forward use_playbook_memory:true and playbook_memory_k:25 to the
hybrid endpoint. Boost was previously dark across the entire app.
- /log no longer POSTs to /ingest/file — that endpoint REPLACES the
dataset's object list, so single-row CSV writes were wiping all prior
rows in successful_playbooks (sp_rows went 33→1 in one /log call).
/log now seeds playbook_memory with canonical short text and calls
/persist_sql to keep successful_playbooks_live in sync.
- /simulation/run cumulative end-of-week CSV write removed for the same
reason. Per-day per-contract /seed (added in this session) is the
accumulating feedback path now.
- search.html addWorkerInsight renders a green "Endorsed · N playbooks"
chip with playbook citations when boost > 0.
Internal Dioxus UI (crates/ui/):
- Dashboard phase list rewritten through Phase 19 (was stuck at "Phase
16: File Watcher" / "Phase 17: DB Connector" — both wrong).
- Removed fabricated "27ms" stat label.
- Ask tab examples + SQL default replaced with real staffing prompts
against candidates/clients/job_orders (was referencing nonexistent
employees/products/events).
- New Playbook tab exposes /vectors/playbook_memory/{stats,rebuild} and
side-by-side hybrid search (boost OFF vs ON) with citations.
Tests (tests/multi-agent/):
- run_e2e_rated.ts: parallel two-agent (mistral + qwen2.5) build phase
+ verifier rating (geo, auth, persist, boost, speed → /10).
- network_proving.ts: continuous build → verify → repeat with
staffing-recruiter profile hot-swap; geo-discrimination check.
- chain_of_custody.ts: single recruiter operation traced through every
layer (Bun /search, direct /vectors/hybrid parity, /log, SQL,
playbook_memory growth, profile activation, post-op boost lift).
- Replaced amateur CSS with professional dark theme (Inter font, muted palette,
proper spacing, consistent border radius, hover states, transitions)
- Nav bar with Dashboard/Intelligence Console/Architecture tabs
- Urgent pipeline: shows contracts directly, removed busy step indicators
- In Progress + Ready to Go: collapsed by default with expand toggle
(page went from 30+ visible contract cards to just the urgents)
- Workers Available: limited to 5 instead of 8
- Proper section headers with labels and metadata
- Search section always visible with better placeholder text
- Professional footer with product branding
- Responsive breakpoints for mobile (768px, 480px)
- Page is now ~50% shorter with same information density
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- Leaflet.js map with dark tiles showing real Chicago building permits
- Dots sized and colored by project cost ($1B+ red, $100M+ orange, $10M+ blue)
- Hover any dot for project details — address, cost, description, date
- LIVE indicator with green pulse dot
- Timestamp showing when data was fetched
- "Verify source" link goes directly to Chicago Open Data portal
- "Refresh" button re-fetches from the API on click
- Expanded to 50 permits for denser map coverage
- Legend showing dot size scale
No one can say "you just typed those numbers in" when they can
click a dot on the map, see 10000 W OHARE ST, and verify it
themselves on data.cityofchicago.org.
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/intelligence/market pulls real permit data from Chicago Open Data API:
- $9.6B in active construction permits
- O'Hare expansion ($730M), new casino ($580M), transit station ($445M)
- Maps permit types to staffing roles (electrical→Electrician, masonry→Loader)
- Cross-references with our IL worker bench to show coverage gaps
- Electrician gap: only 1,036 reliable vs 63K estimated demand
Datalake page now shows three intelligence layers:
1. Contract simulation with scenario-driven matching
2. Market Intelligence with live permit data + bench analysis
3. System Learning with fill history and detected patterns
The staffing company sees demand forming before the phone rings.
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Each simulation fill now logs: role, headcount, city, state, workers matched,
client, start time, and scenario type. One page refresh = ~20 playbook entries.
4 refreshes = 28 entries with patterns already forming.
Fixed activity counters: shows Contract Fills, Searches, and Patterns.
Activity feed now shows the actual fill data with worker names and scenarios.
This is the PRD's learning loop in action — the system records every
successful match so future queries can learn from past decisions.
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Learning Loop:
- /intelligence/learn endpoint logs search→selection as playbook entry
- /intelligence/activity returns learning stats, patterns, and recent activity
- Call/SMS buttons trigger logSelection() — records what query led to what pick
- "System Learning" card on main page shows searches logged, patterns detected,
and recent activity feed with timestamps
- Every search-selection pair becomes institutional knowledge stored in the lakehouse
Smart Search on Main Page:
- doSearch() now routes through /intelligence/chat (smart NL parser)
- Extracts role, city, state, availability, reliability from natural language
- Shows understanding tags so staffer sees what the system parsed
- Returns workers with ZIP codes, availability %, reliability %, archetype
- "reliable forklift operator available in Nashville" → 10 Nashville forklift
operators with ZIP codes, all 86-98% reliable, all available — 372ms
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- loadDay() now runs simulation first, extracts unfilled roles/states, then
builds SQL queries filtered to what's actually needed today
- "Workers Available for Today's Open Contracts" replaces generic top-5 list
- Each worker shows which gap they fill: "Could fill 4 open Loader spots"
- Bench Strength section scoped to states with active contracts + open slot counts
- Every refresh produces different workers because contracts change each time
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Simulation now uses weighted random selection across 4 priority tiers:
- Urgent (walkoff, quarantine, no-show), High (new client, cert expiry, expansion),
Medium (recurring, seasonal, medical leave, cross-train), Low (future, exploratory)
- Color-coded scenario banners on ALL contracts, not just urgent
- Each scenario carries context (note) + recommended action
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Urgent contracts now show:
- Red banner with specific reason: 'Client called last night',
'Emergency coverage — 2 no-shows reported', 'Production surge',
'Original crew cancelled', etc.
- Action line: 'Need 3 more workers — see suggested replacements below'
or 'All positions matched — confirm and send shift details now'
- When unfilled: yellow action box with numbered steps:
'1. Call the workers above, 2. If someone declines the backup
is ready, 3. Expand search to nearby states'
- FIRST CHOICE worker highlighted with red border
- BACKUP workers labeled and shown after the required headcount
The staffer doesn't see a red circle and wonder. They see:
'Emergency coverage — 2 no-shows. Need 3 more. Here are your
options. Call this person first. If they can't, here's the backup.'
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Click any worker avatar/card → scrollable modal with:
- Rich profiles: reliability/availability bars with explanations,
skill tags, cert badges, archetype with description, work history,
Call/SMS action buttons
- Sparse profiles: trust path showing 'You are here' → progression
to full profile through normal operations
- Modal scrolls independently, background locked
- Close via X button or click outside
Each archetype has a plain-English description:
reliable: 'Consistently shows up, clients request them back'
leader: 'Takes initiative, helps train others'
erratic: 'Inconsistent attendance, needs monitoring'
etc.
Work history shows recent placements and cert renewals.
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Urgent contracts now show a 4-step action plan:
Step 1 (red): Review pre-matched workers
Step 2 (yellow): Call first choice — highest match score
Step 3 (blue): Confirm or replace — backup is ready
Step 4 (green): Send shift details to confirmed workers
First-choice worker highlighted with red border + label.
Backup workers shown with dimmed styling + 'BACKUP' label.
Urgent cards show ALL matched workers + backups (not just 3).
Non-urgent contracts split into 'In Progress' (still filling)
and 'Ready to Go' (fully staffed) sections.
The staffer doesn't stare at a red label wondering what to do.
They follow the steps: review, call, confirm, send. Done.
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Complete rebuild around 'how did it know that?' moments:
1. NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION — urgent contracts with pre-matched workers.
Each worker shows WHY they were matched: 'Reliable (85%) ·
Certified: OSHA-10 · Same city as job site'
2. READY TO CONFIRM — fully matched contracts, just review and send
3. YOUR STRONGEST WORKERS — 95%+ reliability, 'they rarely
no-show and clients request them back'
4. BENCH STRENGTH ALERT — states with thin reliable worker pools,
'consider recruiting in these areas'
Every section has: a label (ACTION NEEDED/READY/INSIGHT/HEADS UP),
a headline in plain English, an explanation of HOW the system
knows this, and actionable workers with Call/SMS buttons.
This is what a CRM has never done: anticipate, explain, recommend.
The staffer doesn't search — they respond to intelligence.
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Worker cards now handle sparse-to-rich data gracefully:
- Name only? Shows name + 'New — data builds with placements'
- Name + role? Shows name + role tag
- Name + role + skills + certs? Shows full tag row
- Has reliability data? Shows colored meter bars
- No metrics? No empty bars, no 0% — just what's there
Contract cards: urgency dot, progress bar, fill count.
Workers inside: avatar initials, name, role, location, skill/cert
tags (blue/green), archetype (purple), reliability/availability
bars — all ONLY when data exists.
GitHub-style dark theme. Call/SMS per worker. Search collapsed.
ADR-021 compliant: works with a name and earns everything else.
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Each worker in a contract card now shows:
- Initials avatar (color-coded)
- Name + location on same line
- Skill tags (blue pills, top 3 relevant)
- Cert badges (green pills — OSHA, Forklift, Hazmat)
- Archetype tag (purple — reliable, leader, etc)
- Reliability bar with color (green >80%, yellow >50%, red <50%)
- Availability bar with color
- Individual Call/SMS buttons per worker
Contract headers show:
- Urgency dot (red/yellow/blue/green)
- Client name, role × headcount, location, start time
- Progress bar with fill count
GitHub-style dark theme. Every piece of info visible at a glance
without clicking anything. The staffer sees skills, certs, and
reliability for every matched worker the moment the page loads.
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Not a CRM search page. A staffing workstation:
Top: Pipeline showing urgent/filling/total/filled at a glance
Main: Contract cards sorted by urgency — each shows:
- Client, role, headcount, start time
- Pre-matched workers with names and AI fit scores
- Call All / Send SMS / Find More action buttons
- Unfilled contracts at top, filled at bottom
- 'Find More' opens search pre-filled with that contract's role
Right sidebar:
- Alerts: erratic workers, expiring certs, system status
- Recent communications: who confirmed, who's pending
- Quick stats: total workers, reliable count, coverage
The search is there but collapsed — it's a tool, not the focus.
When they open the page, their day is already organized.
This is what the CRM doesn't do: anticipate, pre-match, organize.
The staffer's expertise is in relationships and judgment calls —
this handles the data mining so they can focus on that.
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Replaced complex dashboard with minimal search.html:
- No external JS/CSS files, no transpilation, no module imports
- Plain JS with .then() chains (no async/await compat issues)
- DOM-only rendering via createElement (no innerHTML with data)
- 20s AbortController timeout so fetch never hangs
- Detects /lakehouse/ proxy prefix automatically
- 7KB total, loads in 18ms
Calls lakehouse /vectors/hybrid directly — SQL filters always apply,
works even when HNSW isn't loaded (brute-force fallback).
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