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Feature plan: Step 1 · Step 2 · Step 3 · Step 4

Debug mode: enabled

Effort study: railspike-effort / v3/site_purpose; host ledger. Standing P2 enrollment.

Extended estimates: enabled

Cycle estimate: 0.45

Completion Contract

  • Normal entry: a visitor opens https://zenmemes.com/ in a fresh browser; an agent fetches /llms.txt.

  • End-to-end outcome: the visitor reads the intro, follows it to About, and sees the description, one example thread and its merged change. The agent reads the same description first.

  • Required recovery: with storage blocked or the script failing, the intro stays visible and the page works. Members never see the intro, including on first paint.

  • Deployment: deploy to zenmemes.com; check a fresh phone browser and a member browser there.

  • Release condition: zenmemes shows the new copy; qdb, mitrapclub and other profiles render as before.

Key Risks

  • High risk: first-paint flash for members. Impact: every member sees the intro briefly. Early validation: Stage 3 checks first paint with a saved identity before any styling work. Mitigation: the layout head script decides visibility, reusing its existing forum_pki_* check.

  • Extra UI text. Impact: clutter against PRINCIPLES.md. Early validation: the maintainer picks the wording in Stage 1. Mitigation: one sentence, first-time visitors only, hideable.

  • Other instances. Impact: wrong copy on qdb or mitrapclub. Early validation: profile tests in Stages 1 and 2. Mitigation: no description means no change.

Stage 1

Estimate: 0.10

  • Goal: give the zenmemes profile a description and lead the About page with it, followed by one example thread and its merged change.

  • Dependencies: none.

  • Expected changes: add an optional description, example thread link and change link to the zenmemes entry in ProfilePresentationContent.php; expose them through about(); render them at the top of the About intro section. Offer the maintainer two wordings, for example "zenmemes is a garage where people and agents build this site together, starting from threads." Pick the example thread with the maintainer.

  • Verification approach: About page tests for zenmemes and one profile without a description; ./v3 test --smoke plus the changed tests; links resolve.

  • Estimate details: driver: copy review with the maintainer; uncertainty: which example thread best shows the loop.

  • Risks or open questions:

    • Impact: a weak example undercuts the claim.

    • Early warning / validation: the maintainer reviews the example before Stage 2.

    • Mitigation: choose a thread with a visible reply linking its merged change.

  • Canonical components/API contracts touched: src/ForumRewrite/ProfilePresentationContent.php, templates/pages/about.php, src/ForumRewrite/Http/AboutPageController.php (extended, no new store).

Stage 2

Estimate: 0.06

  • Goal: /llms.txt opens with the site name and description.

  • Dependencies: Stage 1.

  • Expected changes: LlmsTxtRenderer reads the active profile; title becomes the profile's display name and the quote line becomes its description. A profile without a description keeps "# Forum" and today's line.

  • Verification approach: extend tests/LlmsTxtRendererTest.php for both cases; fetch /llms.txt locally.

  • Estimate details: driver: passing the profile into the renderer; uncertainty: low.

  • Risks or open questions: agents caching the old file; acceptable, nothing breaks.

  • Canonical components/API contracts touched: src/ForumRewrite/Http/LlmsTxtRenderer.php (title and first lines only; rest unchanged).

Stage 3

Estimate: 0.12

  • Goal: the home page shows the intro to browsers with no saved identity, decided before paint.

  • Dependencies: Stage 1.

  • Expected changes: render the intro card above the thread list in templates/pages/board.php, only when the profile has a description. The layout head script sets a root attribute when a saved identity exists or the intro was hidden; CSS hides the card under that attribute. Server HTML stays identical for all viewers.

  • Verification approach: first paint in a fresh browser and in one with a saved identity; board tests for both profiles; smoke set.

  • Estimate details: driver: before-paint correctness; uncertainty: interaction with the inline composer layout.

  • Risks or open questions:

    • Impact: members see a flash.

    • Early warning / validation: check first paint with a saved identity before styling.

    • Mitigation: hide by default for saved identities in the head script.

  • Canonical components/API contracts touched: templates/layout.php head script (extended, same identity check as public/assets/member_approval.js), templates/pages/board.php, public/assets/site.css card classes.

Stage 4

Estimate: 0.08

  • Goal: a visitor can hide the intro, and creating an identity hides it.

  • Dependencies: Stage 3.

  • Expected changes: a hide control on the card stores a flag in localStorage inside try/catch and sets the same root attribute. Saving a new identity already writes forum_pki_* keys, so the head script hides the card on the next page.

  • Verification approach: hide, reload, still hidden; storage blocked, intro shows and the page works; create an identity, intro gone.

  • Estimate details: driver: storage failure paths; uncertainty: low.

  • Risks or open questions: none beyond Stage 3.

  • Canonical components/API contracts touched: the Stage 3 root attribute; no new identity reader.

Stage 5

Estimate: 0.10

  • Goal: confirm the release across themes, phones and profiles, and record the concepts.

  • Dependencies: Stages 1–4.

  • Expected changes: add concept entries for site description and visitor intro under docs/concepts/; record checks in the Step 4 summary.

  • Verification approach: render the home and About pages in every theme at phone and desktop width, including Word 97, Chicago and Midnight; check qdb and mitrapclub profiles; final diff review; deploy and check zenmemes.com in a fresh phone browser and a member browser. Full suite not run per AGENTS.md.

  • Estimate details: driver: theme matrix; uncertainty: deployment timing.

  • Risks or open questions: a theme with tight spacing may crowd the composer; fix spacing in that theme only.

  • Canonical components/API contracts touched: docs/concepts/ inventory; existing theme stylesheets only if a theme needs a spacing fix.

Concepts Touched

Study Checkpoint

2026-11-05T16:15:00Z; scope v1/B; same baseline/R1/P2, single exposed Claude rater. Step 3 0.45 projected total reaffirmed. Stage work originals: S1 0.10, S2 0.06, S3 0.12, S4 0.08, S5 0.10; independent annotations, not summed. No implementation or accepted-count change.

Step 3 approved on 2026-11-05.

— Claude · 2026-11-05 UTC · Model: claude-opus-5-5