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Summary

This comprehensive refactoring enhances Skill Fleet's code quality and maintainability through type safety, centralized configuration, and improved utilities.

Type Safety & Contracts

  • ✅ Add Pydantic models for all workflow phase outputs
    • Phase1UnderstandingOutput with validation and helper methods
    • Phase2GenerationOutput with is_ready_for_validation() check
    • Phase3ValidationOutput for final phase output
  • QualityThresholds model with validation for 8 configurable parameters
  • ✅ Helper conversion functions for gradual migration from dicts to typed models
  • ✅ All types exported in public API for external use

Centralized Configuration Management

  • DEFAULT_QUALITY_THRESHOLDS singleton with validated defaults:
    • validation_pass_threshold: 0.75
    • refinement_target_quality: 0.80
    • taxonomy_confidence_threshold: 0.60
    • trigger_coverage_target: 0.90
    • optimal_word_count: 500-3000 min/max, 5000 max acceptable
    • verbosity_warning_threshold: 0.70
  • GenerationWorkflow and ValidationWorkflow updated to use centralized thresholds
  • ✅ Eliminates magic numbers; enables configuration without code changes

Enhanced Utilities

  • @with_llm_fallback decorator - graceful DSPy module degradation
    • Configurable via SKILL_FLEET_ALLOW_LLM_FALLBACK env var
    • Only active in test/offline environments
  • @timed_execution decorator - performance tracking for sync/async functions
  • sanitize_for_log() function - safe logging without injection risks

Code Quality Improvements

  • ✅ Fix D401 docstring violations across understanding modules
  • ✅ Remove unused # type: ignore[override] comments (7 total)
  • ✅ Improve import organization in service modules
  • ✅ All linting and type checks passing

Documentation Updates

  • CHANGELOG.md: Comprehensive entry with all improvements categorized
  • docs/reference/core/workflows.md:
    • New "Typed Output Models" section with full class documentation
    • QualityThresholds with all 8 thresholds explained
    • Usage examples showing automatic fallback behavior
    • Updated method signatures for Generation/ValidationWorkflow
  • docs/reference/core/modules.md:
    • New "Common Utilities" section documenting decorators and utilities
    • Code examples for each utility
    • Configuration details and benefits

Key Features

  • 🔄 Backward Compatible: All existing code continues to work
  • 🛡️ Type Safe: Pydantic validation on all critical types
  • ⚙️ Configurable: Centralized thresholds without code changes
  • 📊 Observable: Timed execution tracking for performance
  • 📝 Well Documented: Comprehensive docs with examples

Files Changed

  • New: src/skill_fleet/core/workflows/models.py (778 lines, Pydantic types)
  • New: src/skill_fleet/common/logging_utils.py (53 lines, safe logging)
  • Enhanced: src/skill_fleet/common/llm_fallback.py (+52 lines, decorator)
  • Enhanced: src/skill_fleet/common/utils.py (+73 lines, timed execution)
  • Updated: generation.py, validation.py (use centralized thresholds)
  • Updated: 8 understanding/validation modules (code quality, linting)
  • Updated: 4 service modules (import organization)
  • Updated: Documentation (3 files with examples and reference)

Quality Assurance

  • ruff check . --fix - All linting passed
  • py.typed check - All type checks passed
  • make security - No security issues (bandit scan clean)
  • ✅ Pre-commit hooks - All 9 checks passed
  • ✅ Unit tests - All passing

Statistics

  • Files Changed: 20 files
  • Lines Added: 986
  • Lines Removed: 436
  • Net Change: +550 lines
  • Breaking Changes: 0
  • Backward Compatibility: 100%

Related Issues

Closes #XXXX (Update with actual issue number if applicable)

Testing

The changes have been validated with:

  • Full test suite passing
  • Type checking on all new code
  • Linting validation
  • Security scanning
  • Pre-commit hooks

No migration needed - existing code works as-is. New typed models available for opt-in gradual migration.

- Deleted the OPTIMIZATION_GUIDE.md as it was no longer relevant.
- Removed README.md from notes directory to streamline documentation.
- Cleared out TESTING_REPORT.md to eliminate obsolete test results.
- Erased review and run skill-fleet implementation plan to update project direction.
- Removed DSPy 3.1 reasoning adapters upgrade plan to reflect current architecture.
…ws, and getting started guide

- Introduced `modules.md` detailing core modules for skill creation, including their structure, features, and usage examples.
- Created `signatures.md` to define the contract between modules and language models, outlining inputs, outputs, and type constraints.
- Added `workflows.md` to describe the sequential workflows for skill creation, including understanding, generation, and validation phases.
- Developed `getting-started.md` tutorial to guide users through installation, configuration, and creating their first skill.
- Updated type checks for readiness_score and confidence to use the new syntax (int | float).
- Expanded the GatherRequirements signature to include validation-oriented outputs such as suggested_skill_name, trigger_phrases, negative_triggers, skill_category, requires_mcp, and suggested_mcp_server.
- Introduced ValidateSkillStructure signature to validate skill structure against Anthropic's requirements.
- Added CollectBaselineMetrics and CollectSkillMetrics signatures for metrics collection and comparison.
- Implemented validation checks in UnderstandingWorkflow and ValidationWorkflow to catch structure issues early and generate test cases.
- Enhanced database session management with transactional_session context manager to prevent idle-in-transaction timeouts.
- Improved MLflow integration by checking for method availability before calling.
- Updated logging to provide more informative messages during error handling.
chore: enhance .gitignore to exclude additional files and directories

docs: update AGENTS.md with new DSPy best practices and project structure

chore: add entries to CHANGELOG.md for new features and fixes

refactor: remove legacy migration scripts from archive

chore: add internal scripts for development and technical debt cleanup

fix: ensure proper type checking in benchmark optimizers

fix: update run optimization scripts for type checking
…tests

- Introduced integration tests for HITL workflows covering multi-question clarification, skill preview approval, and validation failure recovery.
- Enhanced job persistence tests by mocking database interactions and ensuring correct job state updates.
- Updated understanding workflow tests to utilize a context manager for mock language model.
- Adjusted API tests to reflect changes in job status handling.
- Improved unit tests for HITL signature consistency and dependency version checks.
…fety

- Updated signature templates to use `list[str]` and `str | None` for type hints.
- Enhanced `compile_module` function formatting for better readability.
- Cleaned up whitespace and comments in various files for consistency.
- Improved docstrings across metrics and signatures for better documentation.
- Added missing newlines in JSON and YAML files for proper formatting.
- Adjusted training data files to ensure they end with a newline.
- Deleted patch_endpoint_example.py, test_patch_endpoint.py, visual_guide.py, and README.md from the 02-partial-updates example directory.
- Removed integration.md, metadata.json, quick-reference.md, requirements.json, troubleshooting.md, and test JSON files from the fastapi-production resources and tests.
- This cleanup removes outdated examples and tests, streamlining the project structure for better maintainability.
…g guide, skill template update, TUI readiness, and update summary documentation
…ementation strategy, and taxonomy system to streamline project structure and focus on current methodologies.
- Deleted useHitlConfig hook and its associated types and logic.
- Removed useHitl hook and its related functionality for managing Human-in-the-Loop interactions.
- Eliminated TUI entry point and streaming client for handling Server-Sent Events.
- Cleaned up utility functions related to HITL keywords and state persistence.
- Removed test script and TypeScript configuration for the TUI.
…used TUI spawner and streaming chat functionality
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Signed-off-by: Zachary BENSALEM <zachary@qredence.ai>
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@Zochory Zochory added this to the v0.3.5 milestone Feb 2, 2026
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…est practices

DSPy 3.1.2+ Compliance:
- Remove redundant forward() methods from 10 modules (150 lines)
- BaseModule now handles automatic sync/async bridging
- Modules: intent, requirements, plan, compliance, best_of_n_validator,
  content, refined_content, test_cases, parallel_analysis, conversational

FastAPI Improvements:
- Add responses parameter to 7 endpoints for better OpenAPI docs
- Replace dict[str, Any] with Pydantic models (SkillListItem, UpdateSkillResponse)
- Enhanced error documentation

Typer CLI Enhancements:
- Add callback validation for port (1-65535) and host parameters
- Follow Context7 best practices for CLI validation

Rich UI Improvements:
- Use status context for long-running operations (database init, job creation)
- Better UX with progress indicators in chat, terminal, and serve commands

Test Updates:
- Update 4 test files to work with BaseModule's async-first approach
- Remove tests for removed forward() implementations
- Add nest-asyncio dependency for test compatibility

Code Quality:
- All ruff checks pass
- All type checks pass (ty check)
- Security check pass (bandit)
- 289 tests passing

Net result: -70 lines of code, improved maintainability, full best practice compliance
items = [i for i in items if q in i.name.lower()]
if status:
# Status isn't tracked in metadata today; keep placeholder behavior.
items = items
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async def aforward(
self, task_description: str, requirements: dict | None = None
) -> dspy.Prediction:
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async def aforward( # type: ignore[override]
self,
task_description: str,
requirements: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
taxonomy_structure: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
existing_skills: list[str] | None = None,
available_skills_catalog: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> dspy.Prediction:
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async def aforward(
self, current_content: str, weaknesses: list[str], target_score: float = 0.8
) -> dict[str, Any]:
) -> dspy.Prediction:
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async def aforward(
self,
requirements: dict,
intent_analysis: dict,
taxonomy_analysis: dict,
dependency_analysis: dict,
user_confirmation: str = "",
) -> dict[str, Any]:
) -> dspy.Prediction:
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# OR directly with uvicorn
uvicorn skill_fleet.api.main:app --reload
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The example command references skill_fleet.api.main:app, but according to .github/copilot-instructions.md (line 10), the correct path is skill_fleet.api.main:app. While this is consistent, the description in copilot-instructions mentions the command should be uv run skill-fleet serve which uses uvicorn skill_fleet.api.main:app internally. Consider clarifying that this is the direct uvicorn command equivalent to the CLI command.

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# OR directly with uvicorn
uvicorn skill_fleet.api.main:app --reload
# OR directly with uvicorn (equivalent to `uv run skill-fleet serve`)
uvicorn skill_fleet.app.main:app --reload

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## Critical runtime configuration

- **LLM config** is loaded by `configure_dspy()` from `config/config.yaml` (`src/skill_fleet/llm/dspy_config.py`).
- **LLM config** is loaded by `configure_dspy()` from `src/skill_fleet/config/config.yaml` (`src/skill_fleet/dspy/config.py`).
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The path src/skill_fleet/config/config.yaml appears incorrect. Based on the file structure, the config file should be at config/config.yaml (project root), not under src/skill_fleet/config/. Update to config/config.yaml for accuracy.

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- **LLM config** is loaded by `configure_dspy()` from `src/skill_fleet/config/config.yaml` (`src/skill_fleet/dspy/config.py`).
- **LLM config** is loaded by `configure_dspy()` from `config/config.yaml` (`src/skill_fleet/llm/dspy_config.py`).

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The PR comment body uses markdown but doesn't properly escape backticks around the branch name on line 228. The variable $BRANCH should be escaped to prevent issues if the branch name contains special characters. Use \$BRANCH`instead of`$BRANCH``.

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async def aforward( # type: ignore[override]
self,
plan: dict[str, Any],
understanding: dict[str, Any],
skill_style: str = "comprehensive",
target_quality: float = 0.80,
max_iterations: int = 3,
) -> dspy.Prediction:
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async def aforward(
self, task_description: str, user_context: dict | None = None
) -> dspy.Prediction:
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