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First Rust slice (S1-R) of the interview-challenge overhaul. The proposal doc (docs/interview-challenge-research.md) lands in the skill-rewrite PR stacked on this one.

The interview skipped ahead before it could push back. try_advance_phase ran inside every reanalysis, including interview_add_node, so a vague metric ("faster debugging") closed its gap and moved the interview to Technical in the same turn it was extracted. interview_start could also skip Discovery.

Phase liveness (tempyr-interview)

  • Phases only change on answers. Transitions are evaluated only after interview_answer records an answer (proposer::advance_and_reanalyze_with_graph). add_node, add_edge and adjust reanalyze gaps without moving the phase, and interview_start never advances.
  • New transition rule: at least one answer in the phase plus the phase's node condition, or N answers as a fallback (Discovery 1, Product 4, Technical 3, Decomposition 2). No answer is ever forced, and at least 4 answers come before Review.
  • needs: marker. Tentative nodes with a needs: … line (a weak answer the interviewer is still pushing on) don't satisfy node conditions. commit warns about any that are still marked.
  • source_qa now points at the answer the node came from. It was off by one.
  • Gap suggested_question text is now a coverage hint ("Coverage: who X is for. Probe for…") rather than a scripted question.
  • Committed sessions are archived to .tempyr/sessions/archive/ instead of deleted. This keeps them available for baselines and replay.

Reads the critic and review flows need (tempyr-mcp, tempyr-core)

  • interview_answer accepts question, the exact question or premise list asked. It is stored on the QA pair and in the AnswerRecorded journal entry's detail.
  • interview_show {full: true} returns full node bodies and fields. Every node now carries a needs flag.
  • graph_traverse implements the dead edge_types filter (new traverse::bfs_edge_types) and adds include_body (status, body, edges).

Journal (tempyr-journal-index, tempyr-journal, CLI)

  • journal_search and tempyr journal search gain tags (all must match) and references (any may match) filters, plus a filter-only mode when the query is empty. Previously disposition:rebut couldn't be queried at all, because the query goes straight into FTS MATCH.
  • MCP interview_add_node and interview_add_edge now emit their journal events, which CLAUDE.md already documented.
  • interview_adjust reanalyzes with the graph, like the other tools.

Test plan

  • cargo test --workspace: all pass. New tests cover:
    • answer-only transitions
    • needs: blocking a phase
    • the Product fallback
    • source_qa
    • archive on commit
    • commit warning
    • bfs_edge_types
    • tag/reference/filter-only journal search
    • the question in the AnswerRecorded detail
  • cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets: clean
  • cargo fmt --check

Behavior change for skill authors: phase only moves on interview_answer. The current skill already records the answer before extracting nodes, so it keeps working. The rewritten skill in the follow-up PR relies on this.

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  • New Features
    • Journal search supports filter-only listings using tags or referenced items.
    • Graph exploration can be limited to selected relationship types and include fuller node details.
    • Interview views can show complete tentative-node details, and recorded answers can include their question.
  • Improvements
    • Interview phases advance after answers meet phase requirements or answer-count thresholds. Coverage hints provide more targeted guidance.
    • Committed interviews are archived, and outstanding “needs” markers and commit warnings are reported.

The interview advanced its phase whenever a node of the right type
existed, including mid-turn from add_node, so a vague answer could close
its gap and move the interview on before the interviewer pushed back.

- Phase transitions run only after interview_answer records an answer.
  interview_start no longer advances. Each transition needs >=1 answer in
  the phase plus its node condition, or N answers (1/4/3/2) as a fallback.
- Nodes whose body has a `needs:` line don't satisfy node conditions;
  commit warns about any still marked.
- interview_answer takes the exact `question` asked; it is stored on the
  QA pair and in the AnswerRecorded journal entry's detail.
- interview_show {full: true} returns full bodies and fields, plus a
  `needs` flag per node.
- graph_traverse implements edge_types and adds include_body.
- journal_search gains tags / references filters and a filter-only
  mode (empty query), in both MCP and CLI.
- add_node / add_edge emit journal events; adjust reanalyzes with the
  graph; source_qa points at the answer the node came from.
- Gap suggested_question text is a coverage hint, not a scripted question.
- Committed sessions are archived instead of deleted.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Interview phase progression now depends on recorded answers and readiness conditions. Session commits archive sessions and report needs-marked nodes. Journal search accepts tag and reference filters, including without a text query. Graph traversal supports multiple edge types and optional expanded node output.

Changes: Interview Flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Session readiness and archive
crates/tempyr-interview/src/session.rs
Sessions can identify ready nodes and count answers by phase. Commits report nodes marked with needs: and archive the session.
Coverage hints and phase progression
crates/tempyr-interview/src/gaps.rs, crates/tempyr-interview/src/phases.rs, crates/tempyr-interview/src/proposer.rs
Gap text is phrased as coverage hints. Phase advancement uses answer counts and readiness conditions, and proposed nodes reference the latest answer when available.
Interview tool and journal integration
crates/tempyr-journal/src/auto_emit/interview.rs, crates/tempyr-cli/src/commands/interview_cmd.rs, crates/tempyr-mcp/src/handler.rs
Interview tools can accept questions with answers, return full session details when requested, and emit journal events for adjustments. Answer events include an optional question. The CLI prints commit warnings to stderr.

Journal Search Filters

Layer / File(s) Summary
Filter and rank journal entries
crates/tempyr-journal-index/src/search.rs
Search supports exact-match tag filters and reference filters. Filter-only searches return matching entries newest-first without vector retrieval or reranking.
CLI and MCP search inputs
crates/tempyr-cli/src/commands/journal_cmd.rs, crates/tempyr-mcp/src/handler.rs
CLI and MCP search accept omitted or empty queries, tags, and references. Blank queries skip embedding.

Graph Traversal

Layer / File(s) Summary
Edge-type traversal and MCP output
crates/tempyr-core/src/traverse.rs, crates/tempyr-mcp/src/handler.rs
Traversal can follow a union of edge types. The MCP tool can include node status, full body, and outgoing edges in results.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant MCP as interview_answer
  participant Session as InterviewSession
  participant Proposer as proposer
  participant Journal as AnswerRecorded emitter
  MCP->>Session: record answer and question
  Session->>Proposer: reanalyze with phase advancement
  MCP->>Journal: emit answer event with supplied question
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Filter-only journal searches may not list entries newest-first as documented. Results are still correct and filtered, so this is a small ordering issue that can be fixed before or after merge.

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crates/tempyr-core/src/traverse.rs (1)

19-23: LGTM!

Also applies to: 25-47, 49-53, 77-77, 179-201

crates/tempyr-journal-index/src/search.rs (3)

233-246: Filter-only search ignores the caller's query_vector safely, but the limit is applied before the dedup and token budget.

LGTM for the filter-only branch itself. run_filter_only_query pulls max(limit*4, 40) rows newest-first. Dedup and the token budget then run on that set. The final take(opts.limit) runs after filtering, so it follows the learning on limit order. The SQL filters run before the SQL LIMIT. No defect found.


1162-1168: LGTM!


697-714: LGTM!

crates/tempyr-cli/src/commands/journal_cmd.rs (1)

697-702: LGTM!

Also applies to: 747-748, 765-766

crates/tempyr-interview/src/session.rs (1)

54-66: LGTM!

Also applies to: 229-242, 336-376, 803-870

crates/tempyr-interview/src/gaps.rs (1)

138-143: LGTM!

Also applies to: 356-398, 536-539

crates/tempyr-interview/src/phases.rs (1)

56-107: LGTM!

Also applies to: 178-398

crates/tempyr-interview/src/proposer.rs (1)

64-65: LGTM!

Also applies to: 115-117, 158-196, 404-405, 520-577

crates/tempyr-journal/src/auto_emit/interview.rs (1)

49-55: LGTM!

Also applies to: 123-134, 214-238, 287-309

crates/tempyr-cli/src/commands/interview_cmd.rs (1)

108-108: LGTM!

crates/tempyr-mcp/src/handler.rs (1)

21-21: LGTM!

Also applies to: 95-99, 174-195, 753-794, 959-968, 1357-1375, 1781-1887, 2051-2191, 2634-2654

crates/tempyr-mcp/src/handler.rs-1989-1990 (1)

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Remove the PhaseAdvanced branch from interview_adjust. It can never run.

interview_adjust now calls reanalyze_with_graph. This function always returns phase_changed == false. As a result, the if update.phase_changed block at lines 2008-2019 never executes. The comment "if reanalysis advanced the phase" is also no longer accurate. Remove the branch and the prior_phase binding. This makes it clear that only interview_answer advances the phase.


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Review comments at @crates/tempyr-interview/src/session.rs:
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Comment thread crates/tempyr-interview/src/session.rs Resolved
cleak and others added 2 commits October 11, 2026 15:05
- `tempyr journal search` with no query, --tag, or --ref is a usage
  error instead of an empty "no hits" result.
- Archiving the session after commit can no longer fail the commit (the
  graph is already written); it falls back to deleting the session and
  reports a warning, so a retry can't commit the same nodes twice.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Gap detection ignores nodes still marked `needs:`, so the gap keeps
  pointing at a weak answer instead of being cleared by it.
- `tempyr interview commit` prints the commit warnings (needs: nodes,
  archive fallback) to stderr.
- MCP journal_search returns a usage error for an empty query with no
  tags/references (matching the CLI), and its description documents the
  tag/reference filters and filter-only mode. Filter-only results are
  ranked by recency + kind, not strictly newest first; docs say so.

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