data-driven-generation

Data-Driven Generation

Select codegen strategy from git signal labels. Uses overlay labels from TeaRAGs results — not hardcoded thresholds — strategies adapt per codebase automatically.

Prerequisites

Area context required: files, pathPattern, overlay labels from risk-assessment must be in conversation. If missing, invoke /tea-rags:explore for target area — explore detects pre-generation intent, gathers context automatically. If explore output already exists this conversation, use it.

Reading Overlay Labels

Labels live in rankingOverlay.file.<signal> and rankingOverlay.chunk.<signal>. Each labeled value: { value: N, label: "high" }.

For label definitions: tea-rags://schema/signal-labels. For thresholds: get_index_metrics.

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Workflow

Step 1: STRATEGY SELECTION

Use overlay labels from research output. Apply hard rules first:

Condition	Strategy
chunk.bugFixRate "critical" + file.ageDays "old"/"legacy"	DEFENSIVE
chunk.commitCount "high"+ + file.churnVolatility "erratic"	STABILIZATION
file.ageDays "legacy" + chunk.commitCount "low"	CONSERVATIVE
No match	STANDARD

Autonomous Judgment Protocol — when no hard rule matches:

1. Decide — choose closest strategy based on signal axes
2. Justify — show labels, axes, specific actions
3. Ask if uncertain — present dilemma with options

Signal axes:

• Risk grows: bugFixRate healthy→concerning→critical, churnVolatility stable→erratic
• Stability grows: ageDays recent→legacy
• Confidence falls: commitCount "low" = few data points

Load strategy: Check for project skill strategy-<mode> in .claude/skills/. If found → use it. If not → read strategies/<mode>.md.

Custom strategy discovery: Scan .claude/skills/ for strategy-* skills. Read ## When section. Custom conditions evaluated before hard rules.

Step 2: TEMPLATE

Delegate to tea-rags:extract-project-patterns with:

• positiveIds | positiveCode = best verified result from Step 1 cascade (or set behaviorQuery if no chunk/code available)
• pathPatternL1 = pathPattern from explore PG-OUTPUT
• limit = 10

Read templates[0] as reference for Step 4 (GENERATE). Recipe owns the locality cascade (L1 = subdomain, L2 = first 2 segments, L3 = project) and the quality gate (commitCount low/typical + ageDays old/legacy + bugFixRate healthy; reject if bugFixRate critical or ageDays recent + commitCount low).

Read locality to inform Step 3 (STYLE):

• L1 → use template's blameDominantAuthor for style + review routing.
• L2 → blameDominantAuthor reviews technique, not exact code.
• L3 → blameDominantAuthor reviews technique only; verify architectural fit before adopting verbatim.
• none → no template; generate from scratch, surface to user so they scrutinize result.

Step 3: STYLE

Use blameDominantAuthor from explore pre-gen output (live-line owner — person whose code you'd match/extend). Style copy mirrors CURRENT code, not historical commit activity, so use blame-based.

file.blameDominantAuthorPct.label	Behavior
"deep-silo"	Match exactly. Flag the live-line owner for review.
"silo"	Match dominant patterns closely. Owner should review.
"concentrated"	Follow dominant patterns, minor flexibility.
"shared"	Project conventions. Opportunity to unify.

If recentDominantAuthor differs from blameDominantAuthor (long-time owner left, new contributor took over): defer to blameDominantAuthor for style (their code is what's there now), but flag recentDominantAuthor as secondary reviewer for fastest turnaround.

Step 4: GENERATE

Apply selected strategy + style. Generate code.

Step 5: VERIFY GENERATED

Verify ALL referenced identifiers:

1. find_symbol(metaOnly=true) for every function name, type name. ripgrep for import paths (find_symbol doesn't cover imports).
2. 0 results = hallucinated identifier → fix before committing.

Step 6: IMPACT

Assess blast radius of change you just generated.

• Codegraph on (prime ## Enrichment lists codegraph.symbols): use the blastRadius preset (rerank="blastRadius", metaOnly=true) — real fanIn + churn + bugFix, ranking reflects actual call/import edges, not raw-import proxy. Warn on high-fanIn / isHub dependents.
• Codegraph off (no codegraph.symbols in prime → fanIn signal absent): fall back to custom weights { imports: 0.5, churn: 0.3, ownership: 0.2 }, metaOnly=true, note blast radius is approximate (import-proxy, not edge truth). See search-cascade "Graph navigation".

Warn on high-impact modules. Flag shared taskIds → coordinated change.

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Skipping Steps

• Hotfix → user provides exact location, skip to Step 4. Step 5 MANDATORY.
• Greenfield → skip Steps 2, 3
• Step 5 is NEVER skipped