vyndr/CLAUDE.md

VYNDR — Claude Code Project Context

What This Is

Sports betting intelligence SaaS. Real software product. Three tiers: Free (5 scans), Analyst ($19.99 / $14.99 founder), Desk ($49.99 / $34.99 founder).

Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js / Express
• Database: Supabase (PostgreSQL)
• Frontend: React Native (built in Cursor)
• Data: The Odds API ($30/mo), nba_api (free, Python wrapper)
• Caching: Redis — 15min for odds, 24hr for season averages, 1hr for recent games
• Payments: Stripe

Critical Rules — Non-Negotiable

1. NO CODE WITHOUT A SPEC

Every feature requires a spec file in specs/ before any code is written. Spec must include: endpoints, data shapes, acceptance criteria, test plan. Get approval before building.

2. WSL2 HEREDOC RULE

WSL2 corrupts heredoc for files over 10 lines. ALWAYS use Python file-writing: python3 with triple-quoted strings. This applies to every file creation operation.

3. 5 QUALITY GATES (all must pass before any feature is marked complete)

1. Unit tests pass
2. Integration tests pass
3. Acceptance criteria met (from spec)
4. PR description written
5. CLAUDE.md updated if anything new learned

4. BUILD-STATE.md

Update after every session. What shipped, what's next, any blockers.

5. BLOCKERS.md

If you hit something you cannot resolve: log it. Don't guess. Don't skip.

Folder Structure

vyndr/
├── src/
│   ├── routes/        # Express route handlers
│   ├── models/        # Supabase data models
│   ├── services/      # Business logic (prop analysis, odds normalization)
│   ├── middleware/     # Auth, rate limiting, scan counting
│   └── utils/         # Helpers, formatters, validators
├── tests/             # Unit + integration tests
├── docs/              # API docs, architecture notes
├── specs/             # Feature specs (write BEFORE code)
├── build-briefs/      # Session summaries
├── CLAUDE.md          # This file
├── ROADMAP.md         # Feature roadmap with phases
├── BUILD-STATE.md     # Current build status
├── BLOCKERS.md        # Unresolved blockers
└── DECISIONS.md       # Architecture decisions log

All-Day Intelligence Layer (Session 23)

Free/cheap content that keeps the platform alive when odds-api props are empty. NONE of these spend odds-api credits:

• /api/schedule/:sport — cache-aside ESPN scoreboard (scheduleService), self-heals on cache miss. Per-game hasOdds/hasGameLines flags peek at other caches without fetching.
• /api/gamelines/:sport — Tank01 book-by-book lines (RAPID_API_KEY quota).
• /api/streaks/:sport + /api/hotlist/:sport — PURE engines (streaksService, hotListService) computed from cached game logs. NO API calls. Logs loaded by rosterLogs.js (prefetch blob, else Redis SCAN over gamelogs:{sport}:{player}:{count}). Empty roster = valid empty state.
• ?stat= filters narrow streaks/hotlist; categories in config/statFilters.js (mirror web/src/config/statFilters.ts). Discovery: /api/stats/filters/:sport.
• Dead providers: set status: 'dead' in config/providers.js to drop a provider from fallback chains + configured list (ParlayAPI host is dead).

Provider Strategy (Session 30)

Player props now have abundance, not rationing.

• Player props — PRIMARY: PropLine (proplineAdapter, 3 keys PROPLINE_API_KEY_1/2/3, 3,000 req/day FREE, rotates per-key; registry propline priority 1). BACKUP: The Odds API (ODDS_API_KEY, 500/month, priority 2, conserve). getOdds() tries PropLine first when keys present, falls back to odds-api; the response + cache carry a provider field. PropLine is The-Odds-API-compatible → reuses utils/oddsNormalizer. MLB market keys (batter_hits, pitcher_strikeouts, …) were added to MARKET_MAP — without them MLB props normalize to zero.
• MLB stats — mlbStatsAdapter → statsapi.mlb.com. FREE, no auth, unlimited. Game logs, season averages, BvP, probable pitchers. Does NOT use the gateway (no quota). Registry mlb-stats (noAuth: true).
• Game enrichment — scheduleService.getGameSummary(sport, eventId) → ESPN summary (injuries, ESPN Bet odds, ATS, leaders, box score). Free.
• Game-level odds — Tank01 (unchanged). Tank01 PLAYER PROPS = empty, do not wire.

Grades Content Pipeline (Session 32)

Closes the content pipeline: contentTemplateService reads a grades:{sport} cache "when present" but nothing wrote it, so slate/POTD never reached dataLevel: 'full'.

• Writer — gradeSlateService.gradeAndCacheSlate(sport, props, opts) dedupes props to unique player+stat+line (cap 25, concurrency 5), grades BOTH sides via analyzeViaEngine1 (engine1 is direction-aware — keeps the higher-confidence side), sorts by confidence desc, writes grades:{sport} = { grades, updated_at, source } (TTL 2h). The legacy grade shape already matches normalizeGrade — no remap needed.
• Trigger — fire-and-forget inside oddsService.recordDownstream (runs on a fresh odds fetch / cache MISS, NOT on cache hits). Does NOT hold the odds HTTP response. Gated by shouldGradeSlate(): ON by default, OFF when NODE_ENV==='test' (its feature-compute fan-out would pollute call-count assertions), override with GRADE_SLATE_ON_FETCH=1/0. 0 is the operator kill-switch if the per-prop feature-compute cost needs shedding.

NFL/NHL Props (Session 32)

NFL + NHL wired end-to-end. the-odds-api keys are americanfootball_nfl and icehockey_nhl (full-name prefix like basketball_nba) — NOT football_nfl/hockey_nhl (those are PropLine's keys in proplineAdapter). oddsService.SPORT_KEYS + SPORT_MARKETS carry both; proplineAdapter.MARKETS filled. NHL keys (player_shots_on_goal, goalie_saves) added to MARKET_MAP so NHL props don't silently normalize to zero in-season.

Public Route Rate Limiting (Session 32)

middleware/rateLimit (createRateLimit, in-memory per-IP, independent bucket per call site) now mounts via router.use at the top of every public cached router: odds + parlay = 30/min, schedule/gamelines/streaks/hotlist/ content/lines/books = 60/min. /api/analyze keeps its own 10/min.

Frontend ↔ Backend Wiring (Session 25 — non-obvious)

A new Express route under /api/* is NOT reachable from the browser until a matching Next.js proxy route exists at web/src/app/api/.../route.ts that forwards to ${BACKEND_URL}/api/.... The browser hits the Next origin, not Express directly. This bit us: schedule/gamelines/streaks/hotlist endpoints worked on Express but 404'd in the UI for two sessions. When adding a backend endpoint the frontend calls, ALWAYS add the proxy too (pattern: web/src/app/api/odds/nba/route.ts).

Tank01 betting-odds real shape: sportsbooks are TOP-LEVEL keys on each game object ({ awayTeam, homeTeam, bet365:{...} }), not a sportsBooks array. Filter NON_BOOK_KEYS to extract books (see gameLines.js).

VYNDR 2.0 Design System (Session 33 — Phase A+B)

Multi-session frontend conversion of the claude.ai/design "VYNDR 2.0" handoff (NOT a backend change). Foundation shipped; pages/mobile/systems are Sessions 34+. Source of truth = the prototype's vyndr.css + VYNDR_HANDOFF.md.

• Tokens live in web/src/app/globals.css :root. The NEW canonical set is the short names: grades --g-ap/--g-a/--g-b/--g-c/--g-d, sports --s-nba/--s-mlb/--s-wnba/--s-soccer, --amber, --live/--hit/--miss, --scan-op (0.04), --glitch (1), --sans (Inter), --mono (JetBrains Mono). The legacy alias block (--grade-a, --nba, --accent, …) is KEPT — do not delete it until every consumer is migrated.
• Two hard brand rules: (1) JetBrains Mono (var(--mono) / .mono) for ALL data — odds, %, timestamps, book names, stat lines, grades; Inter (var(--sans)) for everything else. (2) Glitch animations apply ONLY to chrome (wordmark, headers-on-hover, dividers, loaders, living layer). DATA NEVER GLITCHES.
• Glitch keyframes (§4) are appended to globals.css after the legacy block — later-wins where names collide, so the appended VYNDR-2.0 definitions are authoritative. Entrance keyframes floor at the visible state (fade-in from opacity .6) so a paused frame is never invisible.
• Shared components: @/components/vyndr/* (Wordmark, GradeBadge, SportBadge, TerminalInput, SectionHead, VBtn, Card, Sparkline, Ticker), helpers in web/src/lib/vyndrTokens.js. The NEW Wordmark is .wm markup at @/components/vyndr/Wordmark; the legacy @/components/Wordmark (.wordmark) is still used by Nav until pages convert. vyndrTokens.js is CommonJS so it's importable by .tsx (allowJs) AND requireable by the plain-JS Jest suite — keep helper logic there so it stays genuinely unit-testable.
• a11y layer (§10): <html data-contrast|data-text|data-cb|data-font| data-motion> overrides in globals.css. Wiring the toggles to these attrs is Phase G (Session 38).

VYNDR 2.0 App Shell (Session 34 — Phase C)

The frame every page sits in. Frontend-only.

• Routing config = web/src/lib/routes.js (CommonJS so it's unit-testable): GATED_ROUTES, OPEN_ROUTES, HASH_ALIASES, isGatedRoute(), resolveHashAlias(). GATED is deliberately narrow — only personal surfaces (ledger/tracker/account/profile/settings/notifications/invite). dashboard + scan stay OPEN (the free-scan funnel); gating them would be a monetization regression.
• Auth gate = CLIENT-side (components/AuthGate.tsx, mounted around <main> in layout). Our Supabase session lives in localStorage, not an httpOnly cookie, and middleware.ts is locale-only — a server middleware can't read it. The gate uses useAuth().loading/user + isGatedRoute() and redirects to /login?next=<path> (the param /login already consumes). Do NOT try to move this to middleware without first adding @supabase/auth-helpers-nextjs + cookie sessions (a separate, larger change).
• Hash deep-links: components/vyndr/HashRedirect.tsx translates #scan/#terminal/… → real Next routes once on mount. We keep file-based routing; hashes are just redirect aliases for old share links / PWA shortcuts.
• Nav (components/Nav.tsx): uses the new @/components/vyndr Wordmark (.wm), mono uppercase links, active = --g-a, a More dropdown, and a Ticker under the bar. The fixed header is 60px nav + 32px ticker, so layout main paddingTop is 96 (not 64) — keep that in sync if the header height changes.
• Footer (components/Footer.tsx) is mounted GLOBALLY in the layout (not per-page). System voice + "BUILT BY KEVON BUTLER · DETROIT".
• 404 (app/not-found.tsx) is the north star — scanlines, crt-sweep, glitch wordmark, amber 404. Interactive CTAs live in client NotFoundActions so the page stays a server component (keeps its metadata export).
• RouteStub (components/vyndr/RouteStub.tsx) backs not-yet-built routes (terminal/compare/invite/help/about/notifications). Never stub over a route that already has real content.

VYNDR 2.0 Core Screens (Session 35 — Phase D)

• Grade Result Card = @/components/vyndr/GradeResultCard (the product's core moment) + ProcessingGrade (the factor-ignite reveal that precedes it). Feed them the §7 contract via lib/gradeAdapter.js (mapScanToGradeResult). The adapter is CommonJS (unit-testable) and tier-gates content: free = 3-signal teaser, no kill conditions, no alt ladder; analyst = full signals + kill conditions; desk = + alt ladder. Keep that gating — the card itself shows whatever it's given, so the giveaway-prevention lives in the adapter. GradeResultCard returns the inferred JS-object type loosely, so cast mapScanToGradeResult(...) as GradeResultData at call sites (the JS adapter has no TS types).
• Scan grade flow (app/scan/page.tsx) now renders ProcessingGrade→ GradeResultCard. The existing search/limit/parlay logic, markReadComplete reads tracking, and noopener noreferrer sportsbook deep-links were preserved — don't drop those when iterating.
• GameCard = @/components/vyndr/GameCard (Bloomberg best/worst line cells: best = rgba(0,212,160,.13) + green left border, worst = subtle red). Built + tested but NOT yet swapped into the live dashboard/Slate.tsx — that data-mapping swap is a pending task; don't assume the dashboard uses it yet.
• Terminal (app/terminal/page.tsx) is a real page now (server component, sample intel data) — no longer a RouteStub. Real-data wiring is later.
• ClaimMeter = @/components/vyndr/ClaimMeter (founder-seat scarcity), on the landing under the Hero.

VYNDR 2.0 Remaining Screens (Session 36 — Phase E)

• Dashboard lines — lib/slateAdapter.js (parseAmericanOdds, detectBestLines, mapScheduleToGameCards) is the testable best/worst-line engine. The LEGACY components/GameCard.tsx (used by the live Slate, with inline grading) was RESKINNED to render its game-lines grid via detectBestLines (best = green tint + green left border, worst = subtle red)
  • SportBadge. IMPORTANT: the live Slate still uses the legacy GameCard, NOT vyndr/GameCard — a full swap needs inline grading ported into the new component first (slateAdapter + vyndr/GameCard are ready for it).
• Real pages (were RouteStubs): compare, invite, help, about. Only /notifications is still a RouteStub (keep the Session-34 stub test in sync if you convert it).
• Reskinned (logic preserved): login (scanlines + "ACCESS THE SIGNAL"), pricing (+ ClaimMeter). account redirects to /profile.

VYNDR 2.0 Mobile Parity (Session 37 — Phase F)

• Bottom tab bar = components/BottomTabBar.tsx: 5 tabs (Slate/Terminal/ Scan/Ledger/More), Scan is the prominent raised grade-green action, More opens an integrated bottom sheet. Shown for ALL users (anon included — it's the only mobile nav); hidden on auth flows + landing via HIDE_ON, and hidden ≥768px via the .mobile-tab-bar rule in globals.css. The Nav hamburger is retired on mobile (the tab bar owns nav); the Nav's mobile panel is now dead code.
• Mobile CSS lives in the "MOBILE PARITY" section of globals.css: main bottom-padding clears the 64px bar + safe-area <768px; .grade-hero (the GradeResultCard letter) → 80px <640px; .terminal-grid stacks <768px; .game-lines-grid horizontal-scroll. Class hooks: grade-hero, terminal-grid.
• PWA: manifest has shortcuts (Slate/Scan/Terminal) + categories [sports,finance,productivity]; layout viewport sets viewportFit: 'cover'.
• BUILD GOTCHA: don't use as const on heterogeneous config arrays (TABS) — it makes each entry a distinct literal type and optional props fail type-check. Use a shared interface. And the build worker exits code 1 on type errors — check the build EXIT CODE, not just a | tail of its output.

VYNDR 2.0 Systems (Session 38 — Phase G)

Testable CommonJS modules in lib/ + thin React glue:

• lib/parlayMath.js — frontend correlation model (player 0.62 / team 0.34 / league 0.06 / cross-sport 0), parlayGrade penalty, grade→odds. Backend parlayService (S28) still owns server combined odds.
• lib/oddsFormat.js — fmtOdds(value, format). CRITICAL: only signed-int strings + integer numbers are odds; totals/lines/spreads pass through UNCHANGED (parseMoneyline). This is intentionally stricter than the prototype's parseAm (which would mis-convert 228.5) — keep it that way.
• lib/prefs.js — applyPrefs sets <html data-*> (the S33 CSS layer keys off these), load/save to localStorage('vyndr_prefs').
• lib/liveTick.js — single tick store; never auto-starts (SSR/test-safe), start() runs the unref'd 1s interval, tick() emits a fresh state object.
• lib/checkout.js — checkoutUrl(plan).
• components/vyndr/LiveLayer.tsx (useLive/LiveNumber/HeartbeatBar) + GlobalHosts.tsx (mounted in layout — applies prefs, registers window.__prefs/__goPaywall/__checkout, hosts Prefs + Paywall modals).
• Header is now 124px tall (nav 60 + ticker 32 + heartbeat 30): layout main paddingTop = 124, Slate sticky top = 122. Keep them in sync if header changes.
• GOTCHA: don't return a Set.delete-based unsub directly from useEffect (returns boolean ≠ valid cleanup) — wrap as () => { unsub(); }.

VYNDR 2.0 Conversion COMPLETE (Session 39 — Phase H QA)

The 7-session design conversion (33–39) is done and parity-verified against §13.

• Parity invariants are locked by tests/unit/vyndrParityQA.test.js — if you later add a glitch class to a data component, a raw #00ffb8/sport hex, a dead onClick={}, or break the gated-route list, that suite fails. Keep it green.
• INTENTIONAL hex (do NOT "fix" to tokens): var(--token, #fallback) fallbacks, Next metadata themeColor, and the bespoke intel-surface/red-tint text shades (#e8fff4/#bdf5e2/#ff8a8a/#ff8b7a/#ffb0a4/#ffd9a8/#04140f) ported from the prototype — no token equivalent.
• The GradeResultCard hero LETTER is intentionally var(--sans) (display), matching the prototype; all grade DATA rows + the GradeBadge chip are mono.
• DEFERRED (never in 33–39 scope): a true ⌘K command palette (Nav › Query currently links to /scan).
• TEST DE-FLAKE: soccerFeatureExtractorCascade gets jest.setTimeout(20000) — it falls through to live adapters on cache miss and flaked at Jest's 5s default under full-suite load (same family as the S32 pipeline test).

P0 Audit Fixes (Session 41 — non-obvious)

• THREE stat_type whitelists must stay in sync. A prop's stat_type is gated in src/routes/analyze.js (/prop + /batch), src/routes/scan.js (parlay legs), AND src/services/python/utils/validation.py. Adding a sport's stats to one without the others silently 400s. The S41 MLB bug was exactly this: Python had the MLB set; both Node gates didn't. mlbGrader.js is DEAD CODE (required nowhere) — the live MLB grade path is the generic engine1 feature pipeline, which keys off the Python validator's exact stat names (rbi/runs/innings_pitched, NOT rbis/runs_scored/outs_recorded).
• tests/integration/analyze.test.js sits exactly at the 10-req/min IP rate limit (createRateLimit max:10, no reset hook). Adding any HTTP test there 429s the later cases. Put new analyze-route HTTP tests in a SEPARATE file (jest isolates module state per file → fresh limiter): see tests/integration/analyzeMlbStats.test.js.
• Fonts are self-hosted via next/font/google (layout.tsx): Inter→ --font-sans, JetBrains_Mono→--font-mono, IBM_Plex_Mono→--font-ibm, all set on <html className>. globals.css :root maps --sans/--mono/ --ibm-mono onto them. CRITICAL: next/font OBFUSCATES family names, so literal 'JetBrains Mono'/'IBM Plex Mono' in CSS or inline fontFamily no longer resolve — always reference the variable. The old fonts.googleapis.com CDN <link> is GONE (it 503'd in prod). ShareCard canvas still uses literal names (canvas can't read CSS vars) — knowingly left.
• Redirect routes use server-component redirect() from next/navigation (/settings→/profile, /report→/blog). /settings/security is a REAL MFA enrollment page — do NOT clobber it into a redirect.
• Profile tier reads from useAuth().tier (the nav's source), not the /api/user/profile fetch, so the two can't disagree.

Player Intelligence System (Session 42 — non-obvious)

Built from the Claude Design "VYNDR Player Intelligence" bundle.

• Archetypes (41, NOT 45) — 15 NBA + 5 WNBA-unique + 15 MLB + 6 soccer. The canonical registry is src/services/archetypeService.js (ARCHETYPES keyed by UPPERCASE name; classify/getArchetype). The frontend visual map (color + glyph SVG + desc) is duplicated in web/src/lib/archetypes.js because the browser can't import the backend; a test asserts the colors MATCH. Colors are unique WITHIN a sport but REUSED across sports (a TWO-WAY archetype is purple in NBA + WNBA) — don't "dedupe" them. classify(sport, stats) is a feature-scoring classifier → { primary, secondary|null, blend: [{archetype, weight}] }.
• StatStrip rule — player name appears ONCE; stats are horizontal mono runs. Never stack the name per stat. components/vyndr/StatStrip.tsx (compact + expanded). vyndr/GameCard prefers playerStrips (grouped) over legacy per-prop rows; both kept for back-comat.
• Stats API — src/routes/stats.js ALREADY existed (filters/public/live); Session 42 ADDED /player/:name, /leaders, /game/:id (don't recreate the file). Aggregation logic is in src/services/playerIntelService.js (testable; inject cacheGet). The name param is sanitized there (strip non-name chars, cap 60). Reads grades:{sport} cache for a player's props. Frontend needs the Next proxy (app/api/stats/player|leaders/route.ts) — Express isn't reachable from the browser directly (same rule as S25).
• Player links — always via web/src/lib/playerHref.js → /player/:name?sport=.
• GradeResultCard / gradeAdapter — new card sections (archetypeBlend, propDNA, statContext, vyndrIntel) are OPTIONAL + self-hiding; gradeAdapter.buildIntelFields only populates them when the engine supplies archetype/season_avg/form/etc. They light up once the Session-43 data pipeline feeds them — no empty boxes now.
• Settings — /settings is now a REAL page (replaced the S41 redirect). It LINKS to /settings/security (the real MFA page) — never overwrite that. Danger zone delete is gated on deleteText === 'DELETE'; there's NO backend deletion endpoint yet, so the confirmed action surfaces an honest "email support" message rather than faking success.
• Components added to the barrel: ArchetypeBadge, ArchetypeBlend, StatStrip, BookChip (@/components/vyndr). Book brand map = web/src/lib/books.js.

Data Pipeline Wiring (Session 43 — non-obvious)

• Dropdown z-index P0 — the <nav> uses backdrop-filter, which creates a stacking context. The living-layer bars (Ticker, HeartbeatBar) render as siblings AFTER it, so dropdowns that overflow below the 60px nav got covered. The nav carries position:relative; zIndex:2 to float above them — don't remove it, and keep dropdown menus at zIndex:100.
• MLB real stats — mlbStatsAdapter is id-keyed; Session 43 added searchPlayer(name) (resolves via the cached season player list) + getPlayerStats(name). playerIntelService.resolvePlayerStats(name, sport) normalizes the raw statsapi.mlb.com object into the archetype classifier's input shape + display rows. getPlayerIntel classifies from REAL stats now. Adapters are injectable (opts.mlbAdapter/opts.resolveStats) — tests never hit the network. NBA/WNBA uses nbaStatsClient (Python service, usually offline in prod → degrades to found:false, NOT an error).
• Grade-card intel — analyzeViaEngine1.buildIntelFields(features) computes stat-context + form/usage/matchup/rest from the EXISTING feature vector (no extra I/O) and Object.assigns them onto the legacy result. gradeAdapter maps them into the card. Archetype is deliberately NOT attached at grade time (the per-prop feature vector has no multi-stat season line) — that strip waits for the Session-44 pipeline. Keep grade-time I/O at zero (slate grades in tight loops; this is why archetype isn't fetched per-prop).
• slateAdapter now emits playerStrips (groupPropsByPlayer) + pitchers (mapPitchers) on every card. The LIVE slate still uses the legacy components/GameCard (which ignores those + renders BookChip in its line grid); the full swap to vyndr/GameCard is still pending (needs inline grading ported). mapPitchers returns undefined for non-MLB / no probables.
• depthChartService (getLineup/getDepthChart/getCascadeProjection) + /api/stats/lineup|depth|cascade are the foundation; all graceful + injectable. matchesTeam must guard empty names (t.includes('') is always true) — and the schedule find checks g.home/g.away, not the game object.

VYNDR Original Archetypes + Make-It-Visible (Session 44 — non-obvious)

• Archetype names are VYNDR Originals (TORCH/BOMBER/ALPHA/…), NOT the old descriptive labels. The registry keys in archetypeService.js + the map keys in lib/archetypes.js are the new names; each carries legacyName/legacy (the old label, NEVER displayed). getArchetype() + archetypeInfo() + badgeStyle() resolve legacy names → the canonical VYNDR name (defends stale cached data). The classify() scorer objects use the new keys too — if you edit a threshold, use the new key. Full mapping is in BACKEND_HANDOFF.md.
• MLB power merge: there's ONE power archetype (BOMBER) — it fires for any high-HR bat (incl. high-K sluggers like Judge → BOMBER). The old POWER PULL slot became WHIFF (strikeout-artist pitcher). Don't re-split power.
• BACKEND_HANDOFF.md (repo root) is the canonical frontend↔backend data contract — update it in the same commit when an endpoint/component shape changes.
• Grade-card intel gotcha: the engine→tierGating→/api/scan chain already preserves the intel fields (everything spreads ...result/...data). The bug was scan/page.tsx passing a hardcoded field subset to mapScanToGradeResult — it must forward season_avg/last10_avg/form/usage/matchup_grade/rest/archetype /archetype_blend/prop_dna (and ScanResponse must type them) or the card sections stay hidden.
• Stale games: slateAdapter.isRelevantGame(game, now) drops completed games

  24h old; Slate.filteredGames applies it. Schedule TTL is 60s.

• GameCard swap is DEFERRED (Kev's call): the live Slate keeps the legacy on-demand "Read" card as a bridge until the snapshot pipeline lands. The on-demand grade model is being retired for a pre-graded snapshot model; the vyndr/GameCard (playerStrips/pitchers) is built for that and swaps in then. Don't swap it before the grades cache is populated (cards would be blank).

Snapshot Pipeline (Session 45 — the product model)

The on-demand "Read" grade flow is RETIRED. Grades are produced by a scheduled snapshot, locked to the line, and read from cache.

• snapshotService.runSnapshot(sport) orchestrates EXISTING services (don't rebuild): getOdds → gradeAndCacheSlate (captured via an injected cacheSet, so we re-write an ENRICHED envelope) → classify archetype per player (resolvePlayerStats + archetypeService) → attach gradedAt {line,odds,timestamp} → computeLineDeltas vs previous → write snapshot:{sport}:latest|previous + grades:{sport} → generateTickerEvents → ticker:items. ALL deps injectable → unit-tested with zero network. runAllSnapshots() is the cron entrypoint.
• Redis keys: snapshot:{sport}:latest (current locked snapshot: {grades, deltas}), :previous (for the next delta), grades:{sport} (enriched, read by GameCard/Explore/leaders), ticker:items (capped 50 array).
• Trigger is INTERNAL-ONLY: POST /api/internal/snapshot/:sport|/all behind requireInternalAuth (header x-internal-key == VYNDR_INTERNAL_KEY). /all is registered BEFORE /:sport or Express captures "all" as a sport.
• Cron: src/snapshotScheduler.js, gated SNAPSHOT_CRON=1, UTC hours 14,19,22,1,3, armed in server.js (NOT app.js — app.js is imported by tests). No new dependency. For multi-replica, use an external n8n cron hitting the internal endpoint instead.
• Read path: GET /api/snapshot/:sport (public, cache-only, never triggers a snapshot → can't drain PropLine). GET /api/ticker (public, merges TICKER_MANUAL env pins).
• GameCard swap: the live Slate renders vyndr/GameCard (legacy GameCard kept for TYPES only — import type). It overlays snapshot grades onto each game's odds-derived props via slateAdapter.buildPlayerStripsFromProps (player name once + archetype + locked grade + line-delta sub-line). Ungraded → "Awaiting next scan", NO Read button. StatStrip renders the gradedAt/delta sub-line when a prop carries gradedAt/delta/awaiting (snapshot mode), else the inline chip.
• Ticker (vyndr/Ticker) polls /api/ticker every 30s; the passed items are the initial + graceful fallback (never blanks on fetch failure).
• NBA/WNBA stats: espnStatsAdapter is the FREE fallback when the Python nba_api service is offline. parseAthleteStats is DEFENSIVE (null on any shape it doesn't recognize → found:false). Its live ESPN shape may need prod tuning.
• Env: PROPLINE_API_KEY_1/2/3, VYNDR_INTERNAL_KEY, SNAPSHOT_CRON=1, SNAPSHOT_HOURS_UTC (optional), TICKER_MANUAL (JSON array).

Grade Intel + Name Norm + Pitchers (Session 46 — non-obvious)

• Grade-card intel root cause: buildIntelFields reads l5_avg/l20_avg/ opp_rank_stat/rest_days from the feature vector. gameLogService.getGameLogs is NBA/WNBA-ONLY (offline Python service) → MLB props had NO recent/season averages → intel always empty. FIX: featureCache.gameLogFeatures has an MLB branch using mlbStatsAdapter.getPlayerStats + the pure mlbGameLogFeatures (MLB stat_type→game-log field via MLB_LOG_FIELD). If you add an MLB stat type, add it to MLB_LOG_FIELD or its intel won't compute. buildIntelFields also takes { playerStats, projection } fallbacks — don't remove the resilience.
• Player name normalization: src/utils/playerName.js is the source of truth (frontend copy at web/src/lib/playerName.js — keep them identical; a test cross-checks). normalizeName(raw)→{display,key}: display strips periods + de-dots suffix (keeps accents); key accent-folds + suffix-strips for comparison. Used in snapshotService grouping, slateAdapter grade-index + player-strip merge, and playerIntelService. sanitizePlayerName now returns the de-dotted display ("A.J. Ewing"→"AJ Ewing") — tests that asserted the dotted form were updated.
• MLB pitchers: the ESPN /api/schedule has NO probable pitchers. They come from GET /api/schedule/:sport/pitchers (MLB) → probablePitchers service → mlbStatsAdapter.getScheduleWithPitchers. The Slate matches them to games by team (full name OR mascot via slateAdapter.buildPitcherMap/pitchersForGameTeams). ERA is best-effort (season stats per pitcher id, cached).

Name Norm + Intel + Ticker (Session 47 — non-obvious)

• Name normalization is now complete: playerName.js (both copies, kept identical) strips parenthetical team tags ("(STL)"), de-dots, suffix-strips, accent-folds the key, AND resolves first-name nicknames via the NICKNAMES table ("matt"→"matthew"). nameKey does the nickname resolution; normalizeName does display/key. To add a nickname, edit BOTH copies. The SLATE displays the normalized de-dotted name (buildPlayerStripsFromProps → normalizeName().display), not raw PropLine — that's why "AJ Ewing" shows, not "A.J. Ewing".
• MLB VYNDR INTELLIGENCE fields come from mlbGameLogFeatures: rest_days (gap-1 between the two latest game dates; 0 = B2B), ab_per_game (usage). If a field is missing from the card, check that mlbGameLogFeatures produced it and buildIntelFields has a branch (usage reads usage_rate→minutes→ab_per_game; matchup reads opp_rank_stat→bvp_advantage).
• Ticker SCAN dedup: pushTickerItems keeps one SCAN per sport (via the sport field on the event, or parsed from the text prefix for legacy items). MOVE/GRADE are time-specific and never deduped.
• BOMBER threshold is prorated for mid-season (hr>=15 strong / hr>=10 moderate). If you re-tune archetype thresholds, remember season totals are partial mid-season — don't use full-season cutoffs.

Normalization Chokepoints (Session 48 — non-obvious)

• The snapshot is the normalization SOURCE. snapshotService.runSnapshot normalizes every grade's player to normalizeName().display AND dedupes to one grade per nameKey|stat_type (highest confidence) before writing grades:{sport} + snapshot:{sport}:latest. So GameCard overlay, Explore, leaders, and profile activeProps ALL inherit clean, merged names — don't add per-consumer normalization, fix it here.
• Three paths that needed it (all fixed): snapshot grades (above); buildPlayerStripsFromProps dedupes a player's props by stat (graded > awaiting); scan tonightsPlayers groups by nameKey. If a NEW surface lists players, group by nameKey + display normalizeName().display.
• TWO intel renderers — don't confuse them: the GRADE CARD (scan) uses analyzeViaEngine1.buildIntelFields(features); the PLAYER PROFILE uses playerIntelService.buildIntel(stats). The "+0%"/"—" bug was the PROFILE's defaults — fixed by resolvePlayerStats attaching real usage (AB/G) + rest and buildIntel reading them. The grade card already worked (the full feature merge carries ab_per_game/rest_days; FEATURE_NAMES is meta bookkeeping only, NOT a whitelist that filters the vector).

Onboarding Flow (Session 49 — non-obvious)

• Preferences live in Supabase user_metadata.preferences (NO table/migration). src/routes/preferences.js GET/POST behind requireAuth, read/written via the service client's auth.admin.getUserById/updateUserById. POST is a PARTIAL merge (only body keys change) + sanitized (valid sports only, ≤12 books, clamped limit). Shape: { sports[], books[], weekly_limit, onboarding_complete }.
• Redirect reads FRESH from the API, not session metadata. The dashboard fetches /api/preferences on mount and redirects new+incomplete users to /onboarding. Don't rely on session.user.user_metadata for this — it's stale after a backend write (admin API doesn't refresh the client session).
• Existing users are exempt via a created_at >= ONBOARDING_CUTOFF (2026-06-19) check. The redirect effect also early-returns while authLoading (else it bounces unauthenticated users to onboarding instead of login).
• Dashboard personalization: Slate initialTab = prefs.sports[0]; preferred books highlight in the card lines grid via lib/books.js isPreferredBook (matches DK/draftkings/DraftKings), threaded dashboard → Slate → vyndr/GameCard.
• Settings has a PREFERENCES section (GET to load, POST to save) — the same sports/books/limit the onboarding collects.
• Name micro-fix: playerName.js collapseInitials merges "J C" → "JC" (display + key) so space-separated initials dedupe.

Name Edge Cases + Audit Polish (Session 54 — non-obvious)

• normalizeName now also strips hyphens to spaces ("Jung-hoo" → "Jung hoo") in display+key; nameKey strips single-letter MIDDLE tokens ("Josh H Smith" → "josh smith") — keeps first (may be a collapsed initial like "jc") + last, so real middle names ("Juan Carlos Smith") and first initials are NOT dropped. richie: 'richard' added to NICKNAMES. Both copies kept identical.
• Accent-keep dedup (snapshotService): the variant-grade collapse keeps the highest-CONFIDENCE grade but the richest DISPLAY (prefers accented "José" over "Jose", then longer). That's why prop rows now match the accented pitcher line. hasAccent uses a charCode>127 check (NOT a regex with literal control bytes).
• Team Hub names are normalized in teamService.getTeamHub (the source), not the page — every /api/team/:abbr consumer gets normalizeName().display.

Parlay Lab (Session 50 — non-obvious)

• Correlation model lives in src/services/parlayService.js (ADDED to the S28 categorical matrix — both coexist). correlationScore(l1,l2) is numeric + GAME-aware (0.7 same-player/game, 0.4 same-team/game, 0.2 same-game, 0.0 diff- game). combinedGrade penalizes the leg-grade avg by avgCorrelation*0.5; estimatedPayout = Πfair-odds × (1−avgCorr) discount. gradeParlay is the bundle the route returns. Leg shape: { player, team, game, stat, grade }.
• POST /api/parlay/grade (src/routes/parlay.js) — public, 2–6 legs, returns { combined, correlation, payout, legs }. The Next proxy was pointed at the WRONG upstream (/api/scan/parlay); it now forwards to /api/parlay/grade.
• ParlayContext auto-grades the slip (debounced 250ms) via that endpoint whenever legs change (≥2). combined/correlation/payout are live on the context — don't call the endpoint from components, read the context.
• Leg cap is tier-aware via the context. maxLegs defaults 6; ParlayPanel sets it from useAuth().tier (free 2 / analyst 4 / desk 6). addLeg reads a ref so it stays a stable callback. The "+" buttons no-op at the cap.
• "+" wiring: StatStrip takes onAddLeg/isLegActive; vyndr/GameCard provides them via useParlay (it owns the game id + team). legKey = player|stat|line|direction is the dedupe key (exported from the context).
• ParlayPanel (mounted in layout, REPLACED ParlayTray which called a then-missing /grade endpoint). Floating badge bottom-right when closed; free tier blurs the payout with a window.__goPaywall upsell.

Team Hub (Session 51 — non-obvious)

• teamService.getTeamHub(sport, abbr) is the single payload builder for /team/:abbr. MLB is the real path: mlbStatsAdapter.resolveTeam (abbr→id via the cached /teams list) → getTeamRoster → per-player getSeasonAverages(id) (bounded concurrency 8, reuses playerIntelService._internals mappers) → archetype (the snapshot grade's locked archetype, else classify) → graded props from grades:{sport}. The whole hub is cached 15 min (teamhub:{sport}: {abbr}); each player's season stats cache 6h. NBA/WNBA have no free roster feed → it returns a partial roster built from tonight's graded players + a note. All deps injectable for tests.
• To add a sport's roster, add a real roster source in getTeamHub (the MLB branch is the template); abbr→id mapping is fetched live from statsapi (no hardcoded team table to maintain).
• GET /api/team/:abbr (public, cached) 404s an unknown MLB team. Browser must use the Next proxy app/api/team/[abbr].
• Page split: team/[abbr]/page.tsx is a server wrapper (for generateMetadata) rendering the TeamHub client component (sort/filter/parlay are interactive). Player names → playerHref; team abbrs on game cards → vyndr/GameCard's TeamLink (stops propagation from the open-game handler). The roster "+" reuses the Parlay Lab (useParlay/legKey).

Infra Verification (Session 52 — non-obvious)

• GET /api/internal/snapshot/status (internal-key gated) is the post-deploy health probe: { cron_armed, cron_hours_utc, last_snapshot, redis_keys, ticker_count }. Use it to confirm the snapshot pipeline is alive without shelling into the container.
• Scheduler logs both states on start: armed ([snapshotScheduler] armed — SNAPSHOT_CRON=…) and disarmed. If you see neither in container logs, startSnapshotScheduler() isn't being called.
• SNAPSHOT_DEBUG=1 turns on a per-run [deltas] log in computeLineDeltas (off by default — it's a hot path). Confirms a previous snapshot exists to diff.
• Redis persistence is NOT app-controlled. ioredis connects via REDIS_URL; AOF/RDB is a server-side Coolify config. Snapshot keys disappearing on restart = the Redis instance has persistence off, not a code bug.
• Push-to-Book is a TEASER only — "BOOK IT ⟶" (StatStrip) + "PUSH-TO-BOOK · COMING SOON" (GradeResultCard) advertise an unbuilt feature. No backend.

Social Preview / OG Image (Session 53 — non-obvious)

• The OG/Twitter image is dynamically generated by the file-based convention web/src/app/opengraph-image.tsx (Twitter re-exports it). Do NOT re-add an images: ['/og-image.png'] to the layout.tsx metadata — that emits a second, conflicting og:image tag. The legacy static /og-image.png still exists in public/ but is unreferenced.
• It uses Node runtime, NOT runtime = 'edge' — this is a self-hosted output: 'standalone' build; edge runtime isn't available off Vercel and breaks next/og here. Don't copy the edge example from Next docs.
• Social copy is intentionally jargon-free (no "Bayesian"/"kill conditions"/"xG regression"). "kill conditions" is still legit IN-APP product copy (help/pricing/ scan) — only the social meta was cleaned.

Self-Learning Loop + Real-Time Layer (Session 55 — non-obvious)

• outcomeService.settleSnapshot(sport, deps) is the self-learning loop: reads snapshot:{sport}:latest, settles each locked grade vs the REAL result from mlbStatsAdapter.getPlayerStats().last10 (game-log row whose date matches the graded date — UTC or ET, to cover late-game rollover), records hit/miss/push, and writes outcomes:{sport}:log + accuracy:{sport} + accuracy:overall. Idempotent — dedupe key is nameKey|stat|line|side|date; re-running never double-counts. Presence of a game-log row ⇒ the game is FINAL (no separate status check). NBA/WNBA have no free settled-result feed → they stay pending (never throw). If you add an MLB stat_type, add it to MLB_LOG_FIELD in outcomeService (a LOCAL copy — settlement is decoupled from featureCache's map on purpose) or its props won't settle.
• Accuracy pct EXCLUDES pushes (hits/(hits+misses)); sample counts pushes. Grade buckets: A+ stands alone, then first-letter (A-/A→A, B±/B→B). 30-day trailing window keyed off each outcome's game date.
• The cron settles BEFORE it grades (snapshotScheduler tick): settle yesterday's now-completed games, then grade today's fresh slate. Trigger manually via internal POST /api/internal/outcomes/all (same key as snapshot).
• GET /api/accuracy (public, cached) + GET /api/ledger/accuracy (buckets — the pre-existing Next ledger/accuracy proxy finally has a writer). Browser reaches them via web/src/app/api/accuracy/route.ts (new proxy) — same S25 rule.
• AccuracyBadge (@/components/vyndr) is HONEST: < MIN_SAMPLE (8 settled) → "MODEL · LEARNING" (amber), else "A-RATED · X% HIT · 30D" (green). Pass sport= for a sport-specific record. Self-hides only when the fetch fails/empty.
• Settled outcomes overlay the live slate: GET /api/snapshot/:sport merges outcomes:{sport}:log onto grades (outcome:{result,actual}), threaded through slateAdapter.buildPlayerStripsFromProps → StatStrip.OutcomeChip (✓ HIT (2) / ✕ MISS). A settled prop hides its "+parlay" / BOOK-IT chips (the bet is over).
• Real-time Slate: fetchSlate(tab, silent=true) polls every 60s WITHOUT the skeleton flash and NEVER wipes a good view on a transient empty result (guard: if (silent && allGames.length===0) return). The "SIGNAL LIVE · UPDATED Xs ago" strip uses lastRefreshed + a 15s nowTick. Ticker has an anchored LIVE badge that flashes on a new head event.
• Founder pricing: stripeService FOUNDER_CODE_EXPIRY default is now 2026-12-31 (was 2026-06-30, which had lapsed and disabled every founder code
  • the ClaimMeter pitch). That expiry lapsing — NOT a tier-limit change — was the cause of the "4 stripe test failures." Operators override via FOUNDER_CODE_EXPIRY.

Data Audit + Pipeline Resilience (Session 56 — non-obvious)

• specs/propline-audit.md + specs/vyndr-roadmap.md are the source of truth for data coverage + the session plan. Re-run node scripts/propline-audit.js (writes raw JSON to stdout; live sections need network) to refresh.
• A market only fully works if it's wired at FOUR layers: requested in proplineAdapter.MARKETS, mapped in oddsNormalizer.MARKET_MAP, whitelisted in all three grade gates (routes/analyze.js, routes/scan.js, python/utils/validation.py), AND (for MLB) present in MLB_LOG_FIELD in BOTH featureCache and outcomeService. Miss the map → silent zero; miss the log field → no features + no settlement. batter_rbis was mapped to rbis while everything else keyed on rbi — a 4-layer desync that silently killed RBI props. It's rbi now; a normalizer test locks it.
• The streaks/hotlist path uses its own rbis key built from raw MLB stats — independent of the odds normalizer. Don't "unify" them; the split is intentional.
• MLB is the ONLY end-to-end-live sport. Outcome settlement is MLB-only (WNBA/NBA/soccer grades never settle → accuracy reflects MLB only). Fixing that (ESPN box-score settle path) is roadmap Session 57.
• src/utils/opsNotify.js pushes pipeline alerts to ntfy (vyndr-pipeline- kev2026). It NEVER throws and is auto-disabled under NODE_ENV==='test' / PIPELINE_ALERTS=0 (inject fetchImpl to test it). snapshotService alerts on success/stale/failure; snapshotScheduler has a per-minute missed-cron watchdog (isSnapshotOverdue, exposed as overdue on the status probe).
• Snapshot retry rule: retry-once ONLY on a thrown/null odds response (a transient provider blip). A successful-but-empty slate is NOT retried — that's a legit off-hours empty slate, and retrying would waste quota + add 60s latency.

Phase 0 — Kill the Lies (Session 57 — non-obvious)

Work-order Phase 0 (Jul 10 live audit): fabricated UI deleted/rewired. The overhaul work order lives in specs/phase-0-kill-the-lies.md (+ the full phased plan in the Session-57 conversation / BUILD-STATE Next section).

• ESPN schedule is date-pinned now. fetchScheduleFromEspn(sport, date) sends ?dates=YYYYMMDD AND filters events to the requested ET date (undated events dropped). Without this, off-season ESPN returns the NEAREST slate — the Jun 13 NYK@SA Finals game rendered as "tonight" all July. Don't remove the defensive filter even though the param "should" be enough.
• liveTick carries NO display data — state is { tick } only (1s re-render pulse). Real header numbers come from GET /api/snapshot/summary (public, cache-only; registered BEFORE /:sport in routes/snapshot.js). vyndrSystems.test.js fails if fabricated counters reappear.
• Ticker hides below 4 real items (spec §3) and publishes --ticker-h (32px/0px) on <html>. Layout main paddingTop = calc(92px + var(--ticker-h, 0px)), Slate sticky top = calc(90px + ...). If you change header heights, update BOTH calc bases (they replace the old 124/122 constants). No hardcoded fallback ticker items — real exhaust or nothing.
• /terminal redirects to /dashboard. The old page's layouts (VVI cards, injury wire, leaders) are preserved UNROUTED in web/src/components/intel/TerminalTemplates.tsx as §12 content-engine templates — every constant in there is SAMPLE data; never route it as-is. BottomTabBar's 5 tabs are now Slate/Explore/Scan/Ledger/More.
• Empty slates use web/src/lib/emptyState.js (month-aware per-sport copy). It's CommonJS + unit-tested; add sports there, not inline.

Phase 1 — Truth Infrastructure (Session 58 — non-obvious)

• DATA SEMANTICS RULE (system-wide): VYNDR never generates lines/odds — market values are REAL book numbers captured at a timestamp; only model_value/grade/edge/confidence are model output, always labeled MODEL in the UI. Any path that would fill in a market value must show an absent state. Number(null) === 0 is the classic fabrication bug — use numOrNull (ledgerService) style strict parsing.
• ledger_entries (migration 019, APPLIED): user_id NULL rows = the PUBLIC model record (pipeline-only — never write anon scans there!). Dedupe = UNIQUE NULLS NOT DISTINCT (user_id, player_key, stat, line, side, game_id); upserts use ignoreDuplicates: true so re-runs never overwrite the original lock. RLS: clients read own rows + public rows; ALL writes via service role. player_key = nameKey().
• Write paths: pipeline → snapshotService calls ledgerService.recordPipelineGrades + captureClosing (best-effort, never breaks the snapshot; no-op without SUPABASE env). User scans → the NEXT /api/scan route (writeLedgerEntry), authed users only.
• Closing/CLV: captureClosing overwrites today's unsettled rows' closing_line/odds on EVERY snapshot — last write before game start is the close. CLV is SIGNED BY SIDE: over = locked − closing (positive = market moved toward the grade = 'beat'); under = inverse. Settlement (settleLedger) runs in the scheduler's pre-grade settle pass and via POST /api/internal/ledger/settle; idempotent (.is('outcome', null) guard).
• Insufficient data (work-order 1.5): analyzeViaEngine1 REFUSES (grade null + insufficient_data: true) when projectionFor finds no model reference (l5→l20→{stat}_per_90→xG-for-goals). gradeSlateService filters refusals out of the slate; parlay legs degrade to the F-stub; the scan route writes nothing and doesn't burn a scan. If you add a sport, make sure its feature extractor emits a projection field or every prop refuses.
• n≥20 rule: getModelAggregate returns hit_pct/beat_close_pct as NULL under 20 settles; every surface (ledger MODEL tab, ModelRecord) renders "RECORD BUILDING" instead. Never render a % on a small sample.
• SYNC thresholds come from SNAPSHOT_EXPECTED_INTERVAL (s; default 18000) via /api/snapshot/summary expected_interval_s. Phase 2.5 drops the value to the intraday cadence — no UI change needed.

Player Keys + Slate Join + Mobile Nav (Session 59 — non-obvious)

• mlbStatsAdapter.searchPlayer resolves via nameKey (canonical, accent-folded). NEVER reintroduce substring matching — it returned the WRONG player's id on a near-miss (the audit's mismatched last-10 bug). Fallback is unique last-name+first-initial or null: a missing profile beats another player's log.
• The slate JOIN INVARIANT lives in buildPlayerStripsFromProps(…, gameTeams): a graded prop whose player's real team (snapshot team, from the stats resolve) isn't a game participant is DROPPED. Props with no team info are kept (can't verify ≠ wrong). Tests in slateAdapterStrips lock it.
• grades:{sport} is written with SNAP_TTL (6h), NOT 2h — the 2h TTL expired between 5h-apart cron runs and blanked /team + Explore mid-day.
• Sport tabs are THE filter (?sport= URL param, history.replaceState). The dashboard has NO second tablist — legacy sections subscribe via Slate's onTabChange. Don't re-add a duplicate tab row.
• lib/pipelineSchedule.js mirrors SNAPSHOT_HOURS_UTC (14,19,22,1,3) for "Grades post ~X ET" waiting states; a test cross-checks it against snapshotScheduler.HOURS_UTC. Change the cron → change both.
• BottomTabBar shows on '/' — hiding it there left anon phones with ZERO navigation (desktop links hide <768, hamburger retired). HIDE_ON is auth flows only.
• GameCard collapse: 6 graded props max (sorted A+→F), "ALL N READS →" expands in place; GAME LINES <640px = .gl-summary best-line row + expander revealing .gl-full.gl-expanded.

Night-2 Board (Session 60 — non-obvious)

• SNAP_TTL is 24h ON PURPOSE (was 6h): the overnight cron gap is 11h; a shorter TTL silently kills the morning accuracy settle. AUTONOMY.md is the zero-touch trace — update it when the loop's shape changes.
• The snapshot pipeline FEEDS the aggregator: mergeRosterLogs writes rosterlogs:{sport} (72h TTL, cap 300) from the same stats resolve that classifies archetypes. Streaks/hot-lists starve if you remove it — the external prefetch (n8n/tank01) was never armed.
• THE LENS RULE: no raw streak renders alone — streakLens.applyLens attaches built-vs / tonight's matchup (+opposing SP ERA for MLB batters) / difficulty / one-line read. Absent context = say less, never invent. Streaks are FREE for every tier; hot lists keep the free top-3 gate.
• Phase 2.5 lives in intradayRefreshService: signed delta vs the GRADED side; STEAM never re-grades; ≥1.0 against re-grades THAT prop at the real current line; a dropped grade sets revised_from_grade ONCE (the original letter is forever). applyRevision only touches unsettled public rows. Scheduler skips full-snapshot slots; INTRADAY_REFRESH=0 kills it. After deploy set SNAPSHOT_EXPECTED_INTERVAL=1200.
• /api/players/search is the canonical resolver (nameKey fuzzy; MLB = statsapi list, others = cached names). The Python service is a fallback only. Never reintroduce raw-substring matching.
• Landing renders instantly for anon: hasStoredSession() sync localStorage gate — do NOT re-block the marketing render on useAuth().loading; that was the 3–4s LOADING THE SLATE bug.
• QA.20–22 in vyndrParityQA lock the night's color semantics (STEAM amber / VALUE green / red = STALE-or-miss only), mono data surfaces, and schedule-derived waiting copy. Keep them green.

Affiliate + Partner Plumbing (A1 S3 — non-obvious)

• Every sportsbook link goes through web/src/lib/bookLinks.js (buildBookLink → {url, tracking}; unknown book → null). The affiliate layer is web/src/lib/affiliateConfig.js — ALL books enabled:false (no program approved); flipping a book + filling params produces tracked URLs with NO component changes. Empty param values are SKIPPED (a half-filled config degrades to organic, never a fabricated id). Anchors MUST render rel={BOOK_LINK_REL} ("sponsored noopener noreferrer") — tests assert it.
• Best-price dot honesty rule: slateAdapter.detectBestBook(rows, side, refLine) returns a book ONLY when ≥2 books post the SAME line for the side and prices differ — never compare odds across different lines, never mark a lone price "best". The per-book rows reach the browser as lines[] on each grouped prop; Slate.groupByGame now threads them as books on PropRowProp (pickLine still picks the single displayed line).
• Partner attribution: ?ref=CODE → vyndr_ref cookie (90d, FIRST-touch, lib/partnerRef.js + PartnerRefCapture in layout) → signUp metadata partner_ref → internal GET /api/partners/report/:code. The user_profiles.partner_ref column does NOT exist yet — the endpoint returns zeros + note until the TODO migration in docs/PARTNERS.md runs (metadata lands in auth.users.raw_user_meta_data, which PostgREST can't query). OAuth signups carry no metadata (known gap). Partner code == Stripe promotion code, verbatim (docs/PARTNERS.md §3).
• Worktree build gotcha: web/node_modules isn't shared into git worktrees and Turbopack REJECTS a symlink pointing outside the project root — use cp -al (hardlink copy) from the main repo's web/node_modules.

Newsletter — THE VYNDR REPORT (Session S7, a1 — non-obvious)

• newsletterService is the whole layer: buildDailyReport(sports, deps) (deterministic VOICE v1.1 template over snapshot grades + streak lens + getModelAggregate; every dep injectable), subscribe(email) and sendDailyReport(opts) (Listmonk, self-hosted, zero out-of-pocket). ALL Listmonk paths are env-gated on LISTMONK_URL/USER/TOKEN/LIST_ID — any missing → { ok:false, reason:'not configured' }, and the capture UI shows "Signups open soon". Auth is the API-user scheme Authorization: token user:token, NOT basic auth.
• Double opt-in is Listmonk's job: subscribe sends preconfirm_subscriptions:false; the list itself must be created as double-opt-in (runbook: docs/NEWSLETTER.md). The email template embeds the LITERAL {{ UnsubscribeURL }} — Listmonk substitutes per-recipient; never "fix" it. A 409 (already subscribed) is returned as ok — no enumeration.
• The send is deliberately unscheduled. Only POST /api/internal/newsletter/send (internal key) triggers it; an empty report (0 signals AND 0 streaks) refuses to send. The record line renders a percentage ONLY when hit_pct != null (n≥20 gate upstream in getModelAggregate), else "RECORD BUILDING · N pending".
• VOICE lint is executable: tests/unit/newsletterService.test.js fails on any !, banned vocabulary (word-boundary regex), or hype emoji in subject/html/text. The RG disclaimer says "No outcome is promised" — the word "guarantee" trips the lint even in a disclaimer, keep it out.
• Capture placement: the signup "done" card auto-redirects after 1.5s (setTimeout(router.replace)) — useless for a form. The free-signup success surface is /welcome. Landing capture sits below FAQ. Subscribe route is 10/min IP-limited → keep tests/integration/newsletterRoute.test.js under 10 subscribe requests (same lesson as analyze.test.js).

Ops Self-Watch (Session 8, A1 board — non-obvious)

• Pure alarm logic lives in src/services/opsWatch.js (failure tracker, zero-settle signal, quota daily check, pulse assembly) + src/services/ systemHealth.js (statfs/os, injectable). snapshotScheduler only WIRES them — keep new alarm logic in opsWatch so it stays unit-testable.
• Zero-settle signal = the ledger settle's own return values (Postgres game_date < today AND outcome IS NULL), NOT snapshot:{sport}:previous — the snapshot key expires in exactly the failure mode the alarm exists to catch (the S60 SNAP_TTL bug). Scoped to SETTLEABLE_SPORTS (mlb); NBA/WNBA rows legitimately stay pending and must not page daily. Morning slot only (morningHourUtc = first configured hour ≥ 06 UTC).
• Failure pager pages ONCE per losing streak (exactly at count 3), not once per failing slot; status:'skipped', reason:'no grades' is NOT a failure (props arrived, grader refused) and resets the counter.
• Daily pulse fires at PULSE_HOUR_UTC (default 13 = 9 AM EDT), one notification, dual dedupe (in-process date + Redis ops:pulse:{date}). Missing data renders 'n/a' — a pulse never fabricates a zero (Data Semantics Rule applies to ops copy). All alert copy: no exclamation points, ever (VOICE v1.1) — tests lint for it.
• Single-suite jest runs of scheduler tests can hang at exit when redis is down (ioredis reconnect timer keeps the process alive) — PRE-EXISTING at baseline, full-suite runs are unaffected. Don't chase it as a leak in new code; inject cacheGet/cacheSet in tests to avoid creating a client.
• Box-side ops (Uptime Kuma, Coolify deploy-failure webhook, ntfy phone setup) = docs/OPS-RUNBOOK.md.

Slip Reader (Session 9, A1 board — non-obvious)

• src/services/slipReader.js — PURE per-book OCR-text layout parsers (DK/FD/MGM/Caesars) + detectBook + parseSlipText(text, bookHint). The NEVER-GUESS contract: every field carries a confidence; below CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD (0.6) the field is NULL + the leg needs_review:true. Values are USER-SLIP values (source:'user_slip') — never written to any market cache. Stat labels normalize via STAT_ALIASES → the scan-route vocabulary (a unit test cross-checks every alias against VALID_STAT_TYPES); players via playerName normalizeName/nameKey.
• Caesars head split is alias-anchored: "Pete Alonso Home Runs Over 0.5" is regex-ambiguous (greedy name eats "Home" → stat "runs" = WRONG-stat fabrication). splitPlayerStat matches the LONGEST known stat alias the head ENDS with; no alias → stat null AND player low-confidence (boundary unknowable). BetMGM legs carry "@ -115" — don't pre-filter its lines with the game-row @ heuristic; the Over/Under grammar is the filter.
• OCR = tesseract.js v7 (Apache-2.0), lazy-required in recognizeImage so the parsers load without WASM. ~46MB on disk (core WASM); eng traineddata (~11MB) downloads ONCE at first recognize and caches at TESSERACT_CACHE_PATH (default .tesseract-cache/) — first prod OCR call needs outbound network, then it's fully offline.
• POST /api/slips/parse (requireAuth): base64/data-URL image ≤4MB decoded OR raw text (paste path, also what hermetic route tests use). Daily quota slips:{user}:{YYYY-MM-DD} — free 1/day, paid 10/day; Redis counter with in-memory mirror (max of both enforces). Validation runs BEFORE the quota is burned. Injectable via router.__internals.setDeps. Next proxy: web/src/app/api/slips/parse/route.ts (S25 rule).
• /slip page (added to GATED_ROUTES): upload/paste → editable leg rows (nulled fields amber; editing clears the flag) → each leg graded via the EXISTING POST /api/scan (refusals render "NO GRADE — insufficient data") → useParlay().addLeg per graded leg → share card is copy-text (no OG plumbing). Sport selector is MLB/NBA/WNBA (ParlayLeg's sport union).
• Vision-model upgrade is POST-REVENUE (specs/vyndr-roadmap.md) — the route contract is the stable interface; only the extraction engine swaps.

Active Skills

• vyndr-voice (all user-facing output)
• prop-analysis (grading methodology)
• monetization-system (scan-5 pitch, tier conversion)