{
  "context": "Tests whether the agent correctly executes the cold-start bootstrap protocol when .nextsteps/ does not exist: creating all three required files with correct structure, seeding project-aware topic affinities, checking .gitignore, and generating a balanced first-activation suggestion set.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "PREFERENCES.md created",
      "description": "A .nextsteps/PREFERENCES.md file exists in the output",
      "max_score": 5
    },
    {
      "name": "HISTORY.md created",
      "description": "A .nextsteps/HISTORY.md file exists in the output",
      "max_score": 5
    },
    {
      "name": "BACKLOG.md created",
      "description": "A .nextsteps/BACKLOG.md file exists in the output",
      "max_score": 5
    },
    {
      "name": "Schema Version 2",
      "description": "PREFERENCES.md contains '## Schema Version: 2' (not version 1 or absent)",
      "max_score": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "Required config fields present",
      "description": "PREFERENCES.md contains all required User Configuration fields: enabled, display-count, min-count, max-count, preferred-categories, excluded-categories, format, show-footer, include-backlog, include-lateral",
      "max_score": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "Project-seeded topic affinities",
      "description": "PREFERENCES.md Topic Affinities section contains at least one topic derived from the project files (e.g. 'flask', 'python', 'api', 'authentication', 'postgresql', 'database', 'testing')",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": ".gitignore suggestion included",
      "description": "The response or next steps includes a suggestion to add '.nextsteps/' to .gitignore (since it is absent from the provided .gitignore file)",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Balanced first-activation categories",
      "description": "The next steps section includes at least one Direct Follow-up AND at least one Actionable Task suggestion (the two STRONG guaranteed categories)",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Lateral suggestion present",
      "description": "The next steps section includes at least one Lateral/Out-of-the-Box suggestion (required when display-count >= 3)",
      "max_score": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "Correct suggestion count",
      "description": "The next steps section shows exactly 5 suggestions (matching the default display-count of 5)",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "HISTORY.md format header",
      "description": "HISTORY.md contains the format comment line specifying event types (e.g. '[SELECTED], [IGNORED], [CONFIG-CHANGE]')",
      "max_score": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "BACKLOG.md format header",
      "description": "BACKLOG.md contains the format comment line specifying statuses (e.g. 'OPEN, IN-PROGRESS, DONE, DISMISSED')",
      "max_score": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "Standard format used",
      "description": "The next steps section in response.md uses the standard format: numbered list with emoji icons (⚡, 🔧, 🔍, 💡, ✅) and a footer line (e.g. '_Your selections help me learn...')",
      "max_score": 5
    }
  ]
}