Processing Rules

Language Policy — English Only

All analysis output, rhetoric summary updates, tracking DB entries, and profile data MUST be written in English regardless of the talk's delivery language. For non-English talks:

• Verbatim quotes: ALWAYS write English translation FIRST, then the original in parentheses. Never the reverse. Format: "English text" (оригинальный текст). Example: "That's the whole point" (В этом весь смысл) — NOT "В этом весь смысл" (That's the whole point)
• Verbal signatures: store separately tagged with language code (e.g., [ru] "получается что") — do NOT merge into the main English signature list
• Slide text: translate in the analysis, note original language
• Humor/wordplay: note when a joke is language-dependent and untranslatable
• Tag the talk entry with delivery_language in the tracking DB

Pattern Taxonomy Migration

If the pattern taxonomy exists (skills/presentation-creator/references/patterns/_index.md) but any talks with status "processed" or "processed_partial" have no pattern_observations (or pattern_observations.pattern_ids is empty), mark them "needs-reprocessing" with reprocess_reason: "pattern_scoring_added". Report: "N talks need reprocessing for pattern scoring."

Pattern Tagging Rules

Scan observations against the pattern taxonomy index at skills/presentation-creator/references/patterns/_index.md (path relative to tile root). Skip patterns marked observable: false — these are pre-event logistics and physical stage behaviors that cannot be detected from transcripts or slides. For each observable pattern/antipattern, determine if the talk exhibits it (strong/moderate/weak confidence), record evidence, and compute per-talk pattern score: count(patterns) − count(antipatterns). Return in the pattern_observations field.

Structured Field Extraction

When the analysis identifies co-presenters, delivery language, or other structured metadata, populate the corresponding DB fields (co_presenter, delivery_language, etc.) — do NOT leave structured data buried only in rhetoric_notes free text.

Backfill empty structured_data from earlier runs using rhetoric_notes.