{"record":{"id":"c4a2ebe1d37f343e","repo":"pbakaus/impeccable","slug":"concept-seed-register-must-be-safer-or-bolder-c4a2eb","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"concept-seed: --register must be safer or bolder","messagePattern":"concept-seed: --register must be safer or bolder","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"skill/scripts/concept-seed.mjs","lineNumber":313,"sourceCode":"  scope = 'surface',\n  key = process.env.IMPECCABLE_CONCEPT_SEED || crypto.randomBytes(4).toString('hex'),\n  reroll = 0,\n  register = null,\n  mode = null,\n  grain = null,\n  platform = null,\n  candidateCount = 7,\n  catalogDir = CATALOG_DIR,\n  _resolvedData = undefined,\n} = {}) {\n  if (scope !== 'surface' && scope !== 'direction') {\n    throw new Error('concept-seed: --scope must be direction or surface');\n  }\n  if (!Number.isInteger(reroll) || reroll < 0) {\n    throw new Error('concept-seed: --reroll must be a non-negative integer');\n  }\n  if (register !== null && register !== 'safer' && register !== 'bolder') {\n    throw new Error('concept-seed: --register must be safer or bolder');\n  }\n  if (register !== null && reroll < 1) {\n    throw new Error('concept-seed: --register steers a re-roll round; pass --reroll <n> with it');\n  }\n  if (register !== null && scope !== 'direction') {\n    throw new Error('concept-seed: --register applies to direction rounds only');\n  }\n  if (mode !== null && !SEED_MODES.has(mode)) {\n    throw new Error('concept-seed: --mode must be persuade, operate, read, or experience');\n  }\n  // Grain needs no mode: how much of the product is in play is independent of\n  // which register of work it is.\n  if (grain !== null && !COMPOSITION_GRAINS.includes(grain)) {\n    throw new Error(`concept-seed: --grain must be one of ${COMPOSITION_GRAINS.join(', ')}`);\n  }\n  if (platform !== null && !COMPOSITION_PLATFORMS.includes(platform)) {\n    throw new Error(`concept-seed: --platform must be one of ${COMPOSITION_PLATFORMS.join(', ')}`);\n  }","sourceCodeStart":295,"sourceCodeEnd":331,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/pbakaus/impeccable/blob/d14711ae3d1a1dd62dee61a358d27f107c51ccd0/skill/scripts/concept-seed.mjs#L295-L331","documentation":"Thrown when `register` is set to anything other than null, 'safer', or 'bolder'. Register steers a direction re-roll toward a safer or bolder posture; it is optional (default null) and admits exactly two non-null values. Typos and synonyms are rejected.","triggerScenarios":"Passing 'safe', 'bold', 'medium', 'conservative', 'aggressive'; passing an empty string instead of null; case mismatch like 'Safer'.","commonSituations":"A caller using natural-language synonyms; config loaded from YAML where the value was hand-typed; confusion with a separate 'register' concept elsewhere.","solutions":["Use exactly 'safer' or 'bolder', or omit register / pass null for an unsteered round.","Normalize input to lowercase and trim before passing, then validate."],"exampleFix":"// before\nawait seedConcepts({ scope: 'direction', reroll: 1, register: 'bold' });\n\n// after\nawait seedConcepts({ scope: 'direction', reroll: 1, register: 'bolder' }); // or 'safer'","handlingStrategy":"type-guard","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":"const REGISTERS = new Set(['safer', 'bolder']);\nfunction isValidRegister(v) {\n  return v == null || REGISTERS.has(v);\n}","tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Use exactly 'safer' or 'bolder' (lowercase), or omit / pass null.","Normalize case and trim before validating.","Avoid synonyms like 'safe'/'bold'/'medium'."],"tags":["validation","concept-seed","cli","enum"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"d14711ae3d1a1dd62dee61a358d27f107c51ccd0","analyzedAt":"2026-08-13T00:52:25.771Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-13T04:17:16.726Z"}