{"record":{"id":"f12166b8ade20657","repo":"pbakaus/impeccable","slug":"concept-seed-register-applies-to-direction-roun-f12166","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"concept-seed: --register applies to direction rounds only","messagePattern":"concept-seed: --register applies to direction rounds only","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"Error","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"skill/scripts/concept-seed.mjs","lineNumber":319,"sourceCode":"  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 ${COMPOSITION_PLATFORMS.join(', ')}`);\n  }\n  if (!Number.isInteger(candidateCount) || candidateCount < 5 || candidateCount > 7) {\n    throw new Error('concept-seed: --candidate-count must be an integer from 5 to 7');\n  }\n  const unit = (salt) => {\n    const h = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(`${scope}:${salt}:${key}`).digest();\n    return h.readUInt32BE(0) / 0xffffffff;","sourceCodeStart":301,"sourceCodeEnd":337,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/pbakaus/impeccable/blob/d14711ae3d1a1dd62dee61a358d27f107c51ccd0/skill/scripts/concept-seed.mjs#L301-L337","documentation":"Thrown when `register` is set but `scope` is not 'direction'. The safer/bolder register was written for direction rounds (product worlds) only and has no defined behavior on surface rounds (grounded structures). The no-lineup rule that register depends on is direction-only, so the function refuses instead of silently no-op'ing.","triggerScenarios":"Passing register='bolder' together with scope='surface'; leaving scope at its default 'surface' while setting register.","commonSituations":"A caller that always forwards register regardless of scope; a user assuming register applies to every roll.","solutions":["Only pass register when scope='direction'.","Drop register for surface-scope calls."],"exampleFix":"// before\nawait seedConcepts({ scope: 'surface', reroll: 1, register: 'bolder' }); // -> throws\n\n// after\nawait seedConcepts({ scope: 'direction', reroll: 1, register: 'bolder' });","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// Enforce the register+scope precondition together.\nfunction validateRegisterScope({ register, scope }) {\n  if (register != null && scope !== 'direction') {\n    throw new Error('register applies to direction rounds only');\n  }\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":["Only pass register when scope is 'direction'.","For surface rounds, leave register unset.","Remember the no-lineup rule register depends on is direction-only."],"tags":["validation","concept-seed","cli","preconditions"],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"d14711ae3d1a1dd62dee61a358d27f107c51ccd0","analyzedAt":"2026-08-13T00:52:25.771Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-13T04:17:16.726Z"}