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ParkAgent — URL system rework, 2026-08-22 to 08-24

Every number below was re-checked by four independent review passes against the code, git history, PR diffs, the production api and the Vercel CLI. Four claims in the first draft were wrong; they are corrected here and the corrections are called out. Anything that could not be verified says so.

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What changed

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URLs and permissions: what changed, and why

TL;DR — a URL used to be a string anyone could assemble, and a permission was described in two vocabularies that nothing compared. Both are now declared once, checked by the compiler and the test suite, and verified against production.

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Why

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# nice-rid — resolve subreddit names to their internal SocialGist/Reddit t5_ ids
#
# WHY: the 'nice' pipeline's config/pilot.yml needs, per subreddit, the Reddit
# "fullname" (t5_...), which SocialGist/BoardReader calls `filter_site_key`.
# Reddit blocks datacenter IPs on its .json API, so this must run from a normal
# machine (residential IP / logged-in browser session).
#
# USAGE:

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{
  "generated_at": "2026-05-28T19:33:04+00:00",
  "elapsed_seconds": 17.52,
  "range": {
    "since": "2026-04-20T12:00:00Z",
    "until": "2026-05-28T19:31:34Z"
  },
  "strict": {
    "summary": {
      "in_both_count": 121,

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{
  "range": {
    "since": "2026-04-20T12:00:00Z",
    "until": "2026-05-28T19:27:49Z"
  },
  "strict": {
    "in_both": [
      {
        "plate": "005BQVD",
        "pr_scans": [

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{
  "range": {
    "since": "2026-04-20T12:00:00Z",
    "until": "2026-05-28T19:27:49Z"
  },
  "strict": {
    "in_both": [
      {
        "plate": "005BQVD",
        "pr_scans": [

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{
  "range": {
    "since": "2026-04-20T12:00:00Z",
    "until": "2026-05-28T19:27:49Z"
  },
  "strict": {
    "in_both": [
      {
        "plate": "005BQVD",
        "pr_scans": [

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// X profile / page auto-scroller.
// Paste into DevTools console on x.com/<handle> (or /with_replies, /media, etc.).
// Run this FIRST. When you see "done", paste the capture script.

(async () => {
  console.log('autoscroll: starting — do not interact with the page');
  let lastHeight = 0, stable = 0, passes = 0;
  while (stable < 5 && passes < 400) {
    window.scrollTo(0, document.documentElement.scrollHeight);
    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1500));

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// ─── OLD WAY — flat roles on the user ────────────────────────────────────────

if (user.roles.includes('manager')) {
  // manager of what? no idea. this passes for managers of ANY property.
  await create_lot(property_id, params)
}

if (user.roles.includes('patrol') || user.roles.includes('admin')) {
  // patrol where? could be a different property entirely.
  await create_scan(lot_id, plate)

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Analysis: 'perfect memory' & long-running workflows in dev-agent tools

Tools surveyed

Coding-agent CLIs / IDEs

Aider. Builds a tree-sitter repo map ranked by a graph algorithm so the model sees only the most call-graph-relevant symbols. Persists chat history under ~/.aider, supports a user-supplied conventions file loaded as system context. Scope: per-project (conventions) + per-session (history). Update model: append-only chat log; conventions overwritten manually. The repo map is computed, not stored as Markdown — it is regenerated per turn.

Cline. Ships the Memory Bank pattern: a fixed set of Markdown files (projectbrief.md, productContext.md, activeContext.md, systemPatterns.md, techContext.md, progress.md) under memory-bank/, all read at the start of every task. Plan/Act mode pair gates writes. Scope: per-project. Update: file-overwrite, ri