From 04f38ee114d56594dd573452a3e1f8296de9ec47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave <david.els1@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:54:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(intake): size band derived from decomposition and known
 areas

---
 src/lib/intake/size.test.ts | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lib/intake/size.ts      | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/lib/intake/size.test.ts
 create mode 100644 src/lib/intake/size.ts

diff --git a/src/lib/intake/size.test.ts b/src/lib/intake/size.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32150a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/intake/size.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { deriveSizeBand } from "@/lib/intake/size";
+
+describe("deriveSizeBand", () => {
+  it("calls a short decomposition small", () => {
+    expect(
+      deriveSizeBand({ subtaskCount: 2, knownScopes: ["stock"], suggestedArea: "stock" })
+    ).toBe("small");
+  });
+
+  it("calls a middling decomposition medium", () => {
+    expect(
+      deriveSizeBand({ subtaskCount: 5, knownScopes: ["stock"], suggestedArea: "stock" })
+    ).toBe("medium");
+  });
+
+  it("calls a long decomposition large", () => {
+    expect(
+      deriveSizeBand({ subtaskCount: 9, knownScopes: ["stock"], suggestedArea: "stock" })
+    ).toBe("large");
+  });
+
+  it("raises the band when the area is new to the project", () => {
+    // Work in an area with no commit history is less well understood than the
+    // same-sized work somewhere the project has been before.
+    expect(
+      deriveSizeBand({ subtaskCount: 2, knownScopes: ["stock"], suggestedArea: "pos" })
+    ).toBe("medium");
+  });
+
+  it("does not raise past large", () => {
+    expect(
+      deriveSizeBand({ subtaskCount: 12, knownScopes: ["stock"], suggestedArea: "pos" })
+    ).toBe("large");
+  });
+
+  it("treats an unknown area as new", () => {
+    expect(
+      deriveSizeBand({ subtaskCount: 2, knownScopes: [], suggestedArea: "" })
+    ).toBe("medium");
+  });
+
+  it("matches the area case-insensitively", () => {
+    expect(
+      deriveSizeBand({ subtaskCount: 2, knownScopes: ["Stock"], suggestedArea: "stock" })
+    ).toBe("small");
+  });
+
+  it("never returns an empty band for a real brief", () => {
+    for (const count of [0, 1, 3, 6, 20]) {
+      const band = deriveSizeBand({ subtaskCount: count, knownScopes: [], suggestedArea: "" });
+      expect(["small", "medium", "large"]).toContain(band);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("does not crash on a negative or absurd count", () => {
+    expect(deriveSizeBand({ subtaskCount: -5, knownScopes: ["a"], suggestedArea: "a" })).toBe("small");
+    expect(deriveSizeBand({ subtaskCount: 10_000, knownScopes: ["a"], suggestedArea: "a" })).toBe("large");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/intake/size.ts b/src/lib/intake/size.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2404172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/intake/size.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * A rough size band for a request. Small, medium or large — never a duration.
+ *
+ * Derived rather than guessed, from two things the system actually knows:
+ *
+ *  - How many sub-tasks the request decomposed into. A request that becomes two
+ *    steps is not the same as one that becomes eleven.
+ *  - Whether it lands in an area the project already has commit history in.
+ *    Phase 2 knows every conventional-commit scope and how much work each holds.
+ *
+ * Stated plainly because it is the weakest thing in this phase: this is a
+ * judgement made from a description collected minutes ago. Better than nothing,
+ * worse than the developer's opinion, and the UI must never imply otherwise —
+ * it is shown as a first impression and the developer sets the real one when
+ * accepting from the Inbox.
+ *
+ * NEVER render this next to a date or a duration. The spec forbids attaching
+ * time to it, and a band beside a date reads as an estimate no matter how it is
+ * labelled.
+ */
+
+export type SizeBand = "small" | "medium" | "large";
+
+const ORDER: SizeBand[] = ["small", "medium", "large"];
+
+export function deriveSizeBand(input: {
+  subtaskCount: number;
+  /** Conventional-commit scopes this project already has history in. */
+  knownScopes: string[];
+  /** The area the brief suggests, or "". */
+  suggestedArea: string;
+}): SizeBand {
+  const count = Number.isFinite(input.subtaskCount)
+    ? Math.max(0, input.subtaskCount)
+    : 0;
+
+  let index = count <= 3 ? 0 : count <= 7 ? 1 : 2;
+
+  const area = (input.suggestedArea ?? "").trim().toLowerCase();
+  const known = new Set(
+    (input.knownScopes ?? []).map((scope) => scope.trim().toLowerCase())
+  );
+
+  // New territory: the same amount of visible work carries more unknowns.
+  if (!area || !known.has(area)) {
+    index = Math.min(index + 1, ORDER.length - 1);
+  }
+
+  return ORDER[index];
+}