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 | Topic | Question | Agent recommendation | Answer |
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-| **NEO-51 vs NEO-52** | Ship `IItemDefinitionRegistry` + `ItemDefinitionRegistry` on this story, or only load + `ItemDefinitionCatalog`? | **Strict split** — NEO-51: loader + `ItemDefinitionCatalog` + eager fail-fast boot; [NEO-52](https://linear.app/neon-sprawl/issue/NEO-52) adds injectable `IItemDefinitionRegistry` (E3M3-03). Rationale: E3M3 backlog separates E3M3-02/03; skills combined registry in NEO-34 but items already have a dedicated registry ticket. | **Adopted** — user resumed kickoff without override. |
-| **Startup failure tests** | Loader unit tests only, or also `WebApplicationFactory` host boot failure? | **Both** — mirror [NEO-34](NEO-34-implementation-plan.md) (`SkillDefinitionCatalogLoaderTests` happy path, failure modes, `Host_ShouldResolveCatalogFromDi`, `Host_ShouldFailStartup_WhenCatalogDirectoryInvalid`). | **Adopted** |
+| **NEO-51 vs NEO-52** | Ship `IItemDefinitionRegistry` + `ItemDefinitionRegistry` on this story, or only load + `ItemDefinitionCatalog`? | **Strict split** — NEO-51: loader + `ItemDefinitionCatalog` + eager fail-fast boot; [NEO-52](https://linear.app/neon-sprawl/issue/NEO-52) adds injectable `IItemDefinitionRegistry` (E3M3-03). Rationale: E3M3 backlog separates E3M3-02/03; skills combined registry in NEO-34 but items already have a dedicated registry ticket. | **User:** strict split (kickoff re-ask). |
+| **Startup failure tests** | Loader unit tests only, or also `WebApplicationFactory` host boot failure? | **Both** — mirror [NEO-34](NEO-34-implementation-plan.md) (`SkillDefinitionCatalogLoaderTests` happy path, failure modes, `Host_ShouldResolveCatalogFromDi`, `Host_ShouldFailStartup_WhenCatalogDirectoryInvalid`). | **User:** both loader + host boot tests (kickoff re-ask). |
 | **Runtime validation** | In-process C# vs subprocess `validate_content.py`? | **In-process C#** mirroring `scripts/validate_content.py` (Draft 2020-12 + Slice 1 item gate). Same rationale as NEO-34 (no Python on server images; shared constants commented against Python). | **Adopted** — NEO-34 precedent; no separate question needed. |
 | **Options location** | New `ItemCatalogOptions` vs extend `ContentPathsOptions`? | **Extend** [`ContentPathsOptions`](../../server/NeonSprawl.Server/Game/Skills/ContentPathsOptions.cs) with `ItemsDirectory` / `ItemDefSchemaPath` (skills + mastery already share `Content` section). | **Adopted** |
 | **Lookup API on NEO-51** | How does “registry resolves `ItemDef` by `id`” land without NEO-52? | **`ItemDefinitionCatalog.ById`** (read-only map) + optional `TryGetItem(string id, out ItemDefRow row)` on the catalog type; no `IItemDefinitionRegistry` interface yet. | **Adopted** |