Replace placeholder XP level math with content-backed thresholds validated in CI and at server boot, and update docs/manual QA/review artifacts to reflect NEO-39 delivery and follow-up fixes.
Register SkillDefinitionCatalog from content/skills with JsonSchema.Net validation
mirroring validate_content.py and the prototype Slice 1 gate. Resolve paths via
Content:SkillsDirectory or discovery from AppContext.BaseDirectory. Eager-load
after WebApplication build so bad catalogs block startup. Add unit and host
tests, pin test factories to repo skills, document config in server/README, add
manual QA checklist, and extend Bruno GET /health smoke tests.
Ship a server-owned hotbar loadout API with Postgres-or-memory persistence so slot bindings survive reconnects in configured environments. Wire client boot hydration and add tests/docs/manual QA to keep the prototype contract and policy explicit.
Capture the E1.M4 vertical slice backlog in-repo and sync module/dependency docs with the created Linear stories so planning and execution references stay aligned.
Map SelectionEvent to target_changed, reserve ability_cast_requested and ability_cast_denied hook locations, and align plan/manual QA/decomposition docs with TODO(E9.M1) telemetry follow-up.
Add selection_event signal when lockedTargetId changes; attribute tab, clear,
and server_correction from POST/GET paths. Optional log_selection_events print.
GdUnit coverage; README, E1.M3 snapshot, manual QA, and plan checklist updated.
Followup #5: after locking alpha, walking into beta's ring, stopping and
pressing Tab could still return `out_of_range` even when client and server
agreed on position (Δ=0). The freshness-kick move-stream POST and the
target/select POST race on separate HTTP connections so the select can be
validated against a stale stored snap.
Extend TargetSelectRequest v1 with an optional positionHint {x,y,z}.
Server uses the hint for the radius check and for the echoed
targetState.validity; the hint is advisory and does not write to the
position store (move-stream stays the sole write path). Client attaches
the hint automatically whenever set_freshness_kick(...) is wired, so
headless unit tests that skip the wiring fall through to the no-hint
behavior. Freshness kick is kept in place to refresh the stored snap for
later validity GETs but is no longer load-bearing for denial correctness.
Server: 3 new tests (hint accepts when stored is stale, hint-far denies,
hint never writes to position store). Client: 1 new test asserting the
hint is in the POST body when wired. All 62 server + 96 client tests
pass.
Plan Decision 8, review follow-up #5, manual QA section 6, and NEO-23
contract notes updated. New bruno request exercises the hint path.