Extraction & Curation

Multi-Pass Extraction

Taste Engine doesn’t analyze your documents in a single pass. Instead, it runs 8 specialized passes, each tuned to extract a different type of canon truth:

Pass	Extracts
Core thesis	Product identity, purpose, what makes it unique
Design rules	Structural patterns, constraints, invariants
Anti-patterns	What to avoid, past mistakes, known traps
Voice & naming	Tone, terminology, naming conventions
Scope boundaries	What’s in scope, what’s explicitly out
Quality bars	Standards, acceptance criteria, definition of done
Process rules	How work flows, review requirements, release gates
Integration contracts	How components connect, API boundaries

Each pass uses a specialized prompt that focuses the LLM on one dimension of truth.

Consolidation

After all passes complete, the engine runs Jaccard token similarity across all extracted candidates to detect duplicates and near-duplicates. Candidates above the similarity threshold are flagged for merge during curation.

taste extract run              # Run all 8 passes
taste extract run --passes core_thesis,design_rules  # Run specific passes
taste extract status           # Summary of latest run
taste extract candidates       # List all candidates
taste extract exemplars        # High-quality examples from source docs

Statement Properties

Every extracted candidate has:

• type — thesis, design_rule, anti_pattern, voice_convention, scope_boundary, quality_bar, process_rule, integration_contract
• hardness — hard (non-negotiable), strong (high priority), soft (guidance), experimental (try it)
• text — The canonical statement
• evidence — Quotes from source documents that support it
• scope — What artifact types or areas it applies to

Curation Workflow

Extracted candidates are proposed — they need human review before entering canon.

Queue Management

taste curate queue                    # Show all pending candidates
taste curate inspect <id>             # View full details

Decisions

taste curate accept <id>              # Accept as-is
taste curate edit <id>                # Accept with modifications
taste curate reject <id>              # Reject with reason
taste curate defer <id>               # Defer for later review
taste curate merge <id1> <id2>        # Merge two candidates
taste curate accept-all               # Accept all remaining (use carefully)

Contradiction Resolution

When two statements conflict, they’re flagged as contradictions:

taste curate contradictions           # List detected contradictions
taste curate resolve-contradiction <id> --keep <winner-id>

Freezing

Once curation is complete, freeze the canon:

taste curate freeze --tag v1

A frozen version is immutable. Reviews and gates always run against frozen canon. You can continue curating and freeze new versions without affecting existing reviews.

Statement Lifecycle

proposed → accepted → (superseded | retired | disputed)

• proposed — Extracted, awaiting human review
• accepted — In active canon, used for reviews
• superseded — Replaced by a newer statement
• retired — No longer applicable
• disputed — Under review after feedback