Pain Pipeline Report — 2026-08-30
Deterministic post-pipeline deliverables runner · zero LLM calls · generated by finish_pain_pipeline.py
⚠️ VERDICT: WARN
Baseline drift detected; inspect affected niche before treating this as routine.
OK Structures
84/116
72.4% pass rate
Clusters
16
across 2 niches
Review Decks
2/2
HTML decks
ZIPs
2/2
OK + failing packages
1. Stage Execution
| Niche | Stage | Duration | Status |
|---|
| Water Fountain | stage0_broad_mine | 8.2m | ok |
| Water Fountain | stage1_symptom_induction | 2.2m | ok |
| Water Fountain | stage1_5_symptom_merge | 25.2s | ok |
| Water Fountain | stage2_cluster_bridging | 73.5m | ok |
| Water Fountain | stage3_quotes | 1.3m | ok |
| Water Fountain | stage4_report | 0.0s | ok |
| Water Fountain | stage5a_ad_structures | 28.9m | ok |
| Water Fountain | stage5b_dedup | 0.0s | ok |
| Water Fountain | stage5c_grounding_qc | 0.0s | ok |
| Water Fountain | stage4_5_archive | 0.0s | ok |
| Water Fountain | stage5d_email_delivery | 11.1s | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage0_broad_mine | 5.0m | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage1_symptom_induction | 2.5m | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage1_5_symptom_merge | 20.8s | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage2_cluster_bridging | 67.8m | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage3_quotes | 1.2m | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage4_report | 0.0s | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage5a_ad_structures | 24.5m | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage5b_dedup | 0.0s | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage5c_grounding_qc | 0.0s | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage4_5_archive | 0.0s | ok |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | stage5d_email_delivery | 21.0s | ok |
2. Gate Warnings
Water Fountain · gate_g1 · LOW_FRESHNESS
only 0.0% of 207 quotes are non-stale (threshold 90%); freshness is a soft signal — gate still passes if Tier 1 passes
Water Fountain · gate_g3 · LOW_NOVELTY
only 3.8% of 53 symptoms are new (threshold 30%); novelty is a soft signal — gate still passes, but downstream humans should sanity-check whether this run added real signal
Water Fountain · gate_g4 · LOW_DIVERSITY
only 20/53 active symptoms (37.7%) have at least one quote (threshold 80%)
Peekaboo Cat Cave · gate_g1 · LOW_FRESHNESS
only 0.0% of 207 quotes are non-stale (threshold 90%); freshness is a soft signal — gate still passes if Tier 1 passes
Peekaboo Cat Cave · gate_g3 · LOW_NOVELTY
only 1.7% of 60 symptoms are new (threshold 30%); novelty is a soft signal — gate still passes, but downstream humans should sanity-check whether this run added real signal
Peekaboo Cat Cave · gate_g4 · LOW_DIVERSITY
only 17/60 active symptoms (28.3%) have at least one quote (threshold 80%)
3. Structure Quality + F2 Baseline
| Niche | Total | OK | Invalid | Insufficient | Pass Rate | Prev | Delta | F2 |
|---|
| Water Fountain | 58 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 50.0% | 2026-08-23 | -10.3pp | DRIFT |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | 58 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 94.8% | 2026-08-23 | +3.6pp | SAME |
4. Grounding QC (G5)
| Niche | Passed | Total | Checkable | Pass Span | Fail Not Found | Reason |
|---|
| Water Fountain | ✅ | 58 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0/29 (0.0%) checkable structures NOT_FOUND, within threshold 20% |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | ✅ | 58 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 0/55 (0.0%) checkable structures NOT_FOUND, within threshold 20% |
5. Pain Clusters
| Niche | Cluster | Freq | Intensity | Score | Layer | Bridge |
|---|
| Water Fountain | c001 I'm terrified my cat's urinary blockage will kill him and I can't afford the emergency | 8 | 4.75 | 57.0 | 2 | strong |
| Water Fountain | c003 The vet bills from my cat's emergency are crushing me financially | 8 | 4.25 | 51.0 | 2 | weak |
| Water Fountain | c002 My cat was diagnosed with kidney disease and I'm desperately trying to get more water into them | 7 | 4.14 | 43.47 | 2 | strong |
| Water Fountain | c008 I lost my cat to kidney failure and I'm drowning in guilt | 5 | 4.6 | 34.5 | 2 | weak |
| Water Fountain | c005 I'm trying everything to get my cat to drink more water but nothing works | 6 | 2.5 | 22.5 | 1 | strong |
| Water Fountain | c004 My cat only drinks from the faucet and ignores every bowl and fountain I buy | 7 | 2.14 | 22.47 | 1 | strong |
| Water Fountain | c006 The fountain I bought is growing slime and I'm basically poisoning my cat | 4 | 2.5 | 15.0 | 2 | strong |
| Water Fountain | c007 I'm worried I can't tell if my cat is actually drinking enough because they hide it so well | 4 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 1 | weak |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | c001 I've tried everything and my cat STILL destroys the furniture — I'm losing my mind | 8 | 3.75 | 45.0 | 2 | strong |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | c002 The 3am zoomies and chaos have RUINED my sleep — I'm exhausted | 8 | 3.25 | 39.0 | 2 | weak |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | c003 My cat is anxious and hiding all the time — I don't know how to help | 7 | 3.71 | 38.97 | 2 | weak |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | c004 My cats won't stop fighting and I'm scared someone's going to get hurt | 7 | 3.43 | 36.02 | 1 | weak |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | c005 My cat is bored and destructive — I feel like a terrible pet owner | 6 | 3.5 | 31.5 | 2 | strong |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | c006 He's destroyed my expensive furniture and I'm terrified I'll have to give him up | 6 | 3.33 | 29.97 | 2 | strong |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | c008 My new cat is stressed and aggressive about the other cats in the home | 5 | 3.2 | 24.0 | 1 | weak |
| Peekaboo Cat Cave | c007 I bought scratching posts but my cat ignores them and still scratches the couch | 5 | 2.4 | 18.0 | 1 | strong |
6. Deliverables
| Artifact | Path | Size |
|---|
| Water deck | /opt/data/ok-structures-review-water_fountain-2026-08-30.html | 457.5 KB |
| Peekaboo deck | /opt/data/ok-structures-review-peekaboo_cat_cave-2026-08-30.html | 449.9 KB |
| OK ZIP | /opt/data/ok-structures-2026-08-30.zip | 249.7 KB |
| Failing ZIP | /opt/data/failing-structures-2026-08-30.zip | 74.9 KB |