feat(ledger): write-path stamping — a pulled canon the session then instantiates lands as a hook instance row (#2791, milestone 294 step 5)

The prior-art hook now names the shapes being written (shapes=kind:name —
every definition in the payload, or the one enclosing an Edit found by
walking the file upward) and the server stamps them as instance rows when
the session PULLED a snippet inside PULL_WINDOW that the payload references
by symbol or that the semantic arm scored for this very payload.
classified_by=hook, evidence in reason; never overrides a judgment or a
canonical row, overridable by classify_shapes. Offered-but-unopened stamps
nothing. Pulled-and-already-seen snippets stay in the semantic query as
evidence without re-entering the deduped menu. A brand-new shape gets a
provisional row the next sync confirms or vanishes. Read-scoped keys get
the hint, never the stamp. Plugin 0.1.34.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "scribe",
   "description": "Scribe system-of-record for Claude Code: MCP tools over your notes/tasks/projects/rules, a session-start push channel that surfaces your always-on rules + active-project context, process-skills (writing-plans, systematic-debugging, verification, brainstorming, reusing-code), and your saved Scribe Processes auto-surfaced as skills (/scribe:sync). Replaces superpowers + file-memory with one app-backed plugin.",
-  "version": "0.1.33",
+  "version": "0.1.34",
   "author": { "name": "Bryan Van Deusen" },
   "mcpServers": {
     "scribe": {

plugin/hooks/scribe_prior_art.sh

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 # on an instance with no forge connection (decision #2707). Everything else is
 # the REUSE menu. The two dedup separately (see the state files below).
 #
+# It is also the shape ledger's write-path feed (#2791): it names the
+# definitions being written (`shapes=`), and the server — only when the
+# session has PULLED a snippet this code references or resembles — records
+# them as instance rows, classified_by=hook. Evidence, not judgment; the
+# context line says what landed so a wrong stamp is corrected in the moment.
+#
 # NEVER BLOCKS. It returns `additionalContext` with no `permissionDecision`, so
 # the write proceeds untouched and Claude sees the note beside the tool result.
 # Any failure — unconfigured, unreachable, malformed — exits 0 in silence. A
@@ -96,10 +102,14 @@ fi
 # `ReturnType name(...)`) needs a real parser, and `impl` blocks are excluded
 # because several per type is normal Rust, not duplication.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-local_lines=""
+# kind<TAB>name for each thing a piece of code DEFINES, in source order. One
-if [ -n "$repo_root" ] && [ -n "$code" ]; then
+# program, two consumers: the local duplicate arm (every definition in the
-  # kind<TAB>name for each thing this payload DEFINES.
+# payload) and the ledger feed (#2791, below: the definitions being written,
-  names=$(printf '%s' "$code" | awk '
+# or the one enclosing an Edit). Rule-for-rule mirrored by the server's
+# services/coverage.py extract_shapes — ledger rows are keyed by what THAT
+# sees, so the two must agree on what counts as a definition.
+scribe_defs() {
+  awk '
     {
       # CSS class definition: .name { or .name,
       if (match($0, /^[[:space:]]*\.[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_-]*[[:space:]]*[,{]/)) {
@@ -132,8 +142,16 @@ if [ -n "$repo_root" ] && [ -n "$code" ]; then
         if (t != "") print "sym\t" t; next
       }
     }
-  ' 2>/dev/null | sort -u | head -12) || names=""
+  ' 2>/dev/null
+}
 
+names=""
+if [ -n "$code" ]; then
+  names=$(printf '%s' "$code" | scribe_defs | sort -u | head -12) || names=""
+fi
+
+local_lines=""
+if [ -n "$repo_root" ] && [ -n "$names" ]; then
   while IFS=$'\t' read -r kind name; do
     [ -n "${name:-}" ] || continue
     case "$kind" in
@@ -156,6 +174,38 @@ if [ -n "$local_lines" ]; then
   local_context="> Already defined elsewhere in this repo — check before adding another copy (\`git grep\` shown; this is a nudge, not a gate):"$'\n'"${local_lines}"
 fi
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# THE LEDGER FEED (#2791). The server keeps a shape ledger — every definition
+# in the bound repo, classified against recorded canon — and this hook is the
+# one place that sees a shape AT THE MOMENT IT IS WRITTEN. So it names the
+# shapes in play: every definition in the payload, or — for an Edit that
+# changes the inside of a function rather than its signature — the definition
+# enclosing the edit, found by walking the target file upward from the edited
+# lines. The server decides whether evidence exists (the session pulled a
+# snippet this code references or resembles) and stamps instance rows; with
+# no pulled canon in play, nothing is recorded. Titles only still — this sends
+# names, not bodies.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+shapes="$names"
+if [ -z "$shapes" ] && [ -f "$file_path" ] && command -v tac >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  old_first=$(printf '%s' "$event" \
+    | jq -r '.tool_input.old_string // .tool_input.old_str // empty' 2>/dev/null \
+    | grep -m1 -v '^[[:space:]]*$') || old_first=""
+  if [ -n "$old_first" ]; then
+    ln=$(grep -nF -m1 -- "$old_first" "$file_path" 2>/dev/null | cut -d: -f1) || ln=""
+    if [ -n "$ln" ]; then
+      shapes=$(head -n "$ln" "$file_path" | tac | scribe_defs | head -1) || shapes=""
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+shapes_q=""
+if [ -n "$shapes" ]; then
+  enc=$(printf '%s\n' "$shapes" \
+    | awk -F'\t' 'NF>=2 {printf "%s%s:%s", (n++?",":""), $1, $2}' \
+    | jq -sRr '@uri' 2>/dev/null) || enc=""
+  [ -n "$enc" ] && shapes_q="&shapes=${enc}"
+fi
+
 url=${SCRIBE_URL:-${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_OPTION_API_ENDPOINT:-}}
 token=${SCRIBE_TOKEN:-${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_OPTION_API_TOKEN:-}}
 # Guard against an unexpanded ${...} placeholder arriving as a literal.
@@ -230,7 +280,7 @@ fi
 # finding that needed no instance to produce.
 body=$(curl -fsS --max-time 5 \
   -H "Authorization: Bearer ${token}" \
-  "${url%/}/api/plugin/prior-art?path=${path_enc}&code=${code_enc}${repo_q}${exclude_q}${sync_exclude_q}" 2>/dev/null) || body=""
+  "${url%/}/api/plugin/prior-art?path=${path_enc}&code=${code_enc}${repo_q}${exclude_q}${sync_exclude_q}${shapes_q}" 2>/dev/null) || body=""
 
 context=""
 if [ -n "$body" ]; then

plugin/skills/reusing-code/SKILL.md

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ through recall/auto-inject; this skill is the active reflex around that.
   to ask both at once.
 - If a snippet fits, pull it in full with `get_snippet(id)` and reuse it — its
   `location` points at the reference implementation. Adapt, don't re-derive.
+  The pull also does the accounting: the code you then write that references
+  or resembles it is stamped an `instance` of that canon in the shape ledger
+  (classified_by=hook) — reuse from memory leaves no row.
 - If auto-inject already surfaced a snippet title that looks relevant, that's
   your cue to `get_snippet` it rather than start from scratch.
 - **Prior art offered beside a write is not noise — read it.** When Scribe notes

plugin/skills/shape-accounting/SKILL.md

@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ row carries a status:
    nothing. Rows, never prose — a consumer list in a note or verification
    detail cannot be sorted, queried, or diffed.
 
+## Rows that arrive on their own
+
+Two feeds keep the ledger current between your batches, so most shapes never
+need a hand judgment:
+
+- **The sync** stamps a snippet's own reference location `canonical`
+  (`classified_by: mechanical`).
+- **The write path** stamps instances as you work: when you `get_snippet` a
+  canon and then Write/Edit code that references or resembles it, the
+  definitions being written land as `instance` rows (`classified_by: hook`,
+  the evidence in `reason`), and the prior-art hook tells you what landed
+  ("Shape accounting: recorded at … → instance of #N"). Offered-but-unopened
+  snippets stamp nothing — so *pull the canon you are instantiating*; that
+  pull is what turns your reuse into accounting. A hook row is evidence, not
+  judgment: it never overrides a classification you made, and a
+  `classify_shapes` call overrides it.
+
 ## The derive-first rule
 
 N same-shaped occurrences matching **no** recorded canon is never N loose

src/scribe/mcp/tools/shapes.py

@@ -77,10 +77,17 @@ async def list_shapes(
         limit/offset: page through big ledgers (limit caps at 500).
 
     Returns {"shapes": [...], "total": N} — total counts every match, not
-    just this page. Classify what you can judge with classify_shapes; a
+    just this page. Each row's `classified_by` says who judged: agent /
-    repeating shape with NO recorded canon is a derive-one-first moment
+    audit / import are judgments; `mechanical` is the canonical stamp the
-    (consolidate onto a reference, create_snippet it, then classify the
+    sync applies; `hook` is write-path EVIDENCE (#2791) — the session pulled
-    rest against it), never N loose classifications.
+    a snippet and then wrote code referencing/resembling it, so the shape
+    was stamped an instance with the evidence in `reason`. A hook row is
+    overridable by any classify_shapes call; it never overrides yours.
+
+    Classify what you can judge with classify_shapes; a repeating shape
+    with NO recorded canon is a derive-one-first moment (consolidate onto a
+    reference, create_snippet it, then classify the rest against it), never
+    N loose classifications.
     """
     uid = current_user_id()
     rows, total = await shape_ledger_svc.list_project_shapes(

src/scribe/routes/plugin.py

@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@ async def write_path_prior_art():
                              surfaced. A separate channel on purpose: a reuse
                              hint shown early must not suppress the record-sync
                              nudge when the recorded file is edited later.
+        shapes (opt)       — comma-separated `kind:name` definitions the hook
+                             found in (or enclosing) the payload, kind being
+                             css|sym. The shape ledger's write-path feed
+                             (#2791): when the session recently PULLED a
+                             snippet this payload references or resembles,
+                             these land as instance rows (classified_by=hook).
+                             Honoured only for a caller allowed to write — a
+                             read-scoped key still gets the hint, and never
+                             changes accounting on a GET.
     """
     path = (request.args.get("path") or "").strip()
     code = request.args.get("code") or ""
@@ -149,14 +158,40 @@ async def write_path_prior_art():
         int(p) for p in (request.args.get("exclude_sync_ids") or "").split(",")
         if p.strip().isdigit()
     ]
+    shapes = _parse_shapes(request.args.get("shapes") or "")
+    api_key = getattr(g, "api_key", None)
+    may_stamp = api_key is None or getattr(api_key, "scope", "") == "write"
 
     result = await plugin_ctx_svc.build_write_path_hint(
         g.user.id, path, code=code, project_id=project_id,
         exclude_ids=exclude_ids, exclude_sync_ids=exclude_sync_ids,
+        stamp_shapes=shapes if may_stamp else None,
+        repo_key=repo_bindings_svc.normalize_repo_key(repo) if repo else "",
     )
     return jsonify(result)
 
 
+# The hook names at most a dozen definitions per write; anything past that is
+# a generated file, not a shape being instantiated.
+_SHAPES_CAP = 12
+
+
+def _parse_shapes(raw: str) -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
+    """`css:btn-primary,sym:onTrash` → [("css", "btn-primary"), ("sym", "onTrash")].
+    Unknown kinds and empty names are dropped, duplicates collapse, and the
+    list is capped — the hook's own cap, re-applied so the contract holds
+    for any caller."""
+    out: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
+    for part in raw.split(","):
+        kind, _sep, name = part.strip().partition(":")
+        kind, name = kind.strip(), name.strip()
+        if kind in ("css", "sym") and name and (kind, name) not in out:
+            out.append((kind, name))
+        if len(out) >= _SHAPES_CAP:
+            break
+    return out
+
+
 @plugin_bp.get("/processes")
 @login_required
 async def process_manifest():

src/scribe/services/plugin_context.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from scribe.services import knowledge as knowledge_svc
 from scribe.services import notes as notes_svc
 from scribe.services import projects as projects_svc
 from scribe.services import rulebooks as rulebooks_svc
+from scribe.services import shape_ledger as shape_ledger_svc
 from scribe.services import snippets as snippets_svc
 from scribe.services.access import label_shared_items, owner_names_for
 from scribe.services.embeddings import semantic_search_notes
@@ -703,6 +704,8 @@ async def build_write_path_hint(
     project_id: int = 0,
     exclude_ids: list[int] | None = None,
     exclude_sync_ids: list[int] | None = None,
+    stamp_shapes: list[tuple[str, str]] | None = None,
+    repo_key: str = "",
 ) -> dict:
     """Prior-art hint for the plugin's PreToolUse hook on Write/Edit.
 
@@ -749,9 +752,20 @@ async def build_write_path_hint(
     un-scored surfacing now has its own home: every arm emits note_usage_events,
     tagged 'write_path_sync' vs 'write_path_place' vs 'write_path_semantic', so
     each claim's pull-through rate is measurable on its own.
+
+    ``stamp_shapes`` turns the same request into the ledger's write-path feed
+    (#2791): the (kind, name) definitions the hook saw in — or enclosing —
+    the payload. When the session has PULLED a snippet recently and this
+    payload references or resembles it, those shapes land as `instance` rows
+    (classified_by=hook, see shape_ledger.stamp_write_path_instances) and
+    the result's ``stamped`` lists them. The route passes it only for a
+    caller allowed to write — a read-scoped key gets the hint, never the
+    stamp. ``repo_key`` (the hook's remote, normalised) homes a provisional
+    row for a shape the ledger has not synced yet.
     """
     cfg = await get_writepath_config(user_id)
-    empty = {"context": "", "note_ids": [], "sync_note_ids": [], "config": cfg}
+    empty = {"context": "", "note_ids": [], "sync_note_ids": [], "config": cfg,
+             "stamped": []}
     path = (path or "").strip()
     if not cfg["enabled"] or not path:
         return empty
@@ -800,6 +814,15 @@ async def build_write_path_hint(
         seen.add(nid)
         placed.append(("nearby", item))
 
+    # The stamping feed's "actually pulled it" half (#2791). Read once, before
+    # the semantic arm, because the arm's query doubles as the resemblance
+    # test: a pulled snippet this session already saw (so it sits in `seen`)
+    # must still be SCORED for this payload — it just isn't re-listed.
+    pulled: dict = {}
+    if stamp_shapes:
+        pulled = await shape_ledger_svc.recent_pulls(user_id)
+    resembles: dict[int, float] = {}
+
     # --- arm 2: by meaning ---
     scored: list[tuple[str, dict]] = []
     remaining = top_k - len(synced) - len(placed)
@@ -821,12 +844,15 @@ async def build_write_path_hint(
         query = concept_query(query) or query
     if remaining > 0 and query:
         t0 = time.perf_counter()
+        # Pulled-and-seen ids stay in the query (as evidence) but never in
+        # the menu — the dedup contract holds, the resemblance still lands.
+        pulled_seen = seen & set(pulled)
         hits = await semantic_search_notes(
             user_id, query,
-            limit=remaining,
+            limit=remaining + len(pulled_seen),
             threshold=cfg["threshold"],
             project_id=scope_project,
-            exclude_ids=seen,
+            exclude_ids=seen - pulled_seen,
             # Snippets AND recorded experience (#2246). This arm was
             # snippets-only, which is auto-inject's mistake inverted: an issue
             # saying "we tried this and it deadlocked", or a dev-log recording
@@ -845,6 +871,11 @@ async def build_write_path_hint(
             # the browse scope and never surfaces a one-to-one direct share.
             scope="browse",
         )
+        resembles = {
+            int(note.id): float(score) for score, note in hits
+            if int(note.id) in pulled
+        }
+        hits = [(s, n) for s, n in hits if int(n.id) not in seen][:remaining]
         record_retrieval(
             user_id=user_id, source="write_path", query=query,
             threshold=cfg["threshold"], limit=remaining,
@@ -879,7 +910,20 @@ async def build_write_path_hint(
                 ))
 
     menu = (placed + scored)[:max(0, top_k - len(synced))]
-    if not synced and not menu:
+
+    # The stamp runs whether or not anything is rendered — after dedup, the
+    # common case is a silent hint and a pulled canon being instantiated.
+    stamped: list[dict] = []
+    if stamp_shapes and pulled:
+        try:
+            stamped = await shape_ledger_svc.stamp_write_path_instances(
+                user_id, project_id, path=path, shapes=stamp_shapes,
+                code=code or "", pulled=pulled, resembles=resembles,
+                repo_key=repo_key,
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.warning("Write-path ledger stamping failed", exc_info=True)
+    if not synced and not menu and not stamped:
         return empty
 
     owners = await owner_names_for({
@@ -943,6 +987,9 @@ async def build_write_path_hint(
         note_ids.append(int(item["id"]))
         lines.append(_prior_art_line(item, marker, owner, foreign_lang))
 
+    if stamped:
+        lines.append(_stamp_line(path, stamped))
+
     # Split by arm, which is the whole reason this table exists. The place arm
     # carries no score and so has no home in retrieval_logs; before #2085 a
     # snippet surfaced BY PLACE left no trace anywhere, making the arm that
@@ -964,9 +1011,29 @@ async def build_write_path_hint(
         "note_ids": note_ids,
         "sync_note_ids": sync_note_ids,
         "config": cfg,
+        "stamped": stamped,
     }
 
 
+def _stamp_line(path: str, stamped: list[dict]) -> str:
+    """One line saying what the ledger just recorded, so the session can
+    correct a wrong stamp in the moment rather than an audit finding it."""
+    by_snippet: dict[int, list[str]] = {}
+    for row in stamped:
+        label = f".{row['symbol']}" if row["kind"] == "css" else row["symbol"]
+        by_snippet.setdefault(int(row["snippet_id"]), []).append(f"`{label}`")
+    parts = [
+        f"{', '.join(names)} → instance of #{sid}"
+        for sid, names in by_snippet.items()
+    ]
+    return (
+        f"> Shape accounting: recorded at `{path}` — {'; '.join(parts)} "
+        "(classified_by=hook: you pulled that snippet this session and this "
+        "code references/resembles it). Not an instance? `classify_shapes` "
+        "overrides a hook stamp."
+    )
+
+
 async def _topic_titles(topic_ids: set[int]) -> dict[int, str]:
     """Map topic_id -> title for the given ids (live topics only)."""
     if not topic_ids:

src/scribe/services/shape_ledger.py

@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ an extracted shape.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
+import logging
+import re
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
 from sqlalchemy import select
 
 from scribe.models import async_session
 from scribe.models.code_shape import CodeShape
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 # Statuses whose meaning requires a snippet target.
 _NEEDS_TARGET = ("canonical", "instance", "variant")
 
@@ -408,3 +412,187 @@ async def snippet_consumers(user_id: int, note_id: int) -> dict:
             _consumer_dict(row)
         )
     return out
+
+
+# --- write-path stamping (#2791): hook evidence lands as rows ----------------
+#
+# The write-path hook (plugin/hooks/scribe_prior_art.sh) fires on every
+# Write/Edit and already carries the two halves of a consumer-map row: the
+# file being written and the definitions in (or enclosing) the payload. What
+# it could not say on its own is WHICH canon the session is instantiating.
+# The pull stream answers that: a snippet the session opened in full
+# (get_snippet) and is now writing code that references or resembles is being
+# reused — and a reused canon's call site is an `instance` (note 2786).
+#
+# The rule, deliberately two-sided so it cannot fire on noise:
+#   PULLED   — a PULLED usage event by this user inside PULL_WINDOW. Offered-
+#              but-ignored (surfaced, never opened) stamps nothing.
+#   IN PLAY  — the payload references the snippet's symbol by name, or the
+#              semantic arm scored it above the write-path threshold for this
+#              very payload. Either is evidence; the pull alone is not.
+# Both hold → every shape the hook named at that path, of the snippet's kind,
+# becomes instance-of-N with classified_by="hook" and the evidence as reason.
+#
+# A hook row is EVIDENCE, not judgment: it only ever lands on rows nobody has
+# judged (unclassified) or rows an earlier hook stamped, never on a canonical
+# row or an agent/audit/import judgment. Re-judge with classify_shapes.
+
+# "The write path actually pulled it": a working session's reach. The
+# precision comes from the in-play test above, not from this window.
+PULL_WINDOW = timedelta(hours=6)
+
+def snippet_kind(symbol: str, language: str) -> str:
+    """The ledger kind a snippet's reference belongs to — "css" when its
+    symbol is a class selector (or it is a stylesheet with no symbol),
+    else "sym"."""
+    sym = (symbol or "").strip()
+    if sym.startswith("."):
+        return "css"
+    if not sym and (language or "").strip().lower() in ("css", "scss", "sass", "less"):
+        return "css"
+    return "sym"
+
+
+def references_symbol(code: str, symbol: str, kind: str) -> bool:
+    """Does this payload name the snippet's symbol? Word-bounded so `confirm`
+    never claims `confirmed`; a CSS class matches as `.btn` or inside a class
+    attribute (`btn btn-primary`), dashes counting as part of the name."""
+    sym = _norm_symbol(symbol or "")
+    if not sym or not code:
+        return False
+    if kind == "css":
+        pattern = rf"(?<![\w-]){re.escape(sym)}(?![\w-])"
+    else:
+        pattern = rf"(?<![\w$]){re.escape(sym)}(?![\w$])"
+    return re.search(pattern, code) is not None
+
+
+async def recent_pulls(user_id: int, *, window: timedelta = PULL_WINDOW) -> dict[int, datetime]:
+    """{note_id: last pulled at} for every note this user opened in full
+    inside ``window`` — the "actually pulled it" half of the stamping rule.
+    Reads the usage telemetry table; an unreadable table means no evidence."""
+    from sqlalchemy import func
+
+    from scribe.models.note_usage import PULLED, NoteUsageEvent
+
+    since = datetime.now(timezone.utc) - window
+    try:
+        async with async_session() as session:
+            rows = await session.execute(
+                select(NoteUsageEvent.note_id, func.max(NoteUsageEvent.created_at))
+                .where(
+                    NoteUsageEvent.user_id == user_id,
+                    NoteUsageEvent.event == PULLED,
+                    NoteUsageEvent.created_at >= since,
+                )
+                .group_by(NoteUsageEvent.note_id)
+            )
+            return {int(nid): ts for nid, ts in rows.all()}
+    except Exception:
+        logger.warning("recent_pulls read failed — no hook stamping this write", exc_info=True)
+        return {}
+
+
+async def stamp_write_path_instances(
+    user_id: int,
+    project_id: int,
+    *,
+    path: str,
+    shapes: list[tuple[str, str]],
+    code: str,
+    pulled: dict[int, datetime],
+    resembles: dict[int, float] | None = None,
+    repo_key: str = "",
+) -> list[dict]:
+    """Land hook evidence as `instance` rows for the shapes being written.
+
+    ``shapes`` is the hook's (kind, name) list for ``path``; ``pulled`` is
+    recent_pulls(); ``resembles`` maps snippet ids the semantic arm scored
+    for this payload to their score. Returns the rows stamped, each
+    {path, symbol, kind, snippet_id, reason} — empty in the common case.
+
+    A shape the ledger has no live row for yet (it is being written right
+    now) gets a PROVISIONAL row under ``repo_key`` — first/last-seen unset —
+    so the stamp is not lost to the next sync, which either confirms the
+    shape (sets its seen marker) or stamps it vanished. No repo key → only
+    existing rows are stamped.
+
+    When more than one pulled snippet is in play for a shape, a by-name
+    reference beats resemblance and the most recent pull breaks ties: a row
+    holds one canon (the known model limit logged on #2790).
+    """
+    from scribe.services import access
+    from scribe.services import snippets as snippets_svc
+    from scribe.services.snippets import snippet_fields
+
+    resembles = resembles or {}
+    path = (path or "").strip()
+    wanted = [(k, n.strip()) for k, n in shapes if k in ("css", "sym") and n.strip()]
+    if not project_id or not path or not wanted or not pulled:
+        return []
+    if not await access.can_write_project(user_id, project_id):
+        return []
+
+    # Which pulled canons are in play for this payload, by kind, ranked.
+    in_play: dict[str, list[tuple[int, datetime, int, str]]] = {}
+    for sid, pulled_at in pulled.items():
+        note = await snippets_svc.get_snippet(user_id, sid)
+        if note is None:
+            continue
+        fields = snippet_fields(note)
+        symbol = fields.get("symbol") or ""
+        kind = snippet_kind(symbol, fields.get("language") or "")
+        if references_symbol(code, symbol, kind):
+            rank, why = 2, f"hook: pulled #{sid}; payload references `{_norm_symbol(symbol)}`"
+        elif sid in resembles:
+            rank, why = 1, f"hook: pulled #{sid}; payload resembles it ({resembles[sid]:.2f})"
+        else:
+            continue
+        in_play.setdefault(kind, []).append((rank, pulled_at, sid, why))
+    if not in_play:
+        return []
+    for bucket in in_play.values():
+        bucket.sort(key=lambda t: (t[0], t[1]), reverse=True)
+
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    stamped: list[dict] = []
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        rows = (
+            await session.execute(
+                select(CodeShape).where(
+                    CodeShape.project_id == project_id,
+                    CodeShape.path == path,
+                    CodeShape.vanished_at.is_(None),
+                )
+            )
+        ).scalars().all()
+        by_key = {(r.symbol, r.kind): r for r in rows}
+        for kind, name in wanted:
+            bucket = in_play.get(kind)
+            if not bucket:
+                continue
+            _rank, _at, sid, why = bucket[0]
+            row = by_key.get((name, kind))
+            if row is None:
+                if not repo_key:
+                    continue
+                row = CodeShape(
+                    project_id=project_id, repo_key=repo_key,
+                    path=path, symbol=name, kind=kind,
+                )
+                session.add(row)
+                by_key[(name, kind)] = row
+            elif not (row.status == "unclassified" or row.classified_by == "hook"):
+                continue  # a judgment — or the canon itself — stands
+            row.status = "instance"
+            row.snippet_id = sid
+            row.reason = why
+            row.classified_by = "hook"
+            row.classified_at = now
+            stamped.append({
+                "path": path, "symbol": name, "kind": kind,
+                "snippet_id": sid, "reason": why,
+            })
+        if stamped:
+            await session.commit()
+    return stamped

tests/test_integration_shape_classify.py

@@ -219,3 +219,133 @@ async def test_sync_refiles_rows_whose_snippet_was_purged(seeded):
         ))).scalar_one()
     assert row.status == "unclassified"
     assert row.snippet_id is None
+
+
+# --- #2791: the write-path feed lands hook evidence as rows -------------------
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_write_path_stamp_is_evidence_that_yields_to_judgment(seeded):
+    """Pulled + referenced → every named shape of the snippet's kind becomes
+    an instance row, classified_by=hook, carrying the evidence as reason. A
+    later agent judgment on one of them stands against a re-stamp; the hook
+    may only overwrite nobody's judgment or its own. The outsider stamps
+    nothing (write-gated like every other ledger write)."""
+    from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import stamp_write_path_instances
+
+    owner, other, pid, sid = (
+        seeded["owner"], seeded["other"], seeded["pid"], seeded["snippet"]
+    )
+    pulled = {sid: datetime.now(timezone.utc)}
+    code = "app = factory()\nreturn app\n"          # references the snippet's symbol
+
+    assert await stamp_write_path_instances(
+        other, pid, path="src/app.py", shapes=[("sym", "make_app")],
+        code=code, pulled=pulled,
+    ) == []
+
+    stamped = await stamp_write_path_instances(
+        owner, pid, path="src/app.py",
+        shapes=[("sym", "make_app"), ("sym", "Config"), ("css", "nope")],
+        code=code, pulled=pulled,
+    )
+    assert {s["symbol"] for s in stamped} == {"make_app", "Config"}   # css skipped: no css canon
+    rows, _ = await list_project_shapes(owner, pid, snippet_id=sid)
+    by_symbol = {r.symbol: r for r in rows}
+    assert by_symbol["make_app"].status == "instance"
+    assert by_symbol["make_app"].classified_by == "hook"
+    assert by_symbol["make_app"].reason == f"hook: pulled #{sid}; payload references `factory`"
+
+    # A judgment lands; the next stamp must leave it alone but may re-stamp
+    # its own earlier row.
+    await classify_shapes(owner, pid, [
+        {"path": "src/app.py", "symbol": "make_app", "status": "exempt",
+         "reason": "the app factory is its own thing"},
+    ])
+    again = await stamp_write_path_instances(
+        owner, pid, path="src/app.py",
+        shapes=[("sym", "make_app"), ("sym", "Config")], code=code, pulled=pulled,
+    )
+    assert {s["symbol"] for s in again} == {"Config"}
+    rows, _ = await list_project_shapes(owner, pid, path="src/app.py")
+    by_symbol = {r.symbol: r for r in rows}
+    assert by_symbol["make_app"].status == "exempt"
+    assert by_symbol["Config"].status == "instance"
+
+    # Neither pulled nor in play → nothing, even with shapes named.
+    assert await stamp_write_path_instances(
+        owner, pid, path="src/util.py", shapes=[("sym", "helper")],
+        code="print('unrelated')", pulled=pulled,
+    ) == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_a_brand_new_shape_gets_a_provisional_row_the_sync_settles(seeded):
+    """The shape being written right now has no ledger row yet. With the
+    hook's repo key it gets a provisional one — seen markers unset — so the
+    stamp survives until the next sync, which confirms it (sets the marker)
+    or stamps it vanished. Without a repo key only existing rows are touched."""
+    from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import stamp_write_path_instances
+
+    owner, pid, sid = seeded["owner"], seeded["pid"], seeded["snippet"]
+    pulled = {sid: datetime.now(timezone.utc)}
+    code = "def build():\n    return factory()\n"
+
+    assert await stamp_write_path_instances(
+        owner, pid, path="src/new.py", shapes=[("sym", "build")],
+        code=code, pulled=pulled,                              # no repo_key
+    ) == []
+    stamped = await stamp_write_path_instances(
+        owner, pid, path="src/new.py", shapes=[("sym", "build")],
+        code=code, pulled=pulled, repo_key=REPO,
+    )
+    assert [s["symbol"] for s in stamped] == ["build"]
+    async with async_session() as s:
+        row = (await s.execute(select(CodeShape).where(
+            CodeShape.project_id == pid, CodeShape.path == "src/new.py",
+        ))).scalar_one()
+        assert row.status == "instance" and row.classified_by == "hook"
+        assert row.first_seen_commit is None and row.last_seen_commit is None
+
+    # The sync sees the shape in the tree → confirmed, stamp intact.
+    await sync_repo_shapes(
+        pid, REPO, SHAPES + [("src/new.py", "sym", "build")], seen_marker="abc123",
+    )
+    rows, _ = await list_project_shapes(owner, pid, path="src/new.py")
+    assert rows[0].status == "instance" and rows[0].last_seen_commit == "abc123"
+
+    # The sync no longer sees it → vanished, out of the live accounting.
+    await sync_repo_shapes(pid, REPO, SHAPES, seen_marker="def456")
+    rows, _ = await list_project_shapes(owner, pid, path="src/new.py")
+    assert rows == []
+    rows, _ = await list_project_shapes(owner, pid, path="src/new.py", include_vanished=True)
+    assert rows[0].vanished_at is not None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+async def test_recent_pulls_reads_the_usage_stream(seeded):
+    """The "actually pulled it" half is the PULLED usage event, inside the
+    window; a surfacing alone is not a pull."""
+    from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+    from scribe.models.note_usage import PULLED, SURFACED, NoteUsageEvent
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import recent_pulls
+
+    owner, sid = seeded["owner"], seeded["snippet"]
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    async with async_session() as s:
+        s.add_all([
+            NoteUsageEvent(user_id=owner, note_id=sid, event=PULLED, source="mcp_get_snippet"),
+            NoteUsageEvent(user_id=owner, note_id=sid + 1000, event=SURFACED, source="auto_inject"),
+            NoteUsageEvent(user_id=owner, note_id=sid + 2000, event=PULLED,
+                           source="mcp_get_snippet", created_at=now - timedelta(days=2)),
+        ])
+        await s.commit()
+    pulls = await recent_pulls(owner)
+    assert sid in pulls
+    assert sid + 1000 not in pulls
+    assert sid + 2000 not in pulls

tests/test_shape_ledger.py

@@ -82,3 +82,56 @@ def test_classify_and_list_are_mounted_as_mcp_tools():
     mcp = build_mcp_server()
     for name in ("classify_shapes", "list_shapes", "refresh_pattern_coverage"):
         assert mcp._tool_manager.get_tool(name) is not None
+
+
+# --- step 5: the write-path feed's evidence tests (pure) ---------------------
+
+
+def test_symbol_reference_is_word_bounded_and_kind_aware():
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import references_symbol as ref
+
+    code = "const ok = await confirmed({ title: 'x' });\nif (!ok) return;"
+    assert ref(code, "confirmed", "sym")
+    assert not ref(code, "confirm", "sym")          # prefix never claims the call
+    assert not ref("", "confirmed", "sym")
+    assert not ref(code, "", "sym")
+    # CSS: the class as a selector or inside a class attribute; dashes are part
+    # of the name, so `btn` must not claim `btn-primary`.
+    html = '<button class="btn btn-primary">Go</button>'
+    assert ref(html, ".btn-primary", "css")
+    assert ref(html, "btn-primary", "css")
+    assert ref(".btn-primary { color: red }", ".btn-primary", "css")
+    assert not ref('<button class="btn-primary">', ".btn", "css")
+    assert ref('<button class="btn-primary btn">', ".btn", "css")
+
+
+def test_snippet_kind_reads_the_symbol_then_the_language():
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import snippet_kind
+
+    assert snippet_kind(".btn-primary", "css") == "css"
+    assert snippet_kind(".btn-primary", "") == "css"
+    assert snippet_kind("confirmed", "typescript") == "sym"
+    assert snippet_kind("", "scss") == "css"      # whole-stylesheet record
+    assert snippet_kind("", "python") == "sym"
+
+
+def test_route_shapes_param_parses_capped_and_deduped():
+    from scribe.routes.plugin import _SHAPES_CAP, _parse_shapes
+
+    assert _parse_shapes("css:btn-primary,sym:onTrash") == [
+        ("css", "btn-primary"), ("sym", "onTrash"),
+    ]
+    assert _parse_shapes(" sym:a , sym:a ,bogus:x,sym:,:,") == [("sym", "a")]
+    assert _parse_shapes("") == []
+    many = ",".join(f"sym:f{i}" for i in range(40))
+    assert len(_parse_shapes(many)) == _SHAPES_CAP
+
+
+def test_hook_is_a_server_internal_classifier():
+    """`hook` is in the status vocabulary but NOT a via a caller may claim —
+    a classify_shapes call saying via="hook" would launder judgment as
+    evidence (the reverse of the stamping rule's point)."""
+    from scribe.services.shape_ledger import _CALLER_VIAS
+
+    assert "hook" in SHAPE_CLASSIFIERS
+    assert "hook" not in _CALLER_VIAS

tests/test_write_path_trigger.py

@@ -778,11 +778,13 @@ def test_route_reads_every_arg_the_hook_sends():
 
     from scribe.routes import plugin as routes
     src = inspect.getsource(routes.write_path_prior_art)
-    for arg in ("path", "code", "repo", "project_id", "exclude_ids", "exclude_sync_ids"):
+    for arg in ("path", "code", "repo", "project_id", "exclude_ids",
+                "exclude_sync_ids", "shapes"):
         assert f'request.args.get("{arg}"' in src, f"route ignores {arg}"
 
     hook = HOOK.read_text()
-    for arg in ("path=", "code=", "repo=", "exclude_ids=", "exclude_sync_ids="):
+    for arg in ("path=", "code=", "repo=", "exclude_ids=", "exclude_sync_ids=",
+                "shapes="):
         assert arg in hook, f"hook never sends {arg}"
 
 
@@ -1009,3 +1011,240 @@ def test_local_arm_finds_duplicates_in_every_language_family(
     ctx = json.loads(out.stdout)["hookSpecificOutput"]["additionalContext"]
     assert "already defined" in ctx
     assert "create_snippet" in ctx
+
+
+# --- #2791: the write-path feed — hook evidence lands as ledger rows ----------
+
+
+def _ts():
+    from datetime import datetime, timezone
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_stamping_needs_named_shapes_and_a_recent_pull():
+    """Offered-but-ignored stamps nothing: without a PULLED event there is no
+    evidence, and without the hook naming shapes there is nothing to stamp.
+    Neither case may even read the pull stream."""
+    from scribe.services import plugin_context as pc
+    pulls = AsyncMock(return_value={})
+    stamp = AsyncMock(return_value=[])
+    with patch.object(pc, "get_writepath_config", AsyncMock(return_value=_cfg())), \
+         patch.object(pc.snippets_svc, "list_snippets", AsyncMock(return_value=([], 0))), \
+         patch.object(pc, "semantic_search_notes", AsyncMock(return_value=[])), \
+         patch.object(pc, "record_retrieval", MagicMock()), \
+         patch.object(pc.shape_ledger_svc, "recent_pulls", pulls), \
+         patch.object(pc.shape_ledger_svc, "stamp_write_path_instances", stamp):
+        out = await pc.build_write_path_hint(1, "src/x.py", code=REAL_CODE, project_id=4)
+        assert out["stamped"] == []
+        pulls.assert_not_awaited()                       # no shapes → no read
+        out = await pc.build_write_path_hint(
+            1, "src/x.py", code=REAL_CODE, project_id=4,
+            stamp_shapes=[("sym", "debounce")],
+        )
+    pulls.assert_awaited_once()
+    stamp.assert_not_awaited()                           # shapes, but no pull
+    assert out["stamped"] == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_pulled_snippet_already_seen_is_evidence_not_menu():
+    """The pulled-then-written flow IS the dedup-excluded flow: the hint offered
+    #7 earlier (so it sits in exclude_ids), the session pulled it, and now
+    writes code resembling it. #7 must be scored for this payload — and handed
+    to the stamp as resemblance — without being re-listed in the menu."""
+    from scribe.services import plugin_context as pc
+    search = AsyncMock(return_value=[(0.91, _note(7, "pulled")), (0.80, _note(8, "fresh"))])
+    stamp = AsyncMock(return_value=[{
+        "path": "src/x.py", "symbol": "debounce", "kind": "sym",
+        "snippet_id": 7, "reason": "hook: pulled #7; payload resembles it (0.91)",
+    }])
+    with patch.object(pc, "get_writepath_config", AsyncMock(return_value=_cfg(top_k=3))), \
+         patch.object(pc.snippets_svc, "list_snippets", AsyncMock(return_value=([], 0))), \
+         patch.object(pc, "semantic_search_notes", search), \
+         patch.object(pc, "record_retrieval", MagicMock()), \
+         patch.object(pc, "owner_names_for", AsyncMock(return_value={})), \
+         patch.object(pc.shape_ledger_svc, "recent_pulls", AsyncMock(return_value={7: _ts()})), \
+         patch.object(pc.shape_ledger_svc, "stamp_write_path_instances", stamp):
+        out = await pc.build_write_path_hint(
+            1, "src/x.py", code=REAL_CODE, project_id=4, exclude_ids=[7],
+            stamp_shapes=[("sym", "debounce")], repo_key="git.example.com/a/b",
+        )
+    # The query kept #7 eligible (and widened the budget by one for it)...
+    kw = search.call_args.kwargs
+    assert 7 not in kw["exclude_ids"]
+    assert kw["limit"] == 4
+    # ...but the menu still honours the session dedup.
+    assert out["note_ids"] == [8]
+    assert "#7" not in "\n".join(
+        line for line in out["context"].splitlines() if "[similar" in line
+    )
+    # The stamp saw the pull and the resemblance score for this payload.
+    skw = stamp.call_args.kwargs
+    assert skw["pulled"] == {7: skw["pulled"][7]}
+    assert skw["resembles"] == {7: 0.91}
+    assert skw["shapes"] == [("sym", "debounce")]
+    assert skw["repo_key"] == "git.example.com/a/b"
+    assert out["stamped"][0]["snippet_id"] == 7
+    # And the session is told what landed, with the way to correct it.
+    assert "Shape accounting" in out["context"]
+    assert "`debounce` → instance of #7" in out["context"]
+    assert "classify_shapes" in out["context"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_stamp_renders_even_when_the_hint_is_otherwise_silent():
+    """After dedup the common case is an empty hint; the stamp must still run
+    and still be reported — silence about accounting is how hook rows would
+    become invisible."""
+    from scribe.services import plugin_context as pc
+    stamped = [{"path": "web/b.css", "symbol": "btn-primary", "kind": "css",
+                "snippet_id": 5, "reason": "hook: pulled #5; payload references `btn-primary`"}]
+    with patch.object(pc, "get_writepath_config", AsyncMock(return_value=_cfg())), \
+         patch.object(pc.snippets_svc, "list_snippets", AsyncMock(return_value=([], 0))), \
+         patch.object(pc, "semantic_search_notes", AsyncMock(return_value=[])), \
+         patch.object(pc, "record_retrieval", MagicMock()), \
+         patch.object(pc, "owner_names_for", AsyncMock(return_value={})), \
+         patch.object(pc.shape_ledger_svc, "recent_pulls", AsyncMock(return_value={5: _ts()})), \
+         patch.object(pc.shape_ledger_svc, "stamp_write_path_instances",
+                      AsyncMock(return_value=stamped)):
+        out = await pc.build_write_path_hint(
+            1, "web/b.css", code=".btn-primary { color: red; }" * 4, project_id=4,
+            stamp_shapes=[("css", "btn-primary")],
+        )
+    assert out["note_ids"] == []
+    assert out["stamped"] == stamped
+    assert "`.btn-primary` → instance of #5" in out["context"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_a_failing_stamp_does_not_sink_the_hint():
+    from scribe.services import plugin_context as pc
+    with patch.object(pc, "get_writepath_config", AsyncMock(return_value=_cfg())), \
+         patch.object(pc.snippets_svc, "list_snippets",
+                      AsyncMock(return_value=([_snippet_item(12, "records me")], 1))), \
+         patch.object(pc, "semantic_search_notes", AsyncMock(return_value=[])), \
+         patch.object(pc, "record_retrieval", MagicMock()), \
+         patch.object(pc, "owner_names_for", AsyncMock(return_value={})), \
+         patch.object(pc.shape_ledger_svc, "recent_pulls", AsyncMock(return_value={12: _ts()})), \
+         patch.object(pc.shape_ledger_svc, "stamp_write_path_instances",
+                      AsyncMock(side_effect=RuntimeError("ledger down"))):
+        out = await pc.build_write_path_hint(
+            1, "src/x.py", code=REAL_CODE, project_id=4, stamp_shapes=[("sym", "f")],
+        )
+    assert out["sync_note_ids"] == [12]
+    assert out["stamped"] == []
+
+
+def test_route_stamps_only_for_a_caller_allowed_to_write():
+    """A read-scoped key gets the hint — every plugin hook works on a read key
+    — but a GET must never change accounting for it. The route passes the
+    shapes through only when the key is write-scoped (or it's a session)."""
+    import inspect
+
+    from scribe.routes import plugin as routes
+    src = inspect.getsource(routes.write_path_prior_art)
+    assert 'request.args.get("shapes"' in src
+    assert '== "write"' in src
+    assert "stamp_shapes=shapes if may_stamp else None" in src
+    assert "normalize_repo_key(repo)" in src
+    hook = HOOK.read_text()
+    assert "&shapes=" in hook
+
+
+def test_hook_names_the_shapes_being_written():
+    """The feed's two inputs: every definition in the payload, or — for an Edit
+    that changes a body, not a signature — the definition enclosing the edit,
+    found by walking the target file upward from the edited lines."""
+    src = HOOK.read_text()
+    assert "scribe_defs()" in src                      # one extractor, two consumers
+    assert ".tool_input.old_string" in src             # the Edit's anchor
+    assert "| tac | scribe_defs | head -1" in src      # nearest definition above
+    # The ledger feed sends NAMES, never bodies, and stays on the one GET.
+    assert src.count("/api/plugin/prior-art?") == 1
+
+
+def _run_hook_against_sink(tmp_path, payload):
+    """Run the hook with SCRIBE_URL pointed at a throwaway local listener and
+    return the query the hook sent. Lets the shell be tested end to end —
+    the extraction, the encoding, the URL — without a Scribe instance."""
+    import http.server
+    import threading
+    import urllib.parse
+
+    seen: dict = {}
+
+    class _Sink(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+        def do_GET(self):
+            seen.update(urllib.parse.parse_qs(urllib.parse.urlparse(self.path).query))
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(b'{"context":"","note_ids":[]}')
+
+        def log_message(self, *a):
+            pass
+
+    server = http.server.HTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), _Sink)
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+    try:
+        env = dict(_hook_runtime_env(), SCRIBE_URL=f"http://127.0.0.1:{server.server_port}")
+        out = subprocess.run(
+            ["bash", str(HOOK)], input=json.dumps(payload),
+            capture_output=True, text=True, env=env,
+        )
+        assert out.returncode == 0, out.stderr
+    finally:
+        server.shutdown()
+        server.server_close()
+    return seen
+
+
+def test_hook_sends_every_definition_in_a_write(tmp_path):
+    repo = tmp_path / "repo"
+    repo.mkdir()
+    env = _hook_runtime_env()
+    subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-q"], cwd=repo, check=True, env=env)
+    seen = _run_hook_against_sink(tmp_path, {
+        "session_id": "s-feed-w", "cwd": str(repo), "tool_name": "Write",
+        "tool_input": {
+            "file_path": str(repo / "new.ts"),
+            "content": "export async function onDelete(): Promise<void> {\n"
+                       "  const ok = await confirmed({ title: 'x' });\n}\n"
+                       ".btn-primary {\n  color: red;\n}\n",
+        },
+    })
+    assert seen["path"] == ["new.ts"]
+    assert seen["shapes"] == ["css:btn-primary,sym:onDelete"]
+
+
+def test_hook_sends_the_enclosing_definition_for_a_body_edit(tmp_path):
+    """An Edit to the inside of onTrash names no definition itself; the hook
+    must walk the file upward from the edited line and send onTrash."""
+    import shutil
+    if shutil.which("tac") is None:
+        pytest.skip("the enclosing-definition walk needs tac")
+    repo = tmp_path / "repo"
+    repo.mkdir()
+    env = _hook_runtime_env()
+    subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-q"], cwd=repo, check=True, env=env)
+    target = repo / "comp.vue"
+    target.write_text(
+        "<script setup lang=\"ts\">\n"
+        "async function onTrash(): Promise<void> {\n"
+        "  const ok = await confirmed({ title: 'Move to the trash?' });\n"
+        "  if (!ok) return;\n"
+        "}\n"
+        "const other = () => {\n  return 1;\n};\n"
+        "</script>\n"
+    )
+    seen = _run_hook_against_sink(tmp_path, {
+        "session_id": "s-feed-e", "cwd": str(repo), "tool_name": "Edit",
+        "tool_input": {
+            "file_path": str(target),
+            "old_string": "  if (!ok) return;",
+            "new_string": "  if (!ok) return;\n  await guarded(() => store.trashNode(id));",
+        },
+    })
+    assert seen["shapes"] == ["sym:onTrash"]