wip(394): steps 6+7 — backend path and instruction surfaces

src/scribe/routes/plugin.py

@@ -202,11 +202,6 @@ async def write_path_prior_art():
                              or `canon:<snippet_id>`) already named this
                              session by the ledger arm (#2900); its own
                              channel, like the two above.
-        rules_etag (opt)   — the marker the session was given when it loaded
-                             its always-on rules (milestone 323). Sent back
-                             so the server can say whether those rules have
-                             MOVED since. Absent means the hook has nothing
-                             stored, which is silence, not a mismatch.
         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
@@ -226,7 +221,6 @@ async def write_path_prior_art():
         p.strip() for p in (request.args.get("exclude_derive") or "").split(",") if p.strip()
     ]
     exclude_rule_ids = _int_list(request.args.get("exclude_rule_ids"))
-    rules_etag = (request.args.get("rules_etag") or "").strip()
     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"
@@ -238,7 +232,6 @@ async def write_path_prior_art():
         repo_key=repo_bindings_svc.normalize_repo_key(repo) if repo else "",
         exclude_derive=exclude_derive,
         exclude_rule_ids=exclude_rule_ids,
-        rules_etag=rules_etag,
     )
     return jsonify(result)
 

src/scribe/routes/projects.py

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ async def create_project_route():
 @login_required
 async def decide_inception_route(project_id: int):
     """Record (or re-record) what a project inherits — milestone 297.
-    Body: the choices object {exclude_always_on_rulebooks, subscribe_rulebooks,
+    Body: the choices object {subscribe_rulebooks,
     design_system_id, seed_systems}; owner-only."""
     uid = get_current_user_id()
     data = await request.get_json() or {}

src/scribe/routes/rulebooks.py

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ async def get_rulebook(rulebook_id: int):
 @login_required
 async def update_rulebook(rulebook_id: int):
     data = await request.get_json() or {}
-    fields = {k: v for k, v in data.items() if k in ("title", "description", "always_on")}
+    fields = {k: v for k, v in data.items() if k in ("title", "description")}
     rb = await rulebooks_svc.update_rulebook(rulebook_id, get_current_user_id(), **fields)
     if rb is None:
         return jsonify({"error": "rulebook not found"}), 404
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ async def create_rule(topic_id: int):
             how_to_apply=data.get("how_to_apply", ""),
             order_index=data.get("order_index", 0),
             when_to_apply=data.get("when_to_apply", ""),
-            tier=data.get("tier", "always_on"),
             # The human door carries `kind` too, and without the MCP door's
             # required provenance: an operator editing their own preference
             # owes nobody an explanation. That requirement is about auditing
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ async def update_rule(rule_id: int):
     fields = {
         k: v for k, v in data.items()
         if k in ("title", "statement", "why", "how_to_apply", "order_index",
-                 "when_to_apply", "tier", "kind", "arose_from_id",
+                 "when_to_apply", "kind", "arose_from_id",
                  "verify_with", "expires_when")
     }
     # No clear_fields here: a form sends "" for an emptied input, and the
@@ -395,32 +394,6 @@ async def unsuppress_project_topic(project_id: int, topic_id: int):
     return "", 204
 
 
-@rulebooks_bp.post("/projects/<int:project_id>/exclusions/rulebooks/<int:rulebook_id>")
-@login_required
-async def exclude_project_rulebook(project_id: int, rulebook_id: int):
-    """Opt the project out of a whole always-on rulebook (milestone 297)."""
-    try:
-        await rulebooks_svc.exclude_always_on_rulebook_for_project(
-            project_id=project_id, rulebook_id=rulebook_id, user_id=get_current_user_id(),
-        )
-    except ValueError as exc:
-        msg = str(exc)
-        return jsonify({"error": msg}), (400 if "not always-on" in msg else 404)
-    return "", 204
-
-
-@rulebooks_bp.delete("/projects/<int:project_id>/exclusions/rulebooks/<int:rulebook_id>")
-@login_required
-async def include_project_rulebook(project_id: int, rulebook_id: int):
-    try:
-        await rulebooks_svc.include_always_on_rulebook_for_project(
-            project_id=project_id, rulebook_id=rulebook_id, user_id=get_current_user_id(),
-        )
-    except ValueError as exc:
-        return jsonify({"error": str(exc)}), 404
-    return "", 204
-
-
 @rulebooks_bp.post("/projects/<int:project_id>/rules")
 @login_required
 async def create_project_rule(project_id: int):
@@ -440,7 +413,6 @@ async def create_project_rule(project_id: int):
             how_to_apply=data.get("how_to_apply", ""),
             order_index=data.get("order_index", 0),
             when_to_apply=data.get("when_to_apply", ""),
-            tier=data.get("tier", "always_on"),
             # The human door carries `kind` too, and without the MCP door's
             # required provenance: an operator editing their own preference
             # owes nobody an explanation. That requirement is about auditing
@@ -464,7 +436,7 @@ async def create_project_rule(project_id: int):
 async def rules_due_for_verification():
     """Rules that carry a check, oldest verification first, never-checked top.
 
-    Query params: older_than_days, tier, never_only. A rule with no
+    Query params: older_than_days, never_only. A rule with no
     `verify_with` never appears — it is a decision, not a fact.
     """
     uid = get_current_user_id()
@@ -477,7 +449,6 @@ async def rules_due_for_verification():
         rules = await rulebooks_svc.rules_due_for_verification(
             uid,
             older_than_days=older,
-            tier=args.get("tier", ""),
             never_only=args.get("never_only", "").lower() in ("1", "true", "yes"),
         )
     except ValueError as exc: