From 4ab09d1c16711a10485dab4a8d157b65b57a90be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Baity <158404677+MazakTheDwarf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:51:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix book_chapter.yml: write chapter draft before char-state
 extraction

Chapter_N_draft doc step was placed after PASS 3 think, so last_text()
returned char state (3151 chars) instead of the actual chapter from SELF-CHECK.
Moved doc step to immediately after step 2 (SELF-CHECK).

New step order: 0-think, 1-think, 2-think(selfcheck), 3-doc(draft),
4-think(charstate), 5-rag_write, 6-doc(charstate), 7-package, 8-close

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 templates/book_chapter.yml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/templates/book_chapter.yml b/templates/book_chapter.yml
index 172bd79..a6ff5d0 100644
--- a/templates/book_chapter.yml
+++ b/templates/book_chapter.yml
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ steps:
         verbatim everywhere else). Start the chapter directly with the chapter title
         and first line. No preamble or commentary within the chapter text.
 
+  # Commit chapter draft now — last_text() = self-check output (step 2). Must come before
+  # PASS 3 think so the character-state extraction does not overwrite last_text().
+  - type: document
+    filename: "Chapter_{chapter_number}_draft"
 
   - type: think
     hint: |
@@ -299,8 +303,6 @@ steps:
 
   - type: document
     filename: "character-state-{chapter_ref}"
-  - type: document
-    filename: "Chapter_{chapter_number}_draft"
 
   - type: package
     max_tokens: 12000