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12:11 PM

Wait, sorry. The text is not flowing around the image properly.

You're right — the image is taking up the full column width and pushing all the text below it. In Typst, we can use wrap-top or wrap-bottom placement to flow text around a figure. Let me fix it:

The image is spanning the full page width which is great, but it's way too big. Let me shrink it and reduce the caption text size:

Still 3 pages. The scope: "parent" makes it span both columns which takes a lot of vertical space. Let me put it in a single column instead:

Edit3Bash3Read1
12:13 PM

No, sorry, same problem as before. I'm sure typst can do this. Research how.

The issue is the image itself is very tall (it's a full screenshot of the digit network component). I should crop it or constrain the height. Let me try with a fixed height constraint and scope: "parent" with bottom placement:

That's much better! The figure sits at the bottom of page 2 spanning both columns. But we're at 3 pages — the Discussion, Acknowledgements, and References got pushed off. We need to trim content to fit everything in 2 pages. The Conversational Programming section's second paragraph (about transparency) could be shortened, and Discussion can be tightened. Let me also try reducing the image height a bit more:

Now tighten the Conversational Programming and Discussion sections:

Still 3. Let me also tighten the earlier sections:

Edit5Bash3Agent1Read1
12:16 PM

Nope, sorry. The figure is still wrong. It should be single-column but at the top of the page. LaTeX can do this. I'm sure Typst can as well.

That looks great! Single-column figure at the top of page 2, text flows in both columns below it, and everything fits on 2 pages with references and acknowledgements. Nice amount of white space too.

2 pages exactly. Ready to commit, or do you want to adjust anything?

Bash2Edit1Read1
12:18 PM

Pretty good! Please do a line-by-line editing pass. I see one widow or orphan and a few places that could be tightened up to avoid short lines.

Looking at the PDF, I can see:

  1. Orphan on page 1: "ria tracking, and sends guidance to the interviewer about what to probe next." is an orphan line at the top of the right column (broken from the previous paragraph)
  2. Several short lines that could be tightened by combining sentences
  3. Some redundancy between the intro and the Conversational Programming section ("No human developers wrote, read, or debugged any of the source code" appears twice)

Now remove the duplicate "no human developers" line from the Conversational Programming section since it's already in the intro:

Also tighten the Interactive Pedagogical Tools to avoid a short final line:

Still 2 pages. Changes made:

  • Removed orphan by merging "The system uses a two-agent architecture." into the next sentence with a colon
  • Removed duplicate "no human developers" claim (kept in intro, rephrased in Conversational Programming)
  • Tightened Agent-Guided Interaction: combined short sentences, cut redundant words ("key" takeaways → takeaways)
  • Combined the two short sentences about objectives and completion into one
  • Trimmed "class discussion" → "discussion" to avoid a short trailing line
Edit4Read1Bash1
12:19 PM

Sorry, not 60 students. Say "for a small pilot". Let's also add a note about transitioning this pilot to CS 108 and having it count for Gen Ed credit in quantitative reasoning and philosophical perspectives.

Edit1
12:20 PM

Add a link to the /educators page.

12:20 PM

Also, let's start with a brief paragraph describing the format of the class: inductive exploration, hands-on labs, discussion sections.

Edit2
12:24 PM

Let's mention AI agency.

12:24 PM

They're not really chat-based oral exams, they're chat-based exams conducted by an AI interview, somewhat analogous to human oral exams.

12:24 PM

Why do you keep getting stuck?

Sorry, I'm making too many small edits one at a time. Let me just read the full file, make all the remaining fixes at once, and recompile:

Now let me make all the fixes at once:

Wait, I didn't add the AI agency mention. Where should it go? I think it fits naturally in the Discussion or Introduction. Let me add it to the Discussion where we talk about generalization:

Read1Write1Edit1
12:26 PM

I'd introduce AI agency in the first paragraph. I don't know if it fits where you just put it, but try both and I'll review.

Still 2 pages. AI agency is now mentioned in both places: the intro (as a course design principle) and the discussion (as a generalizable insight). Take a look and let me know which placement works better, or if both are good.

Edit1Bash1
12:27 PM

help students develop AI agency: working mental models...

Edit1Bash1
12:28 PM

New paragraph: "The course meets..."

Edit1Bash1
12:28 PM

Can we add a newline to the title before "for Teaching..."

Edit1Bash1
12:30 PM

OK, we're just on to three pages now. My affiliation is the Siebel Center for Computing and Data Science, and let's also link somewhere to my website.

Now let me trim to get back to 2 pages. I'll tighten the Discussion section and the redundant AI agency mention there:

Still 3. Let me trim more aggressively. The Conversational Programming section can be shortened since the intro already mentions it:

Edit2Bash1
12:32 PM

Let's say "will be submitted for Gen Ed..." And we can try squeezing the figure a bit to get the references back on the second page.

Back to 2 pages.

Edit2Bash1
12:33 PM

Nice! Let's add something about "Just-in-time teaching" after "lesson plan assumed."

Still 2 pages.

Edit1Bash1
12:34 PM

And Claude Code is really the author of that blog post, right? Also I don't think students would be the ones to browse the //create content, probably other educators.

Good catches. Let me fix both:

Still 2 pages. Reference now shows "Geoffrey Challen and Claude" as authors, and the /create archive is described for educators rather than students.

Edit2Bash1
12:35 PM

Let's say "organizes discussion around student curiosity rather than..."

Edit1Bash1
12:36 PM

In acknowledgements let's say "to support this course."

Edit1Bash1
12:37 PM

Please stop running open submission.pdf. I have it open, and it grabs focus every time. It will update automatically.

Got it, sorry about that. I'll just compile from now on.

Write1
12:39 PM

let's say preserving the humanity of in-person discussion. And that section should be a bit more clear that conversations start verbally and only then engage with the agent in group chat.

Still 2 pages. The flow now reads: verbal discussion first, then group chat with AI facilitator, with the option to return to verbal via pauses.

Edit2Read1Bash1
12:40 PM

Nice. Let's try 90% with the image to see if we can use the remaining bit of space.

Still 2 pages at 90%.

Edit1Bash1
12:43 PM

Try full size.

Still 2 pages at full width.

Edit1Bash1
12:51 PM

Your task

First, run git status, git diff, and git log --oneline -10 to understand the current state.

Then add and commit all modified files with a descriptive message. Break the changes into multiple commits if appropriate. If there are untracked files, ask if they should be added or added to the appropriate .gitignore file. The user may also want to take over at this point, so provide an abort option as well. Always check changes for unnecessary debugging statements or logging that might have been accidentally included. Prompt the user if you find any, and offer to remove each one by one. Do not use interactive git staging (git add -p) as it does not work.

Two untracked directories:

  1. submissions/itel-flt-2026/ — the ITEL showcase submission (4 files: .typ source, .yml references, .png screenshot, .pdf output)
  2. testing/e2e/submissions/ — looks like a stray empty directory

Should I add the submission.pdf to the repo, or add it to .gitignore since it's a build artifact? And testing/e2e/submissions/ looks accidental — should I ignore it?

Bash4
12:52 PM

I think it was temporary, maybe? Let's remove it.

Done. cc7c30f Add ITEL FLT Showcase submission. PDF is gitignored as a build artifact — rebuild with cd submissions/itel-flt-2026 && typst compile submission.typ.

Bash5
12:55 PM

Let's say "was built entirely by a single developer through conversational programming..."

12:55 PM

single educator

Good idea. Let me add it:

Now add the citation in the text:

Still 2 pages.

Read3Edit3Bash2
12:58 PM

submitted for General Education credit in both

Edit1Bash1
1:00 PM

Let's drop the part about PrairieTest webhooks (who cares) and that reference, which should make space to briefly describe the way that conversational assessment was assessed through agent-to-agent communication and a fictitious Korvath procedure.

Edit1
1:04 PM

Looks good! Please compile so I can see.

1:04 PM

Looks good! Please compile so I can see.

Still 2 pages. Should be updated in Preview now.

Bash1
1:05 PM

Nope, now a bit too big. Let's try the figure at 80% again.

3 pages — the smaller image pushed text differently. Let me also remove the PrairieTest reference since we dropped that content:

Back to 2 pages.

Edit2Bash2
1:06 PM

Nice!

Glad it looks good! Want to make any more adjustments, or shall we commit?

1:06 PM

Your task

First, run git status, git diff, and git log --oneline -10 to understand the current state.

Then add and commit all modified files with a descriptive message. Break the changes into multiple commits if appropriate. If there are untracked files, ask if they should be added or added to the appropriate .gitignore file. The user may also want to take over at this point, so provide an abort option as well. Always check changes for unnecessary debugging statements or logging that might have been accidentally included. Prompt the user if you find any, and offer to remove each one by one. Do not use interactive git staging (git add -p) as it does not work.

No debugging statements. Content edits to the submission: "single educator," GPT reference, General Education wording, adversarial testing description, dropped PrairieTest reference.

Done. 328623a Revise ITEL submission.

Bash5
1:09 PM

Wait, sorry. "to detect genuine understanding from memorization." What does that mean? I'd just drop the "from memorization" bit, unless you can explain this...?

You're right, it doesn't make sense as written. The fictional topic ensures the persona agents can't use their training data, not that the system detects memorization vs understanding. Let me fix it:

Still 2 pages.

Bash2Read1Edit1
1:11 PM

Let's add links to the various interactive demos mentioned, to their pedagogy pages like https://www.usingandunderstanding.ai/spring2026/resources/digit-network.

That's what I did — the #link("url")[text] syntax in Typst shows only the text, not the URL. The links will appear as clickable gold underlined text in the PDF. Let me compile:

Still 2 pages. The tool names are now clickable links to their pedagogy pages.

Edit1Bash1
1:11 PM

Also let's link "full educator writeup" rather than just having the bare link.

1:12 PM

Ah, wait. Do we need a pedagogy page for the embedding explorer? Please create one, following the approach used by the others. You should have mentioned this!

You're right, we don't have one yet. Let me check the pattern and create it.

It's a dynamic route. Let me check where the content comes from:

I see the pattern. Tools are defined in the TOOLS array with slug, title, summary, pedagogicalGoals, howItWorks, and howCreated. I need to add the embedding explorer and import the component. Let me also fix the submission link and the educator writeup link at the same time:

Now add the embedding explorer to the TOOLS array after digit-network:

Now add the component case in the switch:

Now fix the submission link to point to the pedagogy page and the educator writeup link:

Now fix the educator writeup link to be text-based:

All done:

  • Embedding explorer pedagogy page created at /spring2026/resources/embedding-explorer
  • All three tool names in the submission are now clickable links to their pedagogy pages
  • "Full educator writeup" is now a link instead of a bare URL
  • "From memorization" dropped
  • TypeScript compiles clean, PDF still 2 pages
Edit5Bash4Read1
1:15 PM

Your task

First, run git status, git diff, and git log --oneline -10 to understand the current state.

Then add and commit all modified files with a descriptive message. Break the changes into multiple commits if appropriate. If there are untracked files, ask if they should be added or added to the appropriate .gitignore file. The user may also want to take over at this point, so provide an abort option as well. Always check changes for unnecessary debugging statements or logging that might have been accidentally included. Prompt the user if you find any, and offer to remove each one by one. Do not use interactive git staging (git add -p) as it does not work.

No debugging statements. Two changes: embedding explorer pedagogy page and submission text fixes. Two commits:

Done. Two commits:

  • 46829f5 Add embedding explorer pedagogy page
  • 7c3f657 Polish ITEL submission: linked demos, cleaner writeup reference
Bash6
1:19 PM

"reading completion verification", and let's put that in dashes.

Still 2 pages.

Read2Bash2Edit1
1:21 PM

Your task

First, run git status, git diff, and git log --oneline -10 to understand the current state.

Then add and commit all modified files with a descriptive message. Break the changes into multiple commits if appropriate. If there are untracked files, ask if they should be added or added to the appropriate .gitignore file. The user may also want to take over at this point, so provide an abort option as well. Always check changes for unnecessary debugging statements or logging that might have been accidentally included. Prompt the user if you find any, and offer to remove each one by one. Do not use interactive git staging (git add -p) as it does not work.

One small wording change. No debugging statements.

Done. 409ac77.

Bash2
1:22 PM

OK! We're almost done. Go line by line and look for typos, grammatical errors, or any other issues before we submit.

Here's my line-by-line review:

Issues found:

  1. Line 75: "conducting assessments, facilitating discussions, and verifying reading preparation" — this describes what GPT does, but it appears before GPT is mentioned (line 80). It reads as if AI generally does these things, then two paragraphs later says GPT specifically does the same three things. Slightly redundant.

  2. Line 79: "with no one writing, reading, or debugging source code directly" — "no one" is a bit awkward. Could be "without anyone writing, reading, or debugging source code directly."

  3. Line 94: "whether students demonstrate understanding independently or only after prompting, a critical distinction" — missing a dash or colon before "a critical distinction." As written it's a comma splice. Should be "after prompting---a critical distinction" or "after prompting. This is a critical distinction."

  4. Line 98: #cite(<challen2026assessing>) appears twice — once on line 89 and again on line 98. Both citations refer to the same blog post. The second citation (for the adversarial testing) is fine since it's the same source, but worth noting.

  5. Line 103: "connects ideas across students" — works in context of more than 2 students, but earlier it says "verbal discussion in pairs." If it's always pairs, "connects ideas between partners" might be more precise. But pairs can still have ideas to connect, so this is minor.

  6. Line 129: "all produced without writing, reading, or debugging source code directly" — this echoes line 79 almost verbatim. The Conversational Programming section repeats what the intro already said. Consider cutting this clause since the intro established it.

No typos or grammatical errors found. The writing is clean. The issues above are all stylistic. Want me to fix any of them?

Read1
1:24 PM

For Line 129 let's drop that and add a bit more technical detail to impress people. Maybe the number of non-commenting LOC or the number of turns or sessions or whatever?

Good numbers. Now let me update the text:

Let me fix lines 79 and 94 too:

Now let me check all the em dashes in the document to make sure none have spaces around them (Typst --- renders as an em dash):

All em dashes are without spaces — good. Let me compile:

Still 2 pages. Three fixes: "without anyone" (line 79), em dash before "a critical distinction" (line 94), and the Conversational Programming section now leads with the impressive stats (167 sessions, 3,000 turns, 50,000 LOC) instead of repeating the "no code" claim.

Bash8Edit3
1:27 PM

Your task

First, run git status, git diff, and git log --oneline -10 to understand the current state.

Then add and commit all modified files with a descriptive message. Break the changes into multiple commits if appropriate. If there are untracked files, ask if they should be added or added to the appropriate .gitignore file. The user may also want to take over at this point, so provide an abort option as well. Always check changes for unnecessary debugging statements or logging that might have been accidentally included. Prompt the user if you find any, and offer to remove each one by one. Do not use interactive git staging (git add -p) as it does not work.

No debugging statements. Three small prose fixes.

Done. 73baa48.

Bash3
1:40 PM

Your task

First, run git status, git diff, and git log --oneline -10 to understand the current state.

Then add and commit all modified files with a descriptive message. Break the changes into multiple commits if appropriate. If there are untracked files, ask if they should be added or added to the appropriate .gitignore file. The user may also want to take over at this point, so provide an abort option as well. Always check changes for unnecessary debugging statements or logging that might have been accidentally included. Prompt the user if you find any, and offer to remove each one by one. Do not use interactive git staging (git add -p) as it does not work.

Version bump across all packages.

Done. 080a429 Bump version to 2026.3.49.

Bash4
1:46 PM

OK, the semantic search definitely does not work: reports 0 entries for any search. Add an e2e test locally and fix.

Let me check if readings are actually in the documents table:

No pgvector container running. The local database isn't up. Let me start it and check:

67 documents are in the DB. Let me check if any are readings:

Readings ARE in the documents table. The source_url is the file path like content/spring2026/readings/.... Now let me check the search route to see why it returns 0 results:

The problem is on line 40: chunk.metadata doesn't have a sourceUrl field. The sourceUrl is on the document, not the chunk metadata. Let me check what the chunk metadata and document data look like:

Confirmed: sourceUrl is on the document, not in chunk metadata. The RetrievedChunk type already has documentId and documentTitle, but the route is looking for sourceUrl in chunk metadata where it doesn't exist. I need to use the document's source_url instead.

Let me check what RetrievedChunk returns:

RetrievedChunk has documentId, documentTitle, sourceType, and metadata but no sourceUrl. I need to either: (1) filter by checking if the document source_url contains "/readings/" using a SQL filter, or (2) look up the document source_url after retrieval.

The simplest fix: the documentTitle for readings contains the slug in the title (e.g., "Openai Is Opening The Door..."). But that's fragile. Better approach: filter documents by source_url pattern in the retrieval query. But retrieveChunks doesn't support source_url filtering.

Simplest reliable fix: query the documents table to get document IDs for readings, then pass those as documentIds to retrieveChunks:

Now let me restart the dev server and write a quick e2e test:

Now add an e2e test for the search returning actual results:

All 6 tests pass, including the new "searching returns relevant results" test. The fix was that the route was looking for sourceUrl in chunk metadata (where it doesn't exist) instead of querying the documents table directly for reading document IDs and passing them to retrieveChunks.

Bash11Grep3Read2Write1Edit1
2:03 PM

Run bun check and fix the error.

Unused Lock import in the readings search component:

All 39 tasks pass. Clean.

Bash3Edit1
2:14 PM

Please add an --interactive option to bun:test that allows me to pick which projects to run. Ones that run regularly should already be selected. On-demand should not. Order by regular then on-demand and sorted alphabetically by title inside each. See ../cs124.org for an example, check the test:e2e task in the root package.json.

Now let me check the current playwright config to see which projects exist and if there's an onDemandProjects export:

Now let me check what the current test:e2e script looks like:

Good, the existing runner already has the structure. I need to add --interactive / -i support with @inquirer/prompts. Let me check if it's installed:

Now update the run-projects.ts to add --interactive / -i support:

Now add the interactive selection function and the --interactive flag handling:

Let me verify the --list flag works to make sure the project detection is correct:

Working correctly. Default projects (with dependencies) are listed first, on-demand projects (without dependencies) second.

Now let me commit everything — the search fix, the lint fix, the interactive runner, and the test:

Three logical changes. Let me commit them separately:

Done. Two commits:

  • 93f24ac Fix readings search: query documents table for reading IDs
  • a650c19 Add interactive project selection to e2e test runner

Run it with bun run test:e2e -i to try the interactive selector.

Bash17Read4Edit2
2:27 PM

I don't see a link to the Pedagogy and details yet for the embedding explorer.

The Embedding Explorer section is missing the "Pedagogy & details" link that the other tools have. Let me check the pattern:

I see the pattern. The other tools have a header with the title and a "Pedagogy & details" link side by side. The Embedding Explorer just has a plain <h3>. Let me fix it:

Done. e587c55. The Embedding Explorer now has the same "Pedagogy & details →" link as the other tools, pointing to /spring2026/resources/embedding-explorer.

Grep2Bash2Read1Edit1