Plan: Excused Absences Policy + Status Page Display
Implement the following plan:
Plan: Excused Absences Policy + Status Page Display
Context
Adding an attendance policy: students get 3 excused absences from class meetings. The syllabus needs this policy stated, and the status page should show how many absences a student has used.
Files to Modify
1. content/spring2026/syllabus.mdx
Add an "### Attendance" subsection under "## Assessment and Grading" (after the grading percentages at ~line 115, before "### Quizzes" at line 117). Brief policy: 3 excused absences, no documentation needed, link to /status.
2. apps/web/app/status/client.tsx
In the ParticipationSection component, add an excused absence indicator below the existing participation summary text. The data is already available from the API:
missed = summary.total - summary.participatedEXCUSED_ABSENCES = 3- Display something like "X of 3 excused absences used" with appropriate color (green when under limit, amber when at limit, red when over)
- Add
data-testid="excused-absences"for the E2E test
No API or backend changes needed — summary.total and summary.participated already provide everything.
Verification
- Check syllabus page visually at
/spring2026/syllabus - Check status page at
/status— should show excused absence count - Run existing status E2E test:
cd testing/e2e && CI=true bunx playwright test --project=status
If you need specific details from before exiting plan mode (like exact code snippets, error messages, or content you generated), read the full transcript at: ~/.claude/projects/-Users-challen-www-usingandunderstanding-ai/a4b629ff-7c01-41d3-9d78-125465aed54d.jsonl
I have the context I need. Let me make both changes now.
Now let me verify the dev server is running and run the E2E tests.
Dev server isn't running. Let me start it and run the tests.
Dev server is up. Let me check if there's a status E2E test project and run it.
All 13 tests pass. Both changes are complete:
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Syllabus (
content/spring2026/syllabus.mdx): Added an "### Attendance" subsection under "Assessment and Grading" stating the 3 excused absences policy, with a link to/status. -
Status page (
apps/web/app/status/client.tsx): Added an excused absence indicator below the participation summary that shows "X of 3 excused absences used" with color coding:- Green when under the limit
- Amber when exactly at the limit
- Red when over the limit
Read the output file to retrieve the result: [tmp-path]
The dev server background task was stopped — that's fine, we're done with it. All changes are implemented and tests pass.
Please run bun check and fix the error.
TypeScript error — the comparison EXCUSED_ABSENCES !== 1 is always true since EXCUSED_ABSENCES is the constant 3. Let me fix it.
All 36 tasks pass. The fix was removing the unnecessary EXCUSED_ABSENCES !== 1 ternary — since EXCUSED_ABSENCES is the constant 3, TypeScript correctly flagged that comparison as always true.
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.
Three files changed, no debugging statements. The meeting-2026-02-26.spec.ts change is just a prettier formatting cleanup (multi-line expect collapsed to one line). I'll commit all three together as they're part of the same feature.
Committed as d561edc.
I'm not feeling well so let's move today's activity to next Tuesday. Also, I'd like to insert a section at the beginning, maybe replacing the first portion, where students discuss both effective and ineffective ways to use AI to support genuine learning. Perhaps we can have each group submit 3 effective and 3 ineffective, combine them using a similar GPT-based approach to what we used last time, and then present them to the class? We may also want to flag ones that got mixed feedback from groups: some effective and some ineffective.
Let me explore the current meeting setup and the previous GPT-based combining approach to plan this properly.
Let me dig deeper into the question submission system to understand how to adapt it.
Now let me look at the QuestionEntry and QuestionBoard components more closely to understand the reusable pattern.
Now I have a thorough understanding of both the meeting structure and the GPT combining pattern. Let me design the implementation.
Let me verify a few key implementation details before finalizing the plan.
Now I have all the details I need. Let me read the existing plan file and write the final plan.
Good. Now let me write the final plan.