Tighten curator mission generation

src/agents/daily-mission.ts

@@ -346,73 +346,7 @@ function formatTask(task: DailyMissionTask) {
   return lines.map((line) => `- ${line}`).join("\n");
 }
 
-function fallbackDailyMissionResponse(input: { task: DailyMissionTask; messages: DailyMissionMessage[] }) {
-  const latestUser = [...input.messages].reverse().find((message) => message.role === "user")?.content.trim() ?? "";
-  const userMessagesAfterStart = input.messages.filter((message) => message.role === "user");
-  const interviewMission = isInterviewMission(input.task);
 
-  if (latestUser.toLowerCase() === "start") {
-    const serviceReply = serviceStartReply(input.task);
-    if (serviceReply) {
-      return {
-        reply: serviceReply,
-        completed: false,
-        updateSummary: undefined,
-        actionLabel: undefined,
-        actionRoute: undefined,
-      };
-    }
-
-    if (isConfidenceCheck(input.task)) {
-      return {
-        reply: "Quick confidence check: on a scale of 1 to 10, how confident do you feel about getting interview-ready for your target role this week?",
-        completed: false,
-        updateSummary: undefined,
-        actionLabel: undefined,
-        actionRoute: undefined,
-      };
-    }
-
-    if (interviewMission) {
-      return {
-        reply: `Let us get your interview room ready. For "${input.task.subtask}", tell me the role you want to practice for and the kind of question you want first.`,
-        completed: false,
-        updateSummary: undefined,
-        actionLabel: undefined,
-        actionRoute: undefined,
-      };
-    }
-
-    return {
-      reply: `Alright, I have this one. For "${input.task.subtask}", tell me your answer in one or two lines. I will use it to update this task here.`,
-      completed: false,
-      updateSummary: undefined,
-      actionLabel: undefined,
-      actionRoute: undefined,
-    };
-  }
-
-  const updateSummary = compactAnswer(latestUser);
-  const completed = userMessagesAfterStart.some((message) => message.content.trim().toLowerCase() === "start") && latestUser.length > 0;
-
-  if (interviewMission) {
-    return {
-      reply: `Perfect. I will carry this into the interview room setup: ${updateSummary}. Your interview room link is ready.`,
-      completed,
-      updateSummary,
-      actionLabel: completed ? "Generate room" : undefined,
-      actionRoute: completed ? getInterviewActionRoute(input.task) : undefined,
-    };
-  }
-
-  return {
-    reply: `Nice, saved. I updated this task with: ${updateSummary}`,
-    completed,
-    updateSummary,
-    actionLabel: undefined,
-    actionRoute: undefined,
-  };
-}
 
 export async function runDailyMissionAgent(input: DailyMissionAgentInput) {
   const started = input.messages.some(
@@ -453,8 +387,14 @@ ${transcript}`,
     return withDailyMissionActionDefaults(input.task, parseDailyMissionResponse(result.text));
   } catch (error) {
     const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-    console.warn("daily mission model failed; using fallback", { message });
-    return fallbackDailyMissionResponse({ task: input.task, messages: input.messages });
+    console.warn("daily mission model failed; returning unavailable state", { message });
+    return {
+      reply: "Daily mission is temporarily unavailable right now. No progress was saved. Please retry in a moment.",
+      completed: false,
+      updateSummary: undefined,
+      actionLabel: undefined,
+      actionRoute: undefined,
+    };
   }
 }
 

src/v1/curator/curator-store.ts

@@ -219,13 +219,13 @@ async function taskFromStage(input: {
       { label: "Mission", value: input.missionTitle },
       { label: "Current focus", value: copy.title },
       { label: "Service handoff", value: serviceName(serviceId, input.role) },
-      { label: "Source", value: input.missionInstanceId ? "Active mission" : "Mission registry" },
+      { label: "Source", value: "Active mission" },
     ],
     contextNarrative: copy.contextNarrative,
     subtasks: copy.subtasks,
     signals: [input.missionTitle, input.stageTitle, serviceName(serviceId, input.role)],
     completionEvents: completionEventsForService(serviceId),
-    source: input.missionInstanceId ? "curator-v1" : "mission-registry",
+    source: "curator-v1",
   };
 }
 
@@ -291,49 +291,8 @@ export async function buildCuratorTasks(userId: string, date = todayIso()): Prom
     if (tasks.length >= 3) break;
   }
 
-  if (tasks.length < 3) {
-    const registryModules = listMissionDefinitions().flatMap((mission) =>
-      mission.modules.map((module) => ({ mission, module, serviceId: serviceFromRole(module.role, module.service) })),
-    ).filter((item) => item.serviceId !== "qscore-service");
-    const seenServices = new Set(tasks.map((task) => task.serviceId).filter(Boolean));
-
-    for (const item of registryModules) {
-      if (tasks.length >= 3) break;
-      if (!item.serviceId) continue;
-      if (item.serviceId && seenServices.has(item.serviceId)) continue;
-      if (tasks.some((task) => task.missionId === item.mission.missionId && task.stageId === item.module.id)) continue;
-      tasks.push(await taskFromStage({
-        userId,
-        date,
-        index: tasks.length,
-        missionId: item.mission.missionId,
-        missionTitle: item.mission.shortTitle || item.mission.title,
-        stageId: item.module.id,
-        stageTitle: item.module.title,
-        stageDescription: item.module.description ?? item.mission.promise,
-        role: item.module.role,
-        serviceId: item.serviceId,
-      }));
-      if (item.serviceId) seenServices.add(item.serviceId);
-    }
-
-    for (const item of registryModules) {
-      if (tasks.length >= 3) break;
-      if (tasks.some((task) => task.missionId === item.mission.missionId && task.stageId === item.module.id)) continue;
-      tasks.push(await taskFromStage({
-        userId,
-        date,
-        index: tasks.length,
-        missionId: item.mission.missionId,
-        missionTitle: item.mission.shortTitle || item.mission.title,
-        stageId: item.module.id,
-        stageTitle: item.module.title,
-        stageDescription: item.module.description ?? item.mission.promise,
-        role: item.module.role,
-        serviceId: item.serviceId,
-      }));
-    }
-  }
+  // Only surface tasks backed by real active missions for this user.
+  // Do not pad the dashboard with registry-only missions or demo task fallbacks.
 
   const enriched: CuratorTask[] = [];
   for (const task of tasks.slice(0, 3)) {