RCA of a prod "Naukri returned 0" on an AI-Architect search: NOT a cursor issue (cursors removed; naukri-feed is a date feed with no page param), NOT a city-name or keyword bug — the EXACT same input flaked 0 then returned 15 on retry. The scrape-based actors (Naukri-feed, curious_coder LinkedIn) intermittently return 0 under the site's anti-scrape rate-limiting, then recover. Fix: _fetch_board retries a board ONCE (fresh) when it returns 0. One guard covers BOTH the Naukri and LinkedIn intermittency (cleaner than per-board fallbacks). A genuinely-empty query just returns 0 again (cheap). 67 tests pass (3 new: recovers transient 0, no retry on success, no infinite loop).
matchmaking-v2 (Scout)
Fresh, on-demand matchmaking service replacing the dead nightly aggregator. Same agent-mesh mold as the other GrowQR services (FastAPI · a2a card · /a2a/tasks · orchestrator-routed). Not a drop-in — it keeps the existing 4 skills working and adds new actions from scratch.
Layout
app/
main.py FastAPI app (card + /a2a/tasks + /api/v1/health), lifespan worker
config.py lean settings (no corpus DB, no scrape schedule)
a2a/ card.py (discovery), auth.py (bearer), tasks.py (orchestrator entry)
agent/session.py Session: on_session_start / on_user_action dispatch ← the brain
adk/worker.py Redis-Streams worker (graceful no-op without Redis)
api/v1/health.py /api/v1/health
engine/
board_adapters/ ScoutPrefs → Apify actor inputs (Naukri-first, verified maps)
... the §3 cascade (normalize→filter→utility→fusion→rerank) lands here
contracts/ Pydantic contracts (user_context, transport, …) — added per slice
research/ docs/ (ENGINE_DESIGN, SIGNAL_AUDIT_V2, ENGINE_INPUTS, …) + poc/ (auto-apply)
Contract (how it connects)
Frontend useAgentSession (page "job-matching") → orchestrator (routes by card name
= matchmaking-service) → POST /a2a/tasks {action, params, user_context} → Session pushes
agent_data{action,data} → orchestrator → frontend latestData[action].
Skills: existing get_feed · sync_preferences · record_feedback · get_opportunity_detail;
new run_search · tailor_resume · submit_application · get_apply_proof (stubbed). Each new action
needs: card skill (here) + orchestrator action-map entry + frontend sendAction wiring.
Run (local)
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn app.main:app --reload --port 8006
# card: GET http://localhost:8006/.well-known/agent-card.json
# health: GET http://localhost:8006/api/v1/health
# action: POST http://localhost:8006/a2a/tasks (Bearer dev-a2a-key)
Build order (full-stack slices)
- ✅ scaffold (this) — bootable skeleton, contract wired, handlers stubbed.
- on-demand
run_search— board_adapters → Apify → engine cascade → ranked feed (+ frontend wire). - feedback labels +
record_feedback. 3.tailor_resume. 4.submit_application+get_apply_proof. - cut over from old
:8006, decommission corpus.