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# Notebook Implementation Plan
This note turns the Notebook operating model into a concrete Didactopus
implementation sequence.
It assumes the conclusions in
[notebook-operating-model.md](./notebook-operating-model.md):
- the Notebook is the durable knowledge layer
- learner products should derive from it
- distinctions, qualifications, constraints, and source roles are first-class
- public rendering must stay source-grounded and paraphrastic by default
## Goal
Make Didactopus operate as a system with:
1. source-grounded ingestion and review
2. a durable Notebook concept network
3. learner, workbench, and public products derived from that network
The key implementation mistake to avoid is treating the Notebook as a static
page generator. It should instead be the stable intermediate representation
that other Didactopus products depend on.
## Phase 1. Strengthen the source-grounded substrate
Primary concern:
- preserve the information needed to build a useful Notebook later
Required additions at this layer:
- source role classification:
- overview
- mechanism
- nuance
- controversy
- argumentation
- distinction candidates:
- `A vs B`
- `A does not imply B`
- `B can occur without A`
- learner-significance cues:
- why this distinction matters
- what misconception it prevents
- what explanatory work it does
- first-class secondary products:
- definitions
- qualifications
- constraints
- quote candidates
Expected implementation targets:
- `GroundRecall` review/export payloads
- `CiteGeist` bibliography support and claim-support outputs
- source-adapter metadata from `doclift` and related import flows
Completion indicators:
- concept review payloads expose source roles
- distinction-like claims are tagged explicitly
- secondary products are inspectable without custom post-processing
## Phase 2. Build Notebook-native concept structure
Primary concern:
- organize knowledge around explanatory hubs rather than narrow labels
Required additions:
- explicit hub-concept representation
- first-ring and second-ring neighborhood representation
- support for concept aliases without collapsing meaningful distinctions
- preferred-source selection by source role
- Notebook-level summaries built from grounded claims plus secondary products
Expected Didactopus targets:
- `notebook_page` payload shape
- hub/neighborhood builder logic
- pack emission for Notebook-facing artifacts
Completion indicators:
- a Notebook page can identify:
- the primary hub
- first-ring neighbors
- key distinctions
- preferred overview/mechanism/nuance sources
- bibliography topics no longer have to serve as the primary Notebook center
## Phase 3. Make distinctions learner-facing
Primary concern:
- learning works better when concepts are contrasted, qualified, and scoped
Required derived-product features:
- distinction panels in learner workbench views
- definitions, constraints, and qualifications surfaced beside explanations
- “why this matters” cues for important conceptual differences
- quote/source-trail views for argumentation workflows
Expected Didactopus targets:
- learner workbench UI and backend payloads
- mentor/practice/evaluator session grounding
- lesson and activity generation
Completion indicators:
- learner-facing explanations can say not only what something is, but also:
- what it is not
- what it does not imply
- what nearby concepts it is often confused with
- practice prompts can target misconceptions and contrastive understanding
## Phase 4. Separate rendering contracts
Primary concern:
- the same Notebook knowledge should support different output modes without
blurring their rules
Three rendering contracts should be explicit:
### Notebook contract
- preserve concept structure
- preserve source trails
- preserve review context
- preserve distinctions and caveats
### Workbench contract
- surface definitions, constraints, qualifications, and quote candidates
- prefer inspectability over polish
- retain enough detail for argumentation and source checking
### Public exposition contract
- prefer paraphrase over copied wording
- mark all quotations explicitly
- attach source citation in display
- never present unmarked source wording as original Didactopus prose
Expected Didactopus targets:
- notebook-page rendering
- workbench payloads and views
- public publication/export paths
Completion indicators:
- public pages can be audited for quote marking and citation display
- workbench pages expose more raw source-oriented structure than public pages
## Phase 5. Source-role-aware retrieval and ranking
Primary concern:
- different tasks need different kinds of support
Retrieval should be able to prefer:
- overview sources for first-pass orientation
- mechanism sources for explanatory detail
- nuance sources for qualifications and constraints
- controversy sources for dispute framing
- argumentation sources for rebuttal and debate workflows
This should influence:
- Notebook page support lists
- learner-session grounding
- workbench recommendation ordering
- quote-candidate selection
Completion indicators:
- the same concept can yield different ranked source sets for
`learn`, `review`, `argue`, and `publish` contexts
## Phase 6. Pack and publication alignment
Primary concern:
- the Notebook must become a stable export surface for other Didactopus flows
Needed outputs:
- Notebook-aware pack format additions
- workbench-friendly secondary-product exports
- publication-safe Notebook/public page export rules
Expected Didactopus targets:
- pack emission
- backend API payloads
- public export and frontend consumption
Completion indicators:
- packs can carry hub concepts, neighborhood structure, secondary products, and
source-role metadata
- public and workbench consumers can rely on one shared substrate while
rendering differently
## Near-term priority sequence
The next practical Didactopus sequence should be:
1. make distinctions first-class in review/export payloads
2. add source-role metadata to Notebook-facing outputs
3. upgrade `notebook_page` to summarize hub, neighborhood, and secondary lanes
4. expose secondary-product and distinction views in learner/workbench flows
5. enforce explicit public citation and quote-marking contracts
## What the pilot changed
Before the pilot, it was reasonable to think of the Notebook as a side product
assembled from reviewed concepts.
After the pilot, the stronger view is:
- the Notebook should be the stable center of Didactopus knowledge organization
- learner products are better when built from Notebook structure
- short web captures and longer textbook sources should play different roles
- definitions, qualifications, constraints, and quotes are not optional extras
That change should guide both schema evolution and product decisions.

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The notebook is not the only Didactopus output. It is the durable center that The notebook is not the only Didactopus output. It is the durable center that
lets the other outputs stay grounded, explainable, and pedagogically useful. lets the other outputs stay grounded, explainable, and pedagogically useful.
For the implementation sequence that follows from this model, see
[notebook-implementation-plan.md](./notebook-implementation-plan.md).