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marcopanandClaude Fable 5 e24b41b156 feat(opt): three efficiency levers for NL→SQL workflow
Lever 1: Join-graph via FK logics in annotations + suggest-fks command
  - TableAnnotation.foreign_keys field stores curated logical FKs (DWH has no FK constraints)
  - tht schema suggest-fks: mine from approved SQL, heuristics (time_key → dim_time),
    same-name discovery + explicit --assume flag for multi-owner PKs
  - mschema renders 【Foreign keys】 section populated; validation in merge.py
  - SKILL.md F4 now reads FKs from mschema-text, no custom data_time_key logic

Lever 2: Context-pack consolidation at kickoff (tht search pack)
  - Single embedding of question, reused for schema + evidence + solved searches
  - One command: tht search pack <question> --session <id> → retrieval_pack.md
  - Graceful degradation when Ollama/vector store unreachable (exit 0, empty sections)
  - SKILL.md F1 prescribes as first call; reduces model thinking turns via pre-retrieval

Lever 3: Phase-summary recap v2 auto-construction from session ledger
  - tht session show --json includes full decisions ledger
  - tht phase meta --json exports 'emits' (substantive decision types per phase)
  - Gate appends deterministic 【Decisioni registrate in questa fase】 section (appendLedgerSection)
  - Model authors only summary + checks; recap table comes from persisted state (exact by construction)
  - SKILL.md Disciplina 6: brief model output, gate fills the rest

Tests: 358 Python (including 10 FK + 3 pack + 1 session-ledger tests) + 111 JS gate tests, all pass.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-07 17:43:08 +02:00

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Final SQL generation technique

Adapted from the "query generation" step of AV-SQL (recursive divide-and-conquer) and its review checklist.

Generation (divide-and-conquer)

  1. Divide: decompose the rewritten question into sub-questions, each aimed at a piece of information or logic (a population, a filter, an aggregate).
  2. Conquer: for each sub-question formulate a pseudo-SQL, with placeholders for sub-questions not yet resolved. The CTEs already tested in Phase 6 are the preferred building blocks: reuse them by name, with their known outcome.
  3. Recombine: replace placeholders bottom-up until the full SQL. The final SQL may include the CTEs in its own WITH.
  4. Dialect: PostgreSQL. Copy table and column names EXACTLY from the schema context; never invent objects.

The file sessions/<id>/sql_final.sql must contain ONLY the SQL, clean and copy-pasteable: no rationale comments (that lives in the audit artifacts).

Time dimension (analysis by year/month/quarter)

Fact tables have data_time_key (integer, format YYYYMMDD): it is the FK to dim_time.day_key. The DWH does not declare it, but the workspace annotations do: it appears in the 【Foreign keys】 section of the mschema-text render (every *_time_key column maps to dim_time.day_key) — take it from there for the join.

  • To extract year, month, quarter, semester etc. do JOIN dim_time dt ON dt.day_key = <fact>.data_time_key and use the dimension's columns: dt.year, dt.month, dt.quarter, dt.semester, dt.full_date, dt.month_name_it, dt.year_month.
  • Do NOT do arithmetic on the key (e.g. data_time_key / 10000 for the year): it works by accident but is fragile and breaks as soon as you need to format a date or do a cast. Always use dim_time.
  • "Last N years from the most recent year": dt.year >= (SELECT MAX(year) FROM dim_time WHERE day_key IN (SELECT data_time_key FROM <fact>)) - (N-1), or compute the max year on the rows actually present in the fact.

Review checklist (on errors or suspicious results)

  • Do the returned columns answer the question exactly?
  • Do the filters (WHERE/HAVING) reflect ALL the conditions of the rewritten question?
  • Are aggregations, groupings and orderings the required ones?
  • Empty or zero result: almost always indicates a problem in conditions or joins. Verify the filter values with tht search find "<value>" (match on real values).
  • Do the joins follow those promoted in schema_linking.json? (exception: the FK data_time_key → dim_time.day_key is not declared, see the time section.)
  • Time analyses: are you using JOIN dim_time and not key arithmetic?

Every substantive revision is recorded with: reviewer_decide(options:[{label:"Register revision", type:"sql_revised", subject:"sql_final", detail:"<what changed>", rationale:"<why>"}], allow_other:false).