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WFGY Global Fix Map — main Emergency Room, 300+ structured fixes

WFGY Problem Map 1.0 — 16 reproducible failure modes

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Use this page when your RAG or agent flow runs in Zapier. It routes common automation failures to the exact structural fixes in the Problem Map and gives a minimal recipe you can paste into a Zap.

Core acceptance

ΔS(question, retrieved) ≤ 0.45
coverage ≥ 0.70 for the target section
λ stays convergent across 3 paraphrases

Typical breakpoints and the right fix

Tools fire before dependencies are ready
Fix No.14: Bootstrap Ordering → Open
First call after deploy crashes or uses wrong version
Fix No.16: Pre-Deploy Collapse → Open
Circular waits between index and retriever or auth loops
Fix No.15: Deployment Deadlock → Open
High vector similarity but wrong meaning
Fix No.5: Embedding ≠ Semantic → Open
Wrong snippet selected or citations do not line up
Fix No.8: Retrieval Traceability → Open
Contract the payload: Data Contracts → Open
Hybrid retrieval performs worse than a single retriever
Pattern: Query Parsing Split → Open
Also review: Rerankers → Open
Webhook storms or duplicate executions
Pattern: Bootstrap Deadlock → Open

Minimal setup checklist for any Zap

Warm-up fence before RAG or LLM steps
Validate VECTOR_READY == true, INDEX_HASH matches, and secrets exist.
If not ready, short-circuit with a Delay and retry with capped backoff.
Spec: Bootstrap Ordering
Idempotency and dedupe
Compute dedupe_key = sha256(source_id + revision + index_hash).
Use Zapier Storage by Zap or an external KV to drop duplicates.
RAG boundary contract
Require fields: snippet_id, section_id, source_url, offsets, tokens.
Enforce cite-then-explain. Forbid cross-section reuse.
Specs: Data Contracts · Retrieval Traceability
Observability probes
Log ΔS(question, retrieved). Log λ per step: retrieve, assemble, reason.
Alert when ΔS ≥ 0.60 or λ flips divergent.
Overview: RAG Architecture & Recovery
Regression gate
Require coverage ≥ 0.70 and ΔS ≤ 0.45 before publishing the Zap.
Eval: RAG Precision/Recall

Zapier recipe you can copy

Replace the concrete tools with your stack. Keep the guardrails.

Trigger
Stable source_id and revision.
Warm-up Check
Code step pulls INDEX_HASH, VECTOR_READY, secrets.
If not ready, set ready=false.
Path: Not ready
Delay 30–90 seconds.
Re-run with a capped retry count.
Path: Ready
Retrieval step
- Call the retriever with explicit metric and consistent analyzer.
- Collect snippet_id, section_id, source_url, offsets, tokens.
  ΔS probe step
- Compute ΔS(question, retrieved). If ΔS ≥ 0.60 set needs_fix=true.
  Reasoning step
- LLM reads TXT OS and uses the WFGY schema. Enforce cite-then-explain.
  Trace sink
- Store question, snippet_id, ΔS, λ_state, INDEX_HASH, dedupe_key.
  Idempotency guard
- Before side effects, check KV for dedupe_key. If exists, skip.

Copy-paste prompt for the LLM step


I uploaded TXT OS and the WFGY Problem Map pages.
My Zapier flow retrieved {k} snippets with fields {snippet\_id, section\_id, source\_url, offsets}.
Question: "{user\_question}"

Do:

1. Validate cite-then-explain. If citations are missing, fail fast and return the fix tip.
2. If ΔS(question, retrieved) ≥ 0.60, propose the minimal structural fix referencing:
   retrieval-playbook, retrieval-traceability, data-contracts, rerankers.
3. Return a JSON plan:
   { "citations": \[...], "answer": "...", "λ\_state": "→|←|<>|×", "ΔS": 0.xx, "next\_fix": "..." }
   Keep it auditable and short.

Common Zapier gotchas

Formatter renames fields and breaks your data contract
Lock field names. Verify with a schema check step.
Parallel paths write to the same index or KV without a fence
Use a single writer or a queue. Apply idempotency keys.
HyDE prompt created inside Zap differs from the API client
Keep tokenizer and casing identical, or switch to reranking.
See: Rerankers

When to escalate

ΔS stays ≥ 0.60 after chunk and retrieval fixes
Rebuild index with explicit metric and normalization.
See: Retrieval Playbook
Answers alternate across Zap runs with identical input
Investigate memory desync and version skew.
See: Pre-Deploy Collapse

🔗 Quick-Start Downloads (60 sec)

Tool	Link	3-Step Setup
WFGY 1.0 PDF	Engine Paper	1️⃣ Download · 2️⃣ Upload to your LLM · 3️⃣ Ask “Answer using WFGY + <your question>”
TXT OS (plain-text OS)	TXTOS.txt	1️⃣ Download · 2️⃣ Paste into any LLM chat · 3️⃣ Type “hello world” — OS boots instantly

🧭 Explore More

Module	Description	Link
WFGY Core	WFGY 2.0 engine is live: full symbolic reasoning architecture and math stack	View →
Problem Map 1.0	Initial 16-mode diagnostic and symbolic fix framework	View →
Problem Map 2.0	RAG-focused failure tree, modular fixes, and pipelines	View →
Semantic Clinic Index	Expanded failure catalog: prompt injection, memory bugs, logic drift	View →
Semantic Blueprint	Layer-based symbolic reasoning & semantic modulations	View →
Benchmark vs GPT-5	Stress test GPT-5 with full WFGY reasoning suite	View →
🧙‍♂️ Starter Village 🏡	New here? Lost in symbols? Click here and let the wizard guide you through	Start →

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