WFGY/ProblemMap/GlobalFixMap/Automation/pipedream.md

Pipedream — Guardrails and Fix Patterns

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Use this when your integration is built on Pipedream (HTTP triggers, Node/Python steps, marketplace components) and answers look plausible but wrong, citations don’t line up, or flows pass step-by-step while users still see inconsistencies.

Acceptance targets

• ΔS(question, retrieved) ≤ 0.45
• Coverage ≥ 0.70 to the intended section/record
• λ stays convergent across 3 paraphrases

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Typical breakpoints → exact fixes

• Output sounds right but cites the wrong snippet or section
  Fix No.1: Hallucination & Chunk Drift →
  Hallucination ·
  Retrieval Playbook

• High vector similarity, wrong meaning in answers
  Fix No.5: Embedding ≠ Semantic →
  Embedding ≠ Semantic

• Indexed facts exist (S3/GSheet/Notion/DB) but never appear in top-k
  Pattern: Vectorstore Fragmentation →
  Vectorstore Fragmentation

• Can’t show “why this snippet?” from within step logs
  Fix No.8: Retrieval Traceability + snippet/citation schema →
  Retrieval Traceability ·
  Data Contracts

• Long multi-step flows drift in tone or logic (especially with retries)
  Fix No.3/No.9: Context Drift and Entropy Collapse →
  Context Drift ·
  Entropy Collapse

• Works in test events, fails in scheduled/production runs (secrets/env mismatch)
  Infra: Pre-Deploy / Bootstrap / Deadlock →
  Pre-Deploy Collapse ·
  Bootstrap Ordering ·
  Deployment Deadlock

• Model answers confidently with wrong claims
  Fix No.4: Bluffing / Overconfidence →
  Bluffing

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Minimal Pipedream pattern with WFGY checks

A compact flow outline that enforces cite-first schema, observable retrieval, and ΔS/λ validation.

Trigger: HTTP / Webhook (POST)

Step 1 — Parse input
- Extract "question" and optional "k" (default 10)

Step 2 — Retrieve context (custom component or HTTP)
- POST to your retriever: { question, k }
- Return: snippets[], each with { snippet_id, text, source, section_id }

Step 3 — Assemble prompt (Node step)
SYSTEM:
  Cite lines before any explanation. Keep per-source fences.
TASK:
  Answer only from the provided context. Return citations as [snippet_id].
CONTEXT:
  <joined snippets with snippet_id + source + text>
QUESTION:
  <user question>

Step 4 — Call LLM (component or HTTP)
- Input: prompt from Step 3
- Output: answer + raw citations if available

Step 5 — WFGY post-check (HTTP to your wfgyCheck function)
- Body: { question, context, answer }
- Return: { deltaS, lambda, coverage, notes }

Step 6 — Gate
IF deltaS ≥ 0.60 OR lambda != "→"
   → Fail fast with 422 and include trace table (snippet_id↔citation)
ELSE
   → 200 OK with { answer, deltaS, lambda, coverage, citations[] }

Reference specs: RAG Architecture & Recovery · Retrieval Playbook · Retrieval Traceability · Data Contracts

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Pipedream-specific gotchas

• Event truncation: large contexts exceed step memory or event size. Use external store for snippets, inject only ids + short preview into the prompt, and re-fetch on demand. See Data Contracts

• Package/runtime drift: Node/Python versions or package pins differ between components. Pin versions and rebuild embeddings/index with the same runtime. See Embedding ≠ Semantic

• Concurrent runs reorder records and break implicit ranking. Add a rerank step after per-source ΔS ≤ 0.50. See Rerankers

• Secret/connection mismatch across sources: different tokens for ingestion vs query cause empty/partial retrieval. Verify in a boot check before first LLM call. See Pre-Deploy Collapse

• Marketplace components hide prompts: wrap LLM calls in your own component so the cite-first schema and fences are explicit in code. See Retrieval Traceability

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When to escalate

• ΔS stays ≥ 0.60 after chunking/retrieval fixes → rebuild index with explicit metric flags and unit normalization. Retrieval Playbook

• Answers flip between preview and deployed sources → verify version skew, secret scope, and environment variables. Bootstrap Ordering · Deployment Deadlock

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🔗 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

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