CANP-WP-0002 T01: input defaults, static and derived

Closes the gap that made optional inputs unusable: rendering rule 5.1(4)
made any unresolved placeholder an error while inputs had no `default`, so
an input marked `required: false` and referenced from the template failed
every render in which the caller omitted it — including the spec's own
section 4 example.

Section 10 already carried the derivation mechanism (`requirement: generate`,
resolution deliberately undefined), so a derived default needed a binding
rather than a new concept: the input's default names a declared prompt
dependency.

Spec:
- 5.1 rewritten as "Resolution and rendering". Resolution may be
  non-deterministic and must report what it derived; rendering is
  deterministic and must not derive. A tool that handles only supplied
  values and static defaults is stated to be conforming.
- 6.1 (new) covers both declaration forms. Reference form is preferred, with
  the reason stated — an inline prompt is anonymous, so unversioned,
  unprovenanced and un-evaluable — and validators should warn when a
  published package derives inline.
- A derived default may declare a static fallback `value`. Without one the
  input stays unresolved, which is an error; derivation never silently
  yields empty content.
- 4, 10, 18 (rules 11-13), 19 (two new MUST NOTs), 21 updated accordingly.

Reference CLI:
- New `resolve` verb reporting the origin of every value.
- `Resolution` dataclass and `resolve_inputs`; `resolve_values` kept as a
  wrapper so existing callers are unaffected.
- `render` refuses with a specific error naming underivable inputs rather
  than substituting empty text.
- Tests 3 -> 11. Example package lifecycle re-verified end to end.

INTENT.md is unchanged: splitting resolve from render preserves success
criterion 4 (deterministic rendering) as written.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Bjefh8NUiEiahN4JLwoSKM

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@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ or execution engine that satisfies it.
```task
id: CANP-WP-0002-T01
status: todo
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "e49bf036-0aee-5bb2-abbd-3d3f683df298"
```
@ -62,22 +62,56 @@ allow that default to be either
Unresolved-with-no-default remains an error.
**Design note.** § 10 already carried the derivation mechanism:
`dependencies` accepts `requirement: generate`, defined as "a resolver MAY
satisfy a missing dependency by invoking an appropriate generation process",
with resolution left undefined. A derived default therefore did not need a new
concept, only a binding — the input's default names the dependency, and the
dependency records what may be generated and at which version.
**Follow-up decisions (operator, 2026-09-06):**
- *Both declaration forms are allowed.* A derived default may reference a
declared prompt dependency, or carry an inline `prompt`. The reference form
is preferred and the spec says why (an inline prompt is anonymous —
unversioned, unprovenanced, un-evaluable), and a validator SHOULD warn when a
**published** package derives inline. Inline is for local and draft packages.
- *Error unless static fallback.* A derived default MAY declare a static
`value`. A consumer that does not derive uses it; with no fallback the input
stays unresolved, which is an error. Derivation never silently yields empty
content.
- *Split render from resolve.* Resolution decides values and may be
non-deterministic; rendering substitutes and always is. Rendering MUST NOT
derive. This preserves INTENT success criterion 4 verbatim — no change to
`INTENT.md` was needed.
Work:
1. Extend § 6 with `default`, and state the two default kinds.
2. Specify the derived-default declaration form so it stays inert data: the
package declares *what* to derive and the prompt to derive it with; it never
names or requires a specific resolver, model, or runtime. A consumer that
cannot derive must report the input as unresolved rather than guess.
3. Reconcile § 5.1: rules 12 gain input defaults; rule 4 keeps unresolved as
an error; § 5.1's "no conditionals, loops, filters, or functions" and
§ 19's "MUST NOT execute code merely because it appears in a package" must
survive the change — a derived default is a *request to a consumer*, not
template-embedded execution. Say so explicitly.
4. Extend § 18 validation accordingly.
5. Implement static defaults in `reference/canned_prompts.py` `resolve_values`
and add tests. Derived defaults: validate and surface them; the reference
CLI never calls a model, so it reports them as unresolved-by-design.
Delivered:
1. § 5.1 rewritten as "Resolution and rendering" — six resolution rules and
four rendering rules, with rendering explicitly deterministic and forbidden
from deriving (rule 10). Resolution must report which values were derived
(rule 6). A tool that resolves only supplied values and static defaults is
stated to be conforming.
2. § 6 gains `default` in the field table plus a new § 6.1 covering both
declaration forms, the static fallback, and why the reference form is
preferred.
3. § 4 manifest surface updated: `repository_context` — the field that
demonstrated the original defect — now carries a derived default with a
fallback, backed by a `requirement: generate` prompt dependency.
4. § 10 states the binding between `requirement: generate` and a referenced
derived default.
5. § 18 gains validation rules 1113 and the publish-time inline warning.
6. § 19 gains two MUST NOTs: a derived default's prompt text is not an
instruction addressed to the consuming tool, and derivation must be visible
to the caller.
7. § 21 documents the new `resolve` verb.
8. `reference/canned_prompts.py`: `Resolution` dataclass, `resolve_inputs`
(with `resolve_values` kept as a wrapper), `input_default_kind`,
`prompt_dependency_ids`, `validate_input_default`, a `resolve` command, and
a specific render-time error naming the underivable inputs. Tests: 3 → 11,
all passing. Both READMEs document the split.
## Registry namespaces and ownership
@ -113,6 +147,10 @@ capture") and the `dependencies.prompts` field both promise composition, but
v0.1 defines no mechanism — `dependencies` is a declared field with no
semantics.
T01 has since settled one corner of this: a derived default binds an input to
a prompt dependency declared `requirement: generate`, so package-to-package
reference already exists for that one case. Build on it rather than around it.
Decide what composition means at the *artifact* level: how one package
references another, whether references are includes, extends, or plain
declared prerequisites, and how versions are pinned. Leaning: declaration only
@ -154,9 +192,10 @@ manifest surface with no semantics whatsoever in v0.1, and § 9
Decide: what a context dependency declares, how it differs from an input, how
it relates to `compatibility.capabilities`, and whether capability names are
free strings in v0.2 (model capability vocabularies stay deferred). Coordinate
with T01 — a derived default is a consumer-resolved context requirement, and
the two mechanisms must not describe the same thing twice.
free strings in v0.2 (model capability vocabularies stay deferred). T01 is now settled and partly answers this: a derived default is a
consumer-resolved context requirement expressed through `dependencies.prompts`
rather than through `dependencies.context`. Decide whether `context` is still a
distinct concept or collapses into the prompt-dependency mechanism.
## Rewrite specification section 23