Bender Phase 1 Log
Agent: Bender (Crawler) Period: Phase 1 (Issues #1-#7) Timestamp: 2026-05-18T10:26:47Z
Objectives
- Address Copilot review comments on PR #26
- Harden crawler with filters, caching, rate limits
- Ensure Phase 1 crawl finishability
Accomplishments
PR #26 Crawler Hardening Implementation
- 13 Copilot review comments addressed and all conversations resolved
- Final commit: 779f9ef
Technical Improvements
- Safer low-signal filtering to exclude off-mission content
- API compatibility restored
- Compact cache implementation
- Stricter exit conditions
- Better rate limiting with bounded retries
Design Decisions
- README lookups treated as degradable signal (not hard-stop)
- Weekly star snapshots saved to
data/snapshots/ - Rate-limit state logged for transparency
- Partial failures recorded in metadata instead of blocking crawl
Results
- Phase 1 crawls now finishable
- Farnsworth receives usable JSON even with partial GitHub responses
- Raw payload contract maintained
Status
✅ COMPLETE