Evolve the existing readiness workflow into one persisted, user-controlled
checklist rather than adding a second tracker.
ApplicationChecklistItem records only completion state and user intent. Each
default system item carries a stable SystemKey and an AutoSignal — the same
signal /readiness already computed — and re-syncs on every read: a satisfied
signal auto-completes the item, a reverted signal reopens it, and a manual tick
always wins. Users can add, reorder, dismiss and delete.
Readiness is refactored into a projection of the checklist (score = completion
percentage, completed/missing = live items by status). Its DTO shape and the
workflowSignal/reminders health view are unchanged, so no API contract breaks.
The workspace's next recommended action now comes from the first pending
checklist item in category priority order (preparation, submission, follow-up,
interview, custom), replacing the parallel ruleset — so the overview can never
recommend something already ticked off, and a user's own task can be next.
The table follows the established MariaDB-safe path: the scaffolded migration is
a no-op and the idempotent reconciler owns the DDL for both providers. Verified
on MariaDB 11 — auto_increment PK, varchar/datetime(6)/tinyint(1) columns, both
indexes inside the key limit, cascade delete, unique system key per application,
and NULL system keys not colliding for custom items.
329 backend tests, 94 frontend tests, type check, production build and both
Docker builds pass locally.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Every JobApplication gets a dedicated workspace at /applications/{id} — a
surface, not a new data store. It owns no data and duplicates none: CV comes
from the Phase 4 CvVariant lens, analysis/match/interview from the existing
AiWorkspacePanel, documents from Attachments, communication from
Correspondence, activity from JobEvent, stage semantics from JobPipeline. No
career data is copied and nothing here writes.
- GET /api/jobapplications/{id}/workspace: one aggregate read (role, company,
stage, dates, attached CV variant, cover letter, documents, AI history,
recent activity) replacing the page fanning out across endpoints
- Next recommended action: ordered rules answering "what do I do next?", the
core product principle for this phase
- ApplicationWorkspacePage: left nav + linkable ?section=, reusing the existing
component for each domain; later-milestone sections say so rather than faking
- Entry point from the job dialog via an optional onOpenWorkspace callback —
the dialog must not depend on router context (it is mounted without a
<Router> in several suites), so the caller owns navigation
- 8 backend tests (aggregate, CV variant surfacing, counts, activity ordering,
next-step rules, tenant scoping)
Local: 314 backend, 88/88 frontend (31 suites), tsc clean, production build ok.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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