Let the tools finish their work

Monday’s engineering moved orchestration out of the model’s instructions and into code: an image result should mean a saved image, and a finished tool should become visible while others continue. Alongside that work, Steve’s projects gained richer design tools and more testable planning and keyword research. Most Scout changes remained local; DOM Studio merges did not establish a successful deployment.

• GrowthScout and db3 · make image success mean a usable result. The image tool now awaits a saved image or structured failure, replacing the queued acknowledgement that instructed the model to stop and resume later. Retries restore research history and reuse saved images. The image worker admits four concurrent requests; waiting still occupies an article worker slot. Regression and deployment checks passed, including 983 framework tests; 17 Redis tests were skipped because Redis was unavailable. Changes were committed locally, not pushed or deployed. The triggering production article had already recovered automatically and published before this repair.
• GrowthScout and db3 · run independent tools together and stream each completion. Parallel calls were enabled for chat, plans and article generation, with a lock-order repair for concurrent image tasks. The SDK waits for all results before the next model turn, but each tool’s result now records and streams immediately through the shared lifecycle. Later batch events are deduplicated, and released queue attempts display Waiting to retry. Parallel-call checks passed 128 Scout and 233 framework tests; the completion work passed 85 framework and 53 Scout tests plus browser reconnect checks. The commits remained local and undeployed.
• GrowthScout and db3 · consolidate conversation transport around saved history. Further local integration moved chat, plans and Article Runs onto framework-owned streaming, including queueing, Stop, reconnect and full tool cards. The Scout integration recorded 47 targeted checks, types and conventions passing. Review exposed retry ownership, cancellation, pagination and late-state delivery races, prompting further framework changes. Exact integrated verification, actual-screen review and local migration or orphan repair remained outstanding at the handoff. This is integration work with explicit unfinished checks, not a production release.
• GrowthScout · bound screenshot work and make tool rows consistent. Screenshot capture gained a 60-second work deadline plus shutdown grace, stage timings, and cleanup on timeout or Stop, including unused image saves. Nine regressions, types and conventions passed; local workers restarted healthy. The original 16-minute delay remains unexplained. Separately, generic success and error results adopted the standard expandable tool row, retaining individual icons and visible collapsed errors. Fifty tests and desktop/mobile keyboard checks passed. Both improvements remained local.
• GrowthScout · test keyword difficulty without turning missing evidence into zero. A developer keyword-difficulty test was merged into local main after 54 focused checks. A subsequent experimental scorer exposes domain and page estimates and takes the higher supported value; insufficient evidence displays Unknown. The supplied result snapshot scored 38, while a fresh query returned a different top ten and scored 51. Page difficulty remained unknown with backlink evidence for only five pages. Twenty-four tests, types, conventions and desktop/mobile checks passed. The later scoring edits were uncommitted and undeployed; the two samples do not establish an accuracy benchmark.
• DOM Studio · merge a broader grid and product-led navigation. The merged grid work adds opt-in pinning, typed inline editing, range copy/paste and undo, grouped totals, and browser CSV/Excel export. Existing rows stay application-owned through update events rather than direct mutation. The header now foregrounds the paid tools, with primitives grouped under Library. The PR reports a passing build, desktop/mobile grid checks and an exported workbook read with openpyxl. GitHub confirms the merge; its deployment workflow failed, so live delivery and a new package publication are not claimed.
• DOM Studio · share designer documents, operations and history. Merged canvas, poster and social-card work converged on one editor core: id-keyed nodes, schema-driven inspectors and reversible operations with batched undo. Binding previews use sample data without exporting it. Poster and social-card presets gained multi-selection, alignment, distribution and rulers. The merged PRs report 12 then 15 core tests, builds and Chromium checks. A further open PR adds two-way source editing and storage adapters with reported 20-test coverage; shared parsing and minimal source patching remain unfinished. The failed deployment workflows leave these merges distinct from a verified live release.
• GrowthScout · prototype an agreed plan before wiring production work. An isolated interactive prototype covers create, revise, agree and report, with editable deliverables, ownership, timing, discussion notes and input requests. Weekly, monthly and 90-day reports can be explored in presentation mode. Four behaviour tests, build and desktop/mobile checks passed. AI and progress are simulated, refresh resets the demo, and nothing was integrated into Scout. A separate workspace assessment proposed authorised view requests to open real application tabs; that remained a source-based feasibility review.
• GrowthScout · verify delivery of the keyword-research post. The scheduled keyword-research Facebook post was confirmed published at 11:00 London. A separate earlier post had six impressions and no likes, comments or shares at roughly 72 hours, too little exposure to judge effectiveness. Delivery is verified; a content-performance or customer-acquisition result is not.