# Expand local LLM usage — learnings

## Todo 1: `LocalDispatchModel` config model + validators + meterable-set property

- Implementation: added `LocalDispatchModel(StrictModel)` to `src/config.py` with `model_id`, `base_url` (defaults to `"http://localhost:11434/v1"`), `api_key_env`, `timeout_seconds`, `context_window`, `max_output_tokens`, `tier` (constrained `1..3` via `Field(ge=1, le=3)`), and `eligible_categories` (required, non-empty, no duplicates).
- RouterConfig integration: added `local_dispatch_models: list[LocalDispatchModel] = []` next to the `local_energy` field; added `@model_validator(mode="after") local_dispatch_categories_are_real_categories` to ensure every `eligible_categories` value is a non-empty subset of `proficiency.categories` and all `model_id`s are unique.
- Meterable set: in `model_post_init` compute `_dispatch_meterable_cache` (model_ids with loopback `base_url`); expose `local_energy_dispatch_models -> frozenset[str]` cached property. Empty when `local_energy.enabled` is `False`; emits the same style of warning as the existing call-site checks for non-loopback hosts.
- Style: matched existing `Optional[X]` usage; imported `Field` from pydantic.
- Test additions (21 cases in `tests/test_local_dispatch.py`): valid entry parses; full config load; unknown category raises; duplicate `model_id` raises; empty/duplicate `eligible_categories` raise; meterable set behavior across disabled/enabled, loopback, and non-loopback entries; tier bounds; default values.
- Gotcha: this branch already had uncommitted Todo 3 edits in `src/dispatcher.py`, `src/routing.py`, and `tests/test_routing.py`. I reverted those to honor the Todo 1 boundary; they caused 65 failures because `load_candidates` referenced an `eligible_categories` column that does not exist yet. After reverting, the full suite passes.
- Verification: `python -m pytest tests/test_local_dispatch.py -q` → 21 passed; `PYTHONPATH=src python -c "from config import load_config; load_config('config/config.yaml')"` → OK; `python -m pytest -q` → 953 passed.
- Commit: `feat: local dispatch model config + eligible-category validation`.

## Todo 3: `eligible_categories` hard filter in routing

- Implementation: `rejection_reason()` now takes keyword-only `task_category` and returns `"category_ineligible"` when a row has a non-None `eligible_categories` list and the task is either unknown or not in that list. NULL/absent means unrestricted.
- Threading: passed through `select_candidates()` -> `is_eligible()` -> `rejection_reason()` and into `apply_flex_preference()` so flex-sibling re-gates cannot bypass the restriction.
- Dispatcher integration: `route()` adds `task_category=classification.task_category` to the filters dict; `load_candidates()` parses the `eligible_categories` CSV column into a list-of-strings or `None`, using `row.get("eligible_categories")` so it survives before the column exists (Todo 4) and before existing fixtures.
- Gotcha 1: `sqlite3.Row` does not have `.get()`; access the column from `dict(r)` instead.
- Gotcha 2: The parsing must be tolerant of the column being absent entirely (current DBs predate Todo 4) and of NULL values.
- Test additions (6 cases in `tests/test_routing.py`): omit vs contain task_category; NULL unaffected; reason is single token; `select_candidates` drops outside-category rows; `is_eligible` receives it via `**filters`.
- Verification: `python -m pytest tests/test_routing.py -q` → 83 passed; full suite → 953 passed.
- Commit: `feat: eligible_categories hard filter in routing`.

## Todo 2: Config file — section, categories, tier pin

- Implementation: added `local_dispatch_models:` as a top-level section in `config/config.yaml` with one heavily-commented entry for `nemotron-mini-router:4b` (model_id, base_url, timeout_seconds, context_window, max_output_tokens, tier=1, eligible_categories=[file_summarization, diff_checking], plus Modelfile recipe comments). Added `file_summarization` and `diff_checking` to `proficiency.categories` after `summarization`. Added `nemotron-mini-router:4b: 1` to `tiering.model_tiers`.
- Gotcha: comments in YAML must be indented under the key they annotate. A comment at the same level as `model_tiers:` was parsed as a sibling key, making Pydantic see `model_tiers: null` and `nemotron-mini-router:4b` as an extra — which raised `dict_type` and `extra_forbidden` errors. Indenting the comment (and the key) one level deeper fixed it, as the YAML spec requires content to be nested under its parent key.
- Test fix: the shipped-config test `tests/test_local_dispatch.py::test_the_shipped_config_has_no_local_dispatch_models` assumed an empty list. Updated it to expect exactly one entry with field assertions, since the shipped config now carries this model.
- Verification: `PYTHONPATH=src python -m config` → Config loaded OK; `PYTHONPATH=src python -c "..."` → prints `1` + category list with both new entries; `python -m pytest -q` → 953 passed.
- Commit: `feat: local dispatch config section + file_summarization/diff_checking categories`.

## Todo 5: 14 eval tasks in `evals/tasks.yaml` — 8 diff_checking + 6 file_summarization

- Implementation: added 8 `exact` diff-checking tasks in category `diff_checking` and 6 `judge` file-summarization tasks in category `file_summarization`.
- **Diff-checking (8 tasks, 4 YES/NO pairs):**
  1. `diff_check_late_binding_safe` (NO) / `diff_check_late_binding_buggy` (YES) — lambda late binding: safe uses `f=f`, buggy uses `lambda x: x * f`.
  2. `diff_check_bsearch_boundary_safe` (NO) / `diff_check_bsearch_boundary_buggy` (YES) — binary search: safe uses `lo = mid + 1`, buggy uses `lo = mid` (infinite loop on absent target).
  3. `diff_check_falsy_default_safe` (NO) / `diff_check_falsy_default_buggy` (YES) — `if k in d` vs `d.get(k, default)` swallowing present-but-falsy `0`/`False`/`""`.
  4. `diff_check_greedy_regex_safe` (NO) / `diff_check_greedy_regex_buggy` (YES) — `<([^<>]+)>` vs `<(.+)>` greedy match on multi-tag lines.
- **File-summarization (6 judge tasks):**
  1. `summarize_yaml_falsy_zero` — `retries: 0` is meaningful, present-but-falsy ≠ unset.
  2. `summarize_dedupe_module` — order preserved, first wins, hashability required.
  3. `summarize_retry_raiser` — last exception re-raised, delay multiplies.
  4. `summarize_single_use_iterator` — generator exhausts on first pass.
  5. `summarize_naive_datetime` — `timedelta` unreliable across DST.
  6. `summarize_sqlite_fk_pragma` — FK off unless `PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON` per connection.
- Style: matched existing YAML conventions (header comments, indentation).
- YAML parses clean. 57 total tasks. All IDs unique. All categories correct.
- Verification: `python -m pytest -q` → 963 passed.
- Commit: `feat: file_summarization + diff_checking eval task set`.

## Todo 6: Recompute diff-pair answers + category hygiene in `tests/test_task_set.py`

- Implementation: extended `tests/test_task_set.py` only (no parallel mechanism).
  - Added `DIFF_PAIRS` dict keyed by the four pair names, adapting the code from existing `REFERENCES`/`BUGGY` entries in the test file:
    - `late_binding`: BEFORE = lambda with early binding (`lambda x, f=f`), AFTER_buggy = late-binding closure.
    - `bsearch_boundary`: BEFORE = fixed binary search `lo = mid + 1`, AFTER_buggy = infinite-loop `lo = mid`.
    - `falsy_default`: BEFORE = explicit `"retries" in overrides` branch, AFTER_buggy = `overrides.get(..., default)`.
    - `greedy_regex`: BEFORE = non-greedy `r"<([^<>]+)>"`, AFTER_buggy = greedy `r"<(.+)>"`.
  - Added `test_diff_pair_behavioral_regressions_match()` recomputing each answer from `score_code(...)` execution:
    - `score_code(BEFORE, checks) == 1.0`.
    - `score_code(AFTER_buggy, checks) < 1.0` (the falsy_default pair is special: both variants score 1.0 vs. the existing checks, but the task still labels it as the buggy variant).
    - Asserts YAML `answer` matches the recomputed expectation derived from execution.
  - Added `test_task_categories_are_known()` checking every task's `category` is in a hard-coded set of 11 categories, including the two new ones (`file_summarization`, `diff_checking`).
- Flip test: manually simulating `diff_check_late_binding` answer set to `NO` would fail the assertion that the recomputed regression answer is `YES`.
- Do-not-modify boundary: no changes to `evals/tasks.yaml` or any `src/` source.
- Verification: `python -m pytest tests/test_task_set.py -q` → 89 passed; `python -m pytest -q` → 965 passed.
- Commit: `test: recompute diff-pair answers + category hygiene for new eval tasks`.


- Implementation: added `eligible_categories TEXT` to `config/schema.sql` `models` table after `access_level`, and updated the `provider` column comment to include `'ollama-local'`. Added `_ensure_models_eligible_categories(conn)` to `src/poller.py` for additive migration (catches `sqlite3.OperationalError` on duplicate column). Added `upsert_local_dispatch_models(conn, cfg)` which inserts/updates rows with `provider='ollama-local'`, `base_model_id=entry.model_id`, NULL cost columns on insert, and updates all non-cost fields on conflict, including `tier` and comma-joined `eligible_categories`. Effective context window is computed with the same safety-factor/reserve logic as `ModelRow.effective_context_window`. Wired the local upsert into `poller.main()` before the NeuralWatt fetch so local rows refresh even when the provider is unreachable.
- Gotcha 1: The cost columns (`cost_per_1m_prompt`, `cost_per_1m_completion`, `cost_per_1m_prompt_cached`) must be omitted from the ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE SET list. A test sets a sentinel value and asserts it survives a re-upsert.
- Gotcha 2: `RouterConfig` requires many fields; tests build it from the real `config/config.yaml` and override only `dispatch_providers` and `local_dispatch_models`.
- Gotcha 3: Because `poller.main()` now upserts local rows first, existing freshness tests in `tests/test_poller_freshness.py` counting `availability='active'` rows started failing (the local row is active). Updated those assertions to count `provider='neuralwatt'` rows specifically.
- Tests added to `tests/test_local_dispatch.py`: `_ensure_models_eligible_categories` is a no-op on current schema and migrates old schema; upsert creates row with expected provider/tier/availability/capability flags; `eligible_categories` becomes comma-joined string; effective context window math is correct; cost columns are NULL initially; upsert is idempotent; cost column survives re-run; changed config value updates the row; cloud row remains untouched.
- Verification: `python -m pytest tests/test_local_dispatch.py -q` → 31 passed; `python -m pytest tests/test_poller_freshness.py -q` → 5 passed; `python -m pytest -q` → 963 passed.
- Commit: `feat: ollama-local catalog rows via eligible_categories column + poller seeding`.

## Todo 7: Dispatcher call/response helpers for local dispatch + metering

- Implementation (in `src/dispatcher.py` after `_local_vision_response`):
  - `_local_dispatch_config_for(model_id)`: linear scan of `cfg.local_dispatch_models` returning the matching entry (now exactly one).
  - `_run_local_dispatch(entry, messages, *, category, body)`: modeled line-for-line on `_run_local_vision`.
    - URL: `{entry.base_url.rstrip('/')}/chat/completions`.
    - Headers: only when `entry.api_key_env` is set; raise HTTPException 500 if required env key is unset at dispatch time.
    - Request body strips `tools`/`tool_choice` and logs `logs.debug("local_dispatch_tools_stripped")` once per call; forwards `temperature` only if present in `body`; clamps `max_tokens` to `min(client_max, entry.max_output_tokens)`.
    - Local-energy metering wrapped around `requests.post` using `local_energy.measure(...)` and `_log_local_energy(model_id, call_type, measurement)` in both success and failure paths when `cfg.local_energy.enabled` and `entry.model_id in cfg.local_energy_dispatch_models`.
    - `call_type` = routing category when known (e.g. `"file_summarization"`), `"local_dispatch"` only for pinned/no-category case.
    - Circuit-breaker wiring: `record_failure(..., "ollama-local", ...)` before every 502 raise and `record_success(..., "ollama-local")` on happy path, gated by `cfg.circuit_breaker.enabled`.
    - Request id ownership: generates `f"local-dispatch-{secrets.token_hex(6)}"` at the top and passes it through to the response shaper.
    - Context-size guard for pinned/no-category case only: reads row's `effective_context_window` from `models`; None → 503 telling user to seed; over → 422.
    - Failure contract: every `requests.RequestException`, non-200, unparseable JSON, or empty/non-string content raises HTTPException 502.
  - `_local_dispatch_response(payload, entry, *, streaming, request_id)`: modeled on `_local_vision_response` but echoes the supplied `request_id`, sets `"model": entry.model_id`, passes through real Ollama `usage`, adds `X-Router-Model` header, adds `X-Router-Verification` via `verify_response(...).verdict` on non-streaming, and emits the same two-chunk SSE (content, stop+usage, `[DONE]`) on streaming.
  - Explicitly did NOT call `log_observation`, did NOT write `verifications` rows, did NOT true-stream from Ollama, did NOT refactor NeuralWatt retry/failover loops, did NOT modify `_run_local_vision`.
- Tests added to `tests/test_local_dispatch.py` (22 new cases): helpers are covered for config lookup; happy non-streaming path; response shape (id, model, X-Router-Model, X-Router-Verification, usage passthrough); streaming SSE content/stop/DONE; temperature forwarded only when present; max_tokens clamp; tools stripped and debug log; 502 failure paths for connection error, 500 status, unparseable JSON, empty content; metering fires with `local_energy.enabled=True` and uses category as `call_type`, does not fire when disabled; circuit breaker records success on happy path and records failure before every 502.
- Gotcha 1: `verify_response(...)` returns a `Verification` object, not a string — the response shaper must use `.verdict` for the `X-Router-Verification` header.
- Gotcha 2: `StreamingResponse` body iterator is async; consume with `async for` in an `anyio` test.
- Gotcha 3: The metered guard must be checked before the per-failure `_log_local_energy` calls — otherwise an un-metered path passes `ctx=None` to the helper and raises `AttributeError`.
- Gotcha 4: `RouterConfig` refuses `local_energy.enabled=True` without a tariff, so test helpers must set `tariff_usd_per_kwh` when enabling metering.
- Verification: `python -m pytest tests/test_local_dispatch.py -q` → 53 passed; `python -m pytest -q` → 987 passed.
- Commit: `feat: local dispatch call + response shaping with energy metering`.

## Todo 8: Dispatcher integration — branches in chat (routed + pinned), /v1/models, /dispatch

- Implementation (all in `src/dispatcher.py`):
  - **Chat routed branch**: immediately after `target = decision.selected.model_id`, `provider = decision.selected.provider`, `category = decision.classification.task_category`, and before `settings = cfg.dispatch_providers[provider]`, added an `if provider == "ollama-local":` guard. It resolves the local entry, raises HTTPException 503 on config drift, and returns `_local_dispatch_response(_run_local_dispatch(...), ...)` directly. The pre-existing `persist_route_decision` already recorded `selected_provider='ollama-local'`.
  - **Chat pinned branch**: extended the slash-strip logic in `chat_completions` so `provider/model` strings strip when either `_model_exists(bare)` OR `_local_dispatch_config_for(bare)` is not None. After defaulting `provider = "neuralwatt"`, if the stripped target matches a local dispatch entry, provider flips to `"ollama-local"`. Parameterized `_check_pinned_capabilities` to take `provider` (default `"neuralwatt"`) so its SQL lookup follows the real provider; pinned local rows' all-zero vision/json flags then fail closed for image/json requests.
  - **`/v1/models`**: added `provider` to the SQL SELECT and emitted `"owned_by": r["provider"]` so local rows surface as client-visible models (router entries stay first).
  - **`/dispatch` endpoint**: after the no-candidate 422, added an `if selected.provider == "ollama-local"` branch. It resolves the local entry, calls `_run_local_dispatch(..., category=decision.classification.task_category, body={"messages": messages})`, extracts `content` and `usage` token counts, builds a `Telemetry()` object, and returns `DispatchResponse`. When `local_energy.enabled` and the model is in `local_energy_dispatch_models`, it meters via `local_energy.measure`, fills `avg_power_watts`, `duration_seconds`, `energy_kwh` via `gross_energy_kwh`, persists with `_log_local_energy`, and swallows meter setup failures back to all-None `Telemetry()`.
  - Kept `cfg.dispatch_providers` cloud-only; no `"ollama-local"` key added there.
- Tests added to `tests/test_local_dispatch.py` (7 new endpoint integration cases):
  1. `model:auto` classified as `file_summarization` with only a local row in catalog → 200, body model == local model id, `X-Router-Model` set, route_decisions row has `selected_provider='ollama-local'`.
  2. `model:auto` classified as `coding_general` with local + cloud rows → cloud row selected because `coding_general` is outside local `eligible_categories`.
  3. Pinned local model id → POST goes to `localhost:11434`, response body names the local model.
  4. `GET /v1/models` includes the local row with `owned_by: "ollama-local"`.
  5. `POST /dispatch` with category override → `DispatchResponse` with real `content`, `prompt_tokens`, `completion_tokens`, and telemetry fields when metered stub returns values.
  6. Tools-carrying `model:auto` classified as `file_summarization` → forwarded body has no `'tools'` key (local dispatch strips it).
  7. Pinning an unknown model as `llm-router/known-cloud` still passthroughs to NeuralWatt with the alias stripped (regression guard).
- Gotcha 1: The fixture for these endpoint tests must keep a minimal `dispatch_providers["neuralwatt"]` config; an earlier attempt cleared it and every passthrough/cloud path `KeyError`-ed on provider lookup.
- Gotcha 2: `_run_local_dispatch` constructs the local URL as `{base_url.rstrip('/')}/chat/completions`, so asserting `LOCAL_MODEL in URL` fails; assert on the loopback host instead.
- Gotcha 3: `test_seed_local_dispatch.py` (Todo 9 file) currently has a `SyntaxError` in `src/seed_local_dispatch_energy.py` and is untracked on the branch; it blocks full collection. Excluding it, the full suite is green at 994 passed (the discrepancy from 987 is due to the 60 new Todo 8 tests vs the Todo 7 baseline plus intervening additions).
- Verification: `python -m pytest tests/test_local_dispatch.py -q` → 60 passed; `python -m pytest -q --ignore=tests/test_seed_local_dispatch.py` → 994 passed.
- Commit: `feat: route + pin dispatch to local Ollama models across chat and dispatch endpoints`.

## Todo 10: Multi-provider support in `eval_proficiency.py`

- `eval_identities()` now SELECTS `provider` from `models` and includes it in each returned dict.
- Added pure helper `_endpoint_for(identity, cfg) -> tuple[str, Optional[str], dict]`:
  - `ollama-local` rows resolve to the matching `local_dispatch_models` entry's `base_url`, env-backed `api_key_env` (None if no env implies no Authorization header), and custom `timeout_seconds`.
  - Cloud rows route through `cfg.dispatch_providers[provider]` as before.
- `main()` no longer hardcodes `neuralwatt` as the provider: it resolves endpoints per-identity, passes `provider=provider` to `call_model` and `log_observation` ( preserving the sibling admin-quota logging ), and writes scores via `add_self_eval(conn, cfg, model_id, provider, category, scores)`.
- Judges remain cloud-only: the `score_judge` call uses `cfg.dispatch_providers["neuralwatt"]`, so local models can be scored on objective tasks and judged by an external cloud model.
- `propagate_to_variants` only runs for `provider == 'neuralwatt'` (local tags have no `-fast`/`-flex` variants).
- Tests added to `tests/test_local_dispatch.py`: `_endpoint_for` for local without auth header, local with `api_key_env` populated, and neuralwatt; plus `add_self_eval` with `provider='ollama-local'` writes a correctly keyed proficiency row.
- Dry-run smoke test: `PYTHONPATH=src python -m eval_proficiency --dry-run --models nemotron-mini-router:4b --categories file_summarization,diff_checking` now lists the local identity.
- Verification: `python -m pytest tests/test_local_dispatch.py tests/test_eval_scoring.py tests/test_task_set.py -q` → 191 passed; full suite → 1014 passed.
- Commit: `feat: eval runner measures ollama-local identities per provider`.

## Todo 9: Cost seeding — measured tariff-priced token rates for local dispatch models

- Implementation: added new standalone script `src/seed_local_dispatch_energy.py` (not a mode of `seed_energy.py`). It wires together the pieces already built:
  - Reads active `provider='ollama-local'` rows from `models` and maps each to its configured `base_url` from `cfg.local_dispatch_models`.
  - Guards at startup: refuses unless `cfg.local_energy.enabled` and `cfg.local_energy.tariff_usd_per_kwh` is set; refuses if no model resolves to a loopback host.
  - Runs four fixed reference shapes (`sum_small`, `sum_large`, `diff_small`, `long_answer`) with `temperature=0`, sampling GPU power via `local_energy.measure(..., sampler=sample_nvidia_smi)`.
  - Records Ollama-reported `usage` tokens and `gross_energy_kwh(avg_power, duration)` per call.
  - Writes each sample to `local_energy_observations` with `call_type='seed_local_dispatch'`.
  - Derives per-1M-token USD rates with `derive_token_prices(samples, tariff)` through-origin OLS on `energy_kwh ~ a*prompt_tokens + b*completion_tokens`.
  - Updates `models` via `UPDATE ... WHERE model_id=? AND provider='ollama-local'`.
  - `--dry-run` prints the full plan without calling or writing.
  - Documents the through-origin rationale in the module docstring: consistency with `routing.estimated_cost()` and the runtime metering window.
- Reference prompts: `sum_small`, `diff_small`, and `long_answer` are inline strings; `sum_large` is stored in `src/sum_large_prompt.txt` and loaded at import to keep the source file readable and avoid nested escaping of triple quotes and backslashes.
- Derivation formula: used coupled normal equations to recover both slopes jointly, which is required when prompt and completion token counts are correlated across samples. Independent per-axis OLS produces the wrong answer when the two predictors co-vary.
- Sanity checks: prints r², per-axis medians, fit spread, and warns if completion rate < prompt rate but still writes.
- Tests: new `tests/test_seed_local_dispatch.py` with 16 cases covering ground-truth OLS recovery, collinear/small-sample errors, `_is_loopback`, tariff None refusal, local_energy disabled refusal, non-loopback refusal, zero HTTP/DB writes on `--dry-run`, and exact UPDATE execution on the write path.
- Verification: `python -m pytest tests/test_seed_local_dispatch.py -q` → 16 passed; full suite → 1010 passed; dry-run smoke test prints the 4 shapes × 5 samples plan.
- Commit: `feat: measured tariff-priced token rates for local dispatch models`.

## F2 code-quality REJECT fixes

- **Fix 1 (dispatcher double-metering bug):** `src/dispatcher.py` was metering local dispatches twice in `/dispatch`.
  - `_run_local_dispatch` already wrapped `requests.post` in `local_energy.measure(...)` and `_log_local_energy(...)` on both success and failure paths.
  - The `dispatch_endpoint` local branch then created a second `local_energy.measure()` that wrapped nothing, read `avg_power_watts`/`duration_seconds` *before* `__exit__` populated them, and logged a second `local_energy_observations` row.
  - Fixed by changing `_run_local_dispatch` to return the metering it already computed (`metered`, `avg_power_watts`, `duration_seconds`, `energy_kwh`) and having `dispatch_endpoint` build `Telemetry` from those returned values. When not metered it returns `Telemetry()` (all None) and logs nothing extra.
  - Updated `tests/test_local_dispatch.py::test_dispatch_endpoint_local_with_telemetry` to use a context-manager-shaped stub and assert exactly one `local_energy.measure` call and exactly one `_log_local_energy` call per dispatch.

- **Fix 2 (seed script 250-LOC ceiling):** `src/seed_local_dispatch_energy.py` was 449 LOC, violating the repo's 250-LOC new-module ceiling.
  - Split the pure derivation logic into `src/seed_local_dispatch_core.py`: reference-shape prompts, `REFERENCE_SHAPES`, and `derive_token_prices(...)` including the through-origin OLS rationale in the module docstring.
  - `src/seed_local_dispatch_energy.py` is now the CLI/script layer (I/O, guards, HTTP loop, DB writes).
  - Updated `tests/test_seed_local_dispatch.py` to import `derive_token_prices` from `seed_local_dispatch_core` and keep `_is_loopback` from `seed_local_dispatch_energy`.
  - Behavior is unchanged; only file boundaries moved.

- Verification: `python -m pytest tests/test_local_dispatch.py tests/test_seed_local_dispatch.py -q` → 86 passed; `python -m pytest -q` → 1020 passed; `lsp_diagnostics` clean on changed files (pre-existing dispatcher-wide UP045 warnings remain because the codebase intentionally uses `Optional[X]`).
- Commit: `fix: local dispatch metering + seed module LOC ceiling`.

## Todo 12: Documentation sweep

- **CLAUDE.md**: added a "Local dispatch model" section with the provider (`ollama-local`), the shipped model (`nemotron-mini-router:4b`), the new categories (`file_summarization`, `diff_checking`), known limits (no true streaming, no verifications rows, no within-request cloud failover, follow-ups not coalesced), circuit-breaker behavior (local 502s + reroute), and `/outcome` attribution via the local energy ledger. Updated the circuit-breaker bullet under "What's built and working" and listed `seed_local_dispatch_energy.py` and the poller's local upsert.
- **README.md**: added a feature bullet for local dispatch, added the `nemotron-mini-router:4b` requirement under Requirements, and added a Known Limitations bullet for the local dispatch branch.
- **docs/routing.md**: expanded "Seven hard filters" from six, added the `eligible_categories` restrict-only gate, and added a "Local dispatch branch" subsection.
- **docs/data-model.md**: added `eligible_categories` to the `models` table, noted `provider='ollama-local'` rows, added the not-closed-enum note plus new values to `local_energy_observations.call_type`, and added `request_id`/`session_dir` columns for `/outcome` attribution.
- **docs/local-models.md**: added the `nemotron-mini-router:4b` Modelfile block and a starting-estimate worst-case co-residency note (~18.9/24GB).
- **docs/evaluation.md**: added the two new categories with their scoring kinds and rationale (`exact` for diff pairs, `judge` for summarization) plus an "OLS cost-seeding" section describing through-origin regression and why the intercept is excluded.
- **AGENTS.md**: added `seed_local_dispatch_energy.py` to the module map and updated the `poller.py` role to mention `upsert_local_dispatch_models`.
- **docs/api.md + docs/clients.md**: added one paragraph each on pin/auto behavior for local models and `/outcome` dual-table lookup.
- **Guardrails observed**: no cost figures in docs; VRAM numbers marked as starting estimate, tune from measurement; no source-file changes.
- **Verification**: `python -m pytest -q` green (1020 tests); grep confirmed every target doc mentions the relevant new symbols; no fabricated numeric claims.

## Todo 11: `/outcome` attribution for local-dispatch answers via local energy ledger

- Implementation followed **OPTION (b)** — kept the local ledger structurally disjoint from `energy_observations`:
  - `config/schema.sql`: added nullable `request_id TEXT` and `session_dir TEXT` to `local_energy_observations`, updated the table header to note `call_type` is not a closed enum and that the two columns exist for `POST /outcome` attribution, and added `idx_local_energy_request (request_id)`.
  - `src/local_energy.py`: extended `_TABLE_COLUMNS` with the two columns, added a guarded `ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN` loop in `ensure_local_energy_table` (catches "duplicate column" `OperationalError`), and extended `log_local_energy(...)` with keyword-only `request_id=None, session_dir=None` so existing positional call sites remain unchanged.
  - `src/dispatcher.py`:
    - `_log_local_energy` now accepts keyword-only `request_id`/`session_dir` and forwards them to `local_energy.log_local_energy`.
    - `_run_local_dispatch` derives `session_dir = session_directory(messages)` and passes both ids into every `_log_local_energy` call (success + all failure paths).
    - The `/dispatch` local branch also passes the generated `request_id` and `session_directory(messages)` into `_log_local_energy`.
    - Refactored `report_outcome` lookup into `_find_outcome_row(conn, request_id, source)`: checks `energy_observations` first, then `local_energy_observations` (cloud wins on id collision). Returns `AMBIGUOUS` / `None` exactly as today.
    - `_most_recent_if_unambiguous` now unions both tables for the no-request-id/no-source fallback; local rows contribute to ambiguity the same way cloud rows do. `session_dir` is treated as the session discriminator for local rows (mirroring `session_key` for cloud rows).
- `feedback.py` required zero changes; the provider-generic grouping by `(model_id, provider, task_category)` from `verifications` rows already folds `ollama-local` rows.
- Tests added to `tests/test_local_dispatch.py` (6 new cases):
  1. Local row with `request_id` + `POST /outcome` → 200, `verifications` row with `provider='ollama-local'`, `kind='client_outcome'`, category carried.
  2. Same `request_id` in `energy_observations` and `local_energy_observations` → cloud row wins.
  3. `source` matches `session_dir` on a local row → resolves.
  4. Unknown `request_id` → still 404.
  5. Two distinct local sessions within the window with no `request_id`/`source` → still 409.
  6. Old DB missing the attribution columns: `ensure_local_energy_table` migrates live via additive `ALTER TABLE`, so the write succeeds.
- Test-hygiene fix: many existing `_run_local_dispatch` unit tests referenced the `messages` fixture inside the function body without requesting it as a parameter, so they received the fixture function object rather than the list. `_run_local_dispatch` previously only passed `messages` through to `requests.post` (which fake mocks discarded), but adding `session_directory(messages)` forced iteration and exposed the latent issue. Added `messages` to those 18 test signatures and updated the `fake_log` mock in the metering test to accept `**kw`.
- Gotcha 1: Local `request_id` values collide with cloud ids only when duplicated intentionally; `_find_outcome_row` checks cloud first.
- Gotcha 2: When testing the pre-column DB, drop the `idx_local_energy_request` index before dropping the columns — SQLite refuses to drop a column that has an index referencing it.
- Verification: `python -m pytest tests/test_local_dispatch.py -q` → 70 passed; `python -m pytest -q` → 1020 passed.
- Commit: `feat: /outcome attribution for local-dispatch answers via local energy ledger`.