The lint moved into uhhm/portal as portal lint

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GT37Z1Xtfd9pUuQtMTg6Yt

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,86 @@
 One line per change, grouped by the release that shipped it. Newest
 first. Each release names the portal tag it is built against.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- `needs.yaml` may name the site's `tones`, one storyline each; the checks read the first storyline, which is what `build_questions` gives.
+
+## 0.5.10 (2026-09-30) - portal v0.5.10
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.10 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.5.9 (2026-09-30) - portal v0.5.9
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.9 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.5.8 (2026-09-30) - portal v0.5.8
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.8 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.5.7 (2026-09-30) - portal v0.5.7
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.7 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## Unreleased
+
+- The effort budget counts what a person fills in: a `type: record` field (the case an answer is about, carried on the link) and a `hidden` preset are not asked and no longer count. An objection page whose form carried the application's id used to be one field over.
+
+## 0.5.6 (2026-09-30) - portal v0.5.6
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.6 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.5.5 (2026-09-30) - portal v0.5.5
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.5 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.5.4 (2026-09-29) - portal v0.5.4
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.4 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.5.3 (2026-09-29) - portal v0.5.3
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.3 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.5.2 (2026-09-28) - portal v0.5.2
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.2 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.5.1 (2026-09-28) - portal v0.5.1
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.1 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.5.0 (2026-09-28) - portal v0.5.0
+
+- Matches portal v0.5.0 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.4.0 (2026-09-24) - portal v0.4.0
+
+- Matches portal v0.4.0 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.3.47 (2026-09-24) - portal v0.3.47
+
+- Matches portal v0.3.47 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.3.46 (2026-09-23) - portal v0.3.46
+
+- Matches portal v0.3.46 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.3.45 (2026-09-23) - portal v0.3.45
+
+- Matches portal v0.3.45 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.3.44 (2026-09-23) - portal v0.3.44
+
+- Matches portal v0.3.44 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.3.43 (2026-09-23) - portal v0.3.43
+
+- Matches portal v0.3.43 (released by portal's publish job).
+
+## 0.3.42 (2026-09-23) - portal v0.3.42
+
+- Matches portal v0.3.42 (released by portal's publish job).
+
 ## 0.3.41 (2026-09-23) - portal v0.3.41
 
 - Matches portal v0.3.41 (released by portal's publish job).

Cargo.lock

@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "linked-hash-map",
  "linked_hash_set",
  "miette",
- "nonempty",
+ "nonempty 0.12.0",
  "ref-cast",
  "regex",
  "rustc-literal-escaper",
@@ -1060,6 +1060,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a31eee39dddec8330830986fcd7625edb5a24ec90ea038215273bbc3adb08ac6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-bigint"
 version = "0.5.5"
@@ -1161,6 +1167,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 3.0.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dashmap"
+version = "6.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6361d5c062261c78a176addb82d4c821ae42bed6089de0e12603cd25de2059c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "lock_api",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
 version = "2.11.1"
@@ -1523,6 +1543,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "forwarded-header-value"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8835f84f38484cc86f110a805655697908257fb9a7af005234060891557198e9"
+dependencies = [
+ "nonempty 0.7.0",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fs_extra"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -1600,6 +1630,12 @@ version = "0.3.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cd417de3d1d015fc3bfd2b1ea46dfc7bab72ef86f1cc7cc9c78e728b34a6d1fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-timer"
+version = "3.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "af43fadb8a98512d547e37b4e92e0ced13e205c061b87b4623eff01d918d6968"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-util"
 version = "0.3.34"
@@ -1648,9 +1684,11 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "899def5c37c4fd7b2664648c28120ecec138e4d395b459e5ca34f9cce2dd77fd"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "r-efi 5.3.0",
  "wasip2",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1701,6 +1739,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "governor"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9efcab3c1958580ff1f25a2a41be1668f7603d849bb63af523b208a3cc1223b8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "dashmap",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-timer",
+ "futures-util",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "hashbrown 0.16.1",
+ "nonzero_ext",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "quanta",
+ "rand 0.9.5",
+ "smallvec",
+ "spinning_top",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "group"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -1762,6 +1823,23 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.16.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "841d1cc9bed7f9236f321df977030373f4a4163ae1a7dbfe1a51a2c1a51d9100"
+dependencies = [
+ "allocator-api2",
+ "equivalent",
+ "foldhash 0.2.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.17.1"
@@ -1993,6 +2071,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-timeout"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b90d566bffbce6a75bd8b09a05aa8c2cb1fabb6cb348f8840c9e4c90a0d83b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "hyper 1.11.1",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
 version = "0.1.20"
@@ -2196,7 +2287,7 @@ checksum = "791930b43c0d5973160d90a8f3894509f2b273430f5c5c73b668636d0287c5c0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iris"
-version = "0.3.41"
+version = "0.5.10"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-nats",
@@ -2925,6 +3016,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "signatory",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nonempty"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9e591e719385e6ebaeb5ce5d3887f7d5676fceca6411d1925ccc95745f3d6f7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nonempty"
 version = "0.12.0"
@@ -2934,6 +3031,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nonzero_ext"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38bf9645c8b145698bb0b18a4637dcacbc421ea49bef2317e4fd8065a387cf21"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.50.3"
@@ -3303,12 +3406,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "portal"
-version = "0.3.41"
-source = "git+https://project.uhhm.no/uhhm/portal.git?tag=v0.3.41#710654308982fcda2321065fa419dc34bbcffd65"
+version = "0.5.10"
+source = "git+https://project.uhhm.no/uhhm/portal.git?tag=v0.5.10#cb31995299a61fd3bf8a245e5b1d943e3c073043"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
  "async-nats",
+ "async-trait",
  "aws-sdk-s3",
  "axum",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -3333,6 +3437,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower",
  "tower-http",
  "tower-sessions",
+ "tower_governor",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
@@ -3482,6 +3587,21 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "007d8adb5ddab6f8e3f491ac63566a7d5002cc7ed73901f72057943fa71ae1ae"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quanta"
+version = "0.12.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3ab5a9d756f0d97bdc89019bd2e4ea098cf9cde50ee7564dde6b81ccc8f06c7"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "raw-cpuid",
+ "wasi",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quinn"
 version = "0.11.12"
@@ -3666,6 +3786,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.10.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "raw-cpuid"
+version = "11.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "498cd0dc59d73224351ee52a95fee0f1a617a2eae0e7d9d720cc622c73a54186"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reactive_graph"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -4566,6 +4695,15 @@ version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "023a211cb3138dbc438680b32560ad89f699977624c9f8dbb95a47d5b4c07dd3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spinning_top"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d96d2d1d716fb500937168cc09353ffdc7a012be8475ac7308e1bdf0e3923300"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spki"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -4865,6 +5003,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-stream"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a3d06f0b082ba57c26b79407372e57cf2a1e28124f78e9479fe80322cf53420b"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-tungstenite"
 version = "0.29.0"
@@ -4943,6 +5092,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic"
+version = "0.14.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac2a5518c70fa84342385732db33fb3f44bc4cc748936eb5833d2df34d6445ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "bytes",
+ "h2 0.4.19",
+ "http 1.5.0",
+ "http-body 1.1.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.11.1",
+ "hyper-timeout",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project",
+ "socket2 0.6.5",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -4951,9 +5129,12 @@ checksum = "ebe5ef63511595f1344e2d5cfa636d973292adc0eec1f0ad45fae9f0851ab1d4"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
+ "indexmap 2.14.2",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "slab",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -5065,6 +5246,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-sessions-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower_governor"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44de9b94d849d3c46e06a883d72d408c2de6403367b39df2b1c9d9e7b6736fe6"
+dependencies = [
+ "axum",
+ "forwarded-header-value",
+ "governor",
+ "http 1.5.0",
+ "pin-project",
+ "thiserror 2.0.20",
+ "tonic",
+ "tower",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.44"
@@ -5472,6 +5670,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-util"
 version = "0.1.11"
@@ -5481,6 +5695,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.62.2"

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "iris"
-version = "0.3.41"
+version = "0.5.10"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "The iris over a portal site: nothing from a content repo comes through until it checks out"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ repository = "https://project.uhhm.no/uhhm/iris"
 # The site's own content types and loaders, so iris reads a repo exactly
 # the way the running site does. Pinned to the portal release it
 # matches; bumping this tag is what a new iris release is.
-portal = { git = "https://project.uhhm.no/uhhm/portal.git", tag = "v0.3.41", features = ["ssr"] }
+portal = { git = "https://project.uhhm.no/uhhm/portal.git", tag = "v0.5.10", features = ["ssr"] }
 anyhow = "1"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"

README.md

@@ -1,57 +1,10 @@
-# iris
+# iris, now `portal lint`
 
-The iris over a [portal](https://project.uhhm.no/uhhm/portal) site. A
-content push is an incoming wormhole; nothing comes through until it
-checks out.
+The lint lives in [uhhm/portal](https://project.uhhm.no/uhhm/portal)
+since portal 0.6, as the `portal lint` command of the same binary that
+runs a site; its documentation is
+[The lint](https://portal.uhhm.no/lint.html). A content repo's CI
+downloads the release's `portal` and runs `portal lint --path questions`.
 
-```
-iris check --path questions                      # a local checkout
-iris check --repo https://project.uhhm.no/uhhm/questions
-iris --path questions                            # the same, for one-line CI
-```
-
-`check` loads a content repo exactly the way the running site does,
-validates it (every action lands on a page, every transition is one
-the state machine allows, every recorded bucket is read back
-somewhere), and then holds it to the business needs the repo declares
-in `needs.yaml`, when it has one:
-
-- a path of submissions gets each kind of visitor's answer into the
-  bucket it names, within a submission and required-field budget;
-- the handling group holds a desk over that bucket, and every
-  finished state is reachable through the buttons it (and any
-  `also_moved_by` group) offers; no record strands on the way;
-- every stage the business named is a state of the machine.
-
-A need marked `planned` warns instead of failing. Exit status is the
-verdict, so a content repo's CI is one line.
-
-Beyond the verdict, `check` exports what a trainer needs to grade the
-wording: `--needs-tasks` writes the personas as typed choice tasks
-(`--skim` for headings only), `--needs-score` grades an engine's
-answers, and `--needs-sim` writes a resolved model of the whole site.
-`iris replay` runs simulated cases through the site's real aggregate
-engine on a throwaway JetStream and reports every bucket by state;
-`--report-only` takes the same scorecard from a live site's buckets.
-See [portal-trainer](https://project.uhhm.no/uhhm/portal-trainer) for
-what sits around those.
-
-## Matching the site
-
-Every type iris reads is portal's own: portal is a library dependency
-pinned to a release tag in `Cargo.toml`, and iris carries the same
-version number as that tag, so `iris v0.3.39` is the lint for portal
-v0.3.39 and nothing else. A content repo pins `IRIS_RELEASE` to the
-`PORTAL_RELEASE` its site runs. Portal's own release tarball ships the
-matching `iris` binary too, at `/srv/app/<instance>/current/iris`.
-
-## Release
-
-Iris is released by portal's publish job, never by hand: when a
-portal tag is pushed, that job re-pins this crate to the tag, sets
-the version to match, builds and tests it, adds the changelog line,
-and pushes the commit and the tag here. This repo's own CI then
-attaches the binary to the Gitea release as `iris`. A portal change
-to something the lint reads fails the portal release at that step.
-Changes to iris itself land on `main` between releases and ship with
-the next portal tag.
+The `iris` releases up to v0.5.11 stay here and keep working for the
+`IRIS_RELEASE` pins that name them; nothing new is published.

src/needs.rs

@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ pub struct NeedsFile {
     pub needs: Vec<Need>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub personas: Vec<Persona>,
+    /// The tones of voice the site is told in, one storyline each
+    /// (portal docs, Storylines). Named here so the report can say
+    /// which tone a storyline index is; the checks read the first.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub tones: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
@@ -73,6 +78,11 @@ pub struct Need {
     /// as a warning, so the gap stays visible without failing CI.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub planned: bool,
+    /// Each state of the bucket in plain words, in the site's
+    /// language, for the scorer: state ids are ASCII, and a Norwegian
+    /// `ikke_lost` reads as English to a model.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub stage_words: std::collections::BTreeMap<String, String>,
     /// The finished states that are a good outcome for the business -
     /// a subset of `done_when`. "lost" is finished; "won" is success.
     /// What a simulation or a live bucket report counts toward.
@@ -152,11 +162,14 @@ fn visible(q: &Question, as_group: Option<&str>) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
+/// What a person has to fill in: required fields, less the ones that
+/// carry rather than ask - a `record` naming the case an answer is
+/// about, a `hidden` preset - which cost nobody anything.
 fn required_fields(alt: &Alternative) -> usize {
     alt.features
         .iter()
         .flat_map(|f| &f.requirements)
-        .filter(|r| !r.optional)
+        .filter(|r| !r.optional && r.kind != "record" && r.kind != "hidden")
         .count()
 }
 
@@ -571,7 +584,8 @@ pub fn sim_model(
                 json!({
                     "page": step.page,
                     "question": page.name,
-                    "options": page.alternatives.iter().filter(|a| !a.disabled).map(|a| json!({
+                    "context": page_context(page),
+                    "options": page.alternatives.iter().filter(|a| !a.disabled && leads_somewhere(a)).map(|a| json!({
                         "name": a.name,
                         "description": plain(&a.description),
                     })).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
@@ -597,6 +611,7 @@ pub fn sim_model(
                 json!({
                     "initial": schema.initial,
                     "transitions": schema.transitions,
+                    "words": need.stage_words,
                     "desks": desks_over(questions, &need.lands_in).iter().map(|d| json!({
                         "page": d.page,
                         "group": d.group,
@@ -646,6 +661,41 @@ fn plain(text: &str) -> String {
     text.split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" ")
 }
 
+/// A card a visitor can act on: it leads to a page, records an
+/// answer, or moves a record. A card with none of those is read, not
+/// picked - the opener that says what the business does, the look
+/// around - and is context on the page, never an option.
+pub fn leads_somewhere(a: &Alternative) -> bool {
+    a.action.is_some() || a.record_as.is_some() || a.self_transition.is_some()
+}
+
+/// What the page says before its options: every card that leads
+/// nowhere, its heading, description and features, as one line each.
+pub fn page_context(page: &Question) -> String {
+    page.alternatives
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|a| !a.disabled && !leads_somewhere(a))
+        .map(|a| {
+            let mut line = a.name.clone();
+            let description = plain(&a.description);
+            if !description.is_empty() {
+                line.push_str(&format!(": {description}"));
+            }
+            for f in &a.features {
+                let text = plain(&f.description);
+                match (f.name.trim().is_empty(), text.is_empty()) {
+                    (true, true) => {}
+                    (true, false) => line.push_str(&format!(" {text}")),
+                    (false, true) => line.push_str(&format!(" {}.", f.name.trim())),
+                    (false, false) => line.push_str(&format!(" {}: {text}", f.name.trim())),
+                }
+            }
+            line
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("\n")
+}
+
 /// Every (persona, page-on-their-path) pair with a real choice on it.
 /// `skim` shows the engine only each alternative's heading - what a
 /// visitor who never reads the description has to go on.
@@ -660,10 +710,11 @@ pub fn tasks(file: &NeedsFile, questions: &Questions, skim: bool) -> Vec<Task> {
         };
         for (i, step) in path.iter().enumerate() {
             let page = &questions[&step.page];
-            let open: Vec<&Alternative> = page.alternatives.iter().filter(|a| !a.disabled).collect();
+            let open: Vec<&Alternative> = page.alternatives.iter().filter(|a| !a.disabled && leads_somewhere(a)).collect();
             if open.len() < 2 {
                 continue;
             }
+            let context = page_context(page);
             let mut trail: Vec<String> = path[..=i].iter().map(|s| s.page.clone()).collect();
             let expect: Vec<String> = viable(questions, need, page, need.max_steps - i, i == 0, false, &mut trail)
                 .into_iter()
@@ -684,7 +735,11 @@ pub fn tasks(file: &NeedsFile, questions: &Questions, skim: bool) -> Vec<Task> {
                 persona: persona.id.clone(),
                 need: need.id.clone(),
                 page: step.page.clone(),
-                state: BTreeMap::from([("body", plain(&persona.text))]),
+                state: if context.is_empty() {
+                    BTreeMap::from([("body", plain(&persona.text))])
+                } else {
+                    BTreeMap::from([("body", plain(&persona.text)), ("page", context)])
+                },
                 questions: BTreeMap::from([(
                     "pick",
                     ChoiceQuestion {
@@ -813,6 +868,19 @@ mod tests {
         let (questions, aggregates) = site(FULL_DESK);
         let findings = check(&needs("    max_fields: 1\n"), &questions, &aggregates);
         assert_eq!(fails(&findings), vec!["the path asks for 2 required field(s), over the budget of 1"]);
+        // A field that carries rather than asks is not effort: the
+        // record an answer is about arrives on the link.
+        let (mut questions, aggregates) = site(FULL_DESK);
+        let front = questions.get_mut("/").unwrap();
+        let brief = &mut front.alternatives[0].features[0].requirements;
+        let mut carrier = brief[0].clone();
+        carrier.name = "case".into();
+        carrier.kind = "record".into();
+        carrier.of = Some("projects".into());
+        carrier.optional = false;
+        brief.push(carrier);
+        let findings = check(&needs("    max_fields: 2\n"), &questions, &aggregates);
+        assert!(fails(&findings).is_empty(), "{findings:?}");
     }
 
     #[test]