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Extends the total, gapless offline token partition (data.tokens[], behind --tokens) with provisional dir/cmd classes for resolved paths, menus, commands, colon directives, and nested command substitutions. This is the next B2 fill in the #264 "token border" series, following the operator (#290/#292), argument (#293/#294), and value (#295/#302) fills.

What changed

  • src/explain/path-tokens.ts (new): the B2 path fill. Only decided navigation/resolved verb-split readings participate; ambiguous, malformed (doubled slashes), and source-unmapped statements stay unclassified — the same fail-closed contract the arg/value fills already use.
  • src/explain/token-ranges.ts (new): shared residual-clipping and adjacent-token-merge helpers, now reused by arg-tokens.ts and value-tokens.ts instead of duplicating the logic.
  • src/explain/verbsplit.ts: extends the existing word scanner (asciiWordSpans) to retain per-character source spans through locatedRunTokens/LocatedRunToken. runTokens keeps its original {name, sep} projection unchanged, so no downstream caller is affected.
  • src/explain.ts: adds dir/cmd to ExplainTokenClass, wires the path fill in ahead of the arg/value/operator fills (spanspathargvalueoperator), and adds evidence e12 (pathSpans). data.spans[] (proof-only) is untouched.
  • Corpus census (test/fixtures/explain/tokens.json) and the generated commands/explain/README.md census block move from 47.55% → 59.12% classified bytes.

Coverage details

  • Slash ownership: leading/interior valid path slashes are dir; the slash before a slash-joined verb stays dir, not cmd; doubled/malformed slashes cause the whole candidate to abstain.
  • Navigation vs. command bare paths (/ip route vs /system reboot).
  • Nested [find ...] command substitutions.
  • Colon directives (:put, :log info, nested :put inside do={...}), with coordinates rebased to match resolveVerb's : stripping.
  • Continuations (\<newline>): name spans split around the continuation bytes so a future escape fill can claim them.
  • Normalization refusal: non-ASCII/normalized statements stay unclassified, matching existing arg/value behavior.

Scope note

Offline-only. The explain matrix row stays designed for REST/native — this work opens no protocol connection, so it doesn't move a MATRIX.md cell. Phase 2 (live /console/inspect probes) is separate, larger work (#236).

Validation

  • Focused suite (explain-token-census, explain-verbsplit, arg-tokens, value-tokens, operator-tokens, explain): 254 tests pass across 6 files.
  • bun run test: pass.
  • bun run build: pass.
  • bun run lint:ci: pass (generated-doc drift checks, census drift, markdownlint, cspell, secretlint all clean). One pre-existing noExplicitAny warning in test/unit/value-tokens.test.ts is unrelated to this change and does not fail the gate.

Part of #264.

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  • New Features

    • Added dedicated classification for resolved directory and command path tokens.
    • Improved token explanations for paths, navigation, nested commands, and colon directives.
    • Expanded source mapping to preserve slash and line-continuation details.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Ambiguous, malformed, normalized, or unmapped path content remains unclassified.
    • Improved token attribution while preventing path classifications from appearing in proof-only spans.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for path classification, evidence attribution, nested commands, and source-range handling.

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Extends the total, gapless token partition (data.tokens[], --tokens)
with provisional dir/cmd classes for resolved paths, menus, commands,
colon directives, and nested command substitutions.

- New src/explain/path-tokens.ts: the B2 path fill. Only decided
  navigation/resolved verb-split readings participate; ambiguous,
  malformed (doubled slashes), and source-unmapped statements stay
  unclassified, matching the existing arg/value fill-closed contract.
- New src/explain/token-ranges.ts: shared residual-clipping and
  adjacent-token-merge helpers, now reused by arg-tokens.ts and
  value-tokens.ts instead of duplicating the logic.
- src/explain/verbsplit.ts: extends the existing word scanner
  (asciiWordSpans) to retain per-character source spans through
  locatedRunTokens/LocatedRunToken, while runTokens keeps its original
  {name, sep} projection unchanged.
- src/explain.ts: adds dir/cmd to ExplainTokenClass, wires the path
  fill in ahead of the arg/value/operator fills (spans -> path -> arg
  -> value -> operator), and adds evidence e12 (pathSpans). data.spans[]
  (proof-only) is untouched.
- Corpus census (test/fixtures/explain/tokens.json) and the generated
  README census block move from 47.55% to 59.12% classified bytes.
- Test coverage: slash ownership (leading/interior valid vs doubled),
  navigation vs command bare paths, nested [find ...] substitutions,
  colon directives (:put, :log info, nested :put), and normalization
  refusal (non-ASCII arguments stay unclassified).

Part of #264 ("the token border"). Offline-only; the explain matrix
row stays designed since no protocol connection is opened.
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The explain tokenizer now emits source-mapped dir and cmd tokens for valid resolved and navigation paths. Path spans run before argument, value, and operator fills. Tests, census fixtures, and documentation cover the new classifications and rejection cases.

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Path tokenization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Source-located token infrastructure
src/explain/verbsplit.ts, src/explain/token-ranges.ts, src/explain/arg-tokens.ts, src/explain/value-tokens.ts
Run-token generation preserves name and slash ranges. Shared residual clipping, token construction, and adjacent-token merging replace duplicate helpers.
Path fill and pipeline integration
src/explain/path-tokens.ts, src/explain.ts
Resolved and navigation candidates are validated and classified as dir and cmd. Path evidence runs before argument, value, and operator fills.
Path behavior validation and census updates
test/unit/explain-token-census.test.ts, test/unit/explain-verbsplit.test.ts, test/fixtures/explain/tokens.json, commands/explain/README.md
Tests cover valid paths, directives, nested commands, source mapping, and rejected inputs. Census metrics and token documentation include the new classes.

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The PR adds offline dir/cmd token classifications without introducing security, runtime, or deployment changes, and the reported checks pass. It is mergeable with owner awareness that the exported token-class type now has two additional variants that exhaustive downstream consumers may need to handle.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ExplainPipeline
  participant pathSpans
  participant locatedRunTokens
  participant ResidualRanges
  ExplainPipeline->>pathSpans: path candidates and residual ranges
  pathSpans->>locatedRunTokens: candidate body
  locatedRunTokens-->>pathSpans: located names and slashes
  pathSpans->>ResidualRanges: clip dir/cmd ranges
  ResidualRanges-->>ExplainPipeline: path tokens and updated residual
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Pull request overview

Extends explain --tokens’s offline, gapless token partition by adding a B2 “path fill” that classifies resolved menu/path bytes as provisional dir / cmd token classes (including valid path slashes), and refactors shared residual-range utilities for reuse across fills.

Changes:

  • Add src/explain/path-tokens.ts to classify resolved path/menu + verb bytes as dir / cmd on the residual stream, with evidence id e12.
  • Extend src/explain/verbsplit.ts with locatedRunTokens to preserve per-character source spans (including \\\n continuations) while keeping runTokens’s existing projection stable.
  • Introduce src/explain/token-ranges.ts to share residual clipping + adjacent-token merging, and update census fixtures/docs accordingly.

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src/explain/path-tokens.ts New B2 fill that emits dir / cmd tokens for resolved/navigation paths on the residual stream.
src/explain/token-ranges.ts New shared helpers for residual clipping and merging adjacent tokens.
src/explain/verbsplit.ts Adds per-character span retention and exports locatedRunTokens while keeping runTokens stable.
src/explain.ts Wires in dir/cmd token classes, evidence e12, and updates fill order to spans → path → arg → value → operator.
src/explain/arg-tokens.ts Refactors to reuse clipToResidual from the shared helper module.
src/explain/value-tokens.ts Refactors to reuse clipToResidual from the shared helper module.
test/unit/explain-verbsplit.test.ts Adds unit coverage for locatedRunTokens span preservation across slashes and continuations.
test/unit/explain-token-census.test.ts Adds unit coverage asserting dir/cmd behavior, evidence e12, and abstention rules.
test/fixtures/explain/tokens.json Updates corpus census counts for new token classes and coverage percentage.
commands/explain/README.md Updates explain token-census narrative and ExplainTokenClass documentation to include dir/cmd.

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In `@commands/explain/README.md`:
- Around line 1223-1226: Update the fill-order description in the README to
state the sequence as spans → path → arg → value → operator, placing arg and
value before operator and preserving the explanation of residual ownership.

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classification flow in the tokens block; preserve the existing pathSpans,
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- Around line 82-94: The slash validation around malformedSlash in pathSpans
currently scans only through coveredEnd, allowing terminal duplicate slashes to
remain unclassified. Extend validation to reject slash runs after coveredEnd,
while preserving valid slashPositions handling, and add regression tests
confirming /ip// and /ip/// are rejected rather than emitted as a dir span.
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Fail closed when an otherwise resolved path is followed immediately by an unexplained slash run, and pin /ip// and /ip/// as regressions. Correct the explain README's residual-fill order to match spans -> path -> arg -> value -> operator.

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