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+id: RREG-WP-0003
+type: workplan
+title: "Repository Ability Registry — Automatic Repository Exploration"
+domain: capabilities
+repo: repo-registry
+status: active
+owner: codex
+topic_slug: foerster-capabilities
+created: "2026-04-26"
+updated: "2026-04-26"
+state_hub_workstream_id: "c121d462-f2e4-45d3-9d2d-9c04a3556953"
+---
+
+# RREG-WP-0003 — Automatic Repository Exploration
+
+## Goal
+
+Make the first-run experience feel like a useful product: a user can register a
+repository, ask the registry to explore it, and quickly land on a populated,
+source-linked ability profile. The system must preserve the core trust model:
+deterministic facts are observed, interpreted ability claims are reviewable, and
+canonical registry truth is either explicitly approved by a human or by a clearly
+configured trusted automation mode.
+
+## P0: One-Click Register And Explore
+
+```task
+id: RREG-WP-0003-T01
+status: todo
+priority: high
+state_hub_task_id: "ab718ce7-d38f-4080-9385-99be1bf80475"
+```
+
+Add a UI and API flow that registers a repository and immediately starts analysis
+when requested. In the UI, the repository registration form should offer a clear
+`Explore after registration` option enabled by default. The resulting screen should
+show analysis progress/result, observed facts, candidate abilities, and the next
+recommended action without requiring the user to hunt for the analysis button.
+
+Acceptance: registering `/home/worsch/repo-registry` from the UI can complete an
+analysis run in one flow and land on the reviewable candidate graph.
+
+## P0: Self-Analysis Quality Pass
+
+```task
+id: RREG-WP-0003-T02
+status: todo
+priority: high
+state_hub_task_id: "d0d98e1b-8d21-4bdf-af58-edbb34e8a929"
+```
+
+Use this repository as the first golden demo target. Improve deterministic
+scanning and candidate generation where needed so repo-registry produces a useful
+ability map for itself: repository ingestion, deterministic scanning, candidate
+review workflow, discovery/search, UI curation, and operational/state-hub
+coordination should be visible as source-linked claims.
+
+Acceptance: a self-analysis run produces non-trivial, source-linked candidate
+abilities and capabilities that a curator would recognize as the repo's real
+purpose.
+
+## P1: Guided Review To Populated Registry
+
+```task
+id: RREG-WP-0003-T03
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+state_hub_task_id: "5c4b5bb1-390c-4782-bb70-104b0006fe67"
+```
+
+Polish the candidate review path so the user can approve, edit, merge, or reject
+generated claims from a single coherent screen. After approval, route to the
+approved ability map and make search/discovery/export actions immediately visible.
+
+Acceptance: after self-analysis, a user can populate the canonical registry with
+approved entries in one review session and then see them in search, discovery, and
+export.
+
+## P1: Trusted Auto-Populate Mode
+
+```task
+id: RREG-WP-0003-T04
+status: todo
+priority: medium
+state_hub_task_id: "076385fe-4dbf-4aca-b89f-c7372d9eebd9"
+```
+
+Add an explicit opt-in automation mode for local/demo use that approves a
+candidate graph automatically after analysis. This must be visibly labeled and
+record a review decision showing that the approval was automated. The default
+production posture should remain review-first.
+
+Acceptance: a local user can choose fully automated exploration that registers,
+analyzes, and populates the approved registry, while default mode still requires
+review.
+
+## P2: First-Run Delight And Diagnostics
+
+```task
+id: RREG-WP-0003-T05
+status: todo
+priority: low
+state_hub_task_id: "b812a7fb-19ef-418a-83a2-15bf26fd3f4a"
+```
+
+Add clear success states, useful empty states, and diagnostics for common first-run
+problems such as invalid local paths, inaccessible Git URLs, empty repos, and runs
+that produce only weak candidates.
+
+Acceptance: trying the product on repo-registry itself feels understandable and
+useful even when a scan finds gaps or weak evidence.