Mark Eaton
83339e313c
Two follow-ups based on the chunk 3 verification re-run findings. src/cmos/runtime_validator.py — revert chunk 3 fix #3 (carve-out) Chunk 3 fix #3 added a carve-out so shortened-form notes ("Rosen, 7.", "Ettarh.") would pass the validator without italics, saving retry cost. Chunk 3 verification on the Anti-Communist draft showed the carve-out also let GPT-5's variance produce under-italicized variants of shortened forms WITH short titles (e.g., "A Restudy, 73." instead of the more CMOS-correct "*A Restudy*, 73."). The user explicitly chose accuracy over the cost saving and asked for the carve-out to be reverted. The strict italics check now applies uniformly. Simple shortened forms (Mitchell, 197., Ettarh.) get retried unnecessarily and waste API cost without producing better output. Shortened forms with short titles get a fair shot at the italicized version on the retry. Cost ↑, accuracy ↑. Removes _SHORTENED_FORM_RE, _looks_like_shortened_form, and the carve-out check from validate(). Updates module docstring with history note. Inverts the 2 carve-out tests in test_runtime_validator.py to assert shortened forms now FAIL the strict check, documenting the design intent for future reviewers. src/cmos/note_formatter.py — expand rule 18 publisher exception list Chunk 3 verification showed [6] Batterson getting "NYU Press" expanded to "New York University Press", losing the publisher's canonical brand. Rule 18's exception list previously only named MIT Press, ALA Editions, and MLA. Expanded to include NYU Press, Routledge, IEEE Press, ACM Press, WHO Press, plus "Pew Research Center" as a non-Press canonical example. Also added a "when in doubt" guidance paragraph: if the abbreviation contains "Press" and is widely used as the publisher's own branding, leave it alone. The risk of losing a brand name (NYU Press) is worse than the risk of leaving an obscure abbreviation. v2 only. Tests: 151/151 green (was 150). The +1 is the new NYU Press prompt-content test; the 2 inverted runtime_validator tests stayed at the same count. Path B: runtime_validator change crosses the v1/v2 boundary (shared infrastructure), per the same approval that authorized the original chunk 3 fix #3. v1's bibliography formatter is unaffected in practice because v1 outputs always have italics.
cmos — Chicago Manual of Style 18 bibliography reformatter
A Python tool that reformats the bibliography section of an English-language markdown draft to CMOS 18th edition, notes-and-bibliography form.
Accuracy-first, iterative, built with a karpathy/autoresearch-style dev loop.
See program.md for the goal specification and
/home/claudecode1/.claude/plans/pure-mixing-yao.md for the implementation plan.
Quick start
uv sync
uv run pytest
uv run cmos format path/to/draft.md > out.md
Layout
src/cmos/formatter.py— the iterable artifact (edited every loop iteration).src/cmos/parser.py— extracts the bibliography section from a draft.src/cmos/linter.py— deterministic CMOS 18 rule checks (versioned).src/cmos/cli.py—cmos formatentry point.harness/score.py,harness/diff.py— frozen scoring.exemplars/— TOML test corpus.tests/— pytest suite (linter, parser, formatter, cli).rough_drafts/— user-supplied messy drafts for ad-hoc iteration.logs/— per-run scores, model ids, linter version hashes.