fix(jobindex-search): map ASAP deadlines to null per the /scrape contract

apply_deadline_asap was emitted as the string "ASAP" on ~half of live
results - undocumented, contradicting the CLI's own README, and breaking
every consumer that does date arithmetic on the field (rank's sweep,
outcome's deadline check, notion-sync's typed date column). ASAP means
"no stated deadline", which the schema already defines null to mean.
The flag wins over any date field that happens to be present. Review
finding F12 (2026-08-19), decision approved by Mads.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.agents/skills/jobindex-search/cli/README.md

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ bun run src/cli.ts detail h1647303 --format plain
 ```
 
 **Field notes:**
-- `deadline` — application deadline date string; `null` if not listed.
+- `deadline` — application deadline date string (`YYYY-MM-DD`); `null` if not listed. Postings flagged "ASAP" by the portal carry no fixed deadline and also map to `null`.
 - `employmentType` — e.g. `"Fastansættelse"`, `"Midlertidig ansættelse"`; `null` if not listed.
 - `hours` — e.g. `"Fuldtid"`, `"Deltid"`; `null` if not listed.
 - `applyUrl` — the external application URL (resolved from the Jobindex redirect link `/c?t=...`); `null` if not available.

.agents/skills/jobindex-search/cli/src/helpers.ts

@@ -160,7 +160,11 @@ export function parseSearchPage(html: string): SearchPageResult {
       }
     }
     let deadline: string | null = null
-    if (r.apply_deadline_asap) deadline = "ASAP"
+    // apply_deadline_asap means the posting states no fixed deadline ("apply
+    // now"). The /scrape contract represents that as null, and consumers do
+    // date arithmetic on this field - so the flag maps to null, and wins over
+    // any date field that happens to be present.
+    if (r.apply_deadline_asap) deadline = null
     else if (typeof r.apply_deadline === "string") deadline = r.apply_deadline.slice(0, 10)
     else if (typeof r.lastdate === "string") deadline = r.lastdate
 

.agents/skills/jobindex-search/cli/tests/search-page.test.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@ describe("parseSearchPage", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test("maps an ASAP posting's deadline to null (no stated deadline)", () => {
+    // apply_deadline_asap means "no fixed deadline, apply now". The /scrape
+    // schema defines null as exactly that, and every consumer (rank's expiry
+    // sweep, notion-sync's typed date column) does date arithmetic on this
+    // field - a bare "ASAP" string broke all of them on half of live results
+    // (review finding F12, 2026-08-19). lastdate present too: the flag wins.
+    const [job] = parseSearchPage(
+      stashPage({
+        hitcount: 1,
+        results: [{ ...RESULT, apply_deadline: undefined, apply_deadline_asap: true, lastdate: "2026-09-30" }],
+      }),
+    ).results;
+    expect(job.deadline).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   test("falls back to lastdate when apply_deadline is absent", () => {
     const [job] = parseSearchPage(
       stashPage({ hitcount: 1, results: [{ ...RESULT, apply_deadline: undefined, lastdate: "2026-09-30" }] }),

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ per-file diff commands.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- **`jobindex-search` maps ASAP postings' deadline to `null`** - the portal's
+  `apply_deadline_asap` flag was emitted as the literal string `"ASAP"` on roughly half
+  of live results, contradicting the CLI's own README ("date string; null if not
+  listed") and the `/scrape` schema, and breaking every consumer that does date
+  arithmetic (`/rank`'s urgency and expiry sweep, `/outcome`'s deadline check,
+  `/notion-sync`'s typed date column). ASAP means "no stated deadline", which the
+  contract already represents as `null`. Pinned in `tests/search-page.test.ts`.
 - **`/gmail-sync` no longer restricts its search to the Inbox** - the query used
   `in:inbox` to "skip sent/drafts", but that operator also excludes every archived
   message, and self-defeatingly the mail matched by the very job-search label Step 3.1