fix(workflow): define tracker status enum once in /outcome, normalise readers (#299)

* fix(workflow): define tracker status enum once in /outcome, normalise readers (#298)

The tracker CSV status column had no single authoritative definition.
Six command files restated it with inconsistent spellings, producing two
concrete bugs:

- /outcome Step 4 wrote
o response and offer declined (spaces).
  /html-report normalised only the underscore forms, so those rows matched
  no bucket and were silently dropped from the rejection-rate denominator.
- /gmail-sync Step 2 hardcoded the final-status set with space spellings,
  so a row written with underscores was never recognised as final and the
  sync kept chasing closed applications.
- /html-report included interview_only in its tracker bucket map; that
  value belongs to the archive outcome.md Status: field, not the CSV
  status column.

Fix: add a '## Tracker status vocabulary' block in /outcome (the only
CSV writer) defining the canonical underscore spellings once.  Every
reader now references that block or explicitly lists both spelling forms
as read-tolerance for existing trackers.  /outcome Step 4 writes
no_response and offer_declined.  /html-report loses interview_only and
gains offer declined as a read-tolerance variant.  /notion-sync Step 3
Status select options are aligned to the canonical spellings.

Pinned by tests/test_tracker_status_vocab.py (9 new cases following the
DraftedMeansDraftedToEveryReader CASES-table pattern).  All 205 tests pass.

framework_version: 1.3.0 -> 1.3.1

* fix(workflow): address review findings on the tracker status enum (#298)

Follow-up to ca40df2, incorporating the maintainer and issue-author reviews.

Blockers fixed:
- CHANGELOG: the #298 entry had replaced the opening line of the #286 robots
  entry, leaving its body dangling under the new fork heads-up. Restored the
  deleted line and made the #298 entry self-contained above it (MadsLorentzen).
- /notion-sync Step 4 now normalises legacy space spellings to the canonical
  underscore forms before setting the Status property. A raw push would
  auto-create a separate Notion select option per unique string, splitting
  closed applications across two filter buckets in an existing database
  (MadsLorentzen).

Issue-author findings:
- The vocabulary block now states that the space spellings are the same
  values as the underscore forms, not separate statuses, equally Final.
  Previously a reader applying the Open/Final lists literally landed on
  "not Final, not Open, undefined" for `offer declined`, and /apply Step 6b
  would refresh a closed application's row instead of appending (jakob1379).
- The block moved below Step 1's closing --- as its own section: it was
  splitting Step 1's numbered list and silently truncating section-scoped
  reads of Step 1 to item 1 (jakob1379).
- Open is derived by exclusion from the one explicit Final list, so a new
  status needs updating in a single place (jakob1379).
- /html-report's bucket map gains a case-insensitive catch-all that maps
  unrecognised values to Rejected/Closed and names them once in the status
  breakdown - the #298 failure mode with a different input (jakob1379).
- /apply Step 6b and /interview Step 0 anchor their final/open decisions to
  the vocabulary block (jakob1379).
- /gmail-sync and /html-report drop their local restatements of the
  read-tolerance rule (jakob1379).

Tests: html-report bucket assertions scoped to the Step 1 section; new pins
for the equivalence clause, open-by-exclusion, block placement, the Notion
normalisation, and the apply/interview anchors.
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@@ -32,13 +32,31 @@ Follow these steps **in order**.
date,company,sector,role,role_type,channel,status,contact_person,fit_rating,notes,cv_file,cover_letter_file,source
```
2. **With an argument:** match rows case-insensitively on company (and role, if given). One match → proceed. Several → list them and ask. None → the application was made outside the workflow; collect company, role, date applied, channel, and posting URL from the user and add a tracker row.
3. **Without an argument:** list all rows whose status is not final (not hired / rejected / no response / withdrawn / offer declined) as a numbered table (company, role, date applied, current status, days quiet, follow-ups sent) and ask which to update. The two derived columns come straight from existing data: **days quiet** counts from the row's `date` or the latest dated entry in `notes`, whichever is more recent; **follow-ups sent** counts the `followed up YYYY-MM-DD` markers in `notes`. If any open row is 10+ days quiet with fewer than two follow-ups sent, add one line under the table: "Some of these have gone quiet - want a follow-up draft? (Step 2b)". If every row is resolved, say so and stop.
3. **Without an argument:** list all rows whose status is not final (see **Tracker status vocabulary** below) as a numbered table (company, role, date applied, current status, days quiet, follow-ups sent) and ask which to update. The two derived columns come straight from existing data: **days quiet** counts from the row's `date` or the latest dated entry in `notes`, whichever is more recent; **follow-ups sent** counts the `followed up YYYY-MM-DD` markers in `notes`. If any open row is 10+ days quiet with fewer than two follow-ups sent, add one line under the table: "Some of these have gone quiet - want a follow-up draft? (Step 2b)". If every row is resolved, say so and stop.
**`drafted` rows are listed but never counted as quiet** - nothing was sent, so nobody is late replying. List them under their own heading ("Drafted, not yet submitted"), leave **days quiet** and **follow-ups sent** blank, and keep them out of the follow-up offer above.
4. Derive the archive folder name: `documents/applications/<company>_<role>/` - lowercase, underscores for spaces (the convention documented in `documents/README.md`). Check whether the folder and an `outcome.md` already exist - if so, you are updating, not creating.
---
## Tracker status vocabulary
Canonical spellings for the tracker CSV `status` column (underscores, never spaces):
`drafted` | `applied` | `interview` | `offer` | `hired` | `rejected` | `no_response` | `offer_declined` | `withdrawn`
- **Final** (application closed): `hired`, `rejected`, `no_response`, `offer_declined`, `withdrawn`
- **Open**: everything else, `drafted` included — a row is active until its status is one of the **Final** values.
- **`drafted`** is open but distinct — nothing was sent, so no follow-up is ever due.
- Readers must also accept the legacy space spellings `no response` and `offer declined` on read, so that existing trackers keep working without a migration. Never write them — they are the same values as `no_response` and `offer_declined`, not separate statuses, equally **Final**, and every rule that names one applies to the other.
> Distinct from the archive `Status:` enum in `documents/README.md`
> (`in_progress` | `hired` | `offer_declined` | `rejected` | `no_response` | `interview_only`),
> which describes the per-application `outcome.md` file, not this column. The two enums
> are never written to the same field.
---
## Step 2: Collect What Happened
Ask the user what happened, then classify:
@@ -47,7 +65,7 @@ Ask the user what happened, then classify:
- Interview invitation / stage scheduled or completed (phone screen, technical, case, final round)
- Offer received (not yet accepted or declined)
**Resolutions** (application closed) - these map to the status enum in `documents/README.md` that `/setup` parses:
**Resolutions** (application closed) these map to the archive `Status:` enum in `documents/README.md` that `/setup` parses (distinct from the tracker CSV column; see **Tracker status vocabulary** above):
- `hired` - accepted an offer
- `offer_declined` - received an offer, turned it down
- `rejected` - explicit rejection at any stage
@@ -123,7 +141,7 @@ Update rules: tick stage checkboxes as they are reached (add the date in parenth
## Step 4: Update the Tracker
Update the matched row's `status` column (e.g. `drafted` → `applied` → `interview` → `offer` → `hired` / `rejected` / `no response` / `offer declined` / `withdrawn`) and append a short dated note to the `notes` column. Never restructure the CSV, reorder rows, or touch other rows.
Update the matched row's `status` column using the canonical spellings from **Tracker status vocabulary** above (e.g. `drafted` → `applied` → `interview` → `offer` → `hired` / `rejected` / `no_response` / `offer_declined` / `withdrawn`) and append a short dated note to the `notes` column. Never restructure the CSV, reorder rows, or touch other rows.
**Moving a row off `drafted`:** rows written by `/apply` Step 6b carry the date the documents were drafted, not the date they were sent. Whenever this step advances such a row to any other status - `applied`, or straight to `interview` or `rejected` when the user reports an outcome for something they submitted without recording it - overwrite its `date` column with the actual submission date. The `date` column is read as "applied on" by `/notion-sync` and drives `/html-report`'s year/season grouping and this command's own days-quiet count, so leaving the draft date in place would misreport the application.