feat(api): add structured schedule plan with topics, problems, gate, sweep and reserved problem handling

apps/api/README.md

@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ Live at `https://srs-api.prdlk.workers.dev`.
   labels, milestones. `catalog.ts` reconciles them into D1 nightly (and via
   `/admin/reconcile`); it recomputes from scratch, never invents rows, and
   never overwrites SRS-owned columns (`stage`, `next_review`).
-- **The repo owns the schedule** — `data/schedule.json`, human-edited,
+- **The repo owns the plan** — `data/schedule.json`, human-edited,
-  bundled at deploy. Git history is its audit log.
+  bundled at deploy. Git history is its audit log. Each date is a
+  `ScheduledDay`: `topics` (one or more topic issues), `problems` (a set day,
+  fixed numbers), `gate` (Saturday's blind set, verbatim), or `sweep` (redo
+  every miss, nothing new). Numbers a `gate` or `problems` entry names are
+  `RESERVED`: the drill and gate samplers never draw them.
 - The GitHub Project mirror writes `Target Date` and nothing else: it is
   best-effort, so failures log warnings and never block a D1 write, and topic
   rows are never written. SRS stage and first-attempt result stay in D1 only —
@@ -47,7 +51,10 @@ raw `Date` math.
 Blind drills draw only from topics **already learned**: scheduled in an
 earlier week (the current week's optional pool is reserved for Saturday's
 gate) and with at least one core problem on the ladder — a skipped learning
-day never feeds drills just because its calendar week lapsed.
+day never feeds drills just because its calendar week lapsed. A Saturday
+whose plan fixes the `gate` set uses that list as-is; every number must be a
+catalog row (a `set:optional` sub-issue of its topic), or the review issue is
+not created — a `/done` on an uncatalogued number could never be logged.
 
 ## Routes
 

apps/api/data/schedule.json

@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
 {
-  "2026-08-17": 3,
+  "2026-08-17": { "topics": [3] },
-  "2026-08-18": 4,
+  "2026-08-18": { "topics": [4] },
-  "2026-08-24": 5,
+  "2026-08-24": { "topics": [5] },
-  "2026-08-25": 6,
+  "2026-08-25": { "topics": [6] },
-  "2026-08-26": 7,
+  "2026-08-26": { "topics": [7] },
-  "2026-08-27": 8,
+  "2026-08-27": { "topics": [8] },
-  "2026-08-28": 9,
+  "2026-08-28": { "topics": [9] },
-  "2026-08-31": 10,
+  "2026-08-31": { "topics": [10] },
-  "2026-09-01": 11,
+  "2026-09-01": { "topics": [11] },
-  "2026-09-02": 12,
+  "2026-09-02": { "topics": [12] },
-  "2026-09-03": 13,
+  "2026-09-03": { "topics": [13] },
-  "2026-09-04": 14,
+  "2026-09-04": { "topics": [14] },
-  "2026-09-07": 15,
+  "2026-09-07": { "topics": [15] },
-  "2026-09-08": 16,
+  "2026-09-08": { "topics": [16] },
-  "2026-09-09": 17,
+  "2026-09-21": { "topics": [17, 18] },
-  "2026-09-10": 18,
+  "2026-09-22": { "topics": [19, 20] },
-  "2026-09-11": 19,
+  "2026-09-23": { "topics": [21] },
-  "2026-09-14": 20,
+  "2026-09-24": { "topics": [22] },
-  "2026-09-15": 21,
+  "2026-09-25": { "topics": [23] },
-  "2026-09-16": 22,
+  "2026-09-26": { "gate": [648, 1091, 802, 547, 90] },
-  "2026-09-17": 23,
+  "2026-09-28": { "topics": [24] },
-  "2026-09-18": 24,
+  "2026-09-29": { "topics": [25] },
-  "2026-09-21": 25,
+  "2026-09-30": { "topics": [26] },
-  "2026-09-22": 26
+  "2026-10-01": { "problems": [399, 261, 909, 77, 52] },
+  "2026-10-02": { "sweep": true },
+  "2026-10-03": { "gate": [347, 1254, 1971, 131, 494, 986] }
 }

apps/api/src/digest.ts

@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@
  * the HTML and the plain-text alternative from that single tree (React Email
  * `render`), so the two can never drift.
  *
- * Retrieval rules: review and drill rows carry number + difficulty only —
+ * Retrieval rules: review, drill and sweep rows carry number + difficulty
- * never the topic, never a solution link. `DigestRow` has no field for
+ * only — never the topic, never a solution link. `DigestRow` has no field for
- * either, so the rule holds by construction. The learning day's core list is
+ * either, so the rule holds by construction. The plan's own sections — a
- * the only labeled section. At most REVIEW_CAP (3) reviews per day; drills
+ * learning day's topics (core, then the optional "if time" list) and a set
- * fill toward DAILY_CAP (6) only when the due queue is light. Overflow is
+ * day's problems — are the only labeled, linked ones. At most REVIEW_CAP (3)
- * levelled, not stacked: sendDigest gives every review past the cap a
+ * reviews per day; drills fill toward DAILY_CAP (6) only when the due queue
- * concrete future date, ≤ REVIEW_CAP per day, oldest first. Sunday is a
+ * is light, and never on a sweep day, which assigns every open miss and
- * two-line rest note.
+ * nothing new. Overflow is levelled, not stacked: sendDigest gives every
+ * review past the cap a concrete future date, ≤ REVIEW_CAP per day, oldest
+ * first. Sunday is a two-line rest note.
  *
  * Idempotency: email_log keys sends by ET date — a same-day re-send is a
  * no-op unless forced; the body itself is deterministic (drill picks are
@@ -22,20 +24,23 @@
 import {
   CAMPAIGN_DAYS,
   type ProblemRow,
+  RESERVED,
   REVIEW_CAP,
   SCHEDULE,
+  type ScheduledDay,
   addDays,
   campaignDay,
   campaignWeek,
   dueReviews,
   isoWeek,
   levelReviews,
+  lookupProblems,
   pickDrills,
   prettyDate,
   streak,
   weekdayOf,
 } from "./srs.ts";
-import { type DigestData, type DigestRow, renderDigest } from "./email.tsx";
+import { type DigestData, type DigestRow, type TopicRow, renderDigest } from "./email.tsx";
 import { signLink } from "./links.ts";
 
 /** Total daily ceiling: drills only fill what the whole due queue leaves. */
@@ -63,23 +68,50 @@ async function tapRow(env: Env, p: ProblemRow, date: string, staged: boolean): P
   };
 }
 
+/** A plan-named problem: linked to its issue, ticked once it has entered the ladder. */
+function topicRow(env: Env, p: ProblemRow): TopicRow {
+  return {
+    lc: p.lc_number,
+    difficulty: p.difficulty,
+    url: `https://github.com/${env.REPO}/issues/${p.issue}`,
+    solved: p.stage !== "new",
+  };
+}
+
+/** Problems whose most recent attempt failed — the miss log a sweep day works through. */
+async function openMisses(db: D1Database): Promise<ProblemRow[]> {
+  const { results } = await db
+    .prepare(
+      `SELECT p.* FROM problems p
+       JOIN attempts a ON a.lc_number = p.lc_number
+       WHERE a.id = (SELECT MAX(id) FROM attempts WHERE lc_number = p.lc_number)
+         AND a.result = 'fail' AND p.stage != 'retired'
+       ORDER BY a.date, p.lc_number`,
+    )
+    .all<ProblemRow>();
+  return results;
+}
+
 /** Everything the email needs, read straight out of D1 and the schedule. */
 export async function collectDigest(env: Env, date: string): Promise<DigestData> {
   const db = env.DB;
   const rest = weekdayOf(date) === 0;
+  const plan: ScheduledDay = rest ? {} : (SCHEDULE[date] ?? {});
 
   // Reviews surface at most REVIEW_CAP; drills fill toward DAILY_CAP only
   // when the WHOLE due queue is light — a heavy backlog must never trade
-  // review slots for brand-new drill problems.
+  // review slots for brand-new drill problems — and never on a sweep day.
   const due = rest ? [] : await dueReviews(db, date);
   const capped = due.slice(0, REVIEW_CAP);
-  const drills = rest ? [] : await pickDrills(db, date, DAILY_CAP - Math.min(due.length, DAILY_CAP));
+  const drills =
+    rest || plan.sweep ? [] : await pickDrills(db, date, DAILY_CAP - Math.min(due.length, DAILY_CAP));
 
   const data: DigestData = {
     day: prettyDate(date),
     progress: `Day ${campaignDay(date)} of ${CAMPAIGN_DAYS} · Week ${campaignWeek(date)}`,
     streak: await streak(db, date),
     rest,
+    topics: [],
     reviews: await Promise.all(capped.map((p) => tapRow(env, p, date, true))),
     carried: due.length - capped.length,
     drills: await Promise.all(drills.map((p) => tapRow(env, p, date, false))),
@@ -88,28 +120,42 @@ export async function collectDigest(env: Env, date: string): Promise<DigestData>
     progressUrl: `${env.DOCS_URL}/progress`,
   };
 
-  // New topic — the only section allowed to name problems and link them.
+  // New topics — the plan's sections, the only ones allowed to name problems
-  const topicIssue = rest ? undefined : SCHEDULE[date];
+  // and link them. Core first; the optional set is "if time", minus anything
-  if (topicIssue !== undefined) {
+  // the plan has reserved for a gate or a set day.
+  for (const topicIssue of plan.topics ?? []) {
     const topic = await db
       .prepare("SELECT name FROM topics WHERE issue = ?")
       .bind(topicIssue)
       .first<{ name: string }>();
-    const { results: core } = await db
+    const { results } = await db
       .prepare(
-        "SELECT * FROM problems WHERE topic_issue = ? AND set_label = 'core' ORDER BY lc_number",
+        "SELECT * FROM problems WHERE topic_issue = ? AND set_label IN ('core', 'optional') ORDER BY lc_number",
       )
       .bind(topicIssue)
       .all<ProblemRow>();
-    data.topic = {
+    data.topics.push({
       name: topic?.name ?? `#${topicIssue}`,
-      core: core.map((p) => ({
+      core: results.filter((p) => p.set_label === "core").map((p) => topicRow(env, p)),
-        lc: p.lc_number,
+      ifTime: results
-        difficulty: p.difficulty,
+        .filter((p) => p.set_label === "optional" && !RESERVED.has(p.lc_number))
-        url: `https://github.com/${env.REPO}/issues/${p.issue}`,
+        .map((p) => topicRow(env, p)),
-        solved: p.stage !== "new",
+    });
-      })),
+  }
-    };
+
+  // A set day assigns problems by number rather than by topic.
+  if (plan.problems) {
+    const { rows, missing } = await lookupProblems(db, plan.problems);
+    if (missing.length) console.warn(`digest ${date}: planned problems not in the catalog: ${missing.join(", ")}`);
+    data.assigned = rows.map((p) => topicRow(env, p));
+  }
+
+  // A sweep day works the miss log: every problem still standing on a
+  // failure, minus the ones today's review list already carries.
+  if (plan.sweep) {
+    const reviewed = new Set(capped.map((p) => p.lc_number));
+    const misses = (await openMisses(db)).filter((p) => !reviewed.has(p.lc_number));
+    data.sweep = await Promise.all(misses.map((p) => tapRow(env, p, date, true)));
   }
 
   // Saturday: the review issue already exists (created at midnight ET).

apps/api/src/email.tsx

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export interface DigestRow {
   failUrl: string;
 }
 
-/** A learning-day core problem — the only rows allowed a link. */
+/** A plan-named problem — the only rows allowed a link. */
 export interface TopicRow {
   lc: number;
   difficulty: string;
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ export interface TopicRow {
   solved: boolean;
 }
 
+/** One learning-day topic: the core list, then the optional "if time" list. */
+export interface TopicSection {
+  name: string;
+  core: TopicRow[];
+  ifTime: TopicRow[];
+}
+
 export interface DigestData {
   /** "Tuesday, August 25" */
   day: string;
@@ -98,11 +105,16 @@ export interface DigestData {
   progress: string;
   streak: number;
   rest: boolean;
-  topic?: { name: string; core: TopicRow[] };
+  /** Topics taught today, in plan order — empty on every other day. */
+  topics: TopicSection[];
+  /** A set day's problems, assigned by number rather than by topic. */
+  assigned?: TopicRow[];
   reviews: DigestRow[];
   /** Reviews past the daily cap; levelled onto the coming days. */
   carried: number;
   drills: DigestRow[];
+  /** A sweep day's miss log: present (even empty) only on a sweep day. */
+  sweep?: DigestRow[];
   gate?: { week: number; url: string };
   yesterday: { total: number; failed: number[] };
   gateRate?: number;
@@ -278,10 +290,15 @@ function Block({
 // ── email ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 function DigestEmail({ data }: { data: DigestData }) {
-  const load = data.reviews.length + data.drills.length;
+  const load = data.reviews.length + data.drills.length + (data.sweep?.length ?? 0);
-  const preview = data.rest
+  const lead = data.topics[0]
-    ? "Rest day — nothing to do but rest."
+    ? `, starting with ${data.topics[0].name}`
-    : `${load} to work through today${data.topic ? `, starting with ${data.topic.name}` : ""}.`;
+    : data.assigned
+      ? ", starting with today's set"
+      : data.sweep
+        ? " — sweep day, nothing new"
+        : "";
+  const preview = data.rest ? "Rest day — nothing to do but rest." : `${load} to work through today${lead}.`;
 
   const passed = data.yesterday.total - data.yesterday.failed.length;
   const missed = data.yesterday.failed.map((lc) => `LC ${lc}`).join(", ");
@@ -310,15 +327,47 @@ function DigestEmail({ data }: { data: DigestData }) {
 
             {data.rest ? null : (
               <>
-                {data.topic ? (
+                {data.topics.map((topic, i) => (
-                  <Section style={{ marginTop: "28px" }}>
+                  <Section key={topic.name} style={{ marginTop: i === 0 ? "28px" : "20px" }}>
-                    <Text style={label}>Something new today</Text>
+                    {i === 0 ? (
+                      <Text style={label}>
+                        {data.topics.length === 1 ? "Something new today" : "Two new things today"}
+                      </Text>
+                    ) : null}
                     <Text style={{ color: INK, fontSize: "16px", fontWeight: 600, margin: "0 0 8px" }}>
-                      {data.topic.name}
+                      {topic.name}
                     </Text>
                     <Text style={hint}>Work through these from the top — a tick means it is already solved.</Text>
-                    <TopicTable rows={data.topic.core} />
+                    <TopicTable rows={topic.core} />
+                    {topic.ifTime.length > 0 ? (
+                      <>
+                        <Text style={{ ...hint, margin: "12px 0 8px" }}>
+                          If time — only once the core is done inside the clock.
+                        </Text>
+                        <TopicTable rows={topic.ifTime} />
+                      </>
+                    ) : null}
                   </Section>
+                ))}
+
+                {data.assigned ? (
+                  <Section style={{ marginTop: "28px" }}>
+                    <Text style={label}>Today's set</Text>
+                    <Text style={hint}>
+                      Picked by number, not by topic — all of them, in order, inside the clock.
+                    </Text>
+                    <TopicTable rows={data.assigned} />
+                  </Section>
+                ) : null}
+
+                {data.sweep ? (
+                  <Block
+                    title="Sweep — redo every red"
+                    note="Every problem still standing on a miss. Nothing new today; clear these first."
+                    rows={data.sweep}
+                    staged
+                    empty="The miss log is clear — nothing is standing on a fail."
+                  />
                 ) : null}
 
                 <Block
@@ -409,16 +458,27 @@ function plainDigest(data: DigestData): string {
           : ` · ${data.streak} day${data.streak === 1 ? "" : "s"} in a row, keep it going.`),
   ];
 
+  const linked = (p: TopicRow) =>
+    `  LC ${p.lc} — ${DIFFICULTY[p.difficulty]?.label ?? p.difficulty}${p.solved ? " (done)" : ""} — ${p.url}`;
+
   if (!data.rest) {
-    if (data.topic) {
+    for (const topic of data.topics) {
       out.push(
         "",
-        `SOMETHING NEW TODAY — ${data.topic.name}`,
+        `SOMETHING NEW TODAY — ${topic.name}`,
         "Work through these from the top; the ones marked done you have already solved.",
-        ...data.topic.core.map(
+        ...topic.core.map(linked),
-          (p) =>
+      );
-            `  LC ${p.lc} — ${DIFFICULTY[p.difficulty]?.label ?? p.difficulty}${p.solved ? " (done)" : ""} — ${p.url}`,
+      if (topic.ifTime.length > 0) {
-        ),
+        out.push("  If time — only once the core is done inside the clock:", ...topic.ifTime.map(linked));
+      }
+    }
+    if (data.assigned) {
+      out.push(
+        "",
+        "TODAY'S SET",
+        "Picked by number, not by topic — all of them, in order, inside the clock.",
+        ...data.assigned.map(linked),
       );
     }
 
@@ -436,6 +496,14 @@ function plainDigest(data: DigestData): string {
         "No cold starts today.",
       ],
     ];
+    if (data.sweep) {
+      lists.unshift([
+        "SWEEP — REDO EVERY RED",
+        "Every problem still standing on a miss. Nothing new today; clear these first.",
+        data.sweep,
+        "The miss log is clear — nothing is standing on a fail.",
+      ]);
+    }
     for (const [title, note, rows, empty] of lists) {
       out.push("", title);
       if (rows.length === 0) {

apps/api/src/gate.ts

@@ -2,21 +2,27 @@
  * Saturday review issue: created at midnight ET so the 8 AM digest can link
  * to it; scored when the issue closes (webhook).
  *
- * The gate half is a topic-blind quiz — one unsolved optional problem per
+ * The gate half is a topic-blind quiz. When the plan fixes the set
- * topic scheduled this week (which is why daily drills only draw from
+ * (`gate` in data/schedule.json) that list IS the gate, verbatim — every
- * earlier weeks). The recap half is generated data, deliberately NOT a task
+ * number must be a catalog problem, or the issue is not created, because a
- * list: the week's solved problems are already scheduled by the +3/+7 ladder,
+ * `/done` on an uncatalogued number can never be logged. Otherwise the set
- * and re-assigning them on Saturday would be massed practice.
+ * is sampled: one unsolved optional problem per topic scheduled this week
+ * (which is why daily drills only draw from earlier weeks), never one the
+ * plan has reserved. The recap half is generated data, deliberately NOT a
+ * task list: the week's solved problems are already scheduled by the +3/+7
+ * ladder, and re-assigning them on Saturday would be massed practice.
  *
  * Label is `review` (the retired Actions system owned `gate`). Creation is
- * idempotent by week; deferred Hards never appear.
+ * idempotent by week; deferred Hards never appear in a sampled set.
  */
 import {
   type ProblemRow,
+  RESERVED,
   type Result,
   SCHEDULE,
   campaignWeek,
   isoWeek,
+  lookupProblems,
   rng,
   sample,
   streak,
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ function capitalized(difficulty: string): string {
   return difficulty[0]!.toUpperCase() + difficulty.slice(1);
 }
 
-/** Unsolved problems of a topic in a set — never attempted, never drilled. */
+/** Unsolved problems of a topic in a set — never attempted, drilled, or reserved. */
 async function freshPool(db: D1Database, topic: number, set: string): Promise<ProblemRow[]> {
   const { results } = await db
     .prepare(
@@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ async function freshPool(db: D1Database, topic: number, set: string): Promise<Pr
     )
     .bind(topic, set)
     .all<ProblemRow>();
-  return results;
+  return results.filter((p) => !RESERVED.has(p.lc_number));
 }
 
 export interface CreateReport {
@@ -67,12 +73,24 @@ export async function createReviewIssue(env: Env, gh: GitHub, date: string): Pro
     return { created: false, issue: existing.issue, reason: `${title} exists (#${existing.issue})` };
   }
 
-  // Topics scheduled this week; review-only weeks (Sep 23 onward) sample
+  // The plan's fixed set wins; otherwise sample this week's topics, and in a
-  // across every topic that still has unsolved optional problems.
+  // week without topics, across every topic that still has an unsolved pool.
+  const picks: { p: ProblemRow; fallback: boolean }[] = [];
+  const planned = SCHEDULE[date]?.gate;
+  if (planned) {
+    const { rows, missing } = await lookupProblems(db, planned);
+    if (missing.length) {
+      return {
+        created: false,
+        reason: `planned gate names problems outside the catalog: LC ${missing.join(", LC ")}`,
+      };
+    }
+    picks.push(...rows.map((p) => ({ p, fallback: false })));
+  } else {
     let topics = Object.entries(SCHEDULE)
       .filter(([d]) => campaignWeek(d) === week)
       .sort(([a], [b]) => (a < b ? -1 : 1))
-    .map(([, t]) => t);
+      .flatMap(([, day]) => day.topics ?? []);
     if (topics.length === 0) {
       const { results } = await db
         .prepare(
@@ -89,7 +107,6 @@ export async function createReviewIssue(env: Env, gh: GitHub, date: string): Pro
     if (topics.length === 0) return { created: false, reason: "no topics with unsolved pools" };
 
     const random = rng(`gate-${iso}`);
-  const picks: { p: ProblemRow; fallback: boolean }[] = [];
     for (const topic of topics) {
       const optional = await freshPool(db, topic, "optional");
       if (optional.length > 0) {
@@ -101,6 +118,7 @@ export async function createReviewIssue(env: Env, gh: GitHub, date: string): Pro
       // Both pools exhausted: the topic is fully solved; nothing to quiz.
     }
     if (picks.length === 0) return { created: false, reason: `every pool for week ${week} is exhausted` };
+  }
 
   // Recap: everything attempted this week, plus streak — data, not tasks.
   const monday = weekMonday(date);
@@ -154,7 +172,7 @@ export async function createReviewIssue(env: Env, gh: GitHub, date: string): Pro
 
   const milestone = await db
     .prepare("SELECT milestone FROM topics WHERE issue = ? AND milestone IS NOT NULL")
-    .bind(topics[0])
+    .bind(picks[0]!.p.topic_issue)
     .first<{ milestone: number }>();
 
   const created = (await gh.rest(`/repos/${gh.repo}/issues`, {

apps/api/src/srs.test.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 
 import {
   INTERVAL,
+  RESERVED,
+  SCHEDULE,
   STAGES,
   WINDOWS,
   addDays,
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   sample,
   TEMPERATURES,
   temperatureOf,
+  topicDate,
   weekdayOf,
   workingDay,
 } from "./srs.ts";
@@ -125,6 +128,38 @@ describe("the rest day", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("the plan", () => {
+  test("never books the rest day, and gates only on Saturday", () => {
+    for (const [date, day] of Object.entries(SCHEDULE)) {
+      expect(isRestDay(date)).toBe(false);
+      if (day.gate) expect(weekdayOf(date)).toBe(6);
+      if (day.topics) expect(weekdayOf(date)).toBeLessThan(6);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("a topic is taught once; a doubled day answers for both", () => {
+    const seen = new Set<number>();
+    for (const day of Object.values(SCHEDULE)) {
+      for (const topic of day.topics ?? []) {
+        expect(seen.has(topic)).toBe(false);
+        seen.add(topic);
+      }
+    }
+    expect(topicDate(17)).toBe("2026-09-21");
+    expect(topicDate(18)).toBe("2026-09-21");
+    expect(topicDate(999)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  test("every gate and set problem is reserved from the samplers", () => {
+    for (const day of Object.values(SCHEDULE)) {
+      for (const lc of [...(day.gate ?? []), ...(day.problems ?? [])]) {
+        expect(RESERVED.has(lc)).toBe(true);
+      }
+    }
+    expect(RESERVED.size).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("the ladder", () => {
   test("two rungs, named after the windows", () => {
     expect(STAGES).toEqual(["new", "+3", "+7", "retired"]);

apps/api/src/srs.ts

@@ -126,12 +126,30 @@ export function prettyDate(date: string): string {
 
 // ── the schedule (bundled; humans edit apps/api/data/schedule.json) ───
 
-export const SCHEDULE: Record<string, number> = scheduleJson;
+/**
+ * One calendar day of the plan. Most days teach topics (one, or two when the
+ * plan doubles up); the rest are named by what they assign instead: a fixed
+ * gate set for Saturday's review issue, a fixed problem set (a "B-set" day),
+ * or a sweep — redo every miss, nothing new. Absent dates are unplanned:
+ * the ladder still runs, the digest just has nothing new to say.
+ */
+export interface ScheduledDay {
+  /** Topic issues taught that day, in the order the digest presents them. */
+  topics?: number[];
+  /** Problems assigned by number instead of by topic. */
+  problems?: number[];
+  /** Saturday: the blind set, fixed by the plan rather than sampled. */
+  gate?: number[];
+  /** Miss-log sweep: every problem whose last attempt failed, and no new ones. */
+  sweep?: boolean;
+}
+
+export const SCHEDULE: Record<string, ScheduledDay> = scheduleJson;
 
 /** Date the schedule teaches a topic on, if it teaches it at all. */
 export function topicDate(topic: number): string | undefined {
-  for (const [date, t] of Object.entries(SCHEDULE)) {
+  for (const [date, day] of Object.entries(SCHEDULE)) {
-    if (t === topic) return date;
+    if (day.topics?.includes(topic)) return date;
   }
   return undefined;
 }
@@ -142,6 +160,16 @@ export function topicWeek(topic: number): number | undefined {
   return date === undefined ? undefined : campaignWeek(date);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Every problem the plan names outright — a gate's blind set or a set day's
+ * list. The plan owns these: the samplers (daily drills, a sampled gate)
+ * never draw them, so a gate problem stays unseen until its Saturday and a
+ * set day's problems wait for their day.
+ */
+export const RESERVED: ReadonlySet<number> = new Set(
+  Object.values(SCHEDULE).flatMap((day) => [...(day.gate ?? []), ...(day.problems ?? [])]),
+);
+
 // ── deterministic sampling ───────────────────────────────────────
 
 /** FNV-1a → mulberry32: seeded PRNG so re-runs pick identical problems. */
@@ -248,6 +276,31 @@ export async function getProblem(db: D1Database, lc: number): Promise<ProblemRow
   return db.prepare("SELECT * FROM problems WHERE lc_number = ?").bind(lc).first<ProblemRow>();
 }
 
+/**
+ * Catalog rows for a list of numbers the plan names, in the plan's order,
+ * plus the numbers the catalog does not know — a planned problem without an
+ * issue can never be logged, so callers decide whether that is fatal.
+ */
+export async function lookupProblems(
+  db: D1Database,
+  lcs: number[],
+): Promise<{ rows: ProblemRow[]; missing: number[] }> {
+  if (lcs.length === 0) return { rows: [], missing: [] };
+  const { results } = await db
+    .prepare(`SELECT * FROM problems WHERE lc_number IN (${lcs.map(() => "?").join(",")})`)
+    .bind(...lcs)
+    .all<ProblemRow>();
+  const byNumber = new Map(results.map((p) => [p.lc_number, p]));
+  const rows: ProblemRow[] = [];
+  const missing: number[] = [];
+  for (const lc of lcs) {
+    const row = byNumber.get(lc);
+    if (row) rows.push(row);
+    else missing.push(lc);
+  }
+  return { rows, missing };
+}
+
 /**
  * What "due" means, in one place: not retired, scheduled on/before ?1, and
  * past its deferral if it has one. Every caller that asks "what is open on
@@ -358,8 +411,9 @@ export async function levelReviews(db: D1Database, date: string): Promise<number
  * scheduled in an earlier week (the current week's optional pool is reserved
  * for Saturday's gate) AND showing learning evidence: at least one of the
  * topic's core problems has entered the ladder. A skipped learning day never
- * feeds drills just because its calendar week lapsed. Never repeated,
+ * feeds drills just because its calendar week lapsed. Problems the plan names
- * seeded by date. Boosted topics contribute up to 2 extra.
+ * outright (RESERVED) are never drawn. Never repeated, seeded by date.
+ * Boosted topics contribute up to 2 extra.
  */
 export async function pickDrills(
   db: D1Database,
@@ -382,6 +436,7 @@ export async function pickDrills(
     )
     .all<ProblemRow & { boost: number }>();
   const pool = results.filter((p) => {
+    if (RESERVED.has(p.lc_number)) return false;
     const w = topicWeek(p.topic_issue);
     return w !== undefined && w < week;
   });