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enrichDocumentsWithContent writes 'Unknown' as a truthy sentinel for intressent_namn, author, and parti. The parseMotionAuthorParty() fallback only fired when authorName was empty, so motions with a sentinel party (but valid author) silently rendered "(Unknown)", and motions where motion.author was the 'Unknown' sentinel bypassed the fallback entirely because the value was truthy.

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scripts/data-transformers.tsrenderMotionEntry

  • Strip 'Unknown' sentinel to null/'' for intressent_namn, author (fallback source), and parti before any fallback logic — all three enrichment-defaulted sentinels are now normalised
  • Extend fallback trigger to !authorName || !partyName (either field missing fires text parsing)
  • Selective patching: inside the block, only overwrite the missing field — a valid author is preserved while only the party is patched, and vice-versa
  • Truthy guards on assignment (parsed.author &&, parsed.party &&) prevent overwriting with empty string from malformed text like "av (M)"
  • Text sources checked in order: undertitel (riksdag subtitle, most reliable) → summarynotisfullText
  • motion.parti === 'Unknown' in Coalition Dynamics byParty stats now buckets as 'other'
// Before: fires only when authorName is empty; motion.author='Unknown' blocks fallback
if (!authorName || authorName === 'Unknown') {  }

// After: strip sentinels from all three sources first, then fire when either field is empty
let authorName = (motion.intressent_namn !== 'Unknown' ? motion.intressent_namn : null)
              || (motion.author !== 'Unknown' ? motion.author : null)
              || '';
let partyName  = (motion.parti !== 'Unknown' ? motion.parti : '') || '';
if (!authorName || !partyName) {
  const parsed = parseMotionAuthorParty(rawText);
  if (parsed) {
    if (parsed.author && !authorName) authorName = parsed.author;
    if (parsed.party  && !partyName)  partyName  = parsed.party;
  }
}

tests/data-transformers.test.ts

  • Added test: valid intressent_namn + parti: 'Unknown' → party correctly extracted from notis; Unknown (Unknown) absent
  • Added test: intressent_namn: 'Unknown', author: 'Unknown', parti: 'Unknown' → both author and party extracted from notis; Unknown (Unknown) absent (covers the real enriched-data shape)
  • Extended MockArticlePayload.motions with notis?, summary?, undertitel?, author? (fixes TS2352)

tests/generate-news-enhanced-mcp-abort.test.ts

  • Added missing beforeEach to vitest import (was causing TS2304)
  • beforeAll now throws on import failure instead of silently setting moduleExports = null; tests assert expect(moduleExports).not.toBeNull() and use ! non-null assertions
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<issue_title>Fix author/party extraction: "Filed by: Unknown (Unknown)" in all motion articles</issue_title>
<issue_description>## 📋 Issue Type
Bug Fix / Content Quality

🎯 Objective

Fix the parseMotionAuthorParty() function in scripts/data-transformers.ts which currently fails to extract author and party information from motion data, resulting in "Filed by: Unknown (Unknown)" appearing in every motion entry across all 14 language versions.

📊 Current State

In the most recent articles (e.g., 2026-02-22-opposition-motions-en.html):

  • 100% of motion entries show "Filed by: Unknown (Unknown)"
  • The parseMotionAuthorParty() function at ~line 1375 attempts to parse author/party from motion text
  • Motion notis/summary from MCP starts with: "Motion till riksdagen XXXX:NNN av AUTHOR (PARTY)..."
  • The parsing is failing — likely because the MCP response field containing author info isn't being accessed correctly

Evidence: grep -c 'Unknown (Unknown)' news/2026-02-22-opposition-motions-en.html returns 10 (every single motion)

🚀 Desired State

  • Author names and party affiliations correctly extracted from MCP motion data
  • Articles display: "Filed by: Ulrika Liljeberg (C)" instead of "Filed by: Unknown (Unknown)"
  • Fallback to document metadata fields (intressent_id, undertitel) if notis parsing fails
  • Party abbreviations (S, M, SD, V, MP, C, L, KD) displayed correctly

🔧 Implementation Approach

Target file: scripts/data-transformers.ts (parseMotionAuthorParty function ~line 1375)

  1. Debug the MCP response structure for motions — check which fields contain author/party info
  2. Fix the regex/parsing logic in parseMotionAuthorParty() to handle actual MCP response format
  3. Add fallback: check doc.undertitel, doc.intressent_id, doc.rm fields
  4. Add unit tests with real sample MCP motion response data

✅ Acceptance Criteria

  • Motion articles show real author names (not "Unknown")
  • Party affiliations correctly extracted and displayed
  • Works for all motion formats returned by MCP
  • Fallback to available metadata when primary parsing fails
  • Unit tests with sample motion data pass

📚 References

  • scripts/data-transformers.ts ~line 1375 (parseMotionAuthorParty)
  • scripts/data-transformers.ts ~line 1400 (cleanMotionText)
  • MCP tool: get_motioner response format
  • Example motion notis: "Motion till riksdagen 2025/26:NNN av Author Name (Party)..."

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Copilot coding agent — targeted fix in data-transformers.ts parseMotionAuthorParty function</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Focus ONLY on the parseMotionAuthorParty() and cleanMotionText() functions in scripts/data-transformers.ts (around lines 1375-1400). Debug the MCP response structure by examining real motion data (use get_motioner MCP tool in tests). Fix the regex parsing to extract author names and party affiliations. Add fallback to doc.undertitel and other available metadata fields. Update tests in tests/data-transformers.test.ts only. Do NOT modify any workflow files, mcp-client.ts, or generate-news-enhanced.ts to avoid merge conflicts.</agent_instructions>

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix author/party extraction in motion articles Fix "Filed by: Unknown (Unknown)" in all motion articles Feb 23, 2026
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Copilot AI changed the title Fix "Filed by: Unknown (Unknown)" in all motion articles Fix motion articles: Unknown author/party, MCP fail-fast, motion grouping by proposition Feb 23, 2026
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Pull request overview

This PR addresses three quality issues in motion article generation:

  1. Issue #454: Fixes "Unknown (Unknown)" author/party by treating 'Unknown' as a sentinel and falling back to text parsing from undertitel, summary, notis, and fullText fields
  2. Issue #452: Adds MCP fail-fast mode via --require-mcp flag (default: enabled) to prevent silent degraded generation when the MCP server is unavailable
  3. Issue #462: Eliminates repetitive proposition titles by grouping motions under their parent proposition reference, rendering a single <h3> group heading with <h4> sub-entries for individual motions

The changes improve content quality by ensuring accurate author attribution, reliable data fetching, and better visual organization of grouped motions.

Changes:

  • Added undertitel field to RawDocument interface and test mocks as a primary source for author/party extraction
  • Implemented MCP fail-fast logic with --require-mcp flag that exits with code 1 when MCP warm-up fails (unless explicitly disabled)
  • Introduced motion grouping functions (extractParentPropRef, groupMotionsByProposition, renderMotionEntry) to deduplicate repetitive proposition-response titles
  • Added responsesToProp and independentMotions labels to all 14 language translations
  • Updated author/party extraction logic to treat 'Unknown' sentinel as missing data, triggering text parsing fallbacks

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scripts/types/content.ts Added responsesToProp function and independentMotions string to ContentLabelSet interface for motion grouping
scripts/generate-news-enhanced.ts Added --require-mcp flag parsing, fail-fast logic in getSharedClient(), and exported requireMcpArg for testing
scripts/data-transformers.ts Added undertitel field to RawDocument; updated generateEnhancedSummary, renderMotionEntry, generateMotionsContent, and generateDocumentIntelligenceAnalysis to handle 'Unknown' sentinel; implemented motion grouping by proposition with extractParentPropRef, groupMotionsByProposition, and renderMotionEntry functions; added i18n labels for all 14 languages
tests/data-transformers.test.ts Added undertitel field to mock interfaces; added 3 tests for author/party extraction from notis/undertitel/summary; added 4 tests for motion grouping scenarios (grouped, single group with multiple motions, mixed grouped/independent, flat fallback); verified new labels exist in all languages
tests/generate-news-enhanced-part1.test.ts Added test verifying requireMcpArg exports and defaults to true; added requireMcpArg to GenerateNewsEnhancedModule interface

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if (!authorName || authorName === 'Unknown') {
authorName = '';
const rawText = motion.undertitel || motion.summary || motion.notis || motion.fullText || '';
const parsed = parseMotionAuthorParty(rawText);
if (parsed) { authorName = parsed.author; partyName = parsed.party; }
}
if (partyName === 'Unknown') partyName = '';
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When parsing author/party from text fallback, the code unconditionally overwrites partyName even if it was already set to a valid value (not 'Unknown'). This could lose valid party data from motion.parti when only the author name is missing.

Consider preserving the existing party if it's valid:

  • Only update partyName from parsed result if it was empty or 'Unknown'
  • Or check if partyName is already valid before the parse attempt
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if (!authorName || authorName === 'Unknown') {
authorName = '';
const rawText = motion.undertitel || motion.summary || motion.notis || motion.fullText || '';
const parsed = parseMotionAuthorParty(rawText);
if (parsed) { authorName = parsed.author; partyName = parsed.party; }
}
if (partyName === 'Unknown') partyName = '';
if (partyName === 'Unknown') partyName = '';
if (!authorName || authorName === 'Unknown') {
authorName = '';
const rawText = motion.undertitel || motion.summary || motion.notis || motion.fullText || '';
const parsed = parseMotionAuthorParty(rawText);
if (parsed) {
authorName = parsed.author;
if (!partyName) partyName = parsed.party;
}
}

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if (!propRef) continue; // handle independent block after the loop
const firstTitle = groupMotions[0]?.titel || groupMotions[0]?.title || '';
// Strip "med anledning av prop. YYYY/YY:NNN " prefix to reveal proposition title
const propTitle = firstTitle.replace(/^med anledning av prop(?:ositionen?)?\.\s+\S+\s*/i, '').trim();
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The regex for stripping the proposition prefix requires at least one whitespace after the period (\s+), which might fail if titles lack spacing after the period. Consider making the whitespace optional (\s*) to handle edge cases like "med anledning av prop.2025/26:118" without a space.

However, verify whether the actual data from the Riksdag API consistently includes spaces. If it does, this is a minor issue.

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const independentLabel = L(lang, 'independentMotions');
content += `\n <div class="motion-group">\n`;
content += ` <h3>${escapeHtml(String(independentLabel))}</h3>\n`;
independent.forEach(motion => { content += renderMotionEntry(motion, lang, true); });
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Independent motions use grouped=true which displays dok_id (e.g., "HD023900") as the <h4> heading instead of the motion's title (e.g., "Klimatpolitik och havsnivåer"). While this maintains consistent HTML structure, it may reduce readability for end users since independent motions don't have repetitive titles that need deduplication.

Consider modifying renderMotionEntry to accept a third parameter indicating whether to use dok_id or title for the heading when in grouped mode, allowing independent motions to show their full titles for better user experience.

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independent.forEach(motion => { content += renderMotionEntry(motion, lang, true); });
// Independent motions don't need title deduplication; render with full titles instead of dok_id
independent.forEach(motion => { content += renderMotionEntry(motion, lang, false); });

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@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread and merge with main. another PR been merged so all conflicts need to be fixed.

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const parsed = parseMotionAuthorParty(rawText);
if (parsed) { authorName = parsed.author; partyName = partyName || parsed.party; }
if (parsed) {
if (parsed.author && (!authorName || authorName === 'Unknown')) authorName = parsed.author;
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The check for authorName === 'Unknown' at line 2262 is unreachable because line 2254 already transforms 'Unknown' to null. When motion.intressent_namn === 'Unknown', line 2254 evaluates to (false ? motion.intressent_namn : null) || motion.author || '', which can never result in the string 'Unknown'. The condition should be simplified to just !authorName since 'Unknown' has already been filtered out by the ternary at line 2254.

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Fixed in b888c85. Both || authorName === 'Unknown' guards removed — line 2254 already converts 'Unknown' to null, so the condition on line 2258 simplifies to !authorName || !partyName and the patching guard on line 2262 simplifies to if (parsed.author && !authorName).

const rawText = motion.summary || motion.notis || motion.fullText || motion.titel || motion.rubrik || '';
// Fire fallback when EITHER author or party is missing — covers the party-only sentinel case
// where intressent_namn is valid but parti was 'Unknown' and stripped to ''.
if (!authorName || authorName === 'Unknown' || !partyName) {
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The check for authorName === 'Unknown' at line 2258 is redundant because line 2254 already transforms any 'Unknown' value to null. The condition !authorName || authorName === 'Unknown' can be simplified to just !authorName since the transformation at line 2254 ensures authorName cannot be the string 'Unknown' at this point.

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@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

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Comment on lines 2254 to 2264
let authorName = (motion.intressent_namn !== 'Unknown' ? motion.intressent_namn : null) || motion.author || '';
let partyName = (motion.parti !== 'Unknown' ? motion.parti : '') || '';
if (!authorName || authorName === 'Unknown') {
const rawText = motion.summary || motion.notis || motion.fullText || motion.titel || motion.rubrik || '';
// Fire fallback when EITHER author or party is missing — covers the party-only sentinel case
// where intressent_namn is valid but parti was 'Unknown' and stripped to ''.
if (!authorName || !partyName) {
const rawText = motion.undertitel || motion.summary || motion.notis || motion.fullText || motion.titel || motion.rubrik || '';
const parsed = parseMotionAuthorParty(rawText);
if (parsed) { authorName = parsed.author; partyName = partyName || parsed.party; }
if (parsed) {
if (parsed.author && !authorName) authorName = parsed.author;
if (parsed.party && !partyName) partyName = parsed.party;
}
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authorName can still become the truthy sentinel 'Unknown' via motion.author (enrichment defaults author to 'Unknown'). In that case if (!authorName || !partyName) won’t treat the author as missing, and the selective patching block won’t overwrite it (!authorName is false), so the UI can still render an unlocalized Unknown even when parseMotionAuthorParty() could extract a real author. Treat 'Unknown' from BOTH intressent_namn and author as missing (e.g., normalize both to ''/null or use an isSentinel() check in the fallback trigger and patch conditions), and ensure the final fallback localizes when the value is 'Unknown'.

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Fixed in ff3134b. Line 2254 now also strips 'Unknown' from motion.author: (motion.author !== 'Unknown' ? motion.author : null) || '' — so both enrichment fields are treated as missing when they carry the sentinel, and the !authorName fallback trigger fires correctly in all cases.

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it('extracts party from notis when author is valid but parti is Unknown sentinel', () => {
// Simulates enrichDocumentsWithContent setting intressent_namn correctly but parti='Unknown'
const content = generateArticleContent({
motions: [{
titel: 'Test motion',
intressent_namn: 'Ulrika Liljeberg',
parti: 'Unknown',
notis: 'Motion till riksdagen 2025/26:456 av Ulrika Liljeberg (C) om något viktigt.',
url: '#',
dok_id: 'MOT_PARTY_ONLY',
}]
} as MockArticlePayload, 'motions', 'en') as string;
expect(content).toContain('Ulrika Liljeberg');
expect(content).toContain('(C)');
expect(content).not.toContain('Unknown (Unknown)');
});
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The new sentinel regression test doesn’t cover the real enriched-data shape where enrichDocumentsWithContent also sets motion.author (often to the truthy 'Unknown' sentinel). Because that value can block fallback parsing/patching, add a test case where intressent_namn: 'Unknown' and author: 'Unknown' (plus parti: 'Unknown') and verify author+party are extracted from titel/notis and Unknown (Unknown) never appears.

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Added in ff3134b: 'extracts author and party from notis when both intressent_naam and author are Unknown sentinels' — uses intressent_naam: 'Unknown', author: 'Unknown', parti: 'Unknown', notis containing 'Erik Andersson (KD)' — asserts both fields extracted and Unknown (Unknown) never appears. Also added author? to MockArticlePayload.motions.

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