# Phase 165.3-05 Summary

Status: implemented in working tree

## Goal

Open `165.3 / 999.64` by letting operators steer a topic with one free-text
 command instead of manually translating the request into structured
 `steer-topic` flags.

## What Landed

- new CLI entry shape:
  - `aitp steer-topic --text "我想换个方向做X"`
- `steer-topic` now accepts either:
  - `--innovation-direction ...`
  - `--text ...`
- new service helper:
  - `AITPService.steer_topic_from_text(...)`
- the free-text path reuses the existing human steering parser and the same
  durable steering materialization flow as session-start/runtime steering
- parsed free text now lands in the normal steering artifacts:
  - `innovation_direction.md`
  - `innovation_decisions.jsonl`
  - `control_note.md`

## Verification

- `python -m pytest research/knowledge-hub/tests/test_aitp_cli.py -q`
- `python -m pytest research/knowledge-hub/tests/test_aitp_cli_e2e.py -q -k "help_cli_human_paths or steer_topic_text_cli_json_path_materializes_direction or hello_cli_json_path_creates_demo_topic_and_status or first_run_bootstrap_loop_status_cli_flow or sync_l1_graph_export_to_theoretical_physics_brain_cli_json_path"`
- `python -m pytest research/knowledge-hub/tests/test_aitp_service.py -q -k "execution_lane_confirmation_checkpoint_created_before_dispatch or pending_human_promotion_gate_creates_operator_checkpoint or contradiction_checkpoint_uses_plain_language or steer_topic_from_text_materializes_parsed_steering or materialize_steering_preserves_manual_innovation_direction_text or run_topic_loop_materializes_steering_artifacts_from_human_request"`

## Outcome

`165.3` now closes the natural-language steering slice:

- operators can express redirection in normal language and still get the same
  durable steering/control-note artifacts
- the CLI no longer forces users to pre-translate steering into internal flag
  structure before AITP can accept it

## Remaining Open Work Inside 165.3

- `999.70` human-oriented subprocess failure messages
- tightening `hello` toward the full onboarding contract after the steering
  path and error surfaces settle
- phase-level closeout once the remaining user-facing failure surface is
  addressed
