# Execution Retro: examples-integration-md-conversion

Date: 2026-05-25
Budget: 45 min | Actual: ~25 min
Branch: `bundle/examples-integration-md-conversion`
PR: [#140](https://github.com/tylerjrbuell/reactive-agents-ts/pull/140)

## Outcomes

- Issues closed: #86 (HS-30)
- Issues descoped: none (singleton bundle)
- Net delta: +628 / -680 LOC (markdown adds, .ts removes)
- 3 `.ts` → 3 `.md` rename + recompose
- Zero workspace test/build regressions

## What worked

- **`.md` over typed `.ts`.** Issue offered two fix paths (typed examples vs `.md` snippets). The `.md` path is the right shape because the examples app's role is documentation, not runnable framework integrations — and the alternative would have bloated the examples app's devDeps with `hono`/`express`/`next` just to silence typecheck.
- **No-consumer pre-check.** Grep for `25-nextjs|26-hono|27-express` across `apps/examples/index.ts` + README returned 0 external consumers. Confirmed the rename was safe before touching anything.
- **Found dead cast during conversion.** `(agentInstance as any).dispose()` — the cast was speculative ("if dispose exists"). Probed the actual `ReactiveAgent` class — `dispose(): Promise<void>` is publicly typed. The cast was added in the same `@ts-nocheck` noise sweep; removing it during the `.md` recompose was free.
- **Documentation prose became section headings.** The original `/** ─── BROWSER CLIENT EXAMPLE ─── */` doc-comment blocks naturally mapped to `## Browser client (...)` markdown sections. The `.ts` already wanted to be `.md`; this was just acknowledgment.

## What didn't

- **No automation for batch file conversion.** Did 3 sequential `Write` + `git rm` calls. Could be a single shell loop; but for 3 files the manual route is fine. Larger conversions would benefit from a tiny scaffold script.
- **Issue body said "Whole-file `@ts-nocheck` on three integration examples; `(agentInstance as any).dispose()` in 26+27"** — exact, zero drift. Nothing to call out as inflated; honest issue.

## Skill improvements (apply on next pass)

No new amendments warranted this pass. The existing v11 skill rules covered the entire flow:

- **Phase 2 BUNDLE** — singleton bundle for single-file conceptual fix (3 files, same anti-pattern, same dir, same fix shape).
- **Phase 3 PLAN** — out-of-scope clearly named (didn't get pulled into other `@ts-nocheck` usage).
- **Phase 4 EXECUTE** — no sed bulk-rewrite needed; clean Write + git rm path.
- **Phase 5 VERIFY** — grep recheck mapped to 0; workspace gate baseline parity.

The skill is mature on this kind of bundle (small N, same dir, mechanical conversion). Retro intentionally short.

## Process inflation guard (HS-18/22/31 lesson)

- #86: zero inflation. 3 cited files + 2 cited `(as any).dispose` sites confirmed exactly. Adjacent discovery: `dispose()` IS publicly typed (cast was dead) — would have been worth a separate verified-by note in the issue body but not inflation.

## Bundle metadata

- Branched from `origin/main` (clean) after switching off PR #139's branch
- Baseline: build 38/38, workspace 5645 pass / 25 skip / 0 fail
- Post-bundle: identical (no code changes, just doc rename)
- Verified-by `@ts-nocheck + as-any-dispose` count in `apps/examples/src/integrations/`: 0 (was 5)
