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mod.rs

1//! Parsing and typed in-memory model for Quillmark card-yaml documents.
2//!
3//! A [`Document`] holds a root [`Card`] plus ordered composable cards; each
4//! card carries a [`Payload`], source-ordered items ([`PayloadItem`]:
5//! `$quill`/`$kind`/`$id` metadata, user fields, and comments, in the order
6//! they appear in the block's YAML content), and a Markdown body.
7//! [`Document::parse`] returns errors for malformed YAML, unclosed
8//! fences, a missing root `$quill`, or unknown `$`-prefixed system keys.
9//!
10//! See [markdown-spec.md](https://github.com/borb-sh/quillmark/blob/main/prose/references/markdown-spec.md)
11//! for the card-yaml format specification.
12
13use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
14
15use quillmark_content::import::{from_markdown as import_markdown, ImportError};
16use quillmark_content::Content;
17
18use crate::error::ParseError;
19use crate::version::QuillReference;
20use crate::Diagnostic;
21
22/// The single markdown→content boundary for card bodies. Every construction path
23/// that starts from an authored markdown string ([`Document::parse`],
24/// wire/storage deserialization, seeding, blueprint) routes through it, so the
25/// markdown parser is reached from exactly one helper. An empty string yields
26/// the empty content without invoking the parser.
27pub(crate) fn import_body(md: &str) -> Result<Content, ImportError> {
28    if md.is_empty() {
29        Ok(Content::empty())
30    } else {
31        import_markdown(md)
32    }
33}
34
35/// Which encoding a `decode_richtext_value` failure came from, so a call site
36/// can prefix its diagnostic per encoding without re-deriving the dispatch.
37/// Surfaced publicly as the error of [`Card::field_richtext`].
38#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
39#[non_exhaustive]
40pub enum RichtextDecodeError {
41    /// A JSON object that is not a valid canonical content.
42    NotContent(String),
43    /// A markdown string that failed to import.
44    BadMarkdown(String),
45}
46
47impl RichtextDecodeError {
48    /// The inner failure message, without an encoding-specific prefix.
49    pub fn into_message(self) -> String {
50        match self {
51            RichtextDecodeError::NotContent(m) | RichtextDecodeError::BadMarkdown(m) => m,
52        }
53    }
54}
55
56/// Decode a JSON value in either accepted richtext encoding: a canonical content
57/// **object** ([`from_canonical_value`](quillmark_content::serial::from_canonical_value))
58/// or an authored markdown **string** (via [`import_body`], the single markdown
59/// boundary). The one place the object-vs-string dispatch lives; a call site
60/// handles the shapes that are neither (`null`, array, scalar) and maps the
61/// error into its own type.
62///
63/// - `Some(Ok(rt))`: decoded.
64/// - `Some(Err(e))`: an object that is not a content, or a string that failed
65///   to import; `e` names the encoding so the caller can prefix its message.
66/// - `None`: the value is neither an object nor a string.
67pub(crate) fn decode_richtext_value(
68    value: &serde_json::Value,
69) -> Option<Result<Content, RichtextDecodeError>> {
70    match value {
71        serde_json::Value::Object(_) => Some(
72            quillmark_content::serial::from_canonical_value(value)
73                .map_err(|e| RichtextDecodeError::NotContent(e.to_string())),
74        ),
75        serde_json::Value::String(md) => {
76            Some(import_body(md).map_err(|e| RichtextDecodeError::BadMarkdown(e.to_string())))
77        }
78        _ => None,
79    }
80}
81
82/// Decode a JSON value for a `plaintext` field: a canonical content **object**
83/// (revalidated) or a literal **string** imported verbatim
84/// ([`from_plaintext`](quillmark_content::from_plaintext), never markdown, so
85/// `*hi*` stays four plain characters). The plaintext twin of
86/// [`decode_richtext_value`]: the string branch is infallible (literal import
87/// can't fail), so only the object branch yields `Err` (`String` message). A
88/// call site handles the shapes that are neither: `null`, array, scalar. This
89/// is the single plaintext object-vs-string dispatch, shared by the coercion
90/// literal-import site and the validation shape check.
91///
92/// - `Some(Ok(rt))`: decoded.
93/// - `Some(Err(msg))`: an object that is not a valid content.
94/// - `None`: the value is neither an object nor a string.
95pub(crate) fn decode_plaintext_value(
96    value: &serde_json::Value,
97) -> Option<Result<Content, String>> {
98    match value {
99        serde_json::Value::Object(_) => {
100            Some(quillmark_content::serial::from_canonical_value(value).map_err(|e| e.to_string()))
101        }
102        serde_json::Value::String(s) => Some(Ok(quillmark_content::from_plaintext(s))),
103        _ => None,
104    }
105}
106
107pub mod assemble;
108pub mod dto;
109pub mod edit;
110pub mod emit;
111pub mod fences;
112pub mod limits;
113pub mod meta;
114pub mod payload;
115pub(crate) mod prescan;
116pub mod wire;
117pub(crate) mod yaml_hints;
118
119pub use dto::{peek_schema_version, StorageError, StoredDocument, SCHEMA_V0_93_0};
120pub use edit::EditError;
121pub use meta::{is_valid_kind_name, validate_composable_kind, CardKindError};
122pub use payload::{MetaKey, Payload, PayloadItem};
123// Reachable through `PayloadItem::nested_comments`, so nameable from here.
124pub use prescan::{CommentPathSegment, NestedComment};
125pub use wire::{CardWire, PayloadItemWire, WireError};
126
127/// Authoring-format rules for the `~~~` card-yaml markdown surface.
128///
129/// Surfaced verbatim to LLM/MCP consumers (and to CLI / Python bindings via
130/// the same text) so error parity holds: every consumer reads the same
131/// rules. This is the single source of truth; bindings should call into it
132/// rather than re-stating the rules in their own glue.
133pub const FORMAT_RULES: &str = "Document format rules:
134\u{2022} Block opener and closer are EXACTLY `~~~` (three tildes, no info string). The `~~~card-yaml` opener is also accepted as a non-canonical alias.
135\u{2022} A blank line must precede every `~~~` block opener (unless it is line 1), and the opener must be at column zero (no leading spaces). An indented `~~~` is an ordinary code block, not a card.
136\u{2022} The first block is the root and MUST contain `$quill: <name>@<version>`. Its `$kind` is `main` by position \u{2014} an explicit `$kind: main` is accepted but not required. Additional blocks declare composable cards via `$kind: <card_kind>`.
137\u{2022} Reserved `$`-keys: `$quill`, `$kind`, `$id`, `$ext`, `$seed`. User fields use lowercase snake_case.
138\u{2022} Prose body is the text after a block's closing `~~~`, up to the next opener or EOF. To include a literal fenced code block in prose, use a backtick fence (```); any column-zero `~~~` block is parsed as card metadata.
139\u{2022} A field that already shows a concrete value carries a default and is shippable as-is \u{2014} keep the line, override the value, or delete it to fall back to the default. A blank or null value (`field:`, `field: null`, `field: ~`) is treated the same as omitting the field: it falls back to the default, or to the type-empty zero value.
140\u{2022} `field: !must_fill <value>` marks a placeholder awaiting your input \u{2014} replace it with a real value and drop the `!must_fill` tag before shipping. A bare `field: !must_fill` is an empty placeholder. A leftover marker never blocks rendering, but it is reported as a warning until you replace it.
141\u{2022} Numbers and booleans MUST be unquoted (`year: 2025`, `pinned: true`); quoting turns them into strings and fails validation.
142\u{2022} Plain-scalar values cannot start with `*` or `&` (YAML alias/anchor markers) and cannot contain `: ` (colon-space). For markdown emphasis, embedded colons, or other special prefixes, quote the value: `field: '**bold**'` or `field: \"Name: subtitle\"`. Multi-line values use `|-`, not multi-line quoted scalars.";
143
144/// Authoring-ergonomics header that introduces a blueprint to an LLM/MCP
145/// consumer. The `{quill}` placeholder is substituted with the quill name.
146/// Designed to be shown above [`FORMAT_RULES`], which covers field-level
147/// semantics like the `!must_fill` marker: keep the wording tight here so the
148/// two strings do not duplicate guidance.
149const BLUEPRINT_INSTRUCTION_TEMPLATE: &str =
150    "Fill in the `{quill}` blueprint below: replace each `!must_fill` placeholder with a real \
151value and edit the body prose. Submit the filled markdown as `content` to `create_document`.";
152
153/// Render the blueprint-instruction header with `quill_name` substituted in.
154/// Single source of truth for the prose so every binding shows identical text.
155pub fn blueprint_instruction(quill_name: &str) -> String {
156    BLUEPRINT_INSTRUCTION_TEMPLATE.replace("{quill}", quill_name)
157}
158
159#[cfg(test)]
160mod tests;
161
162/// The record of one parse: the [`Document`] and any non-fatal warnings.
163/// Returned by [`Document::parse`], the single parse entry. Warnings live here
164/// and only here: `Document` is the value (equality, the storage DTO, and
165/// mutators all exclude warnings); `Parsed` is the parse *event*. A caller that
166/// wants only the document writes `Document::parse(md)?.document`.
167#[derive(Debug)]
168#[must_use = "carries parse warnings; read `.document`/`.warnings` or bind it"]
169#[non_exhaustive]
170pub struct Parsed {
171    pub document: Document,
172    pub warnings: Vec<Diagnostic>,
173}
174
175/// A single card-yaml block (root or composable). `body` is the content
176/// ([`Content`]) form of the prose after the closing fence: the empty content
177/// when none follows; check `card.body().is_blank()`. Markdown is a projection:
178/// [`Card::body_markdown`] re-emits it.
179#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
180pub struct Card {
181    payload: Payload,
182    body: Content,
183}
184
185impl Card {
186    /// Create a `Card` from its parts without validation. `body` is the content
187    /// form; to build from an authored markdown string, import it first via the
188    /// crate-internal `import_body` boundary. For user-facing construction of
189    /// composable cards use [`Card::new`].
190    pub fn from_parts(payload: Payload, body: Content) -> Self {
191        Self { payload, body }
192    }
193
194    pub fn quill(&self) -> Option<&QuillReference> {
195        self.payload.quill()
196    }
197
198    pub fn kind(&self) -> Option<&str> {
199        self.payload.kind()
200    }
201
202    pub fn id(&self) -> Option<&str> {
203        self.payload.id()
204    }
205
206    /// Opaque `$ext` map for out-of-band extension data (UI editor state,
207    /// agent annotations, …). Carried through Markdown and storage DTO
208    /// round-trips; never emitted into the plate JSON consumed by
209    /// backends.
210    pub fn ext(&self) -> Option<&serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>> {
211        self.payload.ext()
212    }
213
214    pub fn payload(&self) -> &Payload {
215        &self.payload
216    }
217
218    pub fn payload_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Payload {
219        &mut self.payload
220    }
221
222    /// The card body as a [`Content`] content: the canonical content model.
223    /// For the markdown projection use [`Card::body_markdown`].
224    pub fn body(&self) -> &Content {
225        &self.body
226    }
227
228    /// The card body rendered back to its markdown projection. This is a
229    /// derived view (`export ∘ body`), not stored state; a `Document` round-trip
230    /// therefore canonicalizes the body (e.g. `__b__` → `**b**`).
231    pub fn body_markdown(&self) -> String {
232        quillmark_content::export::to_markdown(&self.body)
233    }
234
235    pub(crate) fn overwrite_body(&mut self, body: Content) {
236        self.body = body;
237    }
238
239    pub(crate) fn body_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Content {
240        &mut self.body
241    }
242
243    /// Read a richtext-valued user field back as a [`Content`] content: the
244    /// field-level twin of [`Card::body`]. Decodes the stored value through the
245    /// same object-or-markdown dispatch the writer
246    /// ([`commit_field`](Card::commit_field)) commits, so a field
247    /// stored as a canonical content reads back losslessly (identity marks
248    /// intact) and a still-authored markdown string imports.
249    ///
250    /// - `None`: the field is absent.
251    /// - `Some(Ok(rt))`: decoded content.
252    /// - `Some(Err(_))`: the field is present but neither a content object nor
253    ///   an importable markdown string (e.g. a bare number a `store_field` wrote).
254    ///
255    /// A `Document` carries no schema, so this cannot itself tell a richtext
256    /// field from a plain string field; the caller names a field it knows is
257    /// richtext, exactly as it does when writing.
258    pub fn field_richtext(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Result<Content, RichtextDecodeError>> {
259        let value = self.payload.get(name)?.as_json();
260        Some(match crate::document::decode_richtext_value(value) {
261            Some(result) => result,
262            None => match value {
263                serde_json::Value::Null => Ok(Content::empty()),
264                _ => Err(RichtextDecodeError::NotContent(
265                    "expected a richtext content object or a markdown string".to_string(),
266                )),
267            },
268        })
269    }
270
271    /// The markdown projection of a richtext-valued field (`export ∘ decode`):
272    /// the field-level twin of [`Card::body_markdown`], and the projection an
273    /// emit or a markdown save writes for a content-valued field. The projection
274    /// twin of [`field_richtext`](Card::field_richtext), carrying its `Ok`/`Err`
275    /// decode outcome:
276    ///
277    /// - `None`: the field is absent.
278    /// - `Some(Ok(md))`: the projected markdown.
279    /// - `Some(Err(_))`: the field is present but does not decode as richtext
280    ///   (a scalar/array/object a `store_field` wrote, or a non-content object).
281    ///
282    /// Absence returns `None`; a present non-richtext value returns `Some(Err)`,
283    /// so the projection surfaces the type mismatch instead of blanking on it.
284    pub fn field_markdown(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Result<String, RichtextDecodeError>> {
285        Some(self.field_richtext(name)?.map(|rt| quillmark_content::export::to_markdown(&rt)))
286    }
287
288    /// The plaintext projection of a content-valued field (`to_plaintext ∘
289    /// decode`), the literal-codec twin of [`field_markdown`](Card::field_markdown),
290    /// for a `plaintext`-typed field: marks are never interpreted, so the text is
291    /// verbatim both ways. Carries [`field_richtext`](Card::field_richtext)'s
292    /// `Ok`/`Err` decode outcome:
293    ///
294    /// - `None`: the field is absent.
295    /// - `Some(Ok(text))`: the projected literal text.
296    /// - `Some(Err(_))`: the field is present but does not decode as content.
297    pub fn field_plaintext(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Result<String, RichtextDecodeError>> {
298        Some(self.field_richtext(name)?.map(|rt| quillmark_content::export::to_plaintext(&rt)))
299    }
300}
301
302/// A parsed, per-kind **seed overlay**: the sparse fields (and optional body)
303/// a newly-added card of a given kind starts with. Built from a `$seed[<kind>]`
304/// entry of the main card's [`Card::seed`] map via [`SeedOverlay::from_json`],
305/// and layered over the quill's schema-example seed by
306/// [`crate::Quill::seed_card`] (overlay › example › absent). The reserved inner
307/// key `$body` carries the body override; every other user field becomes an
308/// entry, while any other `$`-prefixed key is reserved and dropped.
309#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
310#[non_exhaustive]
311pub struct SeedOverlay {
312    /// Field-value overrides, keyed by field name.
313    pub fields: indexmap::IndexMap<String, crate::value::QuillValue>,
314    /// Body override, when the overlay declares a `$body` string.
315    pub body: Option<String>,
316}
317
318impl SeedOverlay {
319    /// Parse an overlay from a `$seed[<kind>]` JSON value, or `None` when it is
320    /// not a mapping. Use this to turn the raw overlay object a consumer reads
321    /// from the main card's `$seed` map ([`Card::seed`]) into a typed overlay to
322    /// hand to [`crate::Quill::seed_card`]; e.g.
323    /// `doc.main().seed().and_then(|m| m.get(kind)).and_then(SeedOverlay::from_json)`.
324    pub fn from_json(value: &serde_json::Value) -> Option<Self> {
325        value.as_object().map(Self::from_json_map)
326    }
327
328    /// Build an overlay from a single `$seed[<kind>]` JSON map: the reserved
329    /// `$body` string becomes [`body`](Self::body); every other user-field entry
330    /// becomes a field. A non-string `$body` is ignored (no body override). Any
331    /// other `$`-prefixed key is reserved and dropped (never stored as a user
332    /// field) since an overlay only ever carries user fields plus `$body`.
333    fn from_json_map(map: &serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>) -> Self {
334        let mut fields = indexmap::IndexMap::new();
335        let mut body = None;
336        for (key, value) in map {
337            if key == "$body" {
338                if let Some(s) = value.as_str() {
339                    body = Some(s.to_string());
340                }
341            } else if key.starts_with('$') {
342                // Reserved key other than `$body`: not a user field. Drop it
343                // rather than smuggle a `$`-key into the field set.
344                continue;
345            } else {
346                fields.insert(
347                    key.clone(),
348                    crate::value::QuillValue::from_json(value.clone()),
349                );
350            }
351        }
352        SeedOverlay { fields, body }
353    }
354}
355
356/// A fully-parsed Quillmark document. Serde routes through [`StoredDocument`];
357/// for the plate wire shape see [`Document::to_plate_json`].
358///
359/// Parse-time warnings are *not* document state: they ride out-of-band on
360/// [`Parsed`] from [`Document::parse`], the single owner. Equality and the
361/// storage DTO therefore cover only structural content (`main` and `cards`).
362#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
363#[serde(into = "StoredDocument", try_from = "StoredDocument")]
364pub struct Document {
365    main: Card,
366    cards: Vec<Card>,
367}
368
369impl Document {
370    /// Create a blank document: a main card carrying only `$quill`, an empty
371    /// body, and no composable cards. The programmatic blank canvas: every
372    /// schema field is absent and resolves at render time (`default`, else
373    /// type-empty zero), so nothing the caller did not set reaches the
374    /// output. For an example-filled starter shaped like the blueprint, use
375    /// `Quill::seed_document`.
376    pub fn new(quill: QuillReference) -> Self {
377        let mut payload = Payload::new();
378        payload.set_quill(quill);
379        // Parsed main cards always carry `$kind: main` (the parser normalizes
380        // it in); match that shape so a blank document round-trips equal.
381        payload.set_kind("main");
382        Self {
383            main: Card::from_parts(payload, Content::empty()),
384            cards: Vec::new(),
385        }
386    }
387
388    /// Create a `Document` from a pre-built main card and composable cards.
389    /// `main` must carry `$quill`; composable cards must not.
390    pub fn from_main_and_cards(main: Card, cards: Vec<Card>) -> Self {
391        debug_assert!(main.quill().is_some(), "main card must carry `$quill`");
392        debug_assert!(
393            cards.iter().all(|c| c.quill().is_none()),
394            "composable cards must not carry `$quill`"
395        );
396        debug_assert!(
397            cards.iter().all(|c| c.seed().is_none()),
398            "composable cards must not carry `$seed`"
399        );
400        debug_assert!(
401            {
402                let mut seen = std::collections::HashSet::new();
403                cards
404                    .iter()
405                    .filter_map(|c| c.id())
406                    .all(|id| !id.is_empty() && seen.insert(id))
407            },
408            "composable card `$id`s must be non-empty and unique per document"
409        );
410        Self { main, cards }
411    }
412
413    /// Parse card-yaml Markdown into a [`Parsed`]: the [`Document`] plus any
414    /// non-fatal warnings. The single parse entry; a caller that wants only the
415    /// document writes `Document::parse(md)?.document`. Errors on malformed
416    /// YAML, a missing root `$quill`, an over-size input, and the other
417    /// [`ParseError`] variants.
418    #[doc(alias = "from_markdown")]
419    pub fn parse(markdown: &str) -> Result<Parsed, ParseError> {
420        assemble::decompose_with_warnings(markdown)
421            .map(|(document, warnings)| Parsed { document, warnings })
422    }
423
424    pub fn main(&self) -> &Card {
425        &self.main
426    }
427
428    pub fn main_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Card {
429        &mut self.main
430    }
431
432    /// The `$quill` reference from the root block. Always present on parsed documents.
433    pub fn quill_reference(&self) -> QuillReference {
434        self.main
435            .quill()
436            .cloned()
437            .expect("root block's $quill is validated at parse time")
438    }
439
440    pub fn cards(&self) -> &[Card] {
441        &self.cards
442    }
443
444    pub fn cards_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [Card] {
445        &mut self.cards
446    }
447
448    /// A single composable card by index: the immutable twin of
449    /// [`card_mut`](Document::card_mut), so reading one card's payload does not
450    /// require materializing every card via [`cards`](Document::cards). `None`
451    /// when out of range.
452    pub fn card(&self, index: usize) -> Option<&Card> {
453        self.cards.get(index)
454    }
455
456    /// The composable card whose `$id` equals `id`, with its index:
457    /// resolving the durable card handle ([PROGRAMMATIC.md]) without a
458    /// hand-rolled scan over [`cards`](Document::cards). `$id` is unique per
459    /// document (parse repairs a duplicate, mutators and storage reject one),
460    /// so at most one card matches; `None` when none carries it.
461    ///
462    /// [PROGRAMMATIC.md]: https://github.com/borb-sh/quillmark/blob/main/prose/canon/PROGRAMMATIC.md
463    pub fn find_card(&self, id: &str) -> Option<(usize, &Card)> {
464        self.cards
465            .iter()
466            .enumerate()
467            .find(|(_, card)| card.id() == Some(id))
468    }
469
470    pub(crate) fn cards_vec_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Vec<Card> {
471        &mut self.cards
472    }
473
474    /// Serialize to the JSON wire shape consumed by backend plates. This is
475    /// the **only** place in `quillmark-core` that produces this shape:
476    ///
477    /// ```json
478    /// {
479    ///   "$quill": "<ref>",
480    ///   "$body": { "text": "…", "lines": [...], "marks": [...], "islands": [...] },
481    ///   "$cards": [{ "$kind": "<tag>", "$body": <content>, "<field>": <value>, ... }],
482    ///   "<field>": <value>, ...
483    /// }
484    /// ```
485    ///
486    /// `$body` (global and per-card) is canonical Content-JSON: the content as
487    /// a nested object, not a markdown string. Richtext payload fields likewise
488    /// cross as content objects (committed at coercion time).
489    ///
490    /// `$`-prefixed keys carry document-level metadata (quill ref, body
491    /// text, card list, card kind). User payload fields stay flat at the
492    /// root: they cannot collide with `$` keys because user field names are
493    /// never `$`-prefixed (they match `[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*`).
494    ///
495    /// `$kind` is document-defined and omitted for a kindless card (never a
496    /// fabricated `""`). This method is schema-free and emits `$body` for every
497    /// card and the root; the schema-gated render plate
498    /// (`QuillConfig::compile_data`) instead calls `to_plate_json_gated` with the
499    /// per-card body-presence it resolved, so a card whose kind enables no body
500    /// carries no `$body`: issue 1030's "absent on undefined".
501    pub fn to_plate_json(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
502        // Schema-free: the root and every card carry `$body`.
503        self.to_plate_json_gated(true, None)
504    }
505
506    /// [`to_plate_json`](Self::to_plate_json) with the body-presence decision
507    /// supplied by the caller: the root carries `$body` iff `main_body`, and card
508    /// *i* iff `card_bodies` is `None` (all present) or `card_bodies[i]` holds.
509    /// The schema-gated render plate (`QuillConfig::compile_data`) passes the
510    /// body-enabled bit it already resolved per card, so a body-disabled card
511    /// never carries `$body` (issue 1030, "absent on undefined") and the decision
512    /// is never re-derived from the serialized plate. `Document` stays schema-free:
513    /// it receives the decision, not a schema.
514    pub(crate) fn to_plate_json_gated(
515        &self,
516        main_body: bool,
517        card_bodies: Option<&[bool]>,
518    ) -> serde_json::Value {
519        let mut map = serde_json::Map::new();
520
521        map.insert(
522            "$quill".to_string(),
523            serde_json::Value::String(self.quill_reference().to_string()),
524        );
525
526        // The seam carries the body as canonical Content-JSON (Option A): a
527        // nested content object, byte-identical to `to_canonical_json`, never a lossy
528        // markdown string. Backends lower the content (typst → markup + source
529        // map; pdfform → `.text`); the markdown projection is `body_markdown`.
530        if main_body {
531            map.insert(
532                "$body".to_string(),
533                quillmark_content::serial::to_canonical_value(self.main.body()),
534            );
535        }
536
537        let cards_array: Vec<serde_json::Value> = self
538            .cards
539            .iter()
540            .enumerate()
541            .map(|(i, card)| {
542                let mut card_map = serde_json::Map::new();
543                // A kindless card carries no `$kind`, never a fabricated `""`:
544                // matching the resolved view's `kind: None`.
545                if let Some(kind) = card.kind() {
546                    card_map.insert(
547                        "$kind".to_string(),
548                        serde_json::Value::String(kind.to_string()),
549                    );
550                }
551                // `$body` iff the caller's schema defines a body for this card.
552                if card_bodies.map_or(true, |f| f.get(i).copied().unwrap_or(true)) {
553                    card_map.insert(
554                        "$body".to_string(),
555                        quillmark_content::serial::to_canonical_value(card.body()),
556                    );
557                }
558                for (key, value) in card.payload.iter() {
559                    card_map.insert(key.clone(), value.as_json().clone());
560                }
561                serde_json::Value::Object(card_map)
562            })
563            .collect();
564
565        map.insert("$cards".to_string(), serde_json::Value::Array(cards_array));
566
567        for (key, value) in self.main.payload.iter() {
568            map.insert(key.clone(), value.as_json().clone());
569        }
570
571        serde_json::Value::Object(map)
572    }
573}