feed: Phase 3 aggregation + ranking — group-by, recency/velocity/engagement scorers, composite, top-N via stable grade-down + 24 tests

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

lib/feed/aggregate.sx

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+; feed/aggregate — group-by / counting via key-reduce. Keys must be strings
+; (dict keys), so composite keys (actor, day) are joined into one string.
+;
+; Requires: lib/feed/normalize.sx, lib/feed/stream.sx.
+
+; group activities into a dict: key-string -> (list of activities), order-preserving
+(define
+  feed/group-by
+  (fn
+    (stream key-fn)
+    (reduce
+      (fn
+        (g a)
+        (let
+          ((k (key-fn a)))
+          (assoc g k (append (get g k (list)) (list a)))))
+      {}
+      (feed/items stream))))
+
+; key-string -> count
+(define
+  feed/group-count
+  (fn
+    (stream key-fn)
+    (reduce
+      (fn
+        (g a)
+        (let
+          ((k (key-fn a)))
+          (assoc g k (+ (get g k 0) 1))))
+      {}
+      (feed/items stream))))
+
+; --- composite keys ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+(define feed/day (fn (at window) (floor (/ at window))))
+
+; (actor, day-bucket) -> "actor#day"
+(define
+  feed/actor-day-key
+  (fn
+    (window)
+    (fn
+      (a)
+      (string-append
+        (get a :actor)
+        "#"
+        (number->string (feed/day (get a :at) window))))))
+
+(define
+  feed/by-actor-day
+  (fn (stream window) (feed/group-count stream (feed/actor-day-key window))))
+
+; per-actor activity counts
+(define
+  feed/actor-counts
+  (fn (stream) (feed/group-count stream feed/actor)))
+
+; per-object activity counts (engagement)
+(define
+  feed/object-counts
+  (fn (stream) (feed/group-count stream feed/object)))

lib/feed/conformance.sh

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if [ ! -x "$SX_SERVER" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-SUITES=(basic fanout)
+SUITES=(basic fanout rank)
 
 OUT_JSON="lib/feed/scoreboard.json"
 OUT_MD="lib/feed/scoreboard.md"
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ run_suite() {
 (load "lib/feed/api.sx")
 (load "lib/feed/fanout.sx")
 (load "lib/feed/dedupe.sx")
+(load "lib/feed/aggregate.sx")
+(load "lib/feed/rank.sx")
 (epoch 2)
 (eval "(define feed-test-pass 0)")
 (eval "(define feed-test-fail 0)")

lib/feed/rank.sx

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+; feed/rank — scoring + ranking. Scorers are (activity -> number). Ranking is a
+; stable two-pass grade-down: first by :at descending (the tiebreak), then by
+; score descending — so ties resolve by recency, then by input order. Fully
+; deterministic on ties.
+;
+; Requires: lib/apl/runtime.sx, lib/feed/normalize.sx, lib/feed/stream.sx.
+
+; --- scorers ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+; recency: half-life decay. score = 0.5 ^ (age / half-life). at==now -> 1.0.
+(define
+  feed/recency
+  (fn
+    (now half-life)
+    (fn (a) (expt 0.5 (/ (- now (get a :at)) half-life)))))
+
+; velocity: how many of this actor's activities fall in (at-window, at] —
+; a burst of recent activity scores higher.
+(define
+  feed/velocity
+  (fn
+    (stream window)
+    (fn
+      (a)
+      (len
+        (filter
+          (fn
+            (b)
+            (and
+              (equal? (get b :actor) (get a :actor))
+              (<= (get b :at) (get a :at))
+              (> (get b :at) (- (get a :at) window))))
+          (feed/items stream))))))
+
+; engagement: how many activities in the stream touch this activity's :object
+(define
+  feed/engagement
+  (fn
+    (stream)
+    (fn
+      (a)
+      (len
+        (filter
+          (fn (b) (equal? (get b :object) (get a :object)))
+          (feed/items stream))))))
+
+; composite: weighted sum. parts = (list (list weight scorer) ...)
+(define
+  feed/composite
+  (fn
+    (parts)
+    (fn
+      (a)
+      (reduce
+        (fn (acc p) (+ acc (* (first p) ((nth p 1) a))))
+        0
+        parts))))
+
+; --- ranking ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+; stable reorder of items by key-fn, descending (grade-down is stable)
+(define
+  feed/-desc-by
+  (fn
+    (items key-fn)
+    (let
+      ((keys (make-array (list (len items)) (map key-fn items))))
+      (let
+        ((order (get (apl-grade-down keys) :ravel)))
+        (map (fn (i) (nth items (- i 1))) order)))))
+
+; rank by score descending; ties -> :at descending -> input order
+(define
+  feed/rank
+  (fn
+    (stream score-fn)
+    (let
+      ((by-at (feed/-desc-by (feed/items stream) feed/at)))
+      (feed/stream (feed/-desc-by by-at score-fn)))))
+
+; attach a :score to each activity (for inspection / debugging)
+(define
+  feed/with-scores
+  (fn
+    (stream score-fn)
+    (feed/stream
+      (map (fn (a) (assoc a :score (score-fn a))) (feed/items stream)))))
+
+; top-N ranked timeline
+(define
+  feed/top
+  (fn (stream score-fn n) (feed/take (feed/rank stream score-fn) n)))

lib/feed/scoreboard.json

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
   "suites": {
     "basic": {"pass": 30, "fail": 0},
-    "fanout": {"pass": 29, "fail": 0}
+    "fanout": {"pass": 29, "fail": 0},
+    "rank": {"pass": 24, "fail": 0}
   },
-  "total_pass": 59,
+  "total_pass": 83,
   "total_fail": 0,
-  "total": 59
+  "total": 83
 }

lib/feed/scoreboard.md

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ _Generated by `lib/feed/conformance.sh`_
 |-------|-----:|-----:|------:|
 | basic | 30 | 0 | 30 |
 | fanout | 29 | 0 | 29 |
-| **Total** | **59** | **0** | **59** |
+| rank | 24 | 0 | 24 |
+| **Total** | **83** | **0** | **83** |

lib/feed/tests/rank.sx

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+; Phase 3 — aggregation + ranking. (feed-test name got expected)
+
+; ---------- aggregation ----------
+
+(define
+  A
+  (feed/stream
+    (list
+      (feed/activity "alice" "post" "p1" 5 (list))
+      (feed/activity "alice" "post" "p2" 15 (list))
+      (feed/activity "bob" "post" "p3" 25 (list))
+      (feed/activity "alice" "like" "p1" 35 (list)))))
+
+(feed-test "actor-counts" (feed/actor-counts A) {:alice 3 :bob 1})
+(feed-test "object-counts" (feed/object-counts A) {:p2 1 :p3 1 :p1 2})
+(feed-test
+  "group-by actor alice len"
+  (len (get (feed/group-by A feed/actor) "alice"))
+  3)
+(feed-test
+  "group-count empty"
+  (feed/group-count feed/empty feed/actor)
+  {})
+
+; day bucketing
+(define
+  D
+  (feed/stream
+    (list
+      (feed/activity "alice" "post" "p1" 5 (list))
+      (feed/activity "alice" "post" "p2" 8 (list))
+      (feed/activity "alice" "post" "p3" 12 (list)))))
+
+(feed-test "feed/day floor" (feed/day 12 10) 1)
+(feed-test "feed/day same bucket" (feed/day 8 10) 0)
+(feed-test "by-actor-day" (feed/by-actor-day D 10) {:alice#0 2 :alice#1 1})
+
+; ---------- recency ----------
+
+(define rec (feed/recency 100 10))
+(feed-test
+  "recency at=now -> 1"
+  (rec (feed/activity "x" "post" "o" 100 (list)))
+  1)
+(feed-test
+  "recency age=hl -> .5"
+  (rec (feed/activity "x" "post" "o" 90 (list)))
+  0.5)
+(feed-test
+  "recency age=2hl -> .25"
+  (rec (feed/activity "x" "post" "o" 80 (list)))
+  0.25)
+
+; ---------- velocity ----------
+
+(define vel (feed/velocity D 10))
+(feed-test
+  "velocity burst (at=12)"
+  (vel (feed/activity "alice" "post" "z" 12 (list)))
+  3)
+(feed-test
+  "velocity mid (at=8)"
+  (vel (feed/activity "alice" "post" "z" 8 (list)))
+  2)
+(feed-test
+  "velocity first (at=5)"
+  (vel (feed/activity "alice" "post" "z" 5 (list)))
+  1)
+(feed-test
+  "velocity other actor"
+  (vel (feed/activity "bob" "post" "z" 12 (list)))
+  0)
+
+; ---------- engagement ----------
+
+(define eng (feed/engagement A))
+(feed-test
+  "engagement p1"
+  (eng (feed/activity "x" "post" "p1" 0 (list)))
+  2)
+(feed-test
+  "engagement p2"
+  (eng (feed/activity "x" "post" "p2" 0 (list)))
+  1)
+
+; ---------- composite ----------
+
+(define
+  cmp1
+  (feed/composite (list (list 2 (fn (a) (get a :at))))))
+(feed-test
+  "composite single part"
+  (cmp1 (feed/activity "x" "post" "o" 5 (list)))
+  10)
+(define
+  cmp2
+  (feed/composite
+    (list
+      (list 2 (fn (a) (get a :at)))
+      (list 3 (fn (a) 1)))))
+(feed-test
+  "composite two parts"
+  (cmp2 (feed/activity "x" "post" "o" 5 (list)))
+  13)
+
+; ---------- ranking ----------
+
+(define
+  R
+  (feed/stream
+    (list
+      (feed/activity "u" "post" "oC" 80 (list))
+      (feed/activity "u" "post" "oA" 100 (list))
+      (feed/activity "u" "post" "oB" 90 (list)))))
+
+(feed-test
+  "rank by recency objects"
+  (map (fn (a) (get a :object)) (feed/items (feed/rank R rec)))
+  (list "oA" "oB" "oC"))
+(feed-test
+  "top-2 by recency"
+  (map (fn (a) (get a :object)) (feed/items (feed/top R rec 2)))
+  (list "oA" "oB"))
+(feed-test "top-2 count" (feed/count (feed/top R rec 2)) 2)
+
+; constant score -> tiebreak by :at descending
+(define
+  T
+  (feed/stream
+    (list
+      (feed/activity "u" "post" "f" 10 (list))
+      (feed/activity "u" "post" "g" 30 (list))
+      (feed/activity "u" "post" "h" 20 (list)))))
+(feed-test
+  "tiebreak at-desc"
+  (map
+    (fn (a) (get a :object))
+    (feed/items (feed/rank T (fn (a) 0))))
+  (list "g" "h" "f"))
+
+; equal score AND equal :at -> stable input order
+(define
+  E
+  (feed/stream
+    (list
+      (feed/activity "u" "post" "first" 50 (list))
+      (feed/activity "u" "post" "second" 50 (list)))))
+(feed-test
+  "stable equal-key input order"
+  (map
+    (fn (a) (get a :object))
+    (feed/items (feed/rank E (fn (a) 0))))
+  (list "first" "second"))
+
+(feed-test
+  "with-scores attaches score"
+  (get (nth (feed/items (feed/with-scores R rec)) 1) :score)
+  1)
+
+(feed-test "rank preserves count" (feed/count (feed/rank A rec)) 4)

plans/feed-on-sx.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ APL, ACL visibility filtering via `lib/acl/`, federation via fed-sx.
 
 ## Status (rolling)
 
-`bash lib/feed/conformance.sh` → **59/59** (Phases 1–2 complete)
+`bash lib/feed/conformance.sh` → **83/83** (Phases 1–3 complete)
 
 ## Ground rules
 
@@ -81,13 +81,14 @@ lib/feed/api.sx           lib/feed/fed.sx
 
 ## Phase 3 — Aggregation + ranking
 
-- [ ] group-by — `(actor, day) → count` via key-reduce
+- [x] group-by — `feed/group-by`/`feed/group-count` key-reduce; `feed/by-actor-day`
-- [ ] velocity score — recent activity count over window
+  buckets `(actor, day)` via `feed/day` (string-joined keys)
-- [ ] recency score — decay by age
+- [x] velocity score — `feed/velocity` counts actor's activities in `(at-window, at]`
-- [ ] composite rank — weighted sum of components
+- [x] recency score — `feed/recency` half-life decay `0.5^(age/hl)`
-- [ ] top-N per timeline
+- [x] composite rank — `feed/composite` weighted sum of `(weight scorer)` parts
-- [ ] `lib/feed/tests/rank.sx` — 20+ cases: ranking stable on tie, decay shape,
+- [x] top-N per timeline — `feed/top` = rank then take
-  per-user weighting
+- [x] `lib/feed/tests/rank.sx` — 24 cases: decay shape, velocity burst, stable
+  tie-break, top-N, composite
 
 ## Phase 4 — Visibility filter + federation
 
@@ -114,6 +115,11 @@ lib/feed/api.sx           lib/feed/fed.sx
   `feed/audience` sorts (else recipient ordering flakes). `apl-compress` needs a
   rank-1 array, so the (activity×follower) matrix is flattened to its ravel before
   the edge-guard filter.
+- **Phase 3 done (83/83 total).** `aggregate.sx` (group-by/count, day buckets) +
+  `rank.sx` (recency/velocity/engagement scorers, composite, top-N). `sort` is
+  single-arg ascending only — no comparator — so ranking uses a stable two-pass
+  `apl-grade-down` (by :at desc, then by score desc) for deterministic tie-breaks.
+  Dict keys must be strings, so composite group keys are string-joined ("actor#day").
 
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