# commerce-on-sx: Catalog, cart, pricing & orders on miniKanren

> **DRAFT outline.** The revenue vertical. Depends on `persist-on-sx` (durable
> orders) and `flow-on-sx` (checkout as a durable flow). Don't start before
> persist-on-sx Phase 1 is green.

rose-ash's revenue engine — market (catalog), cart (checkout), orders (SumUp
payment, reconciliation) — has no SX subsystem. The hard part of commerce isn't
CRUD; it's **pricing**: discounts, bundles, tax, membership rates, promotions that
stack (or don't). These are relations, and a relational engine can run them in
multiple directions — forward ("what's the total?") and backward ("what promo code
yields this total?", "which line item triggered the discount?").

That's a miniKanren fit. Pricing/promotion rules are relational; cart and order
*lifecycle* (reserve → pay → fulfil → reconcile) is a durable `flow`; the order
ledger is a `persist` stream. Commerce is the first real **composition** subsystem.

End-state: a catalog model, a relational pricing/promotion engine, a cart with
deterministic totals, and an order lifecycle flow with payment-webhook
reconciliation — all auditable via the event log.

## Status (rolling)

`bash lib/commerce/conformance.sh` → **297/297** (18 suites; + integration) — **roadmap + Phase 5 backlog + e2e composition proof complete**

## Ground rules

- **Scope:** only `lib/commerce/**` and `plans/commerce-on-sx.md`. May **import**
  from `lib/minikanren/`, and (once they exist) `lib/persist/` + `lib/flow/`. Do not
  edit substrates.
- **Architecture:** prices/promotions are miniKanren relations over catalog facts;
  a cart total is a *deterministic* query result (first solution under a fixed rule
  order). Order lifecycle is a `flow` that suspends at the payment IO boundary.
  Money is integer minor units — never floats.
- **Determinism:** promotion stacking must have explicit, tested precedence;
  totals must be reproducible from the cart + catalog snapshot.
- **Commits:** one feature per commit. Progress log + tick boxes.

## Architecture sketch

```
Catalog + cart                          Total / order
  product(id,price,tags)                  {:subtotal :discounts :tax :total}
        │                                       ▲
        ▼                                       │
lib/commerce/catalog.sx                 lib/commerce/price.sx
  — product / variant / stock facts       — miniKanren pricing relations
        │                                  — promo stacking, membership rates
        ▼                                       ▲
lib/commerce/cart.sx                    lib/commerce/order.sx  (flow + store)
  — line items, quantities                — reserve→pay→fulfil→reconcile
        │                                  — SumUp webhook = flow resume
        ▼                                       │
lib/commerce/api.sx ── (commerce/add) (commerce/total) (commerce/checkout) ──┘
```

## Phase 1 — Catalog + cart + deterministic totals
- [x] `catalog.sx` — product/variant/stock as facts
- [x] `cart.sx` — line items, add/remove/qty
- [x] `price.sx` — base pricing relation, subtotal; tax
- [x] `api.sx` + tests + scoreboard + conformance.sh

## Phase 2 — Promotions (relational)
- [x] promo rules: percentage, fixed, bundle, member rate
- [x] explicit stacking precedence; "best price" backward query
- [x] tests: stacking order, mutually-exclusive promos, member vs guest

## Phase 3 — Order lifecycle (flow + store)
- [x] order flow: reserve stock → await payment → fulfil
- [x] payment webhook resumes the suspended flow
- [x] order ledger as a `persist` stream; idempotent reconciliation

## Phase 4 — Reconciliation + federation
- [x] mismatch detection (paid≠ordered) as queries over the ledger
- [x] cross-instance catalog (federated marketplace) — out-of-scope stub
- [x] tests: webhook replay, partial refund, double-charge guard

## Phase 5 — Extensions (backlog; base roadmap complete) — **ALL DONE (278/278)**
Thesis-aligned deepenings of the relational/composition showcase. Pick the one
that unlocks the most tests per effort each iteration.
- [x] line-level discount attribution — "which line item triggered this discount?"
  as a backward miniKanren query (`attribution.sx`: `promo-toucheso` relation,
  `lines-for-code`/`codes-for-line` both directions, `order-level-codes` for fixed).
- [x] time-windowed promotions — `window.sx`: windowed promo `(promo from until)`,
  `active-ruleset`/`active-codes`/`windowed-quote` gate by datetime; feeds the
  existing promo/stack/quote pipeline unchanged. Determinism preserved.
- [x] discount-aware tax policy — `nettax.sx`: `cart-quote-net` taxes the net
  (post-discount) base; `allocate-discount` spreads the basket discount across
  lines by extended share with largest-remainder so per-line shares sum exactly.
- [x] refund as a flow — `refund.sx`: refund lifecycle (request → approve →
  settle) as a second flow-on-sx flow with two suspension points; idempotent
  settle, reject path, ledger-recorded; reuses order.sx flow helpers.
- [x] stock-constrained reservation — `stock.sx`: `can-reserve?`/`reserve-check`
  precondition (host gates order-begin! on it, keeping the flow pure);
  `reservation-shortfalls` detail; `effective-available` nets out concurrent
  reservations; `sufficient-stocko` relational availability query.
- [x] provider-neutral payment-request envelope — `payment.sx`: `payment-request`
  materialises `{:order :amount :currency :return-url}` at the IO edge (amount from
  the ledger, currency/return-url host-supplied); `pending-payments` enumerates
  suspended orders with their envelopes (host poller seam). Engine stays vendor-
  agnostic; `order-settle!(ref, amount)` is the resume seam.

## Progress log
- 2026-06-07 — `tests/integration.sx` (hardening): end-to-end composition proof —
  one narrative across every module (catalog → stock check → quote[promo+stack+tax]
  → attribution → order flow → payment envelope → settle → recon → refund flow →
  ledger mismatch) asserting the seams tie together with consistent numbers
  (subtotal 2400, discount 210, tax 320, total 2510; settle→:ok; refund 510→
  :underpaid; mismatch flagged). Proves the three-substrate composition. One env
  with both order+refund flows. integration suite 19/19; total 297/297 (18 suites).
- 2026-06-07 — `refund.sx` (**Phase 5 backlog complete**): refund lifecycle as a
  second flow-on-sx flow `(lambda (oid) (begin (request 'approve oid) (request
  'settle oid)))` — two suspension points (approval = human/policy decision,
  settle = provider). `refund-begin!` records :refund-requested and suspends at
  approval; `refund-approve!` advances to settle; `refund-settle!` records
  :refunded (idempotent) and completes; `refund-reject!` records :refund-rejected
  and cancels the flow. Only :refunded moves the books, so requested/rejected
  refunds leave recon unchanged. Reuses order.sx flow helpers. refund suite
  20/20; total 278/278 (17 suites). NB: conformance now has two env-building
  suites (order, refund) — each builds the ~150s flow env in its own process.
- 2026-06-07 — `stock.sx` (Phase 5 ext): stock-constrained reservation. Design
  choice: reservation is a precondition the host checks BEFORE order-begin!
  (validate → begin), keeping the order flow pure orchestration. `available-stock`
  reads the catalog stock facts; `can-reserve?`/`reserve-check`/
  `reservation-shortfalls` gate a cart; `effective-available`/`line-reservable-with?`
  net out concurrent reservations (no over-reserve); `sufficient-stocko` is the
  multidirectional availability query. Only refund-as-flow remains in the
  backlog. stock suite 19/19; total 258/258 (16 suites).
- 2026-06-07 — `nettax.sx` (Phase 5 ext): discount-aware tax — the alternative to
  quote.sx's gross-tax default. `cart-quote-net` taxes the NET (post-discount)
  base. `allocate-discount` spreads the basket-level discount across lines in
  proportion to extended price with a deterministic largest-remainder pass so
  per-line shares sum EXACTLY to the discount; each line is then taxed on its net
  at its class rate. Both policies reproducible from inputs; pick per jurisdiction.
  nettax suite 11/11; total 239/239 (15 suites).
- 2026-06-07 — `window.sx` (Phase 5 ext): time-windowed promotions. A validity
  window is kept SEPARATE from the promo tuple — windowed promo `(promo from
  until)` (inclusive int timestamps, nil = open bound). `active-ruleset` filters
  to the plain promos live at `at` and feeds the existing promo/stack/quote
  pipeline unchanged (promo.sx untouched); `active-promoo`/`active-codes` is the
  backward "which codes are live at T?" query; `windowed-quote` is the
  datetime-aware quote (deterministic in `at`). window suite 19/19; total 228/228.
- 2026-06-07 — `payment.sx` (Phase 5 ext, the item the user asked about):
  provider-neutral payment-request envelope, materialised at the IO edge from the
  ledger amount + host-supplied currency/return-url — keeps lib/commerce vendor-
  agnostic (SumUp/Stripe adapters live in the orders service). `payment-request`
  builds the `{:order :amount :currency :return-url}` envelope; `pending-payments`
  is the host-poller seam listing suspended orders + their envelopes. Gotcha: a
  Scheme **string** carried as a flow payload round-trips back to SX wrapped as
  `{:scm-string "..."}` (numbers come back clean) — unwrap via `scm->string`
  before using it as the oid. payment suite 7/7 + 1 order-suite integration test;
  total 209/209 (13 suites).
- 2026-06-07 — `attribution.sx` (Phase 5 ext): line-level discount attribution —
  the briefing's marquee "which line item triggered this discount?" query.
  `promo-lines` is the pure per-promo scope (percent/member → class lines, bundle
  → sku lines, fixed → order-level/none); `promo-toucheso` relates (code, line)
  for applying promos, run forward (`lines-for-code`) and backward
  (`codes-for-line`). `order-level-codes` lists applying fixed promos; predicate
  `line-touched-by?`. Additive — promo.sx amounts unchanged. attribution suite
  16/16; total 201/201 (12 suites).
- 2026-06-07 — `recon.sx` + `federation.sx` (**Phase 4 complete — roadmap done**).
  `recon.sx`: reconciliation as relational queries over the ledger. Per-order
  summary tuples (id total paid refunded net status); `recon-statuso`/`neto`/
  `mismatcho` are miniKanren relations, so "which orders are overpaid?",
  "settled to net N?" are backward `run*` queries. Helpers: overpaid/underpaid/
  settled/unpaid-orders, mismatched-orders, orders-with-net, ledger-discrepancy.
  Tests cover double-charge guard (two refs → :overpaid), partial refund (net <
  total → :underpaid), webhook replay (same ref twice → single :paid, :ok). 20/20.
  `federation.sx` (out-of-scope stub): a federated catalog is the UNION of each
  instance's product facts, so the SAME relations query cross-instance —
  `fed-producto`/`fed-priceo`, `instances-with-sku`, `sku-offers`, deterministic
  `cheapest-offer`. In-process mock, no real network/ActivityPub. 12/12.
  Total 185/185 across 11 suites.
- 2026-06-07 — `order.sx` (**Phase 3 complete**, checkboxes 1-2): order lifecycle
  as a flow-on-sx flow `(lambda (oid) (begin (request 'reserve oid) (request
  'payment oid) (request 'fulfil oid)))` — pure orchestration carrying only the
  order-id; the SX driver services each request by appending to the persist
  ledger. `order-begin!` creates+reserves and leaves the flow SUSPENDED at
  payment; `order-settle!` (the webhook) resumes → fulfils, and is idempotent
  (only acts while waiting on payment, so a replayed webhook → :already-settled).
  `order-flow-restart!` simulates a process restart entirely Scheme-side
  (export→reset→reload→import) and the suspended order resumes correctly
  afterwards with the persist ledger intact. Composes all three substrates
  (minikanren pricing → flow lifecycle → persist ledger). order suite 21/21;
  total 153/153. Gotchas: flow ids start at 1; never return flow-make-env across
  the eval boundary (serializer hangs on the cyclic env); guest Scheme rejects
  `:ok` keyword as a value — use `#t`. Flow env build ~150s CPU; order suite runs
  single-process with timeout 560.
- 2026-06-07 — `ledger.sx` (Phase 3 piece, checkbox 3): order ledger as a
  persist event stream "order/<id>". Status/total/paid/recon are projections
  (folds) over events — ledger is the single source of truth. `order-pay`/
  `order-refund` are idempotent via `persist/append-once` keyed on the payment
  ref, so a replayed SumUp webhook records once (no double-charge). `order-recon-of`
  classifies :unpaid/:ok/:underpaid/:overpaid on net (paid−refunded) vs total;
  `ledger-mismatches` finds genuine paid≠ordered across all streams. Verified
  minikanren+scheme/flow+persist all coexist in one sx_server process. ledger
  suite 20/20; total 132/132. Next: order flow (reserve→pay→fulfil) as a Scheme
  flow-on-sx flow with webhook resume (checkboxes 1-2) — needs SX↔Scheme quote
  marshalling.
- 2026-06-07 — `quote.sx` (pricing capstone, bridges Phase 2→3): `cart-quote`
  composes price+promo+stacking into the deterministic priced quote
  `{:subtotal :discount :tax :total :codes}` with `total = subtotal - discount
  + tax`. Explicit tax policy: tax on GROSS per-line amounts (discount reduces
  payable, not tax base) — documented for the determinism contract. This quote
  is the value the Phase-3 order flow will carry. quote suite 13/13; total
  112/112.
- 2026-06-07 — `stack.sx` (**Phase 2 complete**): stacking precedence as a
  separate selection layer (precedence NOT in the rules, per the miniKanren
  design rule). Exclusivity = unordered code pairs; `valid-stackings` enumerates
  every legal subset of applicable promos (powerset ∖ excluded combos);
  `best-stacking` is the deterministic max-total-discount selection (stable on
  ties). `stacking-by-totalo` is the best-price backward query ("which legal
  stacking yields total D?"). Member vs guest falls out of applicable-promos.
  stack suite 16/16; total 99/99.
- 2026-06-07 — `promo.sx` (Phase 2 piece 1): four promo types as tagged tuples
  `(:percent code class bps)`/`(:fixed code threshold amount)`/`(:bundle code sku
  n)`/`(:member code class bps)`. Per-promo discount is pure integer arithmetic;
  `promo-discounto`/`promo-applieso` enumerate (code, amount) relationally —
  forward ("which apply?") and backward ("which code yields 2000?" → run* over
  applieso). `applicable-promos`/`promo-amount-for` deterministic helpers. promo
  amounts via `project` to ground the membero-bound promo. promo suite 17/17;
  total 83/83. Next: stacking precedence + best-price (stack.sx).
- 2026-06-06 — `api.sx` (**Phase 1 complete**): session facade
  `{:ctx :cart}` with `commerce-add`/`-remove`/`-set-qty`/`-total`/`-count`/
  `-lines`, `commerce-can-add?` catalog validation, `commerce-explain` per-line
  audit breakdown ({:sku :variant :qty :unit :extended :tax}), and a
  `commerce-checkout` Phase-3 stub. api suite 12/12; total 66/66.
- 2026-06-06 — `price.sx`: deterministic `cart-subtotal` (Σ unit×qty, variant
  delta defaults 0) + jurisdiction-relational tax. `taxo` facts indexed by
  (jurisdiction, product-class, customer-class)→bps, queried multidirectionally;
  `apply-bps` rounds half-up with integer arithmetic only. `cart-total` returns
  `{:subtotal :discounts :tax :total}` (discounts 0 until Phase 2), reproducible
  from (context, cart). `=` does structural dict equality (order-independent), so
  total dicts compare directly. price suite 20/20; total 54/54.
- 2026-06-06 — `cart.sx`: cart as an ordered list of (sku variant qty) lines.
  Pure ops `cart-add` (merges same line / appends), `cart-set-qty` (0 removes),
  `cart-remove`, plus `cart-qty`/`cart-count`/`cart-skus`/`cart-empty?`.
  `cart-lineo` is the relational view (membero over the cart) — forward and
  backward. cart suite 18/18; total 34/34.
- 2026-06-06 — `catalog.sx`: catalog snapshot (products/variants/stock as fact
  tuples) + multidirectional accessor relations (`producto`/`varianto`/`stocko`,
  derived `priceo`/`classo`/`unit-priceo`) + deterministic `catalog-price`/
  `-class`/`-has?` helpers. `conformance.sh` harness + scoreboard. catalog suite
  16/16. Gotcha: minikanren `run-n` macro binds `s` internally — query vars must
  avoid `s`; tests compare reified results with `=` (not `equal?`, which fails on
  reified lists). Money = integer minor units throughout.

## Phase 3 flow-integration notes (for the next iteration)

Order flow = checkboxes 1-2 (reserve→pay→fulfil as a flow-on-sx flow + webhook
resume). Design is settled; the remaining work is mechanical but slow to iterate.

- **flow is the Scheme-on-SX guest layer**, not the SX/minikanren host. Load
  order: `lib/guest/{lex,reflective/env,reflective/quoting}` + `lib/scheme/{parser,
  eval,runtime}` + `lib/flow/{spec,store,remote,host,api}`. Confirmed it coexists
  with the minikanren + persist stacks in one sx_server process.
- **Driver API (SX side):** `(flow-make-env)` builds the env once; `(flow-run-in
  env "<scheme-src>")` evaluates a Scheme program string. Flows/driving are all
  Scheme: `(flow/start flow input)`, `(flow/resume id val)`, `(flow/pending)`,
  `(flow/status id)`, `(flow/result id)`. Host ABI (host.sx): `(request kind
  payload)` suspends with a typed envelope; `(flow-host-requests)` lists pending.
- **Settled design:** the Scheme flow carries ONLY the order-id (a string) and is
  pure orchestration: `(defflow ordf (lambda (oid) (begin (request 'reserve oid)
  (request 'payment oid) (request 'fulfil oid))))`. All IO/ledger work stays in
  SX — the SX driver services each request by appending to the persist ledger
  (ledger.sx) and resuming with a marker. Payment stays suspended until the
  webhook calls flow/resume. Marshalling is trivial (just strings).
- **GOTCHA (cost me a turn):** `flow-make-env` returns a large/likely-cyclic env
  object; returning it from `(eval "...")` makes the harness serializer hang (got
  exit 0 with NO epoch-2 output). NEVER return the env — wrap as `(begin (define
  env (flow-make-env)) :ok)`. Structure the flow suite like `lib/flow/conformance.sh`:
  load once, build env once, run all assertions in ONE process returning small
  count values. Budget a long timeout (flow's own suite uses 540s); env build is
  ~150s CPU and balloons under sibling-agent CPU contention.

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