fix(story-mode): the badge counts the card it sits on, opinions mid-step, a deviation is a note (review round 10)

From the fact-checker:
- "+37" sat on mathx.py's card, which has 11 of those lines; with
  several files the badge now counts the card in front (the Director's
  cut keeps every file's count).
- A second opinion asked in the middle of a step's calls read "after
  asking"; it now reads "along the way, asks a stronger AI model…".
- "Two places where I didn't follow your wording exactly" under
  "Mission complete!": not following your words is a note ("Done, with a
  note"), and the sentence counts as a word on what you asked.
- A test run that patched a file written a panel before said "Claude
  writes" it: whole files are written, patched ones changed ("Claude
  writes pyproject.toml and changes test_csvstat.py; …").

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

test/fixtures/story-corpus/compact-then-plan-mode.expected.json

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
         "kind": "plan",
         "ok": null,
         "story": "Claude writes a plan: 3 steps.",
-        "director": "EnterPlanMode · Write · plan file · 3 steps · after 1 second opinion",
+        "director": "EnterPlanMode · Write · plan file · 3 steps · 1 second opinion along the way",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
         "roundsOk": null,

test/fixtures/story-corpus/errors-push-append.expected.json

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         "kind": "run",
         "ok": null,
         "story": "Claude works in the terminal.",
-        "director": "Bash ×2 · python3 -c \"import calc_stats\" 2>&1 | tail -1; ls pytest.in… · after 1 second opinion",
+        "director": "Bash ×2 · python3 -c \"import calc_stats\" 2>&1 | tail -1; ls pytest.in… · 1 second opinion along the way",
         "balloon": null,
         "tests": null,
         "roundsOk": null,

test/fixtures/story-corpus/long-turn-prompt-added.expected.json

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     "helpers": 0,
     "helpersRunning": 0,
     "finishedLater": 0,
-    "openNote": false,
+    "openNote": "note",
     "asks": false,
     "panels": [
       {

test/fixtures/story-corpus/text-plan-dry-run-helper.expected.json

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       {
         "kind": "check",
         "ok": true,
-        "story": "Claude writes test_csvstat.py and pyproject.toml; the tests pass, then Claude starts a git repository and saves the work.",
+        "story": "Claude writes pyproject.toml and changes test_csvstat.py; the tests pass, then Claude starts a git repository and saves the work.",
         "director": "python3 -m pytest -q 2>&1 → ok ×2 · 17 passed · writes 2 files · 1 commit",
         "balloon": "Code and tests are committed.",
         "tests": {

test/story-corpus.test.ts

@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ describe('Story Mode on real sessions', () => {
 
   it('a commit at the end of a test one-liner is kept, and a background helper reports back in 9 s', () => {
     expect(panel('text-plan-dry-run-helper', 0, 'check')?.story).toBe(
-      'Claude writes test_csvstat.py and pyproject.toml; the tests pass, then Claude starts a git repository and saves the work.'
+      // test_csvstat.py was written a panel before and only patched here.
+      'Claude writes pyproject.toml and changes test_csvstat.py; the tests pass, then Claude starts a git repository and saves the work.'
     );
     expect(panel('text-plan-dry-run-helper', 0, 'plan')?.story).toBe('Claude writes a plan: 4 steps.');
     expect(pagesOf('text-plan-dry-run-helper')[1]).toMatchObject({ origin: 'task', durationMs: 9008 });
@@ -195,6 +196,12 @@ describe('Story Mode on real sessions', () => {
     expect(panel).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  it('an ending that says Claude did not follow your wording is a note, not a clean finish (round 10)', () => {
+    const [, exact] = pagesOf('long-turn-prompt-added');
+    expect(exact.openNote).toBe('note');
+    expect(exact.panels.at(-1)!.balloon).toMatch(/Steps 5, 10 and 15: I added a second -m/);
+  });
+
   it('a helper reporting back is heard in its own words, not only "finished" (round 9)', () => {
     const [, readme, extra] = pagesOf('background-helpers-reports');
     expect(readme.panels[0].balloon).toBe('"Helper A: write README.md" reports: README.md');

test/story-mode-ui.test.ts

@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ function storyOf(lines: unknown[]) {
   };
 }
 
+/** Every text a scene drew, in order (the fake context records `fillText`). */
+const drawnTexts: string[] = [];
+
 /** A 2D context that accepts every call; measureText answers a plausible width. */
 function fakeContext() {
   const target: Record<string, unknown> = {
     measureText: (text: string) => ({ width: String(text).length * 6 }),
+    fillText: (text: unknown) => void drawnTexts.push(String(text)),
   };
   return new Proxy(target, {
     get(t, key) {
@@ -886,6 +890,41 @@ describe('story-mode.js overlay', () => {
     expect(note.textContent).toBe('after asking a stronger AI model for a second opinion');
   });
 
+  it('a second opinion asked in the middle of a step says so, and the badge counts the card in front', async () => {
+    const advisor = {
+      type: 'assistant',
+      timestamp: '2026-10-18T09:41:20.000Z',
+      message: {
+        content: [
+          { type: 'server_tool_use', id: 'srv1', name: 'advisor', input: {} },
+          { type: 'advisor_tool_result', tool_use_id: 'srv1', content: { type: 'advisor_redacted_result' } },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+    boot(
+      storyOf([
+        prompt('fix it'),
+        ...edit('e1', '/work/demo-shop/a.py', ['+a = 1', '+b = 2']),
+        advisor,
+        ...edit('e2', '/work/demo-shop/b.py', ['+c = 3', '+d = 4', '+e = 5']),
+        end(1000),
+      ])
+    );
+    drawnTexts.length = 0;
+    app.openStoryMode(SID);
+    await settle();
+    expect($('.story-panel[data-kind="fix"] .story-cap-note')!.textContent).toBe(
+      'along the way, asks a stronger AI model for a second opinion'
+    );
+    // Two files: the badge counts a.py, the card in front (+2), not the panel's +5. (JSDOM lays out
+    // nothing, so the panel is given a size and drawn late in its animation, the badge showing.)
+    const rt = app._story.panels.find((p: { kind: string }) => p.kind === 'fix');
+    Object.assign(rt, { w: 600, h: 270, dpr: 1, bgKey: '', clock: 200 });
+    app._storyDrawPanel(rt);
+    expect(drawnTexts).toContain('+2');
+    expect(drawnTexts).not.toContain('+5');
+  });
+
   it('a second opinion that came back with an error says no answer came', async () => {
     const failed = {
       type: 'assistant',