Accept messy idea dumps for feedback ranking

server.js

@@ -428,18 +428,40 @@ function hits(text, words) {
   return words.reduce((count, word) => count + (lower.includes(word) ? 1 : 0), 0);
 }
 
-function parseOptionsFromText(value) {
+function parseOptionsFromText(value, sourceSection = 'optionsText') {
   const text = cleanMultiline(value, 12000);
-  const lines = text.split('\n').map(line => line.replace(/^\s*[-*•\d.)]+\s*/, '').trim()).filter(Boolean);
-  const optionLines = lines.length >= 2 ? lines : text.split(/[;|]/).map(part => part.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+  const candidateText = /\b(maybe|possibly|options?|features?|ideas?|next moves?|functionality|backlog)\b[:\s]/i.test(text)
+    ? text.replace(/^[\s\S]*?\b(maybe|possibly|options?|features?|ideas?|next moves?|functionality|backlog)\b[:\s]*/i, '')
+    : text;
+  const cleanedLines = candidateText.split('\n').map(line => line.replace(/^\s*[-*•\d.)]+\s*/, '').trim()).filter(Boolean);
+  const sentenceList = candidateText
+    .replace(/\b(maybe|possibly|options?|features?|ideas?|next moves?|functionality|backlog)\s*:/gi, '\n')
+    .split(/\n|;|\|/)
+    .map(part => part.replace(/^\s*[-*•\d.)]+\s*/, '').trim())
+    .filter(Boolean);
+  const commaList = sentenceList.length === 1
+    ? sentenceList[0].split(/,|\s+and\s+|[.!?]\s+/i).map(part => part.trim()).filter(Boolean)
+    : [];
+  const optionLines = cleanedLines.length >= 2
+    ? cleanedLines
+    : sentenceList.length >= 2
+      ? sentenceList
+      : commaList.length >= 2
+        ? commaList
+        : candidateText.split(/[;|]/).map(part => part.trim()).filter(Boolean);
   return optionLines.slice(0, 24).map((line, index) => {
-    const [rawTitle, ...rest] = line.split(/\s*[-–—:]\s+/);
+    const normalized = line
+      .replace(/^\s*(maybe|possibly|also|plus|and|or|then|later|eventually|build|add|include|some kind of|kind of)\b\s*/i, '')
+      .replace(/\?+$/, '')
+      .trim();
+    const [rawTitle, ...rest] = normalized.split(/\s*[-–—:]\s+/);
     return {
       id: `option-${index + 1}`,
-      title: cleanText(rawTitle || line, 140),
+      title: cleanText(rawTitle || normalized || line, 140),
       description: cleanText(rest.join(' — '), 420),
+      provenance: { sourceSection },
     };
-  }).filter(item => item.title);
+  }).filter(item => item.title && !/^(i('| a)?m|i am|we are|i only|want|need)\b/i.test(item.title));
 }
 
 function objectFrom(value) {
@@ -458,7 +480,7 @@ function cleanProvenance(input = {}) {
     artifactId: cleanText(input.artifactId || input.sourceArtifactId || input.referenceCode || input.reference_code || artifact.id || source.artifactId || conceptMap.artifactId || conceptMap.id || conceptMap.referenceCode || conceptMap.reference_code || snapshot.artifactId || snapshot.id || '', 120),
     snapshotTitle: cleanText(input.snapshotTitle || input.working_name || input.workingName || artifact.snapshotTitle || snapshot.title || snapshot.name || conceptMap.snapshotTitle || conceptMap.working_name || conceptMap.workingName || input.ideaTitle || '', 160),
     conceptMapId: cleanText(input.conceptMapId || artifact.conceptMapId || conceptMap.id || conceptMap.artifactId || input.referenceCode || input.reference_code || conceptMap.referenceCode || conceptMap.reference_code || '', 120),
-    originalPrompt: cleanMultiline(input.originalPrompt || input.initialPrompt || input.ideaText || input.prompt || artifact.originalPrompt || source.originalPrompt || snapshot.originalPrompt || snapshot.prompt || conceptMap.originalPrompt || conceptMap.ideaText || '', 1200),
+    originalPrompt: cleanMultiline(input.originalPrompt || input.initialPrompt || input.ideaText || input.prompt || artifact.originalPrompt || source.originalPrompt || snapshot.originalPrompt || snapshot.prompt || conceptMap.originalPrompt || conceptMap.ideaText || input.idea || '', 1200),
   };
 }
 
@@ -560,7 +582,11 @@ function nonGoalConflicts(optionText, decisionContext = {}) {
   const lower = String(optionText || '').toLowerCase();
   return (decisionContext.nonGoals || []).filter(nonGoal => {
     const tokens = meaningfulTokens(nonGoal);
-    return tokens.length > 0 && tokens.some(token => lower.includes(token));
+    return tokens.length > 0 && tokens.some(token => {
+      if (lower.includes(token)) return true;
+      const singular = token.endsWith('ies') ? `${token.slice(0, -3)}y` : token.replace(/(?:es|s)$/, '');
+      return singular.length >= 4 && lower.includes(singular);
+    });
   });
 }
 
@@ -704,7 +730,15 @@ function optionsFromBody(body = {}) {
   if (Array.isArray(body.options)) {
     return normalizeOptionIds(body.options.slice(0, 24).map((item, index) => normalizeFeatureOption(item, index, 'option', 'options')).filter(item => item.title));
   }
-  return normalizeOptionIds(parseOptionsFromText(body.optionsText || featureSet.optionsText || conceptMap.optionsText || ''));
+  const fallbackText = body.optionsText || featureSet.optionsText || conceptMap.optionsText || body.idea || body.ideaText || '';
+  const fallbackSourceSection = body.optionsText || featureSet.optionsText || conceptMap.optionsText
+    ? 'optionsText'
+    : body.idea
+      ? 'idea'
+      : body.ideaText
+        ? 'ideaText'
+        : 'optionsText';
+  return normalizeOptionIds(parseOptionsFromText(fallbackText, fallbackSourceSection));
 }
 
 function scoreOption(option, mode, context = '', decisionContext = {}) {