Reviewable Multi-Plant Update Workflow

August 2, 2026

Added a worksheet-driven way to turn one day of renamed photos into several reviewed plant updates.

Tags: Abbey Root

Reviewable Multi-Plant Update Workflow

Summary

The photo intake workflow now continues beyond renaming. Abbey can group a day’s exported photos by plant, create a worksheet for human observations, and apply the completed updates across all affected plant workspaces.

Accomplishments

• Added abbey plant update-batch prepare and apply.
• Made missing photos a warning and skip rather than an empty plant update.
• Required an explicit current image for multi-photo observations.
• Automatically populated each history entry’s complete photo list.
• Kept XMP sidecars in incoming and preserved the existing publishing boundary.
• Added full-batch validation, rollback protection, and focused regression coverage.

Lessons Learned

• Filenames can reliably provide structure, while narratives and current-image choices still benefit from a deliberate human review step.
• A missing observation is normal operational state, not an error requiring a placeholder record.

Next Steps

• Run the workflow against the real August 2 plant export and refine it from normal use before extending it toward automatic publishing.