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Rocky Raccoon Plant Publication

Rocky Raccoon became the first plant onboarded through the new Abbey plant workflow.

Tags: Abbey Root • Orchid Rescue • Plant Toolkit

Rocky Raccoon Plant Publication

Summary

Rocky Raccoon was sitting on the Lowe’s clearance rack looking like he’d had a rough week.

He also became exactly the real-world test the new plant onboarding command needed.

The first run exposed two things the original regression fixtures had missed: the command copied the photograph but not its XMP sidecar, and validation was satisfied by files that still contained untouched template instructions. Both issues were fixed before Rocky’s workspace was recreated.

Accomplishments

Lessons Learned

The best test of an onboarding workflow is onboarding something real.

Rocky’s first run showed that “the files exist” is not the same as “the content is finished,” and that preserving a photograph includes preserving the metadata beside it.

The remaining unknown species is not missing work. It is an honest record of what the tag did not say.

Next Steps