Phase 5: Progressive Escalation - Observability & Reporting

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Phase 5: Observability & Reporting (Week 5)

Epic: Progressive Tier Escalation System (v4.1.0)
Dependencies: Phase 4 issue

Overview

Implement comprehensive reporting, result storage, and CLI commands for viewing progression history.

Tasks

• Implement progression report generation (basic structure complete)
• Create result storage system (JSON files)
• Add CLI commands to view reports
• Implement retention policy (auto-delete old results)
• Create analytics for cost optimization

Reporting Features

• Progression Report: Beautiful ASCII report with cost breakdown
• Tier-by-Tier Stats: CQS, success rate, cost, duration per tier
• Cost Analysis: Savings vs all-Premium baseline
• Storage: JSON files in .empathy/progressive_runs/

CLI Commands

# List saved reports
empathy report list

# View specific report
empathy report show test-gen-20260117-143022

# Analyze cost trends
empathy report analyze --last 30-days

# Clean up old reports
empathy report cleanup --older-than 30-days

Deliverables

• Report generation working (partially complete)
• Result storage implemented
• CLI report commands
• Retention policy (30 days default)
• Analytics dashboard (optional)

Acceptance Criteria

• Reports are human-readable and informative
• Results saved to disk after each run
• CLI commands work correctly
• Old results auto-deleted after retention period
• Cost trends visible over time

Related

• Implementation Plan: .claude/plans/progressive-tier-escalation-plan.md

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Status: Partial implementation (reports.py created)