fix: keep Smart Route starters on v1

Author: ashokgelal

README.md

@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ Model catalog data as JSON files, refreshed on a schedule.
 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudstack-llc/model-catalog/main/v1/prices.json
 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudstack-llc/model-catalog/main/v1/ollama-models.json
 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudstack-llc/model-catalog/main/v1/featured-models.json
-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudstack-llc/model-catalog/main/v2/smart-route-starters.json
+https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudstack-llc/model-catalog/main/v1/smart-route-starters.json
 ```
 
 | File | Contents | Source | Cadence |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `v1/prices.json` | Token pricing for hosted models | [models.dev](https://models.dev) | 6 hours |
 | `v1/ollama-models.json` | The Ollama library: models, tags, sizes, context windows | [ollama.com](https://ollama.com/library) | 12 hours |
 | `v1/featured-models.json` | Curated local models worth downloading, grouped into collections | Curated; resolved against Ollama and Hugging Face | On change |
-| `v2/smart-route-starters.json` | Model-neutral Smart Route starters, grouped by use | Curated | On change |
+| `v1/smart-route-starters.json` | Model-neutral Smart Route starters, grouped by use | Curated | On change |
 
 # Token pricing
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ No dependencies.
 
 # Smart Route starters
 
-`v2/smart-route-starters.json` gives Msty Nexus a model-neutral starting point
+`v1/smart-route-starters.json` gives Msty Nexus a model-neutral starting point
 for common routing jobs. A starter contains the route name, classifier lanes,
 target guidance, and the endpoint families it expects. It never contains a
 model or pool ID. Nexus asks the person adding it to choose those targets.
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ never changed by a catalog update.
 Displayed copy describes each starter and lane directly. Lane descriptions are
 capped at 512 bytes because that is the classifier input limit.
 
-`v1/smart-route-starters.json` remains published for Runtime versions that
-shipped with its original copy contract. New curation belongs in `v2`; do not
-rewrite v1 in place.
-
 ## Writing lane descriptions
 
 Arch-Router matches the latest request against every lane as a natural-language

scripts/smart-route-starters-verify.mjs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { validateSmartRouteStarters } from "./smart-route-starters.mjs";
 
 const repoRoot = resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
-const path = resolve(repoRoot, process.argv[2] ?? "v2/smart-route-starters.json");
+const path = resolve(repoRoot, process.argv[2] ?? "v1/smart-route-starters.json");
 const text = await readFile(path, "utf8");
 const artifact = JSON.parse(text);
 const problems = validateSmartRouteStarters(artifact);

scripts/smart-route-starters.mjs

@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ export function validateSmartRouteStarters(artifact) {
     new Set(["schema_version", "generated_at", "locale", "collections", "starters"]),
   )) return problems;
 
-  if (artifact.schema_version !== 1 && artifact.schema_version !== 2) {
-    problems.push("schema_version must be 1 or 2");
+  if (artifact.schema_version !== 1) {
+    problems.push("schema_version must be 1");
   }
-  const directCopy = artifact.schema_version === 2;
+  const directCopy = true;
   if (
     typeof artifact.generated_at !== "string" ||
     Number.isNaN(Date.parse(artifact.generated_at))

scripts/smart-route-starters.test.mjs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { validateSmartRouteStarters } from "./smart-route-starters.mjs";
 
 function artifact() {
   return {
-    schema_version: 2,
+    schema_version: 1,
     generated_at: "2026-08-23T00:00:00Z",
     locale: "en",
     collections: [
@@ -49,23 +49,11 @@ test("accepts a model-neutral starter catalog with direct copy", () => {
   assert.deepEqual(validateSmartRouteStarters(artifact()), []);
 });
 
-test("the committed starter catalogs are valid and model-neutral", async () => {
-  for (const version of ["v1", "v2"]) {
-    const committed = JSON.parse(
-      await readFile(
-        new URL(`../${version}/smart-route-starters.json`, import.meta.url),
-        "utf8",
-      ),
-    );
-    assert.deepEqual(validateSmartRouteStarters(committed), []);
-  }
-});
-
-test("keeps the v1 copy contract readable for existing runtimes", () => {
-  const input = artifact();
-  input.schema_version = 1;
-  input.starters[0].summary = "I want a route for daily work.";
-  assert.deepEqual(validateSmartRouteStarters(input), []);
+test("the committed starter catalog is valid and model-neutral", async () => {
+  const committed = JSON.parse(
+    await readFile(new URL("../v1/smart-route-starters.json", import.meta.url), "utf8"),
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(validateSmartRouteStarters(committed), []);
 });
 
 test("rejects model bindings and unsupported endpoints", () => {