Support item template route metadata

categories/sexual_poses.json

@@ -954,7 +954,11 @@
           "expression_pools": ["hardcore_penetration_expressions"],
           "composition_pools": ["penetration_compositions"],
           "item_templates": [
-            "{penetration_act} in {position}, with {body_contact}, {intensity}, and {visibility}",
+            {
+              "template": "{penetration_act} in {position}, with {body_contact}, {intensity}, and {visibility}",
+              "action_family": "penetration",
+              "position_family": "penetrative"
+            },
             "{position} while {penetration_act}, {hand_detail}, {mouth_detail}, and {visibility}",
             "{penetration_act} from {angle}, with {leg_detail}, {body_contact}, and {intensity}",
             "hardcore {position} featuring {penetration_act}, {thrust_detail}, {hand_detail}, and {visibility}",
@@ -1123,7 +1127,11 @@
           "expression_pools": ["hardcore_oral_expressions"],
           "composition_pools": ["oral_compositions"],
           "item_templates": [
-            "{oral_act} in {position}, with {hand_detail}, {expression_detail}, and {visibility}",
+            {
+              "template": "{oral_act} in {position}, with {hand_detail}, {expression_detail}, and {visibility}",
+              "action_family": "oral",
+              "position_family": "oral"
+            },
             "{position} featuring {oral_act}, {body_contact}, {saliva_detail}, and {climax_hint}",
             "{oral_act} from {angle}, with {mouth_detail}, {hand_detail}, and {visibility}",
             "hardcore oral scene with {oral_act}, {body_contact}, {saliva_detail}, and {expression_detail}",
@@ -1271,7 +1279,11 @@
             {"text": "close candid creator-shot frame centered on non-penetrative genital contact", "min_people": 2, "max_people": 3}
           ],
           "item_templates": [
-            "{outer_act} in {position}, with {contact_detail}, {hand_detail}, and {visibility}",
+            {
+              "template": "{outer_act} in {position}, with {contact_detail}, {hand_detail}, and {visibility}",
+              "action_family": "outercourse",
+              "position_family": "outercourse"
+            },
             "{position} featuring {outer_act}, {body_contact}, {texture_detail}, seen from a {angle} view",
             "{angle} view of {outer_act}, with {visibility}, {contact_detail}, and {expression_detail}",
             "explicit non-penetrative sex pose: {outer_act}, {position}, {contact_detail}, and {visibility}",
@@ -1986,7 +1998,11 @@
           "expression_pools": ["hardcore_climax_expressions"],
           "composition_pools": ["climax_compositions"],
           "item_templates": [
-            "{climax_act} with {fluid_location}, {body_position}, {expression_detail}, and {visibility}",
+            {
+              "template": "{climax_act} with {fluid_location}, {body_position}, {expression_detail}, and {visibility}",
+              "action_family": "climax",
+              "position_family": "climax"
+            },
             "{body_position} during {climax_act}, with {hand_detail}, {fluid_location}, and {fluid_detail}",
             "{angle} aftermath view with {body_position}, {body_contact}, and {visibility}",
             "hardcore post-ejaculation scene with {fluid_location}, {body_position}, {expression_detail}, and {visibility}",

docs/prompt-architecture-improvement-plan.md

@@ -332,14 +332,17 @@ Keep here:
 - named scene/expression/composition pools;
 - item templates and axes;
 - direct category-specific wording.
+- optional object-style item templates with route metadata such as
+  `action_family`, `action_type`, `position_family`, `family`, `position_key`,
+  and `position_keys`; string templates remain valid and fall back to Python
+  inference.
 
 Improve later:
 
-- introduce optional `family` and `action_type` fields on item templates so
-  Python filters do less keyword guessing;
 - add `formatter_hint` fields only where needed, not globally;
 - keep `tools/prompt_map_audit.py` passing; it now checks referenced
-  expression/composition/scene pools and item-template axes.
+  expression/composition/scene pools and item-template axes for both string and
+  object templates.
 
 ### Node / UI Path
 

docs/prompt-pool-routing-map.md

@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ Important JSON keys:
 - `subcategories`: selectable subcategories inside a category.
 - `items`: item/action entries selected by the content or pose axis.
 - `item_templates`: templates with axis placeholders.
+- `item_templates` entries may be strings or objects with `template` plus
+  optional route metadata such as `action_family`, `action_type`,
+  `position_family`, `family`, `position_key`, and `position_keys`.
 - `axes`: values used to fill `item_templates`.
 - `scene_pool` / `scene_pools` or direct `scenes`: location road.
 - `expression_pool` / `expression_pools` or direct `expressions`: expression road.
@@ -444,9 +447,10 @@ plain prompt text. When debugging, inspect these fields before editing pools.
 | `content_seed_axis` | `_build_custom_row` | Debug | Shows whether the item/action was driven by `content` or `pose`. Critical for hardcore pose categories. |
 | `item` | `_compose_item` or Insta override | Krea/SDXL/Naturalizer | Clothing item, category item, or sexual scene/action text. |
 | `item_axis_values` | `_compose_item` | Krea hardcore rewrite, SDXL tags | Filled template axes such as position/action/detail values. |
-| `action_family` | `hardcore_action_metadata.source_hardcore_action_family` | Krea hardcore rewrite, SDXL tags, natural captions, debug | Source-aware formatter semantic family such as `foreplay`, `outercourse`, `oral`, `penetration`, `toy_double`, or `climax`. |
-| `position_family` | `_hardcore_source_position_family` | Debug/filtering | Source/UI hardcore family selected by subcategory, such as `manual`, `interaction`, `oral`, `anal`, or `climax`. |
-| `position_key`, `position_keys` | `_hardcore_position_keys` | Debug/future filters | Concrete position tokens inferred from axes and role text, such as `kneeling`, `doggy`, `boobjob`, or `open_thighs`. |
+| `item_template_metadata` | `_compose_item` | Debug, Krea/SDXL/Naturalizer route metadata | Optional metadata from object-style item templates; currently used to prefer explicit action/position families and keys before inference. |
+| `action_family` | `item_template_metadata` or `hardcore_action_metadata.source_hardcore_action_family` | Krea hardcore rewrite, SDXL tags, natural captions, debug | Source-aware formatter semantic family such as `foreplay`, `outercourse`, `oral`, `penetration`, `toy_double`, or `climax`. |
+| `position_family` | `item_template_metadata` or `_hardcore_source_position_family` | Debug/filtering | Source/UI hardcore family selected by template metadata or subcategory, such as `manual`, `interaction`, `oral`, `anal`, or `climax`. |
+| `position_key`, `position_keys` | `item_template_metadata` plus `_hardcore_position_keys` | Debug/future filters | Concrete position tokens from object-template metadata and inferred axes/role text, such as `kneeling`, `doggy`, `boobjob`, or `open_thighs`. |
 | `custom_item`, `item_label` | Category/pair route | Formatters and debug | Label/name for item route. |
 | `role_graph` | `_role_graph`, POV adapter | Krea/Naturalizer | Choreography/action relationship text after POV adaptation. |
 | `source_role_graph` | `_role_graph` before POV rewrite | Krea hardcore rewrite | Raw action graph used to infer position and contact. |

prompt_builder.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ try:
         sanitize_hardcore_axis_values as _sanitize_hardcore_axis_values,
         sanitize_hardcore_environment_anchors as _sanitize_hardcore_environment_anchors,
     )
-    from .hardcore_action_metadata import source_hardcore_action_family
+    from .hardcore_action_metadata import normalize_hardcore_action_family, source_hardcore_action_family
     from .hardcore_role_graphs import build_hardcore_role_graph
 except ImportError:  # Allows local smoke tests with `python -c`.
     from category_library import (
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ except ImportError:  # Allows local smoke tests with `python -c`.
         sanitize_hardcore_axis_values as _sanitize_hardcore_axis_values,
         sanitize_hardcore_environment_anchors as _sanitize_hardcore_environment_anchors,
     )
-    from hardcore_action_metadata import source_hardcore_action_family
+    from hardcore_action_metadata import normalize_hardcore_action_family, source_hardcore_action_family
     from hardcore_role_graphs import build_hardcore_role_graph
 
 
@@ -300,6 +300,53 @@ def _item_name(item: Any) -> str:
     return _item_text(item)
 
 
+def _template_metadata(item: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    if not isinstance(item, dict):
+        return {}
+    metadata: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    for key in (
+        "action_family",
+        "action_type",
+        "family",
+        "position_family",
+        "position_key",
+        "position_keys",
+        "formatter_hint",
+    ):
+        if key in item:
+            metadata[key] = item[key]
+    return metadata
+
+
+def _template_position_family(metadata: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    return _normalize_hardcore_position_family(
+        metadata.get("position_family") or metadata.get("family"),
+        "",
+    )
+
+
+def _template_position_keys(metadata: dict[str, Any]) -> list[str]:
+    keys: list[Any] = []
+    if metadata.get("position_keys") is not None:
+        raw_keys = metadata.get("position_keys")
+        keys.extend(raw_keys if isinstance(raw_keys, list) else [raw_keys])
+    if metadata.get("position_key") is not None:
+        keys.append(metadata.get("position_key"))
+    return _normalize_hardcore_position_values(keys)
+
+
+def _template_action_family(metadata: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    return normalize_hardcore_action_family(metadata.get("action_family") or metadata.get("action_type"), "")
+
+
+def _merge_position_keys(primary: list[str], fallback: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    merged: list[str] = []
+    for key in [*primary, *fallback]:
+        if key and key not in merged:
+            merged.append(key)
+    return merged
+
+
 def _oral_acts_for_position(values: list[Any], position: str) -> list[Any]:
     position_text = str(position or "").lower()
     if not position_text:
@@ -503,11 +550,12 @@ def _compose_item(
     item: Any,
     women_count: int = 1,
     men_count: int = 1,
-) -> tuple[str, str, dict[str, str]]:
+) -> tuple[str, str, dict[str, str], dict[str, Any]]:
     templates = _template_list(category, subcategory, item, "item_templates")
     axes = _merged_axes(category, subcategory, item)
     if templates and axes:
-        template = _entry_text(_weighted_choice(rng, _compatible_entries(templates, women_count, men_count)))
+        template_entry = _weighted_choice(rng, _compatible_entries(templates, women_count, men_count))
+        template = _entry_text(template_entry)
         fields = [key for _, key, _, _ in Formatter().parse(template) if key]
         unique_fields = list(dict.fromkeys(fields))
         axis_values: dict[str, str] = {}
@@ -535,8 +583,8 @@ def _compose_item(
             axis_values[name] = _entry_text(_weighted_choice(rng, values))
         item_text = _format(template, axis_values).strip()
         item_name = _item_name(item) or subcategory["name"]
-        return item_text, item_name, axis_values
-    return _item_text(item), _item_name(item), {}
+        return item_text, item_name, axis_values, _template_metadata(template_entry)
+    return _item_text(item), _item_name(item), {}, _template_metadata(item)
 
 
 def _choose_text(rng: random.Random, items: list[Any]) -> str:
@@ -3722,7 +3770,14 @@ def _build_custom_row(
     content_rng = _axis_rng(seed_config, content_axis, seed, row_number)
     items = _list_from(subcategory.get("items", [subcategory["name"]]))
     item = _weighted_choice(content_rng, items)
-    item_text, item_name, item_axis_values = _compose_item(content_rng, category, subcategory, item, women_count, men_count)
+    item_text, item_name, item_axis_values, item_template_metadata = _compose_item(
+        content_rng,
+        category,
+        subcategory,
+        item,
+        women_count,
+        men_count,
+    )
     is_pose_category = _is_pose_content_category(category, subcategory)
     if is_pose_category:
         item_text = _sanitize_hardcore_environment_anchors(item_text)
@@ -3868,15 +3923,22 @@ def _build_custom_row(
     position_key = ""
     action_family = ""
     if is_pose_category:
-        position_family = _hardcore_source_position_family(subcategory, parsed_hardcore_position_config)
-        position_keys = _hardcore_position_keys(
+        template_position_family = _template_position_family(item_template_metadata)
+        position_family = template_position_family or _hardcore_source_position_family(
+            subcategory,
+            parsed_hardcore_position_config,
+        )
+        inferred_position_keys = _hardcore_position_keys(
             item_text,
             source_role_graph,
             source_composition,
             pose,
             axis_values=item_axis_values,
         )
+        position_keys = _merge_position_keys(_template_position_keys(item_template_metadata), inferred_position_keys)
         position_key = position_keys[0] if position_keys else ""
+        action_family = _template_action_family(item_template_metadata)
+        if not action_family:
             action_family = source_hardcore_action_family(
                 position_family,
                 source_role_graph,
@@ -3991,6 +4053,7 @@ def _build_custom_row(
             "positive_suffix": positive_suffix,
             "custom_item": item_name,
             "item_axis_values": item_axis_values,
+            "item_template_metadata": item_template_metadata,
             "scene_text": scene,
             "location_config": parsed_location_config if _location_config_active(parsed_location_config) else {},
             "pose": pose,

tools/prompt_map_audit.py

@@ -177,15 +177,29 @@ def _template_axis_errors(path: str, node: dict[str, Any]) -> list[tuple[str, st
     axis_names = set(axes) if isinstance(axes, dict) else set()
     errors: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
     for index, template in enumerate(templates):
-        if not isinstance(template, str):
-            errors.append((f"{path}.item_templates[{index}]", "template is not a string"))
+        template_path = f"{path}.item_templates[{index}]"
+        if isinstance(template, dict):
+            template_text = str(
+                template.get("template")
+                or template.get("prompt")
+                or template.get("text")
+                or template.get("description")
+                or template.get("name")
+                or ""
+            ).strip()
+        elif isinstance(template, str):
+            template_text = template
+        else:
+            template_text = ""
+        if not template_text:
+            errors.append((template_path, "template must be a string or object with template/text"))
             continue
-        tokens = set(TEMPLATE_TOKEN_RE.findall(template))
+        tokens = set(TEMPLATE_TOKEN_RE.findall(template_text))
         missing = sorted(token for token in tokens if token not in axis_names)
         if missing:
             errors.append(
                 (
-                    f"{path}.item_templates[{index}]",
+                    template_path,
                     "missing item_axes for placeholders: " + ", ".join(missing),
                 )
             )

tools/prompt_smoke.py

@@ -1183,6 +1183,35 @@ def smoke_hardcore_position_config_policy() -> None:
     _expect(keys == ["doggy"], "Hardcore position key detection changed")
     source_family = hardcore_position_config.hardcore_source_position_family({"slug": "manual_stimulation"}, filtered)
     _expect(source_family == "manual", "Hardcore source family lookup changed")
+    item_text, item_name, axis_values, template_metadata = pb._compose_item(
+        random.Random(42),
+        {},
+        {
+            "name": "Template metadata route",
+            "item_templates": [
+                {
+                    "template": "{act} in {position}",
+                    "action_family": "oral",
+                    "position_family": "oral",
+                    "position_keys": ["kneeling", "open_thighs"],
+                }
+            ],
+            "item_axes": {
+                "act": ["mouth contact"],
+                "position": ["kneeling oral position"],
+            },
+        },
+        "Template metadata route",
+        women_count=1,
+        men_count=1,
+    )
+    _expect(item_text == "mouth contact in kneeling oral position", "Template metadata route changed composed item text")
+    _expect(item_name == "Template metadata route", "Template metadata route changed item name")
+    _expect(axis_values == {"act": "mouth contact", "position": "kneeling oral position"}, "Template metadata route lost axis values")
+    _expect(template_metadata.get("action_family") == "oral", "Template metadata route lost action family")
+    _expect(pb._template_position_family(template_metadata) == "oral", "Template metadata route lost position family")
+    _expect(pb._template_position_keys(template_metadata) == ["kneeling", "open_thighs"], "Template metadata route lost position keys")
+    _expect(pb._template_action_family(template_metadata) == "oral", "Template metadata route lost normalized action family")
 
 
 def smoke_category_library_route() -> None:
@@ -1266,6 +1295,26 @@ def smoke_hardcore_category_routes() -> None:
         _expect(sdxl_tag in (sdxl.get("sdxl_prompt") or "").lower(), f"{name} SDXL prompt did not include family tag {sdxl_tag!r}")
         caption, _method = caption_naturalizer.naturalize_caption("", metadata_json=_json(row), trigger=Trigger, include_trigger=True)
         _expect(caption_label in caption.lower(), f"{name} caption did not include family label {caption_label!r}")
+    annotated_row = None
+    for seed in range(1801, 1841):
+        row = _prompt_row(
+            name="hardcore_annotated_template",
+            category="Hardcore sexual poses",
+            subcategory="Oral sex",
+            seed=seed,
+            character_cast=cast,
+            women_count=1,
+            men_count=1,
+            hardcore_position_config=_action_filter("oral_only"),
+        )
+        if row.get("item_template_metadata"):
+            annotated_row = row
+            break
+    _expect(annotated_row is not None, "No annotated item template reached generated row in deterministic seed window")
+    if annotated_row is not None:
+        _expect(annotated_row.get("action_family") == "oral", "Annotated item template action_family did not reach row")
+        _expect(annotated_row.get("position_family") == "oral", "Annotated item template position_family did not reach row")
+        _expect(annotated_row.get("item_template_metadata", {}).get("action_family") == "oral", "Annotated item metadata missing in row")
 
 
 def smoke_krea_close_foreplay_route() -> None: