Define one boundary rule for Regulars a Side quest's reason names

The reason check split on white space and trimmed punctuation before
looking a phrase up, so a stored name ending in punctuation could be
trimmed into a different Regular (MQ-100-4) and a name joined to the
next word by punctuation was never seen (MQ-100-5).

A mention of a Regular is now where the reason spells its name, ignoring
case and spacing, with the name's own outer punctuation optional and no
letter or digit just outside it. A mention names its Regular unless a
different Regular's mention covers the same text or more, which keeps a
mention of "Easy Beef Chili" from naming "Beef Chili" (MQ-100-3).
One table-driven test covers the whole matrix.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

internal/ai/skills/suggest_side_quests.go

@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ func (s suggestSideQuests) PostProcess(out SideQuests) (SideQuests, error) {
 		regulars.add(r.Name)
 		names = append(names, r.Name)
 	}
+	regulars.all = names
 	known := harness.NewDeduper(harness.DedupeSources{
 		Regulars: names,
 		QuestLog: s.in.Context.QuestLog,
@@ -245,6 +246,8 @@ type regularNames struct {
 	exact map[string][]string
 	// normalized is keyed by harness.Normalize of the name.
 	normalized map[string][]string
+	// all holds every Regular's name, in the household's order.
+	all []string
 }
 
 func exactName(name string) string { return strings.ToLower(oneLine(name)) }
@@ -309,25 +312,63 @@ func drop(q SideQuest, regulars regularNames, known *harness.Deduper, kept []Sid
 	return cited, ""
 }
 
-// named returns the Regulars text names, each found by find. Reading from
-// the left, the longest run of words find takes for one Regular, its outer
-// punctuation trimmed, is the Regular named there; a run naming several
-// Regulars names none. So "Your Easy Beef Chili." names "Easy Beef Chili"
-// and not "Beef Chili".
+// named returns the Regulars text names, by one rule. A mention of a
+// Regular is a place where text spells its name, ignoring case and spacing,
+// with the name's own outer punctuation optional ("Easy Beef Chili!" is
+// mentioned by "Easy Beef Chili." too) and no letter or digit just outside
+// it: the start or end of text, white space or punctuation must border it,
+// so "Beef Chili-inspired" and "Beef Chili's" mention "Beef Chili" while
+// "Beef Chilis" does not. A mention names its Regular unless a mention of a
+// different Regular covers the same text or more, so "Your Easy Beef
+// Chili." names "Easy Beef Chili" and not "Beef Chili", and text that two
+// Regulars spell alike names neither there.
 func (r regularNames) named(text string) []string {
-	words := strings.Fields(text)
-	var names []string
-	for i := 0; i < len(words); i++ {
-		for j := len(words); j > i; j-- {
-			run := strings.TrimFunc(strings.Join(words[i:j], " "), func(c rune) bool {
-				return !unicode.IsLetter(c) && !unicode.IsDigit(c)
-			})
-			if name, why := r.find(run); why == "" {
-				names = append(names, name)
-				i = j - 1
+	type mention struct {
+		name       string
+		start, end int
+	}
+	text = exactName(text)
+	var mentions []mention
+	for _, name := range r.all {
+		full := exactName(name)
+		core := strings.TrimFunc(full, isNotWord)
+		if core == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		lead := full[:len(full)-len(strings.TrimLeftFunc(full, isNotWord))]
+		trail := full[len(lead)+len(core):]
+		for at := 0; ; {
+			i := strings.Index(text[at:], core)
+			if i < 0 {
 				break
 			}
+			start, end := at+i, at+i+len(core)
+			at = start + 1
+			before, _ := utf8.DecodeLastRuneInString(text[:start])
+			after, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(text[end:])
+			if (start > 0 && !isNotWord(before)) || (end < len(text) && !isNotWord(after)) {
+				continue
+			}
+			if strings.HasSuffix(text[:start], lead) {
+				start -= len(lead)
+			}
+			if strings.HasPrefix(text[end:], trail) {
+				end += len(trail)
+			}
+			mentions = append(mentions, mention{name, start, end})
+		}
+	}
+	var names []string
+	for _, m := range mentions {
+		covered := slices.ContainsFunc(mentions, func(o mention) bool {
+			return o.name != m.name && o.start <= m.start && o.end >= m.end
+		})
+		if !covered && !slices.Contains(names, m.name) {
+			names = append(names, m.name)
 		}
 	}
 	return names
 }
+
+// isNotWord reports whether c is neither a letter nor a digit.
+func isNotWord(c rune) bool { return !unicode.IsLetter(c) && !unicode.IsDigit(c) }

internal/ai/skills/suggest_side_quests_test.go

@@ -226,6 +226,54 @@ func TestSuggestSideQuestsReasonNamesResolvedRegular(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestSuggestSideQuestsReasonMentionRule(t *testing.T) {
+	const none = "reason names none of its cited Regulars"
+	for name, tc := range map[string]struct {
+		extra  []string // Regulars added to household's
+		reason string
+		cited  string
+		why    string // "" when the Side quest is kept
+	}{
+		"exact name":                   {nil, "Like your Beef Chili, gone green.", "Beef Chili", ""},
+		"other case and spacing":       {nil, "Like your beef  CHILI, gone green.", "Beef Chili", ""},
+		"sentence punctuation":         {nil, `Green, like "Beef Chili" (yours).`, "Beef Chili", ""},
+		"possessive":                   {nil, "Beef Chili's spices, gone green.", "Beef Chili", ""},
+		"joined by punctuation":        {nil, "A Beef Chili-inspired stew.", "Beef Chili", ""},
+		"no mention":                   {nil, "Grilled skewers with a peanut sauce.", "Beef Chili", none},
+		"letters run on":               {[]string{"Ham"}, "Like your Hamburgers, glazed.", "Ham", none},
+		"stored punctuation written":   {[]string{"Easy Beef Chili!"}, "Your Easy Beef Chili! over corn chips.", "Easy Beef Chili!", ""},
+		"stored punctuation as period": {[]string{"Easy Beef Chili!"}, "Corn chips under your Easy Beef Chili.", "Easy Beef Chili!", ""},
+		"inside stored punctuation":    {[]string{"Easy Beef Chili!"}, "Your Easy Beef Chili! over corn chips.", "Beef Chili", none},
+		"inside before period":         {[]string{"Easy Beef Chili!"}, "Corn chips under your Easy Beef Chili.", "Beef Chili", none},
+		"longer name cited":            {[]string{"Easy Beef Chili"}, "Your Easy Beef Chili over corn chips.", "Easy Beef Chili", ""},
+		"shorter inside longer":        {[]string{"Easy Beef Chili"}, "Your Easy Beef Chili over corn chips.", "Beef Chili", none},
+		"longer not mentioned":         {[]string{"Easy Beef Chili"}, "Your Beef Chili over corn chips.", "Easy Beef Chili", none},
+		"shorter also on its own":      {[]string{"Easy Beef Chili"}, "The Beef Chili, not the Easy Beef Chili.", "Beef Chili", ""},
+		"punctuation-only difference":  {[]string{"Beef Chili!"}, "Your Beef Chili! over corn chips.", "Beef Chili!", ""},
+		"bare name inside punctuated":  {[]string{"Beef Chili!"}, "Your Beef Chili! over corn chips.", "Beef Chili", none},
+		"spelled alike by both":        {[]string{"Beef Chili!"}, "Corn chips under your Beef Chili.", "Beef Chili", none},
+	} {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			in := household
+			in.Context.Regulars = slices.Clone(household.Context.Regulars)
+			for _, r := range tc.extra {
+				in.Context.Regulars = append(in.Context.Regulars, harness.RegularDinner{Name: r, Cuisine: "Tex-Mex", Method: "stovetop", Minutes: 30})
+			}
+			var f llm.Fake
+			f.QueueGenerate(reply(batch(sideQuest("Frito Pie", tc.reason, tc.cited))))
+			out, _, err := suggest(t, &f, in, 1)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			result := SideQuests{Suggestions: []SideQuest{want("Frito Pie", oneLine(tc.reason), tc.cited)}}
+			if tc.why != "" {
+				result = SideQuests{Suggestions: []SideQuest{}, Dropped: []DroppedSideQuest{{Name: "Frito Pie", Why: tc.why}}}
+			}
+			assertSideQuests(t, out, result)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSuggestSideQuestsDuplicatesDropped(t *testing.T) {
 	declined := sideQuest("The Best Homemade Chicken Tikka-Masala", "Spiced like your Chicken Fajitas.", "Chicken Fajitas")
 	oldDeclined := sideQuest("Fish Tacos!", "Tortillas like your Chicken Fajitas.", "Chicken Fajitas")