/finish-estimate - Record Actual Time

Look up an estimate by ID (or grab the most-recent pending) and fill in the actual elapsed time, ratio, and verdict.

Input: $ARGUMENTS

Examples:

• latest 10m — close out the most-recently-logged pending estimate with 10 minutes
• est_f43cca6aa1 1h — close out a specific estimate
• latest 45m "Tauri sign step took longer than expected" — with a note

Steps

1. Parse arguments

   • First token: estimate ID (est_*) or literal latest
   • Second token: actual duration in same format as /track-estimate (10m, 1.5h, 2d)
   • Remaining (optional): notes string

2. Resolve target entry

   • If latest: read workspace/estimate-log/log.jsonl, find the most-recent entry with kind == "estimate" AND status == "pending". Take its id.
   • Else: search for the line where id == <provided>.
   • If no match, abort with a clear message.

3. Normalize actual duration Same parser as /track-estimate. Compute actual_minutes (single value, not a range — actuals are point measurements).

4. Compute verdict

   ratio = actual_minutes / expected_minutes
   verdict = "under" if ratio < 0.8
           | "on"    if 0.8 <= ratio <= 1.2
           | "over"  if ratio > 1.2
   

5. Rewrite the entry's line in log.jsonl

   • Read the file line by line.
   • For the matched line, parse the JSON, add fields:
     • actual_minutes
     • actual_at (current ISO timestamp)
     • ratio
     • verdict
     • status: "completed"
     • notes if provided
   • Re-emit with canonical (alphabetical) key order.
   • Write back the full file (atomic via temp + rename).

6. Report

   ID: <id>
   Task: <task-or-surrounding-truncated>
   Estimate: <expected> min (range <min>-<max>)
   Actual:   <actual> min
   Ratio:    <ratio> ({factor}x {over/under/on})
   Category: <category>
   

   Where factor:

   • over: round(ratio, 1) — e.g. 2.4x over
   • under: round(1/ratio, 1) — e.g. 3.0x under
   • on: ±X% — e.g. +12%

Implementation hint

Use jq for the in-place rewrite. Atomic pattern:

LOG=workspace/estimate-log/log.jsonl
TMP=$(mktemp)
jq -c --arg id "$ID" --argjson actual "$ACTUAL_MINUTES" --arg ts "$NOW_ISO" --arg verdict "$VERDICT" --argjson ratio "$RATIO" --arg notes "$NOTES" '
  if .id == $id then
    . + {actual_minutes: $actual, actual_at: $ts, ratio: $ratio, verdict: $verdict, status: "completed"}
    + (if $notes != "" then {notes: $notes} else {} end)
  else . end
' "$LOG" > "$TMP" && mv "$TMP" "$LOG"

jq -c keeps it as JSONL. Field order may shift after the merge; that's fine — the dedup grep doesn't depend on order.

Notes

• Once status: "completed", an entry won't be re-processed by latest — so it's safe to run repeatedly.
• If you mistyped the actual, just run again with the correct value — the rewrite is idempotent.
• Don't worry about precise wall-clock timing. The signal we want is "ratio order of magnitude" (2x, 5x, 0.5x), not minutes-of-minutes precision.

See also

• /calibration-report — review accuracy across estimates
• /track-estimate — start a new one