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From: Phillip Tarrant <ptarrant@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:07:24 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?test(api):=20gated=20live=20smoke=20=E2=80=94?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20Fenn=20answers=20/npc/speak=20in=20voice?=
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 api/tests/test_live_smoke.py | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/api/tests/test_live_smoke.py b/api/tests/test_live_smoke.py
index c76066c..887741b 100644
--- a/api/tests/test_live_smoke.py
+++ b/api/tests/test_live_smoke.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 
 import app.narrate as narrate
+import app.npc as npc
 
 VALID = json.loads((Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures" / "canon_log_valid.json").read_text())
 
@@ -17,3 +18,39 @@ def test_narrator_returns_real_prose():
     text = narrate.run(VALID)
     assert isinstance(text, str)
     assert len(text.strip()) > 40  # real prose, not a blip
+
+
+@pytest.mark.live
+def test_live_npc_speak_fenn():
+    """Hits the real Ollama (OLLAMA_BASE_URL). Proves the /npc/speak wire
+    end-to-end against the authored "fenn" NPC: persona + knowledge digest →
+    model → non-empty in-voice prose. Not asserted: tag content
+    (nondeterministic). Run with: pytest --run-live
+    """
+    log = {
+        "player": {
+            "name": "Aldric",
+            "class_id": "sellsword",
+            "luck_descriptor": "the dice are kind",
+        },
+        "location": {"id": "greywater_docks", "name": "Greywater Docks"},
+        "party": [],
+        "recent_events": [],
+        "established_facts": [],
+        "active_quests": [],
+        "humiliations": [],
+    }
+    available = [
+        "offer_quest(find_the_ledger)",
+        "reveal(varrell_twins)",
+        "reveal(fenns_debt)",
+        "adjust_disposition",
+        "refuse",
+        "end_conversation",
+        "become_hostile",
+    ]
+    prose = npc.run(log, "fenn", 0, available, "I heard you lost something. What happened?")
+    assert isinstance(prose, str)
+    assert len(prose.strip()) > 40  # real prose, not a blip
+    # No Luck numbers/mechanics leaked into NPC dialogue (§7).
+    assert "luck" not in prose.lower()