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The build-plugin skill never mentioned the array shape, so agents serialised list values to JSON strings or joined them into text. This documents "shape": ["array", { "itemShape": "<shape>" }], checked against the platform's data-streams code.

  • data-streams.md — array in the shapes table, plus a new "List columns" section. It covers what itemShape accepts (any column shape, by name or with options), how null and object items are handled, and how list columns behave in tiles, filters, import and objectPropertyPath read-back.
  • index-defs.md — a list column mapped into properties imports as a multi-value property. Adds tags to the reserved property names. (until that reservation is resolved on the platform)
  • testing.md / test-agent.md — how a list cell looks in squaredup test output: check that value is an array; formatted is joined for display.
  • REVIEW.md — a review rule for list values.

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  • Documentation
    • Clarified how list-valued data is imported, stored, displayed, filtered, and read back, including the need to define an array shape and item shape.
    • Added guidance for testing list-shaped columns and handling invalid list members.
    • Documented the reserved tags property name and recommended using a different name for imported source columns.
    • Updated examples to show retrieving multi-value properties as arrays.

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Documentation now explains how to declare, import, read, and validate list-valued columns using array shapes and item shapes. It also documents tags as a reserved property name.

Changes: List-Column Guidance

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List-column semantics and mapping
.claude/skills/build-plugin/references/data-streams.md, .claude/skills/build-plugin/references/index-defs.md, REVIEW.md
The reference guidance explains array shapes, item shapes, list value handling, and object-property read-back. It states that list properties need array-shaped columns to remain multiple values and identifies tags as a reserved property name.
List-column authoring and validation
.claude/skills/build-plugin/references/test-agent.md, .claude/skills/build-plugin/references/testing.md
The planning guidance requires array shapes with item shapes for list-valued columns. The testing guidance checks the array in value rather than the comma-joined formatted string.

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  • observed — REVIEW.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in REVIEW.md: Added guidance that list-valued columns use an array shape with an item shape, including objectPropertyPath columns reading list properties, rather than comma-joined values or a duplicate display column.
  • observed — Modified behavior in REVIEW.md: Updated objectMapping.properties guidance to prohibit tags in addition to id, state, and __-prefixed names, and changed the rename example to map status to state.
  • observed — Modified behavior in .claude/skills/build-plugin/references/data-streams.md: The type-inference note now says arrays are serialized as JSON strings unless the column declares the array shape.
  • observed — Modified behavior in .claude/skills/build-plugin/references/data-streams.md: The shape documentation adds the array shape with an optional itemShape and links to the new list-column guidance; the formatting-options heading replaces the previous “Array form” wording.
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🟡 Minor · Add tags to the reserved-property checklist. · REVIEW.md:109

REVIEW.md:109
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Add tags to the reserved-property checklist.

index-defs.md now documents tags as a reserved graph property that can fail import, but this checklist does not include it. Update the checklist so the repository review rule matches the build-plugin reference.

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Review comment at @REVIEW.md at line 109:
Update the `objectMapping.properties` checklist in the review rule to include
`tags` among property names that can fail graph import, keeping the existing
reserved-property guidance aligned with the build-plugin reference.

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Review comments at @.claude/skills/build-plugin/references/testing.md:
- Line 110: Update the list-column guidance around `value`, `formatted`, and
`shapeName` to distinguish the two cases: add the `array` shape when `value` is
a JSON string because the shape is missing; when members are objects, map them
to primitives in the script before using them. Keep the instruction not to join
members in the script.

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Review comments at @REVIEW.md:
- Line 109: Update the `objectMapping.properties` checklist in the review rule
to include `tags` among property names that can fail graph import, keeping the
existing reserved-property guidance aligned with the build-plugin reference.

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Looks great

Separate the two causes of a JSON-string list value in testing.md, and
add tags to the reserved-property checklist in REVIEW.md.

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