Bridge request: Task Description Hygiene Pass (Task #163)

16 tasks have empty descriptions in DB but full specs exist in archived
markdown files. Code needs to backfill from docs/archive/tasks-index-archived/.

Chronicler #89

docs/code-bridge/requests/REQ-2026-04-14-task-description-hygiene.md

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+# Code Bridge Request: Task Description Hygiene Pass (Task #163)
+
+**Date:** 2026-04-14  
+**From:** Chronicler #89  
+**Priority:** Medium  
+**Task:** #163  
+
+---
+
+## What We Need
+
+16 tasks in the database have empty descriptions. The descriptions exist in archived markdown files at `docs/archive/tasks-index-archived-2026-04-11/` in the ops manual — they just never got migrated when tasks moved to PostgreSQL.
+
+## The Job
+
+1. Clone the ops manual on Dev Panel (or read via Gitea API)
+2. Scan `docs/archive/tasks-index-archived-2026-04-11/` for all `task-*.md` files
+3. Parse each file — extract the task_number from frontmatter and the body content as the description
+4. For each task that exists in the database with an empty description, UPDATE it with the content from the markdown file
+5. Report what was backfilled and what's still missing
+
+## The 16 Empty Tasks
+
+| # | Title |
+|---|-------|
+| 22 | Netdata Deployment |
+| 23 | Department Structure & Access Control |
+| 32 | Terraria Branding Arc |
+| 48 | n8n Rebuild |
+| 49 | NotebookLM Integration |
+| 51 | Ignis Protocol |
+| 81 | Memorial Writing Assistant |
+| 89 | DERP Protocol Review |
+| 97 | Trinity Console Social Hub |
+| 99 | Multi-Lineage Claude Architecture |
+| 100 | Skill Index & Recommender System |
+| 104 | Server-Side Mod Deployment Automation |
+| 105 | Trinity Console Review Workflow |
+| 106 | Minecraft Log Analyzer Bot |
+| 113 | Claude Projects Architecture |
+
+## Database Access
+
+```
+PGPASSWORD='FireFrost2026!Arbiter' psql -U arbiter -h 127.0.0.1 -d arbiter_db
+```
+
+## Archive Location
+
+Ops manual repo: `firefrost-operations-manual`
+Path: `docs/archive/tasks-index-archived-2026-04-11/`
+Files follow pattern: `task-NNN-slug.md`
+
+## Approach
+
+Could be a one-off script or done manually task by task. The markdown files have YAML frontmatter with task_number, then a body with overview, steps, etc. The full body (minus frontmatter) is the description. Truncate if needed — the database column is TEXT so length isn't a concern.
+
+For any tasks that DON'T have a matching archived file, flag them so Michael can write descriptions manually.
+
+---
+
+**Fire + Frost + Foundation = Where Love Builds Legacy** 💙🔥❄️