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ls -la /home/daytona/workspace/ 2>/dev/null || echo "workspace does not exist"

mkdir -p /home/daytona/workspace/debate-prep && ls /home/daytona/skills/docx/

~/debate-prep/generate_summary.js

const {
  Document, Packer, Paragraph, TextRun, Table, TableRow, TableCell,
  AlignmentType, HeadingLevel, BorderStyle, WidthType, ShadingType,
  VerticalAlign, LevelFormat
} = require('docx');
const fs = require('fs');

// Color palette
const DARK_BLUE = "1A3A6B";
const MED_BLUE = "2563A8";
const LIGHT_BLUE = "D6E4F7";
const FOR_GREEN = "E8F5E9";
const AGAINST_RED = "FFEBEE";
const WHITE = "FFFFFF";
const BORDER_NONE = { style: BorderStyle.NONE, size: 0, color: "FFFFFF" };

function sectionHeader(text) {
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    children: [
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        bold: true,
        color: WHITE,
        size: 20,
        font: "Arial",
      })
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    indent: { left: 100, right: 100 },
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}

function makeTable(forPoints, againstPoints) {
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    });
  }

  const headerRow = new TableRow({
    children: [
      headerCell("FOR", "27AE60"),
      headerCell("AGAINST", "C0392B"),
    ]
  });

  const maxRows = Math.max(forPoints.length, againstPoints.length);
  const dataRows = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < maxRows; i++) {
    dataRows.push(new TableRow({
      children: [
        pointCell(forPoints[i] || "", FOR_GREEN),
        pointCell(againstPoints[i] || "", AGAINST_RED),
      ]
    }));
  }

  return new Table({
    width: { size: 8600, type: WidthType.DXA },
    borders: { top: BORDER_NONE, bottom: BORDER_NONE, left: BORDER_NONE, right: BORDER_NONE, insideH: BORDER_NONE, insideV: BORDER_NONE },
    rows: [headerRow, ...dataRows]
  });
}

function powerLine(text) {
  return new Paragraph({
    spacing: { before: 40, after: 80 },
    children: [
      new TextRun({ text: "Power Line: ", bold: true, size: 16, font: "Arial", color: MED_BLUE }),
      new TextRun({ text: `"${text}"`, italics: true, size: 16, font: "Arial", color: "444444" }),
    ]
  });
}

function spacer(pts = 80) {
  return new Paragraph({ spacing: { before: pts, after: 0 }, children: [new TextRun("")] });
}

const topics = [
  {
    title: "1. Compulsory Attendance",
    for: [
      "Clinical skills demand physical presence",
      "Discipline built early saves lives later",
      "Peer learning in classrooms is irreplaceable",
    ],
    against: [
      "Forced presence without engagement is theatre",
      "Adult learners need autonomy, not surveillance",
      "Mental health suffers under rigid mandates",
    ],
    line: "A rule that cannot be reasoned must be questioned."
  },
  {
    title: "2. Smartphones / Social Media in College",
    for: [
      "PubMed, drug apps, clinical tools are phone-based",
      "Emergency contact and student safety",
      "Digital literacy is a 21st-century medical skill",
    ],
    against: [
      "Every notification is a stolen moment of focus",
      "Screen addiction impairs deep learning",
      "Social comparison damages student mental health",
    ],
    line: "Attention is the one resource medicine cannot afford to waste."
  },
  {
    title: "3. Marks vs. Practical Competency",
    for: [
      "Standardized exams eliminate evaluator bias",
      "Benchmarks are needed for licensing and safety",
      "Marks motivate consistent academic effort",
    ],
    against: [
      "A surgeon's hands aren't graded by MCQs",
      "High scorers can be poor communicators",
      "Competency-based outcomes are evidence-backed",
    ],
    line: "We train healers, not answer-sheeters."
  },
  {
    title: "4. Online Classes vs. Offline Classes",
    for: [
      "Recorded lectures allow revision and flexibility",
      "Accessible to students with health or travel issues",
      "Self-paced learning improves retention",
    ],
    against: [
      "Medicine is tactile — you cannot palpate on a screen",
      "Peer interaction and bedside teaching are lost",
      "Home environments lack focus and structure",
    ],
    line: "You can stream a lecture. You cannot stream a patient."
  },
  {
    title: "5. Mental Health in Medical Curriculum",
    for: [
      "Physician suicide rates rank among the highest professions",
      "Burnout starts in year 1 — early intervention works",
      "Doctors who know mental health deliver better care",
    ],
    against: [
      "An already overloaded curriculum risks dilution",
      "Must question who teaches it and how it's assessed",
      "Systemic reform matters more than adding one subject",
    ],
    line: "We train minds to heal others. We must also teach them to heal themselves."
  },
  {
    title: "6. Anti-Ragging / Student Discipline Measures",
    for: [
      "Safety and dignity are non-negotiable in any institution",
      "Ragging causes long-term psychological trauma",
      "Strict measures protect junior students' right to learn",
    ],
    against: [
      "Argue for smarter reform, not blanket punitive rules",
      "Peer mentorship programs work better than fear-based rules",
      "Root cause is culture — policy alone cannot change it",
    ],
    line: "The institution that tolerates cruelty cannot teach compassion."
  },
];

// Title block
const titlePara = new Paragraph({
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  spacing: { before: 0, after: 80 },
  shading: { type: ShadingType.CLEAR, fill: DARK_BLUE },
  children: [
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  ]
});

const subtitlePara = new Paragraph({
  alignment: AlignmentType.CENTER,
  spacing: { before: 0, after: 140 },
  shading: { type: ShadingType.CLEAR, fill: MED_BLUE },
  children: [
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  ]
});

const children = [titlePara, subtitlePara];

for (const topic of topics) {
  children.push(sectionHeader(topic.title));
  children.push(spacer(40));
  children.push(makeTable(topic.for, topic.against));
  children.push(powerLine(topic.line));
  children.push(spacer(40));
}

// Footer tip
children.push(new Paragraph({
  alignment: AlignmentType.CENTER,
  spacing: { before: 100, after: 0 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "Strategy: Whoever sounds most confident + organized + acknowledges the other side — wins.", bold: true, size: 15, font: "Arial", color: DARK_BLUE, italics: true })
  ]
}));

const doc = new Document({
  sections: [{
    properties: {
      page: {
        margin: { top: 500, bottom: 500, left: 700, right: 700 }
      }
    },
    children
  }]
});

Packer.toBuffer(doc).then(buffer => {
  fs.writeFileSync("/home/daytona/workspace/debate-prep/Debate_Topics_Summary.docx", buffer);
  console.log("Done.");
});

cd /home/daytona/workspace/debate-prep && node generate_summary.js

python3 /home/daytona/skills/docx/scripts/office/validate.py /home/daytona/works…

cd /home/daytona/workspace/debate-prep && python3 -c " import zipfile, os z = zi…