Template recommendation implemented

app/(app)/create/CreateFlowLayoutClient.tsx

@@ -15,7 +15,16 @@ import { useCreateFlowFinalize } from "./hooks/useCreateFlowFinalize";
 import { useTemplateReviewActions } from "./hooks/useTemplateReviewActions";
 import CreateFlowFooter from "../../components/navigation/CreateFlowFooter";
 import CreateFlowTopNav from "../../components/navigation/CreateFlowTopNav";
-import { getNextStep, getStepIndex, parseReviewReturnSearchParam, CREATE_FLOW_REVIEW_RETURN_QUERY_KEY } from "./utils/flowSteps";
+import {
+  getNextStep,
+  getStepIndex,
+  parseReviewReturnSearchParam,
+  CREATE_FLOW_REVIEW_RETURN_QUERY_KEY,
+  TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_QUERY,
+  TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_VALUE,
+  TEMPLATE_REVIEW_FROM_CREATE_FLOW_QUERY,
+  TEMPLATE_REVIEW_FROM_CREATE_FLOW_VALUE,
+} from "./utils/flowSteps";
 import { getProportionBarProgressForCreateFlowStep } from "./utils/createFlowProportionProgress";
 import {
   createFlowStepUsesCenteredTextLayout,
@@ -600,7 +609,9 @@ function CreateFlowLayoutContent({
                     // detour. Direct entries to `/templates` (no marker) and
                     // home "Popular templates" clicks always start fresh by
                     // wiping anonymous draft storage at click time.
-                    router.push("/templates?fromFlow=1");
+                    router.push(
+                      `/templates?${TEMPLATE_REVIEW_FROM_CREATE_FLOW_QUERY}=${TEMPLATE_REVIEW_FROM_CREATE_FLOW_VALUE}&${TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_QUERY}=${TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_VALUE}`,
+                    );
                   }}
                 >
                   {footer.createFromTemplate}

app/(app)/create/hooks/useFacetRecommendations.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import facetGroups from "../../../../data/create/customRule/_facetGroups.json";
+import { buildFacetQueryString } from "../../../../lib/create/buildFacetQueryString";
-import {
-  type CreateFlowState,
-} from "../types";
 import { useCreateFlow } from "../context/CreateFlowContext";
 
 /**
@@ -16,60 +13,6 @@ export type RecommendationSection =
   | "decisionApproaches"
   | "conflictManagement";
 
-const FACET_GROUPS = ["size", "orgType", "scale", "maturity"] as const;
-type FacetGroupId = (typeof FACET_GROUPS)[number];
-
-/** Reverse map chipId → canonical facet value id, per group. */
-const CHIP_TO_VALUE_BY_GROUP: Record<FacetGroupId, Record<string, string>> = (() => {
-  const out: Record<FacetGroupId, Record<string, string>> = {
-    size: {},
-    orgType: {},
-    scale: {},
-    maturity: {},
-  };
-  for (const group of FACET_GROUPS) {
-    const block = (facetGroups as Record<string, unknown>)[group];
-    if (block && typeof block === "object" && "values" in block) {
-      const values = (block as { values: Record<string, { chipId: string }> })
-        .values;
-      for (const [valueId, entry] of Object.entries(values)) {
-        out[group][entry.chipId] = valueId;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return out;
-})();
-
-/** Chip-id state accessors per group. */
-const STATE_KEY_BY_GROUP: Record<FacetGroupId, keyof CreateFlowState> = {
-  size: "selectedCommunitySizeIds",
-  orgType: "selectedOrganizationTypeIds",
-  scale: "selectedScaleIds",
-  maturity: "selectedMaturityIds",
-};
-
-function readChipIds(
-  state: CreateFlowState,
-  group: FacetGroupId,
-): string[] {
-  const value = state[STATE_KEY_BY_GROUP[group]];
-  return Array.isArray(value) ? (value as string[]) : [];
-}
-
-function buildFacetQuery(state: CreateFlowState): string {
-  const params = new URLSearchParams();
-  for (const group of FACET_GROUPS) {
-    const valuesById = CHIP_TO_VALUE_BY_GROUP[group];
-    for (const chipId of readChipIds(state, group)) {
-      const valueId = valuesById[chipId];
-      if (valueId) {
-        params.append(`facet.${group}`, valueId);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return params.toString();
-}
-
 export type FacetRecommendationsResult = {
   /** `true` once the network call completes (or short-circuits with no facets). */
   isReady: boolean;
@@ -99,7 +42,10 @@ export function useFacetRecommendations(
   section: RecommendationSection,
 ): FacetRecommendationsResult {
   const { state } = useCreateFlow();
-  const queryString = useMemo(() => buildFacetQuery(state), [state]);
+  const queryString = useMemo(
+    () => buildFacetQueryString(state),
+    [state],
+  );
   const hasAnyFacets = queryString.length > 0;
 
   const [result, setResult] = useState<FacetRecommendationsResult>({

app/(app)/create/utils/flowSteps.ts

@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ export function parseCreateFlowScreenFromPathname(
 export const TEMPLATE_REVIEW_FROM_CREATE_FLOW_QUERY = "fromFlow" as const;
 export const TEMPLATE_REVIEW_FROM_CREATE_FLOW_VALUE = "1" as const;
 
+/**
+ * Only set from `/create/review` “Create from template” with `fromFlow=1`.
+ * Enables facet-ranked `GET /api/templates` + “RECOMMENDED” on the grid; omit
+ * on profile and marketing so stale localStorage facets never show badges.
+ */
+export const TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_QUERY = "recommendTemplates" as const;
+export const TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_VALUE = "1" as const;
+
 /** `/create/{step}?reviewReturn=…` — set when opening a custom-rule step from final-review or edit-rule via + */
 export const CREATE_FLOW_REVIEW_RETURN_QUERY_KEY = "reviewReturn" as const;
 

app/(marketing)/templates/TemplatesPageClient.tsx

@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ import HeaderLockup from "../../components/type/HeaderLockup";
 import { GovernanceTemplateGrid } from "../../components/sections/GovernanceTemplateGrid";
 import type { TemplateGridCardEntry } from "../../../lib/templates/templateGridPresentation";
 import { prepareFreshCreateFlowEntry } from "../../(app)/create/utils/prepareFreshCreateFlowEntry";
-import { buildTemplateReviewHref } from "../../(app)/create/utils/flowSteps";
+import {
+  buildTemplateReviewHref,
+  TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_QUERY,
+  TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_VALUE,
+} from "../../(app)/create/utils/flowSteps";
 import { useTranslation } from "../../contexts/MessagesContext";
+import { useTemplatesFacetGridEntries } from "./useTemplatesFacetGridEntries";
 
 export interface TemplatesPageClientProps {
   initialGridEntries: TemplateGridCardEntry[];
@@ -44,9 +49,16 @@ export default function TemplatesPageClient({
           {/* Suspense boundary required by `useSearchParams` below
               (Next.js 15+ static-generation contract). */}
           <Suspense
-            fallback={<TemplatesGrid entries={initialGridEntries} fromFlow={false} />}
+            fallback={
+              <TemplatesGrid
+                entries={initialGridEntries}
+                fromFlow={false}
+              />
+            }
           >
-            <TemplatesGridWithSearchParams entries={initialGridEntries} />
+            <TemplatesGridWithSearchParams
+              initialGridEntries={initialGridEntries}
+            />
           </Suspense>
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -55,18 +67,25 @@ export default function TemplatesPageClient({
 }
 
 /**
- * Reads `fromFlow=1` off the URL so we can skip the fresh-slate clear when
+ * - `fromFlow=1` — skip `prepareFreshCreateFlowEntry` on template click
- * the user arrived from `/create/review`'s "Create from template" button.
+ *   (draft preserved). Used by review “Create from template” and profile.
- * That button pushes `/templates?fromFlow=1` so their in-progress community
+ * - `recommendTemplates=1` (with review only) — rank templates + “RECOMMENDED”
- * stage is preserved when they pick a template here.
+ *   from `GET /api/templates?facet.*` using the persisted community draft.
  */
 function TemplatesGridWithSearchParams({
-  entries,
+  initialGridEntries,
 }: {
-  entries: TemplateGridCardEntry[];
+  initialGridEntries: TemplateGridCardEntry[];
 }) {
   const searchParams = useSearchParams();
   const fromFlow = searchParams.get("fromFlow") === "1";
+  const enableFacetRecommendations =
+    searchParams.get(TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_QUERY) ===
+    TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_VALUE;
+  const entries = useTemplatesFacetGridEntries({
+    initialGridEntries,
+    enableFacetRecommendations,
+  });
   return <TemplatesGrid entries={entries} fromFlow={fromFlow} />;
 }
 

app/(marketing)/templates/useTemplatesFacetGridEntries.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { readAnonymousCreateFlowState } from "../../(app)/create/utils/anonymousDraftStorage";
+import { buildFacetQueryString } from "../../../lib/create/buildFacetQueryString";
+import {
+  fetchRankedTemplatesByFacets,
+  isTemplatesFetchAborted,
+} from "../../../lib/create/fetchTemplates";
+import {
+  gridEntriesWithFacetScores,
+  type TemplateGridCardEntry,
+} from "../../../lib/templates/templateGridPresentation";
+
+type UseTemplatesFacetGridEntriesArgs = {
+  initialGridEntries: TemplateGridCardEntry[];
+  enableFacetRecommendations: boolean;
+};
+
+/**
+ * When `enableFacetRecommendations` (review → “Create from template” only),
+ * re-fetch ranked templates from `GET /api/templates?facet.*` using the
+ * persisted create-flow draft. Otherwise returns `initialGridEntries` from SSR.
+ */
+export function useTemplatesFacetGridEntries({
+  initialGridEntries,
+  enableFacetRecommendations,
+}: UseTemplatesFacetGridEntriesArgs): TemplateGridCardEntry[] {
+  const [entries, setEntries] = useState(initialGridEntries);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enableFacetRecommendations) {
+      setEntries(initialGridEntries);
+      return;
+    }
+    const state = readAnonymousCreateFlowState();
+    const facetQuery = buildFacetQueryString(state);
+    if (facetQuery.length === 0) {
+      setEntries(initialGridEntries);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const ac = new AbortController();
+    void (async () => {
+      try {
+        const result = await fetchRankedTemplatesByFacets({
+          signal: ac.signal,
+          facetQuery,
+        });
+        if (ac.signal.aborted) return;
+        if ("error" in result) {
+          setEntries(initialGridEntries);
+          return;
+        }
+        setEntries(
+          gridEntriesWithFacetScores(result.templates, result.scores),
+        );
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (isTemplatesFetchAborted(e)) return;
+        setEntries(initialGridEntries);
+      }
+    })();
+
+    return () => {
+      ac.abort();
+    };
+  }, [enableFacetRecommendations, initialGridEntries]);
+
+  return entries;
+}

data/templates/templateFacet.json

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+{
+  "consensus": {
+    "size": ["oneMember", "twoToFive", "sixToTwelve"],
+    "orgType": ["dao", "openSource", "mutualAid", "workersCoop"],
+    "scale": ["national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["earlyStage", "growthStage", "established", "enterprise"]
+  },
+  "consensus-clusters": {
+    "size": ["sixToTwelve", "thirteenToOneHundred", "oneHundredToOneHundredK"],
+    "orgType": ["dao", "openSource", "mutualAid"],
+    "scale": ["global", "national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["earlyStage", "growthStage", "established", "enterprise"]
+  },
+  "solidarity-network": {
+    "size": ["oneMember"],
+    "orgType": ["dao", "openSource", "workersCoop"],
+    "scale": ["national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["earlyStage", "growthStage", "established"]
+  },
+  "sortition-jury": {
+    "size": [],
+    "orgType": [],
+    "scale": ["national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["growthStage", "established", "enterprise"]
+  },
+  "liquid-democracy": {
+    "size": ["thirteenToOneHundred", "oneHundredToOneHundredK"],
+    "orgType": ["dao", "openSource"],
+    "scale": ["national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["earlyStage", "growthStage", "established", "enterprise"]
+  },
+  "do-ocracy": {
+    "size": ["oneMember"],
+    "orgType": ["dao", "openSource", "workersCoop"],
+    "scale": ["national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["earlyStage", "growthStage", "established"]
+  },
+  "quadratic-governance": {
+    "size": [
+      "twoToFive",
+      "sixToTwelve",
+      "thirteenToOneHundred",
+      "oneHundredToOneHundredK"
+    ],
+    "orgType": ["dao", "openSource", "workersCoop"],
+    "scale": ["global", "national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["earlyStage", "growthStage", "established", "enterprise"]
+  },
+  "federated-clusters": {
+    "size": ["sixToTwelve", "thirteenToOneHundred"],
+    "orgType": ["dao", "openSource", "mutualAid", "workersCoop"],
+    "scale": ["national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["earlyStage", "growthStage", "established", "enterprise"]
+  },
+  "devolution": {
+    "size": ["oneMember"],
+    "orgType": ["forProfit", "nonprofit"],
+    "scale": ["global", "national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["earlyStage", "growthStage", "established", "enterprise"]
+  },
+  "benevolent-dictator": {
+    "size": ["oneMember"],
+    "orgType": ["forProfit", "nonprofit", "openSource"],
+    "scale": ["global", "national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["earlyStage", "growthStage", "established"]
+  },
+  "petition": {
+    "size": ["thirteenToOneHundred", "oneHundredToOneHundredK"],
+    "orgType": ["dao", "openSource", "workersCoop"],
+    "scale": ["global", "national", "regional"],
+    "maturity": ["growthStage", "established", "enterprise"]
+  },
+  "self-appointed-board": {
+    "size": [
+      "oneMember",
+      "twoToFive",
+      "sixToTwelve",
+      "thirteenToOneHundred",
+      "oneHundredToOneHundredK"
+    ],
+    "orgType": ["dao", "forProfit", "nonprofit", "openSource"],
+    "scale": ["global", "national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["earlyStage", "growthStage", "established", "enterprise"]
+  },
+  "elected-board": {
+    "size": ["oneHundredToOneHundredK"],
+    "orgType": ["dao", "forProfit", "nonprofit"],
+    "scale": ["national", "regional", "local"],
+    "maturity": ["growthStage", "established", "enterprise"]
+  }
+}

lib/create/buildFacetQueryString.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import facetGroups from "../../data/create/customRule/_facetGroups.json";
+import type { CreateFlowState } from "../../app/(app)/create/types";
+
+const FACET_GROUPS = ["size", "orgType", "scale", "maturity"] as const;
+type FacetGroupId = (typeof FACET_GROUPS)[number];
+
+const CHIP_TO_VALUE_BY_GROUP: Record<FacetGroupId, Record<string, string>> =
+  (() => {
+    const out: Record<FacetGroupId, Record<string, string>> = {
+      size: {},
+      orgType: {},
+      scale: {},
+      maturity: {},
+    };
+    for (const group of FACET_GROUPS) {
+      const block = (facetGroups as Record<string, unknown>)[group];
+      if (block && typeof block === "object" && "values" in block) {
+        const values = (block as { values: Record<string, { chipId: string }> })
+          .values;
+        for (const [valueId, entry] of Object.entries(values)) {
+          out[group][entry.chipId] = valueId;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return out;
+  })();
+
+const STATE_KEY_BY_GROUP: Record<FacetGroupId, keyof CreateFlowState> = {
+  size: "selectedCommunitySizeIds",
+  orgType: "selectedOrganizationTypeIds",
+  scale: "selectedScaleIds",
+  maturity: "selectedMaturityIds",
+};
+
+function readChipIds(
+  state: CreateFlowState,
+  group: FacetGroupId,
+): string[] {
+  const value = state[STATE_KEY_BY_GROUP[group]];
+  return Array.isArray(value) ? (value as string[]) : [];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build `facet.size=…&facet.orgType=…` query string from Create Community
+ * chip selections. Shared by `/api/create-flow/methods` and
+ * `GET /api/templates` ranking (CR-88).
+ */
+export function buildFacetQueryString(state: CreateFlowState): string {
+  const params = new URLSearchParams();
+  for (const group of FACET_GROUPS) {
+    const valuesById = CHIP_TO_VALUE_BY_GROUP[group];
+    for (const chipId of readChipIds(state, group)) {
+      const valueId = valuesById[chipId];
+      if (valueId) {
+        params.append(`facet.${group}`, valueId);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return params.toString();
+}

lib/create/fetchTemplates.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,21 @@ export type RuleTemplateDto = {
   featured: boolean;
 };
 
-type TemplatesResponse = { templates?: RuleTemplateDto[] };
+type TemplatesResponse = {
+  templates?: RuleTemplateDto[];
+  scores?: Record<string, TemplateFacetScoreDto>;
+};
+
+/** Matches `listRankedRuleTemplatesFromDb` / GET `/api/templates` with facet params. */
+export type TemplateFacetScoreDto = {
+  score: number;
+  matchedFacets: string[];
+};
+
+export type RankedTemplatesFetchResult = {
+  templates: RuleTemplateDto[];
+  scores: Record<string, TemplateFacetScoreDto>;
+};
 
 export type FetchTemplatesOptions = {
   signal?: AbortSignal;
@@ -57,6 +71,46 @@ export async function fetchTemplates(
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Facet-ranked list + per-template scores (CR-88). Query must be non-empty
+ * `facet.size=…&…` from {@link buildFacetQueryString}.
+ */
+export async function fetchRankedTemplatesByFacets(options: {
+  facetQuery: string;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+}): Promise<RankedTemplatesFetchResult | { error: string }> {
+  if (options.facetQuery.length === 0) {
+    return { error: "Could not load templates" };
+  }
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch(`/api/templates?${options.facetQuery}`, {
+      credentials: "include",
+      signal: options.signal,
+    });
+    const data = (await res.json()) as TemplatesResponse & { error?: string };
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      return {
+        error:
+          typeof data.error === "string"
+            ? data.error
+            : "Could not load templates",
+      };
+    }
+    const templates = Array.isArray(data.templates) ? data.templates : [];
+    const raw = data.scores;
+    const scores: Record<string, TemplateFacetScoreDto> =
+      raw && typeof raw === "object" && !Array.isArray(raw)
+        ? (raw as Record<string, TemplateFacetScoreDto>)
+        : {};
+    return { templates, scores };
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (isAbortError(e)) {
+      throw e;
+    }
+    return { error: "Could not load templates" };
+  }
+}
+
 export async function fetchTemplateBySlug(
   slug: string,
   options?: FetchTemplatesOptions,

lib/server/methodRecommendations.ts

@@ -169,3 +169,72 @@ export async function scoreTemplatesByFacets(args: {
     return null;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Slugs that have at least one `TemplateFacet` row (Template Composition
+ * matrix, cols G–Y) — use {@link scoreTemplatesByTemplateFacets} for these;
+ * others use {@link scoreTemplatesByFacets}.
+ */
+export async function getTemplateFacetSlugSet(): Promise<Set<string> | null> {
+  if (!isDatabaseConfigured()) return null;
+  try {
+    const rows = await prisma.templateFacet.findMany({
+      where: { matches: true },
+      distinct: ["templateSlug"],
+      select: { templateSlug: true },
+    });
+    return new Set(rows.map((r) => r.templateSlug));
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-template score from the `TemplateFacet` table: one point per
+ * user-requested `(group, value)` that exists for that `templateSlug`.
+ * Same counting semantics as the pre-DB matrix JSON path.
+ */
+export async function scoreTemplatesByTemplateFacets(args: {
+  templateSlugs: ReadonlyArray<string>;
+  facets: RequestedFacets;
+}): Promise<TemplateRanking[] | null> {
+  if (!isDatabaseConfigured()) return null;
+  const requested = flattenRequestedFacets(args.facets);
+  if (requested.length === 0) {
+    return args.templateSlugs.map((templateSlug) => ({
+      templateSlug,
+      score: 0,
+      matchedFacets: [] as string[],
+    }));
+  }
+  if (args.templateSlugs.length === 0) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const rows = await prisma.templateFacet.findMany({
+      where: {
+        matches: true,
+        templateSlug: { in: [...args.templateSlugs] },
+        OR: requested.map(({ group, value }) => ({ group, value })),
+      },
+      select: { templateSlug: true, group: true, value: true },
+    });
+
+    const pairSet = new Set(
+      rows.map((r) => `${r.templateSlug}\0${r.group}\0${r.value}` as const),
+    );
+
+    return args.templateSlugs.map((templateSlug) => {
+      const matched: string[] = [];
+      for (const { group, value } of requested) {
+        if (pairSet.has(`${templateSlug}\0${group}\0${value}`)) {
+          matched.push(`${group}:${value}`);
+        }
+      }
+      return { templateSlug, score: matched.length, matchedFacets: matched };
+    });
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}

lib/server/ruleTemplates.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import type { RuleTemplateDto } from "../create/fetchTemplates";
 import { prisma } from "./db";
 import { isDatabaseConfigured } from "./env";
-import { scoreTemplatesByFacets } from "./methodRecommendations";
+import {
+  getTemplateFacetSlugSet,
+  scoreTemplatesByFacets,
+  scoreTemplatesByTemplateFacets,
+} from "./methodRecommendations";
 import { templateMethodsFromBody } from "./templateMethods";
 import type { RequestedFacets } from "./validation/methodFacetsSchemas";
 import { flattenRequestedFacets } from "./validation/methodFacetsSchemas";
@@ -53,8 +57,11 @@ export type RankedTemplatesResult = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Curated templates ranked by how many of `facets` each composed method
+ * Curated templates ranked by facet match. Templates with a row in
- * matches (§9.1). When `facets` is empty, returns the curated ordering with
+ * `TemplateFacet` (seeded from `data/templates/templateFacet.json`, Template
+ * Composition-2, cols G–Y) use that matrix; others fall back to
+ * composed-method × `MethodFacet`
+ * scoring (§9.1). When `facets` is empty, returns the curated ordering with
  * an empty `scores` map (caller can omit it from the API response).
  *
  * Ties (and zero-score templates) fall back to the curated
@@ -83,22 +90,51 @@ export async function listRankedRuleTemplatesFromDb(
     return { templates: [], scores: {} };
   }
 
+  const slugs = templates.map((t) => t.slug);
   const templateMethods = templates.map((t) => ({
     templateSlug: t.slug,
     methods: templateMethodsFromBody(t.body),
   }));
 
-  const ranked = await scoreTemplatesByFacets({ templateMethods, facets });
+  const [matrixRanked, facetSlugSet, methodRanked] = await Promise.all([
-  if (!ranked) {
+    scoreTemplatesByTemplateFacets({ templateSlugs: slugs, facets }),
+    getTemplateFacetSlugSet(),
+    scoreTemplatesByFacets({ templateMethods, facets }),
+  ]);
+
+  if (!methodRanked) {
     return { templates, scores: {} };
   }
 
+  const matrixBySlug =
+    matrixRanked == null
+      ? new Map()
+      : new Map(matrixRanked.map((r) => [r.templateSlug, r] as const));
+  const methodBySlug = new Map(
+    methodRanked.map((r) => [r.templateSlug, r] as const),
+  );
+
   const scores: Record<string, TemplateScore> = {};
-  for (const r of ranked) {
+  for (const t of templates) {
-    scores[r.templateSlug] = {
+    const useMatrix =
-      score: r.score,
+      matrixRanked != null && (facetSlugSet?.has(t.slug) ?? false);
-      matchedFacets: r.matchedFacets,
+    if (useMatrix) {
-    };
+      const m = matrixBySlug.get(t.slug);
+      if (m) {
+        scores[t.slug] = {
+          score: m.score,
+          matchedFacets: m.matchedFacets,
+        };
+      }
+    } else {
+      const m = methodBySlug.get(t.slug);
+      if (m) {
+        scores[t.slug] = {
+          score: m.score,
+          matchedFacets: m.matchedFacets,
+        };
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   // Stable sort: scoreDesc, then preserve curated index order.

lib/server/validation/templateFacetSchema.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { z } from "zod";
+import {
+  MATURITY_VALUE_IDS,
+  ORG_TYPE_VALUE_IDS,
+  SCALE_VALUE_IDS,
+  SIZE_VALUE_IDS,
+} from "./methodFacetsSchemas";
+
+const sizeValueIdSchema = z.enum(SIZE_VALUE_IDS);
+const orgTypeValueIdSchema = z.enum(ORG_TYPE_VALUE_IDS);
+const scaleValueIdSchema = z.enum(SCALE_VALUE_IDS);
+const maturityValueIdSchema = z.enum(MATURITY_VALUE_IDS);
+
+/**
+ * Per-template row for Template Composition-2 (spreadsheet cols G–Y). Each
+ * array lists canonical facet `value` ids that are a fit (✓) for that
+ * community dimension.
+ */
+export const templateFacetRowSchema = z
+  .object({
+    size: z.array(sizeValueIdSchema),
+    orgType: z.array(orgTypeValueIdSchema),
+    scale: z.array(scaleValueIdSchema),
+    maturity: z.array(maturityValueIdSchema),
+  })
+  .strict();
+
+export const templateFacetFileSchema = z.record(
+  z.string().min(1),
+  templateFacetRowSchema,
+);
+
+export type TemplateFacetFile = z.infer<typeof templateFacetFileSchema>;

lib/templates/templateGridPresentation.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RuleTemplateDto } from "../create/fetchTemplates";
+import type { RuleTemplateDto, TemplateFacetScoreDto } from "../create/fetchTemplates";
 import { templateSummaryFromBody } from "../create/templateReviewMapping";
 import type { GovernanceTemplateCatalogEntry } from "./governanceTemplateCatalog";
 import {
@@ -47,6 +47,70 @@ export function ruleTemplateToGridEntry(template: RuleTemplateDto): TemplateGrid
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Max templates that show the “RECOMMENDED” tag when facet-ranked. Within the
+ * **top score tier** only: we do not pad with lower-scoring templates (e.g. two
+ * at score 4 and three at 3 → recommend the two 4s only), but if the top tier
+ * exceeds this cap we still take the first `limit` in API order.
+ */
+export const TEMPLATE_GRID_COMPACT_RECOMMENDED_LIMIT = 5;
+
+/**
+ * Among templates in **API rank order** (score desc) with `score > 0`, mark
+ * only those in the **maximum-score tier** (no lower tiers), at most `limit`
+ * (API order is the tie-break when many tie for first place).
+ */
+export function deriveRecommendedTemplateSlugs(
+  templatesInRankOrder: ReadonlyArray<{ slug: string }>,
+  scores: Record<string, { score?: number } | undefined>,
+  limit: number,
+): Set<string> {
+  if (limit <= 0) return new Set();
+  const matched = templatesInRankOrder.filter(
+    (t) => (scores[t.slug]?.score ?? 0) > 0,
+  );
+  if (matched.length === 0) return new Set();
+  let maxScore = 0;
+  for (const t of matched) {
+    const s = scores[t.slug]?.score ?? 0;
+    if (s > maxScore) maxScore = s;
+  }
+  const topTier = matched.filter(
+    (t) => (scores[t.slug]?.score ?? 0) === maxScore,
+  );
+  return new Set(topTier.slice(0, limit).map((t) => t.slug));
+}
+
+export type GridEntriesWithFacetScoresOptions = {
+  /** Default {@link TEMPLATE_GRID_COMPACT_RECOMMENDED_LIMIT}. */
+  compactRecommendedLimit?: number;
+};
+
+/**
+ * After `GET /api/templates?facet.*` with `scores`, mark `recommended` only
+ * for the top facet matches (see {@link deriveRecommendedTemplateSlugs}).
+ */
+export function gridEntriesWithFacetScores(
+  templates: RuleTemplateDto[],
+  scores: Record<string, TemplateFacetScoreDto>,
+  options?: GridEntriesWithFacetScoresOptions,
+): TemplateGridCardEntry[] {
+  const cap =
+    options?.compactRecommendedLimit ?? TEMPLATE_GRID_COMPACT_RECOMMENDED_LIMIT;
+  const recommendedSlugs = deriveRecommendedTemplateSlugs(
+    templates,
+    scores,
+    cap,
+  );
+  return templates.map((t) => {
+    const base = ruleTemplateToGridEntry(t);
+    return {
+      ...base,
+      recommended: recommendedSlugs.has(t.slug),
+    };
+  });
+}
+
 const bySlug = (templates: RuleTemplateDto[]) =>
   new Map(templates.map((t) => [t.slug, t] as const));
 

prisma/migrations/20260429000000_add_template_facet/migration.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+-- CreateTable
+CREATE TABLE "TemplateFacet" (
+    "id" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "templateSlug" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "group" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "value" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "matches" BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
+
+    CONSTRAINT "TemplateFacet_pkey" PRIMARY KEY ("id")
+);
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "TemplateFacet_templateSlug_group_value_key" ON "TemplateFacet"("templateSlug", "group", "value");
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE INDEX "TemplateFacet_templateSlug_idx" ON "TemplateFacet"("templateSlug");
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE INDEX "TemplateFacet_group_value_matches_idx" ON "TemplateFacet"("group", "value", "matches");

prisma/schema.prisma

@@ -111,3 +111,24 @@ model MethodFacet {
   @@index([section])
   @@index([group, value, matches])
 }
+
+/// Template-level recommendation matrix (Template Composition, cols G–Y). Canonical
+/// JSON in `data/templates/templateFacet.json`; rebuilt at seed like
+/// `MethodFacet`. One row per `(templateSlug, group, value)` where the matrix
+/// marks a fit (✓). `GET /api/templates?facet.*` joins these rows to user facets.
+/// See `docs/guides/template-recommendation-matrix.md` (parallel to `MethodFacet` §7).
+model TemplateFacet {
+  id           String  @id @default(cuid())
+  /// `RuleTemplate.slug` (e.g. `consensus`, `do-ocracy`).
+  templateSlug String
+  /// `size` | `orgType` | `scale` | `maturity` — same as `MethodFacet.group`.
+  group        String
+  /// Canonical facet value id, e.g. `workersCoop`, `local`.
+  value        String
+  /// `true` iff the JSON marks a fit; seed only writes `true` rows.
+  matches      Boolean
+
+  @@unique([templateSlug, group, value])
+  @@index([templateSlug])
+  @@index([group, value, matches])
+}

prisma/seed.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { PrismaClient, type Prisma } from "@prisma/client";
 import { seedMethodFacets } from "./seed/methodFacets";
+import { seedTemplateFacets } from "./seed/templateFacets";
 
 /**
  * Curated rule templates for GET /api/templates.
@@ -393,6 +394,12 @@ async function main() {
       .map(([section, count]) => `${section}=${count}`)
       .join(", ")}`,
   );
+
+  const templateFacetSeed = await seedTemplateFacets(prisma);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console -- seed CLI feedback
+  console.log(
+    `Seeded TemplateFacet rows: ${templateFacetSeed.rowCount}`,
+  );
 }
 
 main()

prisma/seed/templateFacets.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import type { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
+import { FACET_GROUP_IDS } from "../../lib/server/validation/methodFacetsSchemas";
+import { templateFacetFileSchema } from "../../lib/server/validation/templateFacetSchema";
+
+const REPO_ROOT = path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "..");
+const TEMPLATE_FACET_FILE = path.join(
+  REPO_ROOT,
+  "data",
+  "templates",
+  "templateFacet.json",
+);
+
+type TemplateFacetRow = {
+  templateSlug: string;
+  group: string;
+  value: string;
+  matches: boolean;
+};
+
+async function loadTemplateFacets() {
+  const raw = await readFile(TEMPLATE_FACET_FILE, "utf8");
+  const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as unknown;
+  const result = templateFacetFileSchema.safeParse(parsed);
+  if (!result.success) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Invalid template facet file ${TEMPLATE_FACET_FILE}: ${JSON.stringify(
+        result.error.flatten(),
+        null,
+        2,
+      )}`,
+    );
+  }
+  return result.data;
+}
+
+/**
+ * One row per `(templateSlug, group, value)` where the matrix lists a fit (✓).
+ * Sparse: omitted cells are not stored (unlike `MethodFacet`, which materializes
+ * all cells for constant table density).
+ */
+function flattenTemplateFacets(
+  data: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof loadTemplateFacets>>,
+): TemplateFacetRow[] {
+  const rows: TemplateFacetRow[] = [];
+  for (const [templateSlug, row] of Object.entries(data)) {
+    for (const group of FACET_GROUP_IDS) {
+      for (const value of row[group]) {
+        rows.push({ templateSlug, group, value, matches: true });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return rows;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validates and re-seeds the `TemplateFacet` table from
+ * `data/templates/templateFacet.json` (Template Composition-2, cols G–Y).
+ */
+export async function seedTemplateFacets(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+): Promise<{ rowCount: number }> {
+  const data = await loadTemplateFacets();
+  const rows = flattenTemplateFacets(data);
+  await prisma.$transaction([
+    prisma.templateFacet.deleteMany(),
+    prisma.templateFacet.createMany({ data: rows }),
+  ]);
+  return { rowCount: rows.length };
+}

tests/unit/buildFacetQueryString.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { buildFacetQueryString } from "../../lib/create/buildFacetQueryString";
+
+describe("buildFacetQueryString", () => {
+  it("maps community chip ids to facet.* query params", () => {
+    const qs = buildFacetQueryString({
+      selectedCommunitySizeIds: ["2"],
+      selectedOrganizationTypeIds: ["3"],
+      selectedScaleIds: ["1"],
+      selectedMaturityIds: ["1"],
+    });
+    const params = new URLSearchParams(qs);
+    expect(params.get("facet.size")).toBe("twoToFive");
+    expect(params.get("facet.orgType")).toBe("openSource");
+    expect(params.get("facet.scale")).toBe("local");
+    expect(params.get("facet.maturity")).toBe("earlyStage");
+  });
+
+  it("returns empty string when no selections", () => {
+    expect(buildFacetQueryString({})).toBe("");
+  });
+});

tests/unit/flowSteps.test.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import {
   getStepIndex,
   parseReviewReturnSearchParam,
   resolveCreateFlowBackTarget,
+  TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_QUERY,
+  TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_VALUE,
+  TEMPLATE_REVIEW_FROM_CREATE_FLOW_QUERY,
+  TEMPLATE_REVIEW_FROM_CREATE_FLOW_VALUE,
 } from "../../app/(app)/create/utils/flowSteps";
 
 describe("flowSteps", () => {
@@ -106,6 +110,12 @@ describe("flowSteps", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("review Create from template uses fromFlow and recommendTemplates together", () => {
+    expect(
+      `/templates?${TEMPLATE_REVIEW_FROM_CREATE_FLOW_QUERY}=${TEMPLATE_REVIEW_FROM_CREATE_FLOW_VALUE}&${TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_QUERY}=${TEMPLATES_FACET_RECOMMEND_VALUE}`,
+    ).toBe("/templates?fromFlow=1&recommendTemplates=1");
+  });
+
   it("parseReviewReturnSearchParam accepts only final-review and edit-rule", () => {
     expect(
       parseReviewReturnSearchParam(

tests/unit/templateFacetRecommendations.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const templateFindManyMock = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock("../../lib/server/env", () => ({
+  isDatabaseConfigured: () => true,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../../lib/server/db", () => ({
+  prisma: {
+    templateFacet: {
+      findMany: (...args: unknown[]) => templateFindManyMock(...args),
+    },
+  },
+}));
+
+import {
+  getTemplateFacetSlugSet,
+  scoreTemplatesByTemplateFacets,
+} from "../../lib/server/methodRecommendations";
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  templateFindManyMock.mockReset();
+});
+
+describe("scoreTemplatesByTemplateFacets", () => {
+  it("counts matches against TemplateFacet rows", async () => {
+    templateFindManyMock.mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      { templateSlug: "consensus", group: "size", value: "oneMember" },
+      { templateSlug: "consensus", group: "orgType", value: "dao" },
+    ]);
+
+    const out = await scoreTemplatesByTemplateFacets({
+      templateSlugs: ["consensus", "unknown-slug"],
+      facets: {
+        size: ["oneMember"],
+        orgType: ["dao"],
+        scale: [],
+        maturity: [],
+      },
+    });
+
+    const consensus = out?.find((r) => r.templateSlug === "consensus");
+    const unknown = out?.find((r) => r.templateSlug === "unknown-slug");
+    expect(consensus?.score).toBe(2);
+    expect(consensus?.matchedFacets).toEqual([
+      "size:oneMember",
+      "orgType:dao",
+    ]);
+    expect(unknown?.score).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("returns zero when no facets requested", async () => {
+    const out = await scoreTemplatesByTemplateFacets({
+      templateSlugs: ["consensus"],
+      facets: {},
+    });
+    expect(out?.[0]?.score).toBe(0);
+    expect(templateFindManyMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("getTemplateFacetSlugSet", () => {
+  it("returns distinct template slugs", async () => {
+    templateFindManyMock.mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      { templateSlug: "consensus" },
+      { templateSlug: "do-ocracy" },
+    ]);
+
+    const set = await getTemplateFacetSlugSet();
+    expect(set?.has("consensus")).toBe(true);
+    expect(set?.has("do-ocracy")).toBe(true);
+  });
+});

tests/unit/templateGridFacetScores.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import {
+  deriveRecommendedTemplateSlugs,
+  gridEntriesWithFacetScores,
+} from "../../lib/templates/templateGridPresentation";
+import { fetchRankedTemplatesByFacets } from "../../lib/create/fetchTemplates";
+import type { RuleTemplateDto } from "../../lib/create/fetchTemplates";
+
+const minimalTemplate = (slug: string, title: string): RuleTemplateDto => ({
+  id: "x",
+  slug,
+  title,
+  category: null,
+  description: null,
+  body: null,
+  sortOrder: 0,
+  featured: false,
+});
+
+describe("deriveRecommendedTemplateSlugs", () => {
+  it("returns at most limit slugs in the top score tier (API order for ties)", () => {
+    const templates = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"].map((s) => ({ slug: s }));
+    const scores = Object.fromEntries(
+      ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"].map((s) => [
+        s,
+        { score: 1, matchedFacets: [] as string[] },
+      ]),
+    );
+    const set = deriveRecommendedTemplateSlugs(templates, scores, 5);
+    expect(set.size).toBe(5);
+    expect([...set]).toEqual(["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]);
+  });
+
+  it("only recommends the highest score group, not lower tiers to fill the cap", () => {
+    const templates = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"].map((s) => ({ slug: s }));
+    const scores = {
+      a: { score: 4, matchedFacets: [] as string[] },
+      b: { score: 4, matchedFacets: [] as string[] },
+      c: { score: 3, matchedFacets: [] as string[] },
+      d: { score: 3, matchedFacets: [] as string[] },
+      e: { score: 3, matchedFacets: [] as string[] },
+    };
+    const set = deriveRecommendedTemplateSlugs(templates, scores, 5);
+    expect([...set]).toEqual(["a", "b"]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("gridEntriesWithFacetScores", () => {
+  it("sets recommended true only for top compact matches (like card decks)", () => {
+    const t = minimalTemplate("do-ocracy", "Do-ocracy");
+    const [row] = gridEntriesWithFacetScores([t], {
+      "do-ocracy": { score: 3, matchedFacets: ["a"] },
+    });
+    expect(row.recommended).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("does not mark lower-scoring templates recommended when a higher tier exists", () => {
+    const high = [
+      minimalTemplate("a", "A"),
+      minimalTemplate("b", "B"),
+    ];
+    const low = minimalTemplate("c", "C");
+    const rows = gridEntriesWithFacetScores([...high, low], {
+      a: { score: 4, matchedFacets: [] },
+      b: { score: 4, matchedFacets: [] },
+      c: { score: 3, matchedFacets: [] },
+    });
+    const rec = rows.filter((r) => r.recommended).map((r) => r.slug);
+    expect(rec).toEqual(["a", "b"]);
+  });
+
+  it("caps top-tier recommended badges to compactRecommendedLimit", () => {
+    const slugs = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"];
+    const templates = slugs.map((s) => minimalTemplate(s, s));
+    const scores = Object.fromEntries(
+      slugs.map((s) => [s, { score: 1, matchedFacets: [] as string[] }]),
+    );
+    const rows = gridEntriesWithFacetScores(templates, scores, {
+      compactRecommendedLimit: 5,
+    });
+    expect(rows.filter((r) => r.recommended).map((r) => r.slug)).toEqual([
+      "a",
+      "b",
+      "c",
+      "d",
+      "e",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("sets recommended false when score is zero or missing", () => {
+    const t = minimalTemplate("consensus", "Consensus");
+    const [a] = gridEntriesWithFacetScores([t], {
+      consensus: { score: 0, matchedFacets: [] },
+    });
+    const [b] = gridEntriesWithFacetScores([t], {});
+    expect(a.recommended).toBe(false);
+    expect(b.recommended).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("fetchRankedTemplatesByFacets", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    global.fetch = vi.fn();
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("parses ok JSON with templates and scores", async () => {
+    const template = minimalTemplate("s", "T");
+    vi.mocked(global.fetch).mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      json: async () => ({
+        templates: [template],
+        scores: { s: { score: 1, matchedFacets: ["size:oneMember"] } },
+      }),
+    } as Response);
+    const r = await fetchRankedTemplatesByFacets({
+      facetQuery: "facet.size=oneMember",
+    });
+    expect("error" in r).toBe(false);
+    if (!("error" in r)) {
+      expect(r.templates).toEqual([template]);
+      expect(r.scores.s?.score).toBe(1);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("returns error when facetQuery is empty", async () => {
+    const r = await fetchRankedTemplatesByFacets({ facetQuery: "" });
+    expect("error" in r).toBe(true);
+  });
+});