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[workshop-sim] Repair: Make Step 7/7d billing-path choice an explicit, unmissable gate

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github-actions, markdown
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the "Choose a billing path" section of 07d-confirm-model-access.md and the linked side-quest-07d-billing-paths.md, which holds the correct steps for both billing paths. Add a compact two-row table to the core page giving each path's permission or secret action and its recompile and commit command, and keep the side quest link for the PAT scope and 401 details. Done when a reader can finish the Step 7d gate from that page alone and the hands-on steps are unchanged.

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Description

feedback simulation workshop

Problem statement

07-first-workflow is the highest-dropout step in the latest simulation run (21.1% conditional dropout among 22,226 at-risk runs; 95% MC interval 20.6%–21.7%). 3,974 of this step's failures are tagged copilot-access-missing — learners whose selected billing method (organization centralized billing vs. personal billing with COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN) does not match their permissions:/secret configuration, which then surfaces as a hard failure one step later at Step 8.

The content that explains both billing paths (side-quest-07d-billing-paths.md) is correct and complete, but it is reached only through an optional-feeling side-quest link from 07d-confirm-model-access.md. A learner can tick the Step 7d checkpoint box ("I chose a billing path") without ever opening the side quest that tells them how to actually apply it, recompile, and commit.

Proposed change

Inline a compact, single-screen billing decision block directly into 07d-confirm-model-access.md's "Choose a billing path" section — a two-row table (Organization centralized billing vs. Personal billing) with the exact permission/secret action and recompile/commit command for each path, instead of requiring a click-through to the side quest to get that information. Keep the side quest as the deeper reference (e.g., for the PAT scope walkthrough and 401 troubleshooting), but make the core page self-sufficient for completing the gate.

Failure mode classification

Access barrier — this is a configuration/setup friction issue (billing/permission mismatch), not a conceptual gap.

Quantitative guardrail

Current scores for 07d-confirm-model-access.md / 07-your-first-workflow.md (shared step, overall_score 6.25/10):

  • overall_score: 6.25/10
  • Weakest rubric dimension: checkpoint_quality (0.0/10 — a corpus-wide rubric/formatting mismatch, not unique to this step)
  • Learning KPI index inputs: active_learning 6.3/10 · checkpoint_quality 0.0/10 · scaffolding 5.0/10 → index ≈ 3.65/10

Inlining the decision table adds no new concepts and does not reduce the existing hands-on activities (test prompt, workflow creation prompt, compile/commit steps), so active_learning and scaffolding should hold steady or improve slightly from clearer sequencing. The change should not touch checkpoint_quality positively or negatively since it does not alter the checkpoint heading format.

Acceptance criteria

  • The shared curriculum quantitative assessment overall_score for 07d-confirm-model-access.md stays flat or improves after the change
  • The step's learning KPI index (2.0 × active_learning + 2.0 × checkpoint_quality + 1.5 × scaffolding) / 5.5 stays flat or improves
  • Hands-on practice, checkpoints, and scaffolding (test prompt, billing selection, recompile/commit steps) are preserved or strengthened — not removed or shortened to improve completion numbers
  • A learner following only the core 07d-confirm-model-access.md page (without opening the side quest) can correctly configure either billing path and recompile/commit

Suggested owner profile

workshop maintainer (content restructuring across two linked pages; low risk, no new mechanics)
Related to #4415

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