Strip all emoji and unicode from runtime strings

Replace emoji prefixes in ClickUp comments and notifications with
plain ASCII tags ([FAILED], [DONE], [WARNING], [STARTED], [OUTLINE]).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

cheddahbot/scheduler.py

@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ class Scheduler:
             if result.startswith("Skipped:") or result.startswith("Error:"):
                 client.add_comment(
                     task_id,
-                    f"⚠️ CheddahBot could not execute this task.\n\n{result[:2000]}",
+                    f"[WARNING]CheddahBot could not execute this task.\n\n{result[:2000]}",
                 )
                 client.update_task_status(task_id, self.config.clickup.error_status)
 
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class Scheduler:
 
         except Exception as e:
             client.add_comment(
-                task_id, f"❌ CheddahBot failed to complete this task.\n\nError: {str(e)[:2000]}"
+                task_id, f"[FAILED]CheddahBot failed to complete this task.\n\nError: {str(e)[:2000]}"
             )
             client.update_task_status(task_id, self.config.clickup.error_status)
 
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ class Scheduler:
                 client.update_task_status(task.id, reset_status)
                 client.add_comment(
                     task.id,
-                    f"⚠️ CheddahBot auto-recovered this task. It was stuck in "
+                    f"[WARNING]CheddahBot auto-recovered this task. It was stuck in "
                     f"'{automation_status}' for {age_ms / 3_600_000:.1f} hours. "
                     f"Reset to '{reset_status}' for retry.",
                 )
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ class Scheduler:
             log.warning("Task %s (%s) missing IMSURL — skipping", task_id, matched_task.name)
             client.add_comment(
                 task_id,
-                "❌ Link building skipped — IMSURL field is empty. "
+                "[FAILED]Link building skipped — IMSURL field is empty. "
                 "Set the IMSURL field in ClickUp so the pipeline knows where to build links.",
             )
             client.update_task_status(task_id, self.config.clickup.error_status)
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ class Scheduler:
             log.error("Folder watcher pipeline error for %s: %s", filename, e)
             client.add_comment(
                 task_id,
-                f"❌ Link building pipeline crashed.\n\nError: {str(e)[:2000]}",
+                f"[FAILED]Link building pipeline crashed.\n\nError: {str(e)[:2000]}",
             )
             client.update_task_status(task_id, self.config.clickup.error_status)
         finally:
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ class Scheduler:
             log.error("Content watcher pipeline error for %s: %s", filename, e)
             client.add_comment(
                 task_id,
-                f"❌ Content pipeline crashed.\n\nError: {str(e)[:2000]}",
+                f"[FAILED]Content pipeline crashed.\n\nError: {str(e)[:2000]}",
             )
             client.update_task_status(task_id, self.config.clickup.error_status)
         finally:

cheddahbot/tools/content_creation.py

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def _sync_clickup_outline_ready(ctx: dict | None, task_id: str, outline_path: st
 
         client.add_comment(
             task_id,
-            f"📝 CheddahBot generated a content outline.\n\n"
+            f"[OUTLINE]CheddahBot generated a content outline.\n\n"
             f"Outline saved to: `{outline_path}`\n\n"
             f"Please review and edit the outline, then move this task to "
             f"**outline approved** to trigger the full content write.",
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def _sync_clickup_complete(ctx: dict | None, task_id: str, content_path: str) ->
         config = ctx["config"]
         client.add_comment(
             task_id,
-            f"✅ CheddahBot completed the content.\n\n"
+            f"[DONE]CheddahBot completed the content.\n\n"
             f"Final content saved to: `{content_path}`\n\n"
             f"Ready for internal review.",
         )
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def _sync_clickup_fail(ctx: dict | None, task_id: str, error: str) -> None:
         config = ctx["config"]
         client.add_comment(
             task_id,
-            f"❌ CheddahBot failed during content creation.\n\nError: {error[:2000]}",
+            f"[FAILED]CheddahBot failed during content creation.\n\nError: {error[:2000]}",
         )
         client.update_task_status(task_id, config.clickup.error_status)
     except Exception as e:
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ def _sync_clickup_optimization_complete(
 
         # Build comment with validation summary
         comment_parts = [
-            f"✅ Optimization pipeline complete for '{keyword}'.\n",
+            f"[DONE]Optimization pipeline complete for '{keyword}'.\n",
             f"**URL:** {url}\n",
             "**Deliverables attached:**",
         ]
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ def _run_phase2(
                     client.update_task_status(task_id, reset_status)
                     client.add_comment(
                         task_id,
-                        f"⚠️ Outline file not found for keyword '{keyword}'. "
+                        f"[WARNING]Outline file not found for keyword '{keyword}'. "
                         f"Searched: {outline_path or '(no path saved)'}. "
                         f"Please re-run Phase 1 (create_content) to generate a new outline.",
                     )

cheddahbot/tools/linkbuilding.py

@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ def _fail_clickup_task(ctx: dict | None, task_id: str, error_msg: str) -> None:
         try:
             cu_client.add_comment(
                 task_id,
-                f"❌ Link building pipeline failed.\n\nError: {error_msg[:2000]}",
+                f"[FAILED]Link building pipeline failed.\n\nError: {error_msg[:2000]}",
             )
             cu_client.update_task_status(task_id, error_status)
         except Exception as e:
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ def run_cora_backlinks(
     # ── Step 1: ingest-cora ──
     _set_status(ctx, f"Step 1/2: Ingesting CORA report for {project_name}...")
     if clickup_task_id:
-        _sync_clickup(ctx, clickup_task_id, "ingest", "🔄 Starting Cora Backlinks pipeline...")
+        _sync_clickup(ctx, clickup_task_id, "ingest", "[STARTED]Starting Cora Backlinks pipeline...")
 
     # Convert branded_plus_ratio from string if needed
     try:
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ def run_cora_backlinks(
             ctx,
             clickup_task_id,
             "ingest_done",
-            f"✅ CORA report ingested. Project ID: {project_id}. Job file: {job_file}",
+            f"[DONE]CORA report ingested. Project ID: {project_id}. Job file: {job_file}",
         )
 
     # ── Step 2: generate-batch ──
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ def run_cora_backlinks(
 
     if clickup_task_id:
         summary = (
-            f"✅ Cora Backlinks pipeline completed for {project_name}.\n\n"
+            f"[DONE]Cora Backlinks pipeline completed for {project_name}.\n\n"
             f"Project ID: {project_id}\n"
             f"Keyword: {ingest_parsed['main_keyword']}\n"
             f"Job file: {gen_parsed['job_moved_to'] or job_file}"

cheddahbot/tools/press_release.py

@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ def write_press_releases(
                 cu_client.update_task_status(clickup_task_id, config.clickup.automation_status)
                 cu_client.add_comment(
                     clickup_task_id,
-                    f"🔄 CheddahBot starting press release creation.\n\n"
+                    f"[STARTED]CheddahBot starting press release creation.\n\n"
                     f"Topic: {topic}\nCompany: {company_name}",
                 )
                 log.info("ClickUp task %s set to automation-underway", clickup_task_id)
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ def write_press_releases(
             if failed_uploads:
                 paths_list = "\n".join(f"  - {p}" for p in failed_uploads)
                 upload_warning = (
-                    f"\n⚠️ Warning: {len(failed_uploads)} attachment(s) failed to upload. "
+                    f"\n[WARNING]Warning: {len(failed_uploads)} attachment(s) failed to upload. "
                     f"Files saved locally at:\n{paths_list}"
                 )
             cu_client.add_comment(
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ def write_press_releases(
             attach_note = f"\n📎 {uploaded_count} file(s) attached." if uploaded_count else ""
             result_text = "\n".join(output_parts)[:3000]
             comment = (
-                f"✅ CheddahBot completed this task.\n\n"
+                f"[DONE]CheddahBot completed this task.\n\n"
                 f"Skill: write_press_releases\n"
                 f"Result:\n{result_text}{attach_note}"
             )