# Pumpkin Afterlife

> A sorter for the pumpkins and gourds of an autumn display, built on the circular-economy waste hierarchy: keep a thing in use while it lasts, then use it as food, then compost it, then send it for food-waste recovery, and the general bin last. Say how your home deals with pumpkins (the display coming down or staying up, whether you cook pumpkin, a compost heap, a food-waste caddy collection) and list 1 to 6 pumpkins or gourds - what it is, the kind (carving pumpkin, eating pumpkin or squash, ornamental gourd), whole or carved, the finish (plain, candle-lit, painted, glitter or spray), the condition (firm, soft spots, mould, frost-hit), the days on show and a short note. The page routes each one free by a fixed rule, picks the pumpkin to deal with first and draws them as wagons in a railway hump yard. One metered run writes why each goes where it goes and the job to do before it goes, then a headline and the first thing to do.

URL: https://pumpkin-afterlife.skillsafe.ai/
API: https://pumpkin-afterlife.skillsafe.ai/api.html

## The page's rule (free, in the browser)
- Checked in order: painted, glitter, spray or glue - general bin; the display staying up and the pumpkin whole and firm - keep on show; you cook pumpkin and it is whole, firm and not an ornamental gourd - kitchen; a compost heap - compost heap; a food-waste caddy - food-waste caddy; otherwise - general bin.
- Deal with first: the leaving pumpkin with the highest urgency (mould 3, soft spots 2, frost-hit 2, carved +2, on show 14 days or more +1); the earliest on a tie.
- Verdict: clear today when any leaving pumpkin is carved or has soft spots or mould, clear this week otherwise, all staying when none leaves.

## The paid task
- One task, `route`. Input: `{"task":"route","pile":"..."}` where `pile` is the page's own rules line, household line, totals line and 1 line per pumpkin.
- Reply: JSON with `verdict`, `headline`, `items[]` (`item`, `route`, `why`, `before`), `first` (`item`, `step`) and `closing`. The page re-checks every route, the first pumpkin, cooking talk on pumpkins not going to the kitchen and the numbers.

## Limits
- If in doubt, do not eat it: never eat a carved, soft, mouldy, frost-hit, painted or glittered pumpkin, or an ornamental gourd. Take out candles and wax before composting. Do not leave pumpkins out for wildlife. Check your own council's food-waste rules. Not professional or food-safety advice.

## Sources
- SkillSafe skill @travisjneuman/sustainability-esg: https://skillsafe.ai/skill/@travisjneuman/sustainability-esg