fix: infinite recursion in project/tag service init, ID mismatch in seed migration

- ProjectService.init() had infinite recursion: list() → init() → seed → list() → init()...
- TagService seed checked file existence (always true after super.init creates it)
- Seed migrations now use seedItem() with raw project/tag strings as IDs
  so they match existing task.project and task.tags values
- Added seedItem() to ManagedListService base for custom-ID seeding
- Cleaned up task-types.json (removed duplicate, restored Research)

.veritas-kanban/projects.json

@@ -1 +1,34 @@
-[]
+[
+  {
+    "id": "Sprint 8",
+    "label": "Sprint 8",
+    "color": "bg-blue-500/20",
+    "order": 0,
+    "created": "2026-01-28T04:30:34.608Z",
+    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:30:34.608Z"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "brain",
+    "label": "brain",
+    "color": "bg-green-500/20",
+    "order": 1,
+    "created": "2026-01-28T04:30:34.608Z",
+    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:30:34.608Z"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "platform",
+    "label": "platform",
+    "color": "bg-purple-500/20",
+    "order": 2,
+    "created": "2026-01-28T04:30:34.608Z",
+    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:30:34.608Z"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "veritas-kanban",
+    "label": "veritas-kanban",
+    "color": "bg-orange-500/20",
+    "order": 3,
+    "created": "2026-01-28T04:30:34.608Z",
+    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:30:34.608Z"
+  }
+]

.veritas-kanban/tags.json

@@ -1 +1,10 @@
-[]
+[
+  {
+    "id": "feature",
+    "label": "feature",
+    "color": "bg-blue-500/20 text-blue-400",
+    "order": 0,
+    "created": "2026-01-28T04:30:34.607Z",
+    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:30:34.607Z"
+  }
+]

.veritas-kanban/task-types.json

@@ -4,21 +4,20 @@
     "label": "Code",
     "icon": "Code",
     "color": "border-l-violet-500",
-    "order": 0,
+    "order": 1,
     "isDefault": true,
     "created": "2026-01-28T04:03:21.782Z",
-    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:03:21.782Z"
+    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:27:49.587Z"
   },
   {
     "id": "research",
     "label": "Research",
-    "icon": "Search",
+    "icon": "BookOpen",
     "color": "border-l-cyan-500",
-    "order": 1,
+    "order": 3,
     "isDefault": true,
     "created": "2026-01-28T04:03:21.782Z",
-    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:10:37.498Z",
-    "isHidden": true
+    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:27:49.587Z"
   },
   {
     "id": "content",
@@ -28,16 +27,16 @@
     "order": 2,
     "isDefault": true,
     "created": "2026-01-28T04:03:21.782Z",
-    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:03:21.782Z"
+    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:27:49.587Z"
   },
   {
     "id": "automation",
     "label": "Automation",
     "icon": "Zap",
     "color": "border-l-emerald-500",
-    "order": 3,
+    "order": 0,
     "isDefault": true,
     "created": "2026-01-28T04:03:21.782Z",
-    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:03:21.782Z"
+    "updated": "2026-01-28T04:27:49.587Z"
   }
 ]

server/src/services/managed-list-service.ts

@@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ export class ManagedListService<T extends ManagedListItem> {
     return newItem;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Seed a pre-built item with a specific ID (for migrations)
+   * Skips ID generation — caller provides the full item
+   */
+  async seedItem(item: T): Promise<T> {
+    this.items.push(item);
+    await this.save();
+    return item;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Update an existing item
    */

server/src/services/project-service.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import type { ProjectConfig } from '@veritas-kanban/shared';
 import { ManagedListService } from './managed-list-service.js';
 import { TaskService } from './task-service.js';
@@ -43,14 +42,15 @@ export class ProjectService extends ManagedListService<ProjectConfig> {
    * Initialize service and perform seed migration if needed
    */
   async init(): Promise<void> {
+    // Prevent re-entrant init (list() calls init(), seed calls list())
+    if (this.seeded) return;
+    this.seeded = true;
+
     // Call parent init first
     await super.init();
 
     // Seed projects from existing tasks on first run
-    if (!this.seeded) {
-      await this.seedProjectsFromTasks();
-      this.seeded = true;
-    }
+    await this.seedProjectsFromTasks();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -82,21 +82,23 @@ export class ProjectService extends ManagedListService<ProjectConfig> {
     });
 
     // Create ProjectConfig entries for each unique project
+    // Use the raw project string as the ID for backward compatibility
+    // (tasks store project as a plain string that must match the project ID)
     const projectArray = Array.from(projectStrings).sort();
+    const now = new Date().toISOString();
     
     for (let i = 0; i < projectArray.length; i++) {
       const projectName = projectArray[i];
       const color = PROJECT_COLORS[i % PROJECT_COLORS.length];
       
-      // Create the project using the project name as both id and label
-      const now = new Date().toISOString();
-      await this.create({
+      await this.seedItem({
+        id: projectName,  // Must match existing task.project values
         label: projectName,
         color,
         order: i,
         created: now,
         updated: now,
-      } as any);
+      } as ProjectConfig);
     }
 
     console.log(`✅ Seeded ${projectArray.length} projects from existing tasks`);

server/src/services/tag-service.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import type { TagConfig } from '@veritas-kanban/shared';
 import { ManagedListService } from './managed-list-service.js';
 import { TaskService } from './task-service.js';
@@ -42,16 +41,15 @@ export class TagService extends ManagedListService<TagConfig> {
    * Initialize and seed tags from existing tasks if first run
    */
   async init(): Promise<void> {
-    await super.init();
-    
-    // Only seed once
+    // Prevent re-entrant init (list() calls init(), seed calls list())
     if (this.seeded) return;
     this.seeded = true;
 
-    const filePath = resolve(process.cwd(), '..', '.veritas-kanban', 'tags.json');
+    await super.init();
     
-    // If file doesn't exist, we need to seed from existing tasks
-    if (!existsSync(filePath)) {
+    // Seed from existing tasks if no tags exist yet
+    const existing = await this.list(true);
+    if (existing.length === 0) {
       await this.seedFromExistingTasks();
     }
   }
@@ -75,22 +73,19 @@ export class TagService extends ManagedListService<TagConfig> {
       // Create TagConfig entries for each unique tag
       const tagArray = Array.from(uniqueTags).sort();
       
+      const now = new Date().toISOString();
       for (let i = 0; i < tagArray.length; i++) {
         const tagString = tagArray[i];
         const color = TAG_COLORS[i % TAG_COLORS.length];
         
-        const now = new Date().toISOString();
-        const newTag: TagConfig = {
-          id: tagString, // Use tag string as ID for backward compatibility
+        await this.seedItem({
+          id: tagString,  // Must match existing task.tags values
           label: tagString,
           color,
           order: i,
           created: now,
           updated: now,
-        };
-
-        // Add to items array directly since we're seeding
-        await this.create({ label: tagString, color } as any);
+        } as TagConfig);
       }
 
       console.log(`Seeded ${tagArray.length} tags from existing tasks`);