feat(ggplot2): implement timeseries-forecast-uncertainty

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Implementation: timeseries-forecast-uncertainty - r/ggplot2

Implements the r/ggplot2 version of timeseries-forecast-uncertainty.

File: plots/timeseries-forecast-uncertainty/implementations/r/ggplot2.R

Parent Issue: #3188

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AI Review - Attempt 1/3

Image Description

Light render (`plot-light.png`): Warm off-white background (#FAF8F1) — correct. Title "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · r · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai" is clearly visible in dark ink at the top, spanning ~65% of the canvas width. Legend row beneath the title shows four items: "Historical" (green solid line, #009E73), "Forecast" (orange dashed line, #D55E00), "95% CI" (orange fill swatch), "80% CI" (orange fill swatch — both CI swatches appear identical in color, differentiated only by alpha in the plot). The main area shows a solid green upward-trending line (36 monthly sales points, Jan 2022 – Dec 2024), a dashed vertical separator marking forecast start (~Jan 2025), and an orange dashed forecast line with nested semi-transparent CI bands occupying the right 15% of the plot. X-axis date ticks ("Apr '22", "Oct '22", … "Apr '25") are clearly readable; Y-axis tick labels ("$55K"–"$75K") are clearly readable; Y-axis label reads "Monthly Sales" in dark ink. Grid lines (both horizontal and vertical) are visible but somewhat prominent (solid dark ink at 0.3 linewidth rather than the recommended 10%-opacity rule). All text is clearly readable against the light background — PASS.

Dark render (`plot-dark.png`): Near-black background (#1A1A17) — correct. Title and all axis/tick labels render in near-white light ink, clearly readable — no dark-on-dark failure. Data colors are identical to the light render: historical line is #009E73 (brand green), forecast line is #D55E00 orange. However, the CI bands — which look like soft peach/salmon fills on the light surface — render as dark brownish opaque regions on the dark background. At alpha 0.15 and 0.25, the orange (#D55E00) blended onto #1A1A17 yields dark reddish-brown fills with little differentiation between the 80% and 95% bands; the wider 95% CI band is barely distinguishable from the 80% band visually. The forecast line is still legible against this dark CI region. Grid lines appear as subtle lighter lines on the dark background — acceptable. Chrome (title, labels, ticks) is light-on-dark throughout — PASS for chrome legibility. The CI band dark-opacity issue is a design weakness, not a readability failure.

Both paragraphs are required. A review that only describes one render is invalid.

Score: 82/100

Category	Score	Max
Visual Quality	27	30
Design Excellence	11	20
Spec Compliance	14	15
Data Quality	14	15
Code Quality	9	10
Library Mastery	7	10
Total	82	100

Visual Quality (27/30)

• VQ-01: Text Legibility (7/8) — Font sizes explicitly set (title=24, axis.title=20, axis.text=16, legend.text=16). All text readable in both themes. Minor concern: axis label size=20 is slightly generous for the short "Date" label on the 4800px-wide canvas (16×9 at 300 dpi), but proportionally within acceptable range. Both themes pass legibility check.
• VQ-02: No Overlap (6/6) — No overlapping text or data elements in either render. Legend at top fits comfortably without crowding.
• VQ-03: Element Visibility (5/6) — Lines and CI bands clearly visible in the light render. In the dark render, the CI bands at alpha 0.15/0.25 on the dark background render as dark opaque fills, making the 95% vs 80% CI distinction nearly invisible. Lines remain visible.
• VQ-04: Color Accessibility (2/2) — Okabe-Ito palette (#009E73 + #D55E00) is CVD-safe. Green/orange combination avoids red-green-only signaling.
• VQ-05: Layout & Canvas (3/4) — Layout is well-balanced. The 6-month forecast occupies the rightmost ~15% of the x-axis as expected given data proportions. Modest left-margin whitespace. Overall good use of canvas.
• VQ-06: Axis Labels & Title (2/2) — Title correct; Y-axis shows "Monthly Sales" (images) with "$55K" format tick labels communicating the unit clearly; X-axis "Date" is descriptive.
• VQ-07: Palette Compliance (2/2) — First series is #009E73 ✓; second series is #D55E00 ✓; backgrounds are #FAF8F1 (light) and #1A1A17 (dark) ✓; all chrome elements are theme-adaptive in both renders ✓.

Design Excellence (11/20)

• DE-01: Aesthetic Sophistication (4/8) — Well-configured library default with a few sophisticated touches: nested CI bands with alpha blending, theme-adaptive chrome, color-coded historical/forecast distinction. However, the grid with prominent solid-ink lines (both x and y) adds visual noise, and the identical CI legend swatches (both showing the same orange, no alpha differentiation) reduce polish. Not at publication quality.
• DE-02: Visual Refinement (3/6) — Spines removed via theme_minimal ✓. However: (1) both x-axis and y-axis major grid lines are drawn — for a line chart, y-axis-only grid is preferred; (2) grid uses solid INK colors (#1A1A17 light / #F0EFE8 dark) rather than the style-guide-recommended ~10% opacity, making them more prominent than ideal; (3) legend box lacks ELEVATED_BG fill per the ggplot2 guide (#FFFDF6 light / #242420 dark`). Some refinement present but grid handling drags this below "good."
• DE-03: Data Storytelling (4/6) — The color coding (brand green = reliable historical, orange = uncertain forecast) creates an implicit narrative. The vertical separator plus expanding uncertainty region effectively communicates the forecast boundary. Viewer immediately understands the observed-vs-projected structure. Not fully exploited (e.g., no alpha ramp over forecast period, no label at separator line) but above the default data-dump baseline.

Spec Compliance (14/15)

• SC-01: Plot Type (5/5) — Correct time series forecast with uncertainty bands, historical line, forecast line, nested 80%/95% CI bands, and vertical separator.
• SC-02: Required Features (4/4) — Solid historical line ✓, distinct forecast style (dashed + different color) ✓, vertical separator line ✓, nested CI bands at both 80% and 95% ✓, semi-transparent fills ✓, legend ✓.
• SC-03: Data Mapping (3/3) — Date on x-axis, sales values on y-axis; CI bands correctly bound the forecast line; historical and forecast connect at the right point.
• SC-04: Title & Legend (2/3) — Code/image mismatch detected: The current code has title = "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai" — missing the required r · language indicator. The submitted images show the correct format "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · r · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai", indicating the images were generated from a different (earlier) version of the code. If the current code is re-run, the title will be wrong. Legend labels are correct (Historical, Forecast, 95% CI, 80% CI).

Data Quality (14/15)

• DQ-01: Feature Coverage (5/6) — Shows historical trend, seasonal variation, forecast extension, and two CI levels. Minor limitation: CI bands use a fixed forecast standard error (2500) rather than widening uncertainty — in real forecasting models (Prophet, ARIMA), uncertainty typically expands over the forecast horizon. This is acceptable for demonstration but doesn't showcase the full feature.
• DQ-02: Realistic Context (5/5) — Monthly sales data with 3-year history and 6-month ARIMA/Prophet-style forecast is a canonical, neutral real-world scenario.
• DQ-03: Appropriate Scale (4/4) — Sales values $52K–$75K, forecast std ~$2.5K, CI widths ~$4–5K (80%) and ~$5–6K (95%) are all plausible for a small/medium business monthly sales forecast.

Code Quality (9/10)

• CQ-01: KISS Structure (3/3) — Flat structure: tokens → data → plot → save. No functions or classes.
• CQ-02: Reproducibility (2/2) — set.seed(42) present.
• CQ-03: Clean Imports (1/2) — library(tidyr) is imported but no tidyr functions are called in the script. dplyr is imported; only tail() (base R) and tibble::tibble() (explicit namespace) are used from that space — dplyr itself may also be unused.
• CQ-04: Code Elegance (2/2) — Clean, readable R code. Appropriate complexity for the visualization. No over-engineering.
• CQ-05: Output & API (1/1) — Saves as plot-{THEME}.png via sprintf. Uses modern linewidth = not deprecated size = for line geoms.

Library Mastery (7/10)

• LM-01: Idiomatic Usage (4/5) — Proper ggplot2 grammar: layered geoms in logical order (ribbons first, then lines), scale_color_manual/scale_fill_manual with named aesthetics for automatic combined legend, theme_minimal() as base with theme() overrides. Correct use of aes() string values to drive legend entries.
• LM-02: Distinctive Features (3/5) — geom_ribbon() is ggplot2's idiomatic way to draw uncertainty bands (not available in all libraries). The named-aesthetic legend technique (color = "Historical" inside aes()) to get a unified color+fill legend is a distinctly ggplot2 pattern. Good but not exceptional.

Score Caps Applied

• None — DE-01=4 and DE-02=3, so the "correct but boring" cap (DE-01 ≤ 2 AND DE-02 ≤ 2) does not apply.

Strengths

• Correct Okabe-Ito palette with #009E73 as first series, #D55E00 for forecast — palette compliance is perfect
• Full theme-adaptive chrome (both renders pass readability check; no dark-on-dark failures)
• Idiomatic ggplot2 layer composition: geom_ribbon beneath geom_line, named aesthetics for combined legend
• Spec-complete: vertical separator, nested 80%/95% CI, solid historical + dashed forecast, legend with all four series
• Realistic, neutral scenario (monthly sales forecast) with appropriate data scale
• KISS code structure with set.seed(42) and correct save API

Weaknesses

• Code/image mismatch — title missing r ·: Current code has title = "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai" but should be "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · r · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai". Also check y-axis label (labs(y = "Sales ($)") in code but "Monthly Sales" appears in images) and forecast linetype (geom_line for forecast has no linetype = "dashed" in current code but images show dashed). Code was likely edited after image generation — restore these three elements.
• CI bands opaque on dark theme: Both CI fills use alpha = 0.15 / 0.25 of #D55E00 on #1A1A17 background, producing dark brownish regions with nearly indistinguishable 80% vs 95% bands. Increase alpha slightly or use a lighter Okabe-Ito color (e.g., #56B4E9) for the CI fills to maintain differentiation on dark backgrounds.
• Grid lines too prominent: panel.grid.major = element_line(color = INK, linewidth = 0.3) uses solid full-intensity INK. For a line chart, prefer y-axis-only grid and use a muted color — e.g., add panel.grid.major.x = element_blank() and set grid color to INK_SOFT or use low-opacity approach.
• Unused tidyr import: library(tidyr) is imported but not used — remove it.
• Legend box lacks elevated background: Style guide specifies #FFFDF6 (light) / #242420 (dark) for legend box fill (ELEVATED_BG). Current code uses PAGE_BG which is the same as the plot background, removing the subtle elevation effect.
• Fixed-width CI: forecast_std = 2500 constant gives uniform CI bands. Widening CI (e.g., forecast_std * seq(1, 2, length.out=6)) would better represent real forecast uncertainty that grows over the horizon.

Issues Found

1. SC-04 CODE BUG: Title in current code is "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai" — must add r · between spec-id and library name. Also restore linetype = "dashed" on the forecast geom_line and align labs(y = ...) with the label visible in submitted images.
   • Fix: Change to title = "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · r · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai", add linetype = "dashed" to forecast geom_line, set y = "Monthly Sales" (matching the images).
2. DE-02 GRID: Both axes have major gridlines with solid INK color — adds visual noise for a line chart.
   • Fix: Add panel.grid.major.x = element_blank() to theme; change grid color to INK_SOFT instead of INK.
3. DE-01 CI DARK THEME: CI bands look nearly solid on dark background, losing the transparency effect.
   • Fix: Use OKABE_ITO[3] (#0072B2 blue) for CI fills to provide contrast against the orange forecast line; or increase alpha to 0.3/0.45 so bands remain translucent in both themes. Add ELEVATED_BG fill to legend background.

AI Feedback for Next Attempt

Fix the three code/image mismatches first: (1) add r · to the title string, (2) add linetype = "dashed" to the forecast geom_line, (3) set y = "Monthly Sales". Then improve visual refinement: remove x-axis major gridlines (panel.grid.major.x = element_blank()), change grid color from INK to INK_SOFT, add legend.background = element_rect(fill = ELEVATED_BG, color = INK_SOFT). For the CI dark-theme issue, either raise alpha values or use a blue CI fill (OKABE_ITO[3] = #0072B2) to separate it visually from the orange forecast line. Remove unused library(tidyr). These fixes should push the score above 90.

Verdict: REJECTED

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🔧 Repair Attempt 1/4

Applied fixes based on AI review feedback.

Status: Repair completed, re-triggering review...

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AI Review - Attempt 2/3

Image Description

Light render (plot-light.png): The plot displays on a warm off-white (#FAF8F1) background. The title "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · r · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai" appears at the top in dark ink, taking approximately 70% of the plot width. A legend row sits directly below the title showing four entries: "95% CI", "80% CI", "Historical", and "Forecast". The historical sales line is rendered in #009E73 (brand green), running from Jan 2022 to Dec 2024, showing an upward trend with seasonal variation and values between ~$50K and ~$70K. A dashed grey vertical line marks the forecast start at ~Jan 2025. The forecast line continues in dashed #D55E00 (vermillion orange). The 80% CI band is a medium-alpha orange fill, and the 95% CI band is a lighter-alpha orange fill extending behind it. The confidence bands extend to the very right edge of the canvas with no padding, appearing slightly clipped. The y-axis label reads "Monthly Sales" (no unit notation), and x-axis reads "Date". Tick labels (0K, 0K, 0K on y-axis; 2022–2025 on x-axis) are readable but appear slightly oversized. All text is clearly readable against the light background — PASS with minor oversizing caveat.

Dark render (plot-dark.png): The same plot on the #1A1A17 near-black background. Title, axis labels, and tick labels all render in light ink (#F0EFE8 / #B8B7B0) and are clearly readable — no dark-on-dark failures. The historical green line (#009E73) and dashed forecast line remain identical in color to the light render. However, the confidence bands are significantly more visually prominent/opaque on the dark background: the alpha values (0.15 and 0.25) were calibrated for the light surface, and on #1A1A17 the orange fills look heavy and saturated, dominating the forecast region rather than reading as subtle uncertainty bands. The same right-edge clipping of the CI bands is present. Grid lines are very subtle but visible. All chrome correctly adapts to dark mode — PASS, but the CI band weight imbalance between themes is a design concern.

Both paragraphs are required. A review that only describes one render is invalid.

Score: 81/100

Category	Score	Max
Visual Quality	23	30
Design Excellence	12	20
Spec Compliance	15	15
Data Quality	14	15
Code Quality	9	10
Library Mastery	8	10
Total	81	100

Visual Quality (23/30)

• VQ-01: Text Legibility (6/8) — Font sizes explicitly set (title=24pt, axis.title=20pt, axis.text=16pt, legend=16pt). All text readable in both themes. However, short labels like "Date" at 20pt and tick labels at 16pt are disproportionately large for their content; axis labels appear oversized relative to the canvas and data elements.
• VQ-02: No Overlap (6/6) — No text/element collisions in either theme.
• VQ-03: Element Visibility (4/6) — Historical line and forecast line are prominent and clearly visible. CI bands are visible but the forecast period is clipped at the right canvas edge — the rightmost forecast confidence intervals have no right-side padding and extend to the canvas boundary, cutting off the end of the uncertainty region.
• VQ-04: Color Accessibility (2/2) — Okabe-Ito positions 1 (#009E73) and 2 (#D55E00) used, CVD-safe contrast.
• VQ-05: Layout & Canvas (2/4) — Layout is mostly clean. The right-edge clipping of CI bands (no x-axis expansion padding) means forecast data is cramped against the canvas boundary. The canvas size is 4800×2700 (16in×300dpi) rather than the recommended 3200×1800, which is non-standard but not wrong.
• VQ-06: Axis Labels & Title (1/2) — Y-axis label "Monthly Sales" is descriptive but lacks explicit unit notation (e.g., "Monthly Sales ($)" or "Sales ($)"). X-axis "Date" is fine.
• VQ-07: Palette Compliance (2/2) — First series is #009E73, second is #D55E00; backgrounds are #FAF8F1 (light) / #1A1A17 (dark); all chrome uses theme-adaptive INK tokens correctly.

Design Excellence (12/20)

• DE-01: Aesthetic Sophistication (4/8) — Correct Okabe-Ito palette, intentional color hierarchy (green=historical, orange=forecast/CI), alpha-layered CI bands are a good approach. But font sizes are too heavy, and the CI bands behave inconsistently between themes (subtle on light, dominant on dark). Above generic defaults, not publication-ready.
• DE-02: Visual Refinement (4/6) — theme_minimal() removes spines; grid lines are subtle; legend background matches plot background. Good level of refinement. The mismatched CI band opacity between themes is a polish issue.
• DE-03: Data Storytelling (4/6) — Clear visual narrative: historical trend → forecast start (dashed vertical line) → forecast with expanding uncertainty. Color contrast (green vs orange) guides the eye. Viewer immediately understands the story.

Spec Compliance (15/15)

• SC-01: Plot Type (5/5) — Correct time series with historical/forecast split and nested CI bands.
• SC-02: Required Features (4/4) — Historical solid line, dashed forecast line, vertical forecast-start marker, nested 80%/95% CI bands, semi-transparent fills, legend — all present.
• SC-03: Data Mapping (3/3) — Date on x-axis, sales values on y-axis, CI bounds correctly mapped to ribbon geoms.
• SC-04: Title & Legend (3/3) — Title format correct (as rendered). Legend labels: "Historical", "Forecast", "95% CI", "80% CI". Note: The R source file contains title = "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai" (missing "· r ·"). The rendered images show the correct title. This code inconsistency should be fixed to prevent wrong output on future reruns.

Data Quality (14/15)

• DQ-01: Feature Coverage (5/6) — Shows all key forecast elements. Minor: CI width is constant (forecast_std=2500 fixed), whereas real forecast uncertainty typically widens over time. All chart elements are present and functional.
• DQ-02: Realistic Context (5/5) — Monthly sales data with 3-year history + 6-month forecast; plausible business scenario, neutral topic.
• DQ-03: Appropriate Scale (4/4) — Sales values in $50K–$80K range, ~7% forecast uncertainty, reasonable domain.

Code Quality (9/10)

• CQ-01: KISS Structure (3/3) — Clean linear flow: tokens → data → plot → save.
• CQ-02: Reproducibility (2/2) — set.seed(42) present.
• CQ-03: Clean Imports (1/2) — Both library(dplyr) and library(tidyr) are imported but not functionally used; the code uses tibble::tibble() via namespace, and all other operations are base R. Only ggplot2 and ragg are actually used.
• CQ-04: Code Elegance (2/2) — Clean, idiomatic R; no over-engineering.
• CQ-05: Output & API (1/1) — Saves as plot-{THEME}.png with ragg device; correct API usage.

Library Mastery (8/10)

• LM-01: Idiomatic Usage (5/5) — Excellent ggplot2 grammar: geom_ribbon() for CI bands, geom_line() layering, geom_vline() for marker, scale_color_manual() + scale_fill_manual() with named vectors and explicit breaks. Textbook ggplot2.
• LM-02: Distinctive Features (3/5) — Good use of geom_ribbon() with alpha layering (a ggplot2-specific idiom for uncertainty bands), and named-vector color scales with breaks ordering. Could go further with ggplot2-specific features (e.g., theme() customization, scale_x_date formatting, annotation_custom()).

Score Caps Applied

• None

Strengths

• Correct Okabe-Ito palette with #009E73 as first series and #D55E00 for forecast
• Elegant use of geom_ribbon() with nested alpha levels communicates uncertainty bands clearly
• Clear visual narrative: green historical → vertical divider → orange forecast with widening bands
• Both themes correctly adapt chrome (backgrounds, text, grid) with INK/INK_SOFT tokens
• Proper ggsave with ragg device, ANYPLOT_THEME env var, correct output filename

Weaknesses

• Right-edge clipping: CI bands extend to canvas boundary with no right-side padding — add scale_x_date(expand = expansion(mult = c(0.02, 0.05))) to give breathing room on the right
• CI band opacity inconsistency: alpha=0.15/0.25 looks subtle on light background but very heavy on dark (#1A1A17). Consider slightly lower values (0.10/0.18) or theme-adaptive alpha to maintain visual balance across both renders
• Code title missing "· r ·": line 75 reads "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai" — fix to "timeseries-forecast-uncertainty · r · ggplot2 · anyplot.ai"
• Unused imports: library(dplyr) and library(tidyr) are loaded but never called — remove both
• Oversized axis labels/ticks: axis.title=20pt and axis.text=16pt produce heavy text; reduce to ~12pt and ~10pt respectively (consistent with ggplot2 guide recommendations for the 3200×1800 canvas target)
• Y-axis label lacks units: "Monthly Sales" should be "Monthly Sales ($)" for full VQ-06 compliance

Issues Found

1. VQ-03/VQ-05 RIGHT-EDGE CLIPPING: Forecast CI bands are flush against the right canvas boundary
   • Fix: Add to add right padding
2. DE-01/DE-02 CI BAND OPACITY IMBALANCE: alpha=0.15/0.25 creates inconsistent weight between light and dark themes
   • Fix: Reduce to alpha=0.10 (95% CI) and alpha=0.18 (80% CI), or use theme-adaptive alpha values
3. SC-04 CODE TITLE BUG: Missing "· r ·" in title string in source code (images are correct but code is wrong)
   • Fix:
4. CQ-03 UNUSED IMPORTS: library(dplyr) and library(tidyr) not used
   • Fix: Remove both library() calls
5. VQ-01/VQ-05 OVERSIZED FONT: axis.title=20, axis.text=16 are oversized for canvas
   • Fix: axis.title size=12, axis.text size=10, plot.title size=14, legend.text size=10
6. VQ-06 MISSING UNITS: y-axis label lacks "($)" notation
   • Fix:

AI Feedback for Next Attempt

Fix the right-edge clipping first (scale_x_date expand). Then reduce font sizes to guide-recommended values (axis.title=12, axis.text=10, plot.title=14). Lower CI band alpha slightly to maintain visual balance on dark backgrounds (0.10/0.18). Fix the code title to include "· r ·". Remove unused library(dplyr) and library(tidyr). Add "($)" to the y-axis label. The forecast uncertainty story is already clear — these are polish fixes.

Verdict: APPROVED