From 66d50474f5ea732e947ae2a4715f1be91ebb4be5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Brennan Wilkes (Text Groove)" <brennan@textgroove.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:43:04 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Better recs

---
 viz/app/linker_page.js | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/viz/app/linker_page.js b/viz/app/linker_page.js
index c1b1f7b..d2447b8 100644
--- a/viz/app/linker_page.js
+++ b/viz/app/linker_page.js
@@ -283,7 +283,10 @@ function topSuggestions(allAgg, limit, otherPinnedSku, mappedSkus) {
     const stores = it.stores ? it.stores.size : 0;
     const hasPrice = it.cheapestPriceNum !== null ? 1 : 0;
     const hasName = it.name ? 1 : 0;
-    scored.push({ it, s: stores * 2 + hasPrice * 1.2 + hasName * 1.0 });
+
+    const unknown = String(it.sku || "").startsWith("u:") ? 1 : 0;
+
+    scored.push({ it, s: stores * 2 + hasPrice * 1.2 + hasName * 1.0 + unknown * 0.6 });
   }
   scored.sort((a, b) => b.s - a.s);
   return scored.slice(0, limit).map((x) => x.it);
@@ -317,13 +320,20 @@ function recommendSimilar(
     )
       continue;
 
-    const s = similarityScore(base, it.name || "");
+    let s = similarityScore(base, it.name || "");
+
+    // Small boost if either side is an unknown sku (u:...)
+    const aUnknown = String(pinnedSku || "").startsWith("u:");
+    const bUnknown = String(it.sku || "").startsWith("u:");
+    if (aUnknown || bUnknown) s *= 1.12;
+
     if (s > 0) scored.push({ it, s });
   }
   scored.sort((a, b) => b.s - a.s);
   return scored.slice(0, limit).map((x) => x.it);
 }
 
+
 function computeInitialPairsFast(allAgg, mappedSkus, limitPairs, isIgnoredPairFn) {
   const items = allAgg.filter((it) => {
     if (!it) return false;