Block preliminary property assessor PDFs

skills/property-assessor/tests/assessment.test.ts

@@ -198,8 +198,9 @@ test("assessProperty falls back to HAR when Zillow photo extraction fails", asyn
   );
 });
 
-test("assessProperty renders a PDF when recipient email is present", async () => {
+test("assessProperty does not render a PDF from a preliminary helper payload even when recipient email is present", async () => {
   const outputPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `property-assess-command-${Date.now()}.pdf`);
+  let renderCalls = 0;
   const result = await assessProperty(
     {
       address: "4141 Whiteley Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78418",
@@ -213,16 +214,21 @@ test("assessProperty renders a PDF when recipient email is present", async () =>
         attempts: ["No listing sources discovered from the address."],
         zillowUrl: null,
         harUrl: null
-      })
+      }),
+      renderReportPdfFn: async () => {
+        renderCalls += 1;
+        return outputPath;
+      }
     }
   );
 
   assert.equal(result.ok, true);
   assert.equal(result.needsAssessmentPurpose, false);
   assert.equal(result.needsRecipientEmails, false);
-  assert.equal(result.outputPath, outputPath);
-  const stat = await fs.promises.stat(outputPath);
-  assert.ok(stat.size > 1000);
+  assert.equal(renderCalls, 0);
+  assert.equal(result.pdfReady, false);
+  assert.equal(result.outputPath, null);
+  assert.match(result.message, /preliminary|decision-grade|cannot render/i);
 });
 
 test("assessProperty prioritizes student housing guidance over investment fallback keywords", async () => {

skills/property-assessor/tests/report-pdf.test.ts

@@ -68,3 +68,22 @@ test("renderReportPdf requires recipient email", async () => {
     ReportValidationError
   );
 });
+
+test("renderReportPdf rejects a preliminary report with pending verdict", async () => {
+  const outputPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `property-assessor-preliminary-${Date.now()}.pdf`);
+  await assert.rejects(
+    () =>
+      renderReportPdf(
+        {
+          ...samplePayload,
+          verdict: {
+            decision: "pending",
+            fairValueRange: "Not established",
+            offerGuidance: "Still needs comps and decision-grade analysis."
+          }
+        },
+        outputPath
+      ),
+    /decision-grade|preliminary|pending/i
+  );
+});