fix: prevent markdown horizontal rules from being parsed as frontmatter

features/steps/ticket_steps.py

@@ -176,6 +176,30 @@ def step_ticket_has_notes(context, ticket_id):
         ticket_path.write_text(content)
 
 
+@given(r'ticket "(?P<ticket_id>[^"]+)" has markdown content with horizontal rule')
+def step_ticket_has_horizontal_rule(context, ticket_id):
+    """Add markdown content with a horizontal rule (---) to ticket."""
+    ticket_path = Path(context.test_dir) / '.tickets' / f'{ticket_id}.md'
+    content = ticket_path.read_text()
+
+    # Add markdown content with horizontal rule separator and YAML-like content after it
+    # This simulates the issue where content after --- looks like YAML frontmatter
+    additional_content = '''
+## Section 1
+
+Some content here.
+
+---
+
+## Implementation Plan
+
+Overview: This is a detailed plan
+Design Decision: We chose this approach
+'''
+    content += additional_content
+    ticket_path.write_text(content)
+
+
 @given(r'I am in subdirectory "(?P<subdir>[^"]+)"')
 def step_in_subdirectory(context, subdir):
     """Change to a subdirectory (creating it if needed)."""
@@ -591,6 +615,23 @@ def step_jsonl_deps_is_array(context):
     raise AssertionError("No JSONL line with deps field found")
 
 
+@then(r'the JSONL should have exactly (?P<count>\d+) fields')
+def step_jsonl_exact_field_count(context, count):
+    """Assert JSONL has exactly N fields."""
+    count = int(count)
+    lines = context.stdout.strip().split('\n')
+    assert lines, "No JSONL output"
+
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.strip():
+            data = json.loads(line)
+            actual_count = len(data.keys())
+            assert actual_count == count, \
+                f"Expected {count} fields but got {actual_count}\nFields: {list(data.keys())}\nFull line: {line}"
+            return
+    raise AssertionError("No JSONL output found")
+
+
 @then(r'the dep tree output should have (?P<first_id>[^\s]+) before (?P<second_id>[^\s]+)')
 def step_dep_tree_order(context, first_id, second_id):
     """Assert that first_id appears before second_id in dep tree output."""

features/ticket_query.feature

@@ -46,3 +46,13 @@ Feature: Ticket Query
     When I run "ticket query"
     Then the command should succeed
     And the JSONL deps field should be a JSON array
+
+  Scenario: Query handles markdown horizontal rules
+    Given a ticket exists with ID "query-001" and title "Ticket with horizontal rule"
+    And ticket "query-001" has markdown content with horizontal rule
+    When I run "ticket query"
+    Then the command should succeed
+    And the output should be valid JSONL
+    And the JSONL output should have field "id"
+    And the JSONL output should have field "status"
+    And the JSONL should have exactly 7 fields

ticket

@@ -1325,10 +1325,16 @@ cmd_query() {
     BEGIN { FS=": "; in_front=0 }
     FNR==1 {
         if (prev_file) emit()
-        field_count=0; in_front=0
+        field_count=0; in_front=0; frontmatter_done=0
         prev_file=FILENAME
     }
-    /^---$/ { in_front = !in_front; next }
+    /^---$/ {
+        if (!frontmatter_done) {
+            in_front = !in_front
+            if (!in_front) frontmatter_done = 1
+        }
+        next
+    }
     in_front && /^[a-zA-Z]/ {
         key = $1
         val = substr($0, length($1) + 3)