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+# Plan: Go rewrite — M2.1 `domain/czech.Normalize`
+
+## Context
+
+The Go rewrite finished M1 (skeleton, tooling, hello server) in commit
+`cf0f176` on 2026-05-04. The next milestone, **M2 — Pure-domain helpers**,
+is current per [progress tracker](2026-05-03-2349-go-backend-rewrite-progress.md)
+but has no work landed yet (all 12 sub-tasks unchecked).
+
+This plan covers only the **first** M2 task: porting Python's
+`normalize` from [scripts/czech_utils.py](../../scripts/czech_utils.py)
+to Go as `internal/domain/czech.Normalize`. It is the lowest-level helper
+in the domain — `parse_month_references`, `_build_name_variants`,
+`match_members`, exception keys, and `reconcile` all transitively depend
+on it. Getting it byte-equivalent first removes a class of "why does my
+match not fire" failures from every later M2 task.
+
+**Decision (confirmed in plan-mode Q):** start with hand-written Go unit
+tests for fresh Czech edge cases. Defer parity-fixture wiring until
+M3.1/M3.2 land (separate task); add the parity test for `Normalize`
+retroactively at that point.
+
+## Scope
+
+- New package `go/internal/domain/czech/` with `Normalize` and unit tests.
+- Add `golang.org/x/text` dependency to `go/go.mod` (currently zero deps).
+- **Out of scope:** `ParseMonthReferences` (M2.2), fixture tooling
+  (M3.1/M3.2), CLI subcommand wiring (M2.11/M2.12), parity test runner.
+
+## Recommended approach
+
+### Python contract to match
+
+```python
+def normalize(text: str) -> str:
+    nfkd = unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", text)
+    return "".join(c for c in nfkd if not unicodedata.combining(c)).lower()
+```
+
+Three semantic operations:
+1. NFKD decompose
+2. Drop characters where `unicodedata.combining(c)` is non-zero
+3. Lowercase
+
+### Go implementation
+
+`go/internal/domain/czech/normalize.go`:
+
+```go
+package czech
+
+import (
+    "strings"
+    "unicode"
+    "golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm"
+)
+
+func Normalize(s string) string {
+    decomposed := norm.NFKD.String(s)
+    var b strings.Builder
+    b.Grow(len(decomposed))
+    for _, r := range decomposed {
+        if unicode.In(r, unicode.Mn) {
+            continue
+        }
+        b.WriteRune(r)
+    }
+    return strings.ToLower(b.String())
+}
+```
+
+**Two precision points worth flagging:**
+
+1. **`unicode.Mn` not `unicode.IsMark`.** The plan's library-choices
+   table mentions `unicode.IsMark`, but that covers Mn + Mc + Me. Python
+   `unicodedata.combining()` returns 0 for Mc/Me (their canonical
+   combining class is 0), so it effectively filters only Mn. Use
+   `unicode.In(r, unicode.Mn)` for byte-equivalence with Python. Cite
+   this in a one-line code comment; it's the kind of thing a future
+   reader will second-guess.
+2. **`strings.ToLower` vs Go's locale-aware tools.** Python's `.lower()`
+   on already-decomposed Latin is straight ASCII lowercase for Czech.
+   Stdlib `strings.ToLower` matches; do not pull in `golang.org/x/text/cases`.
+
+### Tests
+
+`go/internal/domain/czech/normalize_test.go` — table-driven, covers:
+
+- ASCII passthrough: `"Honza" → "honza"`
+- Czech lowercase diacritics: `"žluťoučký" → "zlutoucky"`
+- Mixed case + diacritics: `"Příliš" → "prilis"`
+- Czech caron + ring: `"Dvořák" → "dvorak"`, `"Růžena" → "ruzena"`
+- Hard letters: `"Čeněk" → "cenek"`, `"Kačer" → "kacer"`
+- Empty string: `"" → ""`
+- Already-normalized: `"prilis" → "prilis"` (idempotence)
+- Pre-composed vs decomposed input both produce the same output (NFC
+  `"é"` and `"é"` both → `"e"`)
+- Whitespace preserved: `"Jan Novák" → "jan novak"`
+
+Run a one-shot cross-check against the live Python implementation for
+each test input before locking the table:
+```
+PYTHONPATH=scripts:. python -c \
+  'from czech_utils import normalize; print(repr(normalize("Dvořák")))'
+```
+This is the manual stand-in for the M3 parity fixtures.
+
+### Wire-up
+
+- `go get golang.org/x/text@latest` (run from `go/`); `go mod tidy`.
+- No CLI changes — `cmd/fuj` already stubs `fees`/`reconcile` with
+  exit code 2; no need to touch dispatcher for this task. `Normalize`
+  is consumed by other domain code, not by users directly.
+
+## Critical files
+
+- New: [go/internal/domain/czech/normalize.go](../../go/internal/domain/czech/normalize.go)
+- New: [go/internal/domain/czech/normalize_test.go](../../go/internal/domain/czech/normalize_test.go)
+- Modified: [go/go.mod](../../go/go.mod), `go/go.sum` (new)
+- Reference (read-only): [scripts/czech_utils.py](../../scripts/czech_utils.py) — the porting source
+- Reference (read-only): [docs/plans/2026-05-03-2349-go-backend-rewrite.md](2026-05-03-2349-go-backend-rewrite.md) — risk #3 (NFKD edge cases)
+
+## Verification
+
+End-to-end checks before marking M2.1 done:
+
+1. `cd go && go build ./...` — clean compile.
+2. `cd go && go test ./internal/domain/czech/...` — all table cases green.
+3. `cd go && go test -race ./...` — race-clean.
+4. `cd go && golangci-lint run` (or `make go-lint` from repo root) — clean.
+5. **Spot parity** (manual, will be automated in M3): for each Go test
+   input, run the Python `normalize` via `PYTHONPATH=scripts:. python -c
+   '...'` and confirm bytes match. Capture the diff in the commit
+   message if anything surprises.
+6. `make go-build && make go-test && make go-lint` from repo root — proves
+   the existing M1 gate still passes.
+
+## Branching & follow-up
+
+Per [CLAUDE.md](../../CLAUDE.md), this is feature work → branch + Gitea MR:
+
+- Branch: `feat/m2-1-czech-normalize` off `main`.
+- Single commit, Co-Authored-By trailer.
+- Push with `-u`, print compare URL
+  `https://gitea.home.hrajfrisbee.cz/kacerr/fuj-management/compare/main...feat/m2-1-czech-normalize`
+- User opens/merges the MR.
+- After merge: tick `M2.1` in the progress tracker with the commit SHA;
+  add a one-line CHANGELOG entry; record any porting surprise in the
+  tracker's "Notes & decisions" section (e.g. the `Mn`-vs-`IsMark`
+  precision point if it bears noting).
+
+Next task after this lands is **M2.2 `ParseMonthReferences`** — the
+larger, edge-case-heavier sibling. Whether to start it before or after
+M3.1/M3.2 is a separate decision the user can make then.
diff --git a/go/go.mod b/go/go.mod
index 609a963..718127a 100644
--- a/go/go.mod
+++ b/go/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module fuj-management/go
 
 go 1.26.1
+
+require golang.org/x/text v0.36.0
diff --git a/go/go.sum b/go/go.sum
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+++ b/go/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+golang.org/x/text v0.36.0 h1:JfKh3XmcRPqZPKevfXVpI1wXPTqbkE5f7JA92a55Yxg=
+golang.org/x/text v0.36.0/go.mod h1:NIdBknypM8iqVmPiuco0Dh6P5Jcdk8lJL0CUebqK164=
diff --git a/go/internal/domain/czech/normalize.go b/go/internal/domain/czech/normalize.go
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@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package czech
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+
+	"golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm"
+)
+
+// Normalize strips diacritics and lowercases s.
+//
+// Matches Python: unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", s) then filter out
+// combining characters (unicode.Mn only — not Mc/Me, which have
+// combining class 0 in Python's unicodedata.combining()).
+func Normalize(s string) string {
+	decomposed := norm.NFKD.String(s)
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.Grow(len(decomposed))
+	for _, r := range decomposed {
+		if unicode.In(r, unicode.Mn) {
+			continue
+		}
+		b.WriteRune(r)
+	}
+	return strings.ToLower(b.String())
+}
diff --git a/go/internal/domain/czech/normalize_test.go b/go/internal/domain/czech/normalize_test.go
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+package czech
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestNormalize(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		in   string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"Honza", "honza"},
+		{"žluťoučký", "zlutoucky"},
+		{"Příliš", "prilis"},
+		{"Dvořák", "dvorak"},
+		{"Růžena", "ruzena"},
+		{"Čeněk", "cenek"},
+		{"Kačer", "kacer"},
+		{"", ""},
+		{"prilis", "prilis"},                     // idempotent
+		{"Jan Novák", "jan novak"},               // whitespace preserved
+		{"é", "e"},                               // precomposed é (NFC)
+		{"é", "e"},                              // decomposed e + combining acute
+		{"Ondřej Procházka", "ondrej prochazka"}, // realistic full name
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		got := Normalize(tc.in)
+		if got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("Normalize(%q) = %q, want %q", tc.in, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}