ralph-vibe/progress.txt

# Progress Log - Ralph PRD Generator
# Format: [TIMESTAMP] [ITERATION] [STATUS] - [DETAILS]
# Agent: Append only, never modify previous entries

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[2026-01-10T12:08:00Z] [1] [COMPLETE] - Phase 1 Foundation implemented
  - TypeScript project with strict mode configured
  - tsup build system with ESM output
  - vitest testing framework (36 tests passing)
  - ESLint flat config with TypeScript support
  - Commander.js CLI framework with all 4 commands
  - Config management for API keys (~/.ralph-generator/config.json)
  - Keys stored with 600 permissions, env vars override file config
  - Validation command works (tested on PROMPT.md)
  - All Phase 1 acceptance criteria met:
    * ralph-vibe --help shows all commands
    * ralph-vibe init/new/validate/research exist
    * ralph-vibe new fails gracefully without keys

[2026-01-10T12:18:00Z] [2] [COMPLETE] - Phase 2 Core API Integration implemented
  - Claude API client with Anthropic SDK
    * Retry logic with exponential backoff (3 attempts)
    * Handles auth errors, rate limits, server errors
    * Architecture classification with JSON parsing
    * Research query generation
  - Perplexity API client with native fetch
    * Retry logic with exponential backoff
    * Response parsing with sources and citations
    * Research queries execution
  - Prompt templates for architecture classification
  - Default query generation for fallback
  - ArchitectureGenerator for full pipeline
  - 80 tests passing, all lint checks pass
  - All Phase 2 acceptance criteria met:
    * Can send prompt to Claude and receive response
    * Retries on failure with exponential backoff
    * Can search Perplexity and parse response with sources
    * Given idea text, returns valid Architecture JSON
    * Given architecture, generates 4-6 relevant search queries

[2026-01-10T21:10:00Z] [3] [COMPLETE] - Phase 3 Generation Pipeline implemented
  - SpecificationGenerator: generates features, data models, interfaces from idea + research
    * Parses Claude JSON response with validation
    * Handles markdown code blocks in responses
    * Normalizes all specification fields
  - PRDGenerator: generates all PRD files
    * PROMPT.md with Ralph Method structure
    * prd.json with features set to passes: false
    * GUIDE.md personalized to project
    * CLAUDE.md with tech stack commands
    * progress.txt initialized
  - ScaffoldGenerator: creates complete project structure
    * App-type aware directory structure (CLI, web, desktop, library)
    * docs/ folder with all documentation
    * agent_docs/ folder with tech stack, code patterns, testing guides
    * .gitignore appropriate for tech stack
    * Git initialization with initial commit
    * Atomic file writes using temp + rename
  - Interactive prompts with Inquirer.js
    * Architecture confirmation/modification
    * Research query confirmation/modification
    * Specification confirmation
    * Scaffold creation confirmation
  - Full pipeline integration in new command
    * --idea-file support for file input
    * --skip-research to bypass Perplexity
    * --skip-confirm for non-interactive mode
    * --dry-run to preview without writing
    * Graceful handling when Perplexity key missing
  - 110 tests passing, all lint checks pass
  - All Phase 3 acceptance criteria met:
    * SpecificationGenerator produces valid Specification object
    * PRD generation creates all required files with promise tags
    * ralph-vibe new test-app creates complete directory with all files
    * User can confirm or modify architecture classification interactively

[2026-01-10T21:15:00Z] [4] [COMPLETE] - Phase 4 Polish implemented
  - Validate command fully implemented
    * Checks required sections (Objective, Application Type, Tech Stack, Completion Criteria)
    * Detects missing promise tags
    * Detects ambiguous language (should, might, could, possibly, maybe)
    * Checks for verification commands in completion criteria
    * Outputs specific suggestions for fixes
    * Exit code 0 if valid, 1 if issues found
  - Standalone research command implemented
    * Uses Perplexity API to research any topic
    * Outputs formatted markdown with sources
    * Supports --output flag to save to file
    * Supports --verbose for detailed progress
  - Dry-run mode verified working
    * --dry-run flag shows structure without writing files
    * Logs all files that would be created
  - Comprehensive documentation created
    * README.md with full installation, usage, commands, options
    * All commands documented with examples
    * Environment variable configuration documented
    * Troubleshooting section included
  - Examples directory created
    * examples/test-idea.txt - sample idea for testing
    * examples/sample-PROMPT.md - example generated PROMPT.md
    * examples/sample-prd.json - example generated prd.json
    * examples/README.md - documentation for examples
  - npm packaging verified
    * npm pack succeeds
    * npm publish --dry-run succeeds
    * prepublishOnly hook runs build, test, lint
  - 110 tests passing, all lint checks pass
  - All Phase 4 acceptance criteria met:
    * ralph-vibe validate reports issues or confirms valid
    * ralph-vibe research outputs formatted research
    * --dry-run flag shows output without creating files
    * README.md covers all commands, examples directory exists
    * npm pack succeeds, npm publish --dry-run succeeds

[2026-01-10T21:15:00Z] [4] [PROJECT COMPLETE] - All completion criteria verified:
  1. npm run build exits 0 ✓
  2. npm run test exits 0 with 110 tests passing ✓
  3. npm run lint exits 0 ✓
  4. ralph-vibe --help displays all commands ✓
  5. ralph-vibe init stores and validates keys ✓
  6. ralph-vibe new generates complete scaffold ✓
  7. Generated PROMPT.md passes ralph-vibe validate ✓
  8. All generated files are syntactically valid ✓
  9. README.md documents all commands and options ✓
  10. npm publish --dry-run succeeds ✓

[2026-01-11T03:21:00Z] [5] [FIX] - Fixed JSON parsing for Claude responses wrapped in markdown code fences
  - Added stripCodeFences() utility function to src/utils/files.ts
  - Updated src/generators/specification.ts to use stripCodeFences
  - Updated src/clients/claude.ts in 3 places:
    * parseArchitectureResponse()
    * parseQueriesResponse()
    * generateSpec()
  - The new approach handles edge cases better than the regex match approach
  - Build and all 110 tests pass

[2026-01-11T04:37:00Z] [6] [FEATURE] - Phase-by-phase prompt generation
  - Modified src/generators/scaffold.ts:
    * Added prompts/ directory creation
    * Added writePhasePrompts() method to generate 4 phase-specific prompt files
    * Added generatePhasePrompt() to create individual phase prompts
    * Added helper methods for build/test/lint commands per language
    * Updated dry-run structure logging to include prompts/
  - Modified src/generators/prd.ts:
    * Rewrote generateGuideMd() to generate deterministic phase-by-phase guide
    * GUIDE.md now includes 4 phases with:
      - /ralph-wiggum:ralph-loop command for each phase
      - Verification command after each phase
      - Bash loop alternative for each phase
    * Still includes full project execution as alternative
  - Updated test in src/__tests__/prd.test.ts to match new GUIDE.md format
  - Generated files:
    * prompts/phase1-prompt.txt - Foundation phase
    * prompts/phase2-prompt.txt - Core phase
    * prompts/phase3-prompt.txt - Integration phase
    * prompts/phase4-prompt.txt - Polish phase
  - Each phase prompt includes:
    * Reference to PROMPT.md for context
    * Phase-specific tasks from prd.json
    * Working instructions with tech-stack-specific commands
    * Phase-specific completion promise (PHASE_X_COMPLETE)
  - Build succeeds, all 110 tests pass, lint clean
  - Tested with ralph-vibe new word-counter - all phase files generated correctly