Session Summary: 2025-11-06

🎯 Session Goals

Review v0.2.0 launch progress and complete remaining high-priority specs.

✅ Completed Tasks

1. Spec 052: Branding Assets - COMPLETE

• ✅ Launched parallel coding agent task
• ✅ PNG exports, favicons, social media assets all generated
• ✅ Docs site fully branded with dark mode support
• ✅ GitHub social preview configured

2. Spec 044: Spec Relationships Clarity - COMPLETE

• ✅ Launched parallel coding agent task
• ✅ related field now truly bidirectional in lean-spec deps output
• ✅ Cleaner UX with single "Related Specs" section instead of "Related" + "Related By"
• ✅ Matches user expectations (if A relates to B, B automatically shows relation to A)

3. Spec 018: Spec Validation - COMPLETE

• ✅ Marked as complete (phases 1-3.5 shipped, ready for v0.2.0)
• ✅ Fixed phase status conflicts between README.md and IMPLEMENTATION.md
• ✅ Major UX improvement: Sub-spec line count validation now shows inline with parent specs
  • Before: Separate "Sub-Specs" section with duplicated info
  • After: Line counts show directly under parent spec (much clearer!)
• ✅ Sub-Specs section now only shows structural issues (orphaned files, naming conventions)

4. Documentation Quality

• ✅ Verified Docusaurus configured with onBrokenLinks: 'throw'
• ✅ Build fails automatically on broken links (no manual checking needed)
• ✅ Updated AGENTS.md and spec 043 to reflect this

5. Spec 043: Launch Status Updates

• ✅ Updated status summary to reflect Phase 2 completion
• ✅ All critical path specs now marked complete
• ✅ Phase 2: COMPLETE (was IN PROGRESS)
• ✅ Phase 3: READY TO START (dogfooding checkpoint next)

📊 Current Project Status

Stats Overview

• Total Specs: 25 active (29 archived)
• Complete: 14 (56%)
• In Progress: 2
• Planned: 9
• Test Pass Rate: 261/261 (100%)

Critical Path Status

All critical path specs COMPLETE ✅:

• Spec 018: Spec validation
• Spec 024: Pattern-aware list grouping
• Spec 026: Init pattern selection
• Spec 042: MCP error handling
• Spec 044: Spec relationships clarity
• Spec 045: Unified dashboard
• Spec 046: Stats dashboard refactor
• Spec 048: Complexity analysis
• Spec 051: Docs + AGENTS.md with first principles
• Spec 052: Branding assets

Launch Phases

• Phase 1: Foundation - ✅ COMPLETE
• Phase 2: Operationalization - ✅ COMPLETE
• Phase 3: Launch Prep - 🟡 READY TO START

🎯 Next Session Priorities

1. Dogfooding Checkpoint (HIGH PRIORITY)

Practice what we preach - fix Context Economy violations:

MUST SPLIT (>400 lines):

• ❗ Spec 045: Unified dashboard (1169 lines)
• ❗ Spec 046: Stats dashboard refactor (685 lines)
• ❗ Spec 048: Complexity analysis (601 lines)

Sub-spec files to split:

• ❗ Spec 049: ANALYSIS.md (428 lines), OPERATIONALIZATION.md (415 lines)
• ❗ Spec 018: CONFIGURATION.md (443 lines)

Decision needed (300-400 lines):

• ⚠️ 7 specs in warning zone (simplify or accept?)

2. Beta Testing

• Test with 3-5 external users
• Validate principle-based decision making with AI agents
• Collect onboarding feedback

3. Launch Preparation

• Version bump and CHANGELOG
• Marketing content finalization
• Release engineering

🔧 Technical Improvements

Validation Output UX Enhancement

Before:

Line Count:
  ⚠ 049-leanspec-first-principles (373 lines)

Sub-Specs:
  ✗ 2 spec(s) with errors:
    - 049-leanspec-first-principles
      • Sub-spec ANALYSIS.md exceeds 400 lines (428 lines)

After:

Line Count:
  ⚠ 049-leanspec-first-principles (373 lines)
     ✗ Sub-spec ANALYSIS.md exceeds 400 lines (428 lines)
     ✗ Sub-spec OPERATIONALIZATION.md exceeds 400 lines (415 lines)
     ⚠ Sub-spec FIRST-PRINCIPLES.md approaching limit (377/400)

Sub-Specs:
  ⚠ 1 spec(s) with warnings:
    - 045-unified-dashboard
      • Orphaned sub-spec: IMPLEMENTATION.md (not linked)

Benefits:

• All line count info grouped together
• Easier to see parent-child hierarchy
• Sub-Specs section only shows structural issues
• Much more actionable output

📝 Key Learnings

1. Parallel coding agents work great for independent, well-defined tasks
2. Validation UX matters - inline display much clearer than separate sections
3. Docusaurus handles broken links automatically - no need for manual checks
4. We're not dogfooding our own principles yet - 3 specs violate Context Economy (>400 lines)

🚦 Launch Readiness Assessment

Status: 🟡 ON TRACK

Ready:

• ✅ All critical path features complete
• ✅ Test coverage excellent (100% pass rate)
• ✅ Validation tooling operational
• ✅ Branding and marketing assets ready
• ✅ Documentation accurate and clear

Blocker:

• ❗ Dogfooding gap - Must split large specs before launch
  • Would be hypocritical to launch with specs violating our own principles
  • Estimated: 1-2 days to split 3 specs + sub-specs

Timeline:

• This week: Dogfooding checkpoint (split large specs)
• Next week: Beta testing and final polish
• Week after: Launch prep and execution
• Target: Mid-December 2025 (on track!)

🎉 Wins

1. Phase 2 complete ahead of schedule - all validation, UX, and branding done
2. Validation output is now excellent - users can easily spot issues
3. Parallel execution worked perfectly - specs 044 and 052 done simultaneously
4. Zero test failures - stability is rock solid
5. Clear path forward - just need to practice what we preach (split large specs)

Next session: Focus on dogfooding - split specs 045, 046, 048 to demonstrate Context Economy in practice. 🎯