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  1. package/README.md +197 -57
  2. package/bin/wwa.js +35 -9
  3. package/docs/internal/doc-tokens.yaml +452 -0
  4. package/docs/internal/feature-registry.yaml +13 -1
  5. package/lib/cli/casestudy.js +691 -0
  6. package/lib/cli/check.js +71 -71
  7. package/lib/cli/close.js +446 -0
  8. package/lib/cli/completion.js +639 -0
  9. package/lib/cli/digest.js +66 -0
  10. package/lib/cli/docs.js +207 -0
  11. package/lib/cli/helpers.js +49 -2
  12. package/lib/cli/implement.js +159 -0
  13. package/lib/cli/init.js +25 -6
  14. package/lib/cli/plan.js +128 -0
  15. package/lib/cli/refine.js +202 -202
  16. package/lib/cli/review.js +68 -0
  17. package/lib/cli/scan.js +28 -28
  18. package/lib/cli/status.js +61 -61
  19. package/lib/cli/upgrade.js +150 -147
  20. package/lib/init.js +478 -296
  21. package/package.json +12 -4
  22. package/templates/README.md +73 -25
  23. package/templates/entry-points/.cursorrules +143 -14
  24. package/templates/entry-points/AGENT.md +143 -14
  25. package/templates/entry-points/CLAUDE.md +143 -14
  26. package/templates/extensions/analytical-system.md +1 -1
  27. package/templates/extensions/code-project.md +1 -1
  28. package/templates/extensions/data-exploration.md +1 -1
  29. package/templates/full/.context/BASE.md +33 -0
  30. package/templates/full/.context/METHODOLOGY.md +62 -5
  31. package/templates/full/.cursorrules +128 -18
  32. package/templates/full/AGENT.md +128 -18
  33. package/templates/full/CLAUDE.md +128 -18
  34. package/templates/full/Management/DIGEST.md +23 -0
  35. package/templates/full/Management/STATUS.md +46 -0
  36. package/templates/full/PROJECT.md +34 -0
  37. package/templates/full/Reviews/INDEX.md +41 -0
  38. package/templates/full/Reviews/backlog.md +52 -0
  39. package/templates/full/Reviews/plan.md +43 -0
  40. package/templates/full/Reviews/project.md +41 -0
  41. package/templates/full/Reviews/requirements.md +42 -0
  42. package/templates/full/Reviews/roadmap.md +41 -0
  43. package/templates/full/Reviews/state.md +56 -0
  44. package/templates/full/SESSION-LOG.md +29 -0
  45. package/templates/full/SUMMARY.md +7 -4
  46. package/templates/full/agentWorkflows/INDEX.md +42 -0
  47. package/templates/full/agentWorkflows/observations.md +65 -0
  48. package/templates/full/agentWorkflows/patterns.md +68 -0
  49. package/templates/full/agentWorkflows/sessions.md +92 -0
  50. package/templates/full/intro/README.md +39 -0
  51. package/templates/starter/.context/BASE.md +35 -0
  52. package/templates/starter/.context/METHODOLOGY.md +59 -5
  53. package/templates/starter/.cursorrules +135 -13
  54. package/templates/starter/AGENT.md +135 -13
  55. package/templates/starter/CLAUDE.md +135 -13
  56. package/templates/starter/Management/DIGEST.md +23 -0
  57. package/templates/starter/Management/STATUS.md +46 -0
  58. package/templates/starter/PROJECT.md +34 -0
  59. package/templates/starter/Reviews/INDEX.md +75 -0
  60. package/templates/starter/SESSION-LOG.md +29 -0
  61. package/templates/starter/SUMMARY.md +27 -0
  62. package/templates/starter/agentWorkflows/INDEX.md +61 -0
  63. package/templates/starter/intro/README.md +37 -0
  64. package/templates/full/docs/index.md +0 -46
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  | **Methodology guidance** | .context/METHODOLOGY.md | -- |
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  | **Phase completion** | SUMMARY.md | SUMMARY.md, STATE.md, ROADMAP.md |
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  | **Backlog / ideas** | todos/backlog.md | todos/backlog.md |
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+ | **Management overview** | Management/DIGEST.md, Management/STATUS.md, STATE.md | Management/STATUS.md, Management/DIGEST.md |
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+ | **Project review** | Reviews/INDEX.md, relevant source files | Reviews/ (affected review file) |
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+ | **Workflow analysis** | agentWorkflows/INDEX.md, SESSION-LOG.md | agentWorkflows/ (affected analysis file) |
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+ | **Docs update** | .context/DOCS-MAP.md, relevant docs/ files | docs/ files, .context/DOCS-MAP.md |
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  | Intelligence layer file exceeds 300 lines | Restructure into index + components subdirectory (keep active content, archive completed sections) |
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  | New domain area | .context/BASE.md, consider new .context/ specialist, this file (if new scoping row) |
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  | Lifecycle stage change | PROJECT-PROFILE.md (update stage + date), STATE.md (record decision) |
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- | Session close or high-effort task completion | SESSION-LOG.md (append metrics entry — effort, ambiguity, context level, tokens, time, workflow, features, cascades, friction, findings) |
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+ | Session close or high-effort task completion | SESSION-LOG.md (append metrics entry — effort, ambiguity, context level, tokens, time, user response, refinement delta, workflow, features, cascades, friction, findings). For high-effort tasks also: Management/DIGEST.md (append row — date, task, query, outcome, key changes, decisions, effort, time), Management/STATUS.md (if milestone) |
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+ | Significant milestone or phase completion | Management/STATUS.md (update current state, recent decisions, health indicators) |
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+ | New project component or module | .context/DOCS-MAP.md (add component mapping, check scaffolding rules for new docs/ proposals) |
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+ | docs/ file created or deleted | .context/DOCS-MAP.md (update inventory), docs/index.md (update navigation — create if it doesn't exist yet) |
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+ ## Docs maintenance
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+ <!-- INSTRUCTION: This table tells the agent when to update human-facing docs.
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+ For full component-to-docs mapping, see .context/DOCS-MAP.md. -->
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+ | Trigger | Update these docs/ files |
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+ | Phase completed | docs/index.md (progress section — create from DOCS-MAP.md if it doesn't exist yet) |
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+ | Architecture decision | docs/index.md (architecture section), .context/DOCS-MAP.md (if new component) |
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+ | New project component | .context/DOCS-MAP.md (add mapping), docs/ (per DOCS-MAP.md scaffolding rules) |
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+ | {structural-change} | {specific docs/ files per DOCS-MAP.md component mapping} |
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- - **First session** — Detect, Initialize, Map, Pair, Ready
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- - **Discovery (brownfield)** — Inventory, Map-dependencies, Extract-patterns, Assess, Bootstrap
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+ - **First session (greenfield)** — Ask, Populate, Confirm (see onboarding protocol below)
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+ - **First session (brownfield)** — Scan, Ask, Confirm (see onboarding protocol below)
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+ ## First session protocol
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+ <!-- AGENT: Follow this protocol on the FIRST session when methodology files contain only template placeholders. -->
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+ When PROJECT.md still contains `{placeholder}` text, this is a first session. Guide the user through onboarding — ask questions, show what you'll write, get confirmation before writing each file.
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+ **Stage 1 — Project vision** → populates PROJECT.md
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+ Ask the user:
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+ 1. What is your project about? (1-2 sentences)
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+ 2. Who is it for?
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+ 3. What problem does it solve?
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+ 4. What technologies, languages, or frameworks will you use?
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+ 5. What are 2-3 guiding principles for this project?
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+ CHECKPOINT: Draft PROJECT.md from the answers. Show the user the draft. Wait for approval before writing.
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+ **Stage 2 — Architecture** → populates .context/BASE.md, PROJECT-PROFILE.md, .context/DOCS-MAP.md
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+ Ask the user:
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+ 1. What are the main components or modules?
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+ 2. How do they connect? (data flow, API calls, event-driven, etc.)
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+ 3. What is the directory structure? (or what will it be?)
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+ 4. What are the key dependencies?
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+ CHECKPOINT: Draft .context/BASE.md, PROJECT-PROFILE.md, and .context/DOCS-MAP.md (initial component-to-docs mapping based on architecture). Show the user. Wait for approval.
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+ **Stage 3 — Goals** → populates ROADMAP.md, PLAN.md
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+ Ask the user:
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+ 2. What does "done" look like for this project?
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+ 3. Can you break this into 2-4 phases?
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+ CHECKPOINT: Draft ROADMAP.md and PLAN.md (first task). Show the user. Wait for approval.
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+ 1. Any decisions already made? (tech choices, architecture, constraints)
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+ 2. Any known blockers or risks?
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+ 3. Any open questions you want tracked?
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+ CHECKPOINT: Draft STATE.md. Show the user. Wait for approval. Then begin normal work.
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+ Read: package.json, README, directory structure, key config files, entry points.
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+ Present findings: "Here's what I found in your project: [summary]. Is this accurate?"
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+ # Summary
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+ <!-- AGENT: This file is the session audit trail — a chronological record of work done.
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+ <!-- INSTRUCTION: Use this format for each entry:
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+ ### {Date} — {Brief title}
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+ **Plan**: {What was planned for this session}
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+ **Outcome**: {What was actually accomplished}
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+ **Files created**:
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+ **Files updated**:
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+ # Agent Workflows
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+ | Workflow | Times used | Last used | Typical effort |
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+ ## Session patterns
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+ | Medium | {N} | {%} |
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+ ### Common query types
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+ - **Edited**: {count} ({%})
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+ - **Revised**: {count} ({%})
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+ - **Rejected**: {count} ({%})
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+ - **Redirected**: {count} ({%})
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+ ## Behavioral patterns
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+ ### Friction points
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+ ## Observations
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+ # Methodology Overview
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+ This project uses the **wwa** (Working With Agents) methodology for AI-agent-assisted development. The methodology gives your AI agent persistent memory, structured workflows, and scoped context loading across sessions.
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+ ## How it works
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+ Your agent reads an entry point file (CLAUDE.md, .cursorrules, or AGENT.md) at the start of every session. That file tells the agent:
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+ - **What to read** — scoping rules match your question to the right files
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+ - **What to update** — cascade rules keep dependent files in sync
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+ - **How to work** — workflows guide the agent through structured steps
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+
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+ Key files the agent manages:
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+ | File | Purpose |
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+ |------|---------|
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+ | STATE.md | Decisions, blockers, current position (cross-session memory) |
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+ | PLAN.md | Current task with verification criteria |
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+ | ROADMAP.md | Phase breakdown with gate criteria |
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+ | .context/BASE.md | Core project context — architecture, codebase map |
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+ | .context/DOCS-MAP.md | Maps your project components to their documentation |
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+ ## Your project's docs/
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+ The `docs/` folder is reserved for **your project's documentation** — API references, architecture guides, setup instructions, etc. It is not created at setup time. Instead, the agent proposes new docs/ files as your project grows, based on scaffolding rules in `.context/DOCS-MAP.md`.
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+ ## Full documentation
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+ For the complete methodology guide, templates reference, and architecture docs:
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+ **https://github.com/anthropics/agent-method**
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+ Key pages:
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+ - [Quick Start](https://github.com/anthropics/agent-method/blob/main/docs/guides/quick-start.md)
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+ - [For Developers](https://github.com/anthropics/agent-method/blob/main/docs/guides/for-developers.md)
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+ - [File Roles](https://github.com/anthropics/agent-method/blob/main/docs/architecture/file-roles.md)
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+ - [CLI Tools](https://github.com/anthropics/agent-method/blob/main/docs/guides/for-developers/cli-tools.md)
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- # {Project Name} — Documentation
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- <!-- INSTRUCTION: This is the human-facing project dashboard.
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- ## Project overview
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- <!-- INSTRUCTION: Brief description of what the project does and its current state.
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- ## Current status
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- ## Architecture
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- <!-- INSTRUCTION: High-level architecture description for human readers.
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- ## Key decisions
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- <!-- INSTRUCTION: Surface important decisions from STATE.md in a human-readable format.
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- Not every decision — just the ones that affect the project's direction. -->
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- | Decision | Rationale | Date |
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- | {Important decision} | {Why} | {When} |
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- ## Navigation
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- <!-- INSTRUCTION: Add links to other docs as you create them. -->
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- | Document | What it covers |
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- |----------|---------------|
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- | [PROJECT.md](../PROJECT.md) | Project vision and scope |
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- | [ROADMAP.md](../ROADMAP.md) | Phase breakdown and progress |