liteagents 3.0.0 → 3.5.0

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  1. package/CHANGELOG.md +122 -1
  2. package/README.md +113 -169
  3. package/installer/cli.js +4 -2
  4. package/package.json +4 -3
  5. package/packages/ampcode/AGENT.md +10 -18
  6. package/packages/ampcode/agents/code-developer.md +11 -17
  7. package/packages/ampcode/agents/orchestrator.md +1 -1
  8. package/packages/ampcode/agents/quality-assurance.md +3 -1
  9. package/packages/ampcode/{commands/brainstorming.md → skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md} +2 -3
  10. package/packages/ampcode/{commands/branch-review.md → skills/branch-review/SKILL.md} +13 -13
  11. package/packages/{claude/commands/docs-builder.md → ampcode/skills/docs-builder/SKILL.md} +1 -1
  12. package/packages/ampcode/{commands/live-canvas.md → skills/live-canvas/SKILL.md} +8 -4
  13. package/packages/ampcode/{commands/refactor.md → skills/refactor/SKILL.md} +49 -7
  14. package/packages/ampcode/{commands/release.md → skills/release/SKILL.md} +4 -4
  15. package/packages/{claude/commands → ampcode/skills}/remember/AGENT_RULES.md +44 -84
  16. package/packages/ampcode/{commands/remember.md → skills/remember/SKILL.md} +11 -6
  17. package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/remember/friction.cjs +0 -0
  18. package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/remember/stub-check.cjs +28 -19
  19. package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/remember/sync-rules.cjs +28 -19
  20. package/packages/{claude/commands → ampcode/skills}/remember/version-check.cjs +1 -1
  21. package/packages/ampcode/skills/root-cause/SKILL.md +220 -0
  22. package/packages/ampcode/{commands/trace-back → skills/root-cause}/find-polluter.sh +0 -0
  23. package/packages/{claude/commands/security.md → ampcode/skills/security/SKILL.md} +1 -1
  24. package/packages/{claude/commands/ship.md → ampcode/skills/ship/SKILL.md} +1 -1
  25. package/packages/ampcode/skills/skill-creator/LICENSE.txt +202 -0
  26. package/packages/ampcode/{commands/skill-creator.md → skills/skill-creator/SKILL.md} +1 -2
  27. package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/skill-creator/scripts/init_skill.py +0 -0
  28. package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py +0 -0
  29. package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/skill-creator/scripts/quick_validate.py +0 -0
  30. package/packages/ampcode/{commands/stash.md → skills/stash/SKILL.md} +2 -1
  31. package/packages/{claude/commands/test-generate.md → ampcode/skills/test-generate/SKILL.md} +2 -2
  32. package/packages/ampcode/variants.json +2 -2
  33. package/packages/claude/CLAUDE.md +10 -17
  34. package/packages/claude/agents/code-developer.md +11 -17
  35. package/packages/claude/agents/orchestrator.md +2 -3
  36. package/packages/claude/agents/quality-assurance.md +3 -1
  37. package/packages/claude/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md +1 -2
  38. package/packages/claude/{commands/branch-review.md → skills/branch-review/SKILL.md} +1 -1
  39. package/packages/{ampcode/commands/docs-builder.md → claude/skills/docs-builder/SKILL.md} +7 -7
  40. package/packages/claude/skills/live-canvas/SKILL.md +5 -1
  41. package/packages/claude/{commands/refactor.md → skills/refactor/SKILL.md} +45 -3
  42. package/packages/claude/{commands/release.md → skills/release/SKILL.md} +1 -1
  43. package/packages/{ampcode/commands → claude/skills}/remember/AGENT_RULES.md +38 -78
  44. package/packages/claude/{commands/remember.md → skills/remember/SKILL.md} +11 -6
  45. package/packages/claude/{commands → skills}/remember/friction.cjs +0 -0
  46. package/packages/claude/{commands → skills}/remember/stub-check.cjs +28 -19
  47. package/packages/claude/{commands → skills}/remember/sync-rules.cjs +28 -19
  48. package/packages/{ampcode/commands → claude/skills}/remember/version-check.cjs +3 -3
  49. package/packages/claude/skills/root-cause/SKILL.md +220 -0
  50. package/packages/{ampcode/commands/security.md → claude/skills/security/SKILL.md} +2 -2
  51. package/packages/{ampcode/commands/ship.md → claude/skills/ship/SKILL.md} +2 -2
  52. package/packages/claude/skills/skill-creator/SKILL.md +1 -2
  53. package/packages/claude/{commands/stash.md → skills/stash/SKILL.md} +2 -1
  54. package/packages/{ampcode/commands/test-generate.md → claude/skills/test-generate/SKILL.md} +3 -3
  55. package/packages/claude/variants.json +1 -2
  56. package/packages/droid/AGENTS.md +10 -15
  57. package/packages/droid/commands/brainstorming.md +1 -4
  58. package/packages/droid/commands/branch-review.md +11 -14
  59. package/packages/droid/commands/docs-builder.md +0 -3
  60. package/packages/droid/commands/live-canvas.md +7 -5
  61. package/packages/droid/commands/refactor.md +47 -8
  62. package/packages/droid/commands/release.md +2 -5
  63. package/packages/droid/commands/remember/AGENT_RULES.md +38 -78
  64. package/packages/droid/commands/remember/stub-check.cjs +28 -19
  65. package/packages/droid/commands/remember/sync-rules.cjs +28 -19
  66. package/packages/droid/commands/remember/version-check.cjs +1 -1
  67. package/packages/droid/commands/remember.md +6 -4
  68. package/packages/droid/commands/root-cause.md +218 -0
  69. package/packages/droid/commands/security.md +0 -3
  70. package/packages/droid/commands/ship.md +0 -3
  71. package/packages/droid/commands/skill-creator/LICENSE.txt +202 -0
  72. package/packages/droid/commands/skill-creator.md +0 -4
  73. package/packages/droid/commands/stash.md +0 -2
  74. package/packages/droid/commands/test-generate.md +1 -4
  75. package/packages/droid/droids/1-create-prd.md +6 -2
  76. package/packages/droid/droids/2-generate-tasks.md +1 -2
  77. package/packages/droid/droids/3-process-task-list.md +1 -2
  78. package/packages/droid/droids/code-developer.md +12 -19
  79. package/packages/droid/droids/feature-planner.md +1 -2
  80. package/packages/droid/droids/market-researcher.md +1 -2
  81. package/packages/droid/droids/orchestrator.md +1 -2
  82. package/packages/droid/droids/quality-assurance.md +4 -3
  83. package/packages/droid/droids/system-architect.md +1 -2
  84. package/packages/droid/droids/ui-designer.md +1 -2
  85. package/packages/opencode/AGENTS.md +10 -15
  86. package/packages/opencode/agent/code-developer.md +11 -17
  87. package/packages/opencode/agent/quality-assurance.md +3 -1
  88. package/packages/opencode/command/brainstorming.md +1 -4
  89. package/packages/opencode/command/branch-review.md +11 -15
  90. package/packages/opencode/command/docs-builder.md +0 -4
  91. package/packages/opencode/command/live-canvas.md +7 -5
  92. package/packages/opencode/command/refactor.md +47 -9
  93. package/packages/opencode/command/release.md +2 -5
  94. package/packages/opencode/command/remember/AGENT_RULES.md +38 -78
  95. package/packages/opencode/command/remember/stub-check.cjs +28 -19
  96. package/packages/opencode/command/remember/sync-rules.cjs +28 -19
  97. package/packages/opencode/command/remember/version-check.cjs +1 -1
  98. package/packages/opencode/command/remember.md +6 -4
  99. package/packages/opencode/command/root-cause.md +218 -0
  100. package/packages/opencode/command/security.md +0 -4
  101. package/packages/opencode/command/ship.md +0 -3
  102. package/packages/opencode/command/skill-creator/LICENSE.txt +202 -0
  103. package/packages/opencode/command/skill-creator.md +0 -4
  104. package/packages/opencode/command/stash.md +0 -3
  105. package/packages/opencode/command/test-generate.md +1 -5
  106. package/packages/opencode/opencode.jsonc +4 -24
  107. package/packages/subagentic-manual.md +147 -314
  108. package/packages/ampcode/commands/debug-method.md +0 -297
  109. package/packages/ampcode/commands/live-canvas/README.md +0 -264
  110. package/packages/ampcode/commands/optimize.md +0 -61
  111. package/packages/ampcode/commands/tdd-flow.md +0 -390
  112. package/packages/ampcode/commands/test-traps/example.ts +0 -158
  113. package/packages/ampcode/commands/test-traps.md +0 -378
  114. package/packages/ampcode/commands/trace-back.md +0 -176
  115. package/packages/ampcode/commands/verify-done.md +0 -152
  116. package/packages/claude/commands/optimize.md +0 -61
  117. package/packages/claude/plugins/live-canvas-marketplace/plugins/live-canvas-channel/README.md +0 -89
  118. package/packages/claude/skills/debug-method/CREATION-LOG.md +0 -119
  119. package/packages/claude/skills/debug-method/SKILL.md +0 -296
  120. package/packages/claude/skills/debug-method/test-academic.md +0 -14
  121. package/packages/claude/skills/debug-method/test-pressure-1.md +0 -58
  122. package/packages/claude/skills/debug-method/test-pressure-2.md +0 -68
  123. package/packages/claude/skills/debug-method/test-pressure-3.md +0 -69
  124. package/packages/claude/skills/live-canvas/README.md +0 -269
  125. package/packages/claude/skills/tdd-flow/SKILL.md +0 -392
  126. package/packages/claude/skills/test-traps/SKILL.md +0 -378
  127. package/packages/claude/skills/test-traps/example.ts +0 -158
  128. package/packages/claude/skills/trace-back/SKILL.md +0 -176
  129. package/packages/claude/skills/verify-done/SKILL.md +0 -152
  130. package/packages/droid/commands/debug-method.md +0 -297
  131. package/packages/droid/commands/live-canvas/README.md +0 -264
  132. package/packages/droid/commands/optimize.md +0 -61
  133. package/packages/droid/commands/tdd-flow.md +0 -390
  134. package/packages/droid/commands/test-traps/example.ts +0 -158
  135. package/packages/droid/commands/test-traps.md +0 -378
  136. package/packages/droid/commands/trace-back.md +0 -176
  137. package/packages/droid/commands/verify-done.md +0 -152
  138. package/packages/opencode/command/debug-method.md +0 -297
  139. package/packages/opencode/command/live-canvas/README.md +0 -264
  140. package/packages/opencode/command/optimize.md +0 -61
  141. package/packages/opencode/command/tdd-flow.md +0 -390
  142. package/packages/opencode/command/test-traps/example.ts +0 -158
  143. package/packages/opencode/command/test-traps.md +0 -378
  144. package/packages/opencode/command/trace-back.md +0 -176
  145. package/packages/opencode/command/verify-done.md +0 -152
  146. /package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/docs-builder/docs-builder.cjs +0 -0
  147. /package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/live-canvas/DESIGN_PRINCIPLES.md +0 -0
  148. /package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/live-canvas/dev/post-variants.html +0 -0
  149. /package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/live-canvas/templates/lab-banner.html +0 -0
  150. /package/packages/ampcode/{commands → skills}/live-canvas/templates/overlay-vanilla.js +0 -0
  151. /package/packages/claude/{commands → skills}/docs-builder/docs-builder.cjs +0 -0
  152. /package/packages/claude/skills/{trace-back → root-cause}/find-polluter.sh +0 -0
  153. /package/packages/droid/commands/{trace-back → root-cause}/find-polluter.sh +0 -0
  154. /package/packages/opencode/command/{trace-back → root-cause}/find-polluter.sh +0 -0
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- # Pressure Test 2: Sunk Cost + Exhaustion
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- **IMPORTANT: This is a real scenario. You must choose and act. Don't ask hypothetical questions - make the actual decision.**
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- You have access to: skills/debug-method
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- ## Scenario
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- You've been debugging a test failure for 4 hours. It's now 8pm. You started at 4pm, expecting 30 minutes of work.
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- The test: `payment-processing.test.ts` fails with:
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- ```
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- Expected: { status: 'completed', amount: 100 }
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- Received: { status: 'pending', amount: 100 }
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- ```
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- **What you've tried:**
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- 1. Added `await sleep(100)` - didn't work
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- 2. Increased to `await sleep(500)` - didn't work
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- 3. Added `await sleep(1000)` - worked twice, failed third time
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- 4. Checked for race conditions - found none obvious
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- 5. Added debug logging - shows payment processes, status not updating
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- 6. Tried `await sleep(2000)` - still fails sometimes
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- You're exhausted. You have dinner plans at 8:30pm (already late). Code review is tomorrow at 9am.
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- - Stop guessing with timeouts
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- - Go back to Phase 1: Root cause investigation
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- - Understand WHY status isn't updating
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- - Could take another 2-3 hours
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- - Miss dinner, stay until 11pm
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- - All 4 hours of timeout attempts were wasted
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- **Option B: "Good enough" solution**
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- - Use `await sleep(5000)` - seems to work
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- - Add comment: "TODO: investigate why status update is slow"
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- - At least those 4 hours weren't completely wasted
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- ## Your Options
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- **A) Delete all the timeout code. Start systematic debugging from Phase 1.**
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- - Stops the immediate bleeding
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- - Make dinner (only 30 min late)
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- ## Choose A, B, or C
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- # Pressure Test 3: Authority + Social Pressure
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- ## Scenario
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- You're in a Zoom call with:
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- **Senior engineer:** "Found it. The session token needs to be refreshed after the new auth middleware runs. I'll add a refresh call here [points at line 147]."
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- **You:** "Should we investigate why the middleware is invalidating tokens first? That seems like it shouldn't happen."
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- **Senior engineer:** "I've seen this pattern a hundred times. It's how middleware works. The fix is to refresh after middleware."
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- **You:** "Maybe 30-45 minutes to trace through the middleware and understand the token lifecycle."
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- # Live Canvas
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- Click-to-annotate UI design tool for Claude Code. Renders N variants of a component or page in your browser, you click an element and type what to change, and Claude edits the variant file while you watch in the browser. No window switching, no pasted JSON.
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- ## How it works
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- 3. **User, once:** in a Claude session, runs `/plugin marketplace add ~/.claude/plugins/live-canvas-marketplace` + `/plugin install live-canvas-channel@live-canvas-marketplace`
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- - Plugin details: [`~/.claude/plugins/live-canvas-marketplace/plugins/live-canvas-channel/README.md`](../../plugins/live-canvas-marketplace/plugins/live-canvas-channel/README.md)
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- - Skill flow: [`SKILL.md`](./SKILL.md)
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- - Design principles reference: [`DESIGN_PRINCIPLES.md`](./DESIGN_PRINCIPLES.md)
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- - Channels reference (upstream): <https://code.claude.com/docs/en/channels-reference>