# Recipe Manager — Project Kickoff Summary

**Created:** 2026-03-23  
**Status:** ✅ Project harness complete, ready for agent sprint

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## What Got Built

### 🎯 Core Harness Files
1. **PROJECT.md** — Product vision, constraints, success criteria, key questions
2. **ARCHITECTURE.md** — Tech stack decisions, data models, API design, deployment
3. **ROADMAP.md** — MVP → v1 → v2 milestones with acceptance criteria
4. **AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md** — How agents work (Orient → Plan → Implement → Verify → Commit → Report)
5. **README.md** — Project overview, quick start, tech stack
6. **TODO.md** — Task tracking checklist
7. **.gitignore** — Standard exclusions (node_modules, data/, .env, etc.)

### 🔧 Infrastructure
- Git repository initialized (branch: `main`)
- Directory structure created: `src/`, `docs/`, `tests/`
- First commit: Project harness baseline

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## What This Enables

✅ **Agent autonomy** — Codex can read context and work independently  
✅ **Clear scope** — MVP is well-defined, no feature creep  
✅ **Quality standards** — Testing, documentation, commit conventions documented  
✅ **Iterative development** — Small commits, frequent validation  
✅ **Decision tracking** — ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) in `docs/`

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## Next Steps

### 1. Review & Answer Questions (You)

**From PROJECT.md:**
- **Domain/URL:** Should this be `recipes.paje.ca` or a subdirectory?
- **Initial users:** Just Anne & Elizabeth, or open to friends/family?
- **Data migration:** Export from CopyMeThat, or start fresh?
- **Priority after MVP:** Recipe scraping extension or AI features first?

**Optional tweaks:**
- Any changes to tech stack? (Current: Node + TypeScript + React + SQLite)
- Any MVP features to add/remove?
- Deployment preference (Docker on paje.ca confirmed?)

### 2. Spawn the First Agent (Me or You)

Two options:

#### Option A: Spawn immediately (Cleo does it)
I can kick off the first Codex 5.2 sub-agent right now with:
```
Task: "Build recipe-manager MVP per PROJECT.md. Start with backend setup (Node + TypeScript + SQLite schema). Follow AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md workflow. Report progress after each commit."
```

**Advantage:** Overnight work starts now  
**Disadvantage:** Agent might ask questions you haven't answered yet

#### Option B: You answer questions first, then spawn tomorrow
Review the files, answer the open questions, tweak anything, then give the green light.

**Advantage:** Agent has complete context, fewer blockers  
**Disadvantage:** Delays the start

### 3. Agent Works Autonomously

Once spawned, the agent will:
- Read PROJECT.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, ROADMAP.md
- Pick the first task (likely: "Initialize Node.js project structure")
- Implement, test, commit
- Move to next task
- Report blockers or milestone completion

You can check `git log` anytime to see progress.

### 4. Review & Approve MVP

When agent reports "MVP complete," you:
- Pull the code
- Test locally: `npm install && npm run dev`
- Verify acceptance criteria (Anne can add a recipe, Elizabeth can use cook mode)
- Give feedback or approve for v1.0 milestone

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## Recommended: Answer Questions Now

I suggest spending 5 minutes answering the open questions so the agent has a clean runway. Want to do that now, or should I spawn anyway and have the agent make reasonable assumptions (documented in ADRs)?

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## Project Stats

- **Total lines written:** ~1,900 (documentation + harness)
- **Git commits:** 1 (harness baseline)
- **Time to build:** ~10 minutes (all structure, no code yet)
- **Ready for:** First agent sprint

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_Paul: This is your project. Review, tweak, approve. Then let's unleash Codex overnight! 🚀_
