attune/work-summary/README.md

# Work Summary Directory

This directory contains development session notes, status tracking, and historical project summaries for the Attune project.

## 📂 Directory Structure

```
work-summary/
├── status/        # Current project status and TODO lists
├── phases/        # Phase completion summaries and planning docs
├── sessions/      # Daily development session notes (155+ files)
├── features/      # Feature implementation summaries
├── migrations/    # Migration and refactoring work summaries
└── changelogs/    # Changelogs and major completion summaries
```

## 🗂️ Contents

### `status/`
**Current project status and tracking documents**

Files here represent the **current state** of the project:
- `TODO.md` - Active TODO list
- `ACCOMPLISHMENTS.md` - Major achievements
- `*-STATUS.md` - Status of specific subsystems
- `PROGRESS.md` - Overall progress tracking

**When to update**: After significant milestones or when status changes

### `phases/`
**Development phase summaries and analysis**

Historical phase completion documents and planning:
- `phase-*.md` - Phase completion summaries (Phase 1.1, 1.2, etc.)
- `*-plan.md` - Planning documents
- `*-analysis.md` - Analysis and lessons learned
- `StackStorm-*.md` - Insights from StackStorm analysis

**When to add**: After completing a major development phase

### `sessions/`
**Daily development session notes**

The largest directory with 155+ dated session files:
- Format: `YYYY-MM-DD-description.md`
- Contains: Daily progress, changes made, decisions, blockers
- Chronological record of development work

**When to add**: At the end of each development session

**Search tips**:
```bash
# Find recent sessions
ls -lt work-summary/sessions/ | head -10

# Find sessions about a specific topic
grep -l "workflow" work-summary/sessions/*.md

# Find sessions in a date range
ls work-summary/sessions/2026-01-2*.md
```

### `features/`
**Feature implementation summaries**

Thematic (non-dated) feature completion reports:
- Implementation notes for major features
- Testing documentation
- Feature-specific insights

**When to add**: After completing a significant feature (complement to session notes)

### `migrations/`
**Migration and refactoring summaries**

Documents related to code migrations and major refactorings:
- Dependency migrations
- Schema changes
- Codebase refactoring summaries

**When to add**: After completing a migration or major refactoring

### `changelogs/`
**Changelogs and completion summaries**

High-level summaries of what changed:
- `CHANGELOG.md` - Main changelog
- `*-COMPLETE.md` - Subsystem completion markers
- `*-SUMMARY.md` - Summary documents for major efforts

**When to add**: After completing major milestones or releases

## 🔍 Finding Information

### By Time Period

**Recent work (last few days):**
```bash
ls -lt work-summary/sessions/ | head -20
```

**Specific date:**
```bash
ls work-summary/sessions/2026-01-27*.md
```

**Date range:**
```bash
ls work-summary/sessions/2026-01-{20..27}*.md
```

### By Topic

**Search all summaries:**
```bash
grep -r "sensor" work-summary/
```

**Search only sessions:**
```bash
grep -l "authentication" work-summary/sessions/*.md
```

**Search status docs:**
```bash
grep -r "TODO" work-summary/status/
```

### By Type

**What's the current status?**
→ Check `work-summary/status/`

**What was accomplished in Phase 2?**
→ Check `work-summary/phases/phase-2*.md`

**What happened on January 27?**
→ Check `work-summary/sessions/2026-01-27*.md`

**How was feature X implemented?**
→ Check `work-summary/features/` and `work-summary/sessions/`

## 📝 Writing Work Summaries

### Session Notes (`sessions/`)

**Template:**
```markdown
# Session: [Topic/Focus] - YYYY-MM-DD

## Objectives
- What you planned to accomplish

## Work Completed
- What actually got done
- Code changes made
- Files modified

## Decisions Made
- Key decisions and rationale

## Blockers/Issues
- Problems encountered
- Unresolved issues

## Next Steps
- What to work on next
```

**Naming**: `YYYY-MM-DD-brief-description.md`

Example: `2026-01-27-api-authentication-fix.md`

### Status Updates (`status/`)

**Keep current**: Update these files as the project evolves
- Remove completed TODOs
- Add new accomplishments
- Update status as systems change

### Phase Completions (`phases/`)

**Include:**
- What was accomplished
- Key technical decisions
- Lessons learned
- Known issues/tech debt
- What's next

## 🎯 Best Practices

### DO:
- ✅ Write session notes at the end of each work session
- ✅ Use descriptive filenames with dates
- ✅ Include code snippets and examples
- ✅ Note decisions and rationale
- ✅ Cross-reference related docs

### DON'T:
- ❌ Mix session notes with technical documentation (use `docs/` for that)
- ❌ Create duplicate summaries in multiple places
- ❌ Forget to update status files when things change
- ❌ Use vague titles like "work.md" or "notes.md"

## 📊 Statistics

- **Total files**: 216
- **Sessions**: 155+ dated session files
- **Phases**: 28 phase/planning documents
- **Status docs**: 9 current status files
- **Date range**: 2024-01-13 to present

## 🔗 Related

- **Technical documentation**: See `../docs/` directory
- **Documentation organization**: See `../docs/development/documentation-organization.md`
- **AGENTS.md index**: Minified index in project root

## 💡 Tips

1. **Search chronologically**: Use `ls -lt` to find recent work
2. **Grep is your friend**: Full-text search across all summaries
3. **Check status first**: Start with `status/` for current state
4. **Follow the trail**: Session notes often reference each other
5. **Update regularly**: Keep status files current for best results

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*Last updated: 2026-01-30*
*Total summaries: 216*
*Categories: 7*