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:

# 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):

ls -lt work-summary/sessions/ | head -20

Specific date:

ls work-summary/sessions/2026-01-27*.md

Date range:

ls work-summary/sessions/2026-01-{20..27}*.md

By Topic

Search all summaries:

grep -r "sensor" work-summary/

Search only sessions:

grep -l "authentication" work-summary/sessions/*.md

Search status docs:

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:

# 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

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

💡 Tips

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

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

README.md

Work Summary Directory

📂 Directory Structure

🗂️ Contents

status/

phases/

sessions/

features/

migrations/

changelogs/