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Tabish Bidiwale fb7ff527a6 proposal: add artifact workflow CLI commands (Slice 4) (#415)
* proposal: add artifact workflow CLI commands (Slice 4)

Add CLI commands for artifact workflow operations:
- `openspec status --change <id>` - Show artifact completion state
- `openspec next --change <id>` - Show ready artifacts
- `openspec instructions <artifact> --change <id>` - Get enriched template
- `openspec templates --change <id>` - Show template paths
- `openspec new change <name>` - Create new change

Commands are top-level for fluid UX and implemented in isolation
for easy removal (experimental feature).

* fix: remove --change from templates command

Templates are schema-level, not change-level. The command now uses
--schema instead of --change for consistency with how templates
are actually resolved.

* rename: cli-workflow -> cli-artifact-workflow

More specific capability name that clarifies which workflow the CLI
commands are for.

* feat: implement artifact workflow CLI commands (Slice 4)

Add experimental CLI commands for artifact-based workflow management:
- `openspec status --change <id>` - display artifact completion status
- `openspec next --change <id>` - show artifacts ready to create
- `openspec instructions <artifact> --change <id>` - output enriched template
- `openspec templates [--schema <name>]` - show resolved template paths
- `openspec new change <name>` - create new change directory

Features:
- JSON output support (--json flag) for all commands
- Color-coded status indicators (green/yellow/red)
- Progress spinners during loading
- --no-color and NO_COLOR env support
- --schema option for custom schema selection
- Comprehensive error handling with helpful messages

All commands are isolated in src/commands/artifact-workflow.ts for easy
removal if the feature doesn't work out. Help text marks them as experimental.

* fix: update specs glob to match nested directory structure

The schema used specs/*.md but specs are stored as specs/<capability>/spec.md.
Updated to specs/**/*.md so openspec status/next correctly detect spec completion.

* test: update test to match new specs glob pattern

* chore: archive add-artifact-workflow-cli change

- Move change to archive/2025-12-28-add-artifact-workflow-cli
- Create cli-artifact-workflow spec

* feat: unify change state model for scaffolded changes

- Update artifact workflow commands to work with scaffolded changes
- Add draft changes section to dashboard view
- Fix completed changes to require tasks.total > 0
- Archive unify-change-state-model change

* fix: validate change name format to prevent path traversal

Add validation in validateChangeExists() to ensure --change parameter
is a valid kebab-case ID before constructing file paths. This prevents
path traversal attacks like --change "../foo" or --change "/etc/passwd".

- Reuses existing validateChangeName() from change-utils.ts
- Adds 3 tests for path traversal, absolute paths, and slashes
2025-12-29 16:55:56 +11:00

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cli-view Specification

Purpose

The openspec view command provides a comprehensive dashboard view of the OpenSpec project state, displaying specifications, changes, and progress metrics in a unified, visually appealing format to help developers quickly understand project status.

Requirements

Requirement: Dashboard Display

The system SHALL provide a view command that displays a dashboard overview of specs and changes.

Scenario: Basic dashboard display

  • WHEN user runs openspec view
  • THEN system displays a formatted dashboard with sections for summary, active changes, completed changes, and specifications

Scenario: No OpenSpec directory

  • WHEN user runs openspec view in a directory without OpenSpec
  • THEN system displays error message "✗ No openspec directory found"

Requirement: Summary Section

The dashboard SHALL display a summary section with key project metrics, including draft change count.

Scenario: Complete summary display

  • WHEN dashboard is rendered with specs and changes
  • THEN system shows total number of specifications and requirements
  • AND shows number of draft changes
  • AND shows number of active changes in progress
  • AND shows number of completed changes
  • AND shows overall task progress percentage

Scenario: Empty project summary

  • WHEN no specs or changes exist
  • THEN summary shows zero counts for all metrics

Requirement: Active Changes Display

The dashboard SHALL show active changes with visual progress indicators.

Scenario: Active changes ordered by completion percentage

  • WHEN multiple active changes are displayed with progress information
  • THEN list them sorted by completion percentage ascending so 0% items appear first
  • AND treat missing progress values as 0% for ordering
  • AND break ties by change identifier in ascending alphabetical order to keep output deterministic

Requirement: Completed Changes Display

The dashboard SHALL list completed changes in a separate section, only showing changes with ALL tasks completed.

Fixes bug: Previously, changes with total === 0 were incorrectly shown as completed.

Scenario: Completed changes listing

  • WHEN there are changes with tasks.total > 0 AND tasks.completed === tasks.total
  • THEN system shows them with checkmark indicators in a dedicated section

Scenario: Mixed completion states

  • WHEN some changes are complete and others active
  • THEN system separates them into appropriate sections

Scenario: Empty changes not completed

  • WHEN a change has no tasks.md or zero tasks defined
  • THEN system does NOT show it in "Completed Changes" section
  • AND shows it in "Draft Changes" section instead

Requirement: Specifications Display

The dashboard SHALL display specifications sorted by requirement count.

Scenario: Specs listing with counts

  • WHEN specifications exist in the project
  • THEN system shows specs sorted by requirement count (descending) with count labels

Scenario: Specs with parsing errors

  • WHEN a spec file cannot be parsed
  • THEN system includes it with 0 requirement count

Requirement: Visual Formatting

The dashboard SHALL use consistent visual formatting with colors and symbols.

Scenario: Color coding

  • WHEN dashboard elements are displayed
  • THEN system uses cyan for specification items
  • AND yellow for active changes
  • AND green for completed items
  • AND dim gray for supplementary text

Scenario: Progress bar rendering

  • WHEN displaying progress bars
  • THEN system uses filled blocks (█) for completed portions and light blocks (░) for remaining

Requirement: Error Handling

The view command SHALL handle errors gracefully.

Scenario: File system errors

  • WHEN file system operations fail
  • THEN system continues with available data and omits inaccessible items

Scenario: Invalid data structures

  • WHEN specs or changes have invalid format
  • THEN system skips invalid items and continues rendering

Requirement: Draft Changes Display

The dashboard SHALL display changes without tasks in a separate "Draft" section.

Scenario: Draft changes listing

  • WHEN there are changes with no tasks.md or zero tasks defined
  • THEN system shows them in a "Draft Changes" section
  • AND uses a distinct indicator (e.g., ○) to show draft status

Scenario: Draft section ordering

  • WHEN multiple draft changes exist
  • THEN system sorts them alphabetically by name