homelab/.planning/STATE.md

Project State

Project Reference

See: .planning/PROJECT.md (updated 2026-02-04)

Core value: Frictionless conversation with Claude Code from anywhere via Telegram — no SSH, no manual inbox checking, just message and get a response. Current focus: Phase 1 (Session & Process Foundation)

Current Position

Phase: 1 of 4 (Session & Process Foundation) Plan: 01-03 complete (3 of 3 plans completed) Status: Phase 1 complete Last activity: 2026-02-04 — Completed 01-03-PLAN.md (Bot command integration)

Progress: [███░░░░░░░░░░░░] 25%

Performance Metrics

Velocity:

• Total plans completed: 3
• Average duration: 10 min
• Total execution time: 0.50 hours

By Phase:

Phase	Plans	Total	Avg/Plan
1	3	27min	9min

Recent Trend:

• Last 3 plans: 01-01 (3min), 01-02 (9min), 01-03 (15min)
• Trend: Increasing complexity (more orchestrator fixes)

Updated after each plan completion

Accumulated Context

Decisions

Decisions are logged in PROJECT.md Key Decisions table. Recent decisions affecting current work:

• Claude Code CLI over raw API: Gets full tool access, --resume support, and all Claude Code features for free
• Haiku polling + Opus conversation: Avoids burning expensive Opus tokens on idle monitoring (deferred to v2)
• Path-based sessions: Leverages Claude Code's native session-per-directory behavior, files naturally scoped
• Extend existing bot: Reuse proven Telegram integration rather than building from scratch
• Sessions created as 'idle', activated explicitly: Creating doesn't mean in use, switch required (01-01)
• Metadata read from disk on demand: No caching to avoid stale state (01-01)
• Asyncio.gather for concurrent stream reading: Prevents pipe deadlock (01-02)
• Fresh process per turn: Spawn new claude -p invocation for Phase 1 simplicity (01-02)
• Callback architecture: Decouple subprocess from session management via on_output/on_error/on_complete/on_status (01-02)
• Sibling imports over package imports: Avoids shadowing pip telegram package (01-03)
• Archive sessions with tar+pigz: Compression + cleanup to sessions_archive/ (01-03)

Pending Todos

None yet.

Blockers/Concerns

Phase 1 (Session & Process Foundation) — COMPLETE

• Claude Code CLI --resume behavior with pipes vs PTY unknown — RESOLVED: Research confirms pipes + stream-json is correct approach
• Output format for tool calls not documented — RESOLVED: stream-json format documented and implemented

Phase 2 (Persistent Processes) — BLOCKER:

• Non-persistent process model: Current implementation spawns fresh claude -p per turn (~1s overhead each)
  • Design goal was persistent processes that suspend when switching sessions
  • This gap affects response latency and user experience
  • Must be addressed before Phase 3 integration
  • Requires refactoring ClaudeSubprocess to lifecycle-manage process instances

Phase 3 (Telegram Integration):

• Message batching strategy needs validation against actual Claude output patterns
• Optimal chunk split points require experimentation
• Streaming responses / typing indicators needed for UX during long API waits

Session Continuity

Last session: 2026-02-04T18:00:00Z Stopped at: Completed 01-03-PLAN.md (Bot command integration) Resume file: None Next: Phase 2 ready (persistent process model needed)