status: active
priority: 1
progress: 30
next: Start Session 1 — courses.py coverage (feature/courses-coverage worktree)
type: dev
checkpoint: 2026-06-02 — dev branch created, branch protection on main, 4 specs written, ORCHESTRATE plan ready. v0.6.0 target.
version: 0.5.1
release_date: 2025-12-31
release_url: https://github.com/Data-Wise/nexus-cli/releases/tag/v0.5.1
docs_url: https://data-wise.github.io/nexus-cli/
planning_doc: ORCHESTRATE-nexus-enhancement.md

worktrees:
  - branch: feature/nexus-enhancement
    path: ~/.git-worktrees/nexus-cli/nexus-enhancement
    purpose: ORCHESTRATE plan (planning only — do not implement here)

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# Nexus CLI - Knowledge Workflow for Research, Teaching, Writing
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🔧 Nexus CLI Development Status
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📍 LOCATION
~/projects/dev-tools/nexus-cli/

⏰ LAST UPDATED
2025-12-31 (Evening) - Quality Improvements Complete - Website Updated!

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🎉 RELEASE v0.5.1 - INTERACTIVE TUTORIAL SYSTEM

**Learning & onboarding enhancement release!**

Release highlights:
- ✅ Interactive tutorial system (30 steps across 3 levels)
- ✅ `nexus learn` command with pause/resume capability
- ✅ Reduces onboarding time: ~2 hours → ~30 minutes (75% reduction)
- ✅ 638 lines tutorial engine (no new dependencies)
- ✅ 600+ lines comprehensive documentation
- ✅ GitHub Release with binaries published
- ✅ Documentation automatically deployed

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🎯 CURRENT STATUS

**v0.5.1 SHIPPED** ✅

All v0.5.1 features complete:
- ✅ Tutorial Engine (nexus/utils/tutorial.py - 638 lines)
- ✅ Three progressive levels (Getting Started, Medium, Advanced)
- ✅ 30 total hands-on steps with real commands
- ✅ Rich terminal formatting and interactive prompts
- ✅ Pause/resume from any step
- ✅ Comprehensive documentation (TUTORIAL_GUIDE.md + MkDocs)

Tutorial content:
- Getting Started (7 steps, ~10 min): doctor → config → detect → search
- Medium (11 steps, ~20 min): Research, Knowledge, Teaching, Writing workflows
- Advanced (12 steps, ~30 min): Batch ops, graph exports, Claude integration

Release artifacts:
- Git tag: v0.5.1
- GitHub Release: https://github.com/Data-Wise/nexus-cli/releases/tag/v0.5.1
- Built packages: nexus_cli-0.5.1-py3-none-any.whl, nexus_cli-0.5.1.tar.gz
- Documentation: https://data-wise.github.io/nexus-cli/ (auto-deployed)

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📊 PROJECT METRICS (Updated 2025-12-31 - Evening)

Version: 0.5.1
Tests: 500 passing (76.65% coverage) ⬆️ +38 tests today, +78 total
Commands: 50+ across 4 domains
Tutorial Steps: 30 (7 + 11 + 12)
Module Coverage:
  - Tutorial: 94.2% (nexus/utils/tutorial.py) ✅
  - Zotero: 96.89% (nexus/research/zotero.py) 🚀 NEW!
Type Safety: 0 mypy errors (utils + zotero) ✅
Documentation: 10,000+ lines (MkDocs)
Python: 3.11+ required

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🎯 QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS IN PROGRESS (Dec 31, 2025)

**Phase 1: Repository Cleanup** ✅ COMPLETE
- [x] Fix CI failures (formatting)
- [x] Archive old session notes
- [x] Archive testing utilities
- [x] Add release documentation

**Phase 2: Tutorial Tests** ✅ COMPLETE
- [x] Add 39 tests for tutorial system
- [x] Achieve 94.2% coverage for tutorial.py
- [x] Increase overall coverage to 75% (+21pp)

**Phase 3: Type Improvements** ✅ COMPLETE
- [x] Add types-PyYAML dependency
- [x] Fix mypy errors in utils modules
- [x] All utils modules type-safe (0 errors)

**Phase 4: Zotero Tests** ✅ COMPLETE (2.3 hours)
- [x] Add 38 tests for Zotero integration
- [x] Achieve 96.89% coverage for zotero.py (+24.39pp!)
- [x] Fix 4 mypy errors - now type-safe
- [x] Enhanced mock database (7 items, 5 tags, 4 collections, attachments)
- [x] Comprehensive edge case testing (SQL injection, Unicode, empty DB)
- [x] All 71 Zotero tests passing

**NEXT: Phase 5 - Knowledge Domain** (See PLANNING.md, SESSION_COMPLETE.md)

**Option A: Continue Quality** (RECOMMENDED)
- [ ] Add tests for research domain (Zotero)
- [ ] Add tests for knowledge domain (Vault)
- [ ] Increase coverage to 80%+
- [ ] Fix mypy errors in core domains

**Option B: New Features**
- [ ] Tutorial completion tracking
- [ ] Advanced graph features
- [ ] Batch operations expansion
- [ ] New integrations

**Option C: Developer Experience**
- [ ] Plugin system
- [ ] Shell completion
- [ ] Enhanced error messages
- [ ] Configuration wizard

**Option D: Documentation & Community**
- [ ] Video tutorials
- [ ] Blog posts/case studies
- [ ] Community building
- [ ] Marketing/outreach

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🔗 RELATED PROJECTS

| Project | Status | Purpose |
|---------|--------|---------|
| Nexus CLI | ✅ v0.5.1 | This project |
| aiterm | 📋 Spec PR #7 | Interactive tutorial spec (awaiting review) |
| Nexus MCP Server | ✅ Active | 17 tools for Claude integration |

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📁 KEY FILES (Updated Dec 31, 2025)

Core:
- nexus/cli.py                  - Main CLI - 2,060 lines
- nexus/utils/tutorial.py       - Tutorial engine - 638 lines (94.2% coverage)
- nexus/utils/config.py         - Configuration - 86 lines (type-safe)
- nexus/research/zotero.py      - Zotero integration - 523 lines (96.89% coverage!)
- pyproject.toml                - Project metadata (v0.5.1)

Documentation:
- PLANNING.md                   - Development roadmap with blueprint
- SESSION_COMPLETE.md           - Zotero testing deep dive
- FINAL_SUMMARY.md              - Today's session wrap-up
- docs/                         - MkDocs website (auto-deployed)

Tests:
- tests/test_tutorial.py        - Tutorial tests (39 tests, 94.2% coverage)
- tests/test_zotero_client.py   - Zotero tests (71 tests, 96.89% coverage)

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✅ v0.5.1 RELEASED + QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETE - 2025-12-31
📊 500 tests, 76.65% coverage, 2 modules at 90%+, blueprint established
