codebase-sync

Development

Convention discovery and rule generation from codebase analysis. Scans project structure, builds search indexes, identifies patterns, and generates enforceable rules.

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Scan directory structure for project type identification
Detect language, framework, package manager
Identify build tools, CI/CD config, test framework
Map high-level architecture (monorepo, microservices, etc.)

2. Semantic Index Building

Four parallel index domains:

Code Index: Source files with exports, purposes, dependencies
Test Index: Test files with cases, fixtures, patterns
Config Index: Configuration files with parsed rules
API Index: Public interfaces, types, data models

3. Convention Discovery

Code style patterns (naming, structure, organization)
Error handling conventions
Testing conventions (naming, structure, assertions)
Git commit message conventions
Documentation standards
Language-conditional standards

4. Rule Generation

Convert conventions into enforceable rules:

{
  "id": "ts-no-any",
  "category": "coding-standards",
  "description": "Avoid 'any' type; use 'unknown' and narrow",
  "severity": "error",
  "autoFixable": false,
  "language": "typescript"
}

Rule Categories

Category	Examples
core	task-and-workflow, testing, verification
dev-practices	development-practices, context-management
tools	research-tools, cli-tools
coding-standards	Language-specific rules (conditional)

Output Artifacts

artifacts/CONVENTIONS.md -- Discovered conventions
artifacts/SEARCH-INDEX.json -- Semantic search index
artifacts/RULES.md -- Generated project rules