Current Phase: LEARNING Status: Architecture thinking complete, awaiting Omar's design decisions Purpose: Build agentic infrastructure using TAC (Tactical Agentic Coding) principles
This directory organizes work into three progressive phases:
~/work/
├── learning/ # LEARNING phase (active)
├── design/ # DESIGN phase (next)
└── system/ # IMPLEMENTATION phase (future)Purpose: Learn TAC, explore architecture options, think deeply before building
Location: learning/
Status: ✅ Complete - Awaiting Omar's review
What's there:
- 243KB of TAC analysis from 9 specialized agents
- 5 architecture thinking documents exploring design options
- Decision log tracking key architectural decisions
- Comprehensive navigation guide
Key deliverables:
- TAC Analysis - Complete exploration of 8 TAC tactics
- Architecture Thinking - 5 design exploration documents
- Decision Log - All architectural decisions tracked
- Learning README - Navigation guide
Next: Omar reviews architecture thinking and answers pending design questions
Purpose: Design complete system architecture with Omar's validation BEFORE building
Location: design/
Status: ⏳ Not started - waiting for Omar's approval to proceed
What will go there:
- System architecture documentation
- Commander system prompts (designed for each phase)
- Directory structure specification
- Capability domains specification
- Implementation roadmap with validation gates
- Complete design specifications
Estimated effort: 20 hours + Omar's review time
Validation gate: Omar must approve design before implementation begins
Purpose: Build the agentic system progressively with validation gates
Location: system/
Status: ⏳ Not started - waiting for design approval
What will go there:
- Commander agent (built with Claude Agent SDK)
- Capability domains (knowledge_management, business_operations, etc.)
- Shared infrastructure and utilities
- Event hooks and automation
- Tests and validation frameworks
- System documentation
Implementation plan: 5 phases with Omar's validation gates
- Phase 1: Core Infrastructure (30h) → Gate #2
- Phase 2: First Domain (30h) → Gate #3
- Phase 3: Autonomous Operation (20h) → Gate #4
- Phase 4: Second Domain (40h) → Gate #5
- Phase 5+: Expansion (ongoing)
Total estimated effort: 145 hours across phases 1-5
Start here:
- learning/README.md - Complete learning phase overview
- learning/tac_analysis/TAC_MASTER_SYNTHESIS_FOR_OMAR.md - TAC synthesis
- learning/architecture_thinking/ARCHITECTURE_REVELATION.md - The critical insight
Review these 5 documents:
- ARCHITECTURE_REVELATION.md - Why Claude Agent SDK changes everything
- COMMANDER_DESIGN_QUESTIONS.md - 10 key design questions
- DIRECTORY_ARCHITECTURE_OPTIONS.md - 6 structure options
- CAPABILITY_DOMAINS_THINKING.md - 7 potential domains
- PROGRESSIVE_IMPLEMENTATION_THINKING.md - 5-phase plan
Check:
- learning/decisions/DECISION_LOG.md - All decisions with rationale
Key decisions:
- ✅ Decision 001: Use Claude Agent SDK for Commander (approved)
- ✅ Decision 002: Three-phase directory structure (approved)
- ✅ Decision 003: Progressive implementation approach (approved)
- ✅ Decision 004: Capability Domains model (approved)
- 🔄 Decision 005: Start with 2 domains for MVP (proposed)
- 🔄 Decision 006: Separate ~/work/system/ from ~/.claude/ (proposed)
- ⏳ 7 pending decisions awaiting Omar's input
- Deployed 9 specialized agents to explore TAC course
- Generated 243KB of analysis covering all 8 tactics
- Discovered Claude Agent SDK enables custom Commander with custom system prompts
- Created 5 architecture thinking documents exploring design options
- Organized learning materials into clean structure
- Logged key decisions with rationale and status
- Presenting architecture thinking to Omar for review
- Awaiting Omar's decisions on 7 pending questions
- Ready to move to DESIGN phase when Omar approves
After Omar reviews learning phase:
- Answer pending design questions (Commander behavior, directory structure, domains, etc.)
- Move to DESIGN phase (Phase 0)
- Create detailed design specifications based on Omar's decisions
- Get Omar's approval on complete design
- Then and only then move to implementation
We will NOT build anything until design is approved.
Problem: Claude Code CLI has Anthropic's system prompt causing "accelerator" behavior
- Makes me rush to solutions
- Like driving in 1st gear but car forces 5th gear
Solution: Use Claude Agent SDK with custom system prompts
- Complete control over Commander behavior
- Phase-appropriate responses
- Designed exactly as Omar wants
What I built: 5 Python scripts (application logic)
What TAC requires: Agentic infrastructure
- Slash commands orchestrating agents
- ADWs (Agentic Dispatch Workflows)
- Specifications and state
- Event-driven automation
- Self-correction loops
Gap: CRITICAL - need to build the infrastructure, not just applications
Progressive approach wins:
- 5 phases with Omar's validation gates
- Delivers value incrementally (Week 3, Week 4, Week 6)
- Lower risk (fail fast at any gate)
- Same total effort (165 hours)
Current phase: Thinking, exploring, learning Next phase: Designing with Omar's input Future phase: Building (only after design approved)
Premature implementation = wasted effort
What we're building:
An agentic infrastructure where:
- Commander (Claude/Maestro via SDK) orchestrates work
- Capability Domains provide persistent functional areas
- Sub-agents (transient) execute specific tasks
- Systems build systems (TAC principle)
- 50% time invested in agentic layer, not just applications
Immediate value:
- Knowledge Management: Extract learnings, discover techniques
- Business Operations: Task management, document generation, workflows
Long-term vision:
- Autonomous operation with minimal Omar intervention
- Self-correcting with quality gates
- Scalable across multiple domains
- Production-ready with 90%+ test coverage
Supreme Commander: Omar El Mountassir (FINAL AUTHORITY)
- Makes all final decisions
- Approves all phase transitions
- Reviews all design choices
Commander of Compute: Claude/Maestro (student in training)
- Currently in LEARNING phase
- Building understanding before building systems
- Awaiting Omar's direction and approval
- Which thinking speed for LEARNING phase? (deliberate/balanced/adaptive)
- Which authority model? (strict/gated/trusted)
- Should system prompt change by phase?
- Which error handling approach?
- Which communication style?
- Which validation approach?
- Tool permissions and mode?
- Which directory structure (Options A-F)?
- Separate from or integrate with ~/.claude/?
- Should ~/work/system/ be a git repo?
- Which domains for MVP (2-3 domains)?
- Domain scope for each?
- Any missing domains?
- Does progressive approach make sense?
- Is 6-week timeline realistic?
- Are success metrics correct?
All questions detailed in: learning/architecture_thinking/
Week 1: Phase 0 (Design) → Gate #1: Omar approves design
Week 2: Phase 1 (Infrastructure) → Gate #2: Omar tests infra
Week 3: Phase 2 (First Domain) → Gate #3: Omar uses system
Week 4: Phase 3 (Automation) → Gate #4: Omar observes automation
Week 5-6: Phase 4 (Second Domain) → Gate #5: Omar + Mohammed use
Week 7+: Phase 5+ (Expansion) → Ongoing improvement
Earliest useful value: Week 3 (working knowledge management) Full 2-domain system: Week 6 Continuous expansion: Ongoing based on needs
Owner: Omar El Mountassir Student: Claude (Commander of Compute in training) Created: 2025-10-17 Last Updated: 2025-10-17 Current Phase: LEARNING Status: Architecture thinking complete - awaiting Omar's review
Ready for Omar's review and decisions.
