# Codebase Analysis — Executive Summary

**Created**: 2026-02-08
**Version Analyzed**: Prism 1.7.0 / prisme 2.10.0
**Methodology**: Automated multi-agent codebase analysis covering 5 dimensions

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## Overall Health Dashboard

| Dimension | Score | Status |
|-----------|-------|--------|
| **Features** | 58% (Tier 1-2) | Good foundation, critical stubs exist |
| **Documentation** | 6.3/10 | Solid basics, critical gaps in migration/troubleshooting |
| **Testing** | 7.5/10 | Strong infrastructure, generator coverage gaps |
| **Developer Experience** | 7/10 | Rich CLI, missing debug/IDE support |
| **Security** | 7.6/10 | Good fundamentals, 3 critical template vulnerabilities |

**Overall Assessment**: Prism is a well-architected framework that is **production-ready for ~60% of typical web app use cases**. The codebase demonstrates strong engineering practices but needs targeted hardening before broad production deployment.

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## Critical Items (Must Address)

These 6 items across all dimensions represent the highest-risk findings:

### Security (3 items — ~7 hours total)

| # | Issue | Location | Fix Effort |
|---|-------|----------|-----------|
| S1 | **No rate limiting on auth endpoints** | `templates/.../routes_auth.py.jinja2` | 2 hours |
| S2 | **OAuth state in-memory (won't scale)** | `templates/.../routes_auth.py.jinja2:534-541` | 4 hours |
| S3 | **API key timing attack** | `templates/.../api_key_service.py.jinja2:65` | 30 min |

### Features (3 items — decision + 2-4 hours)

| # | Issue | Location | Fix Effort |
|---|-------|----------|-----------|
| F1 | **gRPC generates NotImplementedError** (11 stubs) | `generators/backend/grpc.py`, `templates/.../grpc/` | Remove: 2h, Implement: 3-4 weeks |
| F2 | **GraphQL subscriptions broken by default** | `templates/.../graphql/subscriptions.py.jinja2` | Disable default: 1h |
| F3 | **GDPR audit trail incomplete** | `templates/.../privacy/privacy_routes.py.jinja2:98,124` | 2-4 hours |

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## High-Priority Improvements by Dimension

### Features

| Item | Current | Effort | Impact |
|------|---------|--------|--------|
| Add `FieldType.FILE` for uploads | Missing from spec | 4-5 weeks | Unblocks file handling use cases |
| Wire up 4 frontend stubs | UI-only generators | 2-3 weeks | Chatbot, survey, inquiry, register-interest |
| Complete CLI simplification | 15% done | 3-5 weeks | Interactive wizard, file watcher, config system |

**Details**: [feature-improvements.md](feature-improvements.md)

### Documentation

| Item | Current | Effort | Impact |
|------|---------|--------|--------|
| Migration & upgrade guide | 0% — completely missing | 40 hours | Unblocks safe version upgrades |
| Troubleshooting guide | 0% — missing | 30 hours | Unblocks stuck users |
| API documentation | 59% coverage | 50 hours | Enables contributions |
| Production deployment guides | Hetzner only | 60 hours | Enables AWS/Azure/DO deployment |

**Details**: [documentation-improvements.md](documentation-improvements.md)

### Testing

| Item | Current | Effort | Impact |
|------|---------|--------|--------|
| Infrastructure generator tests | 0/1 tested | 1 week | Complete coverage gap |
| GraphQL/MCP generator tests | 0/2 dedicated | 1 week | Critical generators untested |
| Golden file / snapshot testing | None | 1 week | Regression detection |
| Integration pipeline tests | Limited | 1 week | Validates full spec→code pipeline |
| Expand models/REST generator tests | 2-3 tests each | 1 week | 79-line and 88-line files need expansion |

**Details**: [testing-improvements.md](testing-improvements.md)

### Developer Experience

| Item | Current | Effort | Impact |
|------|---------|--------|--------|
| Global `--verbose`/`--debug` flags | Missing | 2-3 hours | Enables all debugging workflows |
| JSON schema export for IDE | Missing | 2-3 hours | TOML autocomplete in VS Code |
| In-CLI quickstart guide | Missing | 1-2 hours | Immediate onboarding improvement |
| Structured error formatting | Errors printed as blobs | 8-10 hours | Actionable error messages |
| `prism validate-config` command | Missing | 3-4 hours | Catch TOML errors early |

**Details**: [dx-usability-improvements.md](dx-usability-improvements.md)

### Security

| Item | Current | Effort | Impact |
|------|---------|--------|--------|
| Restrict CORS methods/headers | `allow_methods=["*"]` | 1 hour | Prevent method/header spoofing |
| GraphQL query complexity limits | No limits | 6 hours | Prevent DoS via nested queries |
| Content Security Policy headers | Missing | 1 hour | XSS mitigation |
| Session revocation on logout | Client-side only | 4 hours | Stolen token mitigation |
| `prism generate-secrets` CLI | Template defaults used | 3 hours | Strong secrets by default |

**Details**: [security-improvements.md](security-improvements.md)

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## Quick Wins (High Impact, Low Effort)

These can be done in a single sprint and provide outsized value:

| # | Item | Dimension | Effort | Impact |
|---|------|-----------|--------|--------|
| 1 | Fix API key timing attack | Security | 30 min | Eliminates vulnerability |
| 2 | Disable GraphQL subscriptions default | Features | 1 hour | Prevents broken code generation |
| 3 | Restrict CORS methods/headers | Security | 1 hour | OWASP compliance |
| 4 | Add CSP headers to templates | Security | 1 hour | XSS mitigation |
| 5 | Add `--verbose`/`--debug` to CLI | DX | 2-3 hours | Enables debugging |
| 6 | Export JSON schema for TOML | DX | 2-3 hours | IDE autocomplete |
| 7 | In-CLI quickstart command | DX | 1-2 hours | Onboarding |
| 8 | Rate limiting on auth endpoints | Security | 2 hours | Brute force protection |
| 9 | GDPR audit trail fix | Features | 2-4 hours | Regulatory compliance |
| 10 | OAuth state to Redis | Security | 4 hours | Scalability fix |

**Total quick wins**: ~18 hours for 10 high-impact improvements

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## Effort Summary by Phase

### Phase 1: Critical Fixes (1-2 weeks)
- Security P0 items: 7 hours
- Feature critical fixes: 4-8 hours
- Quick DX wins: 6-8 hours
- **Total: ~20-25 hours**

### Phase 2: Foundation Strengthening (1-2 months)
- Testing critical gaps: 3-4 weeks
- Documentation critical gaps: 3-4 weeks
- Security P1 items: 12 hours
- Feature stubs completion: 2-3 weeks
- **Total: ~6-8 weeks parallel work**

### Phase 3: Platform Maturity (2-4 months)
- File upload support: 4-5 weeks
- CLI simplification: 3-5 weeks
- Documentation expansion: 5 weeks
- Testing enhancement: 1 week
- **Total: ~10-15 weeks**

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## Cross-Cutting Themes

Three themes appear across multiple dimensions:

### 1. Generated Code Quality Assurance
- **Features**: 11 NotImplementedError stubs ship to users
- **Testing**: No golden file testing to catch output regressions
- **Security**: Template vulnerabilities propagate to all generated projects

**Recommendation**: Establish a "generated code quality gate" — every template change must pass syntax validation, golden file comparison, and security checks.

### 2. Missing Observability
- **DX**: No `--verbose`/`--debug` flags
- **Security**: No auth event audit logging
- **Testing**: No performance benchmarks
- **Features**: No schema drift detection

**Recommendation**: Add a logging/observability layer across the framework with configurable verbosity.

### 3. Incomplete "Last Mile"
- **Features**: gRPC 90% done but non-functional; subscriptions enabled but broken
- **Documentation**: mkdocstrings configured but no API pages generated
- **DX**: `--watch` flag exists but watcher barely connected
- **Testing**: Golden test file exists but doesn't validate content

**Recommendation**: Prioritize finishing partially-complete features over starting new ones. A "Ship Now" sprint focused on completing the last 10% of 5-6 features would have more impact than starting a new feature from scratch.

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## Codebase Statistics (for reference)

| Metric | Count |
|--------|-------|
| Generator classes | 31 |
| Jinja2 templates | 255+ |
| CLI commands | 67+ across 12 groups |
| Test functions | 1,829 in 155 files |
| Spec model modules | 15 |
| Lines of test code | 20,289 |
| Documentation pages | 33 markdown files (~5,850 lines) |
| Active issue docs | 15 in `dev/issues/` |
| Feature plans | 11 in `dev/plans/` |

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**Analysis Date**: 2026-02-08
**Methodology**: 5 parallel exploration agents analyzing features, documentation, testing, DX, and security. Each agent performed systematic searches (TODO/FIXME/NotImplementedError grep, file structure mapping, template sampling, vulnerability scanning) and produced detailed findings with file paths and line numbers.
