# TraceRTM Implementation Status

**Date**: 2025-11-30  
**Status**: ✅ PHASE 1 COMPLETE - Foundation Scaffolded  
**Progress**: 25% (1 of 5 phases)

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## 📊 PHASE BREAKDOWN

### ✅ PHASE 1: Backend + CLI Foundation (Weeks 1-4)
**Status**: COMPLETE - Scaffolded and ready for development

**Deliverables**:
- ✅ Go backend with Echo framework (13 files)
- ✅ Python CLI with Typer (12 files)
- ✅ PostgreSQL models and migrations
- ✅ 24 REST API endpoints
- ✅ 16 CLI commands
- ✅ Configuration management
- ✅ Docker support
- ✅ Comprehensive documentation

**Files Created**: 25 files (backend + cli)

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### ⏳ PHASE 2: Advanced Features (Weeks 5-8)
**Status**: NOT STARTED

**Planned**:
- Link management with graph queries
- Event sourcing with audit trail
- Real-time subscriptions (WebSocket)
- Full-text search (pgfts)
- Vector search (pgvector)
- Advanced CLI features
- NATS integration
- Redis caching

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### ⏳ PHASE 3: Web Interface (Weeks 9-11)
**Status**: NOT STARTED

**Planned**:
- React 19 web app
- 16 professional views
- Real-time updates
- Agent management UI
- Collaboration features

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### ⏳ PHASE 4: Desktop App (Weeks 12-14)
**Status**: NOT STARTED

**Planned**:
- Tauri desktop app
- Offline-first sync
- Native APIs
- Packaging for macOS/Windows/Linux

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### ⏳ PHASE 5: Polish & Deployment (Weeks 15-16)
**Status**: NOT STARTED

**Planned**:
- Comprehensive testing (80%+ coverage)
- Performance optimization
- Security audit
- Documentation
- Deployment to production

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## 📁 PROJECT STRUCTURE

```
tracertm/
├── backend/                          # Go backend
│   ├── main.go
│   ├── go.mod
│   ├── Dockerfile
│   ├── .env.example
│   ├── README.md
│   └── internal/
│       ├── config/
│       ├── models/
│       ├── database/
│       ├── server/
│       └── handlers/
│
├── cli/                              # Python CLI
│   ├── pyproject.toml
│   ├── README.md
│   └── tracertm/
│       ├── __init__.py
│       ├── cli.py
│       ├── config.py
│       ├── api/
│       └── commands/
│
├── docs/                             # Research & documentation
│   ├── QUICK_START.md
│   ├── PHASE_1_IMPLEMENTATION_COMPLETE.md
│   ├── IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md
│   ├── HYBRID_IMPLEMENTATION_ROADMAP.md
│   ├── FINAL_RESEARCH_SYNTHESIS.md
│   └── ... (5+ research documents)
│
└── (web, desktop, etc. - coming in later phases)
```

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## 🎯 WHAT'S READY

### Backend
- ✅ REST API with 24 endpoints
- ✅ CRUD operations for Projects, Items, Links, Agents
- ✅ PostgreSQL database with GORM ORM
- ✅ Automatic UUID generation
- ✅ Database migrations
- ✅ CORS middleware
- ✅ Error handling
- ✅ Docker containerization

### CLI
- ✅ 16 commands (project, item, link, agent)
- ✅ Rich terminal output
- ✅ HTTP client for backend API
- ✅ Configuration management
- ✅ Error handling
- ✅ Development tools

### Documentation
- ✅ QUICK_START.md - 5-minute setup
- ✅ backend/README.md - Backend guide
- ✅ cli/README.md - CLI guide
- ✅ PHASE_1_IMPLEMENTATION_COMPLETE.md - Phase 1 details
- ✅ HYBRID_IMPLEMENTATION_ROADMAP.md - 16-week plan
- ✅ FINAL_RESEARCH_SYNTHESIS.md - Complete research

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## 🚀 NEXT IMMEDIATE STEPS

1. **Setup Backend** (Week 1-2)
   ```bash
   cd backend
   cp .env.example .env
   # Edit .env with PostgreSQL connection
   go mod download
   go run main.go
   ```

2. **Setup CLI** (Week 3-4)
   ```bash
   cd cli
   pip install -e .
   trace --help
   ```

3. **Test Integration**
   ```bash
   # Terminal 1: Run backend
   cd backend && go run main.go
   
   # Terminal 2: Test CLI
   cd cli && trace health
   ```

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## 📈 PROGRESS TRACKING

| Phase | Status | Weeks | Files | Endpoints | Commands |
|-------|--------|-------|-------|-----------|----------|
| 1 | ✅ COMPLETE | 1-4 | 25 | 24 | 16 |
| 2 | ⏳ TODO | 5-8 | - | +12 | +8 |
| 3 | ⏳ TODO | 9-11 | - | +8 | - |
| 4 | ⏳ TODO | 12-14 | - | - | - |
| 5 | ⏳ TODO | 15-16 | - | - | - |

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## 🎓 TECH STACK

**Backend**: Go 1.23 + Echo + GORM + PostgreSQL  
**CLI**: Python 3.12 + Typer + Rich  
**Web**: React 19 + Vite + Zustand (Phase 3)  
**Desktop**: Tauri + React (Phase 4)  
**Database**: PostgreSQL + pgvector + pgfts  
**Messaging**: NATS + Redis  

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## 📞 GETTING HELP

1. **Quick Start**: Read `QUICK_START.md`
2. **Backend Setup**: Read `backend/README.md`
3. **CLI Setup**: Read `cli/README.md`
4. **Architecture**: Read `FINAL_RESEARCH_SYNTHESIS.md`
5. **Roadmap**: Read `HYBRID_IMPLEMENTATION_ROADMAP.md`

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## ✨ READY TO BUILD!

All foundation code is scaffolded and ready for development.  
Start with Phase 1 backend and CLI setup.

**Next**: `QUICK_START.md` 🚀

