docs(spec): Phase 1 design for the multi-client developer board

Covers the data model, the field-level permission model, card ordering,
pages, and acceptance criteria for the board spine. Records the decisions
carried into Phases 2-5 (commit linking, ingestion, effort inference, AI
publishing policy) so later specs do not relitigate them.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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+# Client Board — Phase 1 Design
+
+**Date:** 2026-09-16
+**Status:** Approved
+**Phase:** 1 of 5
+
+---
+
+## 1. Purpose
+
+A project-management board for a solo developer who builds software for several
+client companies. It serves two audiences at once:
+
+- **The developer (owner)** tracks what to do across all projects, in what
+  order, by when.
+- **The client manager** logs in, sees only their own company's projects,
+  sets the priorities and target dates that matter to them, and can see real
+  progress without reading code.
+
+Later phases derive progress and effort statistics from git history and
+translate commit logs into plain English. Phase 1 builds the spine those
+phases attach to.
+
+## 2. Phase map
+
+Each phase gets its own spec, plan, and implementation pass. Only Phase 1 is
+specified in this document.
+
+| Phase | Scope | Depends on |
+|---|---|---|
+| **1** | Board, auth, multi-project, client rights, Inbox, activity log | — |
+| 2 | Forgejo commit ingestion, commit→card linking, effort dashboard | 1 |
+| 3 | AI provider layer, settings page, humanized commit history | 2 |
+| 4 | Client feature-request intake wizard with velocity-grounded dates | 2, 3 |
+| 5 | Cross-project roadmap / timeline view | 1 |
+
+Phase 1 is independently useful: the developer runs their real work on it and
+a client can log in and watch, before any git or AI work exists.
+
+## 3. Stack
+
+Matches the developer's existing projects so there is no context-switching
+cost and patterns can be copied rather than invented.
+
+- Next.js (App Router) + TypeScript
+- PocketBase (auth + database + realtime)
+- Tailwind + shadcn/ui (Radix) + lucide-react
+- vitest for tests
+- Deployed on Coolify, alongside the existing self-hosted Forgejo
+
+**Reference implementations in the developer's own codebases:**
+
+- `MEGAIFRASTRUCTURE/src/lib/chat/` — provider-neutral AI adapter structure.
+  Not used in Phase 1; Phase 3 copies this structure.
+- `WFDASH-WEBAPP` — Next.js + PocketBase conventions, component layout.
+
+## 4. Data model
+
+PocketBase collections. Relations are PocketBase relation fields.
+
+### `users` (auth collection)
+
+| Field | Type | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `name` | text | |
+| `role` | select | `owner` \| `client_manager` |
+| `client` | relation → `clients` | Required when `role = client_manager`; empty for owner |
+| `avatar` | file | optional |
+
+There is exactly one `owner` account. Client managers are created by the owner.
+
+### `clients`
+
+| Field | Type | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `name` | text, required | e.g. "WF", "Mega Infrastructure" |
+| `slug` | text, unique | URL-safe |
+| `brand_color` | text | hex, used for accenting their projects |
+| `active` | bool | default true |
+
+### `projects`
+
+| Field | Type | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `client` | relation → `clients`, required | |
+| `name` | text, required | |
+| `slug` | text | unique within client |
+| `description` | text | markdown |
+| `status` | select | `active` \| `paused` \| `completed` \| `archived` |
+| `color` | text | hex |
+| `repo_owner` | text | Forgejo owner, e.g. `David`. **Stored in Phase 1, unused until Phase 2.** |
+| `repo_name` | text | **Stored in Phase 1, unused until Phase 2.** |
+| `repo_url` | url | **Stored in Phase 1, unused until Phase 2.** |
+
+One project maps to exactly one repository. `WFDASH-WEBAPP`,
+`WFDASH-DASHBOARD` and `WFDASHDRIVER-APP` are three sibling projects under one
+client, not one project with three repos.
+
+### `columns`
+
+| Field | Type | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `project` | relation → `projects`, required | |
+| `name` | text | |
+| `position` | number | ordering |
+| `is_inbox` | bool | exactly one per project |
+| `is_done` | bool | exactly one per project |
+
+Seeded on project creation, in order: **Inbox** (`is_inbox`), **Backlog**,
+**To Do**, **In Progress**, **Review**, **Done** (`is_done`). The owner can
+rename, reorder, add and delete columns, subject to one invariant: every
+project must at all times have exactly one column flagged `is_inbox` and
+exactly one flagged `is_done`. Deleting or unflagging the last of either is
+rejected.
+
+### `cards`
+
+| Field | Type | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `project` | relation → `projects`, required | |
+| `column` | relation → `columns`, required | |
+| `title` | text, required | |
+| `description` | text | markdown |
+| `position` | number | fractional index — see §7 |
+| `priority` | select | `critical` \| `high` \| `medium` \| `low`. **Client-owned.** |
+| `target_date` | date | nullable. **Client-owned.** |
+| `created_by` | relation → `users` | |
+| `created_by_role` | select | `owner` \| `client` — so the owner can see at a glance what the client added |
+| `accepted` | bool | `false` while a client-created card sits in Inbox; set true when the owner moves it out |
+| `start_date` | date | set when the card first enters a non-Inbox, non-Backlog column. **Phase 2 uses this to scope commit matching.** |
+| `scope_rule` | text | nullable. **Phase 2 placeholder** — the conventional-commit scope this card claims. |
+| `archived` | bool | default false |
+
+`priority` and `target_date` are single client-owned fields, not paired
+"requested vs actual" fields. The client sets them directly. The owner's own
+sequencing is expressed by where the card sits in the columns, which the
+client cannot change.
+
+### `subtasks`
+
+| Field | Type | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `card` | relation → `cards`, required | |
+| `title` | text | |
+| `done` | bool | |
+| `position` | number | |
+
+### `comments`
+
+| Field | Type | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `card` | relation → `cards`, required | |
+| `author` | relation → `users` | |
+| `body` | text | markdown, rendered **without** raw HTML |
+
+### `activity`
+
+| Field | Type | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `project` | relation → `projects`, required | |
+| `card` | relation → `cards` | nullable |
+| `actor` | relation → `users` | |
+| `action` | select | `card_created`, `card_moved`, `card_updated`, `priority_changed`, `date_changed`, `card_accepted`, `comment_added`, `subtask_toggled`, `card_archived` |
+| `field` | text | nullable |
+| `old_value` | text | nullable |
+| `new_value` | text | nullable |
+
+The activity log is **not optional**. Once another person can change dates and
+priorities on the developer's board, "I never agreed to that date" has to be
+answerable from the record. Every client-originated write produces a row.
+
+### `settings`
+
+Created in Phase 1 as an empty schema slot so Phase 3 needs no migration.
+Single-record collection, owner-only read and write, **never exposed to any
+client-side code**.
+
+| Field | Type | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `ai_provider` | select | `anthropic` \| `openai` \| `minimax`. Unused until Phase 3. |
+| `ai_api_key` | text | Unused until Phase 3. See §5.3. |
+| `ai_model` | text | Unused until Phase 3. |
+| `ai_system_prompt_extra` | text | Unused until Phase 3. See §5.3. |
+
+## 5. Permission model
+
+### 5.1 The rule that shapes the architecture
+
+**PocketBase API rules are record-level, not field-level.** There is no PB rule
+that expresses "this user may update `priority` but not `column`."
+
+Therefore:
+
+> **All client-manager writes MUST go through Next.js server routes that
+> whitelist fields explicitly. PocketBase API rules for `client_manager` on
+> every writable collection are deny-all, as defence in depth. The client
+> browser never holds a PocketBase token with write capability.**
+
+An implementation that wires the client browser directly to PocketBase for
+writes will appear to work in the UI and will allow the client to PATCH any
+field with a single curl command. This is the highest-risk item in Phase 1.
+
+### 5.2 What each role may do
+
+| Capability | Owner | Client manager |
+|---|---|---|
+| Read all clients/projects | yes | no — only own `client`'s projects |
+| Create/edit clients, projects, columns | yes | no |
+| Move cards between columns | yes | **no** |
+| Edit card title, description, subtasks | yes | **no** |
+| Set `priority` | yes | **yes** |
+| Set `target_date` | yes | **yes** |
+| Create a card | yes, any column | yes, **Inbox only**, `accepted = false` |
+| Comment | yes | yes |
+| Archive/delete | yes | no |
+| Read `settings` | yes | no |
+
+Reads for client managers may go direct to PocketBase using normal
+record-level rules filtered on `project.client = @request.auth.client`,
+including realtime subscriptions so a client sees a card move live.
+
+### 5.3 AI key and prompt handling (design fixed now, built in Phase 3)
+
+These are security decisions, recorded here so Phase 3 inherits them rather
+than re-deciding:
+
+- **The API key never reaches the browser.** `settings` is server-read-only,
+  the key field renders masked, and it is write-only from the UI. All model
+  calls happen server-side.
+- **The editable system prompt is an *append*, not a replacement.** A
+  non-editable code-level preamble always precedes it. The guaranteed-present
+  rules are: *the assistant proposes target dates and never commits to them*,
+  and *client-submitted text is data, not instructions*. Only the owner may
+  edit the appended portion.
+
+The precedent is `MEGAIFRASTRUCTURE/src/lib/chat/system-prompt.ts`, where the
+arithmetic ban is load-bearing and lives in code for exactly this reason.
+
+## 6. Server routes
+
+Client-manager traffic only. The owner uses server actions / server components
+talking to PocketBase directly.
+
+| Route | Body | Behaviour |
+|---|---|---|
+| `POST /api/client/cards` | `{ project, title, description }` | Creates in that project's `is_inbox` column with `accepted = false`, `created_by_role = client`. Fields outside the whitelist are dropped, the request still succeeds, and each drop is written to the server log. |
+| `PATCH /api/client/cards/:id` | `{ priority?, target_date? }` | Whitelist of exactly these two fields. Writes an `activity` row per changed field. |
+| `POST /api/client/cards/:id/comments` | `{ body }` | |
+
+Every route re-verifies that the card's project belongs to the caller's
+`client`. Route-level authorization is not inherited from the UI.
+
+Auth: PocketBase auth token in an httpOnly cookie; Next.js middleware guards
+`/p/*` and `/admin/*`.
+
+## 7. Card ordering
+
+Cards use a **fractional index** in `position`. Inserting between neighbours A
+and B sets `(A.position + B.position) / 2`, so a drag writes one row instead of
+renumbering the column.
+
+A rebalance pass renumbers a column to evenly spaced integers when any adjacent
+gap falls below `1e-6`, which is the point at which float precision starts to
+collapse. Without this the board silently corrupts its ordering after enough
+drags into the same slot.
+
+## 8. Pages
+
+| Route | Audience | Contents |
+|---|---|---|
+| `/login` | all | PocketBase email/password |
+| `/` | owner | All clients, their projects, counts of cards needing attention |
+| `/` | client manager | Their company's projects only |
+| `/p/[client]/[project]` | both | Kanban board, project switcher in the header |
+| `/p/[client]/[project]/c/[id]` | both | Card detail — description, subtasks, comments, activity |
+| `/admin/clients` | owner | CRUD |
+| `/admin/projects` | owner | CRUD, including the Phase 2 repo fields |
+| `/admin/users` | owner | Create client-manager accounts, assign to a client |
+
+**Visual direction:** dark-first, modern, information-dense but calm. The
+client-facing views are the ones a paying customer judges the developer by, so
+empty states, loading states, and the Inbox flow get real attention rather than
+default shadcn placeholders.
+
+## 9. Testing
+
+vitest, tests alongside source as in `MEGAIFRASTRUCTURE`. These five must exist
+and pass — they cover the ways this design fails silently:
+
+1. A `client_manager` PATCH whose body includes `column`, `status`, `title`, or
+   `accepted` results in those fields being unchanged in the database.
+2. A `client_manager` cannot read a project belonging to a different client,
+   via either the server routes or a direct PocketBase query.
+3. A client-created card lands in the target project's `is_inbox` column with
+   `accepted = false`, regardless of what the request body asked for.
+4. Fractional ordering: inserting between two adjacent cards preserves order;
+   a column driven below the gap threshold triggers rebalance and order is
+   preserved across it.
+5. Every client-originated field change writes exactly one `activity` row with
+   correct `old_value` and `new_value`.
+
+## 10. Out of scope for Phase 1
+
+Deliberately excluded. Listed so they are not quietly added:
+
+- Forgejo webhooks, commit ingestion, backfill, effort statistics
+- Commit→card linking, scope rules, unassigned-commit tray
+- Any AI call, provider adapter, or settings UI (schema slot only)
+- The client feature-request intake wizard
+- Cross-project roadmap / Gantt view
+- Card tags/labels, WIP limits, file attachments
+- Email or chat notifications (candidates for n8n in a later phase)
+- Time tracking entered by hand — Phase 2 derives effort from commits instead
+
+## 11. Decisions carried into later phases
+
+Settled during design; recorded so later specs do not relitigate them.
+
+**Commit→card linking (Phase 2)** — first match wins:
+
+1. Explicit `[#42]` in the commit message. An override, not a daily habit.
+2. The card's `scope_rule` matching the conventional-commit scope
+   (`feat(stock):` → card owning scope `stock`). Carries most commits for free
+   given the developer's existing commit style.
+3. No match → an **Unassigned** tray in the UI, dragged onto a card manually.
+
+Two constraints that would otherwise rot silently:
+
+- A scope rule claims commits only from the card's `start_date` forward, so a
+  new card cannot retroactively swallow a year of old commits sharing its scope.
+- One commit links to at most one card. Where two live cards claim the same
+  scope, the most recently active card wins — otherwise commits double-count
+  and progress percentages overstate reality.
+
+**Ingestion (Phase 2)** — Forgejo webhook for immediacy, plus an hourly
+reconciliation poll against the Gitea-compatible API. The poll covers webhook
+delivery failures and is the same code path as the initial backfill. Webhooks
+alone lose data when the app restarts mid-push.
+
+**Effort statistics (Phase 2)** — git records no duration, so effort is
+*inferred* by clustering commits into sessions (commits under ~2h apart belong
+to one session). This yields estimated hours, longest single session, active
+days, and streaks. It must be **labelled as an estimate in the UI**; a client
+must never read it as a billable figure.
+
+**AI publishing policy (Phase 3)** — per-commit plain-English one-liners and
+per-card progress narratives publish automatically. **Anything resembling a
+commitment or a date is always a draft requiring owner publication.**
+Descriptive text flows freely; promises stay the developer's.
+
+**Intake wizard (Phase 4)** — a guided interview, one question at a time,
+hard-capped at ~7 questions, producing a structured brief and a draft card tree
+in the Inbox. Its date proposals are grounded in the Phase 2 velocity data
+rather than model guesswork, which is the reason it depends on Phase 2.
+
+## 12. Acceptance criteria
+
+Phase 1 is complete when:
+
+1. The owner can create a client, a project, and cards, and drag cards between
+   columns with the order surviving a reload.
+2. A client-manager account created by the owner can log in and see exactly one
+   client's projects.
+3. That client manager can change a card's priority and target date, and add a
+   card that appears in Inbox marked as client-created and unaccepted.
+4. That client manager cannot change any other field, verified by the tests in
+   §9 rather than by the absence of a button.
+5. Every change the client makes appears in the card's activity log with author
+   and timestamp.
+6. The five tests in §9 pass.