nexus-mcp/documentation/project-history/SESSION_SNAPSHOT_2026-04-14.md
Nathan Castaldi 86187a8acd docs(ops): add session snapshot for 2026-04-14
- Document full repo restructure: DEMO_GUIDE, TOOL_INVENTORY promoted to root
- Capture README overhaul, reports/ folder consolidation, and work item register creation
- Record prompt model alignment to claude-sonnet-4.6 and enterprise .gitignore hardening
- Note outstanding: git pull required for dependabot.yml, .venv bash activation failure, unmerged resilience branches
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Session snapshot - 2026-04-14

Session goals

  • Overhaul top-level project documentation for clarity and navigability.
  • Reorganize repository file structure (flatten docs, consolidate legacy files).
  • Harden the .gitignore with enterprise-grade patterns.
  • Align prompt and agent configuration to Claude Sonnet 4.6.
  • Add a dependabot.yml via GitHub UI for automated dependency management.

Accomplishments

  • Documentation overhaul: Rewrote and consolidated README.md with comprehensive architecture, usage, and navigation content; removed ~270 lines of stale content from documentation/README.md.
  • DEMO_GUIDE & TOOL_INVENTORY promoted: Moved documentation/DEMO_GUIDE.mdDEMO_GUIDE.md and Nexus MCP - Tool Inventory.mdTOOL_INVENTORY.md at repo root for immediate discoverability.
  • Reports folder established: Reorganized READ_ONLY_VERIFICATION.md, RESILIENCE.md, and TEST_VALIDATION_REPORT.md into documentation/reports/.
  • Work item register created: documentation/project-standards/nexus-work-item-register.md established as canonical registry for NEXUS-XXX work items.
  • Prompt model alignment: Updated .github/prompts/ frontmatter to target claude-sonnet-4.6 (copilot).
  • Enterprise .gitignore: Added patterns for Python build artifacts, .venv, OS noise, and VS Code workspace files (19-line expansion).
  • update_readme_status.py updated: Script references aligned from WIS-XXXNEXUS-XXX work item format.
  • Dependabot enabled: dependabot.yml pushed directly from GitHub UI to origin/main (not yet pulled locally).

Technical debt and pending

  • Local main is behind origin/main by 1 commit (Create dependabot.yml) — a git pull is required before any further commits.
  • dependabot.yml has no local copy; after pull it should be reviewed and potentially extended to cover the Python pip ecosystem.
  • The .venv activation in bash failed (exit code 1) — Python virtual environment activation path needs verification; use PowerShell (Activate.ps1) as workaround.
  • feat/add-enterprise-resilience and rebuild-audit-tools branches are not merged to main and contain potentially valuable work (resilience layer, async audit execution).
  • No automated test run was performed this session; CI status of main is unverified.

Next steps

  1. git pull origin main — sync the remote dependabot.yml commit before continuing.
  2. Review and extend dependabot.yml for Python pip dependency tracking.
  3. Investigate .venv bash activation failure: verify nexus-mcp/.venv/Scripts/activate exists or recreate with python -m venv .venv. Use Activate.ps1 in PowerShell as interim workaround.
  4. Evaluate merging rebuild-audit-tools into main — it contains async audit shard work documented in documentation/reports/TEST_VALIDATION_REPORT.md.
  5. Consider closing or archiving feat/add-enterprise-resilience branch after confirming its content is fully captured in documentation/reports/RESILIENCE.md.