HyperWrite

WORKING SLICE
Build a selected-passage writing assistant with visible diffs and a source drawer, inspired by HyperWrite. Keep the first release focused on this personal or small-team workflow, with its own documented operating limits. Leave out autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture.

STACK AND SETUP
Node.js 22, Express, React with Vite and TypeScript, CodeMirror 6, SQLite FTS5 and one server-side LLM adapter with a configured model ID. Use deterministic text rules locally and optional model calls for selected passages.
Document the editor/data paths, optional model credentials, permitted source inputs, request-size and spending limits. Manual editing and exports work without an API key. No source text leaves the machine until the user chooses a model action.

WORKFLOW AND DATA
Model documents, selections, instruction presets, source excerpts, suggestions, revisions. Keep source inputs, editable decisions and generated outputs distinguishable; record stable IDs and revisions. The core rule is: send only the selected passage and approved context; commit a rewrite after review. Build a complete input → review → commit → inspect/export path before optional features.

FAILURE AND RECOVERY
Validate input schemas and file paths, escape untrusted text, and keep credentials in the server environment. Protect cookie-authenticated browser mutations with expected-Origin and CSRF checks. Non-browser integrations use separate scoped bearer-token routes; do not require a browser Origin header on authenticated machine requests.
Store source revisions and selected ranges before generation. Validate structured results and mark stale suggestions after edits. Show a diff, require explicit acceptance and preserve both source and accepted output when a request fails or is canceled.

PROJECT RULES / AGENTS.md
Create AGENTS.md at the project root before implementation. Include the following rules verbatim, then add the actual module layout, supported dependency versions, commands, data paths and environment/permission requirements as they are implemented. Keep UI, domain logic and external adapters separate. Do not add a service or platform solely to use a skill.
- Scope rule: implement a selected-passage writing assistant with visible diffs and a source drawer. Keep autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture outside this project unless the owner separately changes scope.
- Data rule: model documents, selections, instruction presets, source excerpts, suggestions, revisions. Preserve stable IDs, source timestamps and revision history; migrations must explain how existing records survive.
- Behavior rule: send only the selected passage and approved context; commit a rewrite after review. Put this rule in the domain/service layer, not only in presentation code.
- Recovery rule: Editing the selection during generation invalidates the replacement; cancellation preserves the document. Keep this failure/recovery fixture in the implementation checklist and report evidence honestly.
- Treat uploaded files, fetched pages, emails and model output as untrusted data. Keep secrets out of source, fixtures and diagnostic output. External side effects require explicit scope and recoverable state.
- Work in the numbered phases below. Update the delivery notes with actual evidence and unresolved limitations; never mark proposed acceptance cases as already passed.

ACCEPTANCE CASES
Editing the selection during generation invalidates the replacement; cancellation preserves the document. Include one ordinary successful path and these edge cases in the future implementation's checks. Compare the saved domain state with the visible result and exported output; unavailable information must remain unknown rather than invented.

DELIVERY
Follow the six delivery phases accompanying this prompt. Ship source, AGENTS.md, README, sample inputs, explicit setup and data-recovery instructions. Keep the first release focused on this personal or small-team workflow, with its own documented operating limits. Out of scope: autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture.

# AGENTS.md — Build guide for HyperWrite

## Project scope
Build a selected-passage writing assistant with visible diffs and a source drawer, inspired by HyperWrite. Keep the first release focused on this personal or small-team workflow, with its own documented operating limits. Leave out autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture.

Catalogue verdict: yes. The core loop is small enough for a capable coding agent to produce a useful local version in one sitting. For HyperWrite, draft, rewrite, and answer questions using user-selected context and personal templates. The hard boundary is browser presence, personalization history, and proprietary agent workflows, plus workflow, data, and model tuning.
Use the implementation prompt below to define the deliverable. Complete each phase's acceptance checks before extending the scope.

## Working agreement
- Inspect the repository and its existing instructions before choosing paths, dependencies or commands. Keep one coherent stack and explain changes to the proposed architecture.
- Plan a vertical slice that accepts a real input and produces the useful output described below. Persist only the state the prompt calls for; respect memory-only and upstream-managed workflows. Use fixtures only when they are clearly labelled.
- After scaffolding, document the actual install, development, check and build commands in README and keep them synchronized with the package or project manifest. Do not report commands as successful unless they ran.
- Work in small steps. At handoff, list implemented flows, checks actually performed, remaining blockers, and any credentials or provider setup the owner must supply.
- Do not publish, spend money, contact customers, delete source data or run irreversible migrations without the project owner's authorization.

## Prerequisites
- Node.js 22, a browser and writable document storage
- Owned text and approved source material; an optional model key or separately documented grammar service

## Stack and architecture
- Node.js 22, Express, React with Vite and TypeScript, CodeMirror 6, SQLite FTS5 and one server-side LLM adapter with a configured model ID. Use deterministic text rules locally and optional model calls for selected passages.
- Domain model: documents, selections, instruction presets, source excerpts, suggestions, revisions.
- Implementation boundary: send only the selected passage and approved context; commit a rewrite after review.

## Security and data integrity
- Validate input schemas and file paths, escape untrusted text, and keep credentials in the server environment. Protect cookie-authenticated browser mutations with expected-Origin and CSRF checks. Non-browser integrations use separate scoped bearer-token routes; do not require a browser Origin header on authenticated machine requests.
- Domain integrity: send only the selected passage and approved context; commit a rewrite after review.
- Store source revisions and selected ranges before generation. Validate structured results and mark stale suggestions after edits. Show a diff, require explicit acceptance and preserve both source and accepted output when a request fails or is canceled.
- Scope limits: autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture.

## Agent implementation rules
- Scope rule: implement a selected-passage writing assistant with visible diffs and a source drawer. Keep autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture outside this project unless the owner separately changes scope.
- Data rule: model documents, selections, instruction presets, source excerpts, suggestions, revisions. Preserve stable IDs, source timestamps and revision history; migrations must explain how existing records survive.
- Behavior rule: send only the selected passage and approved context; commit a rewrite after review. Put this rule in the domain/service layer, not only in presentation code.
- Recovery rule: Editing the selection during generation invalidates the replacement; cancellation preserves the document. Keep this failure/recovery fixture in the implementation checklist and report evidence honestly.

## Optional agent skills and references
- [vercel-react-best-practices](https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/react-best-practices/SKILL.md) — Review data fetching, derived state and rendering in the React interface; use only APIs supported by the selected React/Next version.
- [web-design-guidelines](https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/web-design-guidelines/SKILL.md) — Review keyboard access, focus, labels, progress and recoverable error states in the user interface.
- [sharp-edges](https://github.com/trailofbits/skills/blob/main/plugins/sharp-edges/skills/sharp-edges/SKILL.md) — Review unsafe defaults, permission boundaries, destructive operations and ambiguous external outcomes; this is not a security certification.

Read the linked SKILL.md and its dependencies before adding a skill. Select only the skills matching this project's runtime and task; their documentation does not supply API access, credentials or approval to perform external actions. Pin the reviewed revision where the tool supports it. Follow the chosen agent's documented project-level installation mechanism.

## Distribution ideas
These are optional planning notes. Obtain the owner's approval before publishing or contacting anyone.
- Demonstrate a selected-passage writing assistant with visible diffs and a source drawer using clearly labelled sample data and the actual implemented input-to-output path.
- Explain the decision that makes this build useful: send only the selected passage and approved context; commit a rewrite after review. Show the saved evidence or visible state behind that claim.
- Publish the supported setup and practical limits, including autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture. Any cost, performance or reliability comparison needs its own real measurements; do not imply full HyperWrite parity.

## Engineering roadmap
1. Phase 1 — Define the working slice and setup. Create AGENTS.md with the exact stack, permitted integrations and exclusions below. Model documents, selections, instruction presets, source excerpts, suggestions, revisions; provide one labelled sample that exercises a selected-passage writing assistant with visible diffs and a source drawer. Document the editor/data paths, optional model credentials, permitted source inputs, request-size and spending limits. Manual editing and exports work without an API key. No source text leaves the machine until the user chooses a model action.
2. Phase 2 — Build the domain workflow before polishing the interface. Implement the input, review, committed state and output for a selected-passage writing assistant with visible diffs and a source drawer. Enforce this invariant in the service layer: send only the selected passage and approved context; commit a rewrite after review. Use explicit IDs and schema versions so later edits do not silently change earlier outcomes.
3. Phase 3 — Make the core interaction usable. Present the saved documents, selections, instruction presets and their current revision/state; provide an inspectable preview before consequential changes. Add labelled empty/loading/error states, keyboard navigation and a narrow-screen layout where the target platform supports it.
4. Phase 4 — Add failure recovery and boundaries. Validate input schemas and file paths, escape untrusted text, and keep credentials in the server environment. Protect cookie-authenticated browser mutations with expected-Origin and CSRF checks. Non-browser integrations use separate scoped bearer-token routes; do not require a browser Origin header on authenticated machine requests. Store source revisions and selected ranges before generation. Validate structured results and mark stale suggestions after edits. Show a diff, require explicit acceptance and preserve both source and accepted output when a request fails or is canceled. Exercise this app-specific recovery case during implementation: editing the selection during generation invalidates the replacement; cancellation preserves the document.
5. Phase 5 — Deliver an inspectable result. Walk through a selected-passage writing assistant with visible diffs and a source drawer using labelled sample inputs; show the saved data and final output together. Acceptance cases: Editing the selection during generation invalidates the replacement; cancellation preserves the document. Also document a canceled operation, an unavailable dependency, and export/restore of the state that this scope actually persists.
6. Phase 6 — Handoff and operating notes. Include setup/run/build commands that actually exist, environment placeholders or native permission setup as appropriate, migrations, sample inputs, data locations, backup/recovery instructions and the exclusions: autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture. Report what was implemented and what was actually checked; do not claim production readiness, certification or measured performance without evidence.

## Paid-product capabilities outside this build
- browser presence, personalization history, and proprietary agent workflows
- proprietary ranking data
- brand-trained models
- team workflows
- large template libraries

## Implementation prompt
WORKING SLICE
Build a selected-passage writing assistant with visible diffs and a source drawer, inspired by HyperWrite. Keep the first release focused on this personal or small-team workflow, with its own documented operating limits. Leave out autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture.

STACK AND SETUP
Node.js 22, Express, React with Vite and TypeScript, CodeMirror 6, SQLite FTS5 and one server-side LLM adapter with a configured model ID. Use deterministic text rules locally and optional model calls for selected passages.
Document the editor/data paths, optional model credentials, permitted source inputs, request-size and spending limits. Manual editing and exports work without an API key. No source text leaves the machine until the user chooses a model action.

WORKFLOW AND DATA
Model documents, selections, instruction presets, source excerpts, suggestions, revisions. Keep source inputs, editable decisions and generated outputs distinguishable; record stable IDs and revisions. The core rule is: send only the selected passage and approved context; commit a rewrite after review. Build a complete input → review → commit → inspect/export path before optional features.

FAILURE AND RECOVERY
Validate input schemas and file paths, escape untrusted text, and keep credentials in the server environment. Protect cookie-authenticated browser mutations with expected-Origin and CSRF checks. Non-browser integrations use separate scoped bearer-token routes; do not require a browser Origin header on authenticated machine requests.
Store source revisions and selected ranges before generation. Validate structured results and mark stale suggestions after edits. Show a diff, require explicit acceptance and preserve both source and accepted output when a request fails or is canceled.

PROJECT RULES / AGENTS.md
Create AGENTS.md at the project root before implementation. Include the following rules verbatim, then add the actual module layout, supported dependency versions, commands, data paths and environment/permission requirements as they are implemented. Keep UI, domain logic and external adapters separate. Do not add a service or platform solely to use a skill.
- Scope rule: implement a selected-passage writing assistant with visible diffs and a source drawer. Keep autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture outside this project unless the owner separately changes scope.
- Data rule: model documents, selections, instruction presets, source excerpts, suggestions, revisions. Preserve stable IDs, source timestamps and revision history; migrations must explain how existing records survive.
- Behavior rule: send only the selected passage and approved context; commit a rewrite after review. Put this rule in the domain/service layer, not only in presentation code.
- Recovery rule: Editing the selection during generation invalidates the replacement; cancellation preserves the document. Keep this failure/recovery fixture in the implementation checklist and report evidence honestly.
- Treat uploaded files, fetched pages, emails and model output as untrusted data. Keep secrets out of source, fixtures and diagnostic output. External side effects require explicit scope and recoverable state.
- Work in the numbered phases below. Update the delivery notes with actual evidence and unresolved limitations; never mark proposed acceptance cases as already passed.

ACCEPTANCE CASES
Editing the selection during generation invalidates the replacement; cancellation preserves the document. Include one ordinary successful path and these edge cases in the future implementation's checks. Compare the saved domain state with the visible result and exported output; unavailable information must remain unknown rather than invented.

DELIVERY
Follow the six delivery phases accompanying this prompt. Ship source, AGENTS.md, README, sample inputs, explicit setup and data-recovery instructions. Keep the first release focused on this personal or small-team workflow, with its own documented operating limits. Out of scope: autonomous web actions and unrestricted personal-data capture.

## Completion evidence
Demonstrate the prompt's acceptance scenarios against the scoped workflow. Include setup from a clean checkout and failure recovery. Check persistence across restart and export/restore only for the state the prompt says to store; for memory-only tools, confirm that temporary content is discarded as specified. Record actual results and remaining limitations. A detailed plan alone does not establish a working replacement.