feat(init): add interactive setup wizard for work-please init#81
feat(init): add interactive setup wizard for work-please init#81
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… generation Add init-wizard.ts with: - resolveToken(): auto-detect GitHub token from flag, env, or gh auth - generateWorkflowFromContext(): produce WORKFLOW.md from wizard context - runWizard(): step-by-step interactive prompts for all config sections - DI-based PromptFunctions interface for testability 34 tests covering token resolution, workflow generation, and wizard flow.
- Extract formatInitError() helper from runInit for reuse - Launch wizard when --owner is missing and stdout is TTY - Support existing project (skip creation, write WORKFLOW.md only) - Add terminal-link for project URL in success output - Non-TTY without flags still exits with error message
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This pull request introduces an excellent interactive wizard for work-please init, significantly improving the user experience for setting up a new project. The implementation is well-structured and includes comprehensive tests. I've identified a few issues, including a regression in the generated WORKFLOW.md template, a logic bug in the wizard's handling of existing projects, and missing log output in the non-interactive path. I've also provided a suggestion for a minor refactoring to improve code clarity and efficiency. Addressing these points will make this great feature even more robust.
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The new Liquid prompt template is missing the ## Linked pull requests section that exists in the original WORKFLOW.md. This section provides valuable context to the agent about existing PRs related to an issue. Please add it back to avoid a feature regression.
Additionally, for improved security, all dynamic variables from the pr object within this new section should be escaped using | escape, similar to how you've handled variables for the issue object.
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8. **Blocked?** — if blocked by missing auth, permissions, or secrets that cannot be resolved in-session, document the blocker clearly and stop. Do not loop indefinitely.| const num = await prompts.number({ message: 'Project number:', min: 1 }) | ||
| projectNumber = num ?? null |
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In the "Use an existing project" flow, if the user doesn't enter a project number, prompts.number returns undefined, and projectNumber becomes null. This incorrectly triggers the "Create new project" logic in runInitWithWizard. You should validate that a project number is provided and re-prompt if it's missing.
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do {
num = await prompts.number({ message: 'Project number:', min: 1 });
if (num === undefined) {
console.warn(' Project number is required when using an existing project. Please try again.');
}
} while (num === undefined);
projectNumber = num;| if (isInitError(result)) { | ||
| switch (result.code) { | ||
| case 'init_workflow_exists': | ||
| console.error(`Error: ${WORKFLOW_FILE_NAME} already exists at ${result.path}`) | ||
| break | ||
| case 'init_owner_not_found': | ||
| console.error(`Error: GitHub owner '${result.owner}' not found. Check the --owner value.`) | ||
| break | ||
| case 'init_create_failed': | ||
| console.error('Error: Failed to create GitHub Projects v2 board.', result.cause) | ||
| break | ||
| case 'init_graphql_errors': | ||
| console.error('Error: GitHub API returned GraphQL errors:', result.errors) | ||
| break | ||
| case 'init_network_error': | ||
| console.error('Error: A network error occurred:', result.cause) | ||
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| console.error(`Error: init failed: ${result.code}`) | ||
| } | ||
| console.error(formatInitError(result)) | ||
| process.exit(1) | ||
| } |
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The success log messages that were previously shown after creating a project in non-interactive mode have been removed. This is a regression, as users no longer get confirmation that the project was created, what its number is, and whether the status field was configured. Please add these logs back to the non-interactive path.
if (isInitError(result)) {
console.error(formatInitError(result))
process.exit(1)
}
console.warn(`[work-please] created GitHub Projects v2 board: #${result.projectNumber}`)
const projectUrl = `https://github.com/orgs/${result.owner}/projects/${result.projectNumber}`
console.warn(`[work-please] project URL: ${projectUrl}`)
console.warn(`[work-please] generated ${result.workflowPath}`)
if (result.statusConfigured) {
console.warn('[work-please] configured Status field: Todo, In Progress, In Review, Done, Cancelled')
}
else {
console.warn('[work-please] warning: could not configure Status field — add "In Review" and "Cancelled" statuses manually')
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| { owner: ctx.owner, title: ctx.title, token: ctx.token }, | ||
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| // Re-generate WORKFLOW.md with the actual project number from the created project | ||
| const updatedCtx = { ...ctx, projectNumber: result.projectNumber } | ||
| const workflowContent = generateWorkflowFromContext(updatedCtx) | ||
| writeFileSync(result.workflowPath, workflowContent, 'utf-8') |
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In the interactive flow for creating a new project, initProject is called, which generates and writes a WORKFLOW.md file. Immediately after, runInitWithWizard generates a more detailed WORKFLOW.md from the wizard's context and overwrites the first file. This is inefficient and makes the code harder to follow.
Consider refactoring initProject to not write the file itself. It could return the necessary data, and the callers (runInit and runInitWithWizard) would be responsible for generating the content and writing the file. This would remove the redundant file write and clarify the control flow.
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7 issues found across 5 files
Prompt for AI agents (unresolved issues)
Check if these issues are valid — if so, understand the root cause of each and fix them. If appropriate, use sub-agents to investigate and fix each issue separately.
<file name="apps/work-please/src/init-wizard.ts">
<violation number="1" location="apps/work-please/src/init-wizard.ts:294">
P1: Require a project number when "existing" is selected; blank input currently falls back to creating a new project.</violation>
<violation number="2" location="apps/work-please/src/init-wizard.ts:368">
P2: Validate the server port as numeric input; `parseInt` here accepts malformed values and can silently disable the server.</violation>
</file>
<file name="apps/work-please/src/init.ts">
<violation number="1" location="apps/work-please/src/init.ts:323">
P3: String-interpolating `error.cause` here loses object details like the HTTP status and turns them into `[object Object]`.</violation>
<violation number="2" location="apps/work-please/src/init.ts:334">
P2: Check stdin as well before launching the wizard; stdout-only TTY detection can send non-interactive sessions into `@inquirer/prompts` and fail instead of showing the missing-owner error.</violation>
<violation number="3" location="apps/work-please/src/init.ts:370">
P2: This URL only works for organization-owned projects. User-owned projects need the `/users/<login>/projects/<number>` path, so personal-account init flows will print a broken link.</violation>
</file>
<file name="apps/work-please/src/init-wizard.test.ts">
<violation number="1" location="apps/work-please/src/init-wizard.test.ts:93">
P2: This test depends on the runner's `gh auth` state instead of deterministically exercising the no-token path.</violation>
<violation number="2" location="apps/work-please/src/init-wizard.test.ts:265">
P2: This test can bypass the password prompt via `gh auth token`, so it doesn't actually verify the password fallback.</violation>
</file>
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P1: Require a project number when "existing" is selected; blank input currently falls back to creating a new project.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At apps/work-please/src/init-wizard.ts, line 294:
<comment>Require a project number when "existing" is selected; blank input currently falls back to creating a new project.</comment>
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+ let title: string = partial.title ?? 'Work Please'
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+ if (projectAction === 'existing') {
+ const num = await prompts.number({ message: 'Project number:', min: 1 })
+ projectNumber = num ?? null
+ }
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| const result = await resolveToken(null) |
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P2: This test depends on the runner's gh auth state instead of deterministically exercising the no-token path.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At apps/work-please/src/init-wizard.test.ts, line 93:
<comment>This test depends on the runner's `gh auth` state instead of deterministically exercising the no-token path.</comment>
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+ it('returns env token when no flag is provided', async () => {
+ process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN = 'env-token'
+ const result = await resolveToken(null)
+ expect(result).toEqual({ token: 'env-token', source: 'GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable' })
+ })
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P2: This test can bypass the password prompt via gh auth token, so it doesn't actually verify the password fallback.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At apps/work-please/src/init-wizard.test.ts, line 265:
<comment>This test can bypass the password prompt via `gh auth token`, so it doesn't actually verify the password fallback.</comment>
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+ it('returns WizardContext with defaults on happy path', async () => {
+ const prompts = createMockPrompts()
+ const result = await runWizard(
+ { owner: 'myorg', title: 'Test Board', token: 'ghp_test' },
+ prompts,
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- Split runWizard (161→38 LOC) into promptToken, promptProject, promptInfraConfig, promptClaudeConfig, loadPromptFunctions - Split generateWorkflowFromContext (145→5 LOC) into generateYamlFrontMatter, generateHooksSection, generateHookBlock - Extract shared PROMPT_TEMPLATE constant (fixes template divergence) - Make generateWorkflow delegate to generateWorkflowFromContext - Split runInitWithWizard into runWizardNewProject and runWizardExistingProject - Extract writeWorkflowFile with error handling guard - Replace execSync with async exec in resolveToken - Add exhaustive formatInitError cases for init_missing_owner/token - Guard @inquirer/prompts dynamic import with user-friendly error - Guard writeFileSync after irreversible project creation All functions now under 50 LOC limit per engineering standards.
Cover all 7 InitError variants including previously untested init_missing_owner and init_missing_token cases.
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1 issue found across 3 files (changes from recent commits).
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<file name="apps/work-please/src/init.ts">
<violation number="1" location="apps/work-please/src/init.ts:288">
P2: Use the correct GitHub Projects URL for user-owned projects; the hardcoded `/orgs/` path breaks the success link for user owners.</violation>
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P2: Use the correct GitHub Projects URL for user-owned projects; the hardcoded /orgs/ path breaks the success link for user owners.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At apps/work-please/src/init.ts, line 288:
<comment>Use the correct GitHub Projects URL for user-owned projects; the hardcoded `/orgs/` path breaks the success link for user owners.</comment>
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+ `Note: The GitHub project #${result.projectNumber} was already created successfully.`,
+ )
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+ const projectUrl = `https://github.com/orgs/${ctx.owner}/projects/${result.projectNumber}`
+ let linkText: string
+ try {
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- Add init_write_failed error variant with project number hint - Guard writeFileSync in initProject with try/catch returning typed error - Split init.test.ts (616→378 LOC) by moving GraphQL operation tests to init-graphql.test.ts (268 LOC) — both under 500 LOC limit - Add formatInitError tests for init_write_failed (with/without project number)
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Summary
work-please init— when--owneris missing and stdout is a TTY, the wizard walks through all WORKFLOW.md config sections step by step--tokenflag →GITHUB_TOKENenv →gh auth token→ interactive password prompt--owner/--tokenCLI flags work without prompts; non-TTY without flags exits with errorNew dependencies
@inquirer/prompts— modern ESM prompt library (input, password, confirm, select, number)terminal-link— clickable URLs in supported terminalsArchitecture
init-wizard.ts— wizard module with DI-basedPromptFunctionsfor testabilityresolveToken()— async token detection (flag → env → gh auth)generateWorkflowFromContext()— YAML generation fromWizardContextPROMPT_TEMPLATE— shared Liquid template constant (deduplicated)runWizard()— orchestrates extracted step functions (promptToken,promptProject,promptInfraConfig,promptClaudeConfig)init.ts— integration layerformatInitError()— exhaustive error formatting (8 variants)writeWorkflowFile()— guarded file write with recovery hintsgenerateWorkflow()now delegates togenerateWorkflowFromContext()initProject()guardswriteFileSyncwithinit_write_failederrorEngineering standards compliance
execinstead of blockingexecSyncswitchover discriminated union (TypeScript enforced)Test plan
bun run test:app— 500 tests pass, 0 failures (17 files)bun run check:app— TypeScript type check passesbun run lint:app— ESLint passeswork-please initon TTY → wizard launcheswork-please init --owner myorg --token ghp_xxx→ no promptswork-please initon non-TTY → error exit