# Dev Update: v1.2.0 Repo Reorg + Roadmap Planning

**Date:** 2026-03-09 11:32 PST
**Agent:** cc-mini
**Version:** v1.2.0

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## What happened

### Repo reorganization
- Separated public Dev Guide from private conventions. File names now unambiguous:
  - `DEV-GUIDE-GENERAL-PUBLIC.md` (root level, genericized, goes public)
  - `ai/DEV-GUIDE-FOR-WIP-ONLY-PRIVATE.md` (WIP-specific, stays private)
- Moved `guide/scripts/` to `scripts/` at root level
- Old `guide/` folder trashed
- Genericized all WIP-specific references in public guide (agent names, org name, repo names, branch prefixes)

### Dev Guide expansion (7 new sections since v1.1.3)
- Post-merge branch rename convention
- Repo directory structure (standard layout, staging folders)
- Creating new repos as `-private` from day one
- The manifest (`repos-manifest.json`)
- Privatize Before You Work rule
- Cloudflare Workers deploy guard
- PR checklist for private repos
- Expanded `_trash` convention
- `--no-publish` warning

### New script
- `scripts/post-merge-rename.sh` ... scans and renames merged branches with `--merged-YYYY-MM-DD`

### Release
- v1.2.0 released on private repo with exhaustive notes (9 commits, 8 PRs since v1.1.3)
- Deployed to public repo via `deploy-public.sh`
- README and SKILL.md updated with correct paths and new tools

### Roadmap planning (with Grok analysis)
- Created product doc: `ai/product/prodcut-ideas/dev-tools-gaps-and-roadmap--2026-03-09.md`
- Analyzed gaps, comparisons with alternatives, ranked additions
- Dropped 3 items (Conventional Commits, monorepo mode, OSS Review Toolkit)
- Key insight: MCP server (#1 priority) is NOT new code. It's applying the Universal Installer to existing tools.
- Universal Installer is the missing foundation. It's been sitting next to the tools it should be upgrading but hasn't been connected yet.
- Work list: apply Universal Installer to wip-release, wip-license-hook, wip-repo-permissions-hook, deploy-public.sh

## Key decisions
- Public guide must be fully genericized. No WIP-specific names, repos, agents, org references.
- Private guide (`ai/DEV-GUIDE-FOR-WIP-ONLY-PRIVATE.md`) has all our specific conventions.
- File naming makes the boundary impossible to confuse.
- Toolbox architecture (not monorepo) is confirmed as correct for our scale.

## What's next
- Agent Pay work (moving on now)
- Universal Installer integration with dev tools (future session)
