Project History¶

Purpose¶

Provide comprehensive historical narratives that synthesize closed development periods. These are retrospective documents that offer: - Complete timeline of events and achievements - Lessons learned and technical insights - Architectural decisions and rationale - Project velocity analysis - State of the system at period close

Source Material: Synthesized from development/devlog.md (daily log) and legacy/ artifacts (granular docs).

Active vs Historical Documentation¶

Active Development Tracking (development/): - devlog.md - Ongoing daily development log (Oct 14+) - recent_work.md - Last 5 days summary - todo.md - Active task tracking

Historical Narratives (history/ - this directory): - Closed period retrospectives - Synthesized from devlog + artifacts - Comprehensive analysis and lessons learned

Legacy Artifacts (legacy/): - Raw day-by-day working documents - Granular technical details - Supporting material for history docs

Pattern¶

Daily work → devlog.md (active log)
              ↓ (periodic synthesis)
Period closes → project_history_YYYY_MM.md (comprehensive narrative)
              ↓ (supporting details)
Artifacts preserved in → legacy/ (granular reference)

Historical Periods¶

October 2025: Project Bootstrap (Oct 3-13)¶

Project History: October 3-13, 2025 ✅ Complete - Period: 10 days (Oct 3-13, 2025) - Commits: 389 commits - Focus: Initial development environment, DIMOS integration, mission agent architecture - Status: Closed - comprehensive narrative complete - Key Achievements: - Complete ROS2 development environment - Mission agent architecture (~2,100 LOC) - DIMOS integration validated on hardware - Two LLM backends proven (OpenAI cloud + vLLM Thor) - Comprehensive documentation system (187 files) - Cloud agent workflow established (8x velocity)

Supporting Materials: - Legacy artifacts - 41 granular documents from Oct 3-13 - Development log - Ongoing daily entries (Oct 14+)

Future Historical Periods¶

As development continues, new synthesized histories will be added here following the pattern: - project_history_nov_2025.md - November 2025 development - project_history_dec_2025.md - December 2025 development - etc.

Each will synthesize the corresponding period from devlog.md and close with comprehensive analysis.

Usage Guidelines¶

For Understanding Past Work: 1. Start with history docs in this directory (synthesized narratives) 2. Reference legacy artifacts for specific technical details 3. Check devlog for most recent daily entries (not yet synthesized)

For Current Development: - ❌ Do NOT add entries to closed history docs - ✅ Update development/devlog.md daily - ✅ Periodically synthesize devlog → new history doc

For Creating New History Docs: 1. Review period in development/devlog.md 2. Analyze git commits for the period 3. Reference legacy/ artifacts if available 4. Create comprehensive narrative in this directory 5. Mark period as closed in new history doc