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# CLAUDE.md
This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
## Project Overview
Astrolabe is a lightweight, browser-based snippet manager for Vega-Lite visualizations. It's designed as a local-first application with minimal dependencies - vanilla JavaScript, no build tools, and direct CDN imports.
## Architecture
- **Frontend-only**: Pure HTML/CSS/JavaScript with no build process
- **Storage**: localStorage (initial), planned migration to IndexedDB for scale
- **Key Dependencies**: Monaco Editor and Vega-Embed loaded via CDN
- **Structure**: Three-panel resizable interface (snippet library, editor, preview)
## Development Commands
This project uses no build tools or package managers. Development is done by:
- Opening `index.html` directly in a browser
- Using browser dev tools for debugging
- No npm, yarn, or build commands needed
## Core Data Model
The application centers around two main entities:
- **Snippets**: `{id, name, created, modified, spec, draftSpec, comment, tags[], datasetRefs[], published}`
- **Datasets**: `{id, name, created, modified, data, format, size}`
## Development Phases
The project follows a structured 14-phase development plan (see docs/dev-plan.md):
- Phase 0: Storage architecture design
- Phase 1-4: Basic UI layout and editor integration
- Phase 5-7: Data persistence and draft/publish workflow
- Phase 8-12: Polish and advanced features
- Phase 13-14: Future enhancements (search, cloud sync)
**Current Status**: Phase 0 - Storage Architecture Design
## Key Design Principles
- **Lean**: No frameworks, no build step, minimal dependencies
- **Local-first**: All data stored in browser initially
- **Developer-friendly**: Full JSON schema support with Monaco Editor
- **Safe experimentation**: Draft/published workflow prevents data loss
## File Structure
Currently minimal:
- `docs/dev-plan.md` - Complete development roadmap
- Future: `index.html`, CSS, and JavaScript files in root

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# Astrolabe
**A lightweight, browser-based snippet manager for Vega-Lite visualizations**
## Overview
Astrolabe is a focused tool for managing, editing, and previewing Vega-Lite visualization specifications. Unlike full-featured visualization editors, Astrolabe emphasizes efficient snippet management with a clean, resizable three-panel interface: snippet library, Monaco editor with schema-aware autocomplete, and live preview.
## End Goals
- **Local-first**: All data stored in browser (localStorage initially, IndexedDB for scale)
- **Minimal dependencies**: Vanilla JavaScript, no build tools, direct CDN imports
- **Developer-friendly**: Full JSON schema support, syntax validation, and intellisense
- **Version-aware**: Draft/published workflow for safe experimentation
- **Dataset management**: Separate storage for datasets with reference system
- **Extensible**: Clean architecture for future cloud sync and authentication
## Core Features
- Resizable three-panel layout with show/hide toggles
- Auto-saving draft system with explicit publishing
- Snippet duplication, renaming, deletion
- Storage monitoring and size tracking
- Export/import functionality
- Dataset library and management
- (Future) Authentication and cloud synchronization
---
## Development Roadmap
### **Phase 0: Storage Architecture Design** ✅ **COMPLETE**
**Goal**: Define data structures that accommodate full feature set
- [x] Design snippet schema: `{id, name, created, modified, spec, draftSpec, comment, tags[], datasetRefs[], meta}`
- [x] Design dataset schema: `{id, name, created, modified, data, format, rowCount, columnCount, size, columns, comment, tags, meta}`
- [x] Design settings schema: `{panelWidths[], panelVisibility[], autoSaveDelay, meta}`
- [x] Plan localStorage key structure and namespacing
- [x] Define upgrade/migration path for schema changes
- [x] Document storage architecture decisions (see storage-examples.md)
**Deliverable**: Documented data model that supports all planned features
**Key Decisions Made**:
- ID generation: `Date.now() + random numbers` for uniqueness
- Auto-naming: ISO datetime format for default snippet names
- Draft/published workflow: separate `spec` and `draftSpec` fields
- Computed metadata: automatic calculation of size, rowCount, columns for datasets
- Extensibility: `meta` field in all schemas for future enhancements
- Settings persistence: panel state and UI preferences stored locally
---
### **Phase 1: Static HTML Structure**
**Goal**: Basic three-panel layout with placeholder content
- [ ] Create `index.html` with basic structure
- [ ] Add minimal CSS for three-column flexbox layout
- [ ] Add placeholder divs for: snippet list, editor, preview
- [ ] Add vertical toggle button strip on far right (3 buttons)
- [ ] Test that layout renders at correct proportions
**Deliverable**: Static page with three visible sections + toggle buttons
---
### **Phase 2: Resizable Panels**
**Goal**: Make panels draggable to resize
- [ ] Add resize handles/dividers between panels
- [ ] Implement vanilla JS drag handlers for horizontal resizing
- [ ] Store panel widths in localStorage (restore on load)
- [ ] Implement toggle button logic to show/hide each panel
- [ ] Handle edge cases (minimum widths, hiding panels)
**Deliverable**: Fully interactive layout with resizable and toggleable panels
---
### **Phase 3: Monaco Editor Integration**
**Goal**: Working code editor with Vega-Lite schema
- [ ] Load Monaco Editor from CDN
- [ ] Initialize Monaco in the middle panel
- [ ] Configure JSON mode with Vega-Lite schema URL for autocomplete
- [ ] Add a test Vega-Lite spec as default content
- [ ] Verify schema validation and autocomplete works
**Deliverable**: Working editor with intellisense for Vega-Lite
---
### **Phase 4: Vega-Lite Rendering**
**Goal**: Live preview of visualizations
- [ ] Load Vega-Embed from CDN
- [ ] Create render function that takes spec from editor
- [ ] Add debounced auto-render on editor change
- [ ] Display rendered chart in right panel
- [ ] Handle rendering errors gracefully (show in preview panel)
**Deliverable**: Editor → live chart pipeline working with auto-refresh
---
### **Phase 5: Data Model + LocalStorage**
**Goal**: Persist snippets and load them on page refresh
- [ ] Implement storage wrapper using Phase 0 schema
- [ ] Create localStorage functions (save, load, list, delete)
- [ ] Initialize with a default example snippet if storage is empty
- [ ] Populate snippet list panel from localStorage
- [ ] Handle localStorage errors/quota exceeded
**Deliverable**: Snippets persist across page reloads
---
### **Phase 6: Snippet Selection & Basic CRUD**
**Goal**: Core snippet management
- [ ] Click snippet in list → load into editor + render
- [ ] Highlight selected snippet in list
- [ ] **Create**: "New Snippet" button → generates datetime name
- [ ] **Duplicate**: Duplicate button creates copy with timestamp suffix
- [ ] **Delete**: Delete button per snippet (with confirmation)
- [ ] **Rename**: Inline or modal rename functionality
- [ ] Auto-save draft on editor change (debounced)
- [ ] Add comment/meta text field (below snippet list or in sidebar)
**Deliverable**: Complete basic CRUD with auto-saving drafts
---
### **Phase 7: Draft/Published Workflow**
**Goal**: Safe experimentation without losing working versions
- [ ] Add "Published" badge/indicator to snippet list items
- [ ] Add "Publish" button in editor UI
- [ ] Toggle between viewing draft vs published version
- [ ] On publish: copy `draftSpec``spec`, update `published` timestamp
- [ ] Visual indicator in editor showing draft vs published state
- [ ] Option to revert draft to last published version
- [ ] Prevent accidental data loss with clear state indication
**Deliverable**: Git-like draft/staged workflow for specs
---
### **Phase 8: Storage Monitoring**
**Goal**: Show storage usage and limits
- [ ] Calculate total localStorage usage
- [ ] Display as progress bar or text (e.g., "2.3 MB / ~5 MB")
- [ ] Show individual snippet sizes in list
- [ ] Add warning indicator when approaching 80% capacity
- [ ] Display draft vs published size differences
**Deliverable**: User can see storage consumption
---
### **Phase 9: Export/Import**
**Goal**: Portability and backup
- [ ] Export single snippet as JSON file (include metadata)
- [ ] Export all snippets as JSON bundle
- [ ] Import snippets from JSON (with conflict resolution)
- [ ] Drag-and-drop import
- [ ] Export published vs draft options
**Deliverable**: Full backup/restore capability
---
### **Phase 10: Dataset Management - Part 1**
**Goal**: Separate dataset storage infrastructure
- [ ] Implement dataset storage schema from Phase 0
- [ ] Create dataset CRUD operations
- [ ] Add dataset library panel/modal
- [ ] List all stored datasets with metadata
- [ ] Add/delete/rename datasets
- [ ] Display dataset size and row counts
**Deliverable**: Basic dataset storage separate from snippets
---
### **Phase 11: Dataset Management - Part 2**
**Goal**: Reference datasets from specs
- [ ] Detect inline data in Vega-Lite specs
- [ ] "Extract to dataset" feature for inline data
- [ ] Replace inline data with dataset references
- [ ] Auto-resolve dataset references when rendering
- [ ] Update snippet UI to show linked datasets
- [ ] Handle missing dataset references gracefully
**Deliverable**: Specs can reference shared datasets
---
### **Phase 12: Polish & UX Refinements**
**Goal**: Professional feel and usability
- [ ] Improved visual design (minimal but polished CSS)
- [ ] Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+S to publish, Ctrl+N for new, etc.)
- [ ] Better error messages and validation feedback
- [ ] Loading states for rendering
- [ ] Empty states (no snippets, no datasets)
- [ ] Tooltips for buttons and features
- [ ] Cross-browser testing (Chrome, Firefox, Safari)
**Deliverable**: Polished, production-ready MVP
---
### **Phase 13: Advanced Snippet Features**
**Goal**: Power user functionality
- [ ] Search/filter snippets by name, comment, tags
- [ ] Sort options (name, date created, modified, size)
- [ ] Basic tagging system
- [ ] Snippet templates/starter library
- [ ] Bulk operations (delete multiple, export selected)
**Deliverable**: Enhanced snippet discovery and organization
---
### **Phase 14: Authentication & Backend** _(Future)_
**Goal**: Multi-device sync and sharing
- [ ] Design minimal backend API
- [ ] User authentication (email/password or OAuth)
- [ ] Sync localStorage ↔ cloud storage
- [ ] Conflict resolution strategy
- [ ] Share snippets via URL
- [ ] Public snippet gallery (optional)
**Deliverable**: Cloud-backed, multi-device Astrolabe
---
## Technical Stack
- **Frontend**: Vanilla JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3
- **Editor**: Monaco Editor (via CDN)
- **Visualization**: Vega-Embed (includes Vega & Vega-Lite)
- **Storage**: LocalStorage → IndexedDB (when needed)
- **Backend** _(future)_: TBD (minimal REST API)
## Development Principles
- **Iterative**: Each phase produces working, testable functionality
- **Lean**: No frameworks, no build step, minimal dependencies
- **Data-first**: Storage schema designed upfront for extensibility
- **User-focused**: Auto-save, clear state, forgiving UX
---
**Current Phase**: Phase 1 - Static HTML Structure
**Status**: Ready to begin implementation

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Snippet example:
```json
{
id: 1760200058.123123, // Date.now() + random numbers
name: "2025-10-13_14-23-45", // auto-populated
created: "2025-10-13T14:23:45.123Z",
modified: "2025-10-13T14:25:30.456Z",
spec: {
"$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v5.json",
"data": {"values": [...]},
"mark": "bar",
"encoding": {
"x": {"field": "category", "type": "nominal"},
"y": {"field": "value", "type": "quantitative"}
}
},
draftSpec: {
"$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega-lite/v5.json",
"data": {"values": [...]},
"mark": "bar",
"encoding": {
"x": {"field": "category", "type": "nominal"},
"y": {"field": "value", "type": "quantitative"},
"color": {"field": "category", "type": "nominal"} // draft addition
}
},
comment: "SELECT category, SUM(value) FROM sales GROUP BY category",
tags: [],
datasetRefs: [],
meta: {}
}
```
Dataset example:
```json
{
// Core identity
id: 1760200058.123123, // Date.now() + random numbers
name: "sales_2024_q1", // editable
// Timestamps
created: 1760200058, // timestamp
modified: 1760304958 //timestamp,
// Data (stored as-is, format-agnostic)
data: [
{"category": "A", "value": 100},
{"category": "B", "value": 200}
],
format: "json", // "json" | "csv" | "tsv" (for future import/export)
// Computed on save
rowCount: 2,
columnCount: 2,
size: 78, // bytes: JSON.stringify(data).length
columns: ["category", "value"], // inferred from first row
// Metadata
comment: "",
tags: [],
// Extensibility
meta: {}
}
```
Settings example:
```json
{
// UI State
panelWidths: [25, 25, 50], // % for [list, editor, preview]
panelVisibility: [true, true, true],
// App behavior (empty for MVP, but structure exists)
autoSaveDelay: 1000,
// Extensibility
meta: {}
}
```