gvShell: First Steps to Start Building

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  "title": "gvShell: First Steps to Start Building",
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    "output": "<div style=\"background:#1e1e1e;color:#e0e0e0;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;font-family:sans-serif;\">\n<h2 style=\"color:#fff;margin:0 0 16px 0;\">gvShell: First Steps</h2>\n<p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:0 0 20px 0;\">Based on gvPlatformVision.md Phase 2 and the project structure docs.</p>\n\n<h3 style=\"color:#61afef;margin:20px 0 12px 0;\">Step 1: Set Up New Git Repo</h3>\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#e0e0e0;\">Create a fresh repo under the greatVibe org (separate from konnector):</p>\n<pre style=\"margin:0;color:#e0e0e0;font-family:monospace;line-height:1.8;\">\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Option A: GitHub</span>\ngh repo create greatvibe/gvshell --private --description \"Interactive AI Shell\"\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Option B: Local first</span>\nmkdir gvshell && cd gvshell\ngit init\ngo mod init github.com/greatvibe/gvshell\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<h3 style=\"color:#61afef;margin:20px 0 12px 0;\">Step 2: Scaffold Project Structure</h3>\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<pre style=\"margin:0;color:#e0e0e0;font-family:monospace;line-height:1.6;\">\ngvshell/\n├── <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">cmd/gvshell/</span>\n│   └── main.go           <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Entry point</span>\n├── <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">internal/</span>\n│   ├── <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">repl/</span>             <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># REPL engine (start here)</span>\n│   ├── <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">command/</span>          <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Command router</span>\n│   ├── <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">response/</span>         <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Response manager</span>\n│   └── <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">agent/</span>            <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Provider plugins, storage</span>\n├── go.mod\n├── go.sum\n├── Makefile\n└── README.md\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<h3 style=\"color:#61afef;margin:20px 0 12px 0;\">Step 3: Build Minimal REPL First</h3>\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#98c379;font-weight:bold;\">Start with the simplest working shell:</p>\n<pre style=\"margin:0;color:#e0e0e0;font-family:monospace;line-height:1.6;\">\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">// cmd/gvshell/main.go</span>\npackage main\n\nimport (\n    \"bufio\"\n    \"fmt\"\n    \"os\"\n    \"strings\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n    fmt.Println(\"gvShell v0.1.0\")\n    reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)\n    \n    for {\n        fmt.Print(\"gv> \")\n        input, _ := reader.ReadString('\\n')\n        input = strings.TrimSpace(input)\n        \n        if input == \"exit\" || input == \"quit\" {\n            break\n        }\n        \n        fmt.Printf(\"[TODO: process] %s\\n\", input)\n    }\n}\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<h3 style=\"color:#61afef;margin:20px 0 12px 0;\">Step 4: Add Claude Provider (MVP)</h3>\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#e0e0e0;\">Get one provider working end-to-end:</p>\n<ol style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;color:#e0e0e0;line-height:1.8;\">\n<li>Create <code style=\"background:#3d3d3d;padding:2px 6px;border-radius:3px;\">internal/agent/provider/claude.go</code></li>\n<li>Implement Anthropic API client (streaming)</li>\n<li>Wire <code style=\"background:#3d3d3d;padding:2px 6px;border-radius:3px;\">/claude</code> command to provider</li>\n<li>Store response in memory (SQLite comes later)</li>\n<li>Test: <code style=\"background:#3d3d3d;padding:2px 6px;border-radius:3px;\">gv> /claude explain hello world</code></li>\n</ol>\n</div>\n\n<h3 style=\"color:#61afef;margin:20px 0 12px 0;\">Recommended Build Order</h3>\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;\">\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">\n  <td style=\"padding:8px;color:#98c379;\">Week 1</td>\n  <td style=\"padding:8px;color:#e0e0e0;\">REPL loop + command parser + /claude provider</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">\n  <td style=\"padding:8px;color:#98c379;\">Week 2</td>\n  <td style=\"padding:8px;color:#e0e0e0;\">Response references ($1, $2) + .code extraction</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">\n  <td style=\"padding:8px;color:#98c379;\">Week 3</td>\n  <td style=\"padding:8px;color:#e0e0e0;\">SQLite session storage + /history, /save, /load</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n  <td style=\"padding:8px;color:#98c379;\">Week 4</td>\n  <td style=\"padding:8px;color:#e0e0e0;\">Hub WebSocket connection + device auth flow</td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n</div>\n\n<h3 style=\"color:#61afef;margin:20px 0 12px 0;\">Key Dependencies</h3>\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<pre style=\"margin:0;color:#e0e0e0;font-family:monospace;line-height:1.8;\">\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">go get</span> github.com/chzyer/readline      <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Line editing</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">go get</span> github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3     <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Session storage</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">go get</span> github.com/gorilla/websocket    <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Hub connection</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">go get</span> github.com/spf13/cobra          <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># CLI flags (optional)</span>\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-top:20px;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;color:#fff;\">My Recommendation</h4>\n<p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:0;\">Start with <strong style=\"color:#98c379;\">Step 3</strong> - a working REPL that just echoes input. Get that compiling and running on macOS/Linux. Then add Claude. Ship something that works in a few days, then iterate.</p>\n</div>\n</div>",
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