Single Flow + Rich Topics: Design Proposal

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  "title": "Single Flow + Rich Topics: Design Proposal",
  "description": "Rethinking flows as a single timeline with semantic topic edges",
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    "output": "<div style=\"background:#1e1e1e;color:#e0e0e0;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;font-family:'Consolas','Monaco',monospace;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 16px 0;\">Single Flow + Rich Topics: Design Proposal</h2>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#98c379;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">🎯 Your Insight is Right</h3>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.6;\">The multi-flow model is adding overhead without value. You're managing flows instead of doing work. The flows themselves don't tell you much - they're just arbitrary groupings.</p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.6;margin-top:12px;\"><strong style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">Current reality:</strong> 6 active flows, most named after the first prompt, no clear boundaries between them. I spend effort \"curating\" which kontask goes to which flow.</p>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#61afef;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">📐 Proposed Model: Single Flow + Rich Topics</h3>\n\n<pre style=\"background:#1e1e1e;padding:12px;border-radius:4px;overflow-x:auto;line-height:1.8;\">\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">Current Model (complex, little value):</span>\n\n  gvFlow A ──┬── session 1 ──── kontask 1\n             │                  kontask 2\n  gvFlow B ──┼── session 2 ──── kontask 3\n             │                  kontask 4\n  gvFlow C ──┴── session 3 ──── kontask 5\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">Proposed Model (simple, rich connections):</span>\n\n  <span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">\"The Work\"</span> (single flow)\n       │\n       ├── kontask 1 ──┬── <span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">topic:auth</span>\n       │               └── <span style=\"color:#22c55e;\">topic:api</span>\n       │\n       ├── kontask 2 ──┬── <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">topic:ui</span>\n       │               └── <span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">topic:auth</span>\n       │\n       ├── kontask 3 ──── <span style=\"color:#f97316;\">topic:testing</span>\n       │\n       └── kontask 4 ──┬── <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">topic:ui</span>\n                       ├── <span style=\"color:#22c55e;\">topic:api</span>\n                       └── <span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">backlog:add-metrics</span>\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#c678dd;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">🏷️ Topics I'd Propose (Based on 50 Recent Kontasks)</h3>\n\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;\">\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;color:#98c379;\">Topic</th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;color:#98c379;\">Description</th>\n<th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;color:#98c379;\">Keywords</th>\n</tr>\n\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #333;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;\"><span style=\"background:#c678dd;color:#fff;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:4px;\">🔐 auth</span></td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#bbb;\">Authentication, sessions, login</td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#7f848e;font-size:12px;\">auth, login, session, token, oauth</td>\n</tr>\n\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #333;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;\"><span style=\"background:#61afef;color:#fff;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:4px;\">🖥️ ui</span></td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#bbb;\">UI components, styling, layout</td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#7f848e;font-size:12px;\">ui, button, modal, page, layout, css, style</td>\n</tr>\n\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #333;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;\"><span style=\"background:#22c55e;color:#fff;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:4px;\">🌐 api</span></td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#bbb;\">API endpoints, MCP tools, routes</td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#7f848e;font-size:12px;\">api, endpoint, route, mcp, tool</td>\n</tr>\n\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #333;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;\"><span style=\"background:#f97316;color:#fff;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:4px;\">🧪 testing</span></td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#bbb;\">Tests, coverage, verification</td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#7f848e;font-size:12px;\">test, tests, testing, coverage, verify</td>\n</tr>\n\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #333;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;\"><span style=\"background:#e5c07b;color:#fff;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:4px;\">📊 graph</span></td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#bbb;\">Graph system, edges, flows, topology</td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#7f848e;font-size:12px;\">graph, edge, flow, topology, node, vis</td>\n</tr>\n\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #333;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;\"><span style=\"background:#3b82f6;color:#fff;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:4px;\">📖 docs</span></td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#bbb;\">Documentation, schemas, CLAUDE.md</td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#7f848e;font-size:12px;\">doc, docs, schema, claude.md, guide</td>\n</tr>\n\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #333;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;\"><span style=\"background:#ef4444;color:#fff;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:4px;\">🐛 bugfix</span></td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#bbb;\">Bug fixes, crashes, errors</td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#7f848e;font-size:12px;\">fix, bug, crash, error, broken, issue</td>\n</tr>\n\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #333;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;\"><span style=\"background:#8b5cf6;color:#fff;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:4px;\">🔄 turns</span></td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#bbb;\">Turn playback, review, debugging</td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#7f848e;font-size:12px;\">turn, playback, review, replay, debug</td>\n</tr>\n\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #333;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;\"><span style=\"background:#14b8a6;color:#fff;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:4px;\">📦 kontask</span></td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#bbb;\">Kontask system, cards, outputs</td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#7f848e;font-size:12px;\">kontask, card, output, choice, button</td>\n</tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;\"><span style=\"background:#6366f1;color:#fff;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:4px;\">⚡ perf</span></td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#bbb;\">Performance, optimization</td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;color:#7f848e;font-size:12px;\">perf, performance, fast, slow, optimize</td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#22c55e;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">✅ What This Gives You</h3>\n<ul style=\"line-height:1.8;margin:0;padding-left:20px;\">\n<li><strong style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">One timeline</strong> - All work in chronological order, no flow management</li>\n<li><strong style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">Topic filtering</strong> - \"Show me all auth-related kontasks\" instantly</li>\n<li><strong style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">Topic crossings</strong> - See when work touches multiple areas</li>\n<li><strong style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">Backlog linking</strong> - \"Add backlog item X to this kontask\" creates an edge</li>\n<li><strong style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">No curation</strong> - I don't waste tokens deciding which flow to use</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#f97316;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">⚠️ What We Lose</h3>\n<ul style=\"line-height:1.8;margin:0;padding-left:20px;\">\n<li><span style=\"color:#bbb;\">Flow lifecycle (draft → active → review → completed)</span> - replaced by kontask status</li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#bbb;\">Flow coalescing</span> - not needed if there's one flow</li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#bbb;\">\"This piece of work\" boundaries</span> - becomes implicit via topic clusters</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"color:#7f848e;margin-top:12px;font-style:italic;\">But honestly... were these adding value? The current 6 flows don't have clear boundaries anyway.</p>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#61afef;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">🔧 Implementation</h3>\n<ol style=\"line-height:1.8;margin:0;padding-left:20px;\">\n<li>Create 10+ new topics from kontask content analysis</li>\n<li>Run auto-classification on all 2,619 kontasks to populate edges</li>\n<li>Archive all flows except one \"main\" flow</li>\n<li>Remove flow management from turn context injection</li>\n<li>Replace flows UI with topic-based views</li>\n</ol>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#1a2b1a;border:1px solid #22c55e;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#22c55e;margin:0 0 12px 0;\">💭 My Take</h3>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.6;\">This is a good simplification. The multi-flow model was over-engineered for how we actually work. Topics give you <strong>semantic</strong> organization (\"what kind of work\") while the single flow gives you <strong>temporal</strong> organization (\"when did this happen\").</p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.6;margin-top:12px;\">The backlog linking idea is interesting - \"add this backlog item to the flow\" becomes \"link this backlog item to recent kontasks\" via topic/tag edges.</p>\n</div>\n\n</div>",
    "requestedAt": "2026-01-10T09:24:00.000Z",
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    "choices": [
      {
        "label": "Implement this",
        "value": "Implement the single flow + rich topics model. Create 10+ topics from kontask analysis, run auto-classification on all 2,619 kontasks, and archive all but one main flow.",
        "primary": true
      },
      {
        "label": "Different topics",
        "value": "I want to suggest different topics than these 10. Let me tell you what categories matter to me."
      },
      {
        "label": "Keep flows too",
        "value": "Keep the single flow concept but also keep flows as optional - maybe flows are for when I explicitly want to group work (like a sprint or project)"
      },
      {
        "label": "Think more",
        "value": "I'm not convinced yet. What else could work? What about just using tags on kontasks without the graph/edge complexity?"
      }
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  "createdBy": "claude",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-10T09:35:08.102Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-10T09:35:14.288Z",
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    "architecture",
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