DevGen/@todo.md

DevTools – Project Improvements (@todo)

Product & Features

• Add devtools repo init wizard to bootstrap new repos (license, gitignore, README).
• Support custom commit templates and per-repo rules.
• Add devtools commit guard pre-commit hook generator.
• Offline mode for commit suggestions.
• Changelog: support Keep a Changelog format and semver sections.
• Gitignore: local cache of templates and fallback when API is down.
• License: add SPDX ID validation and dual-licensing templates.

AI Providers & Config

• Provider auto-detection and graceful fallback chain.
• Add Local (Ollama) providers.
• Config schema validation with helpful error messages.
• devtools config import/export for sharing presets.

CLI UX

• Global --verbose/--quiet and --no-color flags.
• Rich TUI progress spinners and structured error output.
• Interactive prompts with safe defaults and confirmation steps.
• Shell completion (bash/zsh/fish) generation command.

Packaging & Distribution

• Publish to PyPI
• Provide uv/pipx installation guide.
• Add pyproject.toml and PEP 517/518 build backend.
• Arch AUR PKGBUILD (devtools-bin and devtools-git).

Quality: Testing & Linting

• Unit tests for each subcommand (commit, changelog, gitignore, license).
• Golden-file tests for changelog output.
• Contract tests for provider integrations with fixtures/mocks.
• Add type hints and enable mypy in strict mode where feasible.
• Configure ruff ruleset and pre-commit hooks.