testsAndMisc/CLAUDE.md

Copilot Instructions for testsAndMisc

Project Overview

A mixed-language monorepo containing Python packages, Bash scripts, and misc automation. Actively-developed components span personal productivity tools: alarm/shutdown scheduling, Linux system configuration, and Android phone focus enforcement.

Extracted to their own repos:

• steam-backlog-enforcer
• screen-locker
• diet-guard
• wake-alarm
• dufs-cloud — self-hosted dufs cloud: React web gallery (web/), Flutter app (app/), and the dufs/media setup scripts (scripts/). Extracted from cloud_gallery/ + the linux_configuration dufs scripts + the standalone dufs_client repo. The live media-cloud-sync systemd units now run the scripts from ~/dufs-cloud/scripts/.
• build-your-x — build-your-own-x difficulty ladder + byox progress tracker (crdt_sync-backed) and the builds themselves (builds/). Extracted from python_pkg/byox_ladder/ + the standalone ~/build_your_x builds. Lives at ~/build_your_x.

Archived / unmaintained projects live in the sibling repository testsAndMisc-archive.

Repository Layout

Path	Description
python_pkg/	Python packages — each maintained subpackage lives here
linux_configuration/	Arch Linux setup, i3 config, system maintenance scripts
phone_focus_mode/	GPS-based Android focus enforcer (Bash, ADB, Magisk)
reverse_survivors/	Reverse Survivors — React/Vite game, you play the horde (TypeScript, 100 % coverage gate)
meta/	Repo-wide tooling: pyproject.toml, requirements.txt, run.sh, lint_python.sh, .fvmrc
scripts/	Workspace-level helper scripts and pre-commit hooks (moved to meta/scripts/)
docs/	Reference docs; docs/superpowers/ holds AI workflow artifacts
third_party/	Vendored upstream skills/agents

Note

: Root-level pyproject.toml, requirements.txt, requirements.txt, run.sh, and .fvmrc are symlinks into meta/. Edit files there, not the symlinks.

Architecture

Python Packages (python_pkg/)

• brother_printer/ — Brother printer status checker via CUPS and USB/network query

  • check_brother_printer.py — main status check
  • cups_queue.py / cups_service.py — CUPS integration
  • network_query.py / usb_query.py — device discovery
  • tests/ — pytest tests

• shared/ — Shared utilities across python_pkg subpackages

• random_jpg/ — Random JPEG downloader utility

• geo_cache/ — Geographic coordinate cache helper

Phone Focus Mode (phone_focus_mode/)

Location-based app restriction for rooted Android. Automatically disables non-whitelisted apps within 500 m of home using ADB + Magisk.

• focus_ctl.sh / focus_daemon.sh — focus enforcement scripts
• dns_enforcer.sh — DNS-level blocking (netd cache restart for YouTube)
• hosts_enforcer.sh — /etc/hosts manipulation
• launcher_enforcer.sh — launcher restriction
• workout_detector.sh — workout detection integration
• magisk_service.sh — Magisk module hook (prevents module self-disabling)
• config.sh — configuration constants
• deploy.sh — ADB deployment script
• systemd/ — systemd units for scheduling
• lib/ — shared shell library functions

Linux Configuration (linux_configuration/)

Arch Linux setup and ongoing system automation.

linux_configuration/
├── install_core_system.sh          # Core system installer
├── scripts/
│   ├── single_use/                 # One-time setup scripts
│   │   ├── fresh-install/
│   │   ├── features/
│   │   ├── fixes/
│   │   └── misc/
│   └── periodic_background/        # Ongoing daemons / scheduled scripts
│       ├── digital_wellbeing/      # Compulsive-opening blocker, LeechBlock
│       ├── hosts/                  # DNS/hosts guard and generation
│       ├── i3-configuration/       # i3 window manager config
│       ├── system-maintenance/     # Usage reporting, system checks
│       └── utils/
├── tests/                          # Shell-based test harness
└── test_results.log

Key scripts:

• scripts/periodic_background/hosts/generate_hosts_file.sh — Generates /etc/hosts blocklist
• scripts/periodic_background/system-maintenance/bin/usage_report.py — Daily usage report

meta/ — Repo-wide Tooling

All root-level config files are symlinks into meta/. Edit here:

• meta/pyproject.toml — ruff, mypy, pylint, bandit, pytest, coverage config
• meta/requirements.txt — runtime + dev dependencies
• meta/run.sh — usage report entrypoint + polling script profiler/diagnostics
• meta/lint_python.sh — manual lint helper
• meta/scripts/ — pre-commit hook scripts (check_no_binaries.sh, check_ai_evidence.sh, etc.)

docs/superpowers/ — AI Workflow Artifacts

Pre-commit requires an evidence file for every commit that changes source code:

docs/superpowers/
├── evidence/         # ← Required: one JSON per commit touching code
│   └── template.json
├── contracts/        # Acceptance criteria / objective contracts per task
├── sessions/         # Append-only session logs (JSONL)
├── specs/            # Task specifications / design docs
├── plans/            # Implementation plans
├── memory/           # Persistent context (CONTEXT.md, etc.)
└── workflows/        # Agent workflow definitions

Rule: copy docs/superpowers/evidence/template.json, fill it in, and stage it with your code changes before committing. The ai-evidence-contract hook will reject commits without it.

Git Workflow

Work directly on main — no need to create branches for this repository. Commit and push straight to main.

Hooks are mandatory

core.hooksPath points at the tracked directory linux_configuration/.githooks/, so the hooks travel with the repo and cannot be missing on a clone. .git/hooks/ is unused and irrelevant — never run pre-commit install, which writes there and is ignored (newer pre-commit refuses outright while hooksPath is set).

• pre-commit — shfmt + shellcheck + jscpd, then pre-commit run --hook-stage pre-commit
• pre-push — pre-commit run --hook-stage pre-push (prettier, ci-mirror, pytest-coverage) over the pushed commit range

Bootstrap a new machine or clone with:

./meta/scripts/install_hooks.sh          # wire hooks + install missing tools
./meta/scripts/install_hooks.sh --check  # verify, change nothing, exit 1 if incomplete

Both hooks fail closed: every external binary they invoke (pre-commit, prettier, shellcheck, shfmt, zsh, node, npm, python3) is verified on every run and auto-installed via pacman when possible; if it cannot be installed non-interactively the commit or push aborts with the exact command to run. A missing tool never means "skip the check" — that failure mode is why prettier was absent for an unknown length of time without anyone noticing. The required-tool list lives in REQUIRED_TOOLS in linux_configuration/.githooks/lib/common.sh; extend it when adding a language: system hook.

Each hook also re-asserts core.hooksPath, so drift self-heals after one run. The one gap it cannot close is a fresh clone where the config was never set and no hook runs at all — that is exactly what install_hooks.sh is for.

Development Workflow

do NOT run tests unless specifically instructed to do so or before committing If tests fail on the same issue twice in a row, STOP and ask the user how to proceed instead of continuing to fix and retry. ALWAYS confirm that the feature you add / bug you fixed behaves as it should by running the program after your changes (not tests!) and inspecting output comparing it with what user wanted, after confirming by yourself ask user if the program behaves as they intended After running tests fix all coverage gaps and issues, do not ignore unless specifically instructed to do so

AI Evidence Requirement

For every commit that touches .py, .sh, .c, .go, .ts, etc.:

1. Copy docs/superpowers/evidence/template.json → docs/superpowers/evidence/<task-slug>-<date>.json
2. Fill in the fields (objective, steps taken, verification result)
3. Stage and include it with your code changes

Linting Tools (configured in meta/pyproject.toml)

• ruff: select = ["ALL"] — all rules enabled, Google docstrings
• mypy: strict = true with full type checking
• pylint: all checks enabled
• coverage: fail_under = 100, branch coverage required

Code Conventions

Python Style

• Use from __future__ import annotations for forward references
• Google docstring convention
• Absolute imports only (ban-relative-imports = "all")
• Type hints required on all functions
• Private functions/modules prefixed with _ (e.g., _smart_plug.py, _process_game_event)

Shell Style

• Always set -euo pipefail
• Double-quote all variable expansions
• Avoid fork-heavy patterns: prefer /proc, /sys, bash builtins over $(...) in hot paths
• Use jq/yq for JSON/YAML, not grep/awk
• NEVER embed Python program logic inline in a shell script — no multi-line python -c "..." and no python <<'PY' ... PY heredocs that contain real logic. Put the code in a separate .py file so the repo's Python tooling (ruff, mypy, pylint, bandit, tests) applies to it, and invoke it as python3 path/to/file.py "$arg". Resolve the path relative to the script (e.g. "${0:A:h}/helper.py" in zsh, "$(dirname "$0")/helper.py" in bash). The only permitted inline Python is a single-line availability/version probe with no logic, e.g. python3 -c 'import kasa' or python3 -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info[0])'.

Test Patterns

# Type aliases for test dicts (keeps mypy happy)
Event = dict[str, Any]

# Mock external calls — never hit real APIs/filesystem
with patch("python_pkg.screen_locker.screen_lock.some_func") as mock:
    ...

# Use PropertyMock for property exceptions
type(mock_obj).property_name = PropertyMock(side_effect=TypeError())

Branch Coverage Tips

• Use explicit while True + try/except StopIteration instead of for loops when iterator exhaustion needs coverage
• Mock threads/subprocesses to avoid slow tests
• Every if/else branch needs a corresponding test

Key Files

• meta/pyproject.toml — All tool configs (ruff, mypy, pylint, pytest, coverage)
• .pre-commit-config.yaml — Pre-commit hook definitions
• meta/requirements.txt — Runtime + dev dependencies
• .github/workflows/python-tests.yml — CI: runs all pytest on python_pkg/** changes
• .github/workflows/pre-commit.yml — CI: runs pre-commit checks
• docs/superpowers/evidence/template.json — Template for AI evidence artifacts

Per-File Ignores (in meta/pyproject.toml)

Test files allow: S101 (assert), PLR2004 (magic values), S310, S607, PLC0415