Configure i-did-a-thing plugin: register collections, create directories, set logging preferences. Requires things to be set up first.
<load-config>
<action>Resolve the user's home directory.</action>
<command language="bash" output="home" tool="Bash">echo $HOME</command>
<constraint>Never pass `~` to the Read tool.</constraint>
<read path="<home>/.things/config.json" output="config" />
<if condition="config-missing">Tell the user: "Run `/things:setup-things` first to initialize your .things directory." Then stop.<exit /></if>
<read path="<home>/.things/registry.json" output="registry" />
<action>Check if preferences already exist.</action>
<read path="<home>/.things/i-did-a-thing/preferences.json" output="preferences" />
<if condition="preferences-exist">Show current settings and ask if they want to reconfigure.</if>
<if condition="preferences-missing">Fresh setup (continue to Step 2).</if>
<if condition="reconfiguring">Show current settings as defaults throughout.</if>
</load-config>
<command language="bash" tool="Bash">mkdir -p <home>/.things/i-did-a-thing/logs
mkdir -p <home>/.things/i-did-a-thing/arsenal mkdir -p <home>/.things/i-did-a-thing/resumes</command> </step>
<action>Read `<home>/.things/registry.json` and add these collections (skip any already registered).</action>
<schema name="logs-collection">
i-did-a-thing/logs:
```json
{
"plugin": "i-did-a-thing",
"description": "Professional experience log entries",
"tags_field": "frontmatter.tags",
"item_structure": {
"directory_per_item": false,
"file_pattern": "*.md"
},
"index_schema": {
"required_fields": {
"title": "string",
"date": "date",
"evidence_type": "string",
"impact": "string",
"category": "string"
},
"optional_fields": {
"tags": "string[]",
"skills_used": "string[]"
}
},
"master_index": "i-did-a-thing/index.json",
"rebuild_command": "python3 ${PLUGIN_PATH:i-did-a-thing@brenna-plugs}/scripts/rebuild-data.py ${THINGS_PATH}"
}
```
</schema>
<schema name="arsenal-collection">
i-did-a-thing/arsenal:
```json
{
"plugin": "i-did-a-thing",
"description": "Auto-generated skill summary files",
"item_structure": {
"directory_per_item": false,
"file_pattern": "*.md"
},
"index_schema": {},
"master_index": null,
"rebuild_command": null
}
```
</schema>
<schema name="resumes-collection">
i-did-a-thing/resumes:
```json
{
"plugin": "i-did-a-thing",
"description": "Generated resume files",
"item_structure": {
"directory_per_item": false,
"file_pattern": "*.md"
},
"index_schema": {},
"master_index": null,
"rebuild_command": null
}
```
</schema>
<write path="<home>/.things/registry.json" content="updated registry with new collections" />
<if condition="index-missing">
<write path="<home>/.things/i-did-a-thing/index.json">
```json
{
"version": 1,
"last_updated": "<current_date>",
"total_entries": 0,
"entries": []
}
```
</write>
</if>
<if condition="tags-missing">
<write path="<home>/.things/i-did-a-thing/tags.json">
```json
{
"last_updated": "<current_date>",
"tags": {}
}
```
</write>
</if>
<ask-user-question>
<question>Default tags for your logs? (comma-separated, e.g., `engineering, python, leadership`)</question>
<option-with-text-input>Enter tags</option-with-text-input>
</ask-user-question>
<write path="<home>/.things/i-did-a-thing/preferences.json">
```json
{
"default_tags": ["<tag1>", "<tag2>"]
}
```
</write>
<action>Seed persona files to `<home>/.things/shared/roles/` if not already present. The bundled personas are at `<plugin_root>/personas/`.</action>
<command language="bash" tool="Bash">for f in <plugin_root>/personas/*.md; do
dest="<home>/.things/shared/roles/$(basename "$f")" [ -f "$dest" ] || cp "$f" "$dest" done</command>
<action>Seed company profiles to `<home>/.things/shared/companies/` if not already present.</action>
<command language="bash" tool="Bash">for f in <plugin_root>/companies/*.yaml; do
dest="<home>/.things/shared/companies/$(basename "$f")" [ -f "$dest" ] || cp "$f" "$dest" done</command> </step>
<action>Read `<home>/.things/config.json` and get hostname.</action>
<command language="bash" output="hostname" tool="Bash">hostname -s 2>/dev/null || scutil --get LocalHostName 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown"</command>
<action>Update the `environments.<hostname>.plugins` array to include `"i-did-a-thing"` if not already present. Update `last_active` to today's date. Write back `config.json`.</action>
<git-workflow>
<action>Read git workflow from `<home>/.things/config.json`.</action>
<if condition="workflow-auto">
<command language="bash" tool="Bash">git -C <home>/.things add -A && git -C <home>/.things commit -m "setup: i-did-a-thing" && git -C <home>/.things push</command>
</if>
<if condition="workflow-ask">
<ask-user-question>
<question>Commit setup files to .things repo?</question>
<option>Yes -- commit and push</option>
<option>Commit only -- commit without pushing</option>
<option>No -- I'll handle git myself</option>
</ask-user-question>
</if>
<if condition="workflow-manual">Tell the user what files were created.</if>
</git-workflow>
<completion-message>
i-did-a-thing is ready!
- Logs: `<home>/.things/i-did-a-thing/logs/`
- Arsenal: `<home>/.things/i-did-a-thing/arsenal/`
- Resumes: `<home>/.things/i-did-a-thing/resumes/`
- Collections registered in registry.json
Quick start:
- `/thing-i-did` -- Log something you did
- `/construct-resume` -- Build a resume for a job listing
</completion-message>