# Refactoring Task Summary
## Overview
This document summarizes the comprehensive planning created for the index.ts refactoring project.
**Total Tasks Created**: 180+ granular tasks
**Phases**: 8 phases over 7 weeks
**Estimated Effort**: 232.5 hours
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## Documents Created
### 1. **REFACTORING_PLAN.md** (1,474 lines)
**Purpose**: Strategic refactoring roadmap
**Contents**:
- Executive summary and current state analysis
- Proposed architecture with 15-20 modules
- Design principles (including strict 500-line limit)
- Detailed module breakdown for all components
- 8-phase implementation strategy
- Migration path with backward compatibility
- Testing strategy (target >85% coverage)
- Benefits, risks, and mitigation strategies
- Success criteria and metrics
- Timeline and effort estimates
- Appendices with file size comparisons and dependency graphs
**Key Sections**:
- Module Organization Strategy (directory tree with line counts)
- Detailed breakdown of all 55+ implementation files
- Test file organization (27 test files)
- Phase-by-phase implementation guide
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### 2. **.github/FILE_SIZE_POLICY.md** (412 lines)
**Purpose**: Enforce strict file size limits
**Contents**:
- Strict file size rules (500 lines implementation, 400 lines tests)
- Rationale for limits
- 4 splitting strategies with code examples:
1. Extract Utilities
2. Split by Responsibility
3. Split by Feature
4. Split Test Files
- Pre-commit hook script for automated checking
- CI/CD integration example (GitHub Actions)
- Review checklist for PRs
- Real-world examples of good file splits
**Enforcement Mechanisms**:
- Pre-commit hook (auto-reject oversized files)
- CI/CD checks (fail build on violations)
- Clear error messages and guidance
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### 3. **IMPLEMENTATION_TASKS.md** (1,761 lines)
**Purpose**: Granular task breakdown with acceptance criteria
**Contents**:
- 110 detailed tasks organized by phase
- Each task includes:
- Task number (Phase.Section.Task)
- Status indicator (Pending/In Progress/Completed/Blocked)
- Dependencies (prerequisite tasks)
- Target file size constraint
- Specific content outline
- Acceptance criteria checklist
- Time estimate
- Critical path analysis
- Parallel work opportunities
- Quality gates between phases
**Phase Breakdown**:
- **Phase 1**: Foundation (7 tasks, 4.5 hours)
- **Phase 2**: Utilities (10 tasks, 12 hours)
- **Phase 3**: Storage (3 tasks, 6 hours)
- **Phase 4**: Core Managers (8 tasks, 20 hours)
- **Phase 5**: Search Module (14 tasks, 40 hours)
- **Phase 6**: Feature Managers (52 tasks, 75 hours)
- **Phase 7**: MCP Layer (15 tasks, 37 hours)
- **Phase 8**: Integration & Testing (16 tasks, 38 hours)
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### 4. **Active Todo List** (180+ tasks)
**Purpose**: Granular, trackable task list for implementation
**Structure**:
- Phase 1-3: 125 ultra-granular tasks (fully detailed)
- Phase 4: 60 granular tasks (EntityManager, RelationManager, ObservationManager)
- Phase 5-8: 14 consolidated tasks (to be expanded during implementation)
**Task Granularity Examples**:
- ❌ "Extract types" (too broad)
- ✅ "Extract Entity interface to types/entity.types.ts" (specific)
- ✅ "Add JSDoc comments to entity types" (actionable)
- ✅ "Verify types/entity.types.ts is <100 lines" (measurable)
**Tracking Features**:
- Status for each task (pending/in_progress/completed/blocked)
- Active form descriptions
- Clear dependencies
- File size verification per task
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## Implementation Approach
### Phase 1-3: Foundation & Utilities (Weeks 1-2)
**Tasks**: 125 ultra-detailed tasks
**Focus**: Non-breaking changes, pure functions, utilities
1. **Create directory structure**
2. **Extract all type definitions** (6 files)
3. **Extract utilities** (5 modules + 5 test files):
- Levenshtein distance
- TF-IDF algorithms
- Date utilities
- Validation utilities
- Path utilities
4. **Extract storage layer** (GraphStorage module)
**Risk**: Low - No business logic changes
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### Phase 4: Core Managers (Week 3)
**Tasks**: 60 detailed tasks
**Focus**: CRUD operations with composition pattern
1. **EntityManager** (create, delete, get, update)
2. **RelationManager** (create, delete, get)
3. **ObservationManager** (add, delete)
4. **Refactor KnowledgeGraphManager** (use composition)
5. **Integration tests**
**Risk**: Medium - Business logic changes
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### Phase 5: Search Module (Week 4)
**Tasks**: 14 consolidated tasks (to be expanded)
**Focus**: Complex search algorithms
1. **BasicSearch** (text search, filters)
2. **RankedSearch** (TF-IDF)
3. **BooleanSearch** (query parser)
4. **FuzzySearch** (Levenshtein)
5. **SearchSuggestions** (trigrams)
6. **SavedSearchManager** (persistence)
7. **SearchManager** (orchestrator)
**Risk**: High - Complex algorithms
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### Phase 6: Feature Managers (Week 5)
**Tasks**: 14 consolidated tasks (to be expanded)
**Focus**: Advanced features
1. **TagManager** (tags + aliases)
2. **ImportanceManager** (importance levels)
3. **HierarchyManager** (parent-child)
4. **AnalyticsManager** (stats + validation)
5. **CompressionManager** (deduplication)
6. **ArchiveManager** (criteria-based archiving)
7. **Import/Export** (10 format handlers)
**Risk**: Medium-High - Many interdependencies
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### Phase 7: MCP Layer (Week 6)
**Tasks**: 15 consolidated tasks (to be expanded)
**Focus**: API definitions and handlers
1. **Server setup**
2. **Tool definitions** (6 files)
3. **Tool handlers** (6 files)
4. **Registries** (tool + handler)
5. **Refactor main index.ts** (<50 lines)
**Risk**: Medium - API layer changes
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### Phase 8: Final Integration & Testing (Week 7)
**Tasks**: 16 consolidated tasks
**Focus**: Quality assurance and release
1. **Integration testing** (backward compatibility + E2E)
2. **Performance testing** (benchmarks + large graphs)
3. **Code quality** (coverage, ESLint, TypeScript)
4. **Documentation** (README, ARCHITECTURE, MIGRATION, CHANGELOG)
5. **Automation** (pre-commit hooks, CI/CD)
6. **Release** (review, notes, version bump)
**Risk**: Low - Validation phase
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## Success Metrics
### Code Quality
- ✅ All files < 500 lines (implementation) or < 400 lines (tests)
- ✅ Average file size ~201 lines
- ✅ Test coverage > 85%
- ✅ Zero ESLint errors
- ✅ Zero TypeScript errors
- ✅ Cyclomatic complexity < 10 per function
### Functional Metrics
- ✅ All 45 MCP tools working
- ✅ All existing tests passing
- ✅ New tests for all modules (27 test files)
- ✅ 100% backward compatibility
- ✅ Performance within 5% of baseline
### Developer Experience
- ✅ Onboarding time reduced by 50%
- ✅ Code review time reduced by 30%
- ✅ Feature development time reduced by 20%
- ✅ Build time < 10 seconds
- ✅ Test suite runs in < 30 seconds
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## File Structure After Refactoring
```
Before: 1 file (4,187 lines)
After: 76 files (avg 201 lines, max 500 lines)
Implementation Files: 55
- Types: 6 files
- Core: 5 files
- Search: 7 files
- Features: 17 files
- Utils: 5 files
- MCP: 14 files
- Config: 1 file
Test Files: 21
- Unit tests: 15 files
- Integration tests: 4 files
- Performance tests: 2 files
```
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## How to Use This Planning
### For Implementation:
1. **Start with Phase 1, Task 1** in the todo list
2. **Complete acceptance criteria** for each task
3. **Verify file size** after each task
4. **Run tests** immediately after implementation
5. **Mark task complete** in todo list
6. **Move to next task**
### For Tracking:
- **Todo list**: Granular progress tracking
- **IMPLEMENTATION_TASKS.md**: Detailed reference
- **REFACTORING_PLAN.md**: Strategic overview
- **FILE_SIZE_POLICY.md**: Enforcement guidelines
### For Quality:
- **Before each commit**: Run tests
- **Before each PR**: Check file sizes
- **Before each phase**: Review acceptance criteria
- **Before release**: Run full test suite + coverage
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## Parallel Work Opportunities
Tasks that can be done in parallel:
### Phase 2 (Utilities):
- ✅ Levenshtein + tests
- ✅ TF-IDF + tests
- ✅ Date utils + tests
- ✅ Validation utils + tests
- ✅ Path utils + tests
All 5 utility modules can be built simultaneously.
### Phase 6 (Format Handlers):
- ✅ JSON exporter/importer
- ✅ CSV exporter/importer
- ✅ GraphML exporter/importer
- ✅ GEXF exporter
- ✅ DOT exporter
- ✅ Markdown exporter
- ✅ Mermaid exporter
All 10 format handlers can be built simultaneously.
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## Critical Dependencies
### Must Complete in Order:
1. **Phase 1** → Phase 2 (need directory structure)
2. **Phase 2** → Phase 3 (need utilities for storage)
3. **Phase 3** → Phase 4 (need storage for managers)
4. **Phase 4** → Phase 5 (need core for search)
5. **Phase 5** → Phase 6 (need search for features)
6. **Phase 6** → Phase 7 (need features for MCP)
7. **Phase 7** → Phase 8 (need MCP for integration)
### Within Phase Parallelization:
- Phase 2: All utilities parallel
- Phase 4: Entity, Relation, Observation managers can be parallel
- Phase 5: All search types can be parallel (after BasicSearch)
- Phase 6: All format handlers can be parallel
- Phase 7: All tool definitions can be parallel
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## Next Steps
### Immediate Actions:
1. ✅ Planning complete (3 documents + todo list)
2. ✅ Todo list loaded (180+ tasks)
3. 🔄 **Ready to begin Phase 1, Task 1**
4. ⏸️ Awaiting approval to start implementation
### Phase 1 Kickoff:
```bash
# Task 1: Create base directory structure
mkdir -p src/memory/{types,core,search,features,utils,mcp,config}
mkdir -p src/memory/features/import-export/formats
mkdir -p src/memory/mcp/{tools,handlers}
mkdir -p src/memory/__tests__/{unit,integration,performance}
mkdir -p src/memory/__tests__/unit/{core,search,features,utils}
```
### Expected Timeline:
- **Week 1**: Phase 1-2 (Foundation & Utilities)
- **Week 2**: Phase 3 (Storage Layer)
- **Week 3**: Phase 4 (Core Managers)
- **Week 4**: Phase 5 (Search Module)
- **Week 5**: Phase 6 (Feature Managers)
- **Week 6**: Phase 7 (MCP Layer)
- **Week 7**: Phase 8 (Integration & Testing)
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## Conclusion
The refactoring plan is comprehensive, detailed, and ready for execution:
✅ **Strategic Plan**: REFACTORING_PLAN.md (1,474 lines)
✅ **File Size Policy**: .github/FILE_SIZE_POLICY.md (412 lines)
✅ **Task Breakdown**: IMPLEMENTATION_TASKS.md (1,761 lines)
✅ **Todo List**: 180+ granular, trackable tasks
✅ **Total Documentation**: 3,647 lines of planning
**Total Refactoring Effort**: 232.5 hours over 7 weeks
**Outcome**: Transform 4,187-line monolith into 76 maintainable files averaging 201 lines each, with >85% test coverage and 100% backward compatibility.
🚀 **Ready to begin implementation!**
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**Document Version**: 1.0
**Created**: 2025-11-23
**Status**: Planning Complete - Ready for Implementation