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document: Task Specification - Hybrid Fallback System
version: 1.0.0
status: active
author: Claude Code
created: 2025-06-28
last_updated: 2025-06-28
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# TASK-002: Hybrid Fallback System Implementation
## π Task Overview
**Task ID**: TASK-002
**Title**: Hybrid Fallback System Implementation
**Status**: pending
**Owner**: Claude Desktop
**Priority**: high
**Dependencies**: TASK-001 (completed)
**Created**: 2025-06-28 13:52 EST
**Updated**: 2025-06-28 13:52 EST
## π― Objective
Implement a hybrid system that attempts HTTP API calls first, then gracefully falls back to browser automation when API endpoints return 500 errors or are unavailable.
## π Current Context
### Completed Prerequisites
- β
HTTP API client implementation complete (`/src/api-client.ts`)
- β
Composition manager with widget creation ready (`/src/composition-manager.ts`)
- β
MCP server tools updated for API usage (`/src/index-api.ts`)
- β
Browser automation implementation available (`/src/lib/composition-lifecycle.ts`)
### Identified Issues
- β Storage API endpoints return 500 Internal Server Error
- β All API operations currently fail despite valid JWT authentication
- β
Browser automation confirmed working in previous sessions
## ποΈ 4-Phase Execution Plan
### Phase 1: Understand Scope, Plan Implementation, Define Deliverables
#### Scope Analysis
```
Hybrid System Components:
βββ Health Check Service
β βββ API endpoint availability monitoring
β βββ Response time measurement
β βββ Error rate tracking
βββ Fallback Strategy Manager
β βββ Decision logic (API vs Browser)
β βββ Retry mechanisms
β βββ Performance tracking
βββ Unified Interface
β βββ Single entry point for operations
β βββ Transparent fallback switching
β βββ Consistent response format
βββ Configuration Management
βββ Fallback preferences
βββ Timeout settings
βββ Retry policies
```
#### Implementation Plan
```
1. Create Health Check Service
- Monitor API endpoints (/storage/v1.0/*)
- Track success/failure rates
- Implement circuit breaker pattern
2. Develop Fallback Strategy Manager
- Decision matrix: API availability vs operation type
- Graceful degradation policies
- Performance metrics collection
3. Build Unified Interface
- Single composition service entry point
- Automatic fallback detection
- Consistent error handling
4. Update MCP Server Integration
- Replace direct API calls with hybrid service
- Maintain existing tool interfaces
- Add fallback status reporting
```
#### Deliverables
```
Primary Artifacts:
βββ /src/services/health-check.ts
βββ /src/services/fallback-strategy.ts
βββ /src/services/hybrid-composition.ts
βββ /src/index-hybrid.ts (Updated MCP server)
βββ /tests/hybrid-system.test.js
βββ /docs/analysis/hybrid-architecture.md
Configuration:
βββ /config/fallback-policy.json
βββ /config/health-check.json
Documentation:
βββ /docs/guides/hybrid-usage.md
βββ /docs/analysis/fallback-performance.md
```
**STOP AND WAIT** - Do not proceed to implementation
**DO NOT** update knowledge graph
**PAUSE** for explicit next-phase instructions
### Phase 2: Implementation
#### Step 1: Create Artifacts
```
Implementation Order:
1. Health Check Service (/src/services/health-check.ts)
- API endpoint monitoring
- Circuit breaker implementation
- Performance metrics
2. Fallback Strategy Manager (/src/services/fallback-strategy.ts)
- Decision logic implementation
- Retry mechanisms
- Error classification
3. Hybrid Composition Service (/src/services/hybrid-composition.ts)
- Unified interface
- Automatic fallback
- Response normalization
4. Updated MCP Server (/src/index-hybrid.ts)
- Integration with hybrid service
- Tool method updates
- Status reporting
5. Test Suite (/tests/hybrid-system.test.js)
- API failure simulation
- Fallback validation
- Performance testing
```
#### Step 2: Validate
```
Testing Protocol:
1. API Availability Testing
- Simulate 500 errors
- Test network timeouts
- Validate circuit breaker
2. Fallback Validation
- Confirm browser automation triggers
- Test seamless switching
- Verify response consistency
3. Performance Benchmarking
- Measure fallback time
- Track success rates
- Monitor resource usage
4. Integration Testing
- MCP server compatibility
- Tool interface validation
- End-to-end workflows
```
**STOP AND WAIT** - Do not proceed to Phase 3
**DO NOT** update knowledge graph
**PAUSE** for explicit next-phase instructions
### Phase 3: Documentation
#### Step 1: Knowledge Graph Updates
```
Entities to Create:
βββ Hybrid Fallback System Entity
βββ Health Check Service Entity
βββ Fallback Strategy Entity
βββ Performance Metrics Entity
Relations to Establish:
βββ System β Uses β Health Check
βββ System β Implements β Fallback Strategy
βββ MCP Server β Integrates β Hybrid System
βββ API Client β Falls Back To β Browser Automation
```
#### Step 2: Progress Tracking
```
Documentation Updates:
βββ /docs/progress/2025-06-28.md (update completion)
βββ /docs/architecture/hybrid-system.md (new)
βββ /docs/guides/troubleshooting.md (update)
βββ README.md (update features section)
Status Updates:
βββ Mark TASK-002 as COMPLETED
βββ Document created files
βββ Update deployment checklist
βββ Synchronize all documentation
```
**STOP AND WAIT** - Do not proceed to Phase 4
**DO NOT** update knowledge graph
**PAUSE** for explicit next-phase instructions
### Phase 4: Thorough Verification
#### Validation Protocol
```
1. Implementation Completeness Check
βββ Verify all deliverables created
βββ Check all deliverables tested
βββ Validate artifact functionality
2. System Validation
βββ Test against existing codebase
βββ Validate MCP server compatibility
βββ Confirm fallback reliability
3. Documentation Validation
βββ Verify versioning headers
βββ Check documentation completeness
βββ Validate cross-references
```
#### Verification Checklist
```
Per Task Verification:
β‘ Health Check Service implemented and tested
β‘ Fallback Strategy Manager functional
β‘ Hybrid Composition Service operational
β‘ MCP Server integration complete
β‘ Test suite passes all scenarios
β‘ Documentation complete and versioned
β‘ Performance benchmarks recorded
β‘ Fallback reliability confirmed
```
## π Related Files
### Dependencies
- `/src/api-client.ts` - HTTP API implementation
- `/src/composition-manager.ts` - Composition operations
- `/src/lib/composition-lifecycle.ts` - Browser automation
- `/correct-jwt-new.txt` - Authentication token
### Analysis References
- `/docs/analysis/api-investigation.md` - API server issues
- `/docs/csharp_interface_api/` - Interface specifications
- `/test-api-*.js` - API testing results
## π Success Criteria
### Primary Goals
1. **Seamless Fallback**: Automatic switch from API to browser automation
2. **Reliability**: >99% operation success rate regardless of API status
3. **Performance**: <2 second fallback detection and switching
4. **Transparency**: Consistent interface for MCP tools
### Secondary Goals
1. **Monitoring**: Real-time health status visibility
2. **Configuration**: Adjustable fallback policies
3. **Metrics**: Performance and reliability tracking
4. **Documentation**: Complete usage and troubleshooting guides
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**Note**: This task ensures the MCP server remains functional regardless of API server availability, providing robust and reliable composition management capabilities.