# AGENTS.md — Build guide for BulkPublish

## Project scope
Import a CSV of captions, media references and scheduled destinations, validate every row and enqueue only the explicitly approved rows.

Catalogue verdict: kinda. The part people picture is a weekend: a list of posts, a timer, one API call each. The part that eats the next six months is everything after the first successful post · staying authenticated to a dozen networks, learning each one's media rules the hard way, publishing that reports success and then quietly fails minutes later, retries that must never post twice, and a review process before some networks will accept a post at all. Build it for two accounts you control and it works. Build it for every network on the marketing page and you have taken a job.
Use the implementation prompt below to define the deliverable. Complete each phase's acceptance checks before extending the scope.

## Working agreement
- Inspect the repository and its existing instructions before choosing paths, dependencies or commands. Keep one coherent stack and explain changes to the proposed architecture.
- Plan a vertical slice that accepts a real input and produces the useful output described below. Persist only the state the prompt calls for; respect memory-only and upstream-managed workflows. Use fixtures only when they are clearly labelled.
- After scaffolding, document the actual install, development, check and build commands in README and keep them synchronized with the package or project manifest. Do not report commands as successful unless they ran.
- Work in small steps. At handoff, list implemented flows, checks actually performed, remaining blockers, and any credentials or provider setup the owner must supply.
- Do not publish, spend money, contact customers, delete source data or run irreversible migrations without the project owner's authorization.

## Prerequisites
- Runtime and tools: TypeScript, Node, SQLite, a scheduled worker and a React draft/calendar interface.
- Before starting: An approved account for one documented publishing API, its current media/character rules and a sample post; API access and provider charges are separate.

## Stack and architecture
- TypeScript, Node, SQLite, a scheduled worker and a React draft/calendar interface
- Data design: Store ImportBatch, RowError, PostRevision, DestinationJob and PublishReceipt; preserve CSV row numbers and use one stable dedupe key per row/destination/revision.
- Setup: An approved account for one documented publishing API, its current media/character rules and a sample post; API access and provider charges are separate

## Security and data integrity
- Freeze the approved content revision at enqueue time. Keep one receipt per destination and stop on revoked credentials or ambiguous publish results; retry only after checking provider state. Offer manual export for unsupported networks.
- Start with one supported network and a downloadable rejected-row CSV. Local paths must remain within the selected media folder; duplicate captions are warnings, not automatic deletion.
- Keep secrets outside client bundles and exported projects; document what leaves the device and make retention/deletion controls visible.

## Agent implementation rules
- Project rule — domain: Store ImportBatch, RowError, PostRevision, DestinationJob and PublishReceipt; preserve CSV row numbers and use one stable dedupe key per row/destination/revision.
- Project rule — scope and recovery: Start with one supported network and a downloadable rejected-row CSV. Local paths must remain within the selected media folder; duplicate captions are warnings, not automatic deletion.
- Project rule — acceptance: Import a batch containing a missing image and duplicate row, publish two valid rows, then resume after a crash; errors remain editable and successful destinations are not posted again.
- Project rule — delivery: document real setup commands and permissions; do not claim a build, accuracy level, performance result or security certification that has not been demonstrated.

## Optional agent skills and references
- Recommended skill: [web-design-guidelines](https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/web-design-guidelines/SKILL.md) — review keyboard access, focus, validation, error recovery and the readable work/review interface or HTML report. Follow the maintainer's installation instructions and match its requirements to the chosen runtime.
- Recommended skill: [sharp-edges](https://github.com/trailofbits/skills/blob/main/plugins/sharp-edges/skills/sharp-edges/SKILL.md) — review configuration and API defaults against the app-specific invariants and recovery boundaries above; this is not a security certification. Follow the maintainer's installation instructions and match its requirements to the chosen runtime.

Read the linked SKILL.md and its dependencies before adding a skill. Select only the skills matching this project's runtime and task; their documentation does not supply API access, credentials or approval to perform external actions. Pin the reviewed revision where the tool supports it. Follow the chosen agent's documented project-level installation mechanism.

## Distribution ideas
These are optional planning notes. Obtain the owner's approval before publishing or contacting anyone.
- Demonstrate this working slice using synthetic or explicitly authorized non-sensitive examples: Import a CSV of captions, media references and scheduled destinations, validate every row and enqueue only the explicitly approved rows.
- Share a synthetic example export and the acceptance walkthrough; keep real customer, health, financial and source data private: Import a batch containing a missing image and duplicate row, publish two valid rows, then resume after a crash; errors remain editable and successful destinations are not posted again.
- State the limits before asking someone to replace their existing tool: Start with one supported network and a downloadable rejected-row CSV. Local paths must remain within the selected media folder; duplicate captions are warnings, not automatic deletion.

## Engineering roadmap
1. Phase 1 — Pin the working slice and create its example input: Import a CSV of captions, media references and scheduled destinations, validate every row and enqueue only the explicitly approved rows. Confirm setup: An approved account for one documented publishing API, its current media/character rules and a sample post; API access and provider charges are separate.
2. Phase 2 — Implement persistence and write-time invariants before decorating the UI: Store ImportBatch, RowError, PostRevision, DestinationJob and PublishReceipt; preserve CSV row numbers and use one stable dedupe key per row/destination/revision.
3. Phase 3 — Connect the working view to real saved state. Freeze the approved content revision at enqueue time. Keep one receipt per destination and stop on revoked credentials or ambiguous publish results; retry only after checking provider state. Offer manual export for unsupported networks.
4. Phase 4 — Expose the app-specific limits and recovery path in context: Start with one supported network and a downloadable rejected-row CSV. Local paths must remain within the selected media folder; duplicate captions are warnings, not automatic deletion.
5. Phase 5 — Walk through this concrete acceptance case and preserve its exported evidence: Import a batch containing a missing image and duplicate row, publish two valid rows, then resume after a crash; errors remain editable and successful destinations are not posted again. Finish the README and backup/restore instructions; report unfinished capabilities explicitly.

## Paid-product capabilities outside this build
- staying connected · networks expire your auth and someone has to notice
- knowing a post is malformed before the network rejects it, not after
- an honest publish status when a network accepts the upload and fails minutes later
- analytics pulled back per post
- approvals, teams and multiple client workspaces
- the platform review process that gates posting on some networks entirely

## Implementation prompt
Build the following focused alternative to BulkPublish. This is a deliberately limited personal or small-team substitute, not parity with the paid service.

WORKING SLICE
Import a CSV of captions, media references and scheduled destinations, validate every row and enqueue only the explicitly approved rows.

SETUP AND ARCHITECTURE
Use TypeScript, Node, SQLite, a scheduled worker and a React draft/calendar interface. Prerequisites: An approved account for one documented publishing API, its current media/character rules and a sample post; API access and provider charges are separate. Before integrating anything, record actual versions and permissions, plus model files or provider limits only where used, in the README; make unavailable dependencies visible rather than simulating success.

DOMAIN MODEL AND INVARIANTS
Store ImportBatch, RowError, PostRevision, DestinationJob and PublishReceipt; preserve CSV row numbers and use one stable dedupe key per row/destination/revision.

IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT
Freeze the approved content revision at enqueue time. Keep one receipt per destination and stop on revoked credentials or ambiguous publish results; retry only after checking provider state. Offer manual export for unsupported networks. Provide an input/setup view, the main work view, and a review/export view appropriate to this workflow. Preserve the last saved state if a job or save fails. Include empty, loading, permission-denied, partial and retryable-error states. Log identifiers and error categories without secret values or unnecessary private content.

APP-SPECIFIC BOUNDARY AND RECOVERY
Start with one supported network and a downloadable rejected-row CSV. Local paths must remain within the selected media folder; duplicate captions are warnings, not automatic deletion.

ACCEPTANCE SCENARIO
Import a batch containing a missing image and duplicate row, publish two valid rows, then resume after a crash; errors remain editable and successful destinations are not posted again. Also reopen the app after an interrupted operation, confirm the saved record/export remains inspectable, and document the recovery action. These are implementation acceptance requirements, not a claim that this guide has been tested.

DELIVERY
Deliver a runnable repository with migrations or project-format versioning, a non-sensitive example, environment/permission setup, the exact manual acceptance steps, and a backup/export-and-restore walkthrough. Implement the working slice before optional integrations; list any deferred paid-product capabilities honestly. Do not add capabilities outside the working slice just to resemble the original product.

PROJECT RULES FOR AGENTS.md
Keep the domain invariants above executable at the write boundary. Propose scope changes before adding providers or permissions. Never fabricate source evidence, publish results, identity matches or successful delivery. Preserve user originals and require an explicit confirmation for destructive changes or external publication.

## Completion evidence
Demonstrate the prompt's acceptance scenarios against the scoped workflow. Include setup from a clean checkout and failure recovery. Check persistence across restart and export/restore only for the state the prompt says to store; for memory-only tools, confirm that temporary content is discarded as specified. Record actual results and remaining limitations. A detailed plan alone does not establish a working replacement.