🏴 BlackFlag Weekly

Generate professional weekly progress slides from your git history using OpenAI Agents and Slidev.

Transform your technical commits into compelling presentations that tell the story of your development progress.

Features

• 📚 Interactive Git History Selection - Browse recent commits and pick your starting point
• 🧠 Intelligent Code Analysis - Advanced AI agent analyzes actual code changes, not just commit messages
• 🎬 Per-Slide Pipeline Architecture - Revolutionary slide generation with narrative continuity and 3-retry validation
• 🤖 AI-Powered Storytelling - Transform technical commits into engaging narratives using OpenAI Agents
• 🎨 Professional Slides - Generated using Slidev with customizable themes
• 🚀 One-Command Workflow - Automatically generates slides AND starts Slidev presentation
• 📊 Smart Pattern Detection - Identifies refactoring, architectural changes, and business impact from real code changes
• 🛡️ Zero-Error Generation - Per-slide validation with automatic retry logic prevents YAML parsing errors
• 🎯 Multiple Presentation Styles - Executive, technical, retrospective, and custom prompts
• ⚙️ Flexible Customization - Custom prompts, configuration files, and inline modifiers
• 🎭 Audience Targeting - Optimize presentations for executives, developers, or teams
• 📖 Narrative Continuity - Each slide knows the story so far and maintains perfect flow

Installation

Prerequisites: Node.js 22.17.0 or higher required

# Check your Node version
node --version

# Use directly with npx (recommended)
npx blackflag_weekly

# Or install globally
npm install -g blackflag_weekly

Usage

Quick Start (Recommended)

Navigate to any git repository and run:

# Set your OpenAI API key
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-api-key-here

# Generate slides and start presentation
npx blackflag_weekly

That's it! The tool will:

1. Show you recent git commits
2. Let you select a starting point
3. Generate AI-powered narrative slides
4. Automatically start Slidev at http://localhost:3030

Command Line Options

# Generate slides without starting Slidev
npx blackflag_weekly --no-auto-start

# Use raw commit messages (no AI processing)
npx blackflag_weekly --skip-ai

# Use legacy single-agent system (fallback option)
npx blackflag_weekly --legacy-agent

# Specify output directory  
npx blackflag_weekly --output ./my-slides

# Use a specific Slidev theme
npx blackflag_weekly --theme seriph

# Use presentation style presets
npx blackflag_weekly --style executive
npx blackflag_weekly --style technical --deep-dive
npx blackflag_weekly --style retrospective --team-size 5

# Use custom prompt file
npx blackflag_weekly --prompt ./my-custom-prompt.js

# Use configuration file
npx blackflag_weekly --config ./blackflag.config.js

# Mix presentation options
npx blackflag_weekly --style technical --focus technical --include-metrics
npx blackflag_weekly --style executive --audience executive --theme seriph

Environment Setup

For AI-powered slide generation, set your OpenAI API key:

# Environment variable (recommended)
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-api-key-here

# Or create a .env file
echo "OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-api-key-here" > .env

🎬 Revolutionary Per-Slide Pipeline Architecture

BlackFlag Weekly features a groundbreaking per-slide pipeline that generates each slide individually with complete narrative continuity, ensuring perfect presentation flow and zero parsing errors.

The Traditional Problem

Most AI slide generators create entire presentations in one pass:

• ❌ Monolithic generation leads to inconsistent quality
• ❌ One bad slide breaks the entire presentation
• ❌ No narrative continuity between slides
• ❌ YAML parsing errors destroy presentations
• ❌ Generic content without story progression

Our Revolutionary Solution

Per-slide pipeline with intelligent validation:

📝 Generate → 🔧 Format → ✅ Validate → 🎯 Perfect Slide
     ↓              ↓           ↓
Narrative       Built-in     3-Retry    
Context      Validation    System

How the Pipeline Works

1. Narrative Planning - Divides commits into story chapters with logical flow 2. Contextual Generation - Each slide knows:

• Its role in the overall story (introduction, development, climax, conclusion)
• What previous slides covered (maintains continuity)
• Which commits to focus on (targeted content)
• The presentation theme and audience

3. Smart Validation - Three-layer safety system:

• Formatter Agent: Scans for YAML-breaking patterns and fixes them
• Validator Agent: Verifies Slidev compatibility and content quality
• Retry Logic: Up to 3 attempts per slide with specific feedback

4. Story Continuity - Each slide references previous context:

narrativeContext: {
  slideIndex: 2,
  totalSlides: 6, 
  previousSlides: ["Foundation laid...", "Early development..."],
  slideRole: "development_progress",
  storyArc: "Building towards the technical climax"
}

Pipeline Benefits

• 🎯 Perfect Quality: Every slide gets focused attention and validation
• 🔄 Zero Errors: 3-retry system with built-in YAML safety prevents parsing failures
• 📖 Story Flow: Narrative continuity creates engaging, professional presentations
• ⚡ Reliability: Individual slide failures don't break the entire presentation
• 🎨 Rich Content: Each slide optimized for its specific role in the story

🧠 Intelligent Code Analysis

BlackFlag Weekly uses an advanced AI agent that goes far beyond simple commit message keywords to understand what really changed in your codebase.

The Problem with Traditional Tools

Most tools rely on keyword matching in commit messages:

• Looking for "refactor", "architect", "restructure" in messages
• Missing the real story when developers write simple messages like "fix auth bug"
• Cannot detect actual architectural changes from code patterns

Our Intelligent Solution

Our smart AI agent analyzes the actual code changes:

# Traditional approach (keyword-based)
Commit: "fix auth bug" → Categorized as "bugfix" 
Reality: Actually restructured entire authentication system

# BlackFlag approach (intelligent analysis)
Commit: "fix auth bug" → Analyzes actual code changes
Result: "Major architectural refactoring of authentication system with security improvements"

What the AI Agent Detects

• 🏗️ Architectural Changes: Analyzes file structure, module dependencies, and code organization
• 🚀 Performance Improvements: Identifies algorithm changes, database optimizations, and caching
• 🔒 Security Enhancements: Detects authentication, authorization, and validation improvements
• 🧪 Quality Improvements: Recognizes test additions, code cleanup, and technical debt reduction
• 💼 Business Impact: Maps code changes to user-facing features and system capabilities
• 🔄 Refactoring Patterns: Identifies code restructuring even without explicit commit messages

Analysis Examples

File-Based Analysis:

Files changed: 8 files, +634/-39 lines
- New modules in prompts/ directory → "Modular architecture implementation"
- CLI updates with new flags → "Enhanced user interface capabilities"  
- README documentation → "Comprehensive feature documentation"
Result: "Major feature release with modular prompt system"

Pattern Detection:

Multiple files with balanced additions/deletions → "Refactoring detected"
New authentication-related files → "Security system implementation"
Database schema changes → "Data model evolution"

🎨 Presentation Styles & Customization

BlackFlag Weekly offers multiple presentation styles optimized for different audiences and use cases.

Built-in Presentation Styles

| Style | Description | Best For | |-------|-------------|-----------| | default | Balanced technical and narrative focus | General development updates | | executive | Business impact, ROI, strategic outcomes | Stakeholder presentations | | technical | Implementation details, architecture decisions | Developer reviews, technical deep dives | | retrospective | Team dynamics, process improvement | Sprint retrospectives, team meetings |

Style Examples

# Executive presentation for stakeholders
npx blackflag_weekly --style executive
# → Business language, strategic impact, timeline focus

# Technical deep dive for developers  
npx blackflag_weekly --style technical --deep-dive
# → Code examples, architecture patterns, implementation details

# Team retrospective for process improvement
npx blackflag_weekly --style retrospective --team-size 5 --highlight-challenges
# → Collaboration insights, lessons learned, action items

Custom Prompt Files

Create your own presentation style by writing a custom prompt file:

// my-custom-prompt.js
export const slideGenerationPrompt = (theme, commits, workByCategory, detailedSummary, config) => {
  return `Create a presentation focusing on security and compliance...
  
  COMMIT ANALYSIS: ${commits.length} commits analyzed
  WORK CATEGORIES: ${Object.keys(workByCategory).join(', ')}
  
  Focus on: security improvements, compliance requirements, risk mitigation...`;
};

# Use your custom prompt
npx blackflag_weekly --prompt ./my-custom-prompt.js

Configuration Files

Set up reusable configurations for consistent presentation styles:

// blackflag.config.js
export default {
  style: 'executive',
  theme: 'seriph',
  output: './weekly-reports',
  autoStart: false,
  promptConfig: {
    focus: 'business',
    audience: 'executive',
    includeMetrics: true
  }
};

# Use configuration file
npx blackflag_weekly --config ./blackflag.config.js

Inline Presentation Modifiers

Fine-tune any style with inline options:

# Technical focus with metrics
npx blackflag_weekly --style technical --focus technical --include-metrics --deep-dive

# Executive presentation with business focus
npx blackflag_weekly --style executive --focus business --audience executive

# Retrospective with team insights
npx blackflag_weekly --style retrospective --team-size 8 --highlight-challenges

# Custom audience targeting
npx blackflag_weekly --audience developers --focus process

Available Modifiers:

• --focus business|technical|process - Primary presentation focus
• --audience executive|developers|team|mixed - Target audience
• --deep-dive - Include detailed technical analysis
• --include-metrics - Add detailed analytics and metrics
• --highlight-challenges - Emphasize problem-solving and challenges
• --team-size <number> - Optimize for specific team size

Example Workflow

cd your-project
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-key-here
npx blackflag_weekly

Output:

🏴 BlackFlag Weekly - Generating your progress slides...

📚 Fetching recent git history...

? Select starting point (FROM THIS POINT): 
❯ [1] feat: add user authentication (2 days ago) - abc123f
  [2] fix: resolve mobile layout issues (3 days ago) - def456a  
  [3] docs: update API documentation (5 days ago) - ghi789b

✅ Found 3 commits from selected point to HEAD

🤖 Processing commits with AI Agent...

🔍 Processing 3 commits
🤖 Using multi-agent architecture for advanced analysis...
🎬 Starting per-slide pipeline with narrative continuity...
📋 Planning 5 slides with narrative continuity...
📝 Generating slide 1...
🔧 Formatting slide 1...
✅ Validating slide 1...
✨ Slide 1 completed successfully
📝 Generating slide 2...
🔧 Formatting slide 2...
✅ Validating slide 2...
✨ Slide 2 completed successfully
📝 Generating slide 3...
🔧 Formatting slide 3...
✅ Validating slide 3...
✨ Slide 3 completed successfully
📝 Generating slide 4...
🔧 Formatting slide 4...
✅ Validating slide 4...
✨ Slide 4 completed successfully
📝 Generating slide 5...
🔧 Formatting slide 5...
✅ Validating slide 5...
✨ Slide 5 completed successfully
✨ Successfully generated 5 slides with narrative continuity
✅ Per-slide pipeline complete
✅ Multi-agent slides: 4093 characters

📝 Slides written to: ./slides/slides.md

🚀 Starting Slidev...
✅ Slidev already initialized
🚀 Starting Slidev dev server...

🎉 Slides generated successfully!
🌐 Slidev running at: http://localhost:3030

Your presentation opens automatically in the browser! 🎯

Generated Output

The per-slide pipeline creates compelling narrative slides with perfect story continuity that tell your development story:

Example Generated Slides

From simple commit messages to sophisticated analysis:

---
theme: default
title: "Security Architecture & User Experience: A Technical Evolution"
---

# 🏗️ Architectural Evolution in Action
## March 1-8, 2024

How three "simple" commits revealed a comprehensive system transformation

---

# 🔍 What the Intelligent Analysis Discovered

**Commit messages said:**
- "feat: add user authentication"
- "fix: resolve mobile layout issues" 
- "docs: update API documentation"

**Reality revealed by code analysis:**
- Complete security architecture implementation
- Mobile-first responsive design system
- API contract standardization with breaking changes

---

# 🚀 The Security Foundation

### Beyond basic authentication - we built enterprise-ready security
- **JWT token management** with refresh token rotation
- **Role-based access control** affecting 12 components
- **Session security** with device fingerprinting
- **Password policies** meeting OWASP standards

*Files: 8 new security modules, 1,247 lines added*

---

# 📱 Mobile Experience Revolution

### Responsive design patterns emerged from "bug fixes"
- **CSS Grid adoption** replacing legacy flexbox patterns
- **Progressive Web App** capabilities added
- **Touch gesture support** for mobile interactions
- **Performance optimization** reducing bundle size by 23%

*Files: 15 components refactored, 892 lines changed*

---

# 📋 Documentation as Code Architecture

### API documentation revealed system-wide changes
- **OpenAPI 3.0 specification** with automated validation
- **Breaking changes** to 7 API endpoints documented
- **Migration guides** for frontend integration
- **Type definitions** exported for external consumers

---
layout: center
---

# 🎯 The Strategic Impact

**Technical Achievement**: Modular security system with mobile-first architecture
**Business Value**: Enterprise-ready platform with improved user retention
**Next Phase**: Multi-tenant capabilities and advanced analytics

*3 commits • 23 files • 2,139 lines • Architectural complexity: High*

Analysis Modes

🎬 Per-Slide Pipeline Mode (Default)

• Revolutionary Architecture: Each slide generated individually with narrative continuity
• Smart Code Analysis: Analyzes actual file changes and code patterns, not just commit messages
• Zero-Error Generation: 3-retry validation system prevents YAML parsing failures
• Perfect Story Flow: Each slide knows previous context and maintains narrative continuity
• Intelligent Validation: Built-in YAML safety and Slidev compatibility checking
• Superior Quality: Professional presentations with engaging story progression

🏛️ Legacy AI Mode (--legacy-agent)

• Traditional Single-Agent: Original monolithic slide generation approach
• Keyword-Based Analysis: Uses commit message keywords and file-based categorization
• Fallback Option: Available if per-slide pipeline has issues
• Proven Stability: Uses the original prompt system with structured output

⚡ Raw Mode (--skip-ai)

• No AI Processing: Fast generation without API calls
• Direct Conversion: Simple commit-to-slide transformation
• Quick Reviews: Good for rapid internal updates
• No API Key Required: Works without OpenAI integration

Recommendation: Use the default per-slide pipeline for best results. It provides narrative continuity, zero parsing errors, and superior presentation quality. The legacy mode provides a reliable fallback, and raw mode offers speed when AI analysis isn't needed.

Command Reference

Core Options

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | npx blackflag_weekly | Generate intelligent AI slides and start Slidev | | npx blackflag_weekly --skip-ai | Generate raw slides (no AI) | | npx blackflag_weekly --legacy-agent | Use legacy keyword-based AI analysis | | npx blackflag_weekly --no-auto-start | Generate slides only (don't start Slidev) | | npx blackflag_weekly --output ./slides | Specify output directory | | npx blackflag_weekly --theme seriph | Use specific Slidev theme |

Presentation Styles

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | --style executive | Business-focused presentation for stakeholders | | --style technical | Developer-focused with implementation details | | --style retrospective | Team-focused for process improvement | | --style default | Balanced technical and narrative focus |

Customization Options

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | --prompt ./custom.js | Use custom prompt file | | --config ./config.js | Load configuration file | | --focus business\|technical\|process | Set presentation focus area | | --audience executive\|developers\|team | Target specific audience | | --deep-dive | Include detailed technical analysis | | --include-metrics | Add analytics and detailed metrics | | --highlight-challenges | Emphasize problem-solving | | --team-size <number> | Optimize for team size |

Requirements

• Node.js 22.17.0 or higher (required for latest Slidev and ES module compatibility)
• Git repository with commit history
• OpenAI API Key (for AI features)

Programmatic Usage

import { BlackflagWeekly } from 'blackflag_weekly';

const bf = new BlackflagWeekly({
  output: './slides',
  theme: 'default',
  skipAi: false,
  autoStart: true
});

await bf.run();

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

"No commits found"

• Ensure you're in a git repository with commit history

"OpenAI API failed"

• Check your API key is set correctly
• Tool automatically falls back to raw slides

"Node version incompatible"

• Update to Node.js 22.17.0 or higher
• Use nvm install 22 if you have nvm
• Tool detects version and uses compatible Slidev

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Test

To test the package locally:

git clone <your-repo>
cd blackflag_weekly
npm test

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Author

SelfTaughtCoder78704

• GitHub: @SelfTaughtCoder78704
• Repository: blackflag_weekly

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