MakeAPlan CLI 🚀

Transform your product ideas into comprehensive technical specifications using AI-guided discovery.

✨ Features

• AI-Powered Discovery: Leverages Claude or Gemini AI to ask targeted questions about your product idea
• Structured Workflow: Three rounds of increasingly specific questions to refine your vision
• Quick Number Selection: Press 1-9 to instantly select answers, 0 for custom input, 's' to skip
• Technical Specifications: Generates comprehensive documentation including architecture, features, and implementation details
• File Structure Generation: Creates an optimal project structure with all necessary files and directories
• Session Management: Save and resume sessions, never lose your progress
• Beautiful CLI: Intuitive interface with colors, progress indicators, and clear navigation
• Export Options: Export to Markdown or JSON for easy sharing and processing

🎯 How It Works

1. Initial Idea: Start with your product concept
2. Discovery Questions: Answer 3 rounds of AI-generated multiple-choice questions
   • Round 1: General requirements and audience
   • Round 2: User experience and differentiation
   • Round 3: Technical implementation details
3. Technical Specification: AI generates a comprehensive technical document
4. File Structure: Creates an optimal project structure
5. Export: Save as Markdown or JSON for your team

📦 Installation

npm install -g makeaplan

# Or run directly with npx
npx makeaplan

🚀 Quick Start

# Start interactive mode
makeaplan

# Start with an idea
makeaplan new --idea "AI-powered recipe manager"

# Resume a session
makeaplan resume

# List all sessions
makeaplan list

📖 Commands

makeaplan new

Start a new product specification session.

Options:

• -i, --idea <idea> - Start with a predefined idea
• -s, --skip-questions - Use default configuration

makeaplan resume

Resume a previous session from where you left off.

makeaplan list

Display all your sessions with their status and last update time.

makeaplan export [sessionId]

Export a session to markdown or JSON format.

Options:

• -f, --format <format> - Export format: markdown, json, or both

makeaplan clean

Remove old sessions to free up space.

Options:

• -d, --days <days> - Keep sessions newer than this many days (default: 30)
• -f, --force - Skip confirmation prompt

makeaplan config [action]

Manage configuration and API keys.

Actions:

• reset - Reset all settings to defaults
• keys - Manage API keys

⚙️ Configuration

API Keys

Set your API keys as environment variables:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your_key_here
export GEMINI_API_KEY=your_key_here

Or let the CLI prompt you and save them securely.

Session Options

During setup, you can configure:

• Number of questions per round (2-8 for first round, 2-6 for subsequent)
• Answer choices per question (2-6 options)
• AI provider (Anthropic Claude or Google Gemini)

📁 Output Example

Generated Technical Specification

# AI-Powered Recipe Manager

## Executive Summary
A modern recipe management platform that uses AI to suggest recipes based on available ingredients...

## Core Features
1. Ingredient Recognition
2. Recipe Suggestions
3. Meal Planning
...

Generated File Structure

recipe-manager/
├── src/
│   ├── components/
│   │   ├── RecipeCard.tsx
│   │   ├── IngredientScanner.tsx
│   │   └── MealPlanner.tsx
│   ├── services/
│   │   ├── ai-service.ts
│   │   └── recipe-api.ts
│   └── pages/
│       ├── index.tsx
│       └── recipes/[id].tsx
├── package.json
└── README.md

🔒 Privacy & Security

• API keys are stored locally in your system's config directory
• Sessions are saved locally in ~/.makeaplan/sessions/
• No data is sent to external servers except AI API calls
• You can clear all data with makeaplan config reset

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.