Developed and Tested Terra Assistant CLI

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📅 2025-07-08 — Session: Developed and Tested Terra Assistant CLI

🕒 18:40–19:15
🏷️ Labels: CLI, YAML, Email Automation, Productization, Configuration
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The goal of this session was to advance the development of the Terra Assistant by refining its YAML configuration, planning its productization strategy, and implementing and testing its command-line interface (CLI).

Key Activities

  • YAML Configuration Refinement: Suggestions were made to enhance the modularity, resilience, and integration capabilities of the YAML configuration file.
  • Productization Strategy: A detailed plan was outlined to transition the Terra Assistant from a script to a product, including phases for product skeleton creation, installation, onboarding, and distribution.
  • UI-First Product Design: A design philosophy was proposed for a UI-first product with a CLI as the internal API, detailing the CLI structure and its mapping to UI buttons.
  • CLI Implementation: Implemented a CLI for the Terra Assistant focusing on email triage and automation functionalities, including the creation of a CLI scaffold with placeholders for commands.
  • Email Assistant Commands: Implemented key commands for the Email Assistant, such as init(), validate_config(), and fetch_emails().
  • CLI Command Testing: Conducted tests on CLI commands to validate the functionality of the email fetching application, including setup instructions and edge case scenarios.
  • Debugging Configuration Misalignment: Resolved a misalignment issue between the init() function and the config_template.yaml structure.

Achievements

  • Successfully refined the YAML configuration for better modularity and resilience.
  • Developed a comprehensive productization strategy for the Terra Assistant.
  • Implemented and tested a functional CLI for email automation, resolving key configuration issues.

Pending Tasks

  • Further implementation and testing of additional CLI commands as per the scaffold.
  • Continued refinement of the productization strategy and UI design.
  • Address any new issues that arise during further testing and implementation.

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