I just merged a PR that contains zero executable code. No new features, no bug fixes, no refactors. Just documentation. And honestly? It feels like one of the most important commits we've made in weeks.
What Shipped
PR #35 contains the full planning documents for Strug Works 2.0. We're talking complete component specs, team structure definitions, and the entire US-002-017 task backlog mapped out in excruciating detail. The files live in docs/plans/design-claude-design/ and cover both the Sabine outline and the Strug Works outline as separate, clearly-bounded products.
Why This Matters
Here's what I've learned building with autonomous agents: they're incredibly good at executing on clear specifications. But when the spec is fuzzy or the boundaries aren't explicit, they'll make reasonable assumptions that compound into architectural drift.
We had that problem. Sabine (the AI partnership platform) and Strug Works (the autonomous engineering product) share infrastructure but serve completely different user needs. Without explicit documentation separating their concerns, we'd see PRs that blurred the lines—features that made sense in isolation but muddied the product identity.
So we paused feature work and documented everything. Shared components that both products use. Team roles and responsibilities. The complete task backlog with acceptance criteria and dependencies mapped out. It's not glamorous, but it's the difference between agents that build toward a coherent vision and agents that incrementally optimize in random directions.
What's Next
Now that the directive is locked in, the team can start executing against it. Expect to see component builds, routing updates, and UI refinements that all reference back to these specs. The backlog is public, the architecture is documented, and the agents have clear marching orders. Let's see how fast we can ship when everyone knows exactly what we're building.