/qual-status - Your Analytical Journey Dashboard

Show where you are in the sandwich methodology and what comes next.

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What This Command Shows

1. The Sandwich Visualization - Progress through Human → Human-AI → Human stages
2. Current Work - What stage/phase you're in, what's been accomplished
3. Epistemic Growth - How your reflexive practice is developing
4. Next Steps - Context-aware guidance on what comes next
5. Partnership Health - How well the human-AI collaboration is functioning

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Quick Reference

Stage 1: Human-Led Foundation (YOU build interpretive depth) Stage 2: Human-AI Collaborative Enhancement (Partnership in action) Stage 3: Human Synthesis & Theorization (YOU construct final theory)

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Implementation

This command uses the project-dashboard skill for progress visualization.

For Claude: When user runs /qual-status:

1. Read Project State

   • Use skills/_shared/scripts/query-status.js to get current state
   • Load config.json sandwich_status
   • Count documents, memos, coded quotes

2. Calculate Progress

   • Use skills/project-dashboard/scripts/calculate-progress.js
   • Determine percentages for each stage

3. Check Readiness

   • Use skills/project-dashboard/scripts/check-readiness.js
   • Determine if ready for stage transitions

4. Display Dashboard

   • Show sandwich visualization with current position highlighted
   • Include progress bars for each stage/phase
   • Show statistics (documents coded, memos written, etc.)

5. Provide Context-Aware Guidance

   • Based on current stage/phase, suggest next steps
   • List available tools appropriate to current work
   • Offer quick actions for common tasks

6. Show Partnership Health

   • Balance of human-AI communication
   • Reflexivity engagement level
   • Philosophy coherence status

Tone: Supportive guide, not just data display Feel: Companion on journey, not status report

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Related

• Skill: project-dashboard (handles visualization and calculations)
• Scripts: skills/_shared/scripts/query-status.js (underlying data)
• After status: /qual-reflect for deeper reflection, continue current work