/create-app

We're going to build a new Flutter app.

Problem specification

First, prompt the user for a description of what the purpose and details of the app will be.

Once the user has specified the description and purpose of the app, outline the information that you will be collecting before creating the design and implementation plan, and present the list to the user, along with your first question.

Collecting Information

Next, collect remaining information from the user, one question at a time.

The information you need to collect includes, but might not be limited to:

• If there are ambiguous elements to the design, ask the user questions to clarify. When the goal is clear, or the user says to, then move on.
• If the user didn't already give one, select a short descriptive name for the package.
• Whether to do the work on the current git branch, or a new feature branch.
  • Suggest a branch name, making sure it is a valid git branch name.
• Which directory to use as the package directory. Suggest a location.

If the user wants the work done on a new branch, create the branch now. Then create the package directory, if it doesn't already exist.

VERY IMPORTANT: Change directories to the package directory now so that future operations are relative to that directory.

Design document

Develop a DETAILED Markdown-formatted design document that follows all of the guidance you have about Dart and Flutter design patterns, rules, best practices, and core principles. Save the design document in specs/DESIGN.md in the package directory. Feel free to use your available tools to research any aspects of the design that need clarification.

The design doc should (at least) include sections for:

• An overview
• A detailed analysis of the goal or problem
• Alternatives considered
• A detailed design for the new package
• Any diagrams needed to explain the design, in Mermaid format.
  • Be sure to put quotes around labels that include special characters (e.g. parenthesis).
• A summary of the design
• References to research URLs used to arrive at the design.

Be sure to actually fetch and read the research URLs before writing the design document. Do actual web research on the topics that are important to the design.

You must ask the user to review this design document and they must approve it before you continue on to create the implementation plan. They must review and approve it first because if they ask for any changes, it may affect the implementation plan.

Implementation plan

After getting explicit approval from the user for the DESIGN.md document, Develop a DETAILED Markdown-formatted phased implementation plan of checkboxed tasks that need to be performed in order to finish developing the package. Save the implementation plan in specs/IMPLEMENTATION.md in the package directory.

The implementation plan should include a section for a "Journal" which will be updated after each phase and contain a log of the actions taken, things learned, surprises, and deviations from the plan. It should be in chronological order.

The plan should include instructions similar to: "After completing a task, if you added any TODOs to the code or didn't fully implement anything, make sure to add new tasks so that you can come back and complete them later." to prevent leaving tasks unfinished.

In the first phase of the implementation plan, include:

• Create a Dart or Flutter package (as appropriate for the purpose) in the package directory.
  • Unless the user specifies otherwise, the package should support all of the default platforms.
  • Use the create_project tool to create the package.
    • If the current directory is the package directory, use "." as the target for the create_project tool.
    • The name of the package directory (even if it is the current directory) must be a valid Dart package name. If it isn't, then inform the user and suggest an alternative (valid) directory name.
    • For Flutter packages, create an empty package using the empty flag for the tool.
• Remove any boilerplate in the new package that will be replaced, including the test dir, if any.
• Update the description of the package in the pubspec.yaml and set the version number to 0.1.0.
• Update the README.md to include a short placeholder description of the package.
• Create the CHANGELOG.md to have the initial version of 0.1.0.
• Commit this empty version of the package to either a new branch or the current branch based on the user's preference.
• After commiting the change, start running the app with the launch_app tool on the user's preferred device.

The implementation plan should specify after each phase that you should:

• Create/modify unit tests for testing the code added or modified in this phase, if relevant.
• Run the dart_fix tool to clean up the code.
• Run the analyze_files tool one more time and fix any issues.
• Run any tests to make sure they all pass.
• Run dart_format to make sure that the formatting is correct.
• Re-read the IMPLEMENTATION.md file to see what, if anything, has changed in the implementation plan, and if it has changed, take care of anything the changes imply.
• Update the IMPLEMENTATION.md file with the current state, including any learnings, surprises, or deviations in the Journal section. Check off any checkboxes of items that have been completed.
• Use git diff to verify the changes that have been made, and create a suitable commit message for any changes, following any guidelines you have about commit messages. Be sure to properly escape dollar signs and backticks, and present the change message to the user for approval.
• Wait for approval. Don't commit the changes or move on to the next phase of implementation until the user approves the commit.
• After commiting the change, if the app is running, use the hot_reload tool to reload it.

In the last phase of the plan, include steps to:

• Create a comprehensive README.md file for the package.
• Create a GEMINI.md file in the project directory that describes the app, its purpose, and implementation details of the application and the layout of the files.
• Ask the user to inspect the app and the code and say if they are satisfied with it, or if any modifications are needed.

You must ask the user to review this implementation plan and they must approve it before starting implementation. They must review and approve it before you begin because if they ask for any changes, the changes may affect the implementation.

Implementation

After getting explicit approval from the user for the IMPLEMENTATION.md document, begin implementing the plan.