manual_slop/conductor/product.md

Product Guide: Manual Slop

Vision

To serve as an expert-level utility for personal developer use on small projects, providing full, manual control over vendor API metrics, agent capabilities, and context memory usage.

Primary Use Cases

• Full Control over Vendor APIs: Exposing detailed API metrics and configuring deep agent capabilities directly within the GUI.
• Context & Memory Management: Better visualization and management of token usage and context memory, allowing developers to optimize prompt limits manually.
• Manual "Vibe Coding" Assistant: Serving as an auxiliary, multi-provider assistant that natively interacts with the codebase via sandboxed PowerShell scripts and MCP-like file tools, emphasizing manual developer oversight and explicit confirmation.

Key Features

• Multi-Provider Integration: Supports both Gemini and Anthropic with seamless switching.
• 4-Tier Hierarchical Multi-Model Architecture: Orchestrates an intelligent cascade of specialized models (Product Manager, Tech Lead, Contributor, QA) to isolate cognitive loads and minimize token burn.
• Strict Memory Siloing: Employs AST-based interface extraction and "Context Amnesia" to provide workers only with the absolute minimum context required, preventing hallucination loops.
• Explicit Execution Control: All AI-generated PowerShell scripts require explicit human confirmation via interactive UI dialogs before execution, supported by a global "Linear Execution Clutch" for deterministic debugging.
• Detailed History Management: Rich discussion history with branching, timestamping, and specific git commit linkage per conversation.
• In-Depth Toolset Access: MCP-like file exploration, URL fetching, search, and dynamic context aggregation embedded within a multi-viewport Dear PyGui/ImGui interface.
• Integrated Workspace: A consolidated Hub-based layout (Context, AI Settings, Discussion, Operations) designed for expert multi-monitor workflows.
• Session Analysis: Ability to load and visualize historical session logs with a dedicated tinted "Prior Session" viewing mode.
• Performance Diagnostics: Built-in telemetry for FPS, Frame Time, and CPU usage, with a dedicated Diagnostics Panel and AI API hooks for performance analysis.
• Automated UX Verification: A robust IPC mechanism via API hooks allows for human-like simulation walkthroughs and automated regression testing of the full GUI lifecycle.