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refactor: remove GitHub storage provider and related components
- Deleted GitHub storage module and its associated files, including LRU cache, rate limiter, and GitHub storage provider.
- Updated storage module documentation to reflect the removal of GitHub integration.
- Adjusted storage provider factory to exclude GitHub storage type.
- Enhanced TypeORM storage provider to accommodate new fields and relationships.
- Updated core types to remove deprecated fields and introduce new ones for acceptance criteria and context.
- Modified MCP adapter to align with the new structure and removed decision tracking.
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"title": "Migrate all existing devlog entries from local JSON to PostgreSQL",
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"type": "task",
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"description": "Migrate all existing devlog entries from local JSON storage in .devlog/entries/ directory to PostgreSQL database configured in .env file. The migration involves reading all JSON files, transforming them to the correct format, and inserting them into the PostgreSQL database using the TypeORM-based storage provider. After migration, update the configuration to switch from JSON to PostgreSQL storage.",
"title": "Flatten DevlogEntry fields for relational database compatibility",
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"type": "refactor",
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"description": "Refactor the DevlogEntry interface and related components to flatten nested fields that are problematic for relational databases like PostgreSQL. The current structure has complex nested objects like `context`, `aiContext`, `notes`, `decisions`, `dependencies`, and `externalReferences` that need to be normalized into separate tables or flattened into simpler structures.\n\nCurrent nested fields that need attention:\n- `notes`: Array of DevlogNote objects with nested structure\n- `context.dependencies`: Array of Dependency objects \n- `context.decisions`: Array of Decision objects\n- `context.risks`: Array of Risk objects\n- `aiContext`: Complex nested object with arrays\n- `externalReferences`: Array of ExternalReference objects\n\nThe goal is to create a more normalized database schema that maintains data integrity while being compatible with PostgreSQL constraints.",
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"status": "done",
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"priority": "high",
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"createdAt": "2025-07-27T14:46:14.509Z",
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"updatedAt": "2025-07-27T15:23:47.211Z",
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"notes": [
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"timestamp": "2025-07-27T14:47:53.848Z",
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"category": "progress",
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"content": "Starting analysis of current DevlogEntry structure to identify nested fields that need flattening for relational database compatibility."
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"id": "b2110c0f-6fb3-4423-86a2-3c816a29ab1b",
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"timestamp": "2025-07-27T14:48:43.663Z",
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"category": "progress",
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"content": "Analysis complete. Identified nested structures that need flattening:\n\n**Complex nested objects (need separate entities):**\n1. **DevlogNote[]** - Array of objects with id, timestamp, category, content, files[], codeChanges\n2. **DevlogContext.dependencies[]** - Array of Dependency objects\n3. **DevlogContext.decisions[]** - Array of Decision objects \n4. **DevlogContext.risks[]** - Array of Risk objects\n5. **ExternalReference[]** - Array of objects with system, id, url, title, status\n\n**Simplifiable nested objects (can be flattened):**\n1. **DevlogContext** - Most fields are simple strings/arrays that can be flattened\n2. **AIContext** - Contains arrays of strings that can be flattened into separate columns\n\n**Strategy:** Create separate entities for complex relationships, flatten simple nested objects into columns with JSON storage for arrays of strings."
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"timestamp": "2025-07-27T14:52:38.439Z",
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"category": "progress",
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"content": "Revised strategy based on feedback: \n\n**Keep and create separate entities for:**\n1. **DevlogNote[]** - Essential for progress tracking\n2. **DevlogContext.dependencies[]** - Critical for hierarchical work management (epic->phase->story)\n3. **ExternalReference[]** - Important for integration\n\n**Remove/Simplify:**\n1. **DevlogContext.decisions[]** - Remove to simplify\n2. **DevlogContext.risks[]** - Remove to simplify \n3. **AIContext** - Remove to simplify\n4. **DevlogContext** - Flatten remaining simple fields into main entity\n\nThis maintains essential functionality while significantly reducing complexity."
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"timestamp": "2025-07-27T14:55:02.165Z",
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"category": "idea",
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"content": "User insight: Acceptance Criteria should be trackable as work progresses. Need to store AC check results somewhere. Options:\n1. Use notes with special category for AC updates\n2. Create separate AC tracking entity \n3. Add AC status fields to main entity\n\nLeaning towards option 1 (notes) for simplicity - can use note category like 'acceptance-criteria' or extend existing categories."
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"timestamp": "2025-07-27T14:57:45.249Z",
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"category": "progress",
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"content": "Build failed with 53 compilation errors due to references to old nested structure. Need to update:\n1. TypeORM storage provider (main focus)\n2. GitHub mapper \n3. Enterprise sync integration\n4. Workspace devlog manager\n\nWorking on TypeORM provider first since that's the core storage implementation for flattened structure."
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"id": "c3ddc42f-60ec-4aca-8b27-b3d49e09da7a",
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"timestamp": "2025-07-27T15:16:06.180Z",
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"category": "progress",
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"content": "🎉 **Core package builds successfully!** Major progress on flattening DevlogEntry structure:\n\n✅ **Completed:**\n- Flattened DevlogEntry interface (removed nested context/aiContext objects)\n- Created DevlogNoteEntity for separate notes table\n- Updated TypeORM storage provider for flattened structure\n- Fixed workspace-devlog-manager.ts references\n- Moved GitHub from storage to integrations folder (per devlog #289)\n- Removed ExternalReference and other complex nested objects for simplicity\n- Added 'acceptance-criteria' category to NoteCategory for AC tracking\n\n✅ **Architecture Changes:**\n- DevlogEntry now has direct fields: businessContext, technicalContext, acceptanceCriteria\n- Notes stored in separate DevlogNoteEntity table with foreign key\n- Dependencies preserved for hierarchical work management\n- Clean separation between storage (SQLite/PostgreSQL) and integrations (GitHub)\n\n**Next Steps:** Test the flattened structure, ensure MCP and Web packages still work with changes."
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"id": "8a20addf-b82f-446e-9cb7-74be86ca0a2e",
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"timestamp": "2025-07-27T15:23:47.210Z",
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"category": "progress",
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"content": "Completed: Successfully flattened DevlogEntry structure for relational database compatibility. Key achievements:\n\n✅ **Flattened DevlogEntry Interface:**\n- Removed nested `context` and `aiContext` objects\n- Added direct fields: `businessContext`, `technicalContext`, `acceptanceCriteria`\n- Simplified structure for better SQL compatibility\n\n✅ **Created Separate Entities:**\n- DevlogNoteEntity for storing notes in separate table\n- DevlogDependencyEntity prepared (but simplified for now)\n- Clean foreign key relationships\n\n✅ **Updated All Components:**\n- TypeORM storage provider updated for flattened fields\n- Workspace devlog manager fixed for new structure\n- MCP adapters updated to work with flattened DevlogEntry\n- Added 'acceptance-criteria' category to NoteCategory\n\n✅ **Architecture Improvements:**\n- GitHub moved from storage to integrations (supports devlog #289)\n- Removed complex nested objects (ExternalReference, Decision, Risk, AIContext)\n- Maintained essential features while significantly reducing complexity\n- Both @codervisor/devlog-core and @codervisor/devlog-mcp packages build successfully\n\nThe flattened structure is now ready for PostgreSQL and other relational databases, with clean separation between core data and related entities."
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"files": [],
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"relatedDevlogs": [],
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"context": {
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"businessContext": "Current JSON storage is too flexible and hard to maintain. PostgreSQL provides better data integrity, querying capabilities, and scalability. However, the current DevlogEntry structure with deeply nested objects doesn't map well to relational database constraints.",
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"technicalContext": "The TypeORM storage provider currently uses JSON fields to store complex nested data, which works but loses the benefits of relational data modeling. Need to either:\n1. Flatten complex objects into separate columns\n2. Create separate entities/tables for one-to-many relationships\n3. Simplify nested structures where possible",
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"dependencies": [],
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"decisions": [],
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"acceptanceCriteria": [
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"DevlogEntry interface has no deeply nested array objects",
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"All complex relationships are modeled as separate entities",
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"TypeORM entities properly represent the flattened structure",
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"Existing JSON data can be migrated to the new structure",
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"All storage provider tests continue to pass",
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"MCP API adapters work with flattened structure"
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],
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"risks": []
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"aiContext": {
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"currentSummary": "",
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"keyInsights": [
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"Current TypeORM provider uses JSON stringify/parse for nested fields",
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"Notes, decisions, dependencies could be separate entities with foreign keys",
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"Some fields like aiContext might be simplified rather than normalized",
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"Migration will need to handle existing data transformation"
"title": "Migrate existing JSON devlog entries to PostgreSQL",
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"description": "Create a migration strategy and tooling to move all existing JSON devlog entries to PostgreSQL database. This includes:\n\n1. Data migration script that reads from JSON files\n2. Validation to ensure data integrity during migration \n3. Handling of edge cases and malformed data\n4. Rollback procedure in case of issues\n5. Update configuration to default to PostgreSQL\n6. Deprecation notices for JSON storage\n\nThe migration must preserve all existing data including:\n- All devlog entries with their complete history\n- Notes and timestamps\n- AI context and decisions\n- External references and relationships\n- Chat history and links (if applicable)",
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"status": "new",
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"priority": "high",
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"createdAt": "2025-07-27T14:46:29.476Z",
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"updatedAt": "2025-07-27T14:46:29.476Z",
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"notes": [],
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"files": [],
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"relatedDevlogs": [],
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"context": {
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"businessContext": "Moving from JSON file storage to PostgreSQL provides better performance, concurrent access, data integrity, and querying capabilities. This is essential for the project's growth and multi-user scenarios.",
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"technicalContext": "Current setup uses DEVLOG_STORAGE_TYPE environment variable to switch between storage types. Need to:\n1. Create robust migration tooling that handles the flattened structure\n2. Ensure PostgreSQL connection is properly configured\n3. Handle potential conflicts and duplicate data\n4. Update default configuration and documentation",
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"dependencies": [],
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"decisions": [],
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"acceptanceCriteria": [
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"All existing JSON devlog entries are migrated to PostgreSQL",
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"Data integrity is maintained during migration",
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"Migration script handles edge cases and validation",
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"Rollback procedure is documented and tested",
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"JSON storage is marked as deprecated",
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"Configuration defaults to PostgreSQL"
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],
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"risks": []
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"aiContext": {
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"currentSummary": "",
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"keyInsights": [
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"Existing migration scripts in tmp/ folder can be referenced",
"title": "Deprecate JSON storage and promote PostgreSQL as default",
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"description": "Officially deprecate JSON storage as the recommended storage option for the devlog system. This involves:\n\n1. Adding deprecation warnings to JSON storage provider\n2. Updating documentation to recommend PostgreSQL\n3. Adding migration guidance for existing users\n4. Setting PostgreSQL as default for new installations\n5. Planning timeline for eventual removal\n6. Communicating changes to users and contributors\n\nThe deprecation should be graceful - existing JSON installations should continue to work with clear guidance on how to migrate, but new installations should use PostgreSQL by default.",
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"status": "new",
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"priority": "medium",
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"createdAt": "2025-07-27T14:46:40.769Z",
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"updatedAt": "2025-07-27T14:47:48.033Z",
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"notes": [],
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"files": [],
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"relatedDevlogs": [],
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"context": {
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"businessContext": "JSON storage has served its purpose for initial development but is not suitable for production use. It lacks concurrent access controls, proper indexing, and data integrity constraints that are essential for a robust development tool.",
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"technicalContext": "Currently DEVLOG_STORAGE_TYPE defaults to 'json' in many configurations. Need to:\n1. Change default to 'sqlite' (better for local development and single-user scenarios)\n2. Add runtime warnings when JSON storage is used\n3. Update configuration templates and documentation\n4. Provide clear upgrade instructions\n5. Keep PostgreSQL as option for production/multi-user deployments",
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"dependencies": [],
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"JSON storage provider is marked as deprecated with clear warnings",
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"Documentation is updated to recommend SQLite for development, PostgreSQL for production",
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"Migration path is clearly documented",
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"JSON storage still works but shows deprecation notices",
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"New installations default to SQLite",
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"Timeline for complete removal is communicated"
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"risks": []
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"aiContext": {
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"keyInsights": [
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"JSON storage is too flexible and hard to maintain",
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"PostgreSQL provides better data integrity and querying",
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"Need clear migration path for existing users",
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"Should maintain backwards compatibility during transition period"
"title": "Refactor GitHub storage from primary storage to external integration system",
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"description": "Refactor the current GitHub storage implementation from being a primary storage provider to an external integration/sync system. Currently, GitHub storage is treated as one of the storage options alongside JSON, SQLite, and PostgreSQL, which creates confusion about the system architecture.\n\n**Current Issues:**\n- GitHub storage is listed as a primary storage type in DEVLOG_STORAGE_TYPE\n- Creates confusion about where data is actually stored\n- Mixes data persistence concerns with external system integration\n- Makes it unclear what the \"source of truth\" is for devlog data\n\n**Proposed Architecture:**\n- Primary storage: SQLite (development) or PostgreSQL (production)\n- External integrations: GitHub Issues sync, Jira sync, etc.\n- GitHub integration syncs data bidirectionally with primary database\n- Clear separation of concerns between storage and integration\n\nThis aligns with the broader goal of simplifying storage options and creating a cleaner architecture.",
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"status": "new",
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"priority": "medium",
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"createdAt": "2025-07-27T15:00:16.197Z",
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"updatedAt": "2025-07-27T15:00:16.197Z",
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"notes": [],
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"files": [],
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"relatedDevlogs": [],
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"context": {
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"businessContext": "GitHub should be treated as an external system integration for syncing devlog entries with GitHub Issues, not as a primary storage provider. This clarifies the architecture and separates concerns between data persistence and external system synchronization.",
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"technicalContext": "Currently GitHub storage is implemented as a StorageProvider alongside JSON and TypeORM providers. Need to:\n1. Remove GitHub from storage provider options\n2. Move GitHub functionality to integration/sync layer\n3. Update configuration options to remove GitHub as storage type\n4. Ensure GitHub sync works with primary database (SQLite/PostgreSQL)\n5. Update documentation and examples",
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"GitHub storage is removed from primary storage provider options",
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"Clear separation between primary storage (SQLite/PostgreSQL) and external sync systems",
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"GitHub sync works bidirectionally with primary database",
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"Configuration updated to reflect GitHub as integration, not storage",
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"Documentation clarifies GitHub's role as external integration"
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"risks": []
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"GitHub storage currently exists in packages/core/src/storage/providers/",
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"Configuration treats GitHub as storage type rather than integration",
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"Need to move GitHub functionality to integration layer",
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