Merge pull request #14 from jpicklyk/feature/ai-guidance-and-workflow-improvements

feat: AI guidance improvements and bulk task updates

Author: jpicklyk

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 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- **Bulk Task Updates** - Efficient multi-task update operation
+  - `bulk_update_tasks` tool for updating 3-100 tasks in single operation
+  - 70-95% token savings vs individual update_task calls
+  - Supports partial updates (each task updates only specified fields)
+  - Atomic operation with detailed success/failure reporting
+  - Example: 10-task update saves 11,850 characters (95% reduction)
+  - Comprehensive test suite with 23 tests covering validation, happy paths, errors, and performance
+- **Template Caching** - In-memory caching for template operations
+  - CachedTemplateRepository decorator wraps SQLiteTemplateRepository
+  - Caches individual templates, template lists, and template sections
+  - Automatic cache invalidation on modifications (create, update, delete, enable/disable)
+  - Significant performance improvement for `list_templates` and template application
+  - Thread-safe using ConcurrentHashMap
+  - No configuration needed - enabled by default
+- **Selective Section Loading** - Token optimization for AI agents
+  - `includeContent` parameter for `get_sections` (default: true) - Browse section metadata without content (85-99% token savings)
+  - `sectionIds` parameter for `get_sections` - Fetch specific sections by ID for selective loading
+  - Enables two-step workflow: browse metadata first, then fetch specific content
+  - Backward compatible with default behavior
+- **Database Performance Optimization** - V4 migration adds 10 strategic indexes
+  - Dependency directional lookups (fromTaskId, toTaskId indexes)
+  - Search vector indexes for full-text search optimization
+  - Composite indexes for common filter patterns (status+priority, featureId+status, projectId+status, priority+createdAt)
+  - 2-10x performance improvement for concurrent multi-agent access
 - Markdown transformation tools for exporting entities to markdown format with YAML frontmatter
   - `task_to_markdown` - Transform tasks to markdown documents
   - `feature_to_markdown` - Transform features to markdown documents
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 ### Changed
 - Removed `includeMarkdownView` parameter from get_task, get_feature, and get_project tools
-- Updated API reference documentation to reflect 40 total tools (was 37)
-- Updated tool category counts: Task Management (7 tools), Feature Management (6 tools), Project Management (6 tools)
+- Updated API reference documentation to reflect 38 total tools (was 37)
+- Updated tool category counts: Task Management (8 tools, was 7), Feature Management (6 tools), Project Management (6 tools)
+
+### Performance
+- Bulk task updates: 70-95% token reduction vs individual update_task calls
+  - 10 tasks: 95% savings (11,850 characters saved)
+  - 20 tasks: 95% savings (23,700 characters saved)
+  - Single database transaction vs multiple round-trips
+- V4 migration: Dependency lookups 5-10x faster with directional indexes
+- V4 migration: Search operations 2-5x faster with search vector indexes
+- V4 migration: Filtered queries 2-4x faster with composite indexes
+- Selective section loading: 85-99% token reduction when browsing section structure
 
 ### Technical Details
 - Markdown transformation uses existing MarkdownRenderer from domain layer
 - Dedicated tools avoid content duplication in responses
 - Better use case clarity for AI agents: JSON for inspection, markdown for export/rendering
+- Selective section loading implemented at tool layer (no repository changes required)
+- Content field excluded from response when includeContent=false
+- Section filtering applied before content exclusion for efficiency
 
 ## [1.1.0-alpha-01]