flakestorm/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_CHECKLIST.md

# flakestorm Implementation Checklist

This document tracks the implementation progress of flakestorm - The Agent Reliability Engine.

## CLI Version (Open Source - Apache 2.0)

### Phase 1: Foundation (Week 1-2)

#### Project Scaffolding
- [x] Initialize Python project with pyproject.toml
- [x] Set up Rust workspace with Cargo.toml
- [x] Create Apache 2.0 LICENSE file
- [x] Write comprehensive README.md
- [x] Create flakestorm.yaml.example template
- [x] Set up project structure (src/flakestorm/*)
- [x] Configure pre-commit hooks (black, ruff, mypy)

#### Configuration System
- [x] Define Pydantic models for configuration
- [x] Implement YAML loading/validation
- [x] Support environment variable expansion
- [x] Create configuration factory functions
- [x] Add configuration validation tests

#### Agent Protocol/Adapter
- [x] Define AgentProtocol interface
- [x] Implement HTTPAgentAdapter
- [x] Implement PythonAgentAdapter
- [x] Implement LangChainAgentAdapter
- [x] Create adapter factory function
- [x] Add retry logic for HTTP adapter

---

### Phase 2: Mutation Engine (Week 2-3)

#### Ollama Integration
- [x] Create MutationEngine class
- [x] Implement Ollama client wrapper
- [x] Add connection verification
- [x] Support async mutation generation
- [x] Implement batch generation

#### Mutation Types & Templates
- [x] Define MutationType enum
- [x] Create Mutation dataclass
- [x] Write templates for PARAPHRASE
- [x] Write templates for NOISE
- [x] Write templates for TONE_SHIFT
- [x] Write templates for PROMPT_INJECTION
- [x] Add mutation validation logic
- [x] Support custom templates

#### Rust Performance Bindings
- [x] Set up PyO3 bindings
- [x] Implement robustness score calculation
- [x] Implement weighted score calculation
- [x] Implement Levenshtein distance
- [x] Implement parallel processing utilities
- [x] Build and test Rust module
- [x] Integrate with Python package

---

### Phase 3: Runner & Assertions (Week 3-4)

#### Async Runner
- [x] Create FlakeStormRunner class
- [x] Implement orchestrator logic
- [x] Add concurrency control with semaphores
- [x] Implement progress tracking
- [x] Add setup verification

#### Invariant System
- [x] Create InvariantVerifier class
- [x] Implement ContainsChecker
- [x] Implement LatencyChecker
- [x] Implement ValidJsonChecker
- [x] Implement RegexChecker
- [x] Implement SimilarityChecker
- [x] Implement ExcludesPIIChecker
- [x] Implement RefusalChecker
- [x] Add checker registry

---

### Phase 4: CLI & Reporting (Week 4-5)

#### CLI Commands
- [x] Set up Typer application
- [x] Implement `flakestorm init` command
- [x] Implement `flakestorm run` command
- [x] Implement `flakestorm verify` command
- [x] Implement `flakestorm report` command
- [x] Implement `flakestorm score` command
- [x] Add CI mode (--ci --min-score)
- [x] Add rich progress bars

#### Report Generation
- [x] Create report data models
- [x] Implement HTMLReportGenerator
- [x] Create interactive HTML template
- [x] Implement JSONReportGenerator
- [x] Implement TerminalReporter
- [x] Add score visualization
- [x] Add mutation matrix view

---

### Phase 5: V2 Features (Week 5-7)

#### Environment Chaos & Context Attacks
- [x] ChaosConfig (tool_faults, llm_faults, context_attacks as list or dict)
- [x] ChaosInterceptor: memory_poisoning applied to input before invoke; LLM faults (timeout before call, others after)
- [x] context_attacks: indirect_injection, memory_poisoning (strategy prepend/append/replace), normalize_context_attacks
- [x] Per-scenario context_attacks in contract.chaos_matrix

#### Behavioral Contracts
- [x] ContractEngine: (invariant × scenario) cells with optional reset (reset_endpoint / reset_function)
- [x] system_prompt_leak_probe via contract invariant `probes`; behavior_unchanged with baseline auto/manual
- [x] Stateful detection and warning when no reset configured

#### Replay Regression
- [x] ReplaySessionConfig with `file` (load from file) or inline id/input; validation require id+input when no file
- [x] ReplayConfig.sources (LangSmith project or run_id) with auto_import

#### Scoring & Config
- [x] ScoringConfig (mutation, chaos, contract, replay) weights must sum to 1.0
- [x] AgentConfig.reset_endpoint, reset_function; ModelConfig api_key env-only
- [x] Mutation count max 50 (OSS); 22+ mutation types

#### HuggingFace Integration
- [x] Create HuggingFaceModelProvider
- [x] Support GGUF model downloading
- [x] Add recommended models list
- [x] Integrate with Ollama model importing

#### Vector Similarity
- [x] Create LocalEmbedder class
- [x] Integrate sentence-transformers
- [x] Implement similarity calculation
- [x] Add lazy model loading

---

### Testing & Quality

#### Unit Tests
- [x] Test configuration loading
- [x] Test mutation types
- [x] Test assertion checkers
- [ ] Test agent adapters
- [ ] Test orchestrator
- [ ] Test report generation

#### Integration Tests
- [ ] Test full run with mock agent
- [ ] Test CLI commands
- [ ] Test report generation

#### Documentation
- [x] Write README.md
- [x] Create IMPLEMENTATION_CHECKLIST.md
- [x] Create ARCHITECTURE_SUMMARY.md
- [x] Create API_SPECIFICATION.md
- [x] Create CONTRIBUTING.md
- [x] Create CONFIGURATION_GUIDE.md

---

### Phase 6: Essential Mutations (Week 7-8)

#### Core Mutation Types
- [x] Add ENCODING_ATTACKS mutation type
- [x] Add CONTEXT_MANIPULATION mutation type
- [x] Add LENGTH_EXTREMES mutation type
- [x] Update MutationType enum with all 8 types
- [x] Create templates for new mutation types
- [x] Update mutation validation for edge cases

#### Configuration Updates
- [x] Update MutationConfig defaults
- [x] Update example configuration files
- [x] Update orchestrator comments

#### Documentation Updates
- [x] Update README.md with comprehensive mutation types table
- [x] Add Mutation Strategy section to README
- [x] Update API_SPECIFICATION.md with all 8 types
- [x] Update MODULES.md with detailed mutation documentation
- [x] Add Mutation Types Guide to CONFIGURATION_GUIDE.md
- [x] Add Understanding Mutation Types to USAGE_GUIDE.md
- [x] Add Mutation Type Deep Dive to TEST_SCENARIOS.md

---

## Progress Summary

| Phase | Status | Completion |
|-------|--------|------------|
| CLI Phase 1: Foundation | ✅ Complete | 100% |
| CLI Phase 2: Mutation Engine | ✅ Complete | 100% |
| CLI Phase 3: Runner & Assertions | ✅ Complete | 100% |
| CLI Phase 4: CLI & Reporting | ✅ Complete | 100% |
| CLI Phase 5: V2 Features | ✅ Complete | 90% |
| CLI Phase 6: Essential Mutations | ✅ Complete | 100% |
| Documentation | ✅ Complete | 100% |

---

## Next Steps

### Immediate (Current Sprint)
1. **Rust Build**: Compile and integrate Rust performance module
2. **Integration Tests**: Add full integration test suite
3. **PyPI Release**: Prepare and publish to PyPI
4. **Community Launch**: Publish to Hacker News and Reddit

### Future Roadmap
See [ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md) for comprehensive roadmap of advanced chaos engineering and adversarial testing features. These are open for community contribution - see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for how to get involved.