vibe-status

/vibe-thesis:vibe-status

A one-screen project state report. Read-only — no writes.

Prerequisites

Current directory must contain a VIBE_THESIS_MARKER stanza in CLAUDE.md.

Behavior

1. Verify marker. Refuse politely if missing.

2. Read project identity. Parse CLAUDE.md for the title placeholder (or substituted value) and the THESIS_MODE field.

3. Walk planning docs. For each of 01_PLANNING/proposal.md, 01_PLANNING/outline.md, 01_PLANNING/claims-map.md, report:

   • ✓ if file exists and has substantive content (>200 chars, ignoring placeholder text like [YOUR PROPOSAL HERE]).
   • — if missing or still placeholder.

4. Walk body content. Count 03_BODY/*.md files (or 03_BODY/<chapter>/*.md for dissertation and masters modes) with non-empty content. Report <populated>/<total>.

5. Claim coverage. Count claims listed in claims-map.md (heuristic: lines matching ^- \[claim: or numbered ^[0-9]+\.). Count [claim:N] references in 03_BODY/. Surface orphans (claims in body not in map, OR claims in map not referenced anywhere).

6. Citations. Use check-citations.js output if available; else count unique [@key] references in 03_BODY/ vs unique entries in 05_CITATIONS/references.bib. Surface missing keys.

7. Last render. find 08_OUTPUT -name '*.manifest.json' -printf '%T@ %p\n', sort, pick newest. Report <format> + timestamp.

8. Voice synthesis. grep -q "## VOICE SYNTHESIS" CLAUDE.md. Report set or not yet — run /vibe-thesis:voice.

9. Lay-sync. v0.1: print lay-sync: not enabled in v0.1 rather than omitting — keeps the status output honest about what the plugin doesn't yet track.

Output format (target: ≤30 lines)

Vibe Thesis status — <project title>
Mode: <thesis_mode>     Voice synthesis: <set|not yet>

Planning
  proposal.md      ✓
  outline.md       ✓
  claims-map.md    —

Body
  3 of 8 chapters populated

Claims
  12 claims in map; 9 referenced in body. 3 orphan claims (see claims-map.md
  lines 14, 22, 31).

Citations
  47 references in body; 45 entries in references.bib. 2 missing keys:
  @smith2024, @jones2025.

Last render
  pdf — 2026-04-26 19:48 CST (08_OUTPUT/pdf/example.pdf)

Lay-sync
  not enabled in v0.1

Edge cases

• Project just-scaffolded (no content): show zeros and reasonable next-step hints. ("Write your proposal in 01_PLANNING/proposal.md to get started.")
• Multi-author chapters present: count merged.md files for body counts; ignore unmerged author-*.md siblings.
• claims-map.md uses a custom format the heuristic doesn't match: surface claim coverage: heuristic didn't match your claims-map format; skipping.