Sprint 6 - Visual Branding and Documentation Maintenance

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Sprint: Sprint 6 - Visual Branding Overhaul
Issues: #272, #273, #274, #275, #276, #277, [Sprint 6] fix: Register sprint-diagram as invokable skill (#278)
PRs: #284, feat(plugins): Add visual output headers to other plugin agents and commands (#275, #276) (#285)

Context

Implementing consistent visual headers across all 12 plugins with 109 files modified. Also discovered significant documentation drift during the process.

Key Learnings

1. Background Agent Permission Limitations

Problem: When spawning background agents via the Task tool for parallel work (agents a6d8fe7 and a6890a8), they were auto-denied Edit/Write/Bash permissions and couldn't complete their work.

Solution: Had to complete the work manually in the main session where permissions were available.

Prevention: Don't rely on background agents for tasks requiring file modifications. Either:

Run file-modifying tasks sequentially in main session
Use background agents only for read-only exploration/research
Accept that background agents work best for analysis, not implementation

2. Documentation Drift Accumulates Silently

Problem: During /doc-audit, discovered:

CLAUDE.md version was 5.1.0 when it should be 5.2.0
10 plugin versions in marketplace.json didn't match CHANGELOG entries
18 commands from Sprint 4 & 5 were missing from README.md and COMMANDS-CHEATSHEET.md

Solution: Ran /doc-sync to batch-update all documentation in one commit.

Prevention:

Run /doc-audit at sprint close before lessons capture
Add documentation verification to sprint close checklist
Consider adding doc-coverage check to CI

3. Documentation Coverage Gaps in Core Code

Problem: Documentation coverage analysis revealed:

Overall: 69.6% (below 80% "Good" threshold)
gitea_client.py: Only 33% coverage with 32 undocumented public methods
NetBox tools: 50% coverage (class docs but no method docs)

Solution: Identified as technical debt for future sprint.

Prevention:

Add docstring requirements to PR review checklist
Consider adding doc coverage to CI (fail below 80%)
Prioritize documenting high-traffic files like gitea_client.py

4. Visual Branding Template Efficiency

Problem: Adding visual output sections to 109 files could have been tedious.

Solution: Created Wiki specification pages first (branding/visual-spec, branding/plugin-registry, etc.) as single source of truth, then used consistent templates.

Prevention:

Always create spec/template in Wiki before bulk implementation
Use search-and-add patterns for consistent sections
Group by plugin to maintain context

Sprint 6 - Visual Branding and Documentation Maintenance

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Context

Key Learnings

1. Background Agent Permission Limitations

2. Documentation Drift Accumulates Silently

3. Documentation Coverage Gaps in Core Code

4. Visual Branding Template Efficiency

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