From 4071e960b9b00a916a11c76247100f20af97d402 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anders Lehmann Pier Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:58:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add comprehensive emergency recovery procedures for context loss, performance issues, and technical debt --- workflow/emergency-recovery.md | 275 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 275 insertions(+) create mode 100644 workflow/emergency-recovery.md diff --git a/workflow/emergency-recovery.md b/workflow/emergency-recovery.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dadd03b --- /dev/null +++ b/workflow/emergency-recovery.md @@ -0,0 +1,275 @@ +# Emergency Recovery Procedures + +## Context Loss Recovery + +### When to Use +- Claude loses track of current project state +- Conversation context becomes unclear +- Previous decisions seem forgotten +- Development momentum stalls due to confusion + +### Emergency Context Recovery Protocol + +``` +# Emergency Context Recovery + +I've lost context about this Neural Nexus project's current state. Please help me reconstruct our situation: + +## 🔍 CONVERSATION ANALYSIS +**Recent History Review:** +- Analyze the last 10-15 conversation exchanges in this project +- Identify what we were working on most recently +- Extract any recent technical decisions or changes made +- Note any blockers, issues, or priorities mentioned +- Determine current development stage (Exploration/Prototype/Development/Production) + +## 📋 PROJECT STATE RECONSTRUCTION +**Current Development Status:** +- What stage are we in and what are the success criteria? +- What's our current sprint or focus area? +- What features are completed vs in-progress vs planned? +- What's our established technology stack and architecture approach? +- What performance targets and constraints are we working within? + +**Recent Technical Decisions:** +- What architectural choices have we made recently? +- Are there any new patterns or approaches we've adopted? +- What trade-offs have we accepted in recent sessions? +- Any specific implementation details or constraints to remember? + +## 📚 KNOWLEDGE BASE ASSESSMENT +**Documentation Gaps:** +- What important information isn't documented that should be? +- Are there recent decisions that need to be captured in our knowledge base? +- What patterns or learnings should be added for future reference? +- Any outdated information that needs updating? + +## 🎯 IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS +**Priority Clarification:** +- What should be our immediate focus for this session? +- Are there any urgent blockers or issues to address? +- What's the most important task to complete next? +- Any time-sensitive decisions or deadlines approaching? + +## 📝 RECOMMENDED UPDATES +**Project Configuration Updates:** +- Does our project description need updating based on current reality? +- Should our custom instructions be revised for current stage? +- What knowledge base files need immediate attention or updates? +- Any templates or workflows that need refinement? + +Provide a comprehensive reconstruction to get us back on track efficiently. +``` + +### Post-Recovery Actions +1. **Immediate Documentation**: Update knowledge base with recovered context +2. **Decision Logging**: Record any clarified or rediscovered decisions +3. **Workflow Adjustment**: Refine processes to prevent future context loss +4. **Knowledge Base Cleanup**: Remove outdated or conflicting information + +## Performance Degradation Recovery + +### When to Use +- Game running significantly slower than target frame rates +- Memory usage increasing over time or exceeding limits +- User experience degraded compared to previous versions +- Performance issues blocking further development + +### Performance Recovery Protocol + +``` +# Performance Degradation Analysis and Recovery + +Neural Nexus performance has degraded below our targets. Please help identify and resolve performance issues: + +## 📊 PERFORMANCE BASELINE ESTABLISHMENT +**Historical Performance Review:** +- What were our original performance targets for desktop and mobile? +- What benchmarks did we establish in earlier development stages? +- When did we last measure performance comprehensively? +- What were our best-ever performance metrics and under what conditions? + +**Current Performance Reality:** +- What are our current measured performance metrics across target devices? +- Where specifically are we seeing degradation (frame rate, memory, load time)? +- How severe is the performance impact on actual user experience? +- Are there specific features, levels, or operations that are particularly slow? + +## 🔍 DEGRADATION ANALYSIS +**Timeline Investigation:** +- When did performance degradation begin (gradual vs sudden)? +- What changes, features, or code modifications coincided with performance decline? +- Can we identify specific commits, features, or decisions that impacted performance? +- Are there external factors (browser updates, device changes) affecting results? + +**Root Cause Investigation:** +- Analyze database query performance and optimization opportunities +- Review frontend bundle size, loading performance, and asset optimization +- Examine API response times, bottlenecks, and potential caching improvements +- Investigate memory usage patterns and potential leaks or inefficient allocation +- Assess network request efficiency, caching effectiveness, and CDN performance + +## 🎯 PERFORMANCE RECOVERY PLAN +**Quick Wins (Can implement immediately):** +1. [Optimization] - [Expected impact] - [Implementation time] +2. [Optimization] - [Expected impact] - [Implementation time] + +**Short-term Improvements (Next 1-2 weeks):** +1. [Optimization] - [Expected impact] - [Implementation effort] +2. [Optimization] - [Expected impact] - [Implementation effort] + +**Long-term Performance Strategy (Next month+):** +1. [Optimization] - [Expected impact] - [Implementation effort] +2. [Optimization] - [Expected impact] - [Implementation effort] + +## 📈 MONITORING AND PREVENTION +**Performance Monitoring Setup:** +- What metrics should we track continuously to detect future regressions? +- How can we establish automated alerts for performance degradation? +- What benchmarking process should be part of our regular development workflow? + +**Development Process Improvements:** +- How can we catch performance issues during development before they reach users? +- What performance testing should be mandatory before deploying changes? +- How can we make performance considerations a standard part of code review? + +## 📝 DOCUMENTATION UPDATES +**Performance Documentation:** +- Update performance targets and benchmarks based on current capabilities +- Document optimization techniques that work specifically for our technology stack +- Create performance troubleshooting guides for common issues and solutions + +Provide a specific, measurable plan to restore performance and maintain it going forward. +``` + +## Technical Debt Crisis Recovery + +### When to Use +- Development velocity significantly slowed by accumulated technical debt +- Code quality degraded to point where adding features is extremely difficult +- Bug frequency increased due to complex, unmaintainable code +- Team morale suffering due to frustrating development experience + +### Technical Debt Crisis Protocol + +``` +# Technical Debt Crisis Management and Recovery + +Technical debt in Neural Nexus has accumulated to the point where it's significantly impacting our development velocity and code quality. Please help assess and manage this debt systematically: + +## 📊 DEBT ASSESSMENT AND CATALOGING +**Comprehensive Debt Inventory:** +- Identify all areas of significant technical debt in our codebase by category +- Categorize debt by type: code quality, architecture, security, performance, documentation, testing +- Assess the age and growth rate of each debt item over our development timeline +- Estimate the current impact of each debt area on development velocity and system reliability + +**Debt Impact Analysis:** +- How is current technical debt blocking or significantly slowing new feature development? +- What features, improvements, or optimizations are we unable to implement due to existing debt? +- How is accumulated debt affecting code reliability, bug rates, and system stability? +- What's the risk assessment of debt causing system failures, security vulnerabilities, or user experience problems? + +## ⚖️ DEBT PRIORITIZATION MATRIX +**Critical Debt (Immediate Action Required - This Sprint):** +- [Debt item] - [Impact: High/Med/Low] - [Effort: High/Med/Low] - [Risk if ignored: Critical/High/Med] +- [Debt item] - [Impact: High/Med/Low] - [Effort: High/Med/Low] - [Risk if ignored: Critical/High/Med] + +**High-Priority Debt (Address Within 2-4 Weeks):** +- [Debt item] - [Impact: High/Med/Low] - [Effort: High/Med/Low] - [Business justification] +- [Debt item] - [Impact: High/Med/Low] - [Effort: High/Med/Low] - [Business justification] + +**Manageable Debt (Plan for Future Sprints):** +- [Debt item] - [Impact: High/Med/Low] - [Effort: High/Med/Low] - [Timeline to address] +- [Debt item] - [Impact: High/Med/Low] - [Effort: High/Med/Low] - [Timeline to address] + +## 🚀 DEBT REDUCTION STRATEGY +**Emergency Debt Sprint (Immediate - 1 week):** +- Focus exclusively on critical debt that's completely blocking progress +- Implement quick wins that provide immediate relief to development workflow +- Apply minimum viable fixes to restore basic development velocity and system stability + +**Systematic Debt Reduction (2-4 weeks):** +- Address high-priority debt systematically using dedicated sprint capacity +- Implement preventive measures and development practices to avoid creating new debt +- Establish ongoing debt monitoring, limits, and regular assessment processes + +**Long-term Debt Management (Ongoing Process):** +- Implement regular debt assessment and reduction cycles as part of development workflow +- Establish team practices and development standards that minimize debt creation +- Create sustainable balance between feature development and debt management activities + +## 🛡️ DEBT PREVENTION MEASURES +**Development Process Improvements:** +- Implement code review practices specifically designed to catch and prevent debt early +- Establish "Definition of Done" criteria that includes debt considerations and quality gates +- Schedule regular architecture reviews, refactoring time, and technical improvement cycles + +**Technical Practices and Standards:** +- Implement automated testing frameworks to prevent regression debt and maintain code quality +- Establish documentation requirements and standards for new features and architectural changes +- Define and enforce performance, security, and maintainability standards for all new code + +## 📈 PROGRESS TRACKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY +**Debt Metrics and Monitoring:** +- How will we measure technical debt reduction progress objectively? +- What early warning indicators should we monitor to prevent debt accumulation? +- How will we track and maintain the balance between feature development and debt management? + +**Success Criteria and Milestones:** +- Define specific, measurable goals for debt reduction with clear timelines +- Establish project milestones and checkpoints to assess progress and adjust strategy +- Identify clear success criteria for when we've successfully managed the debt crisis + +Provide a concrete, time-bound plan to systematically reduce technical debt while maintaining development momentum and preventing future debt accumulation. +``` + +### Post-Recovery Actions +1. **Process Integration**: Make debt prevention part of regular workflow +2. **Team Training**: Ensure everyone understands debt prevention practices +3. **Monitoring Setup**: Implement ongoing debt tracking and alerts +4. **Regular Reviews**: Schedule periodic debt assessment sessions + +## Best Practices for Emergency Prevention + +### Proactive Measures +1. **Regular Health Checks**: Weekly project health assessments +2. **Documentation Discipline**: Update docs immediately when making decisions +3. **Decision Tracking**: Maintain clear decision history with rationale +4. **Context Preservation**: Never skip session end consolidation +5. **Performance Monitoring**: Continuous performance tracking and alerting + +### Early Warning Systems +```javascript +// Emergency warning indicators to watch for +const emergencyIndicators = { + contextLoss: [ + 'Repeating previously answered questions', + 'Contradicting earlier decisions', + 'Unclear about current project state', + 'Asking for information already provided' + ], + + performanceDrift: [ + 'Frame rate below targets consistently', + 'Memory usage trending upward', + 'User complaints about responsiveness', + 'Load times increasing over time' + ], + + technicalDebt: [ + 'Feature development velocity slowing', + 'Bug frequency increasing', + 'Code changes requiring extensive refactoring', + 'Team avoiding certain areas of codebase' + ] +}; +``` + +### Recovery Success Metrics +- **Context Recovery**: Clear understanding of current state and priorities +- **Performance Recovery**: Metrics back within target ranges +- **Debt Recovery**: Development velocity restored, bug frequency reduced +- **Process Improvement**: Prevention measures implemented and working + +Remember: Emergency recovery is about getting back on track quickly, not perfect solutions. Focus on immediate restoration first, then systematic improvement. \ No newline at end of file