A successful clone printed a bare, timestamped app path that wrapped mid-word
in the terminal, so users' `cd` failed and `npm install && npm run dev` ran in
the wrong directory — a confusing failure from a successful clone. Plus there
was no first-party "see it locally" path, no central docs page, "clone" was
conflated with `git clone`, and key hygiene wasn't stated.
CLI (compiler):
- Add compiler/src/cliSummary.ts: a copy-paste-safe success block on stderr — a
single QUOTED `cd "<app>" && npm install && npm run dev` line that survives
terminal wrapping — plus the AGENTS.md safe-to-edit pointers (content.ts,
components/). The machine-readable {"event":"done",...} JSON stays on stdout.
- Add --serve (npm install + npm run dev in the generated app) and --open
(also open the browser at the detected dev URL). Wired into single + multi.
- Add writeLatestPointer(): refresh a runs/<site>/latest symlink to the newest
run so there's a stable, timestamp-free cd/script target. The reuse/regen
scanners already filter to digit-prefixed run dirs, so `latest` is ignored.
- Tests: cliSummary (quoting, single-line command, Next/Vite roots, stable-path
preference, --serve/--open hint) and runsLayout (symlink write + in-place
refresh, timestamp-free stable path).
Docs:
- Add docs/README.md as a central documentation index.
- State prominently that ditto "cloning" = generating a codebase from a live
URL, NOT `git clone` (no source repo required), in README + docs hub.
- Add "keys are secrets: use $DITTO_API_KEY, never inline/commit, rotate
anytime" beside the key/auth examples in README + docs/SERVICE.md.
- Document --serve/--open and the latest symlink in README + compiler/README.
Note: the live ditto.site/docs web route and the dashboard's inline-token
snippet live in the marketing-site repo and still need a change there.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Samraaj Bath