From e392f99727aa2f399033896f2cda5b22e3277700 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Stone <thepeterstone@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:33:55 +0000
Subject: feat: append verbatim user input to docs/RAW_NARRATIVE.md

The elaborator now logs every user prompt to docs/RAW_NARRATIVE.md within the project directory. This is done in a background goroutine to ensure it doesn't delay the response.
---
 internal/api/elaborate.go | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

(limited to 'internal/api/elaborate.go')

diff --git a/internal/api/elaborate.go b/internal/api/elaborate.go
index 5954e29..eb686bf 100644
--- a/internal/api/elaborate.go
+++ b/internal/api/elaborate.go
@@ -105,6 +105,29 @@ func readProjectContext(workDir string) string {
 	return sb.String()
 }
 
+func (s *Server) appendRawNarrative(workDir, prompt string) {
+	if workDir == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	docsDir := filepath.Join(workDir, "docs")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(docsDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		s.logger.Error("elaborate: failed to create docs directory", "error", err, "path", docsDir)
+		return
+	}
+	path := filepath.Join(docsDir, "RAW_NARRATIVE.md")
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logger.Error("elaborate: failed to open RAW_NARRATIVE.md", "error", err, "path", path)
+		return
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	entry := fmt.Sprintf("\n--- %s ---\n%s\n", time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339), prompt)
+	if _, err := f.WriteString(entry); err != nil {
+		s.logger.Error("elaborate: failed to write to RAW_NARRATIVE.md", "error", err, "path", path)
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *Server) handleElaborateTask(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if s.elaborateLimiter != nil && !s.elaborateLimiter.allow(realIP(r)) {
 		writeJSON(w, http.StatusTooManyRequests, map[string]string{"error": "rate limit exceeded"})
@@ -129,6 +152,9 @@ func (s *Server) handleElaborateTask(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		workDir = input.ProjectDir
 	}
 
+	// Append verbatim user input to RAW_NARRATIVE.md in the background (best effort).
+	go s.appendRawNarrative(workDir, input.Prompt)
+
 	projectContext := readProjectContext(workDir)
 	fullPrompt := input.Prompt
 	if projectContext != "" {
-- 
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