lazyplan (lpui) — v0.11.0

Terminal project journal for you and your coding agent: projects > stories > tasks in a per-repo SQLite DB, a keyboard-first TUI for humans, and a --json CLI agents can drive. A project is a title plus a priority, a why, a what, and acceptance criteria — nothing else. Full guide with install tabs and examples: fluxion-dev.github.io/lazyplan.

Install

pipx install lazyplan-tui   # recommended: provides `lpui` (+ `lazyplan` alias)
lpui --help

System packages (vendored deps, needs only python3 >= 3.11):

# Fedora / RHEL / openSUSE — grab the matching asset from Releases
sudo dnf install ./lazyplan-0.11.0-1.x86_64.rpm   # or -1.aarch64.rpm on ARM
# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install ./lazyplan_0.11.0-1_amd64.deb     # or -1_arm64.deb on ARM

One-liner (picks rpm/deb on supported distros, else pipx, else venv):

curl -fsSL https://github.com/fluxion-dev/lazyplan/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sh
# pin + choose:  sh install.sh --version X.Y.Z --method rpm|deb|pipx|venv
# user prefix:   sh install.sh --method venv --prefix ~/.local
# uninstall:     sh install.sh --uninstall

From source (editable install with dev extras):

python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"

pipx upgrade lazyplan-tui for later releases. No pipx? The --method venv path is the same isolated install without it.

Quick start

cd ~/my-project
lpui init --yes             # creates .plan/lazyplan.db + .plan/config.json
lpui add-project --title "my-project" --why "reason" --what "scope" --priority p1
lpui                        # TUI; every subdir of the repo shares this DB (`lpui ui` also works)

lpui init with no flags offers an agent-skills wizard instead (--no-skills, --skills-scope project|global|both|none, --json stays machine-readable and never prompts).

Run from any subdirectory — the repo root is found via git rev-parse (.git fallback); outside a repo the global DB is used.

DB resolution (first match wins): --db PATH → $LAZYPLAN_DB → repo .plan/lazyplan.db → global ~/.local/share/lazyplan/lazyplan.db. Commit .plan/config.json to share the plan with the team; the *.db itself stays local (gitignored) unless you force-add it.

Shell completions: eval "$(lpui completion --shell bash)" (or --shell zsh). System packages ship these plus man lpui out of the box.

Note: versions ≤0.7.0 shipped this as lp, renamed to avoid clashing with the classic Unix print command.

How it works

• You plan in lpui (lpui ui is the same): a project tree with a nano-style bottom bar. New project? The agent interviews you first — why, what, acceptance criteria, priority — then records the definition.
• Once the definition is agreed, stories cut the project into slices and prioritized tasks cut each story into units of work. Work p0 first.
• Any coding agent reads (list, show, feed --json) and writes (--actor NAME add-task …) against the same SQLite file; the TUI re-reads every second and toasts new arrivals. Agents never touch the TUI process — scope and taste stay a human conversation.

Agents use the lpui CLI; the TUI is keyboard-only with no command entry. Full key list: lpui help (same as ?).

CLI reference

Full help is installed with the package:

lpui --help              # globals + examples + env/files/exit codes
lpui --version           # print the installed version and exit
lpui <command> --help    # per-command flags, e.g. lpui add-task --help
man lpui                 # full manual (also `man lazyplan`); installed to share/man/man1
lpui help                # TUI keybindings (same as `?` in the TUI)

Flags work before or after the subcommand (lpui list --json == lpui --json list). --actor NAME on writes surfaces who did what in feed.

lpui seed
lpui list [--status todo|doing|done|all] [--archived] [--project ID] [--priority p0]  # default: all
lpui show --kind project|story|task --id N   # full context: why/what + criteria + commits + children
lpui add-project --title "API v2" --why ".." --what ".." --priority p1
lpui add-criteria --kind project --id 1 --text "works offline"
lpui check --id 1 / lpui uncheck --id 1        # tick acceptance items (advisory)
lpui add-story --project 1 --title "Auth refresh" [--desc .. --priority p0]
lpui add-task --story 1 --title "Rotate tokens" [--desc ctx --priority p1]
lpui link --kind task --id 1 [--sha HASH]      # attach HEAD (git repos only; disabled otherwise)
lpui commits --kind task --id 1                # list linked commits (empty outside git)
lpui unlink --kind task --id 1 --sha HASH      # detach a commit
lpui export [--format json|markdown] | lpui import --file dump.json
lpui update --kind task --id 1 [--title --desc --priority p0|none]
lpui update --kind project --id 1 [--title --what --why --priority p0|none]
lpui status --kind task --id 1 --to doing    # closing with open criteria warns, never blocks
lpui delete --kind task --id 1
lpui feed [--limit 20]            # recent human/agent activity
lpui watch [--limit 20]           # tail (agents: lpui feed --json --follow &)
lpui --actor helper add-task --story 3 --title "Draft proposal"

Exit codes: 0 ok · 1 row not found · 2 usage/validation error · 3 TUI unavailable (Textual missing — reinstall with dependencies: pip install "lazyplan-tui" / pipx reinstall lazyplan-tui).

Agents

The CLI is the agent API: stdlib-only (no Textual import), --json everywhere, exit codes machines can branch on. Identity comes from --actor NAME (defaults to $USER); every write lands in feed with that actor attached.

lpui --actor helper list --json                    # read the tree
lpui --actor helper show --kind project --id 1    # full context: why/what + criteria
lpui --actor helper add-task --story 1 --title "Draft proposal" --priority p1
lpui feed --json --follow &                        # tail activity (polls every second)

Rules: interview the human before creating a project (why, what, acceptance criteria, priority — never invent the definition); cut stories then prioritized tasks once the definition is agreed; never invent ids (list first); prefer update/status over delete + recreate; work p0 first. Repo skill with the full contract: .agents/skills/lazyplan/SKILL.md; design rules contributors must follow: DESIGN_SYSTEM.md.

Data, backup, replicas

• One repo, one DB: .plan/lazyplan.db next to the code it plans (.plan/config.json marks the scope; commit the config, not the DB).
• Back up or move plans: lpui export --format json > backup.json / lpui import --file backup.json (ids remap on import).
• Demo data to explore the tree: lpui seed (never in a real repo plan).

Develop

python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"   # ruff + mypy
./tools/check.sh                   # lint + format + types + unittest (system AND venv python)
./tools/bump.sh patch [--push]     # or minor | major; version lives in pyproject.toml
./tools/package.sh                 # local .deb/.rpm build (needs nfpm; see script header)
./tools/tmux-lazyplan.sh           # plan | agent | git panes — edit the script to swap in your tools

Gates: ruff check + ruff format --check, mypy (strict incl. untyped defs), man page in sync (tools/gen-man.py), full unittest suite on both interpreters. Single source of truth for the version is version = "x.y.z" in pyproject.toml (tests/test_version.py enforces the README header mirror; tools/bump.sh updates both plus site asset URLs).

Project

• Docs site: https://fluxion-dev.github.io/lazyplan/
• Repository: https://github.com/fluxion-dev/lazyplan
• Releases (binaries, debs, rpms): https://github.com/fluxion-dev/lazyplan/releases
• Issues: https://github.com/fluxion-dev/lazyplan/issues
• Changelog: https://github.com/fluxion-dev/lazyplan/releases (auto-generated per tag)

This repo plans itself here: lpui list. License: MIT — see LICENSE.