ngit-grasp/CURRENT_STATUS.md

ngit-grasp - Current Status

Date: November 4, 2025
Phase: Audit Tool Complete - Ready for NIP-01 Implementation
Status: 🟢 All Systems Green

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Quick Summary

✅ grasp-audit tool complete - NIP-01 smoke tests passing
✅ Tag migration complete - Using standard NIP-01 "t" tags
✅ nostr-sdk upgraded - Version 0.43.x (latest stable)
✅ Nix flakes migrated - Modern reproducible builds
✅ Documentation cleaned - Clear structure established

Next: Build NIP-01 relay implementation, test with grasp-audit

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Project Structure

ngit-grasp/
├── README.md                    # Project overview
├── AGENTS.md                    # AI agent guidelines
├── CURRENT_STATUS.md           # This file
│
├── docs/                        # Permanent documentation
│   ├── ARCHITECTURE.md         # System design
│   ├── TEST_STRATEGY.md        # Testing approach
│   ├── GETTING_STARTED.md      # Setup guide
│   ├── GIT_PROTOCOL.md         # Git protocol reference
│   ├── COMPARISON.md           # vs ngit-relay
│   ├── DECISION_SUMMARY.md     # Key decisions
│   │
│   ├── learnings/              # Reusable knowledge
│   │   ├── nix-flakes.md      # Nix flake patterns
│   │   ├── nostr-sdk.md       # nostr-sdk 0.43 notes
│   │   └── grasp-audit.md     # Audit tool patterns
│   │
│   └── archive/                # Historical documents
│       ├── 2025-11-04-tag-migration.md
│       ├── 2025-11-04-flake-migration.md
│       ├── 2025-11-04-nostr-sdk-upgrade.md
│       └── ...
│
└── grasp-audit/                # Audit tool (separate crate)
    ├── README.md               # Audit tool docs
    ├── QUICK_START.md          # Getting started
    ├── flake.nix              # Nix dev environment
    ├── Cargo.toml             # Rust dependencies
    └── src/
        ├── specs/             # Test specifications
        │   └── nip01_smoke.rs # NIP-01 basic tests ✅
        ├── audit.rs           # Audit config & event builder
        ├── client.rs          # Audit client wrapper
        └── ...

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What Works

grasp-audit Tool ✅

Status: Fully functional, all tests passing

cd grasp-audit
nix develop
cargo test --lib        # 12/12 unit tests ✅
cargo test -- --ignored # 1/1 integration test ✅
cargo run -- audit --relay ws://localhost:7000 --spec nip01-smoke
# Results: 6/6 passed (100.0%) ✅

Features:

• ✅ NIP-01 smoke tests (websocket, events, subscriptions)
• ✅ CI and production modes
• ✅ Test isolation via unique run IDs
• ✅ Standard "t" tag usage
• ✅ Audit event cleanup strategy
• ✅ CLI interface

Test Coverage:

• websocket_connection
• send_receive_event
• create_subscription
• close_subscription
• reject_invalid_signature
• reject_invalid_event_id

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Development Environment ✅

Nix Flakes:

• ✅ grasp-audit/flake.nix - Reproducible builds
• ✅ Rust toolchain via rust-overlay
• ✅ All dependencies managed
• ✅ Cross-platform support

Usage:

cd grasp-audit
nix develop              # Enter dev shell
nix develop -c cargo build  # One-off command
nix build                # Build package

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Documentation ✅

Permanent Docs:

• ✅ docs/ARCHITECTURE.md - Detailed system design
• ✅ docs/TEST_STRATEGY.md - Testing approach
• ✅ docs/GETTING_STARTED.md - Setup guide
• ✅ docs/README.md - Documentation index

Learnings:

• ✅ docs/learnings/nix-flakes.md - Nix patterns and gotchas
• ✅ docs/learnings/nostr-sdk.md - nostr-sdk 0.43 migration
• ✅ docs/learnings/grasp-audit.md - Audit tool patterns

Guidelines:

• ✅ AGENTS.md - AI agent documentation practices

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What's Next

Immediate: NIP-01 Relay Implementation

Goal: Build basic Nostr relay that passes grasp-audit tests

Approach:

1. Create src/ directory structure
2. Implement basic NIP-01 relay using nostr-relay-builder
3. Run grasp-audit tests against it
4. Iterate until all tests pass

Files to Create:

src/
├── main.rs              # Entry point
├── config.rs            # Configuration
├── nostr/
│   ├── mod.rs
│   ├── relay.rs         # NIP-01 relay setup
│   └── events.rs        # Event handling
└── storage/
    ├── mod.rs
    └── repository.rs    # Event storage

Success Criteria:

# Start ngit-grasp relay
cargo run

# In another terminal
cd grasp-audit
cargo run -- audit --relay ws://localhost:8080 --spec nip01-smoke
# Results: 6/6 passed (100.0%) ✅

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Phase 2: GRASP-01 Compliance

After NIP-01 works:

1. Extend grasp-audit

   • Create src/specs/grasp_01_relay.rs
   • Test repository announcements (NIP-34)
   • Test state events
   • Test maintainer validation

2. Implement in ngit-grasp

   • NIP-34 event validation
   • Repository state management
   • Maintainer authorization

3. Iterate

   • Run GRASP-01 audit tests
   • Fix failures
   • Repeat until passing

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Phase 3: Git Integration

After GRASP-01 compliance:

1. Git HTTP Backend

   • Implement git-smart-http handlers
   • Integrate with authorization

2. Push Validation

   • Query Nostr state events
   • Validate push permissions
   • Inline authorization (no hooks)

3. Full GRASP-01

   • Complete service requirements
   • End-to-end testing

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Development Workflow

Daily Development

# For ngit-grasp (when we create it)
cd ngit-grasp
nix develop
cargo build
cargo test
cargo run

# For grasp-audit
cd grasp-audit
nix develop
cargo build
cargo test --lib
cargo test -- --ignored  # Requires relay
cargo run -- audit --relay ws://localhost:8080

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Running Tests

Unit Tests (Fast):

# grasp-audit
cd grasp-audit
cargo test --lib

# ngit-grasp (when created)
cargo test --lib

Integration Tests (Requires Relay):

# Start test relay
docker run --rm -p 7000:7000 scsibug/nostr-rs-relay

# Run integration tests
cd grasp-audit
cargo test -- --ignored

Audit Tests:

# Start your relay
cd ngit-grasp
cargo run

# Run audit in another terminal
cd grasp-audit
cargo run -- audit --relay ws://localhost:8080

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Key Technologies

Current Stack

• Rust: Core language
• nostr-sdk 0.43: Nostr event handling
• Nix Flakes: Reproducible dev environment
• Cargo: Build system
• Docker: Test relay (nostr-rs-relay)

Planned Stack (ngit-grasp)

• actix-web: HTTP server
• nostr-relay-builder: Relay infrastructure
• git-http-backend: Git protocol handling
• tokio: Async runtime

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Important Gotchas

1. Use Nix Flakes, Not nix-shell

# ✅ Correct
nix develop

# ❌ Wrong
nix-shell

Why: We use flake.nix, not shell.nix

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2. grasp-audit is Separate

# ✅ Correct
cd grasp-audit
nix develop
cargo build

# ❌ Wrong
cd ngit-grasp
cargo build  # Won't find grasp-audit

Why: Separate crate with own flake and Cargo.toml

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3. Integration Tests Need Relay

# ✅ Correct
docker run --rm -p 7000:7000 scsibug/nostr-rs-relay
cargo test -- --ignored

# ❌ Wrong
cargo test -- --ignored  # Will fail without relay

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4. nostr-sdk 0.43 API Changes

Event Building:

// ✅ Correct (0.43)
EventBuilder::new(kind, content)
    .tags(tags)
    .sign_with_keys(&keys)?

// ❌ Wrong (0.35)
EventBuilder::new(kind, content, tags)
    .to_event(&keys)?

See: docs/learnings/nostr-sdk.md for full migration guide

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Documentation Practices

When to Create Documents

Working Docs (Root):

• Session summaries
• Status reports
• Next steps
• Temporary notes

Permanent Docs (docs/):

• Architecture
• Design decisions
• API documentation
• User guides

Learnings (docs/learnings/):

• Gotchas and patterns
• Migration notes
• Best practices
• Reusable knowledge

Archive (docs/archive/):

• Completed session docs
• Historical records
• Superseded documents

See: AGENTS.md for full guidelines

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Recent Milestones

• ✅ Nov 4, 2025 - Tag migration to standard "t" tags
• ✅ Nov 4, 2025 - Flake migration (shell.nix → flake.nix)
• ✅ Nov 4, 2025 - nostr-sdk upgrade (0.35 → 0.43)
• ✅ Nov 4, 2025 - Documentation cleanup
• ✅ Nov 3, 2025 - Architecture investigation complete
• ✅ Nov 3, 2025 - grasp-audit tool implemented
• ✅ Nov 3, 2025 - NIP-01 smoke tests passing

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Success Metrics

Current Status

Metric	Status	Details
grasp-audit builds	✅	Clean build, no warnings
Unit tests	✅	12/12 passing
Integration tests	✅	1/1 passing
CLI works	✅	All commands functional
Smoke tests	✅	6/6 passing
Documentation	✅	Complete and organized
Nix flakes	✅	Reproducible builds

Next Milestone: NIP-01 Relay

Metric	Status	Target
ngit-grasp builds	🔜	Clean build
NIP-01 relay running	🔜	Accepts connections
Smoke tests pass	🔜	6/6 against ngit-grasp
Basic event storage	🔜	Events persist
Subscriptions work	🔜	Real-time updates

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Resources

Documentation

• Project README
• Architecture
• Test Strategy
• Getting Started
• Agent Guidelines

Learnings

• Nix Flakes
• nostr-sdk
• grasp-audit

External

• GRASP Protocol
• NIP-01
• NIP-34
• nostr-sdk docs

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Contact & Contribution

Status: Alpha - Active Development
License: MIT
Repository: ngit-grasp (local development)

Contributing:

1. Read AGENTS.md for documentation practices
2. Review docs/ARCHITECTURE.md for design
3. Check CURRENT_STATUS.md (this file) for current state
4. Follow Rust conventions (cargo fmt, cargo clippy)
5. Add tests for new functionality

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Last Updated: November 4, 2025
Next Review: When NIP-01 relay is implemented

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Status: 🟢 Ready to build NIP-01 relay implementation