Progress Tracker - CLI Web Search Tool
This document tracks the overall completion progress of the cli-web-search project.
Phase
Status
Progress
Target Date
Phase 1: MVP
✅ Complete
95%
Week 3
Phase 2: Enhanced
✅ Complete
100%
Week 5
Phase 3: Polish
✅ Complete
95%
Week 7
Phase 4: Extended
Not Started
0%
Future
Total Project Progress: ~95%
Task
Status
Notes
Initialize Rust project
✅ Complete
Cargo.toml created
Set up project structure
✅ Complete
src/, tests/ structure
Configure Cargo.toml
✅ Complete
All dependencies added
Set up CI/CD
✅ Complete
GitHub Actions workflow
Create initial README
✅ Complete
Comprehensive documentation
Create Makefile
✅ Complete
build, test, deb, clean targets
Create Debian packaging
✅ Complete
debian/ directory
Task
Status
Notes
Argument parsing
✅ Complete
clap derive API
Command-line options
✅ Complete
All options implemented
Subcommands
✅ Complete
config, providers, cache
Version/help output
✅ Complete
Verbosity levels
✅ Complete
-v, -vv, -vvv
Configuration System (7/7)
Task
Status
Notes
Config file structure
✅ Complete
~/.config/cli-web-search/
YAML parsing
✅ Complete
serde_yaml
Environment variables
✅ Complete
CLI_WEB_SEARCH_*
Config init wizard
✅ Complete
Basic implementation
Config set/get/list
✅ Complete
Config validate
✅ Complete
File permissions
✅ Complete
600 on Unix
Provider Infrastructure (5/5)
Task
Status
Notes
SearchProvider trait
✅ Complete
async_trait
SearchResult struct
✅ Complete
serde serializable
Provider registry
✅ Complete
With fallback support
Provider selection
✅ Complete
-p flag + default
Error handling
✅ Complete
Comprehensive errors
Brave Search Provider (5/6)
Task
Status
Notes
API client
✅ Complete
reqwest
Authentication
✅ Complete
X-Subscription-Token
Result parsing
✅ Complete
Rate limit handling
✅ Complete
429 detection
Unit tests
✅ Complete
Integration tests
⬜ Not Started
Requires API key
Google CSE Provider (5/6)
Task
Status
Notes
API client
✅ Complete
Authentication
✅ Complete
API key + CX
Result parsing
✅ Complete
Rate limit handling
✅ Complete
Unit tests
✅ Complete
Integration tests
⬜ Not Started
Requires API key
Task
Status
Notes
API client
✅ Complete
Authentication
✅ Complete
Result parsing
✅ Complete
Rate limit handling
✅ Complete
Unit tests
✅ Complete
Integration tests
⬜ Not Started
Requires API key
Task
Status
Notes
API client
✅ Complete
Authentication
✅ Complete
Bearer token
Result parsing
✅ Complete
Rate limit handling
✅ Complete
Unit tests
✅ Complete
Integration tests
⬜ Not Started
Requires API key
DuckDuckGo Provider (5/5)
Task
Status
Notes
API client
✅ Complete
Instant Answer API
Authentication
✅ Complete
No API key required
Result parsing
✅ Complete
Rate limit handling
✅ Complete
Unit tests
✅ Complete
Task
Status
Notes
API client
✅ Complete
Authentication
✅ Complete
X-API-KEY header
Result parsing
✅ Complete
Rate limit handling
✅ Complete
Unit tests
✅ Complete
Integration tests
⬜ Not Started
Requires API key
Task
Status
Notes
Format trait
✅ Complete
OutputFormatter
JSON formatter
✅ Complete
Pretty printed
Markdown formatter
✅ Complete
Plain text formatter
✅ Complete
File output
✅ Complete
-o flag
Task
Status
Notes
Custom error types
✅ Complete
thiserror
User-friendly messages
✅ Complete
Network errors
✅ Complete
API errors
✅ Complete
Config errors
✅ Complete
Phase 2: Enhanced Features Breakdown
Additional Providers (5/5)
Task
Status
Notes
DuckDuckGo API
✅ Complete
Instant Answer API, no API key required
Tavily API
✅ Complete
Serper API
✅ Complete
Google results via Serper
Firecrawl API
✅ Complete
Provider status cmd
✅ Complete
providers subcommand
Extra Providers (2/2)
Task
Status
Notes
SerpAPI
✅ Complete
Google results via SerpAPI
Bing Web Search
✅ Complete
Microsoft Bing API
Task
Status
Notes
Fallback chain
✅ Complete
Configured in YAML
Retry w/ backoff
✅ Complete
Exponential backoff, respects Retry-After
Rate limit detection
✅ Complete
Fallback config
✅ Complete
Task
Status
Notes
Cache storage design
✅ Complete
In-memory HashMap
Cache implementation
✅ Complete
Cache TTL
✅ Complete
Configurable
Cache invalidation
✅ Complete
cache clear cmd
✅ Complete
cache stats cmd
✅ Complete
--no-cache flag
✅ Complete
Task
Status
Notes
--num-results
✅ Complete
--date-range
✅ Complete
day/week/month/year
--include-domains
✅ Complete
--exclude-domains
✅ Complete
--safe-search
✅ Complete
off/moderate/strict
Phase 3: Polish Breakdown
Task
Status
Notes
README
✅ Complete
Comprehensive documentation
Installation guide
✅ Complete
In README
CLI docs
✅ Complete
In README
Provider guides
✅ Complete
In README
Usage examples
✅ Complete
In README
Troubleshooting
✅ Complete
In README
Task
Status
Notes
Unit tests
✅ Complete
221 unit tests passing
E2E tests
✅ Complete
19 mock server tests
Mock provider tests
✅ Complete
wiremock-based
Linux x86_64
✅ Complete
Built and tested
Linux aarch64
⬜ Not Started
CI will test
macOS x86_64
⬜ Not Started
CI will test
macOS aarch64
⬜ Not Started
CI will test
Windows x86_64
✅ Complete
CI added
Task
Status
Notes
GitHub Actions
✅ Complete
.github/workflows/ci.yml
Automated testing
✅ Complete
ubuntu/macos/windows
Linting (clippy)
✅ Complete
lint job with -D warnings
Formatting check
✅ Complete
rustfmt check
Release builds
✅ Complete
5 platform targets
Platform binaries
✅ Complete
linux/macos/windows
Release automation
✅ Complete
on tag push
Binary checksums
✅ Complete
sha256sum in release
Initial MVP implementation
Brave, Google CSE, Tavily, Firecrawl, DuckDuckGo, and Serper providers
JSON, Markdown, and Text output formats
Configuration system with env var support
In-memory caching with TTL
Provider fallback chain
Search filtering options
URL fetch command for web page content retrieval
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server mode for AI agent integration
Initial project planning complete
PRD created
Documentation structure established
Symbol
Meaning
⬜
Not Started
🔄
In Progress
✅
Complete
⏸️
Blocked
❌
Cancelled
Created PRD.md
Created TODO.md
Created PROGRESS.md
Created AGENTS.md
Created CLAUDE.md
Implemented core CLI framework with clap
Created configuration system with YAML and env var support
Implemented Brave, Google CSE, Tavily, Firecrawl, DuckDuckGo, and Serper providers
Created JSON, Markdown, and Text output formatters
Implemented in-memory caching
Added provider fallback chain
All 86 unit tests passing
Successfully built release binary for Linux x86_64
Comprehensive README documentation added
Week 2 (Testing Expansion)
Expanded unit test coverage from 86 to 202 tests
Added comprehensive tests for all providers (Brave, Google, Tavily, Serper, DuckDuckGo, Firecrawl, Bing, SerpAPI)
Added async tests for provider error handling
Added response deserialization tests for all API response types
Integration tests expanded from 12 to 19
All tests passing with cargo clippy clean
Added Makefile with build, test, clean, deb, install targets
Added Debian packaging support (debian/ directory)
Updated author information to Scott Glover
Updated .gitignore for Debian build artifacts
Updated README with new installation methods
Week 4 (URL Fetch Feature)
Added fetch subcommand for fetching web page content
Implemented HTML to text and markdown conversion
Added fetch options: format, timeout, max_length, json output
Default behavior saves to file for AI agent use
Added --stdout flag for direct output
Added 5 new CLI tests for fetch command parsing
Updated README with fetch command documentation
Total tests: 240 (221 unit + 19 integration)
Week 5 (MCP Server Feature)
Added MCP (Model Context Protocol) server mode
Implemented JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol over stdio
Two MCP tools: web_search and fetch_url
MCP is an optional feature (--features mcp)
Added 29 new MCP unit tests
Compatible with Claude Desktop and other MCP clients
Updated README with MCP server documentation
Total tests: 269 (250 unit + 19 integration)