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- Add TopManagerTests unit-test target (hosted, @testable import) - 14 baseline tests for formatters and model math (all green) - scripts/test.sh build+test loop driver - docs/TESTING.md (5-gate process), docs/VALUE_PLAN.md (10x rubric) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# TopManager — 10× Value Plan
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## Thesis
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TopManager today is a polished, **read-only Activity Monitor clone**: it *shows* numbers.
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Its value ceiling is "I can see what's using my Mac and kill a process."
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To make it ~10× more valuable we move it from **viewer → system-intelligence & control
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center**: it watches the system for you, remembers its history, explains problems, exposes
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data Activity Monitor hides, and lets you act — including always-on from the menu bar.
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All existing features are preserved (several are improved).
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## Value rubric (capability scoring)
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| Dimension | Before | After (target) |
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|---|---|---|
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| Per-process depth | CPU, mem, threads, state | + disk I/O rate, energy impact, args, open files, full path, tree |
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| Time memory | 60 in-RAM points, lost on quit | persistent history, minutes → 24h, survives restart |
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| Proactivity | none | threshold alerts + native notifications + health score + diagnosis |
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| Energy / battery | **absent** | battery health (cycles/condition/capacity) + per-process energy |
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| Always-on surface | bare "12%" | rich menu-bar HUD: CPU/RAM/net + top consumers + quick-kill |
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| Customization | none (all hardcoded) | Settings: refresh rate, menu metric, thresholds, launch-at-login |
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## Increments
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0. **Test harness** — XCTest target, `@testable import`, 5-gate process. ✅
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1. **Persistent history** — `MetricsStore` ring buffer on disk; 1m/5m/1h/24h charts.
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2. **Deep per-process data** — disk I/O, energy impact, args, open files, path; surface the
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(currently unused) `ProcessDetailView` as a real inspector; new sortable columns.
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3. **Battery + energy** — IOKit `PowerMonitor`; Energy/Battery UI; menu-bar battery.
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4. **Alerts + health** — `AlertEngine`, `UserNotifications`, in-app inbox, 0–100 health score,
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"why is my Mac slow?" diagnosis.
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5. **Settings + rich menu bar** — configurable refresh/metric/thresholds, launch-at-login
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(`SMAppService`), menu-bar HUD with top consumers + quick actions.
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6. **Verification** — full test run, runtime smoke, ground-truth cross-checks, sign, commit.
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## Non-negotiables
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- Never break a shipped feature (regression Gate 5).
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- No new entitlements / no root / no privileged helper — must run & sign as-is.
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- Every increment passes all five gates in `docs/TESTING.md` before moving on.
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