# Goose Super - Current State Analysis & Enhancement Plan

## Executive Summary

**Goose Super** is currently a functional Electron-based AI coding assistant that combines Qwen LLM with basic computer automation. However, to achieve the vision of a **noob-proof, all-in-one AI coding environment** (like Lovable but with full computer control), significant enhancements are needed.

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## Current State Assessment

### ✅ What Works Today

| Feature | Status | File |
|---------|--------|------|
| **Qwen LLM Integration** | ✅ Working | `bin/qwen-bridge.mjs`, `bin/goose-launch.mjs` |
| **Electron GUI** | ✅ Working | `bin/goose-electron-app/main.cjs` |
| **Chat Interface** | ✅ Working | `bin/goose-electron-app/renderer.js` (1970 lines) |
| **Screenshots** | ✅ Working | `computer-use.cjs` - PowerShell capture |
| **Mouse Click** | ✅ Working | PowerShell mouse_event simulation |
| **Keyboard Input** | ✅ Working | SendKeys via PowerShell |
| **Key Combinations** | ✅ Working | Ctrl+C, Alt+Tab, etc. |
| **Shell Commands** | ✅ Working | `exec()` with timeout |
| **Window Listing** | ✅ Working | Get-Process filtering |
| **Window Focus** | ✅ Working | SetForegroundWindow via WinAPI |
| **App Opening** | ✅ Working | Common apps mapped |
| **Preview Panel** | ✅ Working | Webview for HTML preview |
| **Playwright Bridge** | ⚠️ Basic | `playwright-bridge.js` - navigate/click/type |
| **AI Suggestions** | ✅ Working | Pre-defined prompt cards |
| **Terminal Panel** | ✅ Working | Command execution UI |

### ❌ What's Missing (vs. Goal)

| Gap | Impact | Priority |
|-----|--------|----------|
| **No Vision/OCR Element Finding** | Can't "see" and click buttons by name | 🔴 CRITICAL |
| **No Self-Correction Loop** | Doesn't verify if actions worked | 🔴 CRITICAL |
| **No Vibe Coding Flow** | Can't create/preview apps like Lovable | 🔴 CRITICAL |
| **No Project/File Management** | No file tree, save/load projects | 🟠 HIGH |
| **No Embedded IDE** | No Monaco editor, syntax highlighting | 🟠 HIGH |
| **No Server/SSH Management** | Can't deploy/manage remote servers | 🟡 MEDIUM |
| **No Git Integration** | Can't commit/push/pull | 🟡 MEDIUM |
| **Browser Automation is Surface-Level** | No DOM inspection, smart selectors | 🟡 MEDIUM |
| **No Memory/Context Persistence** | Forgets between sessions | 🟡 MEDIUM |

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## Reference Implementations Deep-Dive

### 1. Windows-Use (CursorTouch)
**Best for: Desktop automation without computer vision**

```
windows_use/
├── agent/        # Agent orchestration
├── llms/         # LLM providers (Ollama, Google, etc.)
├── messages/     # Conversation handling
├── tool/         # Tool definitions
└── telemetry/    # Analytics
```

**Key Innovations:**
- Uses **UIAutomation** (Windows Accessibility API) to find elements by name/role
- **PyAutoGUI** for mouse/keyboard (more reliable than raw SendKeys)
- Works with **any LLM** (Qwen, Gemini, Ollama) - not tied to specific models
- **Grounding** - Shows how it "sees" the screen with labeled elements

**What to Take:**
- UIAutomation for element discovery (instead of blind x,y clicking)
- Agent loop pattern with tool execution
- LLM abstraction layer

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### 2. Browser-Use
**Best for: Comprehensive web automation**

```
browser_use/
├── actor/        # Action execution
├── agent/        # Agent service
├── browser/      # Playwright wrapper
├── code_use/     # Code execution sandbox
├── controller/   # Action controller
├── dom/          # DOM manipulation & analysis
├── filesystem/   # File operations
├── llm/          # LLM integrations
├── mcp/          # Model Context Protocol
├── sandbox/      # Safe execution environment
├── skills/       # Reusable action patterns
└── tools/        # Custom tool definitions
```

**Key Innovations:**
- **Smart DOM analysis** - extracts meaningful selectors
- **Multi-tab support** with session persistence
- **Custom tools API** - `@tools.action(description='...')`
- **Sandbox execution** for safe code running
- **Cloud deployment** option
- **Form filling with validation**
- **CAPTCHA handling** (via stealth browsers)

**What to Take:**
- DOM extraction and smart selector logic
- Tools/actions decorator pattern
- Multi-tab browser session management
- Sandbox for safe code execution

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### 3. Open-Interface
**Best for: Simple LLM → Screenshot → Execute loop**

```
app/
├── core.py       # Main orchestration loop
├── interpreter.py # Parse LLM responses
├── llm.py        # LLM communication
├── ui.py         # Tkinter UI (18KB)
└── utils/        # Helpers
```

**Architecture:**
```
User Request → Screenshot → LLM → Parse Instructions → Execute → Repeat
```

**Key Innovations:**
- **Course-correction** via screenshot feedback loop
- **Stop button** + corner detection to interrupt
- Simple, understandable architecture
- Works across Windows/Mac/Linux

**What to Take:**
- The "screenshot → analyze → execute → verify" loop
- Interrupt mechanisms (corner detection)
- Cross-platform automation patterns

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### 4. OpenCode TUI (sst/opencode)
**Best for: Terminal-based IDE experience**

```
packages/
├── core/         # Core logic
├── tui/          # Terminal UI (Ink-based)
├── lsp/          # Language Server Protocol
└── ...
```

**Key Innovations:**
- Uses **Bun** for speed
- **LSP integration** for code intelligence
- **SST** infrastructure for deployment
- Beautiful TUI with Ink

**What to Take:**
- LSP integration for code completion/diagnostics
- Bun for faster package management
- TUI patterns (if we add TUI mode)

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### 5. Mini-Agent (MiniMax)
**Best for: Lightweight Python agent framework**

```
mini_agent/
├── agent.py      # Agent implementation
├── tools.py      # Tool definitions
└── memory.py     # Context management
```

**What to Take:**
- Memory/context management patterns
- Simple agent abstraction

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## Gap Analysis: Current State vs. Noob-Proof Vision

### 🎯 User Experience Goals

| Goal | Current | Required |
|------|---------|----------|
| "Build me a website" | ❌ Can chat, can't create | ✅ One prompt → working preview |
| "Click the Settings button" | ⚠️ Blind x,y click | ✅ Find element by name/OCR |
| "Deploy this to my server" | ❌ No SSH | ✅ Connect, upload, run commands |
| "Open my last project" | ❌ No persistence | ✅ Project save/load |
| "Edit this file" | ❌ No editor | ✅ Monaco with syntax highlighting |
| "Show me what you see" | ⚠️ Can screenshot | ✅ Annotated vision with element labels |

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## Proposed Architecture

### Layered Super-Powers

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     GOOSE SUPER UI                          │
│  ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌────────┐ │
│  │  Chat   │ │ Preview │ │  Editor │ │ Browser │ │Terminal│ │
│  │  Panel  │ │  Panel  │ │  Panel  │ │  Panel  │ │ Panel  │ │
│  └─────────┴─┴─────────┴─┴─────────┴─┴─────────┴─┴────────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                              │
        ┌─────────────────────┼─────────────────────┐
        ▼                     ▼                     ▼
┌───────────────┐    ┌───────────────┐    ┌───────────────┐
│  AI BRAIN     │    │  EXECUTION    │    │  CONTEXT      │
│               │    │  LAYER        │    │  LAYER        │
│ • Qwen Bridge │    │ • Computer Use│    │ • Memory      │
│ • Planning    │    │ • Browser Use │    │ • Projects    │
│ • Verification│    │ • Server Mgmt │    │ • Sessions    │
│ • Correction  │    │ • File Ops    │    │ • History     │
└───────────────┘    └───────────────┘    └───────────────┘
```

### Phase-by-Phase Enhancement

#### Phase 1: Vision & Smart Automation
**Make the AI truly "see" and interact reliably**

1. **Add UIAutomation element discovery** (from Windows-Use)
   - Find buttons/inputs by name, not x,y
   - Label screenshot with element overlays
   
2. **Implement verification loop** (from Open-Interface)
   - After each action, screenshot and verify success
   - Self-correct if needed

3. **Enhanced computer-use.cjs**
   - Add `findElement(name)` using UIAutomation
   - Add `getElementsOnScreen()` for element listing
   - Add `clickElement(name)` for reliable interaction

#### Phase 2: Vibe Coding Experience
**Create apps from prompts like Lovable**

1. **Embedded Monaco Editor**
   - File tree sidebar
   - Multi-tab editing
   - Syntax highlighting
   - Live error detection

2. **Project System**
   - Create/save/load projects
   - Auto-scaffold HTML/CSS/JS
   - Template library

3. **Live Preview Enhancement**
   - Hot reload on file save
   - Dev server auto-start (Vite integration)
   - Console output in UI

#### Phase 3: Full Automation Power
**Control everything**

1. **Server Management**
   - SSH connection panel
   - Remote command execution
   - Log streaming
   - File upload/download

2. **Browser Automation**
   - DOM inspection
   - Smart element selectors
   - Multi-tab support
   - Cookie/auth persistence

3. **Git Integration**
   - Clone/commit/push
   - Branch management
   - Diff visualization

#### Phase 4: Noob-Proof Polish
**Make it intuitive for anyone**

1. **Onboarding Wizard**
   - API key setup
   - Permissions check
   - Quick tutorial

2. **AI Suggestions**
   - Context-aware suggestions
   - One-click actions
   - Visual tutorials

3. **Error Recovery**
   - Smart retry
   - User-friendly error messages
   - Undo/redo history

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## Technical Debt to Address

| Issue | Risk | Fix |
|-------|------|-----|
| PowerShell scripts for automation | Slow, fragile | Use native Node.js (robotjs/nut.js) |
| 1970-line renderer.js | Hard to maintain | Modularize into components |
| No TypeScript | Type errors | Migrate to TypeScript |
| No tests | Regressions | Add jest/playwright tests |
| Hardcoded paths | Portability | Use config files |

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## Recommended Priorities

### 🔴 Immediate (Week 1)
1. Add UIAutomation element discovery
2. Implement screenshot → verify loop
3. Fix any existing bugs in computer-use

### 🟠 Short-term (Week 2-3)
4. Monaco Editor integration
5. Project save/load system
6. Enhanced preview with hot reload

### 🟡 Medium-term (Week 4-6)
7. SSH/Server management panel
8. Git integration
9. Browser DOM inspection

### 🟢 Long-term (Week 7+)
10. Onboarding wizard
11. AI-driven auto-correction
12. Multi-agent support

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## Questions for User

1. **Which LLMs to support?** Currently Qwen only - add OpenAI/Claude/Ollama?
2. **Deployment target?** Windows only or also Mac/Linux?
3. **Cloud features?** Should Goose have cloud sync/remote execution?
4. **Monetization?** Any commercial plans affecting architecture?
5. **Performance priority?** Speed vs. reliability trade-off?

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## Summary

Goose Super has a solid foundation but needs these critical additions to become "noob-proof":

1. **Vision** - UIAutomation element discovery (not blind clicking)
2. **Verification** - Screenshot → analyze → correct loop
3. **IDE** - Monaco editor with project management
4. **Server** - SSH/deployment capabilities
5. **Polish** - Onboarding, error handling, undo/redo

The reference repos provide excellent patterns to adopt. Windows-Use gives us UIAutomation. Browser-Use gives us smart DOM handling. Open-Interface gives us the verification loop. OpenCode gives us TUI patterns.

**Next step recommendation:** Start with Phase 1 (Vision & Smart Automation) as it unblocks all other "noob-proof" features.