Refine product description and roadmap per product-owner review; add lucide-static

AGENTS.md

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ commands and layout.
 ## Project priorities (do not erode)
 
 1. **Simplicity** — prefer the smallest, most readable solution.
-2. **Few dependencies** — the only npm runtime dep is `ejs`. Prefer the Node
+2. **Few dependencies** — runtime deps stay minimal (today `ejs` + `lucide-static`).
-   standard library; justify any new dependency; do not add frameworks. The app is
+   Prefer the Node standard library; justify any new dependency; do not add
+   frameworks. The app is
    **stateless — no database**. Auth/identity/OAuth are **Ory sidecar services**
    (Kratos/Keto/Hydra, backed by Postgres), reached over their REST APIs with
    built-in `fetch` — no SDK dependency. New capabilities ship as **plugin

README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,34 @@ TypeScript, no build step, Docker-only.** Heavy lifting that *isn't* simple to d
 well — identity, sessions, SSO, OAuth2, permission checks — is delegated to **Ory**
 sidecar services rather than reinvented.
 
+"Simple" here is about the **whole architecture staying simple** — not just at the
+start, but after you've dropped in 240 plugins and run it hard in production. The
+shape doesn't change as it grows: every plugin is the same self-contained folder,
+the hot path is the same I/O-free JWT check, and there's no app database to scale
+or migrate.
+
+## Who this is for
+
+**Experienced developers building back-office, admin, and dashboard products** —
+for their own use or for a client. You know your way around HTTP, Docker, and an
+identity provider, and you'd rather assemble pages from solid building blocks than
+fight a framework or hand-roll auth for the tenth time. Plainpages hands you the
+boring-but-hard parts (auth, authz, menu, design system, plugin host) and stays out
+of the way of your domain logic. It does not try to be a no-code tool or hide its
+moving parts: if "Ory is down ⇒ no logins" (see [Auth](#auth-sessions--permissions-planned))
+reads as an obvious consequence rather than a surprise, you're the audience.
+
+## Project goals
+
+Beyond the priorities above, Plainpages deliberately targets **low-end systems, odd
+hardware, and low-bandwidth environments** — a tablet on a factory floor, an old
+thin client at a reception desk, a remote site on a flaky link. That's *why* the
+baseline is standards-compliant, boring **HTML + CSS** with zero JavaScript: it
+loads fast, degrades gracefully, and works on whatever browser the site already
+has. Where a modern **CSS** feature removes the need to ship JavaScript (theme
+switching, popovers, disclosure), we'll happily use it — the trade we avoid is
+shipping a client-side runtime, not using the platform.
+
 > **Status.** This README describes the target architecture (the project's scope).
 > What exists in the repo today is the **scaffold** — a Node 24 + EJS HTTP server
 > with static serving — plus the **design foundation** in `html-css-foundation/`
@@ -22,6 +50,17 @@ sidecar services rather than reinvented.
 > integration (Kratos/Keto/Hydra + their Postgres) are the roadmap below, not yet
 > implemented. Sections marked _(planned)_ are not built yet.
 
+## The MVP — "clone, one command, hack on a plugin" _(planned)_
+
+The bar for a first usable release: **clone the repo, run one command, and you have
+a working register/login and can start building your own plugin** — no manual key
+generation, no hand-edited Ory config, no separate database setup. One command
+brings up the whole stack (web + Ory + Postgres), generates signing keys and seeds
+an admin on first boot, and drops you at a login screen. From there you copy the
+example plugin folder and you're writing your own page. That moment — clone → one
+command → login → your plugin renders — *is* the MVP. SSO and the OAuth2-provider
+role (Hydra) come after; they aren't required to start.
+
 ## Architecture
 
 Plainpages runs as a small set of containers, orchestrated by Docker Compose:
@@ -43,9 +82,11 @@ acts as an OAuth2 **login & consent provider** for other apps. It reaches the Or
 services over their **REST APIs using Node's built-in `fetch`** — no SDK
 dependency. See [Auth, sessions & permissions](#auth-sessions--permissions-planned).
 
-So the `web` app is **stateless** and its npm footprint stays at a single runtime
+So the `web` app is **stateless** and its npm footprint stays tiny — a small,
-dependency — **`ejs`**. Auth, sessions, SSO, and OAuth2 add *services*, not npm
+pinned set of runtime deps (today **`ejs`** for templating and **`lucide-static`**
-packages; data lives upstream (see [Stateless — no application database](#stateless--no-application-database)).
+for icons), grown only with justification and never a framework. Auth, sessions,
+SSO, and OAuth2 add *services*, not npm packages; data lives upstream (see
+[Stateless — no application database](#stateless--no-application-database)).
 
 ## What's included vs. what you add
 
@@ -163,8 +204,13 @@ the work is extracting it into reusable EJS partials + TS helpers:
 ## Interactivity: zero-JS spine, opt-in enhancement
 
 The core and all building blocks **work with zero JavaScript** — menus, theme
-switching, and filtering are pure CSS + GET forms (server-side). This is the
+switching, and filtering are pure CSS + GET forms (server-side). This is the robust
-robust default for back-office and industrial use.
+default for back-office and industrial use, and on the [low-end, low-bandwidth
+targets](#project-goals) we care about it's usually *faster*: a full round-trip
+that returns a small, already-rendered HTML page beats a client-side runtime that
+must boot, fetch JSON, and re-render before the user sees anything. List state
+(`?q=…&status=…&sort=…&page=…`) lives **in the URL**, so a view is bookmarkable,
+shareable, and reproducible — the URL is the only state the UI keeps.
 
 Plugins that genuinely need it — live dashboards, bulk actions, client-side
 validation — may **opt into progressive enhancement** (htmx, Alpine, or vanilla
@@ -179,8 +225,12 @@ fine-grained, must-be-fresh check.
 ### Login → session JWT (the Kratos session tokenizer)
 
 The themed sign-in / register / reset / SSO screens drive Kratos self-service
-flows. On success, instead of keeping the opaque Kratos cookie and calling
+flows. **SSO is entirely optional and self-configuring:** each provider's button
-`whoami` on every request, the app **exchanges the session for a signed JWT once**
+renders only when its credentials are present, and if no provider is configured the
+SSO section disappears altogether — leaving plain password login. A developer never
+has to touch SSO to get started. On success, instead of keeping the opaque Kratos
+cookie and calling `whoami` on every request, the app **exchanges the session for a
+signed JWT once**
 via the Kratos **session tokenizer** — `whoami` with a `tokenize_as` template — and
 stores that JWT as the session cookie.
 
@@ -203,7 +253,8 @@ stores that JWT as the session cookie.
 (e.g. `role:admin#member@user:alice`); the admin screens write them *only* to Keto.
 But the tokenizer's claims mapper can only read the **identity**, not call Keto — so
 at login the app reads the user's roles from Keto and refreshes a **derived
-projection** onto the identity's `metadata_admin`, which the tokenizer template then
+projection** — a read-only copy of those roles written onto the identity's
+`metadata_admin` so the tokenizer can see them — which the tokenizer template then
 maps into the JWT `roles` claim. That projection is a per-login cache, authoritative
 nowhere; nothing edits it by hand, and a stale one self-heals on the next login.
 
@@ -212,6 +263,23 @@ is cached, so even signature verification hits the network only on key rotation.
 app stays stateless; "stay signed in" = re-mint the JWT on a short TTL, the one
 moment authz is recomputed from Keto.
 
+#### Two trade-offs — both deliberate
+
+This design buys an I/O-free hot path that scales to **tens of thousands of
+concurrent users** on modest hardware. In return:
+
+- **Role changes lag by up to one TTL (~10m).** Because gating reads the JWT, not
+  Keto, a granted or revoked role only takes effect when the token is next minted
+  (re-login or TTL refresh). For an admin tool this is intentional: the alternative
+  is a Keto call on every request, which we explicitly traded away. If a deployment
+  needs instant revoke, the optional revocation denylist (roadmap) closes the gap
+  for the security-critical cases without putting Keto back on the hot path.
+- **Ory is on the critical path for sign-in.** If Kratos is down, no one can log
+  in; if it stays down past the TTL, existing sessions can't refresh and the UI
+  goes dark. This is the direct consequence of being stateless and delegating
+  identity — there is no local fallback, by design. Run Ory with the same
+  availability you'd give any auth provider.
+
 ### Three tiers of "may I?"
 
 ```

package-lock.json

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
       "name": "plainpages",
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "ejs": "3.1.10"
+        "ejs": "3.1.10",
+        "lucide-static": "1.18.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/ejs": "3.1.5",
@@ -98,6 +99,12 @@
         "node": ">=10"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/lucide-static": {
+      "version": "1.18.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lucide-static/-/lucide-static-1.18.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-0WRXLQnjbte5SXuzom6yfeGlVSFsEsC9rzxn66DZN0pXows3+N34CQHy3BHI1qA3uH7u/SUzx8LQhjeAnxd8JQ==",
+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
     "node_modules/minimatch": {
       "version": "5.1.9",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-5.1.9.tgz",

package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     "test": "node --test \"src/**/*.test.ts\""
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "ejs": "3.1.10"
+    "ejs": "3.1.10",
+    "lucide-static": "1.18.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/ejs": "3.1.5",

todo.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ Conventions: **write tests first** (node --test for units, Playwright for E2E),
 tear down test containers after runs, keep deps minimal, pin all versions, run
 everything via Docker.
 
+> **North-star / MVP.** Done = a developer can **clone, run one command, get a
+> working register/login, and start hacking on their own plugin** — no manual key
+> generation, no hand-edited Ory config, no DB setup. Everything below serves that;
+> the one-command bootstrap (§3) and the example plugin (§7) are what make the MVP
+> real. Hydra/SSO are explicitly *post-MVP*.
+
 ## 0. Housekeeping / primitives
 - [ ] Decide JWT verify approach: `node:crypto` (RS256/ES256 via `createPublicKey({format:"jwk"})`) vs add `jose` — justify if adding.
 - [ ] Cookie helpers: parse `Cookie` header, build `Set-Cookie` (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite).
@@ -14,7 +20,7 @@ everything via Docker.
 
 ## 1. Building blocks — extract from `html-css-foundation/` (no Ory needed; render mock data)
 - [ ] Move `styles.css` + `auth.css` into `public/css/`; reconcile with existing `style.css`.
-- [ ] Lucide icon sprite → `views/partials/icons.ejs`.
+- [ ] Lucide icon sprite from `lucide-static` (dep added) → `views/partials/icons.ejs`; serve/inline only the icons used.
 - [ ] App-shell partial (sidebar + topbar + content slot).
 - [ ] Nav-tree partial — recursive, header/leaf × clickable/static, counts, `aria-current`.
 - [ ] Filter-bar partial — GET form (search, segmented, selects, chips, daterange, applied pills).
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ everything via Docker.
 - [ ] Replace placeholder `index` with the app-shell dashboard.
 
 ## 2. Plugin host
-- [ ] `definePlugin()` + manifest types: `id`, `basePath`, `nav[]`, `routes[] {method, path, permission?, handler}`.
+- [ ] **Specify the plugin contract** (big job, do first — it's the product's main API surface). Write it down as the authoritative reference: the full manifest shape; the `RequestContext` handed to handlers and what's guaranteed stable; **contract versioning** (a `apiVersion`/`engines`-style field so a plugin declares the host it targets, and the host refuses or warns on mismatch); **conflict rules** (two plugins claiming the same `basePath`, nav slot, or `permission` name → defined, loud resolution, not last-write-wins); the **local dev/test story** (how an author runs + tests one plugin in isolation against the host). Audience is experienced devs: optimise for a powerful, predictable, clearly-documented API. Crash-isolation (a bad plugin can't take down the host) is a *nice-to-have*, not a blocker — fail loud at boot/discovery over sandboxing at runtime.
 - [ ] Discovery: scan `plugins/`, import each `plugin.ts` default export, validate.
 - [ ] Router: match method+path under `basePath`, resolve path params, run permission gate, call handler with context.
 - [ ] Per-plugin view resolver (`plugins/<id>/views/*.ejs`).
@@ -42,20 +48,23 @@ everything via Docker.
 - [ ] `postgres` service (pinned tag); separate DB/schema per Kratos/Keto/Hydra.
 - [ ] `kratos` service (pinned) + `migrate`; identity schema (traits: email, name).
 - [ ] Kratos self-service flows (login, registration, recovery, verification, settings) → return URLs at our themed pages.
-- [ ] Kratos OIDC/SSO providers (Google/Microsoft/SAML) config (placeholders + secrets via env).
+- [ ] Kratos OIDC/SSO providers (Google/Microsoft/SAML) config (secrets via env). **None enabled by default** — a clean clone runs password-only; a provider activates purely by supplying its env creds.
 - [ ] Kratos session settings (cookie name, lifespan, sliding refresh).
 - [ ] Kratos tokenizer template `plainpages`: claims `{ sub, email, roles }`, `ttl ≈ 10m`, `jwks_url` signer, `claims_mapper_url` (Jsonnet reading `metadata_admin.roles`).
 - [ ] Generate + mount the JWT signing JWKS; document key rotation.
 - [ ] `keto` service (pinned) + `migrate`; namespaces in OPL (`role`, `group`, resource permissions).
 - [ ] `hydra` service (pinned) + `migrate`; issuer + login/consent URLs → our app.
 - [ ] Split dev (`compose.override.yml`) vs prod (`compose.yml`) wiring; health checks + `depends_on` ordering.
+- [ ] **One-command bootstrap** (the MVP bar): `docker compose up` brings up web + all Ory services + Postgres with *zero* manual prep. Commit working default Ory configs; auto-run migrations on first boot; auto-generate the JWKS signing key if absent; seed an admin identity + its Keto roles + a demo password (`admin`/`admin`) idempotently. Land an `OPL`/namespace bootstrap so Keto answers checks out of the box.
+- [ ] First-run banner / log line printing the login URL + seeded admin creds, with a clear "change these before production" warning.
+- [ ] Document the *only* things that can't be auto-generated: third-party **SSO provider** client id/secret (optional — password login works without them) and **production secrets** (real cookie/CSRF secret + signing key, supplied via env, replacing the dev throwaways). Everything else must work from a clean clone.
 
 ## 4. Auth — identity, session JWT, guards
 - [ ] Kratos public client (fetch): init/get/submit flows, `whoami`, `whoami?tokenize_as=plainpages`.
 - [ ] Kratos admin client (fetch): identity CRUD + `metadata_admin` update.
 - [ ] Keto client (fetch): `check`, list/expand relations, write/delete tuples.
 - [ ] Render Kratos flows: fetch flow → render fields against our themed pages → POST to `flow.ui.action` (Kratos handles its CSRF), map field errors/messages.
-- [ ] SSO buttons → Kratos OIDC flows.
+- [ ] SSO buttons → Kratos OIDC flows. **Render per configured provider only**: derive the list from Kratos' enabled OIDC providers (no creds ⇒ no button); hide the whole SSO section when none are configured. No code change needed to add/remove a provider — config only.
 - [ ] Login completion: read roles from Keto → write `metadata_admin` projection → tokenize → set JWT cookie.
 - [ ] JWT middleware: verify signature via cached JWKS, validate `exp`/`iss`/`aud` (+clock skew), build context (user, roles).
 - [ ] JWKS fetch + cache + rotation handling.