One-Command Parallel Setup with Sub-5-Minute Target

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Strategic Improvement

Setup currently takes ~30 minutes vs target <5 minutes. Issue #371 addresses dependency resolution but not end-to-end setup speed. Rewrite shipwright setup/init to install all prerequisites in parallel (tmux plugins, Claude CLI verification, Node packages), use cached configuration templates, pre-flight validation, and aggressive timeout detection. Measure and enforce <5 minute total time on fresh macOS/Linux systems.

Acceptance Criteria

• Parallel installation of tmux plugins, TPM, and all prerequisites
• Pre-built configuration templates copied instantly (no generation)
• Setup completes in <5 minutes on macOS (tested) and Linux (tested)
• Progress bar shows parallel task completion in real-time
• Failure fast-path: if any prerequisite fails, skip dependent steps and report
• Add --quick flag that skips optional components for <2 minute setup
• Measure and log setup duration, fail if >5 minutes

Context

• Priority: P1
• Complexity: standard
• Generated by: Strategic Intelligence Agent
• Strategy alignment: P1: Developer Experience

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Field	Value
Template	standard
Complexity	standard
Max Iterations	20
Triage	Core DX improvement to critical setup flow with clear acceptance criteria (parallelization, <5min target, cross-platform testing).
Runner	ubuntu-latest
Risk Level	unknown
Workflow	24282385747

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📋 Implementation Plan

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The plan is ready for review. Here's a summary of what I've designed:

Plan: One-Command Parallel Setup with Sub-5-Minute Target

Root Cause

The ~30-minute setup time comes primarily from 5 sequential tmux plugin git clones (15-25s total) and multiple separate jq writes to settings.json. These are the critical paths to fix.

Architecture (4 files changed, 2 created)

scripts/lib/setup-parallel.sh   ← NEW: parallel task executor
scripts/lib/setup-templates.sh  ← NEW: template manager  
scripts/sw-init.sh              ← MODIFIED: parallelize plugins, batch jq
scripts/sw-setup.sh             ← MODIFIED: --quick flag, cache prereqs

Key Changes

1. Parallel plugin clones — All 5 tmux plugins cloned with background jobs + PID coordination files instead of sequential loop. 15-25s → 5-7s.

2. Batched jq — Replace 5+ individual jq ... > tmp && mv calls with a single read → pipeline → atomic write. Eliminates risk of concurrent writes corrupting settings.json.

3. --quick flag — Skips optional plugins (tmux-fzf, tmux-yank). Target: <2 minutes.

4. Prereq cache — Phase 1 results saved to temp file; Phase 4 reuses them instead of running the full doctor scan again (~10-15s saved).

5. Timing enforcement — SETUP_DEADLINE_SECONDS (default 300s, env-overridable). Warns if exceeded but never exits 1 to avoid breaking CI.

Three Critical Failure Modes Addressed

• Silent plugin install failure → verified via ls ~/.tmux/plugins/ at end
• settings.json corruption from concurrent jq → serialized via single batched write
• Timeout breaking CI → warn-only, auto-adjusts when $CI env is set

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Generated by shipwright pipeline at 2026-04-11T12:39:01Z

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📐 Architecture Decision Record

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The ADR has been written to .claude/design.md. Here's a summary of the key decisions:

Problem: Sequential setup taking ~30 minutes due to 5 serial git clones and 10+ individual jq writes to settings.json.

Solution — 4 components:

1. scripts/lib/setup-parallel.sh (new) — Bash 3.2-compatible parallel task executor using PID files in tmpdir instead of associative arrays. Spawns background subshells, collects exit codes, handles timeout/cleanup via trap.

2. scripts/lib/setup-templates.sh (new) — Batched jq writer that replaces 10 separate read-parse-write cycles with a single atomic compound filter. Also fixes the duplicate template copy bug.

3. scripts/sw-init.sh (modified) — Replaces sequential plugin clone loop (lines 208-236) with parallel executor. Replaces sequential jq operations (lines 479-609) with batched write.

4. scripts/sw-setup.sh (modified) — Adds --quick flag (skips tmux-fzf/tmux-yank), prereq cache reuse between Phase 1 and Phase 4, and SETUP_DEADLINE_SECONDS timing enforcement (warn-only, never exit 1).

Critical path improvement: 31-50s sequential down to 10-16s parallel. Targets: <5min full, <2min quick mode.

Rejected alternatives: GNU parallel (not portable), Node.js setup (chicken-and-egg), pre-built tarballs (breaks TPM updates), lazy install (bad UX).

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Generated by shipwright pipeline design stage at 2026-04-11T12:46:36Z

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