/temp

Temp

Make quick, reversible code changes for local testing. Every change is marked with a TEMP: comment so it can be found and undone later.

Modes

1. Make a temporary change (default)

Usage: temp always show questionnaire

1. Search the codebase for code related to the user's description.
2. Make the minimal change needed — flip a boolean, comment out a guard, force a condition, hardcode a value. Prefer the smallest diff possible.
3. Mark every modified line with a comment containing TEMP: and the reason. Use the appropriate comment syntax for the language.

Marking rules:

• Add // TEMP: <reason> (or # TEMP:, /* TEMP: */, -- TEMP:, etc.) at the end of each changed line, or on the line above if end-of-line isn't practical.
• If commenting out code, wrap it like:

  // TEMP: always show questionnaire — commented out guard
  // if (!hasSeenQuestionnaire) {

• If changing a value:

  const showOnboarding = true; // TEMP: always show onboarding (was: false)

• Always include what the original value was when replacing a value, using (was: ...).

4. Tell the user what was changed and how to undo (temp undo).

2. Undo all temporary changes

Usage: temp undo

1. Grep the project for TEMP: markers.
2. If no markers found, tell the user there are no temporary changes.
3. For each file with markers, use git checkout or git restore to revert the file. If the file has other unstaged changes mixed in, restore only the TEMP-marked lines manually by reading the original from git and editing surgically.
4. Confirm what was reverted.

3. List current temporary changes

Usage: temp list

1. Grep the project for TEMP: markers.
2. Display each one with file path, line number, and the marker text.
3. If none found, say "No temporary changes active."

Examples

Example 1: Force a questionnaire to always show

User says: temp always show questionnaire

Actions:

1. Search for questionnaire-related display logic (e.g., hasSeenQuestionnaire, showQuestionnaire, questionnaire + conditional).
2. Find: if (!user.hasCompletedQuestionnaire) { showQuestionnaire(); }
3. Change to: if (true) { showQuestionnaire(); } // TEMP: always show questionnaire (was: !user.hasCompletedQuestionnaire)
4. Report the change.

Example 2: Disable auth check

User says: temp skip auth

Actions:

1. Find auth middleware or guard.
2. Comment out or force-pass the check, marking with // TEMP: skip auth.

Example 3: Undo

User says: temp undo

Actions:

1. Search the codebase for TEMP: markers.
2. Found markers in src/components/Questionnaire.tsx:42 and src/middleware/auth.ts:15.
3. Restore original code for each marked line (read original from git or use the (was: ...) hint).
4. Confirm: "Reverted 2 files, removed all TEMP markers."

Troubleshooting

Can't find relevant code

Cause: The description is too vague or uses different terminology than the codebase. Solution: Ask the user for more specific terms, file names, or feature names to search for.

Undo reverts more than TEMP changes

Cause: The file had other unstaged modifications mixed with TEMP changes. Solution: Instead of reverting the whole file, surgically restore only the TEMP-marked lines by reading the original from git show HEAD:<file> and editing just those lines back.