Task Plan: kevinmcnellis-site Documentation & Maintenance

Goal

Maintain and improve the personal website codebase documentation, and continue developing blog content.

Current Phase

Phase 1 (Documentation update complete, awaiting next task)

Phases

Phase 1: CLAUDE.md Update (via /init)

• Review existing CLAUDE.md
• Explore codebase structure
• Identify missing documentation (gotchas, color palette)
• Update CLAUDE.md with improvements
• Status: complete

Phase 2: Planning Files Setup

• Run session-catchup.py to check previous context
• Create task_plan.md, findings.md, progress.md
• Status: complete

Phase 3: Next User Task

• Await user direction
• Status: pending

Key Questions

1. What additional blog posts should be added?
2. Should the untracked .docx file be deleted or archived?

Decisions Made

Decision	Rationale
Added EJS indentation gotcha to CLAUDE.md	Critical bug discovered in previous session that causes HTML to render as code blocks
Added color palette table to CLAUDE.md	Makes brand colors easily discoverable for future styling work
Added freeze cache gotcha to CLAUDE.md	Common issue when content changes don’t appear
No thumbnails in posts listing	Charts aren’t legible at 140-200px thumbnail size

Errors Encountered

Error	Attempt	Resolution
(none this session)	-	-

Notes

• SESSION_STATE.md from previous session documents the “Writing” section work
• Untracked file ICE and CBP Funding - 2026_01_29.docx is in repo root
• Site deploys automatically via GitHub Actions on push to main