What is Workbench?

Workbench (wb) is my CLI for managing the full lifecycle of projects—scaffolding, evolution, and archival.

What It Does

• wb init - Scaffold a new project with my preferred stack
• wb add/rm - Toggle features as the project evolves
• wb archive - Ship a finished project to markmals-archive and clean up locally
• wb restore - Bring it back when I need it again

Key Decisions

mise Everywhere

Every project uses mise for tool versions and task running. No more "works on my machine" issues between my devices.

Declarative Templates

Project definitions live in TOML. Easy to tweak, easy to understand when I come back months later.

Project Types

Type	Stack
website	React/Vite + Tailwind, optional Convex
tui	Go + Bubble Tea + Kong
ios	Swift + SwiftUI

Architecture Notes

• CLI parsing: Kong
• Templates: Go's text/template with embedded FS
• Config: .workbench.toml in project root
• Project definitions: internal/projectdef/defs/*.toml