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docs: reposition ThinkRail as the agentic IDE that gets better with use - #643
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Problem
ThinkRail still described itself as a "desktop-and-mobile client" (README, AGENTS.md, goal spec, landing-page chat demo) or a "worktree IDE" (landing page title/tagline, CLI startup banner). The recent blog posts already moved away from the GUI/client framing, and the new positioning is: ThinkRail is the agentic IDE that gets better every time you use it — learning your project through living specs today, and building its own capabilities tomorrow.
Approach
Adopt the new positioning in the product's primary self-descriptions only. The README carries the full statement (including the upcoming extension-support plans);
goal-and-requirements.mdandAGENTS.mdtake the present-tense part only, since the goal spec holds no roadmap. The thin-host / pi-owns-state description stays, because the agent context and specs depend on it.Intentionally unchanged: published blog posts, and the
/vibecoding/,/agentic-development/,/agentic-ide/routes, which run a deliberate control-vs-compounding wording test (/agentic-ide/already uses this wording).Changes
README.md: new two-paragraph positioning lead; the old thin-host sentence follows as "Under the hood…"; "ThinkRail is a Worktree IDE:" → "Every workspace is a git worktree:".AGENTS.md,goal-and-requirements.md: "desktop-and-mobile client" → "the agentic IDE that gets better every time you use it".apps/website/src/pages/index.astro:<title>,og:title, hero tagline, and chat-demo answer use the new wording.packages/shared/src/startupMark.ts: CLI banner "worktree IDE for pi" → "agentic IDE for pi"; the pinned output hash in its test is updated to match.Screenshots
Copy-only change: landing-page tagline/title text and one CLI banner line; no layout or styling changes.
Related issues
None.
Checklist
bun run lint,bun run typecheck,bun run testbun run e2e, orbun run e2e:fullwhen touching agent behavior) — not run; copy-only changeSPEC.md/ top-level specs updated to reflect any boundary, contract, or behavior changeTesting
bun test packages/shared/src/startupMark.test.ts→ 7 passcd apps/website && bun run build(astro check, build, validateBuild) → 11 pages built, validation passedbun run lint→ cleanbun run typecheck(pre-commit) → 18/18 tasks successfulbun run test→ 18/18 tasks successful, 0 fail