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Use python3 as the canonical command name course-wide (#104)
Most current systems (default Debian/Ubuntu, recent macOS) install Python
only as `python3`, with no bare `python` on PATH, so learners who copied
`python cli.py ...` into their host shell hit "command not found".

Convert host-shell `python <cmd>` -> `python3 <cmd>` across module/lab
READMEs, lab `.py` docstrings & usage strings, blog posts, lab prompt and
instruction files, the M04 verify.sh message, and the M10/M24 lab patches.
Module 01's convention note (and its blog/02 mirror) is rewritten so
`python3` is canonical and `python` is the documented fallback.

Stop-lines respected: Docker image tags (`python:3.12-slim`), `.venv/.../python`
and `...\.venv\Scripts\python.exe` paths, the M20 `"command": "python"`
teaching example and surrounding venv prose, container-internal invocations
(M16/M18 Dockerfiles, M16 README `docker run` examples), and CI-workflow
`run:` steps fed by `actions/setup-python` / `image: python:3.12` are left
as `python` on purpose.

pip was left out of scope: most occurrences are prose or CI/container-internal,
and `pip3` does not fix the PEP 668 externally-managed-environment refusal that
the course already addresses with venvs. The M01 note is worded to stay
consistent with bare `pip` (use whichever pip pairs with your Python).

Build (tools/build_wiki.py) and tools/check.sh both pass.

Closes #104

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GAEzanEoGJT5o1VizQar47
2026-06-23 20:18:04 -04:00

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<!--
STARTER: a committed AI instructions file for the `tasks-app` (Modules 1-2).
Copy this to whatever filename YOUR agentic tool reads for repo-level instructions (check its
docs), place it at the repo root, then edit every line to match reality. Wrong instructions are
worse than none; read it through before you commit it. Delete this comment when you're done.
The shape below is deliberately short. An instructions file is a briefing for an agent that will
edit this code, not documentation for humans (that's the README). Keep only lines that change the
AI's behavior; prune anything the model already gets right on its own.
-->
# Instructions for AI agents working on tasks-app
A tiny command-line task tracker. The point of this project is to be small enough to read in a
minute but real enough to have more than one file. Keep it that way; don't grow it into a product.
## Project layout
- `tasks.py`: core logic (`Task`, `TaskList`). New behavior that isn't about the command line goes
here.
- `cli.py`: the command-line front end. Argument parsing and printing only; it calls into
`tasks.py`. Reads and writes `tasks.json`.
- `tasks.json`: generated state. See "Don't touch" below.
## Build and test commands
- Run the app: `python3 cli.py <command>` (e.g. `python3 cli.py list`).
- Run the tests: `python3 -m unittest` <!-- EDIT: set this to your real test command, or delete if you have no tests yet -->
- Do not claim a change works until you have actually run it. If tests exist, they must pass first.
## Coding standards
- Python 3.10+ . Standard library only; no third-party packages without being asked.
- Type-hint public functions and methods. Match the existing dataclass style in `tasks.py`.
- Handle bad input gracefully (e.g. a non-numeric index) rather than letting a raw traceback escape.
## Don't touch
- **Never edit `tasks.json` by hand.** It is generated by the app; hand-editing it corrupts state.
Read it if you need to, but change it only by running the CLI.
- Don't reformat or rewrite files you aren't actively changing. Keep diffs small and focused.
## House style
- Keep functions small and single-purpose. Prefer clarity over cleverness.
- Match the surrounding code's style; don't introduce a new pattern for something the project already
does one way.
- When you add a command, wire it into `cli.py`'s dispatch and update the usage string.