Interactive Kontasks: Capability Analysis

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  "title": "Interactive Kontasks: Capability Analysis",
  "description": "Deep comparison of JS approaches for rich forms, ideation, and dynamic content",
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    "output": "<div style=\"background:#030712;color:#e5e7eb;padding:24px;border-radius:12px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,sans-serif;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;color:#fff;\">🎯 Interactive Kontasks: Which Approach Unlocks the Most?</h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 20px 0;color:#9ca3af;\">Evaluating for rich forms, ideation workflows, and dynamic data capture</p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#1e293b;padding:16px;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#a78bfa;\">📋 The Interview Backlog Vision</h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#e5e7eb;\">Interactive ideation kontasks that:</p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;color:#9ca3af;line-height:1.8;\">\n<li>Present multiple options with <strong>live comparison sliders</strong></li>\n<li>Collect <strong>structured form data</strong> (not just choice buttons)</li>\n<li>Allow <strong>drag-and-drop prioritization</strong></li>\n<li>Show <strong>dynamic calculations</strong> (cost estimates, timelines)</li>\n<li>Support <strong>multi-step wizards</strong> with state persistence</li>\n<li>Enable <strong>inline editing</strong> of generated content</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#1e293b;padding:16px;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 16px 0;color:#3b82f6;\">🏆 Capability Comparison</h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0.85rem;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#0f172a;\">\n<th style=\"padding:10px;text-align:left;color:#fff;\">Capability</th>\n<th style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#9ca3af;\">CSS Only</th>\n<th style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#f59e0b;\">Vanilla JS</th>\n<th style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#8b5cf6;\">React</th>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Tabs/Accordions</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Form inputs + validation</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#ef4444;\">✗</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Live calculations</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#ef4444;\">✗</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Drag-and-drop</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#ef4444;\">✗</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#f59e0b;\">⚡ (manual)</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓ (dnd-kit)</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Multi-step wizards</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#ef4444;\">✗</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#f59e0b;\">⚡ (verbose)</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">State persistence</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#ef4444;\">✗</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓ (localStorage)</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">API calls (submit data)</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#ef4444;\">✗</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓ (fetch)</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Complex UI (charts, graphs)</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#ef4444;\">✗</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#f59e0b;\">⚡ (Chart.js)</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓ (Recharts)</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Inline content editing</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#ef4444;\">✗</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓ (contenteditable)</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;text-align:center;color:#22c55e;\">✓</td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#22c55e20;border:1px solid #22c55e;padding:16px;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#22c55e;\">🏆 Winner: Vanilla JS (with escape hatch to React)</h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#e5e7eb;\"><strong>Vanilla JS unlocks 90% of capabilities</strong> with minimal complexity. Here's why:</p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;color:#9ca3af;line-height:1.8;\">\n<li><strong>Forms</strong> - Native HTML forms + JS validation just work</li>\n<li><strong>State</strong> - Simple object + localStorage, no Redux needed</li>\n<li><strong>API calls</strong> - fetch() is built-in, async/await is clean</li>\n<li><strong>Calculations</strong> - JS is JS, no framework overhead</li>\n<li><strong>Charts</strong> - Chart.js works standalone, no React wrapper needed</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#1e293b;padding:16px;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#ec4899;\">💡 The Hybrid Architecture</h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#e5e7eb;\">Best of both worlds:</p>\n<div style=\"background:#0f172a;padding:12px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:12px;\">\n<pre style=\"margin:0;font-size:0.85rem;color:#a5b4fc;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">// Claude outputs HTML with inline JS by default:</span>\n&lt;div class=\"ideation-form\"&gt;\n  &lt;input id=\"title\" placeholder=\"Feature name\"&gt;\n  &lt;button onclick=\"submitIdea()\"&gt;Submit&lt;/button&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;script&gt;\nasync function submitIdea() {\n  const data = { title: document.getElementById('title').value };\n  await fetch('/api/kontask/respond', { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify(data) });\n}\n&lt;/script&gt;\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">// For complex UI, Claude can request a registered component:</span>\n{ \"component\": \"PriorityDragList\", \"props\": { \"items\": [...] } }</pre>\n</div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;color:#9ca3af;font-size:0.9rem;\">Simple interactions = inline JS. Complex widgets (drag-drop, charts) = pre-built React components.</p>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#1e293b;padding:16px;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#f59e0b;\">🎨 Interview Ideation Example</h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#9ca3af;\">What an interactive ideation kontask could look like:</p>\n<div style=\"background:#0f172a;padding:16px;border-radius:8px;border:1px dashed #374151;\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\">\n<label style=\"color:#9ca3af;font-size:0.85rem;\">Feature Name</label>\n<div style=\"background:#1e293b;padding:10px;border-radius:4px;color:#e5e7eb;margin-top:4px;\">[ Interactive input field ]</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\">\n<label style=\"color:#9ca3af;font-size:0.85rem;\">Priority (drag to reorder)</label>\n<div style=\"background:#1e293b;padding:8px;border-radius:4px;margin-top:4px;\">\n<div style=\"background:#374151;padding:8px;border-radius:4px;margin-bottom:4px;color:#e5e7eb;\">☰ High - Core functionality</div>\n<div style=\"background:#374151;padding:8px;border-radius:4px;margin-bottom:4px;color:#e5e7eb;\">☰ Medium - Nice to have</div>\n<div style=\"background:#374151;padding:8px;border-radius:4px;color:#e5e7eb;\">☰ Low - Future consideration</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\">\n<label style=\"color:#9ca3af;font-size:0.85rem;\">Effort Estimate</label>\n<div style=\"background:#1e293b;padding:10px;border-radius:4px;margin-top:4px;display:flex;gap:8px;\">\n<span style=\"background:#22c55e;padding:4px 12px;border-radius:4px;color:#fff;\">Small</span>\n<span style=\"background:#374151;padding:4px 12px;border-radius:4px;color:#9ca3af;\">Medium</span>\n<span style=\"background:#374151;padding:4px 12px;border-radius:4px;color:#9ca3af;\">Large</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:8px;margin-top:16px;\">\n<button style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,#daa520,#b8860b);color:#000;padding:10px 20px;border:none;border-radius:6px;font-weight:600;cursor:pointer;\">Submit & Continue →</button>\n<button style=\"background:#374151;color:#9ca3af;padding:10px 20px;border:none;border-radius:6px;cursor:pointer;\">Save Draft</button>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#1e293b;padding:16px;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#fff;\">📐 Implementation Roadmap</h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:0.9rem;\">\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#22c55e;width:80px;\">Phase 1</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Enable inline JS execution in kontask cards</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#9ca3af;\">~30 min</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#f59e0b;\">Phase 2</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Add kontask response API endpoint (receive form data)</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#9ca3af;\">~1 hour</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid #374151;\">\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#8b5cf6;\">Phase 3</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Build 3-5 reusable React components (DragList, Chart, Wizard)</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#9ca3af;\">~2 hours</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#ec4899;\">Phase 4</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#e5e7eb;\">Interview ideation workflow with state persistence</td>\n<td style=\"padding:10px;color:#9ca3af;\">~2 hours</td>\n</tr>\n</table>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#0f172a;padding:16px;border-radius:8px;border:1px solid #22c55e;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;color:#22c55e;\">🚀 Recommendation</h4>\n<p style=\"margin:0;color:#e5e7eb;\"><strong>Start with Phase 1</strong> (inline JS). This alone unlocks forms, tabs, calculations, and API calls. Claude can immediately start outputting interactive kontasks. Add React components later only for complex widgets.</p>\n</div>\n</div>",
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        "value": "Design the kontask response API endpoint first - how should form data from interactive kontasks be submitted back to Claude?"
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