This folder is a build spec for LisTable, a small macOS desktop app for
restructuring tabular data. Drop this whole folder into Claude Code and point it
at CLAUDE.md.
What LisTable is
A structural editor for tabular JSON and CSV. It shows the same data two ways
and lets you edit from either side:
Table view, a normal grid
List view, a nested outline produced by "rolling up" one or more columns
It is not a spreadsheet. No formulas, no cross cell references, no number
formatting. It fills the gap between "I need a spreadsheet" and "I am editing
raw JSON in a text editor."
There is already a working browser prototype in reference/listable.jsx. It
contains the complete data model, the transforms, and both views. The desktop
build wraps that prototype in a Tauri shell and adds real file I/O.
Files in this folder
File
Purpose
CLAUDE.md
Project context for Claude Code. Start here.
SPEC.md
Full product and technical spec, including the Tauri layer.
BUILD_PLAN.md
Ordered task checklist.
reference/listable.jsx
Working browser prototype. Source of truth for model, transforms, UI.
reference/data-model.md
The data model and the bidirectional transform design.
The short version of the job
Scaffold a Vite + React + Tailwind project.
Add a Tauri shell.
Port the prototype, modularized into components and a lib/ for logic.
Add CSV and JSON import and export.
Add real in place file editing: open a file, edit, save back to the same file.
Add a native menu (File, Edit) and .csv / .json file associations.
