going to bed, updated the headers file to consolidate data and config dir, for now. Also began working on parsing user input. need to check out click

.gitignore

@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ wheels/
 
 # Virtual environments
 .venv
+
+#development files
+state.json
+config.json

config.toml

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-#config 
+[Competition]
-#file with global options 
+competition = "mycomp"
-#key = "val"
+catagory = "somecat"
-[CTF-DATA]
+challenge = "somechal"
-current-challenge = "testChal"
+[Enviroment]
-current-comp = "testComp"
+data_dir = "/home/venus/code/ctf/"
-key-format = "SKY-aaaa-0000"
-#comments ignored

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,4 +4,19 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 description = "An AI enhanced CTF toolchain"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.14"
-dependencies = []
+dependencies = [
+    "platformdirs>=4.9.4",
+]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project.scripts]
+ctf = "ctf.main:main"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["src/ctf"]
+
+[tool.pyright]
+extraPaths = ["src"]

src/commands.py

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# functions for commands needed
-# src/commands.py
-import os
-
-# Read variables
-
-# Initialize a challenge
-## Copy files into directory
-## add section to log

src/ctf/commands.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# functions for commands needed
+# src/commands.py
+import os
+from ctf.utils import state
+from pathlib import path
+
+def test():
+    print("hello from test")
+def Set_Challenge(comp: str, chal: str, setDirectory: bool):
+    # set the current challenge and competition from input
+    if state.current_comp != comp:
+        state.current_comp=comp
+        state.comp_dir=pathlib
+        # TODO archive the old competitions
+
+    if state.current_chal != chal:
+        state.current_chal=chal
+        print("challenge already set")
+    # TODO archive the old challenges
+    # TODO set the directory to challenge directory, with ignore option
+
+

src/ctf/main.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# src/main.py
+# Parses and calls commands
+
+import argparse
+from ctf.utils import state
+
+def setArguments():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( #type:ignore
+            prog="ctf",
+            description="A collection of cli tools to improve your ctf workflow",
+            epilog="")
+    parser.add_argument('action')           # positional argument, action to be taken
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--count')      # option that takes a value
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true')  # on/off flag
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+
+def main():
+    state.info = "me"
+    # Parse arguments
+        # Current Ctf
+        # Current Challenge
+    # Validate args
+    # Call library functiions
+        # Set Ctf
+    args = setArguments()
+    if args.action == set:
+        print(f"setting ctf to{args.ctf}")
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

src/ctf/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# src/ctf/utils.py
+# basic utilities
+
+import tomllib
+import json
+import toml
+from pathlib import Path
+from platformdirs import user_config_dir
+# Parse config file
+
+
+class StateManager:
+    _path : Path
+    _data: dict
+    def __init__(self):
+        # Assume data directory exists on install and defined in config
+        # TODO check datadir valid
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_path", "user_config_dir/config.json") # set self._path to data_dir safely
+        object.__setattr__(self, "_data", self._load()) # load objects into self
+
+    def _load(self):
+        if self._path.exists():
+            with open(self._path, "r") as f:
+                return toml.load(f)
+        return{}
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        # use state.challenge to return value for challenge from dictionary
+        return self._data.get(name)
+
+    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+        # use state.challenge = "run" to set challenge and run to dictionary
+        # writes the whole dict to disk
+        self._data[name] = value
+        with open(self._path, "w",) as f:
+            json.dump(self._data, f, indent=4)
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"StateManager({self.__dict__})"
+
+
+state = StateManager()
+

src/main.py

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# src/main.py
-# Parses and calls commands
-def main():
-    print("Hello from ctf!")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()