monicahq/monica

Suggest relationships

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#1255 opened on May 1, 2018

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feature requesthelp wanted

Description

It would be useful if Monica could suggest adding relationships when adding family members. For example, in a family with one mother, one father and three children, once you have the parents and you add one child to one parent, it would suggest creating a parent-child relationship for the other parent. Similarly, once you have some other children in the family, it would suggest adding sibling relationships between them.

These should be only suggestions, because they would not always be true (for example, in the case of half-siblings)

Contributor guide

Tech stack
None
Domain
backend
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Familiarity with Monica's family/relationship modelUnderstanding of suggestion algorithms
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Investigate the current family and relationship models in Monica's codebase. Look at how family members are added and stored, particularly the relationship between parents and children. Design a suggestion algorithm that triggers when adding a child to one parent, suggesting a parent child relationship to the other parent, and sibling relationships among existing children. Consider edge cases like half siblings. The implementation would likely involve changes in the backend controllers (e.g., FamilyController or RelationshipController) and possibly frontend views to display suggestions. Refer to existing tests for relationship creation logic.