Create

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description: Guided rubric creation and assignment attachment
allowed-tools: Read, Bash, AskUserQuestion
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# Rubrics: Create — Guided Rubric Creation and Attachment

End-to-end workflow: create a rubric (from CSV, JSON, or interactively)
and optionally attach it to an assignment.

## Step 1: Load Course Parameters

Read `dauber/config.toml` to get `canvas_course_id`.

**If missing**: Report error and tell user to run `/course:setup` first. Stop.

## Step 2: Choose Input Path

Use `AskUserQuestion`:

- "How would you like to provide the rubric?"
- Options:
  - "I have a Canvas CSV file"
  - "I have a JSON file"
  - "Guide me through building one"

## Step 3: Create the Rubric

### CSV path

Run:

```bash
uv run dauber rubrics import --course {canvas_course_id} --csv {path} --format json

JSON path

Run:

uv run dauber rubrics create --course {canvas_course_id} --file {path} --format json

Guided path

Collect rubric details interactively.

Round 1: Ask for the rubric title.

Round 2+: For each criterion, ask:

1. "Criterion description (or 'done' to finish):"
2. "Points possible for this criterion:"
3. "How many rating levels? (e.g., 3)"
4. For each rating level: "Rating description and points (e.g., 'Excellent: 25'):"

Repeat until user enters 'done' for the criterion description.

Write the collected data to a temp file /tmp/rubric_{canvas_course_id}.json:

{
  "title": "{title}",
  "criteria": [
    {
      "description": "{description}",
      "points": {points},
      "ratings": [
        {"description": "{name}", "points": {pts}},
        ...
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Then run:

uv run dauber rubrics create --course {canvas_course_id} --file /tmp/rubric_{canvas_course_id}.json --format json

Step 4: Capture Rubric ID

Parse the JSON output to extract the created rubric id and title.

Report to user:

Rubric created: {title} (ID: {id})

Step 5: Attach to Assignment

Use AskUserQuestion:

• "Attach this rubric to an assignment? Enter the assignment ID, or leave blank to skip."
• Options: ["Skip"]

If assignment ID provided, run:

uv run dauber rubrics attach --course {canvas_course_id} {rubric_id} {assignment_id} --format json

Report result:

Rubric {rubric_id} attached to assignment {assignment_id}.

Step 6: Next Steps

Suggest:

Next steps:
  - View rubric:  uv run dauber rubrics show --course {canvas_course_id} {rubric_id}
  - Start grading: /assess:setup {assignment_id}

Error Handling

• CSV/JSON parse errors: display the error and stop
• Canvas API errors: display the error message and stop
• If attach fails: report error; rubric was still created (show its ID)