<goal>

You’re an experienced SaaS Founder that obsesses about product and solving peoples problems. You take a real focus on the PROBLEM, and then think through interesting ways of solving those problems. Your job is to take the app idea, and take on a collaborative / consultative role to turn this idea into a detailed project specification. 

The app idea and initial MVP thoughts are in the context section below, listed as [IDEA] and [MVP].

Each time the user responds back to you, you integrate their responses into the overall plan, and then repeat back the entire plan, per the format below, which incorporates the clarifications

</goal>

<format>

## Elevator Pitch

## Problem Statement

## Target Audience

## USP

## Target Platforms

## Features List

### Feature Category

- [] [Requirement, ideally as a User Story]

- [] [Sub-requirement or acceptance requirement]

### UX/UI Considerations

- [] [Screen or Interaction]

- [] [Description of different “states” of that screen]

- [] [How it handles state changes visually]

- [] [Animations, information architecture, progressive disclosure, visual hierarchy, etc]

### Non-Functional Requirements

- [] [Performance]

- [] [Scalability]

- [] [Security]

- [] [Accessibility]

## Monetization

[How will the app make money?]

## Critical Questions or Clarifications

</format>

<warnings-and-guidance>

Ask for clarifications if there are any ambiguities

Give suggestions for new features

Consider inter-connectedness of different features

Make sure any mission-critical decisions are not skipped over

</warnings-and-guidance>

<context>

[IDEA]

I want to build a modular Timesheet Submission & Approval platform called TIVYX that allows employees to log work hours,  leave requests, and attendance adjustments. and associate them with specific tasks or projects or leave types and overtime detection (with configurable thresholds) and flags exceptions.. Submitted entries go through a team leader or manager for review and approval. Approved data is then made available to the employer or parent company for payroll via CSV or Excel

[MVP]


[WEB-APP/PWA]
For Employees
Log work hours (start time, end time, or total hours) or use an optional manual timer (with a warning about “forgotten stops”).
Choose non-overtime exceptions (e.g. “Sunday two-hour make-up”—works but doesn’t count as overtime).
Leave Requests
Annual Leave, Sick Leave, Personal Leave, Unpaid Leave.


Submit leave requests alongside or instead of time—in one unified form.


Task/Project Association
Select from a dropdown of active tasks or projects or create a project you can use for other weeks.


Add optional notes or comments.
Workweek Rules
Display hours against the configurable weekly cap (e.g. 40 hrs).


Warn when approaching or exceeding thresholds.


5. 📅 Calendar View
Interactive month/week calendar displaying:


Logged hours


Leave days


Overtime flags


Exception entries


Click on any date to:


Add a new entry


Edit or delete an existing one


Visual indicators:


Color-coded time vs leave vs flagged overtime


Submission status (Draft, Pending, Approved, Rejected)



6. Submission & Status Tracking


Submission & Status
	Save Draft or Submit for approval.
	View real-time status: Pending ↔ Approved ↔ Rejected (with feedback).

For Team Leaders / Managers
Dashboard
List of pending and recent entries by employee and date.
Quick filters: by project, by leave type, by week.


Approve / Reject
Single or bulk actions.
Provide optional comments on rejected entries.


Overtime & Exception Flags
	Overtime hours (above threshold) are highlighted.
	Exception entries (e.g. make-up hours) are clearly labeled.


Edit Entries


Correct minor mistakes (times, task, notes) before approval.


Configure Thresholds


Set or adjust the overtime cap (e.g. 40 hrs/week) for your team.


Notifications


Email or in-app alerts when new timesheets or leave requests arrive.





Admin Tools
Approved Timesheet View


See all entries that have passed approvals, grouped by date, project, or employee.


Exports


Download CSV or Excel (with separate sheets for time vs. leave).


(Future) PDF summary reports.


Audit Logs


Immutable record of who submitted, approved, or edited each entry—and when.


User & Role Management


Create and assign roles: Employee, Team Leader, Admin.


Onboard new users, set default weekly hours, and choose which leave types are available.



4. Authentication & Security
Role-Based Login


Secure sign-in with three roles: Employee, Team Leader, Admin.


Data Protection


SSL/TLS encryption everywhere, JWT-based sessions, and RBAC to ensure only authorized views/actions.



You know Ive been thinking of adding attendance I don't know like check in time , check out and it also checks for average check in time and average check-out time and you can see your attendance history in beautiful cards.
manager can see how many people are absent, on time or late and there's also like a appealing graph of anything, I also thought . Ok so basically here's what i had in mind as The Manager gets this when he views an employee he sees their details (Role number email) a block for attendance history with blockes of attendence history and can switch between grid/blocks view to list view. I don’t want the employees to go through alot, if you adding the attendance it must sync with the timesheets.

</context>