BACKLOG

Last updated: 2025-07-24

🌿 Core CLI Features

  • [x] add command: structured idea capture (✅ implemented)

  • [ ] improve command: guided refinement prompts

  • [ ] evolve command: branch & diverge idea paths

  • [ ] show, list, show_tree: view idea summaries, trees, and metadata

  • [ ] Strategy selector (--method or prompt-aware auto selection)

  • [ ] Interactive prompt mode for idea refinement (CLI or TUI)

🧠 AI + Model Support

  • [ ] GPT model selector (gpt-4, gpt-4o, gpt-3.5, etc.)

  • [ ] Support for non-OpenAI APIs (e.g. DeepSeek, Claude, Mistral)

  • [x] Local model support (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM)

  • [ ] Cost estimation per idea (tokens + $ breakdown)

  • [ ] Smart tag suggestions using LLM

  • [ ] AI co-pilot (co_create) that proposes backlog items & improvements

  • [ ] LLM-based changelog summarizer between idea versions

  • [ ] Content-aware prompt tuning per strategy

🧩 Project Generators & Templates

  • [ ] generate command to scaffold project folder from idea

  • [ ] Selectable templates: feature spec, API design, TDD, blog post, etc.

  • [ ] Daily prompt or reminder: revisit or improve a past idea (daily spark)

  • [ ] User-defined templates stored in %APPDATA%/evolving_ideas/templates (Win/macOS/Linux compatible)

💡 Idea Management & Versioning

  • [ ] Fuzzy CLI search by keyword, tag, or author

  • [ ] Merge two ideas into a composite version

  • [ ] GitHub Gist export / Markdown export

  • [ ] Git integration for auto-committing idea versions

  • [ ] Version bumping and changelog generation based on metadata diffs

  • [ ] Lock idea versions from further editing

💻 Developer Experience

  • [ ] Auto-version bump and changelog on PRs to main

  • [x] Auto-generate markdown docs from docstrings (mkdocs or similar)

  • [x] Auto-run format/lint/test pipeline locally on commit

  • [x] Pre-commit hooks: black, pylint, isort, pytest

  • [ ] CLI diagnostics (evolving-ideas doctor)

  • [ ] Cross-platform config dir support (~/.config/, %APPDATA%/, etc.)

  • [ ] Poetry migration + dev-friendly config in pyproject.toml

🌐 UI & Visualization

  • [ ] CLI idea tree visualization (ascii-tree, rich)

  • [ ] Web-based graph/tree viewer (D3.js, Cytoscape.js)

  • [ ] Future Web UI (Tauri, Flask, or Markdown-style like Obsidian)

  • [ ] Toggleable themes (light/dark, minimal/full) for Web UI

  • [ ] Import/export ideas between CLI and UI

🛠 DevOps & Automation

  • [x] CI/CD split: feature, develop, main, release pipelines

  • [x] Slack + Discord notifications across workflows

  • [ ] Semantic version + changelog enforcement in CI

  • [ ] Auto-lint, format, test in GitHub Actions

  • [ ] Build GitHub release assets for packaged CLI (zip/tarball)

  • [ ] Optional telemetry for usage patterns (opt-in)

📢 Community & Collaboration

  • [ ] contribute CLI command that shows active issues, invites contributions

  • [ ] GitHub Discussions webhook (for open roadmap)

  • [ ] Export idea summaries to team Slack/Discord via webhook

  • [ ] Team mode (multi-user workspace support)

  • [ ] Access control for collaborative edits (via config or UI layer)

  • [ ] Plugin system for external contributors (strategies, renderers, etc.)

📦 Packaging & Distribution

  • [ ] Publish CLI to PyPI (pip install evolving-ideas)

  • [ ] Build standalone binary with pyinstaller or shiv

  • [ ] Docker container for headless automation

  • [ ] Portable mode with self-contained .evolving_ideas folder