# v0.11.0 Executive Summary

**Theme**: Intelligence & Automation
**Status**: 📋 Planning Phase
**Target Release**: Q1 2026
**Estimated Effort**: 77 hours over 6 weeks

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## 🎯 One-Line Pitch

**"From manual context management to intelligent codebase understanding"** - Clauxton automatically indexes your codebase and provides conversational workflows, reducing manual work by 80%.

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## 📊 Quick Stats

| Metric | Current (v0.10.1) | Target (v0.11.0) | Improvement |
|--------|-------------------|------------------|-------------|
| Manual KB entry time | 5 min | 1 min | **80% faster** |
| Task creation time | 2 min | 30 sec | **75% faster** |
| Codebase queries | Manual | <500ms | **Automatic** |
| MCP tools | 17 | 22 | +5 tools |
| Test count | 767 | ~990 | +225 tests |

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## 🚀 Two Major Features

### 1. Repository Map (Priority 1)
**Effort**: 30 hours | **Impact**: HIGH

**What it does**:
Automatically indexes your entire codebase, extracting files, functions, classes, and dependencies. Claude Code can instantly understand project structure without manual KB entries.

**Key capabilities**:
- Index 10,000+ files in <10 seconds
- Extract symbols (functions, classes) from Python, JS, TS
- Build dependency graph with cycle detection
- Semantic search over code and comments
- Auto-populate KB with detected patterns

**Inspired by**: Aider's repository map, Devin's codebase understanding

**MCP Tools** (5 new):
- `map_index()` - Index codebase
- `map_query()` - Search by natural language
- `map_get_file()` - Get file details
- `map_get_related()` - Find related files
- `map_analyze()` - Detect architecture patterns

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### 2. Interactive Mode (Priority 2)
**Effort**: 20 hours | **Impact**: MEDIUM

**What it does**:
Conversational interface for creating tasks and KB entries. No YAML knowledge required - just chat with Clauxton.

**Key capabilities**:
- Wizard-style task creation with AI suggestions
- Natural language task import from text files
- KB entry templates (ADR, pattern, constraint)
- Intelligent defaults based on project context

**Example**:
```
$ clauxton task create --interactive

🤖 What needs to be done?
👤 Add user authentication

🤖 Found related files: api/users.py, services/auth_service.py
   Edit these? [Y/n]

🤖 Priority? [critical/high/medium/low]
👤 high

✅ Task created: TASK-003 (Add user authentication)
```

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## 🎯 Strategic Vision

### Current State (v0.10.1)
✅ Robust context management
✅ Bulk operations with safety features
✅ Production-ready quality (767 tests, 91% coverage)

### Gap
- Claude Code still needs manual KB entries
- Developers must know YAML format
- No automatic codebase understanding

### Future State (v0.11.0)
🎯 **Zero-effort context** - Clauxton learns from code
🎯 **Conversational workflows** - No YAML required
🎯 **Intelligent assistance** - AI-powered recommendations

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## 📅 Timeline

```
Week 0 (Now):           Planning & community feedback
Weeks 1-2:              Repository Map implementation
Weeks 3-4:              Interactive Mode implementation
Week 5:                 Integration testing & documentation
Week 6:                 Release preparation
Target Release:         End of Q1 2026
```

**Key Milestones**:
- Week 2: Working repository map demo
- Week 4: Interactive mode demo
- Week 5: Beta release for testers
- Week 6: Public release on PyPI

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## 💰 Cost-Benefit Analysis

### Development Cost
- **Time**: 77 hours (~13 hours/week × 6 weeks)
- **Risk**: Medium (new technology like tree-sitter)
- **Complexity**: High (symbol extraction, NLP parsing)

### Expected Benefits
- **80% time savings** on context management
- **Lower barrier to entry** (no YAML knowledge)
- **Better Claude Code integration** (automatic understanding)
- **Competitive advantage** (unique intelligence layer)

### ROI
**High** - Core differentiator for Clauxton, enables future features

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## 🚧 Key Risks

### Risk 1: Performance (HIGH severity, MEDIUM probability)
**Issue**: Large codebases may be slow to index
**Mitigation**: Incremental indexing, caching, background processing

### Risk 2: Language Support (MEDIUM severity, HIGH probability)
**Issue**: Symbol extraction only works for limited languages
**Mitigation**: Start with Python, add JS/TS later, provide fallback

### Risk 3: Scope Creep (HIGH severity, HIGH probability)
**Issue**: Too many features, timeline slips
**Mitigation**: Strict prioritization, defer optional features to v0.12.0

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## 🎯 Success Criteria

### Must Have (Release Blockers)
- ✅ Repository map indexes Python codebases
- ✅ Interactive task creation works end-to-end
- ✅ 90% test coverage maintained
- ✅ Performance targets met (<10s indexing, <500ms search)
- ✅ 5 new MCP tools fully tested

### Nice to Have (Can defer)
- 🔄 Multi-language symbol extraction (JS, Go, Rust)
- 🔄 Advanced NLP task parsing
- 🔄 Code quality insights
- 🔄 Smart conflict prediction

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## 📣 Marketing Message

### For Developers
**"Stop writing docs, start coding"** - Clauxton automatically understands your codebase so Claude Code can help instantly.

### For Teams
**"Onboard in minutes, not hours"** - New developers get full project context from Clauxton's repository map.

### For Claude Code Ecosystem
**"Intelligence layer for AI-assisted development"** - Clauxton makes Claude Code 10x smarter about your code.

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## 🤔 Open Questions for Community

1. **Feature Priority**: Repository Map vs Interactive Mode - which excites you more?
2. **Language Support**: Which languages do you need? (Python, JS/TS, Go, Rust, Java)
3. **Privacy**: Comfortable with automatic codebase indexing?
4. **UX**: Prefer conversational interface or YAML import?

**Feedback**: https://github.com/nakishiyaman/clauxton/discussions

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## 📋 Decision Points

### Now (Week 0)
- [ ] Approve this roadmap
- [ ] Choose AST parser (tree-sitter vs language-specific)
- [ ] Choose storage format (JSON vs SQLite)
- [ ] Start community feedback period

### Week 2
- [ ] Review Repository Map progress
- [ ] Decide if on track or need scope reduction

### Week 4
- [ ] Review Interactive Mode progress
- [ ] Decide feature freeze date

### Week 5
- [ ] Go/No-Go decision for v0.11.0 release
- [ ] If No-Go: Release minimal v0.11.0-beta, defer features to v0.11.1

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## 🔗 Next Steps

1. **Read full roadmap**: `docs/ROADMAP_v0.11.0.md`
2. **Provide feedback**: GitHub Discussions
3. **Technical deep-dive**: Coming in Week 0 (technical design docs)
4. **Stay updated**: Watch repository for progress

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**Document Version**: 1.0
**Last Updated**: 2025-10-23
**Owner**: @nakishiyaman
