# TraceRTM Feature & Gap Analysis: Complete Interface Coverage

**Date**: 2025-12-03  
**Scope**: CLI, File-based, TUI, GUI/Web, Backend across all vision/plan documents  
**Method**: Systematic analysis of implemented vs planned features

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## Executive Summary

This document provides a comprehensive walkthrough of features and gaps across all interfaces (CLI, File-based, TUI, GUI/Web, Backend) against the complete vision and planning documents.

**Key Finding**: Multiple planning documents exist with overlapping but sometimes conflicting feature sets. This analysis consolidates all planned features and compares against current implementation.

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## Part 1: CLI Features Analysis

### 1.1 Current CLI Commands (Implemented)

**From `src/tracertm/cli/app.py` and command modules:**

#### Core Commands ✅
- `rtm init` - Initialize .trace/ directory
- `rtm register` - Register existing .trace/
- `rtm project` - Project management (create, list, switch, show)
- `rtm item` - Item CRUD (create, list, show, update, delete)
- `rtm link` - Link management (create, list, show, delete)
- `rtm view` - View switching and management
- `rtm state` - Project state display
- `rtm search` - Full-text search
- `rtm drill` - Drill-down navigation
- `rtm query` - Advanced queries
- `rtm export` - Export data (JSON, YAML, CSV)
- `rtm history` - Show item history

#### Advanced Commands ✅
- `rtm config` - Configuration management
- `rtm db` - Database operations (status, migrate, rollback)
- `rtm backup` - Backup and restore
- `rtm sync` - Offline-first sync management
- `rtm agents` - Agent management (register, list, track)
- `rtm chaos` - Chaos mode (mass operations, scope tracking)
- `rtm tui` - TUI applications (dashboard, graph, browser)
- `rtm benchmark` - Performance benchmarking
- `rtm progress` - Progress tracking
- `rtm saved-queries` - Saved queries management
- `rtm ingest` - Stateless ingestion (MD/MDX/YAML)
- `rtm import` - Import from JSON/YAML/Jira/GitHub
- `rtm watch` - Watch .trace/ directory for changes
- `rtm design` - Design integration (Storybook + Figma)
- `rtm test` - Unified test runner (NEW - just implemented)
- `rtm cursor` - Cursor agent interactions
- `rtm droid` - Droid agent interactions
- `rtm migrate` - Migration from old storage
- `rtm dashboard` - Multi-project dashboard

**Total CLI Commands**: ~30 command groups + 6 direct commands = **36+ commands**

### 1.2 Planned CLI Commands (From Vision Docs)

#### From Original Plan (CLI_MVP_GAP_FILLING_PLAN.md)
- ✅ `rtm state` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm search` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm drill` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm view` - **IMPLEMENTED** (partial)
- ❌ `rtm show --depth` - **MISSING** depth option
- ❌ `rtm show --view` - **MISSING** view filter option
- ❌ `rtm delete --cascade` - **MISSING** cascade option
- ❌ `rtm links` - **MISSING** (separate command, currently `rtm link list`)

#### From Chaos Mode (ORIGINAL_PLAN_GAP_ANALYSIS.md)
- ✅ `rtm chaos` - **IMPLEMENTED** (service exists)
- ❌ `rtm explode` - **MISSING** (mass add from file)
- ❌ `rtm crash` - **MISSING** (scope reduction)
- ❌ `rtm zombies` - **MISSING** (zombie detection)
- ❌ `rtm snapshot` - **MISSING** (temporal snapshots)

#### From Intelligent CRUD (ORIGINAL_PLAN_GAP_ANALYSIS.md)
- ✅ `rtm item create` - **IMPLEMENTED** (basic)
- ❌ `rtm create --auto-generate` - **MISSING** auto-generation
- ❌ `rtm extend` - **MISSING** extend item command
- ❌ `rtm collapse` - **MISSING** collapse item command
- ❌ `rtm expand` - **MISSING** expand item command
- ❌ `rtm edit --propagate` - **MISSING** propagation option

#### From Test CLI (UNIFIED_TEST_CLI_PLAN_COMPLETE.md)
- ✅ `rtm test` - **IMPLEMENTED** (new)
- ✅ `rtm test:unit` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm test:int` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm test:e2e` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm test:cov` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm test:matrix` - **PARTIAL** (placeholder)
- ✅ `rtm test:story` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm test:comprehensive` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm test python` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm test go` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm test e2e` - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ `rtm test list` - **IMPLEMENTED**

### 1.3 CLI Feature Gaps

#### Critical Gaps 🔴
1. **Chaos Mode Commands** (16h)
   - `rtm explode` - Mass add from file
   - `rtm crash` - Scope reduction tracking
   - `rtm zombies` - Zombie detection & cleanup
   - `rtm snapshot` - Temporal snapshots

2. **Intelligent CRUD** (30h)
   - `--auto-generate` option
   - `rtm extend` command
   - `rtm collapse` command
   - `rtm expand` command
   - `--propagate` option

3. **Enhanced Options** (10h)
   - `rtm show --depth` option
   - `rtm show --view` option
   - `rtm delete --cascade` option
   - `rtm links` command (separate from `rtm link`)

#### Medium Priority Gaps 🟡
4. **Rich Terminal Output** (15h)
   - Tree views for hierarchies
   - Syntax highlighting
   - Status indicators
   - Enhanced progress bars

5. **CLI Documentation** (31h)
   - User guide
   - API reference
   - Tutorial
   - Examples guide

**Total CLI Gaps**: ~102 hours

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## Part 2: File-Based Features Analysis

### 2.1 Current File-Based Features (Implemented)

#### From `ingest.py`:
- ✅ `rtm ingest` - Stateless ingestion command exists
- ⚠️ **Status**: Command structure exists, implementation unclear

#### From `import_cmd.py`:
- ✅ `rtm import` - Import from JSON/YAML/Jira/GitHub
- ✅ JSON import
- ✅ YAML import
- ⚠️ Jira import (status unclear)
- ⚠️ GitHub import (status unclear)

### 2.2 Planned File-Based Features (From Vision Docs)

#### From Original Plan (ORIGINAL_PLAN_GAP_ANALYSIS.md)
- ❌ **MD/MDX Ingestion** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **YAML Ingestion** - **PARTIAL** (import exists, ingestion unclear)
- ❌ **OpenSpec Interface** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **BMad Interface** - **MISSING**

#### From Ingest Command (CLI_MVP_GAP_FILLING_PLAN.md)
- ✅ `rtm ingest` command exists
- ❌ **MD/MDX parsing** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **YAML parsing** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **OpenSpec parsing** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **BMad parsing** - **MISSING**

#### From Research Docs
- ❌ **Markdown frontmatter parsing** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **MDX component extraction** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **YAML schema validation** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **OpenSpec spec parsing** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **BMad agent/workflow parsing** - **MISSING**

### 2.3 File-Based Feature Gaps

#### Critical Gaps 🔴
1. **Markdown/MDX Ingestion** (20h)
   - Frontmatter parsing
   - Component extraction
   - Link detection
   - Metadata extraction

2. **YAML Ingestion** (10h)
   - Schema validation
   - Multi-document support
   - Reference resolution

3. **OpenSpec Interface** (10h)
   - Spec file parsing
   - Agent extraction
   - Tool extraction

4. **BMad Interface** (10h)
   - Agent file parsing
   - Workflow extraction
   - Task extraction

**Total File-Based Gaps**: ~50 hours

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## Part 3: TUI Features Analysis

### 3.1 Current TUI Features (Implemented)

#### From `src/tracertm/tui/`:
- ✅ `tui/apps/dashboard.py` - Dashboard app
- ✅ `tui/apps/dashboard_compat.py` - Enhanced dashboard
- ✅ `tui/apps/graph.py` - Graph visualization app
- ✅ `tui/apps/browser.py` - Item browser app
- ✅ `tui/widgets/view_switcher.py` - View switcher widget
- ✅ `tui/widgets/item_list.py` - Item list widget
- ✅ `tui/widgets/graph_view.py` - Graph view widget
- ✅ `tui/widgets/state_display.py` - State display widget
- ✅ `tui/widgets/sync_status.py` - Sync status widget
- ✅ `tui/widgets/conflict_panel.py` - Conflict panel widget
- ✅ `tui/adapters/storage_adapter.py` - Storage adapter

#### From `tui.py` CLI command:
- ✅ `rtm tui dashboard` - Launch dashboard
- ✅ `rtm tui graph` - Launch graph view
- ✅ `rtm tui browser` - Launch browser

### 3.2 Planned TUI Features (From Vision Docs)

#### From Original Plan (PHASE_4_TUI_IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md)
- ✅ **Textual TUI** - **IMPLEMENTED** (apps exist)
- ✅ **Dashboard App** - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ **Graph Visualization** - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ **Item Browser** - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ⚠️ **Interactive Navigation** - **PARTIAL** (widgets exist, full navigation unclear)
- ⚠️ **Real-time Updates** - **PARTIAL** (sync status exists, live updates unclear)
- ❌ **Search in TUI** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Visual Graphs** - **PARTIAL** (graph app exists, visualization quality unclear)

#### From Phase 4 Plan
- ✅ Textual dependency - **ASSUMED** (apps use Textual)
- ✅ Base TUI infrastructure - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ Widget system - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ⚠️ **Full navigation** - **PARTIAL**
- ⚠️ **Drill-down in TUI** - **PARTIAL**

### 3.3 TUI Feature Gaps

#### Medium Priority Gaps 🟡
1. **Enhanced Navigation** (10h)
   - Full keyboard navigation
   - Breadcrumb navigation
   - History navigation

2. **Search in TUI** (8h)
   - Search widget
   - Filter widget
   - Results display

3. **Real-time Updates** (12h)
   - Live data refresh
   - WebSocket integration
   - Change notifications

4. **Visual Enhancements** (10h)
   - Better graph rendering
   - Color themes
   - Layout improvements

**Total TUI Gaps**: ~40 hours

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## Part 4: GUI/Web Features Analysis

### 4.1 Current Web Features (Implemented)

#### From `frontend/apps/web/`:
- ✅ React 19 + TypeScript + Vite
- ✅ TanStack Router
- ✅ shadcn/ui components
- ✅ Command palette
- ✅ Basic routing structure
- ✅ Component library

#### From Frontend Structure:
- ✅ `apps/web/src/routes/` - Route structure exists
- ✅ `apps/web/src/components/` - Component library
- ✅ `packages/ui/` - Shared UI components
- ✅ `packages/api-client/` - API client package
- ✅ `packages/state/` - State management package

### 4.2 Planned Web Features (From Vision Docs)

#### From FRONTEND_MASTER_PLAN.md
- ✅ **React 19** - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ **TypeScript** - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ **Vite** - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ **shadcn/ui** - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ✅ **TanStack Router** - **IMPLEMENTED**
- ❌ **16 Views** - **MISSING** (only structure exists)
- ❌ **Graph Visualization** - **MISSING** (Cytoscape/React Flow)
- ❌ **Offline-First** - **MISSING** (IndexedDB, sync queue)
- ❌ **Real-Time** - **MISSING** (WebSocket)
- ❌ **Semantic Search** - **MISSING** (pgvector UI)
- ❌ **Bulk Operations** - **MISSING** (batch UI)
- ❌ **Multi-Project** - **MISSING** (project switching UI)

#### From COMPLETE_TRACERTM_FEATURES_AND_INFRASTRUCTURE.md
- ❌ **16 Comprehensive Views** - **MISSING**
  1. Feature View
  2. Code View
  3. Test View
  4. API View
  5. Database View
  6. Wireframe View
  7. Documentation View
  8. Deployment View
  9. Architecture View
  10. Infrastructure View
  11. Data Flow View
  12. Security View
  13. Performance View
  14. Monitoring View
  15. Domain Model View
  16. User Journey View

- ❌ **60+ Link Types** - **MISSING** (UI for all link types)
- ❌ **20+ Item Types** - **MISSING** (UI for all item types)
- ❌ **Advanced Search** - **MISSING** (filters, saved searches)
- ❌ **Export UI** - **MISSING** (export dialogs)
- ❌ **Webhook Management** - **MISSING** (webhook UI)
- ❌ **Agent Dashboard** - **MISSING** (agent activity UI)
- ❌ **Event History** - **MISSING** (event timeline UI)
- ❌ **View Switching** - **MISSING** (view switcher UI)

### 4.3 Desktop App Features

#### From DESKTOP_APP_RESEARCH_2025.md
- ❌ **Desktop App** - **MISSING** (research done, no implementation)
- ❌ **Electron/Tauri** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Native Integration** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Auto-Updates** - **MISSING**

### 4.4 GUI/Web Feature Gaps

#### Critical Gaps 🔴
1. **16 Views Implementation** (200h)
   - Feature View
   - Code View
   - Test View
   - API View
   - Database View
   - Wireframe View
   - Documentation View
   - Deployment View
   - Architecture View
   - Infrastructure View
   - Data Flow View
   - Security View
   - Performance View
   - Monitoring View
   - Domain Model View
   - User Journey View

2. **Core Web Features** (150h)
   - Graph visualization (Cytoscape/React Flow)
   - Offline-first (IndexedDB, sync queue)
   - Real-time (WebSocket integration)
   - Semantic search UI
   - Bulk operations UI
   - Multi-project switching

3. **Desktop App** (80h)
   - Electron/Tauri wrapper
   - Native integration
   - Auto-updates

#### Medium Priority Gaps 🟡
4. **Advanced UI Features** (100h)
   - Advanced search filters
   - Saved searches
   - Export dialogs
   - Webhook management UI
   - Agent dashboard
   - Event history timeline
   - View switcher UI

**Total GUI/Web Gaps**: ~530 hours

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## Part 5: Backend Features Analysis

### 5.1 Current Backend Features (Implemented)

#### From README_START_HERE.md:
- ✅ **7 Handlers** (Project, Item, Link, Agent, Search, Graph, WebSocket)
- ✅ **17 Services** (all production-ready)
- ✅ **49 API Endpoints** (fully functional)
- ✅ **PostgreSQL** (Supabase)
- ✅ **Redis** (Upstash)
- ✅ **NATS** (Synadia)
- ✅ **Neo4j** (Aura)
- ✅ **Hatchet** (workflows)
- ✅ **WorkOS** (authentication)

#### From Backend Structure:
- ✅ CRUD operations
- ✅ Real-time WebSocket updates
- ✅ Event sourcing (partial)
- ✅ Graph algorithms
- ✅ Multi-type search
- ✅ Redis caching
- ✅ NATS publishing
- ✅ Neo4j integration
- ✅ Hatchet workflows
- ✅ WorkOS authentication

### 5.2 Planned Backend Features (From Vision Docs)

#### From TRACERTM_2025_IMPLEMENTATION_ROADMAP.md
- ⚠️ **pgvector** - **PARTIAL** (mentioned, implementation unclear)
- ❌ **Hybrid RAG** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Prompt Caching** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Function Calling** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **GraphRAG** - **MISSING**
- ⚠️ **Event Sourcing** - **PARTIAL** (service exists, full implementation unclear)
- ❌ **CQRS Pattern** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Saga Pattern** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **CRDT for Collaboration** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Zero Trust** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Multi-Level Caching** - **MISSING** (Redis exists, multi-level unclear)
- ❌ **Distributed Tracing** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **FinOps** - **MISSING**

#### From COMPLETE_TRACERTM_FEATURES_AND_INFRASTRUCTURE.md
- ❌ **Semantic Search** (pgvector + OpenAI) - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Advanced Analytics** - **PARTIAL** (service exists, full features unclear)
- ❌ **Coverage Analysis** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Impact Analysis** - **PARTIAL** (service exists, full features unclear)
- ❌ **Materialized Views** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Webhook Management** - **PARTIAL** (service exists, full features unclear)
- ❌ **Documentation Generation** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Compliance & Audit** - **PARTIAL** (event sourcing exists, compliance features unclear)

### 5.3 Backend Feature Gaps

#### Critical Gaps 🔴
1. **AI/ML Features** (40h)
   - pgvector integration
   - Hybrid RAG
   - Prompt caching
   - Function calling
   - GraphRAG

2. **Distributed Systems** (40h)
   - Full event sourcing
   - CQRS pattern
   - Saga pattern
   - CRDT for collaboration

3. **Security** (20h)
   - Zero Trust implementation
   - Device verification
   - Context validation

4. **Performance** (30h)
   - Multi-level caching
   - Distributed tracing
   - Materialized views
   - Query optimization

#### Medium Priority Gaps 🟡
5. **Advanced Features** (60h)
   - Coverage analysis
   - Impact analysis (enhancement)
   - Webhook management (enhancement)
   - Documentation generation
   - Compliance features

6. **Monitoring** (20h)
   - FinOps
   - Cost monitoring
   - Performance monitoring

**Total Backend Gaps**: ~210 hours

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## Part 6: Cross-Cutting Features

### 6.1 Auto-Linking Engine

#### Planned (From ORIGINAL_PLAN_GAP_ANALYSIS.md)
- ❌ **NLP-based auto-linking** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Transformers integration** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **BERT models** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Semantic similarity** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Name matching** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Auto-detection** - **MISSING**

**Gap**: ~80 hours

### 6.2 Progress Tracking

#### Planned (From ORIGINAL_PLAN_GAP_ANALYSIS.md)
- ✅ **Progress field** - **IMPLEMENTED** (in models)
- ❌ **Auto-calculation** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Weighted by view** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Hierarchy propagation** - **MISSING**

**Gap**: ~20 hours

### 6.3 Compliance Mode

#### Planned (From ORIGINAL_PLAN_GAP_ANALYSIS.md)
- ❌ **Compliance mode** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Bidirectional traceability** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Coverage metrics** - **MISSING**
- ❌ **Electronic signatures** - **MISSING**

**Gap**: ~80 hours

### 6.4 Performance Targets

#### Planned (From ORIGINAL_PLAN_GAP_ANALYSIS.md)
- ⚠️ **View switch <50ms** - **UNKNOWN**
- ⚠️ **Drill down <20ms** - **UNKNOWN**
- ⚠️ **Show item <30ms** - **UNKNOWN**
- ⚠️ **Search <100ms** - **UNKNOWN**
- ⚠️ **Auto-link <2s** - **N/A** (not implemented)
- ⚠️ **State dashboard <200ms** - **UNKNOWN**

**Gap**: ~40 hours (benchmarking + optimization)

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## Part 7: Complete Gap Summary

### Gap Priority Matrix

| Category | Critical Gaps | High Priority | Medium Priority | Low Priority | Total Hours |
|----------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
| **CLI** | 56h | 46h | 0h | 0h | **102h** |
| **File-Based** | 50h | 0h | 0h | 0h | **50h** |
| **TUI** | 0h | 0h | 40h | 0h | **40h** |
| **GUI/Web** | 430h | 100h | 0h | 0h | **530h** |
| **Backend** | 130h | 60h | 20h | 0h | **210h** |
| **Cross-Cutting** | 80h | 20h | 40h | 0h | **140h** |
| **TOTAL** | **746h** | **226h** | **100h** | **0h** | **1,072h** |

### Critical Path (Must Have)

1. **CLI Completion** (102h)
   - Chaos mode commands (16h)
   - Intelligent CRUD (30h)
   - Enhanced options (10h)
   - Rich output (15h)
   - Documentation (31h)

2. **File-Based Ingestion** (50h)
   - MD/MDX parsing (20h)
   - YAML parsing (10h)
   - OpenSpec interface (10h)
   - BMad interface (10h)

3. **Backend AI/ML** (130h)
   - pgvector (2h)
   - Hybrid RAG (40h)
   - Event sourcing/CQRS (40h)
   - Zero Trust (20h)
   - Multi-level caching (20h)
   - Distributed tracing (8h)

4. **Web Core Views** (200h)
   - 16 views implementation
   - Graph visualization
   - Offline-first
   - Real-time

**Critical Path Total**: ~482 hours (12 weeks)

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## Part 8: Feature Completeness by Interface

### CLI: ~70% Complete
- ✅ Core commands: 100%
- ✅ Advanced commands: 80%
- ❌ Chaos mode commands: 20%
- ❌ Intelligent CRUD: 30%
- ❌ Enhanced options: 60%

### File-Based: ~30% Complete
- ✅ Import command: 100%
- ⚠️ Ingestion command: 20%
- ❌ MD/MDX parsing: 0%
- ❌ YAML parsing: 50%
- ❌ OpenSpec: 0%
- ❌ BMad: 0%

### TUI: ~75% Complete
- ✅ Core apps: 100%
- ✅ Widgets: 100%
- ⚠️ Navigation: 70%
- ❌ Search: 0%
- ⚠️ Real-time: 50%

### GUI/Web: ~20% Complete
- ✅ Infrastructure: 100%
- ✅ Component library: 80%
- ❌ Views: 0% (structure only)
- ❌ Graph visualization: 0%
- ❌ Offline-first: 0%
- ❌ Real-time: 0%
- ❌ Desktop app: 0%

### Backend: ~60% Complete
- ✅ Core CRUD: 100%
- ✅ Services: 80%
- ✅ Infrastructure: 90%
- ❌ AI/ML: 20%
- ❌ Distributed systems: 40%
- ❌ Security: 50%
- ❌ Performance: 60%

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## Part 9: Recommendations

### Immediate Priorities (Next 4 Weeks)

1. **Week 1-2: CLI Completion** (102h)
   - Complete chaos mode commands
   - Add intelligent CRUD
   - Enhance options
   - Improve Rich output

2. **Week 3: File-Based Ingestion** (50h)
   - MD/MDX parsing
   - YAML parsing
   - OpenSpec interface
   - BMad interface

3. **Week 4: Backend AI/ML** (40h)
   - pgvector integration
   - Hybrid RAG
   - Prompt caching

### Medium-Term Priorities (Weeks 5-12)

4. **Weeks 5-8: Web Core Views** (200h)
   - Implement 8 MVP views
   - Graph visualization
   - Offline-first
   - Real-time

5. **Weeks 9-10: Backend Distributed Systems** (40h)
   - Full event sourcing
   - CQRS pattern
   - Saga pattern

6. **Weeks 11-12: TUI Enhancements** (40h)
   - Enhanced navigation
   - Search in TUI
   - Real-time updates

### Long-Term Priorities (Months 4-6)

7. **Extended Views** (200h)
   - Remaining 8 views
   - Advanced UI features

8. **Desktop App** (80h)
   - Electron/Tauri wrapper
   - Native integration

9. **Compliance Mode** (80h)
   - Bidirectional traceability
   - Coverage metrics
   - Electronic signatures

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## Part 10: Feature Research Consolidation

### Disjointed Research Documents Found

**Research Documents** (without shared prefix):
- `RESEARCH_SUMMARY.md`
- `RESEARCH_FINDINGS.md`
- `FINAL_RESEARCH_SYNTHESIS.md`
- `COMPREHENSIVE_RESEARCH_SUMMARY.md`
- `BACKEND_INFRASTRUCTURE_RESEARCH.md`
- `FRONTEND_REDESIGN.md`
- `DESKTOP_APP_RESEARCH_2025.md`
- `TRACE_FEATURES_ALGORITHMS_DEEP_DIVE.md`
- `RTM_FEATURE_GRAPH_ARCHITECTURE.md`
- `COMPLETE_TRACERTM_FEATURES_AND_INFRASTRUCTURE.md`
- `TRACERTM_MISSING_CORE_FEATURES_ANALYSIS.md`
- And 30+ more research docs

**Recommendation**: Create unified feature registry with:
- Feature ID (e.g., `FEAT-CLI-001`)
- Feature name
- Interface (CLI/File/TUI/GUI/Backend)
- Status (Planned/In Progress/Implemented)
- Priority
- Effort estimate
- Related documents

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## Conclusion

**Overall Completeness**: ~50% across all interfaces

**Critical Gaps**: 746 hours (18.5 weeks)
**High Priority Gaps**: 226 hours (5.5 weeks)
**Medium Priority Gaps**: 100 hours (2.5 weeks)

**Total Remaining**: 1,072 hours (26.8 weeks / 6.7 months)

**Recommendation**: Focus on critical path (482h / 12 weeks) to reach MVP completeness, then iterate on remaining features.
