Vultisignal Roadmap

Important: This roadmap contains exploratory ideas and possibilities, not commitments or promises. All items are subject to change, postponement, or cancellation based on project needs, resource availability, and community feedback.

Philosophy

Following YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It) and First Principles thinking: - Ideas must solve real problems before implementation - Simple solutions preferred over complex ones - Features added only when genuinely needed

Incubating Ideas

Ideas in early exploration phase - may or may not be developed

Contributor Leaderboard & Lifetime Stats

Status: Planning
Complexity: Medium
Value: High for team motivation

• Add lifetime contributor statistics alongside existing 30-day metrics
• Create activity score formula combining commits, PRs, issues
• Visual CSS graph bars for contributor rankings
• Historical data backfill using GitHub API search

Implementation Considerations: - API rate limiting for historical data - Storage structure for lifetime aggregates - Fair scoring formula that values different contribution types

Enhanced Analytics & Reporting

Status: Idea
Complexity: Medium
Value: High for comprehensive insights

• Repository health scores and code quality metrics integration
• Dependency vulnerability tracking and performance trend analysis
• "Previous Days" section with links to prior digests for easy navigation
• Discord "summary channel" integration for daily digest posting
• Cross-referencing GitHub issues with Discord discussions
• Transform into single source of truth combining GitHub + Discord signals

Implementation Considerations: - Archive management for historical digest access - Discord bot permissions and channel setup - Template system for consistent digest formatting - Integration with existing daily data collection pipeline

Signal Metrics Visualization

Status: Idea
Complexity: Medium
Value: High for trend analysis

• Generate visual charts (bar, line, pie) for key metrics over time
• Track trends in: Total active issues, Active PRs, Open bugs, High priority items
• Historical trend analysis across repositories
• Export charts as images or embed in dashboard

Example Metrics to Visualize: - Total active issues: 115 across 6 repositories - Active PRs: 11 - Open bugs: 81 - High priority: 3

Implementation Considerations: - Chart library selection (matplotlib, Chart.js, D3.js) - Data aggregation from daily snapshots - Interactive vs. static chart approach - Integration with existing HTML dashboard

Advanced Alerting System

Status: Idea
Complexity: High
Value: High

• Smart notification system for critical issues
• Slack/Discord integration
• Customizable alert rules
• Escalation workflows

Completed Features

For reference - what we've already built

• 30-day contributor activity tracking with scoring system
• Cross-platform bug detection
• Stale item identification
• Development hotspot analysis
• HTML dashboard generation
• GitHub API data collection
• Bot filtering for clean contributor metrics

Decided Against

Ideas we've considered but decided not to pursue

• Real-time live dashboard (complexity vs. value)
• Individual developer productivity scoring (privacy concerns)
• Automated code review metrics (too subjective)

Contributing Ideas

Have an idea? Consider:

1. What problem does this solve? (First Principles)
2. Do we actually need this now? (YAGNI)
3. Is there a simpler solution?

Open an issue with the enhancement label to discuss new ideas.

Last updated: 2025-07-28