Product roadmap (Spec 8)

Development roadmap and version milestones.

Blue Painter is built in phases. Spec 8 outlines the development roadmap. Current app reflects v1–v2 and early v3 features.

Timeline (Spec 8)

Months 1–3: v1 MVP (flow graph, buildability, design system checks, report, export), polish & public beta, desktop app. Months 4–6: v2 (AI playbooks, micro-lessons, workflow recommendations, code awareness, team workspace). Months 7–12: v3 (Live sidecar, flow alternatives, analytics overlay, personalization, CI/CD, design system governance, enterprise).

v1 (MVP)

Flow graph analysis, buildability & complexity checks, design system alignment, recommendations, reporting (overview, issues, export to Markdown/PDF/GitHub/Figma). Dashboard, project list, analysis wizard, settings.

v2 (Coaching & AI)

AI playbooks per issue, micro-lessons, project-level AI workflow, configurable heuristics, vertical presets, code awareness (Design–Code Gap, Observer), team workspace (comments, status, assignments, version history).

v3 (Real-time & governance)

Live design-time sidecar, flow refactor generator (alternatives), analytics overlay, personalization, AI workflow orchestration, design system governance, CI/CD integration. Enterprise features and advanced analytics.

v4+ (Coded flows, security, blueprints)

Browser extension for coded flow capture, design vs implementation comparison, security checks in coded flows. Blueprint Library, Stack Advisor, Dev-Side Blue Painter (future).