[meta] dev-workflow roadmap — status & where to start

[azevedo]

A living map of open work. Most items here are triaged decisions (deferred/declined with a documented trigger), not live backlog — so this issue, not the raw issue list, is the place to answer "where do I start?". Last updated 2026-06-07.

✅ Ready to build now

Issue	What	Starting point
#26	Flatten agents/ — fixes the namespace-dispatch bug	Move agents into agents/, update bare-name dispatch refs. Smallest win.
#24	/ba:polish v0 — browser polish phase after review	Brainstorm already approved → /ba:plan it.
#6	C3 — plan-driven requirements-completeness check	Confirm prereqs (structured records + confidence anchors) shipped in review.md §4, then /ba:plan. Unique to this plugin's plan→execute→review loop.

🤖 Autonomy chain (north-star — sequenced; start at the substrate)

#10 → #9 → independent validator → #19. Don't start at #19 (unshaped) or the validator (needs the autonomous path to exist first).

Issue	Role
#10	Non-interactive / headless / report-only modes — the substrate; start here. Deferred "until concrete need"; the autonomy goal is that need forming.
#9	Autofix-class field — feeds an autofix mode; needs #10.
(research doc)	Independent validator (verify fix + precondition; subsumes pre-existing) — build when an autonomous-action path exists. docs/research/2026-06-07-verify-fix-precondition-frequency-research.md
#19	Autonomous MR lifecycle orchestrator (/ba:autopilot) — the umbrella; needs its own brainstorm.

⏸️ Deferred — trigger-gated (leave until the trigger fires)

Issue	Trigger to revisit
#28	Downstream review automation (items 5–7: walk / framing / guardrails) — needs a brainstorm
#11	MR-description completeness — after #6 ships
#25	/ba:polish Tier-2 platform map — after #24 ships and a consuming repo owns a map
#27	/ba:review-plan parity — after /ba:review's automation settles
(research doc)	Pre-existing collapsed section — if real code review shows a higher rate. docs/research/2026-06-07-preexisting-finding-frequency-research.md

❌ Declined — revisit-gated

Issue	Revisit trigger
#7	A3 contract tests — prompt-edit velocity rises / multiple contributors
#8	B7 evidence-match — hallucinated-citation pain appears (Tier-1 existence check already shipped)

💭 Needs brainstorm (idea, not yet shaped)

Issue	What
#20	/ba:prove — capture screenshot evidence for the MR (distinct lane from #24 polish)
#19	autopilot orchestrator (see autonomy chain)
#28	downstream review automation (items 5–7)

🗄️ Recently resolved

• [roadmap] automate the /ba:review interactive loop while preserving reviewer taste #23 — /ba:review automation roadmap, upstream items 1–4: Item 1 shipped, Items 2 & 3 deferred (research-backed), Item 4 declined. Downstream items 5–7 → [roadmap] /ba:review own-MR resolution pipeline — route → walk → guard (items 5/6/7) #28.

🧭 Where to start — pick a lane

• Quick win / remove daily friction → Flatten agents/ to collapse the plugin-agent namespace #26
• New user-facing capability → [roadmap] /ba:polish — conversational browser polish command (v0) #24
• Advance autonomy → Non-interactive modes for /ba:review (C1) #10 (the substrate; not Autonomous MR Lifecycle Orchestrator #19)
• Close the quality loop → Plan-driven Requirements Completeness check, slice-aware (C3) #6

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