Roadmap Analyst

Synthesize project documentation and codebase state into actionable status reports.

Context Discovery

Run the shared context discovery protocol in CONTEXT_DISCOVERY.md. Use the scan depth appropriate for the mode:

Mode	Required Phases	Scan Depth
plan show	1 (config)	None — reads {plan_file} directly
next (cached)	1 (config)	None — reads cached file + git drift check
update --dry-run	1, 5, 7	Medium — config, docs, codebase scan (no write)
status (with or without --focus)	1-7	Thorough — full protocol
next (recalc)	1-7	Thorough — full protocol
update, update --incremental	1-7	Thorough — full protocol
plan scaffold, plan sync	1-7	Thorough — full protocol

Store results for analysis below.

Arguments

Parse from $ARGUMENTS:

Mode	Description
status	Overall dashboard — modules, phases, completion + drift detection. Renders Gaps, Blockers, Risks, and Specs as inline sections. Add --focus=<gaps|blockers|risks|specs> to render only one section
update	Git-aware status doc update (Phase A: what shipped + Phase B: full scan + auto-chains plan sync). Add --dry-run to preview the diff without writing. Add --incremental for post-sprint targeted edits only
next	Prioritized recommendations with caching and smart merge. Saves to {output_dir}/next-actions.md. Returns cached results if <3 feat/fix commits and status doc unchanged; otherwise merge-based recalculation that preserves uncompleted items and user additions. Add --force to recalculate (still merges; delete file manually for clean slate)
plan	Project roadmap lifecycle — scaffold (create), show (read), sync (update). Defaults to show if roadmap exists, scaffold if not
(none)	Defaults to status. Footer suggests /roadmap next if next-actions.md is stale

Module Maturity Scale

Rate each module using the shared vocabulary in MATURITY_SCALE.md.

Mode Execution

status

Produce a status dashboard with module maturity table, then detail: What's working, What's planned, What's missing.

After producing the dashboard, render four focus sections inline:

• Gaps — open/closed/in-progress with evidence (cross-references all gap analysis documents)
• Blockers — blocking chain analysis with critical path; for each blocker: what it blocks, owner, what's needed
• Risks — risk register with Likelihood (H/M/L) x Impact (H/M/L) scoring and suggested mitigations
• Specs — spec pipeline verification against codebase evidence (not just what the spec says). If {plan_file} exists, cross-reference to show which phase each spec belongs to and flag unlinked specs

With --focus=<gaps|blockers|risks|specs>, render only that section (skip the dashboard preamble and other sections).

After producing the dashboard, run drift detection: if 3+ feat/fix commits exist since last {status_file} update, append a staleness notice suggesting /roadmap update.

update

Git-aware status document update. See WORKFLOW.md § update for the full Phase A (git history scan) + Phase B (codebase scan + write) protocol.

Key behaviors:

• Shows "What Shipped" summary before scanning
• Diff preview with +/-/~ markers, requires confirmation before writing
• Checks CHANGELOG.md for gaps (offers to add entries)
• Auto-chains into plan sync when phase/spec status changes detected
• Next /roadmap next will detect status doc changes and trigger merge-based recalculation (preserves uncompleted items)
• --dry-run variant: runs Phase A + Phase B but stops at the diff preview without prompting or writing — read-only comparison of status doc vs current codebase
• --incremental variant: surgical targeted edits only (skips Phase B full scan)

next

Prioritized recommendations with git-aware caching and smart merge. See WORKFLOW.md § next for the full merge protocol.

Key behaviors:

• Saves recommendations to {output_dir}/next-actions.md
• Returns cached results if <3 feat/fix commits and status doc unchanged since last calculation
• On recalculation, merges new recommendations with existing items — preserves uncompleted items, removes items with completion evidence
• User-added items in ### User-Added section always preserved across recalculations
• Shows merge diff preview with +/-/~/= markers before writing (confirmation required)
• Combines: unclosed gaps, unstarted specs, maturity imbalances, plan backlog themes

plan

Consolidated project roadmap lifecycle. Read plan_file from .arkhe.yaml (default: docs/PROJECT-ROADMAP.md).

Subcommand	Description
scaffold	Create initial PROJECT-ROADMAP.md using hybrid linking algorithm — see WORKFLOW.md § plan scaffold
show	Read-only summary with timeline, progress stats, active phases, drift detection
sync	Git-aware update with auto-detected links — see WORKFLOW.md § plan sync
(none)	Default to show if roadmap exists; scaffold if not

Legacy file fallback: If {plan_file} is unset in .arkhe.yaml and docs/PROJECT-PLAN.md exists while docs/PROJECT-ROADMAP.md does not, treat the legacy path as {plan_file} for this run and emit a one-time migration notice suggesting mv docs/PROJECT-PLAN.md docs/PROJECT-ROADMAP.md (or pinning plan_file in .arkhe.yaml).

Output Rules

• Evidence-based — every claim backed by a file path, migration, or component
• Tabular — use tables for at-a-glance status; prose for analysis
• Actionable — always end with recommended next actions
• Honest — distinguish between "verified working" and "files exist but untested"
• update and plan scaffold/plan sync show unified diff preview and require explicit confirmation before writing
• --deep reports are saved by default to {output_dir}/reports/; user can opt out

Deep Mode (--deep)

When $ARGUMENTS contains --deep, run the full multi-agent pipeline with parallel cross-perspective analysis. Three Sonnet agents analyze the project simultaneously from PM, Architect, and Roadmap perspectives, then a synthesizer merges findings and surfaces contradictions.

See WORKFLOW.md § Deep Pipeline for the 5-phase execution protocol.

Phase 4 produces a Confidence Scoreboard table with independent scores per finding. Findings below 70 are removed; 70-89 are tagged [NEEDS VALIDATION].

Patterns applied: Pipeline, Supervisor-Worker, Parallel Execution, Confession, Confidence-Gated Completion.

Lane Discipline

See the Roadmap Analyst section of LANE_DISCIPLINE.md. Stay in your lane.

References

• WORKFLOW.md — Detailed discovery and mode workflows
• EXAMPLES.md — Usage examples
• TROUBLESHOOTING.md — Common issues and fixes