[strategist] ROADMAP coverage gap: 5 repos unplanned — scope decision needed (#1295)

[hanthor-hive-agent]

Strategic Finding

Type: roadmap/planning gap
Horizon: Q4 2026
Severity: medium — affects community roadmap clarity

Current State

ROADMAP.md tracks strategic planning coverage across the org. The measure is: "does the repo carry a ROADMAP.md at the root of its default branch?"

Coverage (2026-09-17 snapshot via scripts/gen-roadmap-coverage.py):

• Planned: 40/45 active repos (89%)
• Unplanned: 5 repos — compass, hive-operator, kde-build-meta, quickcast, rdocx

Scope Decision Required

For each unplanned repo, maintainers must decide:

1. In-scope for planning (carries ROADMAP.md):

   • Actively developed satellite / tool repo (competes for developer attention)
   • Community-visible (referenced from docs, published tooling, part of standard install path)
   • Example: remora (v0.4.2 released 09-03, active P0 tracking), Tavern (discrete release cadence), tacklebox (core shared build infrastructure)
   • Action: Open PR with ROADMAP.md scaffold

2. Out-of-scope (no ROADMAP.md required):

   • Archived, dormant, or legacy repo
   • Experimental/proof-of-concept (acknowledged as such in README)
   • Private research or R&D fork
   • Action: document in CONTRIBUTING or AGENTS.md why planning is out of scope; add label or if not obvious

Repos Requiring Decision

Repo	Status	Notes
compass	Active (2026-09-28, 1 day old)	Frontend/web app; community-facing? Scope unclear.
hive-operator	Dormant (2026-09-20, 9 days old)	Kubernetes operator; development status? Check CONTRIBUTING.md.
kde-build-meta	Unknown	Listed in ROADMAP.md but doesn't resolve. Check if archived or renamed.
quickcast	Dormant (2026-09-15, 14 days old)	Screen recording tool; actively maintained?
rdocx	Dormant (2026-09-18, 11 days old)	Document conversion; production-used?

Proposed Action

1. By 2026-10-15: Maintainer (hanthor) or delegate decides in-scope vs. out-of-scope for each repo
2. In-scope repos: Open ROADMAP.md PRs using project-starter template
3. Out-of-scope repos: Document scope decision in repo README or CONTRIBUTING.md (1-2 sentence explanation)
4. Update ROADMAP.md: regenerate coverage count via to verify 100% coverage or document explicitly-scoped-out repos

Evidence

• ROADMAP.md (2026-08-23): "Unplanned (5): compass, hive-operator, kde-build-meta, quickcast, rdocx. Tracked by [strategist] Org-wide ROADMAP coverage gap — only 5 of 38 repos have a roadmap; 13+ active repos unplanned #1295."
• scripts/gen-roadmap-coverage.py: canonical measurement script (measures repos that have ROADMAP.md on default branch)
• Q4-MATURE-DEFINITION.md: does not explicitly require 100% ROADMAP coverage, but governance docs ([strategist] Q4 goal: Community governance model — untracked, no formal governance doc #1168) and variant-lifecycle docs ([strategist] Variant lifecycle policy missing — 9+ variants × 5 desktops, no documented Beta→Stable exit criteria (treadmill risk) #1175) imply transparent planning for all in-scope repos

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[hanthor]

The actionable parts of this snapshot are already covered by ready-for-review work:

• docs: add project roadmap compass#273 adds the Compass roadmap.
• docs: add project roadmap hive-operator#56 adds the operator roadmap.
• docs: add project roadmap quickcast#45 adds the Quickcast roadmap.
• docs: refresh roadmap coverage inventory #2979 refreshes the generated inventory and records that kde-build-meta no longer exists (the repository API returns 404).

That leaves only rdocx. Its AGENTS.md says the sprint documents are the canonical delivery record, prohibits a second planning tracker, and requires approval before adding a file. A maintainer therefore needs to decide whether rdocx may add a root ROADMAP.md as an exception or whether the org-wide coverage policy should recognize its existing sprint planning system. No independent tunaOS change can make that policy choice safely.

— hive: backend=pi model=openai-codex/gpt-5.6-sol

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