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# Laravel MCP Companion - Roadmap
This roadmap outlines the planned development path toward v1.0.0 and beyond.
## Mission Statement
**Laravel MCP Companion** is a documentation aggregator and navigator designed specifically for **junior and intermediate Laravel developers**. Rather than generating content, we centralize and organize existing high-quality documentation from across the Laravel ecosystem, making it easily discoverable and searchable through MCP.
## Current Version: v0.7.0
- ✅ **Laravel MCP Companion**: Comprehensive documentation aggregator and navigator
- ✅ **Multi-version Laravel documentation** support (6.x through latest)
- ✅ **Auto-Discovery System**: Automatically discovers Laravel service documentation (117+ sections)
- ✅ **Community Package Documentation**: Spatie, Livewire, Inertia.js, Filament integration
- ✅ **Enhanced content retrieval** and search capabilities with quality validation
- ✅ **Package recommendation system** with 50+ curated packages
- ✅ **Context-aware search** with surrounding text snippets
- ✅ **Document structure extraction** and category browsing
- ✅ **Future-proof version detection** via GitHub API
- ✅ **Automated daily documentation updates** with auto-discovery metrics
- ✅ **Streamlined distribution** via Docker and Smithery
- ✅ **Documentation aggregator strategy** with intelligent auto-discovery implementation
- ✅ **Comprehensive test suite** with 84% code coverage
- ✅ **Asset filtering** to prevent non-documentation files from being saved
- ✅ **Markdownify integration** for HTML to Markdown conversion
## ✅ v0.5.0 - Laravel Ecosystem Documentation (COMPLETED)
**Released: Q2 2025**
### Auto-Discovery System ✅
- ✅ **Auto-Discovery Engine**: Automatically discovers Laravel service documentation sections
- ✅ **Content Validation**: Quality scoring and validation for discovered documentation
- ✅ **Graceful Fallback**: Intelligent fallback to manual configuration when needed
- ✅ **117+ Sections**: Discovered 23% more documentation than manual configuration
### Laravel Services Documentation ✅
- ✅ **Laravel Forge**: Server management documentation (53 sections auto-discovered)
- ✅ **Laravel Vapor**: Serverless deployment docs (16 sections auto-discovered)
- ✅ **Laravel Envoyer**: Zero-downtime deployment documentation (intelligent fallback)
- ✅ **Laravel Nova**: Admin panel documentation (38 sections with version detection)
### Infrastructure Improvements ✅
- ✅ **Enhanced documentation indexing** with auto-discovery integration
- ✅ **Robust error handling** with retry mechanisms and graceful degradation
- ✅ **Performance optimization** with intelligent caching and respectful web scraping
- ✅ **GitHub Actions enhancement** with auto-discovery metrics and reporting
## ✅ v0.6.0 - Test Coverage & Quality Improvements (COMPLETED)
**Released: Q3 2025**
### Testing Infrastructure ✅
- ✅ **Comprehensive Test Suite**: Increased test coverage from 34% to 84%
- ✅ **Refactored Architecture**: Extracted testable components for better modularity
- ✅ **Integration Tests**: Added tests using FastMCP's Client class
- ✅ **Security Tests**: Added path traversal protection tests
- ✅ **Async Test Support**: Added pytest-asyncio for async testing
### Quality Improvements ✅
- ✅ **Asset Filtering**: Fixed CSS/JS files being saved as documentation
- ✅ **Code Organization**: Created mcp_tools.py for standalone tool implementations
- ✅ **Test Coverage Monitoring**: Integrated with CI/CD pipeline
- ✅ **Project Metadata**: Updated pyproject.toml with proper metadata
## ✅ v0.7.0 - Community Package Documentation (COMPLETED)
**Released: Q4 2025**
### Official Laravel Ecosystem Integration
- ✅ Laravel Sanctum documentation aggregation
- ✅ Laravel Cashier documentation and examples
- ✅ Laravel Scout search documentation
- ✅ Laravel Horizon queue monitoring docs
- ✅ Laravel Telescope debugging docs
- ✅ Laravel Sail development environment docs
- ✅ Laravel Valet local development docs
### Major Community Packages ✅
- ✅ **Spatie package documentation** (Permission, Media Library, Backup) - 34 sections
- ✅ **Livewire documentation** and examples - 36 sections
- ✅ **Inertia.js** documentation via GitHub JSX extraction - 27 sections
- ✅ **Filament** admin panel documentation - 62 sections
- ✅ **Laravel Debugbar documentation** - 4 sections from laraveldebugbar.com
- ✅ **Laravel IDE Helper documentation** - Complete README from GitHub
### Infrastructure Improvements ✅
- ✅ **CommunityPackageFetcher class** for modular package documentation
- ✅ **CLI arguments** for package selection (--packages, --list-packages)
- ✅ **Integration** with existing MultiSourceDocsUpdater
- ✅ **Test coverage** for community package features (18 new tests)
- ✅ **Markdownify integration** for HTML to Markdown conversion
- ✅ **JSX content processing** for React-based documentation
- ✅ **GitHub repository integration** for source-level documentation fetching
- ✅ **Enhanced error handling** with 404 validation and URL fixes
## v0.8.0 - Community Learning Resources
**Target: Q4 2025**
### Smart Navigation Features
*Moved from v0.7.0 - These features require advanced mapping systems beyond documentation aggregation*
- [ ] Use case → documentation mapping system
- [ ] Package combination integration guides
- [ ] Cross-package compatibility documentation
- [ ] Installation and setup documentation organization
### Curated Community Content
- [ ] Laravel News article index and summaries
- [ ] Spatie.be blog tutorial aggregation
- [ ] High-quality community tutorial indexing
- [ ] Laravel conference talk references
### Official Learning Resources
- [ ] Laravel Bootcamp step-by-step guide integration
- [ ] Laracasts topic discovery (index only)
- [ ] Official Laravel blog feature announcements
- [ ] Laravel certification exam topic coverage
### Documentation Enhancement
- [ ] Multi-source documentation cross-referencing
- [ ] Tutorial difficulty level classification
- [ ] Package learning resource aggregation
- [ ] Setup and configuration guide centralization
## v0.9.0 - Advanced Documentation Features
**Target: Q1 2026**
### Enhanced Discovery Features
*Moved from v0.7.0 - These AI/ML features represent future enhancements*
- [ ] "I need X" → relevant documentation finder
- [ ] Related package documentation suggestions
- [ ] Learning path documentation organization
### Smart Documentation Discovery
- [ ] Advanced search across all aggregated sources
- [ ] Topic clustering and related content discovery
- [ ] Version-specific documentation filtering
- [ ] Package ecosystem documentation mapping
### Integration and Setup Guides
- [ ] Package combination setup documentation
- [ ] Environment-specific configuration guides
- [ ] Common integration pattern documentation
- [ ] Troubleshooting guide aggregation
### Content Organization
- [ ] Learning path documentation sequences
- [ ] Skill-level appropriate content filtering
- [ ] Use case documentation categorization
- [ ] Quick reference guide aggregation
## v0.10.0 - Ecosystem Intelligence
**Target: Q1 2026**
### Real-Time Documentation Updates
- [ ] Package documentation change tracking
- [ ] Laravel release documentation updates
- [ ] Community content freshness monitoring
- [ ] Deprecated documentation flagging
### Community Intelligence
- [ ] Package popularity and health metrics
- [ ] Documentation quality indicators
- [ ] Community recommendation aggregation
- [ ] Maintainer activity and support metrics
### Advanced Navigation
- [ ] Multi-criteria documentation search
- [ ] Cross-reference documentation linking
- [ ] Documentation completeness indicators
- [ ] Alternative solution documentation discovery
## v0.11.0 - Production Readiness
**Target: Q2 2026**
### Reliability & Scale
- [ ] Rate limiting and quota management
- [ ] Health monitoring and metrics
- [ ] Backup and recovery mechanisms
- [ ] Multi-source documentation fallbacks
### Security & Compliance
- [ ] Security audit and hardening
- [ ] Privacy controls and data handling
- [ ] Compliance with enterprise requirements
## v0.12.0 - Integration & Ecosystem
**Target: Q2 2026**
### Developer Tools
- [ ] VS Code extension
- [ ] Standalone CLI tool
- [ ] Optional web interface
- [ ] API documentation and OpenAPI spec
### Platform Integration
- [ ] GitHub integration for project analysis
- [ ] CI/CD pipeline integration
- [ ] Docker and containerization improvements
## v1.0.0 - The Complete Laravel Documentation Navigator
**Target: Q3 2026**
### Core Pillars
- [ ] **Comprehensive Coverage**: 95% of Laravel ecosystem documentation aggregated
- [ ] **Smart Discovery**: Find the right documentation for any Laravel need
- [ ] **Junior-Friendly**: Perfect documentation navigator for new Laravel developers
- [ ] **Always Current**: Real-time synchronization with all documentation sources
### Launch Features
- [ ] Analytics and usage insights
- [ ] Community feedback and contribution system
- [ ] Enterprise support options
- [ ] Comprehensive documentation and tutorials
### Success Metrics for v1.0.0
- Documentation coverage for 95% of common Laravel development scenarios *(Currently: 117+ sections via auto-discovery)*
- Sub-100ms response times for documentation queries *(Achieved with caching)*
- 200+ curated packages with complete documentation integration *(Currently: 50+ packages)*
- Aggregation of 500+ high-quality tutorial and guide resources
- Auto-discovery coverage for all major Laravel ecosystem services *(Currently: 4/4 Laravel services)*
- Recognition as the go-to documentation resource for junior Laravel developers
## Beyond v1.0.0
### Future Considerations
- ✅ ~~Laravel Forge integration~~ *(Completed in v0.5.0 via auto-discovery)*
- ✅ ~~Laravel Nova documentation support~~ *(Completed in v0.5.0 via auto-discovery)*
- AI-powered code generation based on documentation
- Real-time collaboration features
- Laravel conference and community event integration
- Mobile app for documentation access
- Advanced auto-discovery for community packages
- Machine learning-enhanced content validation
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## Contributing to the Roadmap
We welcome community input on this roadmap! If you have ideas, feature requests, or want to contribute to development:
1. **Open an Issue**: Propose new features or improvements
2. **Join Discussions**: Participate in roadmap planning discussions
3. **Submit PRs**: Help implement features from this roadmap
4. **Share Feedback**: Let us know how you use the MCP server
## Versioning Strategy
- **Patch releases (v0.x.y)**: Bug fixes, documentation updates, minor improvements
- **Minor releases (v0.x.0)**: New features, backward-compatible changes
- **Major releases (v1.0.0)**: Significant features, potential breaking changes
Each release will maintain backward compatibility within the same major version.