# ATLAS-GATE MCP Maturity Model & Roadmap
**Enterprise Capability Assessment and Multi-Year Vision**
**Current Status**: Level 3 (Managed)
**Target Status**: Level 5 (Optimized)
**Document Version**: 1.0.0
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## Overview
This maturity model defines organizational and technical capabilities across six dimensions, with a multi-year roadmap toward Level 5 (Optimized) operations.
### Maturity Levels
| Level | Name | Description | Timeframe |
|-------|------|-------------|-----------|
| **1** | **Ad Hoc** | Initial, unpredictable, reactive | N/A (baseline) |
| **2** | **Repeatable** | Documented processes, basic controls | N/A (baseline) |
| **3** | **Managed** | Defined standards, monitored | Current (v1.0) |
| **4** | **Measured** | Quantified, automated analysis | v2.0 (2026-Q3) |
| **5** | **Optimized** | Continuous improvement, predictive | v3.0 (2027-Q2) |
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## Dimension 1: Reliability
Ability to operate without failure; incident response and recovery.
### Current Status (Level 3: Managed)
**Capabilities:**
- ✅ Plan-based authorization prevents unauthorized changes
- ✅ Cryptographic audit logging for all operations
- ✅ Comprehensive error handling with audit trail integration
- ✅ Bootstrap secret mechanism for first initialization
- ✅ Session locking on hard failures
- ✅ Manual failover and recovery procedures documented
- ✅ Audit log verification tools available
**Gaps:**
- No automated failover
- Limited metrics on operational reliability
- No SLA reporting
- Manual incident response only
### Level 4 (Planned: v2.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] Automated health checks and alerting
- [ ] Metrics dashboard for availability (uptime, latency)
- [ ] Graceful degradation modes
- [ ] Automated backup and recovery
- [ ] Real-time incident detection
**Deliverables:**
- Health check API endpoint
- Prometheus metrics exporter
- Incident notification system
- Recovery runbooks (automated where possible)
### Level 5 (Planned: v3.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] Predictive failure detection (ML-based anomaly detection)
- [ ] Self-healing infrastructure
- [ ] Zero-downtime deployments
- [ ] 99.99% uptime SLA
- [ ] Automatic incident remediation
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## Dimension 2: Security
Governance, threat prevention, and risk management.
### Current Status (Level 3: Managed)
**Capabilities:**
- ✅ Zero-trust architecture (all operations require explicit authorization)
- ✅ Dual-role governance (ANTIGRAVITY/WINDSURF separation)
- ✅ Role-based access control (RBAC)
- ✅ Cryptographic audit trails (SHA256 content integrity)
- ✅ Plan-based authorization (signed plans)
- ✅ Bootstrap secret mechanism
- ✅ Vulnerability reporting process
- ✅ Security policy and incident response procedures
- ✅ Dependency scanning (manual)
- ✅ OWASP Top 10 compliance review
**Gaps:**
- No automated vulnerability scanning in CI/CD
- No compliance reporting (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- Limited secret rotation mechanisms
- No key rotation strategy
- Manual security audits only
### Level 4 (Planned: v2.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] Automated dependency vulnerability scanning
- [ ] Automated secret rotation
- [ ] SOC 2 Type II certification audit
- [ ] OWASP scanning in CI/CD
- [ ] Fine-grained audit log analysis
- [ ] Security metrics dashboard
**Deliverables:**
- Dependabot/Snyk integration
- Secret rotation automation
- Security compliance dashboard
- Threat intelligence feeds
### Level 5 (Planned: v3.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] ISO 27001 certification
- [ ] Real-time threat detection (SIEM integration)
- [ ] Adaptive security policies
- [ ] Automated incident response
- [ ] Quantum-resistant cryptography (future-proofing)
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## Dimension 3: Observability
Visibility into system behavior, debugging, and performance.
### Current Status (Level 3: Managed)
**Capabilities:**
- ✅ Comprehensive audit logging (every operation recorded)
- ✅ Audit log verification tools
- ✅ Execution replay (forensic analysis)
- ✅ Attestation bundles for evidence export
- ✅ Manual log analysis
- ✅ Error code taxonomy
- ✅ Session state tracking
**Gaps:**
- No real-time monitoring/alerting
- No metrics collection
- Limited visualization (mostly logs)
- No performance profiling
- No distributed tracing
- Manual log analysis required
### Level 4 (Planned: v2.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] Prometheus metrics export
- [ ] Log aggregation (ELK/Datadog integration)
- [ ] Real-time dashboards (audit metrics, execution stats)
- [ ] Distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry)
- [ ] Performance profiling
- [ ] Alert rules (anomaly detection)
**Deliverables:**
- Metrics exporter module
- Grafana dashboard templates
- Structured logging (JSON)
- Performance benchmarks
### Level 5 (Planned: v3.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] AI-driven anomaly detection
- [ ] Predictive capacity planning
- [ ] Self-describing telemetry
- [ ] Cost allocation per plan/execution
- [ ] Proactive issue prediction
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## Dimension 4: Operability
Ease of deployment, configuration, and maintenance.
### Current Status (Level 3: Managed)
**Capabilities:**
- ✅ Documented deployment procedures
- ✅ Bootstrap automation scripts (bash, PowerShell)
- ✅ Configuration via environment variables
- ✅ Multiple client support (Windsurf, Claude Desktop, custom)
- ✅ Clear separation of concerns (roles)
- ✅ Runbooks available
- ✅ Tested on Windows, macOS, Linux
**Gaps:**
- No container support (Docker)
- No Kubernetes integration
- No automated deployment pipeline
- Limited configuration validation
- Manual version upgrades
- No multi-node clustering
### Level 4 (Planned: v2.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] Docker image and Compose file
- [ ] Kubernetes Helm chart
- [ ] Infrastructure-as-Code templates (Terraform)
- [ ] Configuration validation schema
- [ ] Zero-downtime upgrade procedures
- [ ] Automated health checks in deployment
**Deliverables:**
- Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml
- Helm chart (with values validation)
- Terraform modules
- CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions)
### Level 5 (Planned: v3.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] Multi-region deployment support
- [ ] Automatic scaling and load balancing
- [ ] Service mesh integration (Istio)
- [ ] One-click disaster recovery
- [ ] Fully GitOps-driven operations
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## Dimension 5: Governance & Compliance
Organizational controls, audit, and regulatory alignment.
### Current Status (Level 3: Managed)
**Capabilities:**
- ✅ Dual-role governance model enforced in code
- ✅ Plan-based authorization (explicit approval required)
- ✅ Audit trails (immutable, cryptographically verified)
- ✅ Change control via plans
- ✅ Security policy document
- ✅ Contributing guidelines
- ✅ ADR system for architectural decisions
- ✅ Documentation version control
- ✅ Vulnerability reporting process
- ✅ Access control per role
**Gaps:**
- No automated compliance checking
- No audit report generation
- No delegation/approval workflows
- Limited user provisioning automation
- No formal governance board
- No SLA definitions
### Level 4 (Planned: v2.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] Automated compliance reporting (OWASP, NIST, SOC 2)
- [ ] Approval workflow automation (multi-approver support)
- [ ] User provisioning/deprovisioning
- [ ] Audit report generation
- [ ] Regulatory alignment checklist
- [ ] Formal governance documentation
**Deliverables:**
- Compliance dashboard
- Approval workflow engine
- User management API
- Audit report templates
### Level 5 (Planned: v3.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] Real-time compliance monitoring
- [ ] Automated remediation of non-compliance
- [ ] Formal governance board structure
- [ ] External audit integration
- [ ] Compliance-as-Code
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## Dimension 6: Documentation
Quality, completeness, and maintainability of documentation.
### Current Status (Level 3: Managed)
**Capabilities:**
- ✅ Comprehensive guides (beginners to experts)
- ✅ Architecture documentation
- ✅ Security policies
- ✅ Versioned documentation (v1, v2 directories)
- ✅ Glossary for non-technical audiences
- ✅ ADR system
- ✅ Troubleshooting guides
- ✅ Diagram sources (Mermaid/PlantUML)
- ✅ Rendered diagram outputs
- ✅ Documentation lifecycle process
- ✅ DOCUMENTATION_CHANGELOG.md
**Gaps:**
- No automated doc generation from code
- Limited API reference automation
- No interactive tutorials
- No video documentation
- Limited code example validation
### Level 4 (Planned: v2.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] Automated API documentation (JSDoc → markdown)
- [ ] Link validation in CI/CD
- [ ] Documentation coverage metrics
- [ ] Code example testing (ensure examples work)
- [ ] Interactive tutorials (browser-based)
- [ ] Multilingual documentation (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese)
**Deliverables:**
- JSDoc-to-markdown generator
- Example code validation tests
- Interactive tutorial platform
- Translation framework
### Level 5 (Planned: v3.0)
**Goals:**
- [ ] AI-powered documentation generation
- [ ] Self-updating code examples
- [ ] Documentation-driven development (docs first)
- [ ] Video walkthroughs (auto-generated)
- [ ] Personalized learning paths
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## Multi-Year Roadmap
### Phase 1: Foundation (v1.0 - Current)
**Timeline**: 2024 - Now
**Focus**: Establish core governance and audit capabilities.
**Delivered:**
- Dual-role governance model
- Plan-based authorization
- Cryptographic audit logging
- Bootstrap security mechanism
- Comprehensive documentation
- ADR system
**Status**: ✅ Complete
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### Phase 2: Operationalization (v2.0)
**Timeline**: 2026 Q1 - Q3 (6 months)
**Focus**: Deployment automation, monitoring, and compliance reporting.
**Key Deliverables:**
- Docker & Kubernetes support
- Prometheus metrics exporter
- Automated vulnerability scanning
- Compliance dashboard
- Cloud deployment templates (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Interactive tutorials
**Success Criteria:**
- 95% availability SLA demonstrated
- Automated deployments in place
- SOC 2 Type II certification audit initiated
- Observability metrics available
**Investment**: 8-10 person-quarters
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### Phase 3: Intelligence (v3.0)
**Timeline**: 2027 Q1 - Q2 (6 months)
**Focus**: Intelligent automation, predictive analytics, self-healing.
**Key Deliverables:**
- Anomaly detection (ML-based)
- Predictive scaling
- Automated incident remediation
- Multi-region deployment
- AI-driven documentation
- ISO 27001 certification
**Success Criteria:**
- 99.95% uptime achieved
- Automated incident response active
- Certification awarded
- ML models in production
**Investment**: 12-15 person-quarters
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### Phase 4: Scale (v4.0+)
**Timeline**: 2028 and beyond
**Focus**: Multi-tenant support, advanced features, ecosystem.
**Potential Deliverables:**
- SaaS offering
- Multi-tenant isolation
- Advanced policy engine (Rego/OPA)
- Plugin marketplace
- Managed service offering
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## Investment & Resources
### Current (v1.0)
- **Team**: 4-5 engineers + 1 DevEx lead
- **Burn Rate**: $200K-250K annually
- **Focus**: Core product stability
### Phase 2 (v2.0)
- **Team**: 6-8 engineers + 1 DevOps engineer + 1 Security engineer
- **Burn Rate**: $400K-500K annually
- **Focus**: Operations and compliance
### Phase 3 (v3.0)
- **Team**: 8-10 engineers + 2 DevOps + 1 Data scientist
- **Burn Rate**: $600K-800K annually
- **Focus**: Intelligence and scale
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## Success Metrics
### Reliability
- Uptime: 99.9% → 99.95% → 99.99%
- Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR): < 2 hours → < 15 min → < 1 min
- Incident rate: < 1/week → < 1/month → preventive
### Security
- Vulnerability response time: 7 days → 24 hours → 1 hour
- Zero critical vulnerabilities (active)
- Certifications: SOC 2 (v2.0) → ISO 27001 (v3.0)
### Observability
- Query latency: N/A → < 1 second → < 100ms
- Coverage: 70% → 90% → 95%+
### Operability
- Deployment time: 30 min → 5 min → < 1 min
- Configuration effort: 1 hour → 15 min → automated
### Governance
- Compliance score: 80% → 95% → 100%
- Audit cycles: Manual → Semi-automated → Continuous
### Documentation
- Page coverage: 85% → 95% → 100%
- Example validation: Manual → CI/CD → Automated
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## Stakeholder View
### For Executives
- **v1.0**: Governance foundation, compliance baseline
- **v2.0**: Operational credibility, SOC 2 readiness
- **v3.0**: Enterprise-grade system, full compliance
### For Engineers
- **v1.0**: Strong audit trail, clear architecture
- **v2.0**: Easy deployment, observability
- **v3.0**: Intelligent operations, self-healing
### For Security Teams
- **v1.0**: Zero-trust, encrypted audit logs
- **v2.0**: Compliance reporting, automated scanning
- **v3.0**: Real-time threat detection, automation
### For Operations
- **v1.0**: Documented procedures
- **v2.0**: Automated deployments, dashboards
- **v3.0**: Self-managing infrastructure
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## How to Use This Model
### For Planning
- Align PRs to roadmap phases
- Prioritize work against levels
- Justify new features by capability gap
### For Roadmapping
- Identify capability gaps in your use case
- Match to phases and timelines
- Plan resource allocation
### For Evaluation
- Assess ATLAS-GATE MCP fitness for your environment
- Identify features you need
- Understand commitment levels
### For Contributing
- See where you can help
- Target specific dimensions or phases
- Coordinate with maintainers
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## Questions & Feedback
This roadmap is **not** set in stone. Community feedback shapes priorities:
- **Unsure about a phase?** Open an issue
- **Want to help?** See [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md)
- **Disagree with priorities?** Start a discussion
- **Have enterprise needs?** Contact security@atlas-gate-mcp.org
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**Last Updated**: 2026-01-21
**Next Review**: 2026-04-21