folder-mcp

# folder-mcp Upcom**Current Status**: Step 33/79 - **VSCode MCP Optimization** 🚀 **✅ Recently Completed**: - **Steps 1-32**: Foundation through Complete Endpoints Implementation - Dual-protocol transport system (MCP + gRPC) - All 13 gRPC endpoints with corresponding MCP tools - Local Unix Domain Socket transport working - 277 tests passing - Claude Desktop successfully accessing and searching folders **⬅️ NEXT: VSCode MCP Optimization (NEW TOP PRIORITY)** Transforming folder-mcp into a VSCode-native document intelligence platform leveraging VSCode 1.101's advanced MCP features. ### Overall Timeline - **✅ Phases 1-7**: Foundation through Basic MCP Server (Steps 1-32) - **COMPLETED** - **🔄 Phase 8**: Fully Functioning MCP Server (Steps 33-49) - **IN PROGRESS** - **📋 Phase 9**: CLI Interface (Steps 50-57) - **PLANNED** - **📋 Phase 10**: Remote Connections (Steps 58-67) - **PLANNED** - **📋 Phase 11**: Internal CLI Chat (Steps 68-74) - **PLANNED** - **📋 Phase 12**: Release (Steps 75-79) - **FUTURE**ment tracks current and future development phases with detailed specifications. ## 📋 Table of Contents - [Current Development Status](#current-development-status) - [Phase 8: Fully Functioning MCP Server (Current)](#phase-8-fully-functioning-mcp-server-current) - [Phase 9: CLI Interface (Planned)](#phase-9-cli-interface-planned) - [Phase 10: Remote Connections (Planned)](#phase-10-remote-connections-planned) - [Phase 11: Internal CLI Chat (Planned)](#phase-11-internal-cli-chat-planned) - [Phase 12: Release (Future)](#phase-12-release-future) - [GitHub Project Management](#github-project-management) --- ## Current Development Status **Current Status**: Step 1/47 - Enhanced MCP Server Implementation 🚀 **✅ Recently Completed**: - **Phases 1-7**: Foundation through Production Ready - Dual-protocol transport system (MCP + gRPC) - All 13 gRPC endpoints with corresponding MCP tools - Local Unix Domain Socket transport working - 277 tests passing - Claude Desktop successfully accessing and searching folders **⬅️ NEXT: Step 1 - Enhanced MCP Server Features** Building a fully functioning MCP server with advanced capabilities. ### Overall Timeline - **✅ Phases 1-7**: Foundation through Basic MCP Server - **COMPLETED** - **🔄 Phase 8**: Fully Functioning MCP Server (Steps 1-17) - **IN PROGRESS** - **� Phase 9**: CLI Interface (Steps 18-25) - **PLANNED** - **📋 Phase 10**: Remote Connections (Steps 26-35) - **PLANNED** - **📋 Phase 11**: Internal CLI Chat (Steps 36-42) - **PLANNED** - **📋 Phase 12**: Release (Steps 43-47) - **FUTURE** --- ## Phase 8: Fully Functioning MCP Server (Current) **Status**: 🔄 Current - **Enhanced MCP Server Implementation** 🚀 **Focus**: Building a well-defined MCP server with prompts, pagination, advanced search, metadata and comprehensive functionality. ### Step 33: End-to-End System Testing **Task**: Comprehensive testing of the complete dual-protocol system **Status**: ⬅️ **CURRENT** - Ready for implementation **Focus**: Validate all components work together correctly in real-world scenarios **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **MCP Integration Testing**: Verify Claude Desktop can access all features - 📋 **Performance Benchmarks**: Measure search and indexing performance - 📋 **Error Handling Validation**: Test all error scenarios gracefully - 📋 **Security Testing**: Validate local security measures - 📋 **Load Testing**: Test with large document sets - 📋 **Real-World Scenario Testing**: Test with actual user workflows ### Step 34: Enhanced Prompts & Tool Descriptions **Task**: Improve MCP tool prompts for better LLM understanding **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Create comprehensive, context-aware tool descriptions **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Detailed tool descriptions with usage examples - 📋 Parameter descriptions with validation hints - 📋 Response format documentation - 📋 Error handling guidance for LLMs - 📋 Usage pattern recommendations - 📋 Context-aware prompt variations ### Step 35: Advanced Pagination System **Task**: Implement sophisticated pagination for large result sets **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Handle large document collections efficiently **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Cursor-based pagination for consistent results - 📋 Configurable page sizes with intelligent defaults - 📋 Total count estimation for UI feedback - 📋 Deep pagination support (page 100+) - 📋 Stateless pagination tokens - 📋 Performance optimization for large offsets ### Step 36: Advanced Search Capabilities **Task**: Enhance search with complex queries and filtering **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Powerful search features for complex document analysis **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Complex metadata filtering (AND/OR operations) - 📋 Date range queries with RFC3339 timestamp support - 📋 Author and document type filtering - 📋 Search result ranking and relevance scoring - 📋 Semantic search with similarity thresholds - 📋 Query performance optimization ### Step 37: Rich Metadata System **Task**: Implement comprehensive document metadata **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Extract and manage detailed document information **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Author extraction from document properties - 📋 Creation and modification timestamps - 📋 Document type classification - 📋 Language detection and support - 📋 Custom metadata fields - 📋 Metadata indexing and search ### Step 38: Batch Operations & Performance **Task**: Implement efficient batch processing **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Handle multiple operations efficiently **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Batch document processing - 📋 Streaming responses for large result sets - 📋 Progress tracking for long-running operations - 📋 Cancellation support for batch operations - 📋 Memory-efficient processing - 📋 Rate limiting and throttling ### Step 39: Enhanced Summarization **Task**: Advanced document summarization features **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Multiple summarization modes and styles **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Multiple summary modes (brief/detailed/technical) - 📋 BatchDocSummary with intelligent batching - 📋 Summary caching and incremental updates - 📋 Custom summarization templates - 📋 Multi-language summarization support - 📋 Summary quality scoring ### Step 40: Table Query Enhancements **Task**: Advanced table querying capabilities **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: SQL-like operations on document tables **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Advanced TableQuery with SQL-like syntax - 📋 Cross-document table analysis - 📋 Table joining and aggregation - 📋 Export formats (CSV, JSON, Markdown) - 📋 Table schema detection - 📋 Performance optimization for large tables ### Step 41: Real-time Status & Monitoring **Task**: Enhanced system monitoring and status reporting **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Real-time insights into system performance **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Real-time indexing progress tracking - 📋 Performance analytics dashboard - 📋 Memory usage monitoring - 📋 Error reporting and alerts - 📋 Health check endpoints - 📋 System resource utilization ### Step 42: Configuration Management **Task**: Advanced configuration system **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Flexible, user-friendly configuration **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Hierarchical configuration loading - 📋 Environment variable support - 📋 Configuration validation and error reporting - 📋 Runtime configuration updates - 📋 Configuration templates and presets - 📋 Migration support for config changes ### Step 43: Error Handling & Recovery **Task**: Robust error handling and recovery **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Graceful handling of all error scenarios **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Comprehensive error classification - 📋 User-friendly error messages - 📋 Automatic retry mechanisms - 📋 Graceful degradation strategies - 📋 Error logging and reporting - 📋 Recovery procedures documentation ### Step 44: Documentation & Examples **Task**: Comprehensive documentation for MCP server **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Clear, actionable documentation **Success Criteria**: - 📋 API documentation with examples - 📋 Integration guides for different LLMs - 📋 Troubleshooting guides - 📋 Performance tuning documentation - 📋 Best practices and patterns - 📋 Usage examples and demos ### Step 45: Security Enhancements **Task**: Advanced security features **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Secure local operations **Success Criteria**: - 📋 File access permission validation - 📋 Path traversal protection - 📋 Input sanitization and validation - 📋 Resource usage limits - 📋 Audit logging for sensitive operations - 📋 Security configuration options ### Step 46: Extensibility Framework **Task**: Plugin and extension system **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Allow customization and extensions **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Plugin architecture design - 📋 Custom tool registration - 📋 Hook system for extensibility - 📋 Plugin configuration management - 📋 Plugin loading and validation - 📋 Basic plugin documentation framework ### Step 47: Multi-language Support **Task**: International language support **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Support for non-English documents **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Unicode handling improvements - 📋 Language-specific tokenization - 📋 Multilingual embedding models - 📋 Language detection and tagging - 📋 Localized error messages - 📋 RTL language support ### Step 48: Performance Optimization **Task**: System-wide performance improvements **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Optimize for production workloads **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Memory usage optimization - 📋 CPU performance tuning - 📋 Disk I/O optimization - 📋 Caching strategies implementation - 📋 Database query optimization - 📋 Concurrent processing improvements ### Step 49: Integration Testing & Validation **Task**: Comprehensive testing of enhanced MCP server **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Validate all new features work together **Success Criteria**: - 📋 End-to-end integration tests - 📋 Performance benchmarking - 📋 Claude Desktop integration validation - 📋 Stress testing with large datasets - 📋 Error scenario testing - 📋 User acceptance testing --- ## Phase 9: CLI Interface (Planned) **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** - Advanced, Modern CLI Implementation **Focus**: Advanced, modern CLI with keyboard arrow navigation, wizard interface, and comprehensive user interactions. ### Step 50: CLI Parameter Override System **Task**: Allow CLI parameters to override runtime defaults **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Dynamic configuration through command line **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Parse all CLI parameters into runtime config - 📋 Override only specified parameters - 📋 Detect changes in embedding config (model, chunk_size, overlap) - 📋 Trigger re-indexing if embedding params changed - 📋 Show warning: "Config changed, re-indexing required" - 📋 Update cached runtime with successful execution - 📋 Update --help documentation for all tools ### Step 51: Interactive Configuration Wizard **Task**: Create --wizard interactive configuration generator **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: User-friendly configuration setup **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Launch with `folder-mcp --wizard` - 📋 Load current runtime config as defaults - 📋 Interactive questions with current values pre-filled - 📋 Generate CLI command string from answers - 📋 Display command and ask: "Run this command? Y/n" - 📋 Execute command or copy to clipboard - 📋 Save configuration for future use ### Step 52: System Detection & Auto-Configuration **Task**: Auto-detect system capabilities for smart defaults **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Intelligent system optimization **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Detect CPU, RAM, GPU on first run - 📋 Update runtime config with optimal settings - 📋 Select best model based on system tier - 📋 Integrate with Ollama for model availability - 📋 Run only when cache missing or --detect flag - 📋 Show detected specs in --show-config output - 📋 Performance benchmarking and recommendations ### Step 53: Keyboard Navigation Interface **Task**: Modern CLI with arrow key navigation **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Intuitive keyboard-driven interface **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Arrow key navigation for menus and options - 📋 Tab completion for commands and file paths - 📋 Vim-style keybindings option - 📋 Mouse support for modern terminals - 📋 Customizable key bindings - 📋 Help overlay with keyboard shortcuts ### Step 54: Full-Screen TUI Implementation **Task**: Create comprehensive terminal user interface **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Rich, interactive terminal experience **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Launch after configuration validation - 📋 Real-time indexing progress display - 📋 File processing statistics dashboard - 📋 Memory and performance monitoring - 📋 Error log panel with filtering - 📋 Multi-panel layout with resizing - 📋 Status bar with system information ### Step 55: Advanced Help System **Task**: Comprehensive CLI help and documentation **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Self-documenting CLI interface **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Context-sensitive help system - 📋 Interactive tutorials and walkthroughs - 📋 Command examples with explanations - 📋 Man page generation - 📋 Built-in documentation browser - 📋 Quick reference cards ### Step 56: User Interaction Framework **Task**: Rich user input and feedback system **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Smooth user experience **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Progress bars with ETA calculations - 📋 Confirmation dialogs for destructive operations - 📋 Input validation with helpful error messages - 📋 Multi-step workflows with navigation - 📋 Undo/redo functionality where applicable - 📋 Session saving and restoration - 📋 Notification system- e.g file zyx.docx removed, deleted embeddings. or file xyz.txt changed, updating embeddings ### Step 57: CLI Testing & Validation **Task**: Comprehensive testing of CLI interface **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Ensure robust CLI experience **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Automated CLI testing framework - 📋 User interaction simulation - 📋 Cross-platform compatibility testing - 📋 Performance testing for large operations - 📋 Accessibility testing and compliance - 📋 User experience validation --- ## Phase 10: Remote Connections (Planned) **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** - gRPC, HTTP, Cloudflare Tunneling **Focus**: Secure remote access implementation with gRPC, HTTP protocols, and Cloudflare tunneling support. ### Step 58: Remote Access Foundation **Task**: Implement secure remote access for cloud LLM integration **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Enable cloud LLM access to local folder-mcp instances **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **TCP Transport**: Remote gRPC server with configurable port (50051) - 📋 **API Key Authentication**: Bearer token validation for remote connections - 📋 **TLS/mTLS Support**: Auto-generated self-signed certificates for development - 📋 **Hybrid Security**: Local connections bypass auth, remote require API keys - 📋 **Configuration Management**: Secure remote access settings **Note**: MCP protocol remains local-only (stdio) as Claude Desktop requires direct process communication. ### Step 59: HTTP Gateway Implementation **Task**: Implement REST/JSON gateway for gRPC services **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Web-compatible HTTP interface **Success Criteria**: - 📋 HTTP server on configurable port (default 8080) - 📋 REST endpoints with /v1 prefix matching specification - 📋 JSON request/response translation to/from gRPC - 📋 Proper HTTP status codes and error handling - 📋 CORS support for web clients - 📋 Request validation and sanitization - 📋 OpenAPI/Swagger documentation ### Step 60: Cloudflare Tunnel Integration **Task**: Zero-config remote access without port forwarding **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Enterprise-grade tunneling solution **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Cloudflare Tunnel SDK**: Integration with automatic authentication - 📋 **Dynamic Subdomains**: Users get `username.folder-mcp.com` subdomains - 📋 **Zero Network Config**: No router setup or port forwarding required - 📋 **SSL/TLS Automatic**: Cloudflare provides and manages certificates - 📋 **Global Performance**: Edge network optimization - 📋 **Analytics Dashboard**: Built-in request analytics and monitoring **Implementation Architecture**: - **Wildcard Domain**: `*.folder-mcp.com` → automatic user subdomains - **Reverse Tunneling**: Through Cloudflare's global network - **Built-in Protection**: DDoS protection and Web Application Firewall - **Zero-Config UX**: `folder-mcp serve /docs --tunnel --subdomain alice` ### Step 61: Certificate Management System **Task**: Comprehensive TLS/mTLS certificate handling **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Automated certificate lifecycle management **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Let's Encrypt Integration**: Automated certificate management for custom domains - 📋 **Self-signed Generation**: For development and testing scenarios - 📋 **Certificate Provisioning**: Automatic certificate provisioning and renewal - 📋 **Expiration Monitoring**: Auto-renewal and expiration notifications - 📋 **CA-signed Certificates**: Production-ready certificate support - 📋 **Certificate Validation**: Health checks and validation ### Step 62: Authentication & Security System **Task**: Comprehensive security features for remote access **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Enterprise-grade security implementation **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **API Key Lifecycle**: Generate, rotate, revoke API keys - 📋 **Rate Limiting**: Per-key request throttling and abuse prevention - 📋 **Audit Logging**: Security event tracking and monitoring - 📋 **Access Control**: Permission system for different operations - 📋 **Secure Key Storage**: Encrypted key storage and retrieval - 📋 **Authentication Events**: Comprehensive security event logging ### Step 63: Alternative Tunneling Providers **Task**: Support multiple tunneling providers **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Flexible tunneling options **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **ngrok Integration**: Alternative tunneling provider support - 📋 **localtunnel Support**: Additional tunneling option - 📋 **Provider Selection**: User choice of tunneling provider - 📋 **Fallback Logic**: Automatic fallback between providers - 📋 **Health Monitoring**: Tunnel health checks and reconnection - 📋 **Provider Comparison**: Performance and feature comparison ### Step 64: Remote Configuration Management **Task**: Configuration system for remote deployments **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Remote-specific configuration (extends Step 42's general config system) **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Remote Config Profiles**: Different configurations for different access methods - 📋 **Remote Environment Variables**: Environment-based configuration for remote deployments - 📋 **Secure Config Storage**: Encrypted configuration management for remote access settings - 📋 **Remote Config Validation**: Remote configuration validation and testing - 📋 **Remote Dynamic Updates**: Runtime configuration updates for remote connections - 📋 **Remote Config Templates**: Pre-configured templates for common remote scenarios ### Step 65: Performance Optimization for Remote Access **Task**: Optimize performance for remote connections **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Low-latency, high-throughput remote access **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Connection Pooling**: Efficient connection management - 📋 **Request Compression**: gRPC and HTTP compression - 📋 **Caching Strategies**: Intelligent caching for remote requests - 📋 **Load Balancing**: Support for multiple server instances - 📋 **Performance Monitoring**: Real-time performance metrics - 📋 **Bandwidth Optimization**: Minimize data transfer ### Step 66: Monitoring & Analytics **Task**: Comprehensive monitoring for remote access **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Operational visibility and analytics **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Usage Analytics**: Request patterns and usage statistics - 📋 **Performance Metrics**: Latency, throughput, error rates - 📋 **Security Monitoring**: Authentication failures, suspicious activity - 📋 **Health Dashboards**: Real-time system health monitoring - 📋 **Alerting System**: Automated alerts for issues - 📋 **Reporting**: Usage reports and analytics ### Step 67: Remote Access Testing & Validation **Task**: Comprehensive testing of remote access features **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Ensure robust remote connectivity **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Multi-transport Testing**: gRPC, HTTP, and tunnel testing - 📋 **Security Testing**: Authentication, authorization, encryption - 📋 **Load Testing**: High-load remote access scenarios - 📋 **Network Resilience**: Testing under various network conditions - 📋 **Cross-platform Testing**: Different operating systems and environments - 📋 **Integration Testing**: End-to-end remote access workflows --- ## Phase 11: Internal CLI Chat (Planned) **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** - Interactive Chat Interface **Focus**: Built-in chat interface with cloud and local LLM support, leveraging the transport layer for document access. ### Step 68: Chat Configuration Wizard **Task**: Interactive wizard for chat setup using transport layer **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: User-friendly chat configuration **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Launch with `folder-mcp chat --setup` - 📋 Auto-detect available transport options (local gRPC, remote gRPC, HTTP) - 📋 Cloud vs Local GPU selection interface - 📋 Provider selection with clear descriptions - 📋 API key validation with test calls - 📋 Ollama model detection and recommendation - 📋 Transport selection and configuration - 📋 Save chat configuration leveraging config system **Chat Configuration Flow**: ``` folder-mcp chat <folder> (first time) → Chat Setup Wizard ├── Transport Selection: │ ├── Local gRPC (unix socket) - Best performance │ ├── Remote gRPC (TCP) - Distributed setup │ └── HTTP Gateway - Web compatibility │ ├── Choose: Cloud or Local GPU? │ ├─ Cloud Path: │ ├── Select Provider: │ │ ├── OpenAI (GPT-4, GPT-3.5-turbo) │ │ ├── Anthropic (Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Haiku) │ │ ├── Google (Gemini Pro, Gemini Flash) │ │ └── Azure OpenAI │ ├── Enter API Key → Validate → Test call │ └── Save config → Launch chat │ └─ Local GPU Path: ├── Check Ollama installation ├── Scan available models via transport ├── Show model list with embedding compatibility ├── Auto-recommend based on system specs ├── Download model if needed (with progress) └── Save config → Launch chat ``` ### Step 69: Cloud Provider Integration **Task**: Implement cloud LLM provider APIs with transport layer **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Seamless cloud LLM integration **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **OpenAI API**: Integration with streaming responses - 📋 **Anthropic Claude**: API with proper formatting - 📋 **Google Gemini**: API integration and optimization - 📋 **Azure OpenAI**: Enterprise-grade cloud support - 📋 **Transport Integration**: API routing through gRPC or HTTP transport - 📋 **Rate Limiting**: Quota management via transport layer - 📋 **Error Handling**: Graceful handling of API failures ### Step 70: Local LLM Integration **Task**: Ollama local LLM integration via transport **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: High-performance local inference **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Ollama Integration**: Service detection and health checks - 📋 **Model Management**: Listing with installation status via transport - 📋 **Auto-downloading**: Automatic model downloading with progress - 📋 **Resource Monitoring**: System resource monitoring during chat - 📋 **Model Recommendations**: Based on RAM/VRAM availability - 📋 **Performance Optimization**: Transport-optimized local inference - 📋 **Streaming Support**: gRPC streaming for real-time responses ### Step 71: Interactive Chat Interface **Task**: Main chat experience using transport endpoints **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Rich, context-aware chat interface **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Rich CLI Interface**: Terminal-based chat with formatting - 📋 **Context-aware Responses**: Using SearchDocs/SearchChunks endpoints - 📋 **Real-time Retrieval**: Document retrieval via transport - 📋 **Source Attribution**: Using GetDocMetadata for citations - 📋 **Streaming Responses**: Via gRPC or HTTP streaming - 📋 **Chat Commands**: `/help`, `/sources`, `/clear`, `/export` - 📋 **Batch Integration**: BatchDocSummary for context preparation **Chat Interface Example**: ``` folder-mcp chat <folder> → Load chat config → Connect to transport → Start chat session ┌─ Chat with Documents in: ./my-folder ─────────────────────┐ │ 📁 Sources: 47 documents indexed (via IngestStatus) │ │ 🤖 Model: Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Cloud) / llama3.1:8b (Local)│ │ 🔗 Transport: gRPC/Unix Socket (high performance) │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ You: What are the main topics in my research papers? │ │ │ │ 🤖 Assistant: Based on your documents, I found 3 main │ │ research topics: (via SearchDocs + BatchDocSummary) │ │ │ │ 1. **Machine Learning Applications** (12 papers) │ │ Sources: ml-survey.pdf, neural-networks.docx │ │ │ │ 2. **Data Analysis Methods** (8 papers) │ │ Sources: statistics-overview.pdf, data-mining.docx │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Type your message... (/help for commands) │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ``` ### Step 72: Advanced Chat Features **Task**: Enhanced chat capabilities and user experience **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Professional chat features **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Conversation History**: Persistent chat history with search - 📋 **Multi-turn Context**: Maintain context across conversations - 📋 **Document Filtering**: Scope chat to specific documents or topics - 📋 **Export Options**: Markdown, JSON, TXT with source links - 📋 **Chat Templates**: Pre-configured chat scenarios - 📋 **Keyboard Shortcuts**: Efficient navigation and commands ### Step 73: Chat Session Management **Task**: Comprehensive chat session handling **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Session persistence and management **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Session Persistence**: Save and restore chat sessions - 📋 **Session Naming**: Organize sessions with meaningful names - 📋 **Session Search**: Find previous conversations - 📋 **Session Sharing**: Export and share chat sessions - 📋 **Privacy Controls**: Sensitive conversation handling - 📋 **Session Analytics**: Usage patterns and insights ### Step 74: Chat Testing & Validation **Task**: Comprehensive testing of chat interface **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Reliable chat experience **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Chat Flow Testing**: End-to-end conversation testing - 📋 **Provider Integration**: Testing all LLM providers - 📋 **Transport Testing**: All transport methods validation - 📋 **Performance Testing**: Large document set handling - 📋 **Error Recovery**: Graceful handling of failures - 📋 **User Experience**: Usability and accessibility testing --- ## Phase 12: Release (Future) **Status**: 📋 **FUTURE** - Finalizing Tests, CI/CD, and Production Release **Focus**: Production-ready release with comprehensive testing, CI/CD pipeline, and deployment preparation. ### Step 75: Hugging Face Hub Integration for Model Metadata **Task**: Enhance Ollama model information with Hugging Face Hub metadata **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Rich model metadata and intelligent selection **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Fetch model metadata from Hugging Face Hub API - 📋 Extract language support information from model cards - 📋 Augment Ollama model list with HF metadata - 📋 Implement intelligent language-based model filtering - 📋 Cache HF metadata with 24-hour expiry - 📋 Handle API rate limits and offline scenarios gracefully - 📋 Provide rich model selection with language capabilities **Enhanced User Experience**: - Show language support when listing models: `mxbai-embed-large (100+ languages)` - Filter models by language: `--language zh,en` - Smart defaults: Auto-select best multilingual model for diverse document sets - Confidence indicators: High/Medium/Low confidence for language support data ### Step 76: Performance Optimization & Production Tuning **Task**: Optimize for production deployment **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Production-grade performance **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Connection pooling and resource management - 📋 Caching strategies for frequently accessed data - 📋 Memory optimization for large document sets - 📋 Database indexing and query optimization - 📋 Concurrent request handling optimization - 📋 Network protocol optimization - 📋 Production profiling and benchmarking ### Step 77: Comprehensive Test Suite Integration **Task**: Complete test coverage for all components **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Production-ready testing **Success Criteria**: - 📋 Add gRPC transport testing to existing test infrastructure - 📋 HTTP gateway endpoint testing - 📋 Multi-protocol integration testing - 📋 Performance benchmarking for all endpoints - 📋 Security and authentication testing - 📋 Load testing and stress testing - 📋 Chat interface testing - 📋 CLI interface testing **Note**: Leverages existing comprehensive test system (277 tests, 99.6+ pass rate) by extending with new component testing while maintaining current infrastructure. ### Step 78: Documentation & API Reference **Task**: Complete comprehensive documentation **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Professional documentation suite **Success Criteria**: - 📋 API documentation with OpenAPI/Swagger spec - 📋 gRPC service documentation - 📋 Transport configuration guide - 📋 Chat interface user guide - 📋 CLI reference documentation - 📋 Deployment and scaling guide - 📋 Security configuration documentation - 📋 Troubleshooting and debugging guide ### Step 79: Release Preparation & Distribution **Task**: Prepare for production release and distribution **Status**: 📋 **PLANNED** **Focus**: Professional release process **Success Criteria**: - 📋 **Containerization**: Docker with multi-stage builds, Docker Compose - 📋 **CI/CD Pipeline**: Automated testing, building, and deployment - 📋 **Package Distribution**: npm registry publication - 📋 **Binary Releases**: GitHub releases with cross-platform binaries - 📋 **Container Registry**: Docker Hub publication - 📋 **Documentation Site**: Professional documentation website - 📋 **Release Management**: Version management and changelog - 📋 **Community Support**: Issue templates, contribution guidelines --- ## GitHub Project Management This section provides guidance for setting up GitHub Issues to track development progress. ### Quick Setup Instructions 1. **Go to your GitHub repository**: https://github.com/okets/folder-mcp 2. **Click "Issues" tab** → **"New Issue"** 3. **Create issues for each step** using the templates below 4. **Set labels and milestones** as indicated ### GitHub Milestones Create these milestones in GitHub (Issues → Milestones → New milestone): 1. **Phase 8 - Fully Functioning MCP Server** (Due: Current - PRIORITIZED) 🚀 2. **Phase 9 - CLI Interface** (Due: TBD) 3. **Phase 10 - Remote Connections** (Due: TBD) 4. **Phase 11 - Internal CLI Chat** (Due: TBD) 5. **Phase 12 - Release** (Due: TBD) ### GitHub Labels Create these labels for categorization: - `enhancement` (blue), `mcp-server` (purple), `cli` (green), `remote-access` (coral) - `chat` (mint), `security` (crimson), `monitoring` (forest green) - `config` (lime), `performance` (maroon), `testing` (navy) - `documentation` (silver), `packaging` (teal), `release` (gold) ### Issue Template For each step in the roadmap, create a GitHub issue with: **Title**: `[Step X] Brief Description` (e.g., "[Step 1] End-to-End System Testing") **Labels**: `enhancement` + relevant category (e.g., `mcp-server`) **Milestone**: Appropriate phase (e.g., "Phase 8 - Fully Functioning MCP Server") **Description**: ``` ### Description [Copy the task description from the roadmap] ### Success Criteria [Copy the success criteria checklist from the roadmap] ### Status - 🔄 **IN PROGRESS** / **TODO** ``` ### Benefits - **Clear progress tracking**: See exactly what's done vs. what's planned - **Contributor onboarding**: New developers can see the roadmap and pick tasks - **User expectations**: Users understand current capabilities vs. future features - **Development focus**: Prioritized task list for systematic development - **Community engagement**: Users can vote on features and contribute to specific areas