Roadmap

The roadmap is grouped by horizon. Each item is a short title and a one-line “why”.

v0.2 — quality polish (next 1-2 months)

• GitHub Actions CI — pytest + ruff + mypy on every push, badge in README. Catches regressions before they hit master.
• 100% type-hint coverage — bring the codebase from ~52% to fully typed, gated by mypy --strict. Makes contributions safer and editors smarter.
• Pre-commit hooks — ruff, black, mypy locally. Same gate as CI, just earlier in the loop.
• Module-size cleanup — split cli/backtest.py (currently 689 lines) and db/repository.py (588 lines) into focused modules. The 800-line per-file guideline exists for a reason.
• Sentiment agent model bump — move from claude-3-haiku-20240307 to the current Haiku release. Cheaper, faster, better classification.
• Sample fixtures + --use-fixtures — let cents research run end-to- end without API keys. The cleanest possible demo improvement.
• Graceful agent degradation — orchestrator returns partial results if NewsAPI or FRED is unavailable, instead of failing the whole run.
• Coverage badge — surface test coverage publicly so contributions know the bar.

v1.0 — productization (longer horizon)

• Web API (Cloudflare Worker) — POST /research/{symbol} returning the same AgentResult JSON. Same shape, different transport.
• Live Cloudflare Worker demo — fixture-backed live demo on this site, same shape as the static export. Removes the “cool, but does it run?” friction.
• Slack/webhook alerts — CENTS_WEBHOOK_URL is already plumbed through the alert pipeline; needs a payload formatter and rate-limit niceties.
• Agent performance profiler — cents metrics --by-agent showing accuracy + cost + latency per agent. Forces every agent to earn its weight.
• Broker paper-trading dashboard — open positions, P&L by thesis, realized accuracy. Closes the loop between research and outcomes.

Out of scope (deliberate)

• Real-time streaming data. Cents is a research and review tool, not a trading terminal.
• Auto-execution from the CLI. The broker integration is paper-only by design; live trading stays opt-in and manual.
• Hosted multi-user product. Local-first, single-user is a feature.

Suggestions and counter-proposals are welcome on GitHub issues.