ROADMAP.md

kbot Roadmap

Last updated: March 18, 2026

This roadmap reflects the current direction of kbot. Priorities may shift based on community feedback.

Current: v3.6.0 (March 2026)

Core Architecture (v3.0)

• Checkpointing — save and resume long-running agent sessions
• Bayesian routing — smarter agent selection based on success rates
• SDK — programmatic access to kbot's agent loop
• Middleware pipeline — hook into the request/response cycle
• Lazy loading — tools load on demand for faster startup
• Structured streaming — typed events for SDK consumers

Tools & Capabilities

• 600+ tools — all free, all open source
• 35 agents (26 specialists + 9 presets)
• 20 AI providers (cloud + 4 local options)
• Game dev tools (16): scaffold, config, shaders, meshes, physics, particles, levels, tilemaps, navmesh, audio, netcode, builds, tests, ECS — 8 engines supported
• Deploy tools: Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare, Fly.io, Railway
• Database tools: Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, Prisma, ER diagrams, seed data
• MCP marketplace: search, install, uninstall, list, update from official registry
• Research tools: arXiv, Semantic Scholar, HuggingFace, PyPI, CRAN, Cargo, NASA
• VFX tools: GLSL shaders, Houdini VEX, FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Blender, procedural textures
• Document tools: CSV read/query/write, data transform, reports, invoices
• kbot audit — 6-category scored repo audit with sharing
• kbot contribute — find and submit open source contributions
• kbot share — branded GitHub Gists
• kbot pair — file watcher with auto-analysis
• kbot team — multi-agent TCP collaboration
• kbot record — terminal session recording (SVG, GIF, asciicast)
• Plugin SDK — extend kbot with custom tools and hooks
• Zero-config first run — embedded llama.cpp, no API key required (v3.2.0)
• Social tools — kbot posts as itself on X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Mastodon (v3.3.0)
• 600+ tools — all free, all open source (v3.6.0)

Community & Ecosystem

• Discord server (20 channels, 6 roles, webhooks)
• Discord bot with slash commands and AI conversation
• Discord channel agents — automated content for 11 channels
• GitHub Discussions enabled
• Issue templates and PR templates
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT, SECURITY, GOVERNANCE, CONTRIBUTING docs
• GitHub Actions for Discord notifications
• install.sh — one-line installer with Node.js auto-detection

Security

• Full security audit — 0 P0, 0 P1 remaining
• 87 game dev tests, path traversal guards, code injection sanitization
• AES-256-CBC encrypted API keys at rest
• Destructive command blocking, tool execution timeouts

Next: v3.4.0 (Q2 2026)

Bootstrap & Self-Improvement

• Bootstrap agent — recursive self-improvement loop measurement
• kbot metrics — track development velocity, tool growth, loop efficiency
• Self-testing — kbot validates its own tools on every build
• Learning engine v2 — faster pattern extraction, cross-session optimization

CLI Improvements

• kbot bench — run benchmarks (SWE-bench, HumanEval, polyglot)
• kbot oss <repo> — open source presence tracker
• kbot upgrade — plan management from terminal
• Richer TUI mode — split panes, tool output, progress bars

Integration

• GitHub App (install-and-forget distribution)
• VS Code extension marketplace
• JetBrains plugin marketplace
• Homebrew formula (brew install kbot)

Community

• good-first-issue labels on 20+ issues
• awesome-kbot community tools list
• Plugin marketplace (community-contributed tools)
• Contributor spotlight program

Future: v4.0 (2026)

Mobile

• iOS app via Capacitor (PWA wrapper)
• Android app via Capacitor
• Biometric auth (Face ID / fingerprint)
• Deep linking (kernel.chat URLs → native app)

Platform

• Team workspaces (shared memory, shared agents)
• Custom agent marketplace
• Webhook integrations (Slack, email, custom)
• Real-time collaboration (multiple users, one kbot)

Intelligence

• Multi-modal reasoning (images, audio, video natively)
• Long-term project memory (weeks → months of context)
• Cross-project learning (patterns from one repo help another)
• Autonomous background agents (monitor, alert, fix without prompting)
• Bootstrap loop at escape velocity — kbot proposes and assists its own improvements

How to Influence the Roadmap

1. Vote on issues — thumbs-up (👍) issues you care about
2. Open a discussion — propose features in GitHub Discussions
3. Contribute — PRs that align with the roadmap get priority review
4. Join Discord — https://discord.gg/kdMauM9abG

Principles

• Local-first: Everything that can run locally, does
• Zero lock-in: BYOK, 20 providers, export everything
• Developer experience: Fast, simple, no boilerplate
• Open source: MIT licensed, community-driven
• Compound growth: Each version makes the next one faster to build