# roadmap

Generates a phased delivery roadmap for a whole application, then executes it phase by phase — committing at milestones, deploying and testing until done or stuck.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 1075
- Author: jezweb
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/dev-tools/skills/roadmap/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/roadmap

## What it does

The roadmap skill turns a brief into a delivery blueprint detailed enough for Claude to pick up any phase and run it for hours. It starts with the vision: what the product is, who uses it, what is explicitly out of scope. Then it locks the stack layer by layer, sketches the full data model, and splits the work into phases.

Each phase carries a goal, database changes, new API routes, frontend work, infrastructure, and a task checklist. Phases are ordered so the app deploys after every one and nothing gets ripped out later. Four modes drive it: plan writes the roadmap, start begins execution, resume picks up where you stopped, status reports progress.

The skill is Claude only and works through Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep and Bash. It needs one input — a `/deep-research` brief, a plain description of the product, an existing codebase, or a competitor to analyse. Say only "plan a note-taking app" and it will ask clarifying questions, so have your stack and constraints ready.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill roadmap -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/roadmap/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/roadmap/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill roadmap -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/roadmap/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill roadmap -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/roadmap/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jezweb/claude-skills roadmap
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/roadmap/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill roadmap -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills --path plugins/dev-tools/skills/roadmap
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/roadmap/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill roadmap -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/dev-tools/skills/roadmap/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a vague product idea into an executable build plan
- split a large build into phases that fit one to three sessions
- design the whole data model upfront to avoid mid-build migrations
- run the plan autonomously with commits at each milestone
- resume a build after a break and see which phase you reached

## Example prompts
- plan a roadmap for a note-taking app on Cloudflare
- start building — begin executing phase 1
- resume the build from where we left off

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: roadmap
description: "Plan and execute entire application builds. Generates phased delivery roadmaps, then executes them autonomously — phase by phase, committing at milestones, deploying, testing, and continuing until done or stuck. Modes: plan (generate roadmap), start (begin executing), resume (continue from where you left off), status (show progress). Triggers: 'roadmap', 'start building', 'resume the build', 'keep going', 'build the whole thing', 'execute the roadmap', 'what phase are we on'."
compatibility: claude-code-only
allowed-tools:
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  - Write
  - Edit
  - Glob
  - Grep
  - Bash
---

# Roadmap

Generate a comprehensive technical roadmap for building an entire application. Detailed enough that Claude Code can pick up any phase and execute it autonomously for hours.

This is not a high-level strategy doc. It's a **delivery blueprint** — every phase has concrete tasks, every task is actionable, and the whole thing is ordered so you can build from phase 1 through to launch without backtracking.

## When to Use

- Starting a major new product (after deep-research, or from a product brief)
- Converting a vague idea into an executable plan
- Planning a multi-week build that will span many Claude Code sessions
- Before saying "build this" — the roadmap is what you hand Claude Code to execute

## Inputs

The skill needs one of these:

| Input | Where to find it |
|-------|-----------------|
| Deep research brief | `.jez/artifacts/research-brief-{topic}.md` (from `/deep-research`) |
| Product brief | User describes what they want to build |
| Existing partial app | Read CLAUDE.md + codebase to understand what exists |
| Competitor to clone/improve | URL or product name — skill analyses it |

If the user just says "plan a note-taking app on Cloudflare", that's enough — ask clarifying questions as needed.

## Workflow

### 1. Establish the Vision

Before any technical planning, nail down:

- **One sentence**: What is this? ("A cloud-native markdown knowledge workspace for teams and AI agents")
- **Who**: Primary users, secondary users, agents? ("Jez first, then Jezweb team, then clients")
- **Why**: What existing tools fail at? What's the gap? ("Existing tools are headless — you can't browse them or stumble across things")
- **Constraint**: Stack, budget, timeline, must-haves? ("Cloudflare, must have MCP, needs to be a PWA")
- **Not building**: What's explicitly out of scope? ("No real-time CRDT collab, no plugin ecosystem")

### 2. Define the Stack

Based on the vision and constraints, lock in the technical stack:

```markdown
| Layer | Choice | Why |
|-------|--------|-----|
| Frontend | [framework] | [reason] |
| Backend | [framework + runtime] | [reason] |
| Database | [engine + ORM] | [reason] |
| Auth | [provider] | [reason] |
````
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