Roadmap

Where Conjure is and where it's going. Status legend: ✅ available · 🟡 needs setup / decoupling · 📋 planned / design.

What's shipping today

The core was extracted from a production internal admin (75 models, ~150 routes). These are battle-tested:

Capability	Status
Model introspection / schema API	✅
Generic CRUD (list / retrieve / create / update / delete)	✅
Server-side search · filter · sort · pagination	✅
Bulk (delete / update / atomic inline) · autocomplete · related	✅
Audit log (diff of every write)	✅
Staff auth — JWT (session mode in packaging)	✅
Dashboard widgets (stats / trend / recent activity)	✅
Codegen pages + golden template	✅
Sections + tabs sidebar (manifest + assemble)	✅
Env theming, compact UI, /style-guide	✅
CSV export + selection export	✅

In progress / needs setup

Capability	Status	Note
Package extraction (decouple from any one project)	🟡	Core is ready; conf.py layer landed.
Session auth mode + bundled SPA serving	🟡	Part of packaging.

Planned

Capability	Status	Note
Runtime GenericModelPage (zero-codegen)	📋	Register a model → it appears, no build.
Actions & permissions system	📋	Design complete — see the spec.
create-conjure CLI scaffolder	📋	Golden template + rules as an npx scaffolder.
Real .xlsx export, M2M editing, column toggle, virtual scroll	📋	UX completeness.
Field plugin SDK, i18n (EN/KO), security defaults	📋	Hardening.

The phased plan (P0–P5)

graph LR
  P0["P0 · Decouple"] --> P1["P1 · Backend pkg"]
  P1 --> P2["P2 · Runtime SPA"]
  P2 --> P3["P3 · Codegen CLI"]
  P3 --> P4["P4 · Actions/perms"]
  P4 --> P5["P5 · Hardening"]

Phase	Theme	Contents
P0	Decouple	Settle project-specific knobs into settings → conjure as a standalone app.
P1	Backend package	admin_config.py auto-discovery, session auth, widget registry, bundled migrations, pyproject.
P2	Runtime SPA	GenericModelPage (schema-driven) + config endpoint (theme/nav) + bundle serving.
P3	Codegen CLI	Golden template + rules packaged as the create-conjure scaffolder.
P4	Actions & permissions	actions.py + sync_admin_actions + action endpoint + ActionBar. (spec)
P5	Hardening	Field plugin SDK, i18n (EN/KO), secure defaults, docs site, Django-version test matrix.

Further out

UX and platform ideas under consideration (not committed):

• Lazy-loaded model pages — React.lazy + dynamic imports for ~70% smaller initial load.
• Read-only deep links — /m/{model}/{pk} opens a detail dialog directly.
• Date-range filter widget — the __gte/__lte backend contract already exists.
• Auth hardening — short-lived access tokens, httpOnly cookies, login throttling.
• Audit log upgrades — retention policy, actor IP allowlist, better diff viewer.
• Schema-drift guard — CI warns when the schema snapshot changes (pages need regen).
• Permission/Group management UI — CRUD groups & permissions from the dashboard.
• Real-time — live updates for the audit log and report queues.
• Phased Django-admin retirement — feature-parity checklist (Excel import/export, drag ordering, admin-only pages).

How priorities are set

The roadmap is public on GitHub Projects; feature requests go through issues and discussions. Anything permission- or contract-shaped is weighted toward the extension points so it can land without forking.