Reconcile decision: fold gap inventory into roadmap phases 6-11+

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Question

Fold the deduped gap inventory (resolved in the Master gap inventory ticket, #23) into the eca-cli roadmap: decide the reconciled phase structure and ordering for phases 6–11+.

Decisions to make:

1. Correct the drift the baseline (Baseline: eca-cli currently-implemented protocol + UX surface #22) found, first: record that MCP integration (phase 7) and @-refs + jobs (phase 11) are already merged to main; fix the stale /sessions→/chats command name in the status table.
2. Place each gap row from Master gap inventory: upstream features missing from eca-cli #23 into a phase — existing (6/8/9/10 unbuilt; leftover 11 = /rollback + /fork) or a NEW phase where nothing fits.
3. Order the phases: what ships next, what's deferred, what's cut. Factor rough size + dependency (e.g. markdown-ANSI render underpins several UX rows).
4. Scope calls: confirm whether the editor-oriented rows (rewrite / inline completion / diagnostics) and GUI-bound image rendering are out-of-scope for a TUI.

Output: a reconciled phase list (phase → features), ordered, with drift-corrections named. This is the spec the issue-reconciliation ticket then maps #5–15 onto. Plan-only — does NOT edit roadmap.md.

Skills

Resolve HITL via /grill-with-docs (grounds the grilling in ../eca protocol docs + sibling-client source) plus /domain-modeling. Zoom into #23's resolution comment for the gap table.

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Resolution: Reconciled roadmap, phases 6–21

Folds the deduped gap inventory (#23) into the roadmap. Plan-only — does not edit roadmap.md. This is the spec the issue-reconciliation ticket maps #5–15 onto.

Drift corrections (record first)

#	Correction	Evidence
D1	Phase 7 (MCP Integration) → ✅ Complete	merged to main: mcp.clj, status-bar fragment, /mcp panel, tool/serverUpdated live updates, requires-auth hint, panel keybindings
D2	Phase 11 (Power Features) → 🟡 Partial	@-file context injection + jobs panel shipped (jobs.clj, chat.clj at-refs, merges 933170d/8647fcc); /rollback + /fork remain
D3	/sessions → /chats rename (commit 643cd11) not propagated	stale in roadmap.md (Phase 3/4), README.md, CHANGELOG.md Phase 3 entry, CLAUDE.md — fix status table + prose

Scope calls (decision 4)

Cut — editor-client-only. Needs a host buffer/cursor/LSP feed a standalone TUI lacks (see the standalone TUI client vs editor client distinction now in CONTEXT.md):

• rewrite/prompt (in-buffer rewrite)
• completion/inline (ghost text)
• editor/getDiagnostics (client-supplied diagnostics)
• Inline image render (kitty/iterm/sixel — GUI-bound)

Covered — not scheduled: repeat/resend prompt — already served by ↑/↓ input-history recall (same treatment #23 gave jobs/list).

Frozen phase identity

Numbering is stable identity — never renumbered. Shipped phases marked done in place; all new work appended as 12+.

Phase	Name	Status	Contents
1a–5, 7	(core, MCP)	✅ Complete	—
6	Tool-Call Diff Display	⬜ Unbuilt	unified diff for file-edit tool calls
8	Markdown Rendering	⬜ Unbuilt	md→ANSI; + url/OSC-8; + wide-table horizontal-scroll (folded in)
9	Message Steering	⬜ Unbuilt	chat/promptSteer, queue, Alt+Enter follow-up
10	Server-Driven Interaction	⬜ Unbuilt	chat/askQuestion, chat/queryCommands autocomplete, /logs viewer
11	Power Features	🟡 Partial	@-refs ✅ · jobs ✅ · rollback + fork remain
12	Context Expansion	🆕	full chat/queryContext picker (dirs/URLs/cursor/repoMap/MCP-resources) beyond file-only queryFiles; + image-attach (ImageContext)
13	Chat Management	🆕	rename + per-chat trust (chat/update); server-side clear (chat/clear); chat/statusChanged; history pagination (chat/history cursors, "load older")
14	Chat Navigation	🆕	flags/bookmarks (chat/addFlag/removeFlag); timeline (jump to message/flag); export transcript
15	Task Panel	🆕	TaskDetails — checklist, N/M progress, priority, blockedBy graph
16	Granular Approval	🆕	per-shell-command approve&remember (save:'session', approvalKey), beyond tool-name-only
17	MCP Write Management	🆕 (L)	CRUD + start/stop/enable/disable/logout, OAuth beyond connect, tool/serverRemoved (Phase 7 = read-only pt 1)
18	Providers & Config	🆕	providers panel (auth status, providers/logout, model+cost badges); in-app global-config JSONC editor
19	Variant Picker	🆕	interactive model/agent variant selector (baseline: status-bar display only)
20	Context Breakdown	🆕	usage.contextBreakdown segmented bar + autoCompactPercentage threshold + legend (baseline: bare context-%)
21	Multi-Session & Remote	🆕 (L)	multi-workspace/concurrent servers, cross-session list, workspace switcher; remote ECA host/port connect + discovery

Execution order (separate from frozen numbering)

Principle: ECA-checklist-required first (primary) → broad-value (secondary) → L-sized speculative phases to the tail. One named exception.

• Next: 6 Diff → 8 Markdown (value-exception — highest daily-visibility wart, promoted above required items) → 12 Context Expansion
• Near: 9 Steering → 10 Server-Driven → 11 Rollback/Fork
• Later: 15 Task Panel · 16 Granular Approval · 20 Context Breakdown · 19 Variant · 13 Chat Mgmt · 14 Chat Nav · 18 Providers & Config
• Deferred (L): 17 MCP Write Management · 21 Multi-Session & Remote

Domain model

CONTEXT.md gained standalone TUI client vs editor client — the standing rule that scopes editor-embedded protocol surfaces (rewrite/completion/diagnostics) out of eca-cli.

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Resolved: reconciled phase list (6–21) posted above, with drift corrections + scope cuts. Numbering frozen; execution order tiered. Unblocks the issue-reconciliation ticket (maps #5–15) and per-phase spec'ing.