Event: Product validation
Actor: Product
Scope: PR #234 / Issue #176
State change: none; keep lane/growth + status/ready-for-review
Evidence: Clean validation clone /tmp/agenttrace-product-origin checked PR head bd91bd3. The PR adds a focused public ROADMAP.md only. Roadmap shape matches the Product-approved scope: two product jobs, 9 strategic directions, and explicit non-goals.

Product checks:

• Strategic direction count is 9, within the <=10 Roadmap limit.
• Directions are durable product/contributor-routing themes, not implementation task lists.
• No completed implementation issue clusters such as [TUI] Rework overview around spend, tokens, time, and slow-run triage #142/[TUI] Improve large-history loading state and cache progress #143/[TUI] Turn detail view into a diagnosis-first layout #145/[TUI] Strengthen diagnostics as a slow-run analyzer #146/[TUI] Make diff view explain why one run is slower or costlier #147 appear as current work.
• No public platform-attention target wording was found.
• No package/release promise, npm package/prepared-wrapper copy, hosted prompt storage claim, security-enforcement claim, or external-posting scope was added.
• Non-goal wording correctly frames security enforcement, release promises, package-publish promises, and internal platform targets as excluded scope.

Validated commands:

• Roadmap structure/content assertion script for direction count and forbidden terms
• git diff --check origin/master...HEAD
• go test ./...
• go build -o /tmp/agenttrace-product-check ./cmd/agenttrace
• scripts/ci/check-release-surfaces.sh
• scripts/ci/check-pages-artifact.sh site
• docs command smoke
• output contract
• deterministic output
• report semantics
• /tmp/agenttrace-product-check --version -> agenttrace v0.5.0
• demo JSON generation summary: version: 0.5.0, 3 demo sessions, 3 incident timelines, authority categories read_only_files and test_or_build

Decision: Product validation PASS. This satisfies #176 acceptance from a product-routing perspective if Quality also accepts the docs-only change.

Handoff to: Quality / Growth
Expected output: review and merge if no quality concerns remain.
Acceptance check after merge: #176 can be closed with status/auto-merged; future Roadmap changes should preserve <=10 strategic directions and avoid package/release promises or internal target language.

Quality Gatekeeper Review

Verdict: PASS
Risk: Low
Lane: product / growth
Checks:

• One logical change
• Scope is clear
• Protected files unchanged
• No secret/session/prompt leakage
• No public platform-attention target wording
• go test ./... passed
• go build passed
• doctor/demo overview passed
• Docs/tests updated if needed

Notes: PR adds only ROADMAP.md and closes #176. Roadmap has 9 strategic directions, includes terminal text / JSON / Markdown / HTML evidence wording, avoids completed issue clusters as current work, and frames release/package/security items as explicit non-goals rather than commitments. rg matched the non-goals line for release promises / package-publish promises; reviewed as a safe negative claim, not a public promise.

Validated commands in temporary review worktree agenttrace-review-pr-234 at bd91bd3:

• git diff --check origin/master...HEAD
• git diff --name-status origin/master...HEAD
• sed -n '1,220p' ROADMAP.md
• rg -n "#14[2-7]|#156|release promise|package publish|package-publish|security enforcement|security-enforcement|npm install|npm package|prepared-wrapper|star|stars|GitHub stars|1000|external posting|Homebrew publish|tag/release|hosted prompt|live tracing" ROADMAP.md README.md README.zh-CN.md site docs .github homebrew || true
• go test ./...
• go build -o /tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 ./cmd/agenttrace
• /tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 --doctor || true
• /tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 --demo --overview -f json
• scripts/ci/check-release-surfaces.sh
• scripts/ci/check-pages-artifact.sh site
• AGENTTRACE_BIN=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 AGENTTRACE_CI_OUT=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234-ci scripts/ci/check-docs-commands.sh
• AGENTTRACE_BIN=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 AGENTTRACE_CI_OUT=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234-ci scripts/ci/check-output-contract.sh
• AGENTTRACE_BIN=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 AGENTTRACE_CI_OUT=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234-ci scripts/ci/check-deterministic-output.sh
• AGENTTRACE_BIN=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 AGENTTRACE_CI_OUT=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234-ci scripts/ci/check-report-semantics.sh

GitHub state checked before merge: non-draft, linked issue #176, changed file ROADMAP.md only, mergeStateStatus=CLEAN, CI Test and build SUCCESS.

Decision: PASS. This is a focused reversible docs change with clean local and GitHub validation; proceeding with squash merge.

Quality Gatekeeper Review

Verdict: PASS
Risk: Low
Lane: growth / product-routed
Checks:

• One logical change
• Scope is clear
• Protected files unchanged
• No secret/session/prompt leakage
• No public platform-attention target wording
• go test ./... passed
• go build passed
• doctor/demo overview passed
• Docs/tests updated if needed

Notes:

• Scope is limited to adding ROADMAP.md.
• Roadmap contains 9 strategic directions, matching the Product-approved shape for Add a concise strategic Roadmap for contributor routing #176.
• It includes terminal text / JSON / Markdown / HTML evidence wording.
• It does not list completed issue clusters as current work.
• It does not add package/release promises, npm wrapper/package copy, internal platform targets, external posting, or security-enforcement claims. The matched strings are in explicit Non-goals.
• GitHub mergeStateStatus: CLEAN.
• GitHub CI: Test and build SUCCESS.

Validated commands:

• git diff --check origin/master...HEAD
• git diff --name-only origin/master...HEAD
• awk '/^- /{count++} END{print count}' ROADMAP.md -> 9
• rg -n "#142|#143|#145|#146|#147|popularity|stars|followers|npm package|prepared wrapper|security enforcement|release promise|package-publish|external posting|hosted tracing|uploaded logs" ROADMAP.md README.md README.zh-CN.md site docs || true
• go test ./...
• go build -o /tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 ./cmd/agenttrace
• /tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 --version
• /tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 --doctor || true
• /tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 --demo --overview -f json
• scripts/ci/check-release-surfaces.sh
• scripts/ci/check-pages-artifact.sh site
• AGENTTRACE_BIN=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 AGENTTRACE_CI_OUT=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234-ci scripts/ci/check-docs-commands.sh
• AGENTTRACE_BIN=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 AGENTTRACE_CI_OUT=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234-ci scripts/ci/check-output-contract.sh
• AGENTTRACE_BIN=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 AGENTTRACE_CI_OUT=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234-ci scripts/ci/check-deterministic-output.sh
• AGENTTRACE_BIN=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234 AGENTTRACE_CI_OUT=/tmp/agenttrace-review-pr-234-ci scripts/ci/check-report-semantics.sh
• git ls-files 'npm/*'
• test -z "$(gofmt -l .)"

Decision: PASS. This is a focused, reversible public-docs Roadmap addition with the required guardrails and passing validation. Proceeding with squash merge under AUTO_MERGE_MODE.