MVP Roadmap
Development timeline for the YapHub MVP — from POC foundation through to the completed system.
Overview
The MVP was built across 13 weeks, starting from a POC foundation and incrementally adding features until a complete working system was delivered.
Total Duration: 13 weeks Status: Complete
Development Timeline
Sprint 0: POC Foundation (Week 1-2) - COMPLETE
Core technical validation:
- Slack Bolt app with Socket Mode integration
- Symfony backend with layered architecture (Orchestrator → Service → Repository)
- Category and Knowledge entities with Doctrine ORM
- Add Knowledge modal with message shortcut pre-fill
- URL content extraction (ContentExtractionService + HtmlContentExtractor)
- AI-powered digest generation with OpenAI integration
- Block Kit DM delivery
See POC Scope for details.
Sprint 1-2: Digest System (Week 3-6) - COMPLETE
Digest infrastructure and distribution:
- Digest entity with full persistence and Notion sync
- DigestOrchestrator with 7-step generation pipeline
- KnowledgeHighlightGenerator for AI-powered Dutch summaries
- DigestContentFormatter for Markdown formatting
- DigestDistributionService for subscriber-based delivery
- DigestDelivery entity with per-user tracking and retry support
- DigestSchedulerService for automated scheduling
- Category settings (frequency, day, time)
Sprint 3-4: Subscriptions & Distribution (Week 7-10) - COMPLETE
User preferences and delivery:
- Subscription entity with subscribe/unsubscribe
- Soft-delete with history preservation
- Category overflow menu with subscribe/unsubscribe actions
- SlackDigestDeliveryService with Markdown → mrkdwn conversion
- SlackMessageTransport for backend → Slack bot communication
- Digest delivery status tracking and retry
Sprint 5-6: Polish & Documentation (Week 11-13) - COMPLETE
Hardening and presentation:
- Bidirectional Notion sync for all entity types
- NotionMarkdownContentService for full digest content embedding
- Category settings UI in Slack
- Digest scheduling configuration per category
- Comprehensive documentation and VitePress site
- E2E test suite with Playwright
What Was Delivered
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| Knowledge capture via Slack shortcuts | Complete |
| Category management with icons | Complete |
| AI-powered Dutch summaries | Complete |
| Digest generation (7-step pipeline) | Complete |
| Digest distribution to subscribers | Complete |
| Per-user delivery tracking with retry | Complete |
| Subscription management | Complete |
| Digest scheduling per category | Complete |
| Bidirectional Notion sync | Complete |
| App Home dashboard | Complete |
| URL content extraction | Complete |
What Was Deferred
These features were planned but not implemented in the MVP:
| Feature | Status | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Per-role AI summaries | Deferred | Single summary sufficient for MVP |
| Prompt template management | Deferred | Hardcoded prompt works well |
| Knowledge edit/delete UI | Deferred | Backend supports it, no Slack UI |
| Advanced search | Deferred | Basic search sufficient |
| PDF/RSS/YouTube processing | Deferred | HTML extraction sufficient |
| Redis caching | Deferred | SQLite adequate for team scale |
| Symfony Messenger | Deferred | Synchronous processing adequate |
Related Documentation
- MVP Scope — Detailed feature and architecture documentation
- POC Scope — POC achievements and evolution
- MVP Presentation — Feature walkthroughs with diagrams
- Weekly Reports — Week-by-week development logs