Roadmap to v1.0.0: Documentation, Showcases, and Coding Agent Readiness

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1. Documentation Enhancements (Agent Focus)

• Deployment Process with Mermaid.js: Create a visual guide for the deployment workflow using mermaid.js. Illustrate: Template Usage → Project Setup (Codespaces & Local) → Agent-Driven Automation Steps → GitHub Pages Publication.

  • Add callouts to highlight where agents can intervene (e.g., automating project setup, running formatters, or triggering publication workflows).

• Showcase Integration: Use concrete, real-user showcase links from the "One Template to Rule Them All" presentation. Ensure each showcase description clearly explains which steps can be automated or improved via coding agents.

• CHANGELOG.md as a Skill Target: Update and clarify the usage of CHANGELOG.md so agents can reliably generate/update changelogs (see also Improve CHANGELOG.md using commit history to document template evolution #36). Consider a dedicated section, “How agents should manage CHANGELOG.md.”

• README.md: Project Setup Checklist Review: Review and update the project setup checklist to:

  • Explicitly mark each manual step that an agent can perform (e.g., file creation, code linting, metadata editing).
  • Add a micro-guide or .github/copilot-instructions.md reference instructing users or agents to automate the project setup by following this checklist.
  • Where possible, link to skill/instruction files or scripts that agents should invoke.

2. General Improvements (Targeted at Agents)

• Roadmap Section Redesign: Update the Roadmap to focus on agent integration goals for v1.0.0 and post-v1 future. E.g., “Enable out-of-the-box compatibility with GitHub Copilot Agents and similar coding assistants for setup, documentation updating, formatting, and support workflows.”

• Skill/Instruction File Introduction: Draft and introduce .github/copilot-instructions.md (or similar), describing precisely how agents should guide users through repository tasks (initialization, code formatting, changelog management, and documentation builds).

• Documentation Consistency Review: Do a comprehensive review of all "supporting" documentation (CONTRIBUTING.md, SECURITY.md, etc.) for consistency, up-to-dateness, and clarity for both human and AI consumers.

  • When possible, add agent/skill callouts in these files (e.g., "> Agents can automate this task by... ").