Spark

SparkLang roadmap

Prioritized against the adoption bar. Status: done / next / won't (near-term product focus). Details: ADOPTION_BAR.md.

Done (this era)

  • Public MIT repo, SparkLang branding, About disambiguation
  • Changelog + release process doc
  • embed / retrieve first-class ops + dry fixtures + spark-rag-http
  • Dry-run escape hatch: shell / run allowlist fixtures
  • Live --allow-shell: ./spark-shell argv execve (echo|true|false)
  • Host embed: Python + JS (js/sparklang) + C (host/c/sparklang.h); ./spark --embed JSON handshake
  • Per-ask [accounting] line (dry zeros; live wall-clock + usage)
  • Live run-level [accounting-run] rollup (spark-ask-http --rollup)
  • Streaming ask: ./spark-ask-http --stream SSE + ask stream language form (live); dry prints stream=1
  • Live extract: schema validate + retry-on-miss (--retries, --stub-file offline); forks ./spark-ask-http
  • Positioning: not a Bifrost plugin; dry-run first
  • http get / http post + timeout + dry fixture files + live ./spark-http with bearer / header + retries / backoff

Next

Track What
Extract ~~Schema validation + JSON-mode + retry on miss~~ done (live + --retries / stub)
Ask ~~Streaming token/SSE path~~ done (--stream / ask stream)
Eval Expectation pass/fail harness (not only alias compare)
Escape ~~Live --allow-shell argv policy; JS / C host FFI~~ done
Accounting ~~Wall-clock latency on live ask; run-level rollup~~ done
LSP Prefer editor LSP + highlighting over IDE chrome
Receptionist Promote examples/receptionist_goal.spark off [goal] when transfer + eval syntax exist
Releases Cut GitHub Release tags from CHANGELOG (see RELEASE.md)

Done (rename)

Track What
Rename Public sparklang-dev/sparklang live; private Michael20251/sparklang retained. Site sparklang.dev. CLI remains spark.

Won't (near-term focus)

Drop Why
MITM / pcap / browser automation as hero Distracts from AI workflow language
Homegrown Electron/PyQt IDE as hero chrome Prefer LSP for editor story; IDE tree kept (hard-delete OWNER-CONFIRM revoked 2026-09-02)
Model-build as training product Blueprint / eval sugar only
Production voice/telephony claim Gaps remain (barge-in, EOU, SM, adapters) — gated demo only
Bifrost-as-identity Gateway optional; any OpenAI-compatible URL

Voice gaps (honest)

If not shipping soon, keep voice off the production claim list:

  • Barge-in, EOU / silence detection, latency budget
  • Call state machine: transfer / hold / hangup / VM / DTMF / STT retry
  • Named STT / TTS / telephony adapters as stable contracts
  • Concurrency model for multi-call

Dry listen / speak / gated PSTN remain demos. See VOICE.md.