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Embabel Agent Framework Roadmap

Comprehensive roadmap of planned features and improvements for the Embabel Agent Framework, based on community feedback, GitHub issues, and architectural evolution.

🎯 Release Timeline Overview

Release Codename Focus Target Date Status
0.2.0 Alice Springs Stability & Core Features ✅ Released Complete
0.3.0 Beltana Media Support & Security 📋 In Progress Active Development
0.4.0 Curdimurka Performance & Tooling 🔄 Planned Next Up
0.5.0 Darwin Streaming & Advanced APIs 🔮 Future Design Phase
0.6.0 Euroa Discord & Social Integration 🔮 Future Concept
0.8.0 Gundagai Enterprise Features 🔮 Future Vision
1.0.0 GA Production Ready 🚀 Goal Major Milestone

🚀 Version 0.3.0 - Beltana (Current Release)

🎨 Media & Multimodal Support

Status: In Active Development

Key Features:

  • 📷 Image & PDF Attachment Support (#820)

    • Attach images and PDFs to prompts like Spring AI
    • Support for multimodal LLM interactions
    • Vision-enabled agents for image analysis

  • 🔗 Enhanced Prompt API

    @Action
fun analyzeDocument(
    text: String,
    images: List<Media>,
    context: OperationContext
): DocumentAnalysis {
    return context.ai().withDefaultLlm()
        .prompt()
        .system("Analyze the document and images")
        .user { spec ->
            spec.text(text)
                .media(*images.toTypedArray())
        }
        .createObject()
}

🔐 Security & Vulnerability Management

Status: High Priority

Key Features:

  • 🛡️ CVE Analysis & Remediation (#850)

    • Automated vulnerability scanning in CI/CD
    • Dependency update recommendations
    • Security best practices documentation

  • 📋 Bedrock Documentation (#875)

    • Complete AWS Bedrock setup guide
    • Environment variable documentation
    • Security credential management

🧪 Testing & Development Tools

Status: In Progress

Key Features:

  • 🔧 Test Module Separation (#851)

    • Clean separation of public vs internal test utilities
    • Better testing experience for external developers

  • ⚙️ Auto-Configuration Improvements

    • Cleaner starter dependencies
    • Better conditional bean management

📈 Version 0.4.0 - Curdimurka (Next Up)

⚡ Performance & Monitoring

Status: Planned

Key Features:

  • 📊 Performance Analysis Framework (#867)

    • CPU profiling and hotspot identification
    • Thread profiling for concurrency issues
    • Memory profiling and GC optimization
    • Continuous performance testing pipeline

  • 🎯 Enhanced IDE Support (#845)

    • Full auto-completion for all configuration properties
    • IntelliJ IDEA plugin for better agent development
    • Property validation and error highlighting

🔧 Configuration & Tooling

Status: Design Phase

Key Features:

  • 📦 Maven Central Publishing (#873)

    • Official Maven Central namespace
    • Simplified dependency management
    • Better artifact discoverability

  • ⚙️ Smart Property Loading (#865)

    • Cross-JAR hierarchy property loading
    • Smart property overrides with precedence
    • Framework-wide configuration system

🔍 Agent Execution Improvements

Status: Critical

Key Features:

  • 🎯 Result Type Specification (#853)

    • Explicit result type when starting agent processes
    • Type-safe agent invocation API
    • Better planning integration

  • 🔄 Multi-Goal Agent Fixes (#797)

    • Consistent goal achievement in multi-goal agents
    • Improved planning algorithm
    • Better goal selection strategy

🌊 Version 0.5.0 - Darwin (Future)

📡 Streaming & Real-Time Features

Status: Highly Requested

Key Features:

  • 🌊 LLM Response Streaming (#849)

    @Action
fun streamingAnalysis(input: String): Flux<String> {
    return context.ai().withDefaultLlm()
        .streamText("Analyze: $input")
}
    • Real-time response streaming
    • Better user experience for long operations
    • WebSocket integration support

  • 🔄 Robust Handoff Mechanism (#870)

    • Agent-to-agent handoff patterns
    • State preservation during handoffs
    • Documentation and examples

🏗️ Advanced Agent Capabilities

Status: Innovation Phase

Key Features:

  • 🤝 Multi-Agent Orchestration (#860)

    • Agent calling other agents
    • Distributed agent coordination
    • Federation protocols

  • 🎭 Enhanced Personality System

    • Runtime personality switching
    • Custom personality plugins
    • Dynamic configuration updates

  • 🔧 Advanced Retry & Circuit Breaker

    • Intelligent retry strategies
    • Circuit breaker patterns
    • Failure recovery mechanisms

📋 API Stability

Status: Critical for 1.0

Key Features:

  • 🏷️ Experimental API Marking (#817)
    • @ApiStatus.Experimental annotations
    • Clear API stability guarantees
    • Migration paths for breaking changes

💬 Version 0.6.0 - Euroa (Future Vision)

🎮 Social & Communication Integration

Status: Community Driven

Key Features:

  • 💬 Discord Integration (#819)

    • First-class Discord bot support
    • Channel participation patterns
    • DM and group chat capabilities

  • 📝 Discord Documentation (#822)

    • Complete Discord setup guide
    • Bot deployment patterns
    • Community interaction examples

🔗 Extended Platform Support

Status: Ecosystem Growth

Key Features:

  • 📱 Slack Integration

    • Slack app development patterns
    • Enterprise Slack features
    • Workflow automation

  • 💼 Microsoft Teams Support

    • Teams bot framework
    • Office 365 integration
    • Enterprise communication patterns

🏢 Version 0.8.0 - Gundagai (Enterprise Focus)

🔐 Enterprise Security & Compliance

Status: Enterprise Ready

Key Features:

  • 🛡️ Spring Security Integration (#818)

    • Role-based agent access control
    • Authentication and authorization
    • Enterprise identity integration

  • 📊 Enhanced Observability (#821)

    • Polished logging from RAG and chatbots
    • Metrics and monitoring integration
    • Distributed tracing support

🏗️ Advanced Architecture

Status: Scalability Focus

Key Features:

  • 🌐 Agent Federation

    • Cross-platform agent communication
    • Distributed goal achievement
    • Resource sharing protocols

  • 📈 Horizontal Scaling

    • Multi-instance coordination
    • Load balancing strategies
    • State management patterns

🎉 Version 1.0.0 - General Availability (Major Milestone)

🎯 Production Readiness Goals

Key Achievements:

  • ✅ API Stability Guarantee

    • Semantic versioning commitment
    • Backward compatibility promise
    • Clear migration guides

  • ✅ Enterprise Features

    • Complete security model
    • Audit trail and compliance
    • Performance SLAs

  • ✅ Platform Maturity

    • Multi-platform support (TypeScript, Python)
    • Cloud-native deployment
    • Comprehensive ecosystem

📚 Documentation & Ecosystem

  • Complete API documentation
  • Comprehensive tutorials and examples
  • Active community and support
  • Partner integrations

🔮 Future Innovations (Post 1.0)

🧠 Advanced AI Features

  • Reasoning Model Integration (OpenAI o1, DeepSeek R1)
  • Budget-Aware Agents with cost optimization
  • Natural Language Action Deployment
  • Advanced Federation with multiple frameworks

🌍 Platform Expansion

  • TypeScript/JavaScript implementation
  • Python implementation
  • Go implementation for cloud-native deployments

🏗️ Ecosystem Growth

  • Visual Agent Designer
  • Agent Marketplace
  • Cloud Agent Platform
  • Enterprise Management Console

📊 Feature Request Process

How to Influence the Roadmap

  1. 🎯 GitHub Issues

    • Create detailed feature requests
    • Provide use cases and examples
    • Engage in community discussion

  2. 💬 Discord Community

    • Join discussions about features
    • Share your use cases
    • Collaborate with other users

  3. 🤝 Contributing

    • Submit PRs for smaller features
    • Help with documentation
    • Test beta releases

Feature Prioritization Criteria

High Priority:

  • Security and stability improvements
  • Developer experience enhancements
  • Performance optimizations
  • Breaking bug fixes

Medium Priority:

  • New platform integrations
  • Advanced features with clear use cases
  • Community-requested functionality

Lower Priority:

  • Nice-to-have features
  • Experimental capabilities
  • Platform-specific optimizations

🎯 Contributing to the Roadmap

The Embabel roadmap is community-driven. Your feedback and contributions directly influence what gets built:

Ways to Contribute:

  • 🐛 Report Issues - Help us identify problems and improvements
  • 💡 Feature Requests - Suggest new capabilities with clear use cases
  • 📝 Documentation - Improve guides, tutorials, and examples
  • 🧪 Testing - Try beta releases and provide feedback
  • 💻 Code - Submit PRs for bug fixes and features
  • 💬 Community - Help others in Discord and GitHub discussions

Get Involved:

The future of Embabel is built by its community! 🚀

Every feature, improvement, and innovation comes from developers like you who are building the future of agent-driven applications. Join us in making Embabel the most powerful and developer-friendly agent framework available.

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