roadmap.example.json

{
  "_readme": [
    "Sample roadmap for the Roadmap button. Seiton never writes this file.",
    "Put a copy at data/roadmap.json (or point the `roadmap_path` setting at one)",
    "and the button appears in the header; without the file there is no button.",
    "The view owns no data: edit this file, reload the page, and the map is current.",
    "Fields — north_star: the one sentence everything serves. focus_note: what is",
    "in focus right now. areas[]: id, name, icon, goal, stage. areas[].tracks[]:",
    "id, name, why, deadline, focus (true = the track that matters most now).",
    "tracks[].tasks[]: t (title), when (now | next | later | done), min (minutes),",
    "who ('me' or '本人' = only you can do it), how (steps), note, pri (1 = highest).",
    "A Japanese version of this sample ships as roadmap.example.ja.json."
  ],
  "north_star": "Keep what I am carrying findable without searching for it",
  "focus_note": "This month: get the site live, and leave the rest alone",
  "areas": [
    {
      "id": "work",
      "name": "Work",
      "icon": "🛠",
      "goal": "Finish the build and hand it over cleanly",
      "stage": "in progress",
      "tracks": [
        {
          "id": "build",
          "name": "Get the site live",
          "why": "Everything else slips until this ships",
          "deadline": "2026-08-20",
          "focus": true,
          "tasks": [
            { "t": "Gather requirements", "when": "done", "min": 60 },
            { "t": "Sketch the wireframe", "when": "done", "min": 120 },
            { "t": "Build the front page", "when": "now", "min": 180,
              "how": "Settle the copy first, then lay it out — designing first breaks once the words arrive.",
              "note": "Placeholders are fine where photos are still missing." },
            { "t": "Run the pre-launch checklist", "when": "next", "min": 45,
              "how": "Four things only: broken links, phone layout, typos, contact details." },
            { "t": "Publish", "when": "next", "min": 15, "who": "me",
              "note": "Goes out with the message to the client. This one is mine." }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "handover",
          "name": "Handover, and after",
          "why": "Hand over badly and you keep making the edits forever",
          "tasks": [
            { "t": "Write one page on how to update it", "when": "later", "min": 90,
              "how": "How to change text and swap a photo. Nothing else." },
            { "t": "Agree to check in after three months", "when": "later", "min": 10, "pri": 3 }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "learn",
      "name": "Learning",
      "icon": "📚",
      "goal": "What I read stays in a form I can pull back out",
      "stage": "building the habit",
      "tracks": [
        {
          "id": "digest",
          "name": "Keep what I read",
          "why": "Reading without a trace is close to not reading",
          "tasks": [
            { "t": "Summarise the book I just finished", "when": "done", "min": 60 },
            { "t": "Pull out the quotes worth keeping", "when": "now", "min": 30,
              "how": "Do not copy the chapter. A few lines that will be useful later." },
            { "t": "Link the summary and the quotes", "when": "next", "min": 20,
              "note": "Relate them and you can reach the quotes from the book later." }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "next-books",
          "name": "What to read next",
          "why": "Deciding after you finish means not reading that day",
          "tasks": [
            { "t": "Keep a list of what is next", "when": "next", "min": 20 },
            { "t": "Buy one of them now", "when": "later", "min": 10, "who": "me" }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "trip",
      "name": "Trip",
      "icon": "🚃",
      "goal": "Decide only what has to be decided before leaving",
      "stage": "planning",
      "tracks": [
        {
          "id": "prep",
          "name": "Before leaving",
          "why": "Dates and a room get more expensive the longer you wait",
          "deadline": "2026-09-10",
          "tasks": [
            { "t": "Fix the dates", "when": "done", "min": 20 },
            { "t": "Book a room", "when": "now", "min": 40, "who": "me",
              "note": "Needs a payment, so it has to be me." },
            { "t": "Write the packing list", "when": "later", "min": 15, "pri": 3 }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "onsite",
          "name": "Once I am there",
          "why": "Trying to see everything means seeing nothing",
          "tasks": [
            { "t": "Shortlist places to eat", "when": "next", "min": 30,
              "how": "Three a day at most, or the day is all travel." },
            { "t": "Have one rainy-day alternative", "when": "later", "min": 10 }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "life",
      "name": "Life",
      "icon": "🏠",
      "goal": "Handle the things that hurt when postponed",
      "stage": "watching",
      "tracks": [
        {
          "id": "paperwork",
          "name": "Paperwork",
          "why": "A deadline you forgot is a choice you no longer have",
          "tasks": [
            { "t": "Put everything with a deadline in one place", "when": "next", "min": 20,
              "how": "Do not read them. Copy out the dates." },
            { "t": "Start on the nearest deadline", "when": "later", "min": 60, "who": "me" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "room",
          "name": "The room",
          "why": "A cluttered desk turns into time spent looking for things",
          "tasks": [
            { "t": "Clear the desk only", "when": "later", "min": 25,
              "note": "Do not try to do the whole room. The desk alone changes a lot." },
            { "t": "Fill one box with things I do not use", "when": "later", "min": 40, "pri": 3 }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}