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Expansion lab

sdetkit kits expand --goal "..." is the repo-growth surface for SDETKit's umbrella architecture.

Use it when the repo is already healthy enough to optimize, but you want the tool to answer a harder question:

What should we add next to make the repo better, more productized, and easier to evolve?

What it emits

The expand payload builds on top of sdetkit kits optimize --goal "..." and turns alignment signals into three implementation-friendly sections:

  • feature candidates — concrete additions with priority, effort, deliverables, and commands,
  • search missions — focused research directions for follow-up discovery,
  • rollout tracks — a now / next / later sequence for turning ideas into a controlled roadmap.

Example

python -m sdetkit kits expand --goal "upgrade umbrella architecture with agentos optimization"
python -m sdetkit kits expand --goal "upgrade umbrella architecture with agentos optimization" --format json

Typical output themes

Depending on the repo signals and dependency inventory, the expansion lab can suggest additions such as:

  • a dependency radar dashboard for recurring upgrade visibility,
  • a validation route map that links packages to the smallest safe proof loop,
  • an adapter smoke pack that makes optional integrations feel productized,
  • a runtime fast-follow watchlist for hot-path dependencies,
  • an integration topology control loop for premium-gate-sensitive architecture changes,
  • or an optimization control center that collapses boost + AgentOS outputs into one recurring operating view.

The validation route map is now available directly via sdetkit kits route-map, so one strong follow-up pattern is:

python -m sdetkit kits expand --goal "upgrade umbrella architecture with agentos optimization"
python -m sdetkit kits radar --repo-usage-tier hot-path --format json
python -m sdetkit kits route-map --impact-area runtime-core --limit 5
python -m sdetkit agent templates run dependency-radar-worker
python -m sdetkit agent templates run worker-alignment-radar

How to use it well

  1. Run sdetkit kits optimize --goal "..." first if you need the full alignment payload.
  2. Run sdetkit kits expand --goal "..." when you want the next additions, not just the current posture.
  3. Take the now rollout track and ship one candidate end to end before widening the backlog.

That pattern keeps repo growth deliberate instead of turning "more features" into scattered churn.