# FlowMonk Workspace Audit and Gap Analysis

> **Date:** 2026-03-11
> **Primary Scope:** `learning_ai_flowmonk`
> **Workspace Context:** `learning_ai_common_plat` plus all active product repositories listed in `.windsurf/workflows/repos.txt`
> **Method:** Static doc/code audit using workspace inventory, existing audit reports, roadmap/tracker review, and latest verification evidence
> **Auditor:** Cascade
> **Status:** Baseline refreshed; new gap list and execution order updated

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## Table of Contents

1. [Executive Summary](#1-executive-summary)
2. [Goal Check: Is the Current Direction Still Sound?](#2-goal-check-is-the-current-direction-still-sound)
3. [Sources Reviewed](#3-sources-reviewed)
4. [Current State Snapshot](#4-current-state-snapshot)
5. [What Is Working Well](#5-what-is-working-well)
6. [Newly Identified Issues](#6-newly-identified-issues)
7. [Open Gaps Still Blocking Truthful Closure](#7-open-gaps-still-blocking-truthful-closure)
8. [Recommended Fix Order](#8-recommended-fix-order)
9. [Workspace Ordering and Source-of-Truth Assessment](#9-workspace-ordering-and-source-of-truth-assessment)
10. [Immediate Action List](#10-immediate-action-list)
11. [Audit Conclusion](#11-audit-conclusion)

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## 1. Executive Summary

### Overall Assessment: **DIRECTION IS CORRECT, BUT DOCUMENTATION AND INVENTORY DRIFT REMAIN OPEN**

The current workspace direction is still aligned with the stated goal:

- product-specific backends live in product repos
- common/shared capabilities live in `learning_ai_common_plat`
- FlowMonk remains backend-authoritative for planning logic
- recent FlowMonk web verification work improved realism and stability instead of overstating coverage

The strongest positive update since the prior checkpoint is that the FlowMonk web E2E harness has now produced a green result:

- **Playwright smoke suite passed: `30 passed (27.3s)`**
- latest related FlowMonk commit pushed: **`341bdf8`**

However, the workspace is **not yet fully closure-ready** because several source-of-truth documents still lag the new verified state.

### Bottom Line

| Area                            | Assessment                                       |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| FlowMonk backend implementation | Strong                                           |
| FlowMonk web implementation     | Strong                                           |
| FlowMonk mobile implementation  | Strong but still verification-light              |
| FlowMonk QA truthfulness        | Improved but still not fully aligned             |
| Workspace inventory accuracy    | Stale                                            |
| Execution order clarity         | Mostly good, needs one refreshed canonical audit |

### Highest-Value Findings

- **FlowMonk web Playwright smoke coverage now exists and has a green run**, but several docs still describe it as deferred or not true in code.
- **`docs/WORKSPACE_INVENTORY.md` is stale** relative to `.windsurf/workflows/repos.txt`.
- **Some FlowMonk roadmap/tracker/prompt docs still overstate or understate completion**, creating decision risk.
- **Mobile verification remains the main product-level gap** after the web smoke suite stabilization.

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## 2. Goal Check: Is the Current Direction Still Sound?

### Short answer: **Yes**

The current goal remains valid:

- keep FlowMonk implementation truthful
- close verification gaps in the right order
- avoid claiming completion before evidence exists
- perform incremental quality commits instead of broad speculative refactors

### Why this still holds

The recent FlowMonk work followed the correct shape:

- web E2E coverage was reduced from brittle CRUD flows to realistic smoke tests
- Playwright startup was hardened for local execution
- verification was improved without inventing fake completeness

That means the project is still moving toward the right target. The remaining problem is **alignment drift**, not a wrong architectural direction.

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## 3. Sources Reviewed

### Common Platform / Workspace Sources

- `learning_ai_common_plat/.windsurf/workflows/repos.txt`
- `learning_ai_common_plat/docs/WORKSPACE_INVENTORY.md`
- `learning_ai_common_plat/docs/audits/AI_SECURITY_AUDIT_REPORT.md`
- `learning_ai_common_plat/docs/audits/AUTH_CROSS_PRODUCT_ANALYSIS.md`
- `learning_ai_common_plat/docs/audits/AZURE_CONNECTION_AUDIT.md`
- `learning_ai_common_plat/docs/audits/FASTIFY_CORE_AUDIT_AND_ROADMAP_2026-03-06.md`
- `learning_ai_common_plat/docs/guides/WORKSPACE_ANTI_PATTERNS.md`

### FlowMonk Sources

- `learning_ai_flowmonk/docs/ROADMAP.md`
- `learning_ai_flowmonk/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_TRACKER.md`
- `learning_ai_flowmonk/docs/roadmaps/03_WEB_ROADMAP.md`
- `learning_ai_flowmonk/docs/roadmaps/06_PLATFORM_INTEGRATIONS_ROADMAP.md`
- `learning_ai_flowmonk/docs/roadmaps/07_QA_RELEASE_DOCS_ROADMAP.md`
- `learning_ai_flowmonk/docs/roadmaps/coding_agent_prompts/05_agent_clients_web_and_mobile.md`
- recent verified FlowMonk E2E result and pushed commit `341bdf8`

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## 4. Current State Snapshot

### 4.1 Workspace repo ordering

Canonical repo list from `.windsurf/workflows/repos.txt` currently includes:

1. `learning_ai_common_plat`
2. `learning_voice_ai_agent`
3. `learning_multimodal_memory_agents`
4. `learning_ai_clock`
5. `learning_ai_fastgap`
6. `learning_ai_jarvis_jr`
7. `learning_ai_peakpulse`
8. `learning_ai_notes`
9. `learning_ai_flowmonk`

### 4.2 FlowMonk current status

Based on the reviewed docs and latest verification evidence:

- backend implementation is substantial and test-heavy
- web implementation is substantial and now has green Playwright smoke coverage
- mobile implementation is substantial but still missing equivalent high-confidence execution proof
- QA/release documentation is partially updated, but not fully consistent yet

### 4.3 Latest known verification evidence

- FlowMonk Playwright run: **30 passed (27.3s)**
- FlowMonk push including E2E resilience fixes: **`341bdf8`**

This materially changes the truth status of web verification and should now be reflected in the product docs.

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## 5. What Is Working Well

### 5.1 Architecture remains coherent

The workspace continues to maintain the correct boundary:

- shared platform concerns in `learning_ai_common_plat`
- product-specific backend logic in product repos
- FlowMonk planning rules remain backend-owned

### 5.2 FlowMonk web verification improved in the right way

The recent E2E work improved reliability instead of chasing broad, brittle UI automation:

- smoke-oriented coverage
- stricter locator hygiene
- resilient navigation behavior
- explicit empty-datastore handling
- local E2E backend startup aligned to memory datastore

### 5.3 Existing audit corpus is useful and mature

The existing audit docs in `learning_ai_common_plat/docs/audits` provide a strong pattern for:

- executive summary framing
- clear prioritization
- source-of-truth thinking
- explicit scope boundaries

This remains a good model for future workspace-wide audits.

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## 6. Newly Identified Issues

### 6.1 `docs/WORKSPACE_INVENTORY.md` is stale against canonical repo list

**Severity:** P1 — workspace coordination / planning drift

`docs/WORKSPACE_INVENTORY.md` says:

- “currently active seven-repo workspace”

But `.windsurf/workflows/repos.txt` clearly lists **nine** repos.

#### Why this matters

- repo-management decisions can be made against the wrong inventory
- cross-repo audit coverage can silently exclude newer repos
- workspace documentation loses authority if it disagrees with the canonical repo list

#### Recommended fix

Update `docs/WORKSPACE_INVENTORY.md` to reflect the current nine-repo workspace and ensure notes/role descriptions are current.

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### 6.2 FlowMonk `docs/ROADMAP.md` still understates web verification progress

**Severity:** P1 — product truth-status drift

Current issues observed:

- still lists `web E2E tests (Playwright)` under deferred/future work
- still describes web E2E coverage as deferred in the truth snapshot

#### Why this matters

This is now outdated relative to the green Playwright smoke run.

#### Recommended fix

Revise `docs/ROADMAP.md` so it says:

- web Playwright smoke coverage exists in code
- latest green verification evidence is present
- what remains open is broader closure and mobile verification, not total absence of web E2E

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### 6.3 FlowMonk `docs/IMPLEMENTATION_TRACKER.md` still marks Playwright as “not yet true in code”

**Severity:** P1 — tracker inaccuracy

Current issues observed:

- web verification is described as only `20 tests (2 files)`
- Playwright still appears in `NOT yet true in code`

#### Why this matters

This is no longer accurate after the green smoke suite.

#### Recommended fix

Update the tracker to reflect:

- 20 Vitest tests remain true
- Playwright smoke specs exist
- latest green run evidence exists
- remaining open gap is broader closure / mobile verification, not total absence

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### 6.4 FlowMonk coding prompt doc still says `100% complete`

**Severity:** P1 — guidance drift

File:

- `learning_ai_flowmonk/docs/roadmaps/coding_agent_prompts/05_agent_clients_web_and_mobile.md`

Current issue observed:

- `Status: 100% complete`

#### Why this matters

This overstates closure while:

- mobile verification remains incomplete
- QA/release closure remains incomplete
- roadmap/tracker alignment is still open

#### Recommended fix

Change the status to something like:

- substantially complete
- final verification/doc closure pending

Also add explicit remaining items.

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### 6.5 FlowMonk platform integrations roadmap still says `Ready for implementation`

**Severity:** P2 — stale workstream status

File:

- `learning_ai_flowmonk/docs/roadmaps/06_PLATFORM_INTEGRATIONS_ROADMAP.md`

Current issue observed:

- status does not reflect implemented reality

#### Recommended fix

Update the roadmap status to reflect that the workstream is substantially implemented, with final environment/release closure pending.

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## 7. Open Gaps Still Blocking Truthful Closure

### 7.1 Mobile verification remains the biggest product-specific gap

**Severity:** P1

FlowMonk mobile appears substantially built, but this audit did not find comparable fresh verification evidence to match the new web Playwright signal.

#### Current likely truth

- mobile typecheck evidence exists
- mobile tests exist
- simulator / E2E-style product verification still appears incomplete or at least not fully documented as current

#### Recommended action

Make mobile verification the next closure target after doc alignment.

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### 7.2 QA/release docs still lag the new web result

**Severity:** P1

`07_QA_RELEASE_DOCS_ROADMAP.md` still says a fresh green rerun is required before closure can be certified.

That statement was reasonable before the latest green run, but is now partially stale.

#### Recommended action

Update the QA roadmap checkpoint to explicitly reference the successful Playwright rerun and clarify what still remains open.

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### 7.3 Workspace-level audit cadence is not yet reflected in inventory docs

**Severity:** P2

The workspace has strong repo-level and topic-level audits, but the inventory and high-level operational docs do not yet fully reflect the current repo set and recent audit outputs.

#### Recommended action

After the FlowMonk docs are aligned, refresh workspace inventory/reference docs so repo count, ordering, and active scope match reality.

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## 8. Recommended Fix Order

### P0 — Immediate truth alignment

1. Update FlowMonk docs to reflect the green web Playwright result:
   - `docs/ROADMAP.md`
   - `docs/IMPLEMENTATION_TRACKER.md`
   - `docs/roadmaps/07_QA_RELEASE_DOCS_ROADMAP.md`
   - `docs/roadmaps/coding_agent_prompts/05_agent_clients_web_and_mobile.md`
   - `docs/roadmaps/06_PLATFORM_INTEGRATIONS_ROADMAP.md`

### P1 — Close the next real product gap

2. Perform the next mobile verification pass and record real evidence
3. Update the FlowMonk verification matrix / closure language based on actual mobile evidence

### P2 — Repair workspace source-of-truth drift

4. Update `learning_ai_common_plat/docs/WORKSPACE_INVENTORY.md` to match `.windsurf/workflows/repos.txt`
5. Ensure the inventory notes reflect active repos and current shared-platform usage model

### P3 — Re-run final consistency audit

6. Re-audit FlowMonk docs for agreement across roadmap, tracker, and workstream docs
7. Re-check common-platform inventory and audit references for drift
8. Only then declare the relevant closure slice complete

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## 9. Workspace Ordering and Source-of-Truth Assessment

### Current authoritative order

For workspace operations, the canonical source remains:

- `.windsurf/workflows/repos.txt`

That file is currently more trustworthy than `docs/WORKSPACE_INVENTORY.md` for repo list completeness.

### Current ordering quality

The repo ordering itself is acceptable and coherent:

- common platform first
- core legacy/high-traffic products next
- newer product repos after

### Current ordering problem

The issue is not the ordering file. The issue is that supporting inventory documentation has fallen behind.

### Recommendation

Keep `.windsurf/workflows/repos.txt` as the source of truth and update any human-facing inventory docs to mirror it exactly.

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## 10. Immediate Action List

- **[action]** Update FlowMonk product docs to reflect the green web E2E status.
- **[action]** Update FlowMonk QA roadmap checkpoint to replace “fresh rerun still required” with current evidence plus remaining gaps.
- **[action]** Update FlowMonk coding prompt doc to remove `100% complete`.
- **[action]** Update `learning_ai_common_plat/docs/WORKSPACE_INVENTORY.md` from seven repos to nine repos.
- **[action]** Run the next mobile verification audit before certifying final closure.

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## 11. Audit Conclusion

The workspace goal is still being maintained.

The project is **not drifting architecturally**, and recent FlowMonk work moved in the right direction. The main remaining issues are now:

- documentation lag
- inventory lag
- incomplete mobile verification closure

That is good news: the biggest remaining problems are mostly **truthfulness and completion accounting**, not major structural failures.

### Final recommendation

Treat the next work as a three-step closure sequence:

1. **FlowMonk doc alignment**
2. **FlowMonk mobile verification evidence**
3. **workspace inventory refresh + final consistency audit**

That order best preserves truthful status reporting while keeping momentum toward real completion.
