ace:create-roadmap

A command that creates a project roadmap and a state file from the requirements in PROJECT.md. The roadmap divides the work into ordered phases, while the state file tracks progress.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to start planning a project, outline its foundation, features, integrations, and testing work, and initialize progress tracking.
Why use it?
It turns project requirements into a shared plan and makes the current phase visible to the coding agent.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/agricidaniel/ace-claude-code/create-roadmap
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/ace-claude-code
Per session 13 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 644 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00013 $0.00644
Opus 5 $0.00006 $0.00322
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00129
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00064

Measured 2d ago against content hash e88adec0eefa, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ace:create-roadmap scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.ace/commands/create-roadmap.md · 139 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 139 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

This establishes the phase sequence and enables progress tracking.

Load templates: @.ace/templates/planning/roadmap.md @.ace/templates/planning/state.md

Optional context: @.ace/planning/codebase/ (if brownfield)

1. Verify Prerequisites

if PROJECT.md does not exist:
    Error: "Run /ace:new-project first"

2. Read Project Requirements

Parse PROJECT.md to understand:

  • Core value
  • Must-have requirements
  • Technical stack
  • Constraints

3. Propose Phases

Based on requirements, propose 3-6 phases:

+==============================================================+
|                    PROPOSED ROADMAP                          |
+==============================================================+

Phase 1: Foundation
- Set up project structure
- Configure tooling
- Basic scaffolding

Phase 2: Core Features
- [Based on must-haves]
- [Primary functionality]

Phase 3: Integration
- Connect components
- Polish UI
- Testing

[Additional phases if needed]

+==============================================================+

4. Get Approval

Use AskUserQuestion:

  • "Does this phase breakdown work for you?"
  • Options: "Yes, create roadmap" / "Adjust phases"

If adjust:

  • Ask what changes needed
  • Revise and re-present

5. Create ROADMAP.md

Write to .ace/planning/ROADMAP.md:

  • Phase definitions with goals
  • Empty plan slots
  • Dependencies between phases

6. Initialize STATE.md

Write to .ace/planning/STATE.md:

  • Reference PROJECT.md
  • Set position to "Phase 1 ready to plan"
  • Initialize empty metrics
  • Set session start time

7. Git Commit (if enabled)

git add .ace/planning/
git commit -m "docs: initialize [project-name] ([N] phases)

[One-liner from PROJECT.md]

Phases:
1. [phase-name]: [goal]
2. [phase-name]: [goal]
3. [phase-name]: [goal]
"

Read the full file on GitHub · 139 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 139 lines · 13 tokens per session scan A e88adec0eefa

Subscribe to this mod's changes

ace:create-roadmap is a command published in the GitHub repository AgriciDaniel/ace-claude-code (24 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 13 tokens to every session and 644 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.