Last Updated: June 24, 2026 Phase: Phase 1 (MVP Editor) - 95% Complete Next Milestone: Public Beta Launch
What Works: ✅ Monaco Editor with 4 modes (Markdown, Mermaid, SVG, Mixed) ✅ Live preview with 300ms debounce ✅ Export to SVG, PNG, PDF, MD ✅ URL-based sharing via compressed hash ✅ Read-only view page ⭐ ✅ Fork functionality ⭐ ✅ Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+Enter) ⭐ NEW ✅ Share link feedback (Copied! button state) ⭐ NEW ✅ Dark/light theme system ✅ Resizable split panes ✅ Sample templates ✅ State persistence (localStorage)
What's Missing:
Phase 1: MVP Editor ██████████████████░ 90% 🔄 Active
Phase 2: Accounts & Spaces ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 0% ⏸️ Not Started
Phase 3: AI Layer ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 0% ⏸️ Not Started
Phase 4: Sharing & Gallery ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 0% ⏸️ Not Started
Phase 5: Collaboration ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 0% ⏸️ Not Started
Priority: P0 | Time: 2-3 hours | Status: ✅ Complete
Create /view/[token] route for read-only sharing:
- Decode state from URL hash
- Render in read-only mode (preview only, no editor)
- Show title, mode badge, theme selector
- Add "Fork this" button → copies content to editor
- Add "Open in Editor" link
- Metadata footer: "Created with Cipher Draw"
- Loading state with spinner
- Error handling for invalid/corrupted links
- Export functionality (SVG, PNG, PDF)
Files created:
apps/web/app/view/[token]/page.tsx✅
Implementation notes:
- Uses
readStateFromHash()to decode shared state - Shows loading spinner while decoding
- Graceful error handling with helpful message
- "Fork to Editor" button redirects to home with hash
- Full export support in view mode
- Theme toggle and preview background options
Priority: P0 | Time: 1 hour | Status: ✅ Complete
- "Fork" button on view page
- On click → redirect to home with content in URL hash
- Editor auto-loads forked content
Implementation:
Integrated into View Page (task #1). Fork button uses router.push(\/#${window.location.hash.slice(1)}`)` to redirect to home page with content in hash.
Priority: P0 | Time: 1-2 hours | Status: ✅ Complete
-
Ctrl+S/Cmd+S→ flashes "Saved" in status bar for 2s -
Ctrl+Enter/Cmd+Enter→ force re-renders preview - Prevent default browser behavior
Files modified:
apps/web/app/page.tsx— keyboard shortcut effect,savedState,renderTickapps/web/components/preview/PreviewPane.tsx—renderTickprop in deps
Priority: P0 | Time: 3-4 hours | Status:
- Test on iOS Safari, Android Chrome
- Implement tab-based view if split pane breaks
- Ensure 44px min touch targets
- Test export functions on mobile
- Test share functionality on mobile
Priority: P0 | Time: 2-3 hours | Status: ✅ Complete
- Create
.github/workflows/ci.yml - Lint check (ESLint)
- Type check (TypeScript
tsc --noEmit) - Test run (Vitest)
- Build check (Next.js build)
- Runs on every PR and push to master
Files created:
.github/workflows/ci.yml
Priority: P0 | Time: 1 hour | Status: ❌ Not Started
- Create
vercel.jsonconfiguration - Set up environment variables in Vercel
- Set up preview deployments for PRs
- Set up production deployment from main
- Test production build
Priority: P1 | Time: 1 hour | Status: ❌ Not Started
- Detect system dark/light preference on initial load
- Respect user's manual selection
- Listen for system theme changes
Priority: P1 | Time: 1 hour | Status: ❌ Not Started
- Show spinner when rendering takes >500ms
- Show progress indicator during export
Priority: P1 | Time: 2 hours | Status: ❌ Not Started
- Map common Mermaid errors to helpful messages
- Link to Mermaid documentation for syntax errors
- Show line number of error if available
Priority: P1 | Time: 30 min | Status: ❌ Not Started
- Warn before closing tab with unsaved changes
- Use
beforeunloadevent - Don't show if content matches localStorage
Priority: P2 | Time: 2-3 hours | Status: ❌ Not Started
- Add tooltips to all toolbar buttons
- Add empty state message when editor is blank
- Add "Help" button with keyboard shortcuts
- Improve button hover states
- Add subtle animations
Priority: P2 | Time: 2-3 hours | Status: ❌ Not Started
- Keyboard navigation for all features
- Screen reader support (ARIA labels)
- Focus indicators visible
- Color contrast meets WCAG AA
- Run Lighthouse accessibility audit (target: 90+)
Priority: P1 | Time: 4-5 hours | Status:
Current coverage: 2 test files only
- ✅
codec.test.ts- Share compression - ✅
renderMixed.test.ts- Mixed mode rendering
Tests needed:
- Unit tests for all renderers
- Unit tests for export functions
- Integration tests for render pipeline
- E2E tests (Playwright) for critical flows
Target: 70%+ overall coverage
Priority: P2 | Time: 2-3 hours | Status:
- Run Lighthouse audit (target: 90+ for all metrics)
- Analyze bundle size (
@next/bundle-analyzer) - Test with large documents (1000+ lines)
- Optimize large dependencies if needed
Targets:
- Performance: 90+
- First Contentful Paint: <1.5s
- Time to Interactive: <3s
- Bundle size: <300KB first load
Critical path: 8-12 hours Total with polish: 16-24 hours Timeline: 1-2 days of focused work
Frontend:
- Next.js 14 (App Router)
- React 18
- TypeScript
- Monaco Editor
- Mermaid 11
- Zustand (state management)
- Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
Dependencies (17 production):
@monaco-editor/react(4.7.0)mermaid(11.12.0)lz-string(1.5.0)dompurify(3.2.6)html-to-image(1.11.11)jspdf(2.5.2)zustand(5.0.8)remark+rehypeecosystem
Dev Dependencies (11):
typescript(5.8.3)vitest(2.1.9)eslint+prettier
apps/web/
├── app/
│ ├── page.tsx # Main editor ✅
│ ├── layout.tsx # Root layout ✅
│ ├── globals.css # Styles ✅
│ └── view/[token]/page.tsx # View page ✅
│
├── components/
│ ├── editor/
│ │ └── MonacoEditor.tsx # Editor ✅
│ ├── preview/
│ │ ├── PreviewPane.tsx # Preview ✅
│ │ └── renderers/
│ │ ├── renderMarkdown.ts # ✅
│ │ ├── renderMermaid.ts # ✅
│ │ ├── renderMixed.ts # ✅
│ │ └── renderSvg.ts # ✅
│ └── ui/
│ ├── button.tsx # shadcn ✅
│ └── select.tsx # shadcn ✅
│
├── lib/
│ ├── export/ # SVG/PNG/PDF ✅
│ ├── share/ # Hash codec ✅
│ ├── sanitize/ # DOMPurify ✅
│ ├── templates.ts # Samples ✅
│ └── utils.ts # Helpers ✅
│
├── store/
│ └── useDocStore.ts # Zustand ✅
│
└── tests/
├── codec.test.ts # ✅
└── renderMixed.test.ts # ✅
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URL length limit - Hash-based sharing fails for very large documents (>8KB)
- Solution: Phase 2 server-side save with short tokens
-
No mobile optimization - Layout may break on small screens
- Solution: Tab-based view (TO DO)
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Mermaid errors cryptic - Hard to debug syntax errors
- Solution: Better error parsing (TO DO)
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No unsaved changes warning - Easy to lose work
- Solution:
beforeunloadlistener (TO DO)
- Solution:
-
Theme doesn't match system - Always starts in dark mode
- Solution: System preference detection (TO DO)
-
Debug toolbar— removed ✅
Current: ✅ DOMPurify sanitization for all rendered HTML/SVG ✅ XSS protection via React's JSX escaping ✅ No user authentication yet (Phase 2) ✅ No sensitive data stored server-side
Phase 2 Requirements:
- CSRF protection
- Rate limiting for API endpoints
- Input validation and sanitization on backend
- Secure password hashing (bcrypt)
- JWT token security
Lighthouse (Local Dev):
- Performance: ~95 (needs production test)
- Accessibility: ~90 (keyboard nav needs work)
- Best Practices: ~100 ✅
- SEO: ~90 ✅
Bundle Size:
- First Load JS: ~280KB (Monaco is large)
- Route (page.tsx): ~45KB ✅
- ROADMAP.md - Strategic roadmap with all phases
- FEATURE_TIERS.md - Features by impact
- REQUIREMENTS.md - Product requirements
- ARCHITECTURE.md - Technical architecture
Status document maintained by Cipher Text Labs Updated after major milestones