Roadmap
DCN Ecosystem Roadmap
This page outlines the current implementation priorities across the Decentralised Creative Network ecosystem: protocol-aligned frontend, backend exploration, reusable corpus development, audio tooling and agentic composition tracks.
PT and dcn-server remain the source of truth for protocol behavior. Other repos follow that contract.
Now · Stabilisation
Immediate work is focused on reliability and strict parity with the live backend contract, so the public prototype is predictable and useful for real testing.
Planned feature
Exploration migration to backend-first network discovery
Move from prototype/mock exploration assumptions toward robust backend-driven discovery of users, connectors, transformations, conditions and formats.
This includes deterministic cursor behavior, reliable pagination, and removal of false-empty states in feeds.
Note: this capability is not yet available in the public API surface.
Planned feature
Studio graph correctness and execute parity lock
Keep Studio composition behavior strictly aligned with PT + dcn-server semantics: connector tree handling, RI mutability context, and exact execute payload contract.
Goal: what is created and run in Studio should match the same behavior in server debug tools.
Note: this capability is not yet available in the public API surface.
Planned feature
Documentation and terminology consolidation
Keep API docs and visual app docs synchronized with current connector-centered protocol language and endpoint behavior.
This includes removing legacy particle/feature wording and clarifying current execute and format behavior.
Note: this capability is not yet available in the public API surface.
Next · Productisation
After stabilisation, the focus moves to product-level usability: meaningful discovery, reusable building blocks, and first practical creative workflows.
Planned feature
Search and discovery experience
Introduce network-wide search over users, connectors, transformations, conditions and formats, so exploration is no longer limited to pre-followed sources.
This is the key UX unlock for moving from prototype habits to real network navigation.
Note: this capability is not yet available in the public API surface.
Planned feature
Reusable starter corpus
Publish a first curated corpus of practical transformations, conditions and connectors for immediate reuse.
Initial emphasis: arithmetic primitives, control utilities, and musically useful connector patterns.
Note: this capability is not yet available in the public API surface.
Planned feature
VST3 MIDI workflow alignment
Bring the plugin track in line with current protocol and format behavior.
Priority outcome: select format-compatible connectors and generate deterministic MIDI clip material in DAW workflow.
Note: this capability is not yet available in the public API surface.
Later · Agent ecosystem
Longer-term work explores how DCN becomes a persistent compositional intelligence network for both humans and autonomous systems.
Planned feature
In-app Studio assistant
Add a context-aware assistant inside Studio that can guide and execute composition actions safely with user approval.
Scope includes graph editing actions, run/deploy support, and explainability of generated structures.
Note: this capability is not yet available in the public API surface.
Planned feature
Autonomous composing agents on the network
Develop persistent agent identities that can discover, combine and publish new connectors as accountable network contributors.
Focus areas include profile-based creative goals and verifiable provenance of autonomous contributions.
Note: this capability is not yet available in the public API surface.
Planned feature
Prompt-to-composition systems
Build systems that map detailed natural-language intent into valid connector compositions while keeping human control over deployment.
Note: this capability is not yet available in the public API surface.
Experiments: compositional reasoning & structural mapping
Experimental repositories exploring reasoning, structure and mapping that may inform future DCN & PT extensions:
- sunsetsobserver/chain-of-thoughts - experiments in chained, stepwise reasoning and process-oriented representations that can inspire higher-level DCN feature / transformation design.
- sunsetsobserver/allagma - exploratory work on structural change, mappings and configuration spaces, relevant to how DCN may treat transformations and feature morphisms in the future.