Merge pull request #118 from storytold/docs/honest-assessment

Roadmap: honest assessment, the gap list and where we're going

AGENTS.md

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ VectorCraft is a clean-room, open-source, Rust-native vector illustration app ta
 Formerly **DrawCraft** (renamed 2026-10-01): old `.drawcraft` files and `"format": "drawcraft"` headers still open (`vectorcraft_format::LEGACY_EXTENSION`), and preferences migrate from the old config folder. Keep those paths working; use the new name everywhere else.
 
 ## Start every session here
-1. Read `plan/STATUS.md` (current milestone, next task), then the task in `plan/execution-plan.md` §3 and the relevant `plan/architecture.md` section. Behaviour reference: `plan/illustrator/*.md`.
-2. Follow the autonomous operation protocol (`plan/execution-plan.md` §7): orient → plan → implement + test → verify → record → commit. Don't stop to ask unless §7 lists the decision as the user's.
+1. Read the [honest assessment in `ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md#honest-assessment-2026-10-05): where we stand by dimension, **where we're lacking** (the prioritized gap list) and **where we're going**. Unless the user gives you a task, pick work from that list.
+2. Read `plan/STATUS.md` (local session notes, may lag the ROADMAP), then the task in `plan/execution-plan.md` §3 and the relevant `plan/architecture.md` section. Behaviour reference: `plan/illustrator/*.md`.
+3. Follow the autonomous operation protocol (`plan/execution-plan.md` §7): orient → plan → implement + test → verify → record → commit. Don't stop to ask unless §7 lists the decision as the user's.
 
 `plan/` is gitignored (local only).
 
@@ -48,4 +49,7 @@ Formerly **DrawCraft** (renamed 2026-10-01): old `.drawcraft` files and `"format
 - Parallel agents: separate `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` per agent; edit only the crates you own; write manifests atomically. Each target dir grows to ~30 GB: delete yours when you finish (a full disk fails links with `errno=28`).
 
 ## Roadmap
-`ROADMAP.md` (committed) tracks status, milestones and time-to-parity estimates. Update it whenever a milestone task lands.
+`ROADMAP.md` (committed) is the shared picture of where VectorCraft stands. It holds status, the honest assessment (by dimension, the gap list, the direction), milestones, the parity table and time-to-parity estimates.
+- When a task lands, update it in the same PR: the milestone row, the parity-table row (score, missing items, hours), "Shipped so far", and the gap list if the gap closed or shrank.
+- Grade by behaviour against `plan/illustrator/`, not by whether a menu item exists. Scores are self-assessed, so err low.
+- Keep the README's Status section in step with the ROADMAP headline.

CLAUDE.md

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ VectorCraft is a clean-room, open-source, Rust-native vector illustration app ta
 Formerly **DrawCraft** (renamed 2026-10-01): old `.drawcraft` files and `"format": "drawcraft"` headers still open (`vectorcraft_format::LEGACY_EXTENSION`), and preferences migrate from the old config folder. Keep those paths working; use the new name everywhere else.
 
 ## Start every session here
-1. Read `plan/STATUS.md` (current milestone, next task), then the task in `plan/execution-plan.md` §3 and the relevant `plan/architecture.md` section. Behaviour reference: `plan/illustrator/*.md`.
-2. Follow the autonomous operation protocol (`plan/execution-plan.md` §7): orient → plan → implement + test → verify → record → commit. Don't stop to ask unless §7 lists the decision as the user's.
+1. Read the [honest assessment in `ROADMAP.md`](ROADMAP.md#honest-assessment-2026-10-05): where we stand by dimension, **where we're lacking** (the prioritized gap list) and **where we're going**. Unless the user gives you a task, pick work from that list.
+2. Read `plan/STATUS.md` (local session notes, may lag the ROADMAP), then the task in `plan/execution-plan.md` §3 and the relevant `plan/architecture.md` section. Behaviour reference: `plan/illustrator/*.md`.
+3. Follow the autonomous operation protocol (`plan/execution-plan.md` §7): orient → plan → implement + test → verify → record → commit. Don't stop to ask unless §7 lists the decision as the user's.
 
 `plan/` is gitignored (local only).
 
@@ -48,4 +49,7 @@ Formerly **DrawCraft** (renamed 2026-10-01): old `.drawcraft` files and `"format
 - Parallel agents: separate `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` per agent; edit only the crates you own; write manifests atomically. Each target dir grows to ~30 GB: delete yours when you finish (a full disk fails links with `errno=28`).
 
 ## Roadmap
-`ROADMAP.md` (committed) tracks status, milestones and time-to-parity estimates. Update it whenever a milestone task lands.
+`ROADMAP.md` (committed) is the shared picture of where VectorCraft stands. It holds status, the honest assessment (by dimension, the gap list, the direction), milestones, the parity table and time-to-parity estimates.
+- When a task lands, update it in the same PR: the milestone row, the parity-table row (score, missing items, hours), "Shipped so far", and the gap list if the gap closed or shrank.
+- Grade by behaviour against `plan/illustrator/`, not by whether a menu item exists. Scores are self-assessed, so err low.
+- Keep the README's Status section in step with the ROADMAP headline.

README.md

@@ -169,6 +169,24 @@ The details are in [`docs/mcp.md`](docs/mcp.md) and [`docs/control-protocol.md`]
 VectorCraft is under active development. [**ROADMAP.md**](ROADMAP.md) covers what ships today, the
 milestones, and honest time-to-parity estimates.
 
+**Where we are (2026-10-05):** roughly 68–74% of Illustrator's features exist and work, and about 40–55% of
+"a power user can't tell the difference". Everyday vector illustration is close to usable: drawing and path tools,
+Pathfinder and Shape Builder, paint, gradients, appearance and transparency, type with styles and threading, and
+files (SVG, PDF and PDF-compatible `.ai`, EPS, DXF, raster formats, Print, Package). The scores are
+self-assessed, so the [honest assessment](ROADMAP.md#honest-assessment-2026-10-05) explains how far to trust them.
+
+**What's missing:**
+- 3D and Materials;
+- the Photoshop-style raster effects (Effect Gallery);
+- vertical and CJK type;
+- Variables and scripting;
+- an interaction-fidelity pass covering every tool's modifiers and small behaviours;
+- packaging for Windows and Linux.
+
+**Where we're going:** next is the interaction-fidelity pass alongside the raster-effects package, then 3D and
+advanced type, then hardening and packaging for 1.0. The prioritized list is in
+[Where we're lacking](ROADMAP.md#where-were-lacking-in-priority-order).
+
 **Workspace:** `crates/{geom, color, doc, pathops, text, effects, trace, brush, render, svg, pdf, format, tools, engine, ui-egui, mcp, testkit}`
 and `apps/{vectorcraft, vectorcraft-cli, vectorcraft-web}`. The egui frontend is its own crate, so
 the UI can be swapped without touching the engine.

ROADMAP.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ VectorCraft is a clean-room, open-source, pure-Rust reimplementation of the Adob
 
 This file tracks **how far we are and what's left**. Time estimates are wall-clock hours of continuous Claude Opus 5.5 agent work (including builds and the CI gate), given both for **one agent** and for **4–6 parallel agents** on disjoint crates. They are counted from the remaining work (see [Parity estimate](#parity-estimate)), calibrated against measured throughput, and updated as work lands.
 
-_Last updated: 2026-10-05._
+_Last updated: 2026-10-05 (after M4.14–M4.98 and M14.4–M14.6; see [Honest assessment](#honest-assessment-2026-10-05))._
 
 ## Where we are
 
@@ -12,12 +12,77 @@ _Last updated: 2026-10-05._
 |---|---|
 | Infrastructure (engine, command registry, history, render, formats, MCP, web, packaging, tests) | **~90%** |
 | Look & feel vs Illustrator 2026 default workspace (measured) | **~75–80%** |
-| Feature surface vs full Illustrator (weighted, see below) | **~68%** |
-| Parity including interaction fidelity and hardening ("a power user can't tell the difference, but faster") | **~50%** |
-| Time to **feature parity** (every menu item, tool, panel, effect and dialog functional) | **~300–450 h** one agent · **~75–130 h** with 4–6 agents |
-| Time to **full parity** (feature parity + interaction-fidelity pass + hardening) | **~425–650 h** one agent · **~105–185 h** with 4–6 agents |
+| Feature surface vs full Illustrator (weighted, see below) | **~74%** on the rubric · **68–74%** honest range (self-graded, see [Honest assessment](#honest-assessment-2026-10-05)) |
+| Parity including interaction fidelity and hardening ("a power user can't tell the difference, but faster") | **~40–55%** |
+| Time to **feature parity** (every menu item, tool, panel, effect and dialog functional) | **~230–350 h** one agent · **~60–100 h** with 4–6 agents |
+| Time to **full parity** (feature parity + interaction-fidelity pass + hardening) | **~335–520 h** one agent · **~85–150 h** with 4–6 agents |
 
-### Shipped so far
+## Honest assessment (2026-10-05)
+
+**In one line:** about two-thirds to three-quarters of Illustrator's features exist and work, and for everyday
+vector illustration (drawing, paths, paint and appearance, SVG/PDF/print) VectorCraft is close to usable. Measured
+against "a power user can't tell the difference", it is closer to 40–55%. What stands between here and "anyone can
+switch" is a handful of large subsystems plus a fidelity pass, not a long tail of small fixes.
+
+**How much to trust the numbers:** area scores are graded by the agents that built the features, from behaviour docs
+(`plan/illustrator/`) and tests, not by side-by-side use of Illustrator. Treat them as upper bounds. Look & feel is
+the only dimension measured against the reference app. Performance budgets haven't been re-run on an idle machine
+since 2026-10-01.
+
+### By dimension
+
+| Dimension | Estimate | Evidence and what's missing |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Breadth:** menus, tools and panels exist | ~90% | 18 menu items still stubbed; every tool implemented except Touch Type, vertical type ×3 and Print Tiling; 51 panel modules |
+| **Depth:** each feature behaves like Illustrator | ~68–74% | Strong: paint, appearance and colour (M3), Pathfinder and booleans, selection, drawing, files (M4). Weak: advanced type (~35%), brushes and symbols (in progress), raster effects (~20%) |
+| **Large missing subsystems** | 0–20% | 3D & Materials (0%), Photoshop-style raster effects and the Effect Gallery (~1 of ~56 filters), SVG Filters, vertical/CJK type, Variables (data merge), scripting |
+| **Interaction fidelity:** modifiers, cursors, small behaviours | ~30–40% | The dedicated pass hasn't started, and there has been no side-by-side session with Illustrator yet. A power user notices this first |
+| **Look & feel** | ~75–80% | Measured against Illustrator 2026 screenshots (2026-10-02); the panels added since haven't been re-measured |
+| **File interop** | ~85% | SVG/SVGZ, PDF and PDF-compatible `.ai`, EPS, DXF, EMF/WMF, raster formats, PSD export, Place and Links, Package, Print, clipboard flavours. Native `.ai` private data is out of scope by design; DWG has no open spec |
+| **Bundled content:** brush, symbol, style and swatch libraries | ~30% | Ours are original and generated in code, and far fewer than Illustrator ships; brush and symbol libraries are still missing |
+| **Performance** | unverified | Multithreaded, off-thread rendering and caches are in place. The last budget run (2026-10-01, loaded machine) measured 290 ms for a 50k-path fit against a 16 ms budget. Re-run `vectorcraft-cli perf` on an idle machine |
+| **Robustness** | good, new | ~2,840 tests, property tests, no panics in shipped code (lints, the `guard` safety net, import fuzzing), Data Recovery. Missing: a corpus of real-world files, Windows/Linux/browser QA |
+| **Platforms and 1.0 polish** | ~60% | The macOS app and the web build work; Windows/Linux packaging and accessibility are pending |
+| **Agent automation** | beyond Illustrator | Every command, gesture and dialog is drivable over MCP, the CLI and the control channel |
+
+### Where we're lacking (in priority order)
+
+Ordered by how much each gap blocks someone from switching. Sizes are one-agent hours from the parity table.
+
+1. **Interaction fidelity:** go tool by tool and panel by panel against `plan/illustrator/05-tools.md`,
+   `06-panels.md` and `09-shortcuts.md`, covering modifier keys, cursors, the Properties panel per context and
+   isolation mode. Do it side by side with Illustrator where the owner allows. 60–90 h.
+2. **Photoshop-style raster effects and the Effect Gallery:** about 55 filters (Artistic, Brush Strokes, Distort,
+   Pixelate, Sketch, Stylize, Texture, Video) on the raster pipeline that drop shadows already use, applied at
+   Document Raster Effects Settings resolution. Parallelizes well across agents. 28–42 h.
+3. **3D and Materials:** Extrude & Bevel, Revolve, Inflate and Rotate with lighting and materials, using a software
+   renderer in its own crate (layering allows it below L6), with output in SVG/PDF as rasters or projected vectors.
+   The largest single gap. 50–80 h.
+4. **Advanced type:** vertical type and its tools, CJK composition, Optical Margin Alignment, the
+   composer/hyphenation options, tab leaders, a spell-check dictionary (open licence), Touch Type and Snap to Glyph.
+   41–55 h across type core and advanced.
+5. **Brushes, symbols and libraries:** brush options depth; original brush, symbol and graphic-style libraries
+   generated in code (never Adobe's); dynamic symbols; Start Global Edit. 14–22 h.
+6. **Automation:** Variables (data merge), a scripting surface over the command registry, batch. 8–12 h.
+7. **Views and windows:** multiple windows and arrange, Consolidate All Windows, the Print Tiling tool, video
+   rulers. 15–25 h.
+8. **Hardening at scale:** a corpus of real-world SVG/PDF/EPS files, idle-machine perf budgets, Windows, Linux and
+   browser QA, accessibility, packaging. 50–80 h.
+
+### Where we're going
+
+- **Next:** start the interaction-fidelity pass (1) in parallel with the raster-effects package (2). Both are broad,
+  so they split well across agents, and they move the "can't tell the difference" number most.
+- **Then:** 3D (3) and advanced type (4), each a focused milestone with its own plan in `plan/` before coding.
+- **Alongside:** keep closing the stubbed menu items. Run `vectorcraft-cli perf` on an idle machine, and fix any
+  budget it misses before 1.0.
+- **1.0:** feature parity plus the fidelity pass, hardening (8) and packaging for all three desktop OSes and the web.
+
+**For agents:** pick work from the list above (or the milestone rows below), and write a task plan before coding.
+When a task lands, update this section, the parity table and "Shipped so far" in the same PR. Keep the scores honest:
+grade by behaviour against `plan/illustrator/`, not by whether a menu item exists.
+
+## Shipped so far
 - **Architecture:** 19+ crates with enforced layering (`cargo xtask layers`). Every action is a command (~400 engine + ~50 UI). Undo is unlimited via structural sharing. `command.batch` runs several commands as one transaction.
 - **Automation:**
   - Actions panel (record/playback, persisted), generic parameter dialogs for every "…" command.
@@ -59,11 +124,13 @@ _Last updated: 2026-10-05._
   - **Graphic styles:** styles keep opacity and blend mode, capture groups and type, apply on top with Alt, and link to the objects using them; Redefine, Break Link, Graphic Style Options, Select All Unused, Sort by Name, and Select > Same Graphic Style / Appearance Attribute. The panel has list and thumbnail views with rendered previews, merge, reorder and drag and drop, plus a Control bar Style picker; six generated style libraries save and load as `.vcstyles`.
   - **Neutral wording:** labels, MCP tool text, docs and packaging use neutral names, and `cargo xtask brands` (part of `cargo xtask ci`) fails on vendor names.
 - **Colour, type and file workflows:** Recolor Artwork (dialog with harmonies), Edit Colors, Find & Replace, Change Case, Smart Punctuation, Guides, Lock/Hide Above, Transform Each, Rasterize.
-- **Formats:**
-  - `.vectorcraft` (lossless JSON), SVG import/export, PDF export/import (including PDF-compatible `.ai`).
-  - PNG, JPEG and WebP export, Export for Screens, Place.
+- **Files (M4):**
+  - `.vectorcraft` (lossless JSON, compressed, atomic saves, save down to v1), Save As with a format chooser, Save a Copy, Revert, templates, Data Recovery after a crash, background save and export.
+  - SVG/SVGZ in and out with SVG Options, Preserve Editing, symbols, filters, rich text and physical units; PDF and PDF-compatible `.ai` in and out (layers, masks, editable text, spot colours, presets, security, marks and bleed, ICC output intents, raster effects, subset fonts).
+  - EPS and DXF in and out, EMF/WMF in and out; PNG (with PNG-8), JPEG, WebP, GIF, TIFF, BMP, Targa and layered PSD export.
+  - Place and the Links panel, Package, File Info, Print with print presets and PostScript output, slices and Save for Web, Export for Screens and Asset Export, CSS Properties, PNG/PDF/SVG/text clipboard flavours.
 - **Performance:** 20k shapes + 1k texts render in 27 ms per full-retina frame (7.8 ms zoomed), 7× faster than the first version. The UI thread never blocks. The web build is 7.1 MB gzipped.
-- **Tests:** ~1,900 automated tests: model-based property tests, a junk-parameter sweep over every command, golden renders, and MCP end-to-end tests over stdio.
+- **Tests and robustness:** ~2,840 automated tests: model-based property tests, a junk-parameter sweep over every command, import fuzzing (SVG, PDF, libraries), golden renders, and MCP end-to-end tests over stdio. Shipped code never panics (workspace lints and a rollback safety net; see `docs/development.md`).
 
 ## Milestones and estimates
 
@@ -73,24 +140,24 @@ _Last updated: 2026-10-05._
 | M1 | Selection, transform, layers, MCP | ✅ mostly done (transform reference point snaps to anchors/centres; rotated persistent bbox pending) | 4–6 |
 | M2 | Drawing tools + smart guides | ✅ mostly done (Flare, Reshape, Live Corners widget dragging landed; Shaper, Pen modifier nuances) | 15–20 |
 | M3 | Paint & appearance (swatches, color, gradient, stroke, appearance, transparency, styles) | ✅ done (M3.7–M3.98): swatches, groups, libraries, tints, Lab spots and Registration; Color Picker, Color panel, Color Guide, Color Themes, Edit Colors and Recolor Artwork; gradients that follow every transform, the annotator, linked stops, freeform gradients, focal points, gradients on strokes and Expand; stroke geometry, arrowheads, dashes fitted to corners, stroke on type, width profiles and the Width tool, Scale Strokes and preview bounds; Appearance targeting, container appearance, target circles, Expand Appearance; knockout, isolation, blend accuracy, CMYK blending, overprint, Attributes, masks and clipping, Flatten Transparency; graphic styles, links and libraries. Left: freeform and mixed spot/process gradients export as stops or process colours to SVG/PDF; flattener presets not yet used by PDF/print; confirm the Scale Strokes & Effects default | 4–8 |
-| M4 | Files (native, SVG, PDF, raster, Export for Screens, clipboard interop) | 🟡 one engine loader/encoder for every frontend (desktop, web, CLI, control channel, headless MCP open native/SVG/SVGZ/PDF/.ai/.ait/PNG/JPEG/GIF/WebP/TIFF/BMP; `document.formats`; MCP `export` takes artboard/range/options; one PDF page per artboard in Export for Screens; template layers left out of raster exports); Export for Screens (PNG/JPG/WebP/SVG/PDF × scales) done; headless CLI/MCP export every format; system clipboard: copy puts SVG markup on it, paste takes SVG from other apps (Ctrl/Cmd+C/X/V now also work off macOS); live effects now survive SVG/PDF/clipboard export (geometry baked, SVG filters for shadows/glows/blur/feather); Save / Don't Save / Cancel before closing modified documents; PDF raster effects, PNG/PDF clipboard flavours, EPS/DXF pending | 52–73 |
+| M4 | Files (native, SVG, PDF, raster, Export for Screens, clipboard interop) | ✅ mostly done (M4.14–M4.98 on 2026-10-05): Save As/Save a Copy/Revert/templates, Data Recovery and background save, SVG import and export fidelity (units, text, symbols, filters, SVGZ, Preserve Editing, SVG Options), PDF import (colours, layers, masks, editable text, security) and export (presets, marks, bleed, ICC and output intent, raster effects, subset fonts), Place and Links, Package, EPS and DXF in and out, EMF/WMF, TIFF/BMP/Targa/PSD/GIF/PNG-8 export, Print and print presets, slices, Save for Web, Asset Export, clipboard flavours, File Info. Left: DWG (use DXF), PSD placement as layers, polish | 6–10 |
 | M5 | Performance | 🟡 background render + caches + MT done; `vectorcraft-cli bench` and `vectorcraft-cli perf` (budget suite); file format v2 opens 3× faster (50k paths: 722 → 244 ms); raster effects (glows, shadows, blur, feather) no longer force the whole frame single-threaded (filtered offscreen per effect, verified equal to the single-threaded reference); effect-heavy demos need a clean-machine benchmark; dirty-region rendering, GPU backend spike pending | 15–25 |
 | M6 | Path operations (Pathfinder, Shape Builder, offset…) | ✅ mostly done (Boolean precision on almost-horizontal edges fixed and the property tests made deterministic; Shape Builder edge erase, large-offset bug open) | 3–6 |
 | M7 | Type (point/area/path, editing, styles, OpenType, threading, glyphs) | 🟡 Character/Paragraph Styles, Area Type Options, threaded text, Fit Headline, Glyphs, OpenType panel, Find Font, Text Wrap (offset, invert, both sides of an object; follows edits), Type on a Path effects, tab stops + Tabs panel done; tab leaders, spell check, vertical type pending | 45–60 |
 | M8 | Transform & distort (Puppet Warp, Liquify tools, Envelopes, Blends, Perspective Grid) | 🟡 live Blends, Envelopes (warp/mesh/top object), Width tool, Liquify tools, Puppet Warp and Perspective Grid landed; fidelity pass pending | 8–12 |
 | M9 | Live effects (+ 3D & Materials) | 🟡 2D effects done incl. Effect → Pathfinder; SVG Filters, Document Raster Effects Settings, 3D pending | 86–135 |
 | M10 | Brushes, symbols, patterns, Repeat | 🟡 pattern swatches (5 tile types, Pattern Options, editing mode, SVG `<pattern>`/PDF export) and live Repeat (radial/grid/mirror) done; brushes/symbols in progress | 23–37 |
-| M11 | Artboards & views (artboard panel/tool done, Trim View, middle-button pan; print tiling, multiple windows, presentation polish) | 🟡 | 20–33 |
+| M11 | Artboards & views (artboard panel/tool done, Trim View, middle-button pan; print tiling, multiple windows, presentation polish) | 🟡 | 15–25 |
 | M12 | Advanced color & art (CMYK/ICC, separations, Gradient Mesh, Live Paint, Image Trace, Graphs) | 🟡 Gradient Mesh, Live Paint, Image Trace (12 presets, 18 ms/1k² image), Recolor Artwork, colour management (ICC, soft proofing, separations preview), Graphs (all 9 tools, Graph Data/Type, regenerate in place) done; graph Design/Column/Marker designs pending | 6–10 |
 | M13 | Automation (Actions ✅ record/playback, persisted; variables, scripting, batch) | 🟡 | 18–27 |
 | M14 | 1.0 polish (preferences, shortcut editor, workspaces, accessibility, packaging for all OSes) | 🟡 Preferences, shortcut editor, workspaces, a custom title bar on Windows/Linux and content-sized dialogs and menus done; accessibility, Windows/Linux packaging pending | 18–28 |
 | — | Interaction fidelity pass (every tool's modifiers, Properties panel per context, isolation, nuance) | ⬜ | 60–90 |
 | — | Hardening at scale (big-file corpus, fuzzing, cross-platform + browser QA) | 🟡 | 50–80 |
-| | **Total to full parity** (one agent; sum of the rows above — matches [Parity estimate](#parity-estimate)) | | **~425–650** |
+| | **Total to full parity** (one agent; re-derived from the [Parity estimate](#parity-estimate) table) | | **~335–520** |
 
 ## Parity estimate
 
-_Method (2026-10-02, M3 rows re-derived 2026-10-04):_ Illustrator's feature surface is split into 22 areas, weighted by how much of the app (and of
+_Method (2026-10-02; M3 rows re-derived 2026-10-04, file, export, print, links and UI-chrome rows after M4 on 2026-10-05):_ Illustrator's feature surface is split into 22 areas, weighted by how much of the app (and of
 real users' work) each represents. Each area is scored by depth of behaviour, not by presence of a menu item: an area
 is 100% only when every feature in it behaves like Illustrator. Feature parity = Σ weight × score / Σ weight. Remaining
 time is counted per area from what is missing, calibrated on measured throughput: in the last session one agent landed
@@ -109,33 +176,33 @@ about 1–1.5 agent-hours each, so the other rows (estimated on the older scale)
 | Strokes, brushes, width profiles | 5 | 88% | brush options depth, brush libraries (generated in code) | 6–10 |
 | Appearance, transparency, graphic styles, masks | 5 | 97% | flattener presets in PDF/EPS/print, raster effect reach in preview bounds | 2–4 |
 | Live vector effects | 5 | 85% | Outline Object, Pathfinder Hard/Soft Mix and Trap, SVG Filters | 6–10 |
-| Raster effects (Effect Gallery, Document Raster Effects Settings) | 4 | 15% | ~55 filters (Artistic, Brush Strokes, Distort, Pixelate, Sketch, Texture…), resolution setting, raster effects in PDF | 30–45 |
+| Raster effects (Effect Gallery, Document Raster Effects Settings) | 4 | 20% | ~55 Photoshop-style filters (Artistic, Brush Strokes, Distort, Pixelate, Sketch, Stylize, Texture, Video) and the Effect Gallery; Document Raster Effects Settings and raster effects in PDF are done | 28–42 |
 | 3D and Materials | 4 | 0% | Extrude & Bevel, Revolve, Inflate, Rotate, lighting, materials (software renderer) | 50–80 |
 | Type core | 9 | 78% | composer/hyphenation options, Optical Margin Alignment, hidden characters | 15–20 |
 | Type advanced | 4 | 35% | vertical type/CJK, tab leaders, spell check (open dictionary), Touch Type, Retype | 26–35 |
 | Symbols, blends, envelopes, Repeat, perspective | 5 | 75% | symbol libraries (original), dynamic symbols, perspective edge cases | 8–12 |
 | Image Trace, graphs, image tools | 3 | 70% | graph Design/Column/Marker, Create Object Mosaic, Crop Image polish | 6–10 |
-| Layers, artboards, document setup | 5 | 80% | Layers panel options depth, artboard presets/rearrange polish | 6–10 |
+| Layers, artboards, document setup | 5 | 80% | Layers panel options depth, artboard presets/rearrange polish (Document Setup and New Document are done) | 5–8 |
 | View & navigation | 3 | 70% | New View/Edit Views, multiple windows/arrange, print tiling, Snap to Pixel/Glyph | 10–15 |
 | Guides, grids, smart guides, snapping, rulers | 3 | 75% | global/video rulers, smart-guide preference depth | 4–8 |
-| File formats | 6 | 60% | EPS in/out, DXF/DWG, PSD placement, PDF raster effects/presets | 40–55 |
-| Export for Screens, Asset Export, slices, Save for Web | 3 | 45% | Asset Export panel, slices, Save for Web | 12–18 |
-| Print, colour management, separations, flattener | 3 | 40% | Print dialog (platform), flattener presets, print presets | 20–30 |
+| File formats | 6 | 85% | DWG (no open spec: DXF instead), PSD placement as layers, the remaining fidelity polish; EPS, DXF, EMF/WMF, TIFF, BMP, Targa, PSD export, SVGZ, PDF security and presets are done | 6–10 |
+| Export for Screens, Asset Export, slices, Save for Web | 3 | 85% | polish only (all four are done) | 2–4 |
+| Print, colour management, separations, flattener | 3 | 70% | Print Tiling tool and Show Print Tiling, flattener presets in print/PDF, print preview fidelity (Print dialog, presets, PostScript, marks and separations are done) | 5–8 |
 | Automation | 3 | 60% | Variables (data merge), scripting surface, batch | 8–12 |
-| UI chrome (panels, contextual Properties, workspaces, prefs) | 6 | 75% | ~14 panels (Tabs, Links, Attributes, Asset Export, SVG Interactivity, Variables, CSS Properties…), Properties per context | 20–30 |
-| Libraries, Links, Package | 2 | 15% | Links panel, Package, local libraries | 10–15 |
-| **Feature parity** | **103** | **~68%** | | **~300–450** |
+| UI chrome (panels, contextual Properties, workspaces, prefs) | 6 | 78% | Variables, SVG Interactivity, Properties per context, Consolidate All Windows (Links, Asset Export, CSS Properties, Attributes are done) | 15–25 |
+| Libraries, Links, Package | 2 | 50% | a local Libraries panel (no cloud by design); Links and Package are done | 5–8 |
+| **Feature parity** | **103** | **~74%** | | **~230–350** |
 | Interaction-fidelity pass (side by side with Illustrator: every tool modifier, cursor, dialog, Properties context) | | | | 60–90 |
 | Hardening (big-file corpus, fuzzing, cross-platform and browser QA, accessibility, packaging) | | | | 50–80 |
-| **Full parity** | | **~52%** | | **~425–650** |
+| **Full parity** | | **~55%** | | **~335–520** |
 
 With 4–6 agents working on disjoint crates (as the layering allows) the wall-clock time divides by roughly 3.5–4
-(integration, review and shared files such as `menus.rs` serialize some work): **~75–130 h** to feature parity,
-**~105–185 h** to full parity.
+(integration, review and shared files such as `menus.rs` serialize some work): **~60–100 h** to feature parity,
+**~85–150 h** to full parity.
 
-_Inventories (2026-10-02):_ 426 engine commands + ~60 UI commands; 316 menu items wired, ~70 still disabled; 69 of 79
-tools implemented (missing: Slice ×2, Touch Type, vertical type ×3, Print Tiling); 32 panels of ~45; 44 live
-effects of ~110 (Illustrator effects 44/54, Photoshop-style raster effects 1/56); ~1,050 tests (~1,900 on 2026-10-05).
+_Inventories (2026-10-05):_ 18 menu items still stubbed (`todo(…)` in `crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs`); every tool
+implemented except five (Touch Type, vertical type ×3, Print Tiling); 51 panel modules; Illustrator-style live
+effects ~44/54, Photoshop-style raster effects ~1/56, 3D 0/5; ~2,840 tests; ~221k lines of Rust.
 
 _Where we already beat Illustrator:_ exact curve booleans, off-thread multithreaded rendering, undo that never runs out,
 lossless SVG/PDF export of live effects with SVG filters, a documented JSON format, the same app on the web, and every