# Implementation Plans

This document tracks all implementation plans across the portainer-core project.

## Active Plans

Current implementation work in progress:

### AI Orchestrator Enhancement
**Location**: [plans/active/ai-orchestrator-plan.md](plans/active/ai-orchestrator-plan.md)
**Status**: 🔄 Phase 2 in progress
**Phases**:
- ✅ Phase 1: OpenAI-Compatible API (Completed)
- 🔄 Phase 2: Memory Systems (In Progress)
- 📋 Phase 3: Multi-Model Management (Planned)
- 📋 Phase 4: Reasoning & Chain-of-Thought (Planned)
- 📋 Phase 5: Agentic Workflows (Planned)
- 📋 Phase 6: Production Optimization (Planned)

### Memory Architecture
**Location**: [plans/active/phase2-memory-architecture.md](plans/active/phase2-memory-architecture.md)
**Status**: 🔄 In Progress
**Description**: 3-tier memory system (ephemeral, short-term, long-term) for AI agents

### Security Implementation
**Location**: [plans/active/security-implementation-plan.md](plans/active/security-implementation-plan.md)
**Status**: 📋 Planning Phase
**Description**: Google OAuth SSO via Authentik for external service access

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## Completed Plans

Historical implementation plans that have been finished:

### Infrastructure Deployment (Phases 1-4)
**Location**: [plans/completed/infrastructure-deployment-plan.md](plans/completed/infrastructure-deployment-plan.md)
**Completed**: November 2025
**Phases**:
- ✅ Phase 1: Foundation (Portainer, NPM, Ollama)
- ✅ Phase 2: Networking (Headscale mesh VPN)
- ✅ Phase 3: Monitoring (Uptime Kuma, Netdata, Heimdall)
- ✅ Phase 4: Optimization (Watchtower, Duplicati)

### AI Orchestrator Phase 1
**Location**: [plans/completed/ai-orchestrator-phase1-guide.md](plans/completed/ai-orchestrator-phase1-guide.md)
**Completed**: November 2025
**Deliverables**: OpenAI-compatible API with model routing, streaming, function calling

### AI Orchestrator Phase 1 Testing
**Location**: [plans/completed/ai-orchestrator-phase1-tests.md](plans/completed/ai-orchestrator-phase1-tests.md)
**Results**: 10/10 tests passed, zero issues found

### Architecture Research
**Location**: [plans/completed/architecture-research.md](plans/completed/architecture-research.md)
**Completed**: October 2025
**Decision**: Portainer + Docker Compose for container orchestration

### Mesh Networking Strategy
**Location**: [plans/completed/mesh-networking-strategy.md](plans/completed/mesh-networking-strategy.md)
**Completed**: November 2025
**Solution**: Headscale (self-hosted Tailscale) for secure mesh VPN

### Dashboard Consolidation Strategy
**Location**: [plans/completed/dashboard-strategy.md](plans/completed/dashboard-strategy.md)
**Completed**: November 2025
**Solution**: Organizr with custom service control widgets

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## Plan Management

### Creating New Plans

1. Create plan in `plans/active/` directory
2. Add entry to "Active Plans" section above
3. Update STATUS.md with phase tracking
4. Link from relevant documentation

### Completing Plans

1. Mark all phases as ✅ in the plan document
2. Move from `plans/active/` to `plans/completed/`
3. Update this file (move to "Completed Plans" section)
4. Update STATUS.md
5. Update CHANGELOG.md with release notes

### Plan Template

```markdown
# [Feature Name] Implementation Plan

## Overview
Brief description of the feature/improvement.

## Motivation
Why this change is needed.

## Phases

### Phase 1: [Name]
**Status**: 📋 Planned / 🔄 In Progress / ✅ Completed
**Duration**: Estimated effort
**Deliverables**:
- [ ] Task 1
- [ ] Task 2

## Success Criteria
How to determine if implementation is complete.

## Testing Strategy
How the feature will be validated.
```

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## Quick Links

- [Project Status](STATUS.md) - Current phase and progress tracking
- [Documentation Index](README.md) - All project documentation
- [Active Plans](plans/active/) - Current implementation work
- [Completed Plans](plans/completed/) - Historical implementations