[ZeroClaw] 2026 H1 Roadmap Meeting

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ZeroClaw 2026 H1 Roadmap Team Meeting Minutes

Meeting Date: 2026-02-28 Attendees: Architect, Security Lead, Product Owner, DevOps Lead Location: ZeroClaw Development Team Meeting Room Author: ZeroClaw Team

1. Meeting Overview

This meeting was held to discuss ZeroClaw’s 2026 first-half development direction and establish roadmaps and priorities for each area.

1.1 Agenda

Multi-agent architecture development direction
Security enhancement and compliance response
Product competitiveness enhancement and UX improvement
DevOps and infrastructure advancement
Comprehensive roadmap and priority agreement

2. Architecture Development Discussion

2.1 Architect Statement

“ZeroClaw has completed Phase 1 (in-process delegation) and is currently implementing Phase 2 (file-based multi-agent). The following technical goals need to be achieved in the first half of 2026.”

2.1.1 Multi-Agent Orchestration Advancement

Proposals:

Implement DAG-based workflow execution engine
Support sequential/parallel/conditional/loop execution patterns
Improve agent task distribution algorithm

Priority: High (P1)

// Proposed workflow structure
pub struct Workflow {
 pub id: String,
 pub nodes: Vec<WorkflowNode>,
 pub edges: Vec<WorkflowEdge>,
 pub start_node: String,
 pub end_nodes: Vec<String>,
 pub error_handling: ErrorHandlingPolicy,
}

2.1.2 IPC Communication Protocol Improvement

Proposals:

Transition from stdout-based communication to structured IPC
Support multiple transport layers: Unix Socket, gRPC, WebSocket
Optimize message serialization (JSON → MessagePack/CBOR)

Priority: Medium (P2)

2.1.3 Extensibility and Modularization

Proposals:

Consider plugin architecture introduction
Implement Wasm execution mode (enhanced sandboxing)
Provide external agent registration API

Priority: Low (P3)

2.1.4 Performance Optimization

Proposals:

Zero-copy message passing
Connection pooling and caching strategies
Async I/O optimization

Priority: Medium (P2)

2.2 Discussion

Security Lead:

“Security channels must be applied first when improving IPC protocol. Encryption and authentication for inter-agent communication are needed.”

Product Owner:

“From a user perspective, agent definitions should be more intuitive. Let’s also consider simplifying the YAML schema.”

DevOps Lead:

“Performance optimization work should proceed in parallel with observability improvement. Metrics collection must be secured first to measure optimization effects.”

3. Security Development Discussion

3.1 Security Lead Statement

“ZeroClaw already has a strong security foundation, but there are areas that need improvement from an OWASP Top 10 perspective. Sandbox isolation and audit logging enhancement are particularly urgent.”

3.1.1 Sandbox Enhancement

Current Issues:

Docker sandbox: --read-only, --cap-drop, seccomp not applied
Firejail: Network isolation not applied (--net=none missing)

Proposals:

// Docker hardened profile
docker_cmd.args([
 "run", "--rm",
 "--read-only",
 "--security-opt", "no-new-privileges",
 "--cap-drop", "ALL",
 "--network", "none",
 "--memory", "256m",
 "--pids-limit", "64",
]);

Priority: High (P1)

3.1.2 Audit Logging Enhancement

Proposals:

Introduce Log Signing to prevent tampering
Real-time security alert webhook integration
Prometheus metrics exposure

Priority: Medium (P2)

3.1.3 SSRF Defense

Proposals:

Enforce HTTPS for external requests
Block private IP ranges
Strengthen domain allowlist validation

Priority: Medium (P2)

3.1.4 TOCTOU Vulnerability Fix

Proposals:

Perform path validation and normalization atomically
Prevent symbolic link race conditions

Priority: High (P1)

3.2 Discussion

Architect:

“Sandbox enhancement can provide stronger isolation when linked with Wasm execution mode.”

DevOps Lead:

“Prometheus metrics can greatly improve operational visibility when integrated with Grafana dashboards.”

Product Owner:

“Ensure that security enhancements don’t degrade user experience. Defaults should be secure while advanced users can configure flexibly.”

4. Product Development Discussion

4.1 Product Owner Statement

“ZeroClaw’s core values are ‘high performance’, ’extensibility’, and ‘security’. In the first half of 2026, we need to strengthen these while improving user experience.”

4.1.1 User Experience Improvement

CLI Improvements:

Improve zeroclaw agent list output (table format)
Interactive agent execution mode
Progress visualization

Configuration Simplification:

Simplify agent definition YAML schema
Provide sensible defaults
Improve configuration validation and error messages

Priority: High (P1)

4.1.2 Documentation and Onboarding Enhancement

Proposals:

Improve Quickstart guide
Auto-generate API reference documentation
Expand example scenarios
Multi-language documentation (Korean, Japanese, Chinese)

Priority: Medium (P2)

4.1.3 Community Growth Strategy

Proposals:

Improve CONTRIBUTING.md
Label good first issues
Publish regular release notes
Discord/Slack community channels

Priority: Medium (P2)

4.1.4 Differentiation Points Enhancement

Proposals:

Strengthen hardware peripheral support (STM32, RPi)
Specialized domain agent templates
Publish performance benchmarks

Priority: Low (P3)

4.2 Discussion

Architect:

“CLI improvement is important from an ergonomics perspective. Let’s also consider upgrading from structopt to clap 4.x.”

Security Lead:

“When writing multi-language documentation, accurate translation of security-related content is important. I recommend creating a terminology glossary first.”

DevOps Lead:

“For community channels, starting with GitHub Discussions is a good approach. It can be started without separate infrastructure.”

5. DevOps Development Discussion

5.1 DevOps Lead Statement

“We need to advance CI/CD pipelines and monitoring systems for stable deployment and operation.”

5.1.1 CI/CD Pipeline Advancement

Current Status:

GitHub Actions-based CI
Automated cargo fmt, clippy, test
Docker build

Proposals:

Integrate cargo audit (vulnerability scanning)
Cross-platform build (Linux, macOS, Windows)
Release automation (cargo-release)
Pre-deployment smoke tests

Priority: High (P1)

# Proposed CI workflow
- name: Security audit
 run: cargo audit

- name: Cross-platform build
 strategy:
 matrix:
 os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
 runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

5.1.2 Monitoring and Observability

Proposals:

Prometheus metrics endpoint
Grafana dashboard templates
Distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry)
Log aggregation (ELK/Loki)

Priority: Medium (P2)

5.1.3 Deployment Automation and Rollback

Proposals:

Blue-Green deployment support
Automatic rollback threshold settings
Canary release options

Priority: Medium (P2)

5.1.4 Development Environment Improvement

Proposals:

devcontainer configuration
Automatic git hooks setup
Development configuration profiles

Priority: Low (P3)

5.2 Discussion

Architect:

“OpenTelemetry integration is essential for multi-agent tracing. Inter-agent call chains must be visualizable.”

Security Lead:

“cargo audit must be included in CI. It’s also good to add dependency license checks.”

Product Owner:

“devcontainer will be very helpful for new contributor onboarding. We can raise its priority.”

6. Comprehensive Roadmap and Priorities

6.1 2026 First Half Roadmap

Q1 (March-April)

Item	Owner	Priority
Docker/Firejail sandbox enhancement	Security	P1
TOCTOU vulnerability fix	Security	P1
CI/CD security scan integration	DevOps	P1
CLI improvement and UX enhancement	Product	P1
DAG-based workflow engine	Architect	P1

Q2 (May-June)

Item	Owner	Priority
IPC communication protocol improvement	Architect	P2
Audit logging enhancement	Security	P2
SSRF defense implementation	Security	P2
Prometheus metrics exposure	DevOps	P2
Documentation and onboarding improvement	Product	P2
Community infrastructure building	Product	P2

6.2 Agreed Principles

Security First: All new features must go through security review
Gradual Deployment: Large changes are rolled out in stages
Rollback Capable: All changes must be easily rollbackable
Documentation Sync: Documentation updates required when features change
Test Coverage: Tests required for new code

6.3 Risks and Responses

Risk	Probability	Impact	Response
Sandbox compatibility issues	Medium	High	Implement fallback mechanism
Performance regression	Low	Medium	Automate benchmarks
Dependency vulnerabilities	Medium	High	Automate cargo audit
Poor documentation	High	Medium	Require documentation PRs

7. Conclusion and Next Steps

7.1 Meeting Conclusions

Architecture: Prioritize multi-agent orchestration advancement
Security: Immediately start sandbox enhancement and TOCTOU fix
Product: Improve user experience through CLI UX improvement
DevOps: Build CI/CD security enhancement and monitoring foundation

7.2 Action Items

#	Item	Owner	Due Date
1	Apply Docker sandbox security profile	Security Lead	2026-03-07
2	Fix TOCTOU path validation	Security Lead	2026-03-10
3	Integrate CI cargo audit	DevOps Lead	2026-03-05
4	Improve CLI agent list	Product Owner	2026-03-12
5	Workflow engine design document	Architect	2026-03-15

7.3 Next Meeting Schedule

Date: 2026-03-14 10:00
Agenda: Q1 progress review and Q2 detailed planning

Appendix: Reference Documents

docs/project/multi-agent-architecture-design.md - Multi-agent architecture design
docs/project/multi-agent-communication-protocols.md - Communication protocol design
docs/security/security-improvements.md - Security improvement report
CLAUDE.md - Engineering protocol

Meeting Minutes Date: 2026-02-28 Approved By: ZeroClaw Team Lead Distribution: ZeroClaw Development Team

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[ZeroClaw] 2026 H1 Roadmap Meeting

ZeroClaw 2026 H1 Roadmap Team Meeting Minutes

1. Meeting Overview

1.1 Agenda

2. Architecture Development Discussion

2.1 Architect Statement

2.1.1 Multi-Agent Orchestration Advancement

2.1.2 IPC Communication Protocol Improvement

2.1.3 Extensibility and Modularization

2.1.4 Performance Optimization

2.2 Discussion

3. Security Development Discussion

3.1 Security Lead Statement

3.1.1 Sandbox Enhancement

3.1.2 Audit Logging Enhancement

3.1.3 SSRF Defense

3.1.4 TOCTOU Vulnerability Fix

3.2 Discussion

4. Product Development Discussion

4.1 Product Owner Statement

4.1.1 User Experience Improvement

4.1.2 Documentation and Onboarding Enhancement

4.1.3 Community Growth Strategy

4.1.4 Differentiation Points Enhancement

4.2 Discussion

5. DevOps Development Discussion

5.1 DevOps Lead Statement

5.1.1 CI/CD Pipeline Advancement

5.1.2 Monitoring and Observability

5.1.3 Deployment Automation and Rollback

5.1.4 Development Environment Improvement

5.2 Discussion

6. Comprehensive Roadmap and Priorities

6.1 2026 First Half Roadmap

Q1 (March-April)

Q2 (May-June)

6.2 Agreed Principles

6.3 Risks and Responses

7. Conclusion and Next Steps

7.1 Meeting Conclusions

7.2 Action Items

7.3 Next Meeting Schedule

Appendix: Reference Documents