APEX Proposals

Proposals for APEX framework enhancements and integrations.

Structure

proposals/
├── PROPOSAL-NAME.md           # Proposal document
└── proposal-name/             # Optional: images/diagrams for that proposal
    └── architecture.png

Active Proposals

Proposal	Status	Owner	Description
Monorepo Hierarchy	DRAFT	Bob	3-level domain/product/initiative structure
Cursor Integration	DRAFT	Bob	Cursor IDE integration with custom instructions
Shadow Vampire Pipeline	DRAFT	Bob	Monolith data extraction & shadow pipeline strategy
Polaris Architecture	DRAFT	Bob	Unified architecture direction replacing North Star
APEX Workflow Revisions	REVIEW	Bob	Workflow chain revisions: target user field, risk-based experiment gate, implementation plans, GitHub Issues ticket generation
Quality Engineering Strategy	DRAFT	Antonio	Quality engineering strategy — guild model, testing standards, CI quality gates, Selenium/Cypress migration
BLAST Frontend Enablement and Migration	DRAFT	Antonio	BLAST frontend enablement and migration — Vercel, Clerk auth, CloudFront CDN, Strangler Fig

Historical Proposals

Proposal	Status	Description
Process Proposal	IMPLEMENTED	Git-based PDP/Spec process
Tooling Proposal	IMPLEMENTED	Tools and workflows

Proposal Lifecycle

DRAFT - Initial proposal, gathering feedback
REVIEW - Ready for stakeholder review
APPROVED - Accepted, ready for implementation
IMPLEMENTED - Completed and deployed
REJECTED - Not accepted (archived with rationale)

Creating a Proposal

# Create proposal document
touch proposals/MY-PROPOSAL.md

# If images needed, create directory
mkdir proposals/my-proposal
# Add images there: proposals/my-proposal/diagram.png