How to Export Milestone Burndown Decks and Monitor Terminal Backlog Flow

SpecOps provides multi-format executive presentation reporting and an interactive terminal flow monitor to visualize JIT buffer waterlines, detect scope creep, and claim or promote tasks with single keystrokes.

1. Exporting Executive Milestone Burndown Decks

Generate zero-dependency, self-contained HTML slide presentations displaying milestone burndown velocity, scope stability, and delivery horizons:


# Export presentation slide deck for milestone M1
uv run spec-ops report burndown --milestone M1 --format deck

# Custom output destination
uv run spec-ops report burndown --milestone M1-MVP --format deck -o dist/briefing.html

The exported presentation deck includes:

Executive Overview Slide: Interactive SVG radial progress meters and deliverable burn velocities.
Delivery Horizon Gantt Slide: Visual Gantt delivery tracks with critical path milestones.
Persona Value Delivered Matrix: Customer impact mapping across Alex, Jordan, Morgan, Riley, and Taylor.
Codebase Health Metrics: 0 file limit violations, 100% blackbox frontdoor test pass rate, and mutmut mutation kill score.
Keyboard Navigation: Clean presentation control with Left/Right Arrow keys and Spacebar.

2. Generating Milestone Executive Briefing Digests

For text-based distribution via email, Slack, or PR descriptions:


uv run spec-ops report milestone --milestone M1-MVP --format digest

3. Detecting Unanchored Scope Creep

To verify that all completed tasks in the backlog remain anchored to documented milestones in ROADMAP.md:


uv run spec-ops report milestone --check-alignment

If unanchored completed tasks are identified, SpecOps outputs an alignment warning table detailing task IDs, titles, target bounded contexts, and authoring commits.

4. Monitoring Backlog Flow in the Terminal

Launch the interactive 3-column backlog Kanban and JIT buffer telemetry dashboard:


# Launch interactive terminal flow monitor
uv run spec-ops queue monitor

# Alternative alias
uv run spec-ops backlog flow

# Snapshot mode for CI scripts and non-interactive terminals
uv run spec-ops queue monitor --once

Flow Monitor Keybindings

Key	Action	Description
`h` / `l` / `Tab`	Switch Column	Move focus between Proposed, Refined, and In-Flight Worktrees
`j` / `k` / Arrows	Navigate	Scroll selection up or down within the active column
`r`	Refine Task	Single-keystroke promotion of highlighted proposed task to `refined/` (evaluates DoR)
`c`	Claim & Worktree	Single-keystroke provisioning of `.worktrees/task-XXXX` and branch checkout for human IC
`q`	Quit	Exit the flow monitor