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World-class discovery specification (design phase, no code): - Executive summary, architecture review, competitor + user research - UX/UI redesign + design system + themes, flagship search redesign - AI strategy (local Ollama, RTX 3080) + feature catalogue - Technical architecture, roadmap (MVP->v3), git plan, risks - Multi-provider platform: IEmailProvider abstraction, OAuth-as-login, unified DB schema, settings + feature flags, admin/RBAC, security model, 6-phase implementation plan, migration guide Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
InboxIntel — Discovery & Blueprint
This folder is the product discovery output: a world-class specification that will become the blueprint for the next generation of InboxIntel. It is a planning artifact — no application code is changed during discovery.
Vision: become one of the best email search and management experiences available — extremely fast, scalable, secure, and intuitive. AI is introduced only where it clearly beats traditional approaches, and never as a hard dependency.
Non-negotiable constraints (carried into every phase)
- AI is optional & modular. The app must work fully with AI disabled. All AI sits
behind an
IAIProviderabstraction (already seeded:NullAiProvider/OllamaProvider/OpenAiProvider) so providers swap without touching application logic. - Local-first AI. Primary target: Ollama on an NVIDIA RTX 3080 (10 GB).
- Privacy. Read-only Gmail scope; AI advisory-only; no destructive AI actions.
- Speed & security are features, not afterthoughts.
Document index
Start here: Executive Summary
| # | Document | Phase | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Executive Summary | all | ✅ draft |
| 00 | Design Brief | 4A (interview) | ✅ locked |
| 01 | Architecture Review | 1 | ✅ draft |
| 02 | Competitor Analysis | 2 | ✅ draft |
| 03 | User Research & Journey Maps | 3 | ✅ draft |
| 04 | UX/UI Redesign + Design System | 4A | ✅ draft |
| 05 | Search Redesign | 4B | ✅ draft |
| 06 | AI Strategy & Model Recommendations | 5 | ✅ draft |
| 07 | AI Feature Catalogue | 6 | ✅ draft |
| 08 | Technical Architecture | 7 | ✅ draft |
| 09 | Product Roadmap (MVP→v3) | 8 | ✅ draft |
| 10 | Git Implementation Plan | 10 | ✅ draft |
| 11 | Risk Assessment & Future Opportunities | cross-cutting | ✅ draft |
Extension designs
- Multi-Provider Email Platform + Admin/Settings — evolves InboxIntel into a small-team, multi-provider (Gmail/Outlook/IMAP) platform with OAuth-as- login, settings, feature flags, and an admin panel. Reshapes the core assumptions above (see the "Update" callouts in 08 and 09).
Conventions
- Every recommendation is a durable markdown doc suitable for long-term maintenance.
- Each feature is specified with: problem solved · why AI (or why not) · complexity · estimated effort · user value · perf & privacy considerations.
- Nothing here is implemented until explicitly approved and scheduled via the Git plan.