CommandPost — Real-time ops dashboard for teams

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Description

A customizable real-time operations dashboard for monitoring services, viewing logs, running commands, and managing deployments. Like a self-hosted Grafana meets Vercel dashboard. **Core Features:** - Real-time log streaming from deployed services (via WebSocket) - Service health overview with live status indicators - Deployment management (trigger deploys, view history, rollback) - Custom metric widgets (CPU, memory, request rate, error rate) - Incident timeline and alerting - Team access with role-based permissions (admin, deployer, viewer) - Command palette (Cmd+K) for quick actions - Configurable dashboard layouts per user **Technical Architecture:** - Backend: FastAPI with WebSocket endpoints for real-time data - Log aggregation: tail container logs via Docker API, stream to frontend - Metrics: Prometheus-compatible scraping or direct container stats - Auth: JWT with RBAC (roles: admin, deployer, viewer) - Storage: PostgreSQL (config, users, incidents) + Redis (real-time metrics cache) - Frontend: Next.js with WebSocket hooks for live updates **Framework Development Required:** *jestech-api additions:* - WebSocket support (connection management, rooms, broadcasting) - Server-Sent Events (SSE) for simpler one-way streaming - Redis caching layer with TTL and invalidation - Role-based access control (RBAC) middleware - API pagination helpers (cursor-based and offset) - Docker API integration helpers *@jestech/ui additions:* - WebSocket hooks (useRealtimeData, useWebSocket, usePresence) - Terminal/log viewer component (monospace, auto-scroll, search, ANSI colors) - Tabs component - Command palette (Cmd+K overlay with fuzzy search) - Loading skeletons - Avatar and user menu dropdown - Responsive grid layout system (draggable widgets) - Status indicator dot (animated pulse for live) - Timeline component (for incident history) **Why Second:** Gives us the real-time infrastructure (WebSockets, SSE) that powers interactive features in every future product. Also directly useful for managing all Jestech deployments — replaces manual SSH + jestech-deploy CLI with a web UI. **Revenue Potential:** DevOps SaaS for small teams ($10-30/mo per team). Could integrate with GitHub/GitLab for broader appeal. **Deployment:** commandpost.jestech.org

Comments (2)

Administrator3/29/2026

## Evaluation | Dimension | Score | |-----------|-------| | Feasibility | 7/10 | | Market Fit | 7/10 | | Effort (inverted) | 5/10 | | Strategic Alignment | 9/10 | | **Total** | **28/40** | ### Notes WebSocket infrastructure is complex but well-documented. Real-time log streaming and deployment management are directly useful internally. Builds the real-time layer every future product needs. Higher effort due to WebSocket state management and RBAC. --- Auto-advancing to **planning** (score ≥ 28).

Administrator3/29/2026

**Stage transition:** planning → prototyping Built at C:\Projects\commandpost. 18 tests passing. WebSocket log streaming, deploy management, incident timeline.

Created: 3/29/2026, 6:42:42 AM
Updated: 3/29/2026, 7:00:06 AM