Living roadmap

Where our kitchen is headed.

A calm view of the work around ChaoFanCard, from dependable video-to-card imports to the ideas that could make everyday cooking feel clearer.

Three kitchen stages

From working foundation to open questions.

Each stage describes confidence and focus, without attaching promises to dates.

Current product focus

Now

The product foundation we are actively operating, validating, and preparing for launch.

Import foundationIn active development

Public links into reviewable recipe cards

Authenticated imports accept supported public links, queue them for processing, and turn available video or image evidence into recipe drafts with ingredients, amounts, and steps.

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Access & plansPre-launch work

Accounts, free access, and Pro readiness

Email and Google sign-in, account controls, monthly import allowances, and paywall prompts are in the app. Store checkout and purchase restoration are still being connected before launch.

Directional status: the access experience is being finished, not sold as live billing.

Cookbook foundationIn the app

Review, edit, and organize your cards

Imported cards keep source context alongside editable ingredients and numbered steps, with folders and tags available to help a growing cookbook stay usable.

Prioritized next

Next

Improvements we expect to tackle after the current launch foundation is ready.

Import confidencePrioritized

Make uncertain drafts easier to review

Show the useful evidence and limitations more clearly so cooks can quickly spot missing amounts, unclear timing, or steps that deserve a second look.

Cookbook flowPlanned

Smoother filtering as the cookbook grows

Refine folders, tags, search, and everyday navigation so saved recipes remain easy to find without adding a heavy library system.

At the counterPlanned

A calmer cooking view

Explore larger type, step focus, and hands-busy behavior for the moments when a phone is beside the stove and attention belongs to the food.

Community discoveryPlanned

A public marketplace for cookbooks

Explore a public place to discover and share curated cookbooks, with clear creator attribution, privacy controls, and thoughtful moderation before it becomes a commitment.

Research horizon

Exploring

Early ideas that need evidence, design work, and careful testing before they become commitments.

Recipe qualityUnder research

Evidence-informed recipe improvements

Explore how source evidence, cook corrections, and recurring patterns could help flag contradictions and make future drafts clearer—without pretending every suggestion is certain.

A quality direction, not an automatic accuracy promise.

SharingExploring

Cook-to-cook sharing and print-friendly cards

Consider simple, privacy-conscious ways to pass along a recipe card or print it for the counter without requiring someone else to recreate the whole app.

Broader kitchen contextExploring

Substitution notes and more public sources

Study helpful ingredient notes and additional public recipe sources as reliability, policy, and the quality of available evidence allow.

Little Chao listening with a recipe card

Help shape the next dish

Have a kitchen problem worth solving?

Tell us which feeds you save from or where a recipe card becomes difficult to use. Useful feedback helps us choose what belongs on the next board.