Capability Graph Explorer
Capability Graph Explorer is a research tool for tracing manufacturing bottlenecks — where they sit in dependency trees, why they're hard, and how they evolve over time.
Two modes: forward-looking (what gates an emerging product?) and retrospective (replay a mature product's bottleneck sequence).
Currently exploring: 300,000 RMB parcel-sorting robot — a 300,000 RMB parcel-sorting robot for small-warehouse logistics in 2025-China.
Current Graph
313 nodes
597 edges
226 evidence items
Visual signals on the graph
Three glyphs you'll see across nodes — the legend stays the same in graph and product views.
- Bottleneck — currently gating progress; rendered with a dashed amber border.
- Key technology — intrinsically hard to develop — quantitative-vs-qualitative difference for any product depending on it.
- Decomposition frontier — research goes here next; decomposition stopped but the subtree is known to be incomplete.
Graph view
Layered, bottleneck, or full canvas. Expand subsystems one layer at a time.
Validation gate
Evidence/coverage score for the active product. Reports are generated by the local CLI.
npm run gate -- --target low_cost_parcel_sorting_robot_300k_rmb --dry-runResearch tasks
Backlog scoped to the active v0 graph; deferred fixture tasks listed separately.
Product view
Active focus product: dependencies, key metrics, sibling architectures, rolled-up cost.