Roadmap
Brieflow is a portfolio demo being built in the open. Here's what works today and what comes next.
Working now
Sign-in and roles
One-click demo accounts for admin, manager, accountant, staff and client.
Access rules
Every query is limited to your organization, and clients to their own company. Covered by automated tests.
Dashboard
Revenue, outstanding and overdue amounts, a 12-month revenue chart and work lists.
Clients, projects and invoices
Searchable tables, a project board, detail pages and CSV export.
Mark invoices paid
Records the payment and writes the audit log in one transaction.
Team, permissions and audit log
Who can do what, and a record of every change.
Client portal
Clients see their own projects, files, comments and invoices, and pay online.
Online payments
A clearly labelled demo checkout today; Stripe test mode switches on when connected.
Comments
For the agency team and clients; staff choose what the client sees.
Nightly demo reset
Restores the sample data and fetches the day's ECB exchange rates.
REST API
Read-only v1 for clients, projects and invoices, with hashed API keys, rate limits and public docs.
In progress
Target: Friday 30 October 2026Live demo on a hosted database
Connecting the production database so the demo sign-in works on this site.
AI assistant
Built and tested: answers questions about clients, projects and invoices through the same access rules. Goes live once a free-tier model key is added.
File uploads
Built: private storage, type checks and access-checked downloads. Goes live once file storage is connected.
Next
Target: November 2026Webhooks and API keys in settings
Signed webhooks for automation tools, and creating or revoking API keys from the app.
Emails and real-time notifications
Invoice emails and live updates when a client comments or pays.
Invoice PDFs
Download any invoice as a PDF.
Preview modules go live
Pipeline first, then time tracking, expenses, HR, support and reports.