Roadmap

Now

Notification and subscription system - Subscribe to courses and get alerts on seat availability, waitlist movement, and detail changes (time, location, professor, seats). DB schema exists.
RateMyProfessor integration - Show professor ratings inline with search results and course details.
Professor name search filter - Filter search results by instructor. Backend code exists but is commented out.
Subject/major search filter - Search by department code (e.g. CS, MAT). Also partially implemented.
Autocomplete for search fields - Typeahead for course titles, course numbers, professors, and terms.
Test coverage expansion - Broaden coverage with pure function tests (term parsing, search parsing, job types), session/rate-limiter tests, and more DB integration tests.
Web course search UI - Add a browser-based course search interface to the dashboard, supplementing the Discord bot.

Smart time-of-day search parsing - Support natural queries like "2 PM", "2-3 PM", "ends by 2 PM", "after 2 PM", "before 2 PM" mapped to time ranges.
Section-based lookup - Search by full section identifier, e.g. "CS 4393 001".
Search result pagination - Paginated embeds for large result sets in Discord.
Multi-term querying - Query across multiple terms in a single search instead of one at a time.
Historical analytics - Track seat availability over time and visualize fill-rate trends per course or professor.
Schedule builder - Visual weekly schedule tool for assembling a conflict-free course lineup.
Professor stats - Aggregate data views: average class size, typical waitlist length, schedule patterns across semesters.

Degree audit helper - Map available courses to degree requirements and suggest what to take next.
Dynamic scraper scheduling - Adjust scrape intervals based on change frequency and course count (e.g. 2 hours per 500 courses, shorter intervals when changes are detected).
DM support - Allow the Discord bot to respond in direct messages, not just guild channels.
"Classes Now" command - Find classes currently in session based on the current day and time.
CRN direct lookup - Look up a course by its CRN without going through search.
Metrics dashboard - Surface scraper and service metrics visually on the web dashboard.
Privileged error feedback - Detailed error information surfaced to bot admins when commands fail.