Stages

Houdini AI Assistant: Development Roadmap

▶️ Stage 1 – Initial Launch (v0.1.0)

• Core features:

  • Primary AI integration (Gemini API)

  • Houdini scene analysis + contextual answers

  • Network and HDA generation from prompt (beta)

  • Built-in documentation + Houdini-style UI

• Goal: attract first users + gather substantial feedback

▶️ Stage 2 – Multi-AI Integration (v0.1.5)

• New features:

  • Support for GPT (OpenAI)

  • In-app AI selector

  • Modular system to quickly add other AIs (Claude, Mistral, ...)

• Benefit: users can choose their preferred AI; broader appeal

▶️ Stage 3 – RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) (v0.2.0)

• New features:

  • Automatic import and indexing of all projects and HDAs from a folder

  • Advanced search + answers grounded in the user’s own docs and projects

  • Option to run RAG locally (no cloud)

• Benefit: AI responds as if it were “trained” on the user’s projects

▶️ Stage 4 – Chain of Thought (CoT) & Mixture of Experts (MoE) (v0.2.5)

• New features:

  • Advanced step-by-step reasoning mode (visible in the UI)

  • MoE → split tasks across specialized AIs:

    • AI for Houdini Python code

    • AI for VEX / wrangles

    • AI for procedural logic

    • AI for performance optimization

• Benefit: more accurate and specialized answers