Roadmap Flow Check — the browser companion

Roadmap Flow Check is a small Chrome and Edge extension that helps you turn planning content you already have open in the browser — a Jira board, a Confluence page, a Notion doc, a Slack thread, a Google Doc, an Azure DevOps backlog — into a checked, import-ready starting point for a roadmap. It runs entirely on your machine and never uploads what it reads.

What it does

Roadmap Flow Check captures planning text only when you ask it to, scores how ready that content is to become roadmap items, and hands you a file you can bring into Roadmap Flow.

• Capture — click the extension and choose: Check selected text, Scan visible page, Paste planning notes, or Import a CSV. Nothing is read until you pick an action.
• Check — it extracts candidate initiatives and grades the capture from 0–100: Strong (80+), Partial (50–79), or Weak (under 50). The score reflects gaps a roadmap reviewer would ask about — missing outcome, owner, status, target, priority, risk, unresolved decisions and dependencies, and weak titles. It only reports gaps; it never invents content.
• Export — download a .roadmapflow-check.json package (recommended) or a CSV, or copy the readiness summary to the clipboard.

Back in Roadmap Flow, open Share → Import a checked companion package, review the candidates, tick the ones you want, choose the destination roadmap, workstream, and owner team, and append only those. Each imported item keeps its source link and capture notes.

When to use it

• You are reading a planning doc and spot a handful of things that belong on the roadmap.
• You want a quick, honest read on whether some notes are roadmap-ready before you start typing items.
• You want to capture from a tool Roadmap Flow does not import directly (Notion, Confluence, Slack, Google Docs).

When not to use it

• To migrate a whole backlog. For a structured bulk import with column mapping, use Share → Import CSV from Jira or Azure DevOps (Team). Roadmap Flow Check deliberately warns you when a single capture exceeds 25 candidates.
• To keep a roadmap in sync with the source tool. It is a one-time capture, not a connection — there is no sync, no write-back, and no account.

3-minute flow

1. Install Roadmap Flow Check from the Chrome or Edge store and pin it.
2. Open the planning page. Select the text you care about (cleaner than scanning the whole page).
3. Click the extension → Check selected text.
4. Read the readiness score and the top gaps.
5. Click Export to Roadmap Flow to download the .roadmapflow-check.json.
6. In Roadmap Flow: Share → Import a checked companion package, select the candidates and their destination, then append.

Best use cases

• Pulling three or four initiatives out of a long strategy doc.
• A fast readiness check on rough planning notes before a drafting session.
• Capturing from Notion or Confluence, which have no direct importer.

Common mistakes

• Scanning a whole backlog page and importing everything — capture a focused selection instead.
• Treating the readiness score as a grade on your strategy. It scores how complete the capture is, not whether the plan is good.
• Expecting it to update the source — it is one-way capture by design.

Related guide pages

• Capture planning notes with Roadmap Flow Check
• Share — exports and transfer
• Importing items from Jira or Azure DevOps
• Local-first workspaces

Availability

Free. Roadmap Flow Check works with every plan — Free, Pro, and Team — and so does importing its packages into Roadmap Flow. It is a separate browser extension, not part of the desktop install, and it keeps everything it reads on your machine.