Narrative
Your automations deserve better than a flat list and a static diagram. SO1 Rover’s Automation Control surface reimagines what workflow orchestration looks like — interactive node graphs you can click to inspect, hierarchical suite organisation, real-time execution timelines, and full lifecycle management without writing a line of YAML.Key Messages
- Mission Control, not a dashboard — Live stats, activity heatmaps, and smart polling that accelerates when your workflows are running. Every execution is visible, every node is inspectable.
- Interactive Orbital canvas — Click any node to see its full configuration, parameters, and execution history. Not a screenshot of your DAG — a living, navigable graph.
- Suite hierarchy — Tag-based workflow grouping that scales from 5 automations to 500. Collapsible sections, cross-workflow search, and visual status indicators.
- Full CRUD from the cockpit — Create, edit, clone, and delete workflows without touching config files. Tag management built into the editing flow.
- Execution intelligence — Run with custom payloads via an inline JSON editor. Per-node timing bars show exactly where your workflow spent time. Failed nodes are highlighted with error context.
Angles
- Developer tools angle: “The automation cockpit that GitHub Actions should have been”
- Platform angle: “n8n power, Rover control — orchestration that works at your speed”
- Design angle: “Mars palette. Dark-first. Built for operators who live in their terminals”
Distribution
- Product Hunt launch copy emphasising the visual diff vs competitors
- Twitter/Bluesky thread: screen recordings comparing Rover Orbital view vs Kestra/GH Actions topology
- Blog post: “Why we replaced Mermaid with React Flow — building an interactive orchestration canvas”
- Dev community posts (HN, Reddit r/selfhosted): “Show HN: Open-source automation control plane with interactive node graphs”