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Summary

A new feature called the Glass Elevator was built end-to-end for the SO1 Rover platform. It gives a single-pane-of-glass view across all 20+ GitHub organizations — pull requests, issues, CI status, and gists — with premium tiers gated by Polar subscriptions. The entire product was also rebranded from “Console” to “The Rover” with new domain names.

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What this means for the business

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Multi-org visibility is now a product

Previously, checking GitHub activity required visiting each org individually. The Elevator aggregates everything into one dashboard with tabs for orgs, PRs, issues, gists, and AI-generated insights (stale PRs, failing CI, repos with no CI). This is the first feature designed for customers managing multiple GitHub organizations.

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Payment infrastructure is live

Polar subscription gating is wired in from day one. Three tiers:
  • Free: org list, repos, PRs, issues, gists
  • Pro: CI status monitoring, insights engine, gist state transitions
  • Team: reserved for future features
The webhook endpoint (/webhooks/polar) handles subscription lifecycle events (created, updated, revoked, canceled). No manual subscription management needed.

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Gists become a managed pipeline

GitHub gists are surfaced as first-class ideation artifacts with a 5-stage review pipeline: Raw → Tasting → Approved/Rejected → Archived. Team members can transition gists through states with notes and tags. State is stored in a dedicated GitHub repo (so1-io/.elevator), keeping everything git-auditable.

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Brand is now consistent

BeforeAfter
console.so1.iorover.so1.io
control.so1.io / api.so1.iomission.so1.io
Product name: “Console”Product name: “The Rover”
Old domains should be configured as 301 redirects. The Vercel project ID (prj_vLB70j1kdBXUi9a0apGBYgk9lyzR) stays the same — just needs domain reassignment.

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Action items

  1. Vercel: Add rover.so1.io as primary domain, configure console.so1.io as redirect
  2. DNS: Point mission.so1.io at the BFF container
  3. Polar: Create the SO1 product with Free/Pro/Team tiers in Polar dashboard
  4. GitHub: Create the so1-io/.elevator state repo (private)
  5. Environment variables: Set ELEVATOR_ORGS (comma-separated org list) and ELEVATOR_STATE_REPO on the BFF
  6. Security: Rotate Clerk keys in .env.production — real secrets were found committed (gitignored but still a concern if the file was ever tracked)
  7. Dependabot: 12 vulnerabilities flagged (6 high) — review and patch

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Test coverage

101 new tests covering all backend routes, configuration logic, and the insights engine. All passing. Existing test suite unaffected. See also: Technical findings