CubicSDR/docs/PRIORITY.md

Priority Next Steps

Recommended actions after architecture documentation review. Items are ordered by priority and dependency.

Source Code Fixes

#	Action	Risk	Effort	Notes
1	Fix 17m band range in BookmarkMgr.cpp	Low	5 min	Change to ITU 18.068-18.168 MHz. Check if adjacent bands need adjustment.
2	Fix CMakeLists.txt source/header mismatches	None	10 min	5 entries in wrong category. Doesn't break build but misrepresents structure.

Documentation Improvements

#	Action	Risk	Effort	Notes
3	Add CONTRIBUTING.md	None	1 hr	Build instructions, code style, PR process. Currently missing.
4	Add CHANGELOG.md	None	1 hr	Version history. Currently missing.
5	Add Doxygen config	None	2 hr	API docs generation. Currently missing.
6	Improve README.md	None	30 min	Add inline build instructions (currently only on external wiki).

Code Quality (from RECOMMENDATIONS.md)

Execute in this order per docs/PLAN.md:

#	Plan	Risk	Effort	Dependencies
7	Fix .gitignore	None	5 min	None
8	Add unit tests	Low	2-3 days	None
9	Add CI test execution	Low	2 hours	#8
10	Replace reinterpret_cast type punning	Low	1 day	None
11	Modernize CMake	Low-Med	1-2 days	None
12	Split AppFrame.cpp	Low	1 day	None
13	Resolve open TODOs	Low	1 day	#11, #12
14	Replace raw new/delete	Medium	1 day	#8
15	Remove MSVC C4996 suppression	Medium	1-2 days	None
16	Update vendored dependencies	High	3-5 days	None