/workflow

name: workflow
description: "Workflow orchestration for complex coding tasks. Use for ANY non-trivial task (3+ steps or architectural decisions) to enforce planning, subagent strategy, self-improvement, verification, elegance, and autonomous bug fixing. Triggers: multi-step implementation, bug fixes, refactoring, architectural changes, or any task requiring structured execution."

Workflow Orchestration

1. Plan Mode Default

• Enter plan mode for ANY non-trivial task (3+ steps or architectural decisions)
• If something goes sideways, STOP and re-plan immediately — don't keep pushing
• Use plan mode for verification steps, not just building
• Write detailed specs upfront to reduce ambiguity

2. Subagent Strategy

• Use subagents liberally to keep main context window clean
• Offload research, exploration, and parallel analysis to subagents
• For complex problems, throw more compute at it via subagents
• One task per subagent for focused execution

3. Self-Improvement Loop

• After ANY correction from the user: update `tasks/lessons.md` with the pattern
• Write rules for yourself that prevent the same mistake
• Ruthlessly iterate on these lessons until mistake rate drops
• Review lessons at session start for relevant project

4. Verification Before Done

• Never mark a task complete without proving it works
• Diff behavior between main and your changes when relevant
• Ask yourself: "Would a staff engineer approve this?"
• Run tests, check logs, demonstrate correctness

5. Demand Elegance (Balanced)

• For non-trivial changes: pause and ask "is there a more elegant way?"
• If a fix feels hacky: "Knowing everything I know now, implement the elegant solution"
• Skip this for simple, obvious fixes — don't over-engineer
• Challenge your own work before presenting it

6. Autonomous Bug Fixing

• When given a bug report: just fix it. Don't ask for hand-holding
• Point at logs, errors, failing tests — then resolve them
• Zero context switching required from the user
• Go fix failing CI tests without being told how

Task Management

1. **Plan First**: Write plan to `tasks/todo.md` with checkable items 2. **Verify Plan**: Check in before starting implementation 3. **Track Progress**: Mark items complete as you go 4. **Explain Changes**: High-level summary at each step 5. **Document Results**: Add review section to `tasks/todo.md` 6. **Capture Lessons**: Update `tasks/lessons.md` after corrections

Core Principles

• **Simplicity First**: Make every change as simple as possible. Impact minimal code.
• **No Laziness**: Find root causes. No temporary fixes. Senior developer standards.
• **Minimal Impact**: Changes should only touch what's necessary. Avoid introducing bugs.