/workflow

name: workflow
description: "Starts and manages autonomous agent workflows. Triggers: workflow, start workflow, autonomous agents, agent pipeline."
user-invocable: true
effort: max
argument-hint: "[type] [task description]"
context: fork
agent: orchestrator
model: opus
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Agent, TeamCreate, TeamDelete, SendMessage, TaskCreate, TaskList, TaskUpdate, TaskGet, TaskOutput, TaskStop

/workflow - Autonomous Agent Workflow

$ARGUMENTS

Autonomous software delivery

For `autonomous-development`, or an explicit request to carry a brief, spec, issue or existing PR through implementation, review, QA and required CI, invoke `/autonomous-dev` with the original task. It owns the run, durable state and completion gate; do not also start the generic workflow below or initialize a second run. Preserve existing approvals and inherited model/permission settings. Use `/autonomous-dev resume <run-id>` for an interrupted run and `/autonomous-dev status <run-id>` for read-only progress.

Step 1 — Select workflow type

Is production DOWN?               → incident-response
Performance degraded >50%?        → performance-optimization
Bug spanning multiple layers?     → debugging
Warning / trend?                  → proactive-troubleshooting
Planned infra change?             → infrastructure-change
Planned app deploy?               → application-deploy
New feature (full stack)?         → feature-development
New feature (backend only)?       → backend-feature
New feature (frontend only)?      → frontend-feature
New API endpoint?                 → api-design
Schema / migration change?        → database-evolution
Boost test coverage?              → test-coverage
Security assessment?              → security-audit
Exploring unfamiliar codebase?    → codebase-onboarding
Technical research / spike?       → spike
Autonomous task-to-PR delivery?    → autonomous-development (autonomous-dev)

Step 2 — Define success criteria (MANDATORY)

Cannot proceed without:

Deliverables: [what outputs are expected]
Verification: [how to verify — tests, metrics, commands]
Definition of done: [quality bar]

Present to user and wait for approval.

Step 3 — Spawn agents via Agent tool

Launch agents **in parallel where independent, sequentially where dependent**. Use the `Agent` tool — never do the work inline.

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Existing workflows

**`debugging`**

# Sequential diagnosis:
Agent(subagent_type="debugger",              prompt="Diagnose issue, 5 Whys, propose solution options. READ-ONLY.")
Agent(subagent_type="explorer-agent",        prompt="Trace call path across layers. READ-ONLY.")
# Parallel fix:
Agent(subagent_type="backend-specialist",    prompt="Implement fix. Own files: src/")
Agent(subagent_type="test-engineer",         prompt="Write regression test. Own files: tests/")
# Sequential:
Agent(subagent_type="documenter",            prompt="Document in kb/troubleshooting/ if recurring.")

**`incident-response`**

Agent(subagent_type="incident-responder",    prompt="Triage, root cause, immediate mitigation. READ-ONLY.")
# After triage:
Agent(subagent_type="backend-specialist",    prompt="Apply fix. Own files: src/")
Agent(subagent_type="documenter",            prompt="Write postmortem (MANDATORY). Own files: kb/")

**`performance-optimization`**

Agent(subagent_type="performance-optimizer", prompt="Profile, identify bottlenecks, propose fixes. READ-ONLY.")
Agent(subagent_type="backend-specialist",    prompt="Implement optimizations. Own files: src/")
Agent(subagent_type="test-engineer",         prompt="Benchmark before/after. Own files: tests/benchmarks/")
Agent(subagent_type="documenter",            prompt="Document baseline and results. Own files: kb/")

**`infrastructure-change`**

Agent(subagent_type="infrastructure-architect", prompt="Design change, create architecture note. Own files: docs/")
Agent(subagent_type="devops-implementer",       prompt="Implement infra changes. Own files: docker/, .github/, infra/")
Agent(subagent_type="security-auditor",         prompt="Review for security issues. READ-ONLY.")
Agent(subagent_type="test-engineer",            prompt="Smoke tests and health checks. Own files: tests/")
Agent(subagent_type="documenter",               prompt="Runbook + deployment docs. Own files: kb/")

**`application-deploy`**

Agent(subagent_type="devops-implementer",    prompt="Execute deployment. Own files: .github/, scripts/")
Agent(subagent_type="test-engineer",         prompt="Post-deploy smoke tests.")
Agent(subagent_type="documenter",            prompt="Release notes. Own files: kb/")

**`proactive-troubleshooting`**

Agent(subagent_type="debugger",              prompt="Investigate warning/trend, assess risk. READ-ONLY.")
Agent(subagent_type="performance-optimizer", prompt="Check performance metrics. READ-ONLY.")
Agent(subagent_type="backend-specialist",    prompt="Apply preventive fix if needed. Own files: src/")
Agent(subagent_type="documenter",            prompt="Update monitoring/alerting docs. Own files: kb/")

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New workflows

**`feature-development`** — full stack feature, plan → implement → test → ship

# Sequential planning:
Agent(subagent_type="project-planner",       prompt="Requirements, acceptance criteria, task breakdown. Own files: docs/")
Agent(subagent_type="explorer-agent",        prompt="Find integration points in codebase. READ-ONLY.")
# Parallel implementation:
Agent(subagent_type="backend-specialist",    prompt="API routes, business logic, data layer. Own files: src/api/, src/services/")
Agent(subagent_type="frontend-specialist",   prompt="UI components, state management. Own files: src/components/, src/pages/")
Agent(subagent_type="database-architect",    prompt="Schema changes + migrations if needed. Own files: migrations/")
# Parallel validation:
Agent(subagent_type="test-engineer",         prompt="Unit + integration tests. Own files: tests/")
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