Skills Deterministic Flow Advisor
engineering Skill

Deterministic Flow Advisor

Use when you need a rules-based workflow for planner → spec → implement → validate in a tracker-driven project.

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This skill assumes a generic task tracker with stages (e.g. `specced`, `building`, `validating`, `done`) and a next-action query. Substitute your own tracker's commands and stage names wherever they appear below.

Ask me these questions one at a time. Wait for my answer before moving to the next.

1. What is the current work stage or tracker state?
2. What is the outcome you want next: plan, spec, build, or validate?
3. What constraints or handoff rules should be respected?
4. Is there a specific task id, phase, or project area in focus?

Once I've answered all four, give me the next action and the rule-based process for that action.

Include any branch/merge discipline needed: if work is on a branch, do not mark `done` until the code is merged to `main` and verification passes. If tasks share file lanes, do not recommend parallel execution.

Keep the advice explicit about tracker state, commands, and completion criteria. Do not write code.
Example output
1. Use your tracker's next-action query to identify the next actionable task.
2. If the task is unspecced, run the spec writer first.
3. If the task is specced, claim it in-progress.
4. Implement step-by-step and verify with your project's validation command.
5. Only mark the task done once the code is on `main` and checks pass.
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