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Updated the README.md to reflect new skill commands and improved descriptions for various workflows, including the addition of new skills like /test-spec, /code-review, and /release. Enhanced clarity on session boundaries and flow resolutions in the auto-chaining process.

Removed the implementer agent file as it is no longer needed. Updated coderule and meta-rule documents to enforce stricter testing and implementation standards, ensuring real results are produced rather than simulated ones.

Revised the autodev flow documentation to include a new release step and clarified the retrospective process. Adjusted the testing rules to specify coverage thresholds for critical paths.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Oleksandr Bezdieniezhnykh
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Workflow for projects with an existing codebase. Structurally it has **two phases**:
- **Phase A — One-time baseline setup (Steps 18)**: runs exactly once per codebase. Documents the code, produces test specs, makes the code testable, writes and runs the initial test suite, optionally refactors with that safety net.
- **Phase B — Feature cycle (Steps 917, loops)**: runs once per new feature. After Step 17 (Retrospective), the flow loops back to Step 9 (New Task) with `state.cycle` incremented.
- **Phase B — Feature cycle (Steps 917, loops)**: runs once per new feature. After Step 17 (Retrospective), the flow loops back to Step 9 (New Task) with `state.cycle` incremented. Step 16.5 (Release) sits between Deploy (16) and Retrospective (17).
A first-time run executes Phase A then Phase B; every subsequent invocation re-enters Phase B.
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| 14 | Security Audit | security/SKILL.md | Phase 15 (optional) |
| 15 | Performance Test | test-run/SKILL.md (perf mode) | Steps 15 (optional) |
| 16 | Deploy | deploy/SKILL.md | Step 17 |
| 16.5 | Release | release/SKILL.md | Phase 16 |
| 17 | Retrospective | retrospective/SKILL.md (cycle-end mode) | Steps 14 |
After Step 17, the feature cycle completes and the flow loops back to Step 9 with `state.cycle + 1` — see "Re-Entry After Completion" below.
@@ -287,21 +288,43 @@ State-driven: reached by auto-chain from Step 15 (completed or skipped).
Action: Read and execute `.cursor/skills/deploy/SKILL.md`.
After the deploy skill completes successfully, mark Step 16 as `completed` and auto-chain to Step 17 (Retrospective).
After the deploy skill completes successfully, mark Step 16 as `completed` and auto-chain to Step 16.5 (Release).
---
**Step 16.5 — Release**
State-driven: reached by auto-chain from Step 16, for the current `state.cycle`.
Action: Read and execute `.cursor/skills/release/SKILL.md`. The release skill owns its own user interaction (Phase 1 pre-release gate, Phase 2 strategy select, Phase 6 escalation). Autodev does NOT add a wrapping A/B/C gate. Pass cycle context (`cycle: state.cycle`).
After the release skill exits, route on the verdict:
- **Verdict `Released`** → mark Step 16.5 `completed` and auto-chain to Step 17 (Retrospective in cycle-end mode).
- **Verdict `Released-with-override`** → mark Step 16.5 `completed` AND auto-chain to Step 17 (Retrospective in **incident mode**).
- **Verdict `Rolled-Back`** → mark Step 16.5 `failed`. Auto-chain to Step 17 (Retrospective in **incident mode**). The cycle does NOT loop back to Step 9.
- **Verdict `Aborted`** → mark Step 16.5 `not_started` (no live-system change) OR `failed` (live-system touched before abort). Surface the abort reason and STOP. Next `/autodev` invocation re-evaluates Phase B from the failed step.
---
**Step 17 — Retrospective**
State-driven: reached by auto-chain from Step 16, for the current `state.cycle`.
State-driven: reached by auto-chain from Step 16.5 with a `Released`, `Released-with-override`, or `Rolled-Back` verdict, for the current `state.cycle`.
Action: Read and execute `.cursor/skills/retrospective/SKILL.md` in **cycle-end mode**. Pass cycle context (`cycle: state.cycle`) so the retro report and LESSONS.md entries record which feature cycle they came from.
Action: Read and execute `.cursor/skills/retrospective/SKILL.md`. Mode selection:
After retrospective completes, mark Step 17 as `completed` and enter "Re-Entry After Completion" evaluation.
- Step 16.5 verdict `Released` → cycle-end mode
- Step 16.5 verdict `Released-with-override` or `Rolled-Back` → incident mode
Pass cycle context (`cycle: state.cycle`) so the retro report and LESSONS.md entries record which feature cycle they came from.
After retrospective completes:
- If Step 16.5 verdict was `Released` or `Released-with-override` → mark Step 17 as `completed` and enter "Re-Entry After Completion" evaluation (loop back to Step 9 for cycle N+1).
- If Step 16.5 verdict was `Rolled-Back` → mark Step 17 as `completed` but do NOT loop back. Surface the incident retro path and STOP.
---
**Re-Entry After Completion**
State-driven: `state.step == done` OR Step 17 (Retrospective) is completed for `state.cycle`.
State-driven: `state.step == done` OR Step 17 (Retrospective) is completed for `state.cycle` AND Step 16.5 verdict was `Released` or `Released-with-override`. A `Rolled-Back` cycle does NOT trigger Re-Entry — the user must explicitly invoke `/autodev` again.
Action: The project completed a full cycle. Print the status banner and automatically loop back to New Task — do NOT ask the user for confirmation:
@@ -316,7 +339,7 @@ Action: The project completed a full cycle. Print the status banner and automati
Set `step: 9`, `status: not_started`, and **increment `cycle`** (`cycle: state.cycle + 1`) in the state file, then auto-chain to Step 9 (New Task). Reset `sub_step` to `phase: 0, name: awaiting-invocation, detail: ""` and `retry_count: 0`.
Note: the loop (Steps 9 → 17 → 9) ensures every feature cycle includes: New Task → Implement → Run Tests → Test-Spec Sync → Update Docs → Security → Performance → Deploy → Retrospective.
Note: the loop (Steps 9 → 17 → 9) ensures every feature cycle includes: New Task → Implement → Run Tests → Test-Spec Sync → Update Docs → Security → Performance → Deploy → Release → Retrospective. The cycle only completes (and loops back to Step 9) on a `Released` or `Released-with-override` verdict; rolled-back or aborted releases stop the cycle.
## Auto-Chain Rules
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| Update Docs (13) | Auto-chain → Security Audit choice (14) |
| Security Audit (14, done or skipped) | Auto-chain → Performance Test choice (15) |
| Performance Test (15, done or skipped) | Auto-chain → Deploy (16) |
| Deploy (16) | Auto-chain → Retrospective (17) |
| Retrospective (17) | **Cycle complete** — loop back to New Task (9) with incremented cycle counter |
| Deploy (16) | Auto-chain → Release (16.5) |
| Release (16.5, verdict Released) | Auto-chain → Retrospective (17, cycle-end mode) |
| Release (16.5, verdict Released-with-override) | Auto-chain → Retrospective (17, **incident mode**) |
| Release (16.5, verdict Rolled-Back) | Auto-chain → Retrospective (17, **incident mode**); cycle does NOT loop back |
| Release (16.5, verdict Aborted) | STOP — surface abort reason; do not auto-chain |
| Retrospective (17, after Released / Released-with-override) | **Cycle complete** — loop back to New Task (9) with incremented cycle counter |
| Retrospective (17, after Rolled-Back) | Cycle remains incomplete — STOP and surface incident retro path |
## Status Summary — Step List
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| 14 | Security Audit | — |
| 15 | Performance Test | — |
| 16 | Deploy | — |
| 16.5 | Release | `DONE (Released | Released-with-override | Rolled-Back | Aborted)` |
| 17 | Retrospective | — |
All rows accept the shared state tokens (`DONE`, `IN PROGRESS`, `NOT STARTED`, `FAILED (retry N/3)`); rows 2, 4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15 additionally accept `SKIPPED`.
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Step 14 Security Audit [<state token>]
Step 15 Performance Test [<state token>]
Step 16 Deploy [<state token>]
Step 16.5 Release [<state token>]
Step 17 Retrospective [<state token>]
```
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# Greenfield Workflow
Workflow for new projects built from scratch. Flows linearly: Problem → Research → Plan → UI Design (if applicable) → Test Spec → Decompose → Implement + Product Completeness Gate → Code Testability Revision → Decompose Tests → Implement Tests → Run Tests → Test-Spec Sync → Update Docs → Security Audit (optional) → Performance Test (optional) → Deploy → Retrospective.
Workflow for new projects built from scratch. Flows linearly: Problem → Research → Plan → UI Design (if applicable) → Test Spec → Decompose → Implement + Product Completeness Gate → Code Testability Revision → Decompose Tests → Implement Tests → Run Tests → Test-Spec Sync → Update Docs → Security Audit (optional) → Performance Test (optional) → Deploy → Release → Retrospective.
## Step Reference Table
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|------|------|-----------|-------------------|
| 1 | Problem | problem/SKILL.md | Phase 14 |
| 2 | Research | research/SKILL.md | Mode A: Phase 14 · Mode B: Step 08 |
| 3 | Plan | plan/SKILL.md | Step 16 + Final |
| 3 | Plan | plan/SKILL.md | Step 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5 (ADR Capture), 5, 6 + Final |
| 4 | UI Design | ui-design/SKILL.md | Phase 08 (conditional — UI projects only) |
| 5 | Test Spec | test-spec/SKILL.md | Phases 14 |
| 6 | Decompose | decompose/SKILL.md (implementation task decomposition) | Step 1 + Step 1.5 + Step 2 + Step 4 |
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| 14 | Security Audit | security/SKILL.md | Phase 15 (optional) |
| 15 | Performance Test | test-run/SKILL.md (perf mode) | Steps 15 (optional) |
| 16 | Deploy | deploy/SKILL.md | Step 17 |
| 16.5 | Release | release/SKILL.md | Phase 16 |
| 17 | Retrospective | retrospective/SKILL.md (cycle-end mode) | Steps 14 |
## Detection Rules
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Action: Read and execute `.cursor/skills/deploy/SKILL.md`.
After the deploy skill completes successfully, mark Step 16 as `completed` and auto-chain to Step 17 (Retrospective).
After the deploy skill completes successfully, mark Step 16 as `completed` and auto-chain to Step 16.5 (Release).
---
**Step 16.5 — Release**
State-driven: reached by auto-chain from Step 16.
Action: Read and execute `.cursor/skills/release/SKILL.md`. The release skill is responsible for selecting the target environment, executing the deploy artifacts, smoke-testing, watching the rollout, and producing a definitive verdict (`Released`, `Released-with-override`, `Rolled-Back`, or `Aborted`).
The release skill has its own internal BLOCKING gates (Phase 1 pre-release gate, Phase 2 strategy select, Phase 6 user confirmation when soft regression escalates). Autodev does NOT add a wrapping A/B/C gate — the release skill owns its own user interaction.
After the release skill exits:
- **Verdict `Released`** → mark Step 16.5 `completed` and auto-chain to Step 17 (Retrospective in cycle-end mode).
- **Verdict `Released-with-override`** → mark Step 16.5 `completed` AND auto-chain to Step 17 (Retrospective in **incident mode**) — the override is itself an incident the retrospective must analyze.
- **Verdict `Rolled-Back`** → mark Step 16.5 `failed`. Auto-chain to Step 17 (Retrospective in **incident mode**). Do NOT consider the project "Done" — the user owns the next move (re-run /implement on a fix branch, re-run /deploy, re-run /release).
- **Verdict `Aborted`** → mark Step 16.5 `not_started` (the release was never started) OR `failed` if the abort came after Phase 3 had already touched the live system. Surface the abort reason and STOP — do not auto-chain to retrospective.
---
**Step 17 — Retrospective**
State-driven: reached by auto-chain from Step 16.
State-driven: reached by auto-chain from Step 16.5 with a `Released` or `Released-with-override` verdict, OR from a `Rolled-Back` verdict (in incident mode).
Action: Read and execute `.cursor/skills/retrospective/SKILL.md` in **cycle-end mode**. This closes the cycle's feedback loop by folding metrics into `_docs/06_metrics/retro_<date>.md` and appending the top-3 lessons to `_docs/LESSONS.md`.
Action: Read and execute `.cursor/skills/retrospective/SKILL.md`. Mode selection:
- Step 16.5 verdict `Released` → cycle-end mode
- Step 16.5 verdict `Released-with-override` or `Rolled-Back` → incident mode
The retrospective closes the cycle's feedback loop by folding metrics into `_docs/06_metrics/retro_<date>.md` (or `incident_<date>_release.md` in incident mode) and appending the top-3 lessons to `_docs/LESSONS.md`.
After retrospective completes, mark Step 17 as `completed` and enter "Done" evaluation.
---
**Done**
State-driven: reached by auto-chain from Step 17. (Sanity check: `_docs/04_deploy/` should contain all expected artifacts — containerization.md, ci_cd_pipeline.md, environment_strategy.md, observability.md, deployment_procedures.md, deploy_scripts.md.)
State-driven: reached by auto-chain from Step 17. (Sanity check: `_docs/04_deploy/` should contain all expected artifacts — containerization.md, ci_cd_pipeline.md, environment_strategy.md, observability.md, deployment_procedures.md, deploy_scripts.md. `_docs/04_release/` should contain at least one `release_<version>_<env>_<timestamp>.md` with a `Released` verdict — or the user has explicitly chosen to handle release outside autodev.)
Action: Report project completion with summary. Then **rewrite the state file** so the next `/autodev` invocation enters the feature-cycle loop in the existing-code flow:
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| Update Docs (13, done or skipped) | Auto-chain → Security Audit choice (14) |
| Security Audit (14, done or skipped) | Auto-chain → Performance Test choice (15) |
| Performance Test (15, done or skipped) | Auto-chain → Deploy (16) |
| Deploy (16) | Auto-chain → Retrospective (17) |
| Deploy (16) | Auto-chain → Release (16.5) |
| Release (16.5, verdict Released) | Auto-chain → Retrospective (17, cycle-end mode) |
| Release (16.5, verdict Released-with-override) | Auto-chain → Retrospective (17, **incident mode**) |
| Release (16.5, verdict Rolled-Back) | Auto-chain → Retrospective (17, **incident mode**); do NOT enter Done |
| Release (16.5, verdict Aborted) | STOP — surface abort reason; do not auto-chain |
| Retrospective (17) | Report completion; rewrite state to existing-code flow, step 9 |
## Status Summary — Step List
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| 14 | Security Audit | — |
| 15 | Performance Test | — |
| 16 | Deploy | — |
| 16.5 | Release | `DONE (Released | Released-with-override | Rolled-Back | Aborted)` |
| 17 | Retrospective | — |
All rows also accept the shared state tokens (`DONE`, `IN PROGRESS`, `NOT STARTED`, `FAILED (retry N/3)`); rows 4, 12, 13, 14, 15 additionally accept `SKIPPED`.
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Step 14 Security Audit [<state token>]
Step 15 Performance Test [<state token>]
Step 16 Deploy [<state token>]
Step 16.5 Release [<state token>]
Step 17 Retrospective [<state token>]
```