# Project State

## Project Reference

See: .planning/PROJECT.md (updated 2026-01-19)

**Core value:** Maintain ownership of the reasoning process - you stay the author who can explain the "why" behind every decision, not a passenger consuming agent output.
**Current focus:** Phase 1.8 - Add Workflows and Templated Artifacts

## Current Position

Phase: 1.8 of 6 (Add Workflows and Templated Artifacts)
Plan: 3 of 3 in current phase (Phase complete)
Status: Phase complete
Last activity: 2026-01-31 — Completed 01.8-03-PLAN.md

Progress: [█████████░] 82% (Phase 0-1.8 complete)

## Performance Metrics

**Velocity:**
- Total plans completed: 23
- Average duration: 3.1 min
- Total execution time: 1.33 hours

**By Phase:**

| Phase | Plans | Total | Avg/Plan |
|-------|-------|-------|----------|
| 1. Foundation & Templates | 4 | 22 min | 5.5 min |
| 1.2 Audit & Fix Template Coherence | 3 | 7 min | 2.3 min |
| 1.3 Context Lifecycle & Workflow Decomposition | 5 | 17.5 min | 3.5 min |
| 1.4 Enrich Checkpoint Workflow | 2 | 5.9 min | 3.0 min |
| 1.5 Evaluation Framework | 2 | 8 min | 4.0 min |
| 1.7 Refactor Artifacts for Grep Synergy | 4 | 18 min | 4.5 min |
| 1.8 Add Workflows & Templated Artifacts | 3 | 5.5 min | 1.83 min |

**Recent Trend:**
- Last 5 plans: 01.7-04 (3 min), 01.8-01 (1.5 min), 01.8-02 (3 min), 01.8-03 (1 min)
- Trend: Consistent velocity (~1-3 min per plan)

*Updated after each plan completion*

## Accumulated Context

### Roadmap Evolution

- Phase 0 added retroactively: GSD Pattern Analysis (completed via Quick 001)
- Phase 1.1 inserted after Phase 1: Allow Flexible Token Budget (URGENT) - handle token budget flexibility discovered after Phase 1 completion
- Phase 1.2 inserted after Phase 1: Audit and fix template coherence for single-agent sessions (URGENT) - user found confusion when reading templates, must fix before Phase 2 uses them
- Phase 1.3 inserted after Phase 1.2: Context Lifecycle, Coaching Model & Workflow Decomposition (URGENT) - eval findings revealed context rot as core problem, need to document coaching philosophy and decompose protocol into per-workflow files
- Phase 1.4 inserted after Phase 1.3: Enrich Checkpoint Workflow (URGENT) - enhance checkpoint workflow discovered after Phase 1.3 completion
- Phase 1.5 inserted after Phase 1.4: Evaluation Framework for GSD-lite (URGENT) - build eval sequence with simulated repo, step-by-step prompts, reference responses, and eval notes for iterative QC
- Phase 1.6 inserted after Phase 1.5: Fix agent overriding examples in scaffolded file (URGENT) - commands are under ~/.config/opencode
- Phase 1.7 inserted after Phase 1.6: Refactor artifacts and protocols and workflows to synergy with grep (URGENT)
- Phase 1.8 inserted after Phase 1.7: Add workflows and templated artifacts for codebase mapper and new project inspired from GSD upstream workflows (URGENT)

### Decisions

Decisions are logged in PROJECT.md Key Decisions table.
Recent decisions affecting current work:

- [Previous decisions preserved...]
- README context engineering rationale (01.4-02): Artifacts ultra-trimmed for agents, README provides reasoning/overview for humans (serves both audiences)
- Standard Library Only (01.5-01): Enforced no external dependencies for evaluation sandbox (portability/speed)
- Idempotent Load (01.5-01): DB load step clears data to support repeated test runs
- WORK.md perpetual lifecycle (01.7-01): WORK.md is now perpetual with user-controlled housekeeping, not ephemeral
- STATE.md deprecated (01.7-01): State tracking merged into WORK.md Current Understanding section
- housekeeping.md workflow (01.7-01): Unified workflow for PR extraction and archiving, replaces promotion.md
- Grep-first behavior (01.7-01): PROTOCOL.md teaches grep patterns and read_to_next_pattern with fallbacks
- Pair programming philosophy (01.7-02): All workflows transformed from hierarchical "task executor" to collaborative "thinking partner"
- First Turn Protocol (01.7-02): Agents must talk to user before writing artifacts on first turn
- Confirmation loops (01.7-02): All workflows end substantive responses with [YOUR TURN] explicit handoffs
- Root README placement (01.7-03): Repository README documents philosophy for users, not template README for agents
- Semantic CICD principles (01.7-03): Core principles documented with observable/testable criteria to prevent regression
- STATE.md fully removed (01.7-04): Deleted STATE.md completely, all references updated to WORK.md
- Final workflow set (01.7-04): 5 core workflows (moodboard, whiteboard, execution, checkpoint, housekeeping) - removed promotion.md and revisit.md
- Example pattern safety (01.7-04): WORK.md examples use [EXAMPLE-NNN] to prevent grep confusion with real [LOG-NNN] entries
- ARCHITECTURE.md single-file merge (01.8-01): Merged 7 OG GSD files into single ARCHITECTURE.md template
- PROJECT.md lightweight structure (01.8-01): Dropped Validated/Active/Out of Scope lifecycle for simple 5-section format
- Templates generalized (01.8-01): Both templates work for any project type (web apps, CLI, dbt, Docker, monorepos)
- Success Criteria as 5000ft view (01.8-01): PROJECT.md Success Criteria connects WORK.md logs to overall intent
- Single-agent codebase mapping (01.8-02): map-codebase.md does sequentially what OG GSD does with 4 parallel agents
- Conversational project init (01.8-02): new-project.md uses questioning instead of Context7/WebSearch
- Workflow structure consistency (01.8-02): All workflows follow same pattern (Coaching, First Turn, Process, Sticky Notes)
- Grep-first discovery (01.8-02): map-codebase.md uses ls/find/grep instead of reading every file
- Vision Reflection pattern (01.8-02): new-project.md reflects understanding before writing PROJECT.md
- Utility workflow routing (01.8-03): PROTOCOL.md has Utility Workflows section with soft gates
- Soft gates pattern (01.8-03): Utility workflows suggest, don't block (helpful but not mandatory)

### Pending Todos

1. **Run evaluations using the new framework** - Execute the scenario with Claude Sonnet/Gemini Pro and grade them. (Next step)

### Blockers/Concerns

None.

### Quick Tasks Completed

| # | Description | Date | Commit | Directory |
|---|-------------|------|--------|-----------|
| 001 | Duplicate .claude to gsd_reference and suggest GSD context engineering patterns | 2026-01-20 | d6b75ce | [001-duplicate-claude-to-gsd-reference-and-su](./quick/001-duplicate-claude-to-gsd-reference-and-su/) |
| 002 | Research gsd-lite template distribution methods | 2026-01-22 | 0cac6fd | [002-research-gsd-lite-template-distribution-](./quick/002-research-gsd-lite-template-distribution-/) |

## Session Continuity

Last session: 2026-01-31
Stopped at: Completed 01.8-03-PLAN.md (Phase 1.8 complete - Router integration for utility workflows)
Resume file: None

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*State initialized: 2026-01-19*
*Last updated: 2026-01-31 (Completed 01.8-03 - Phase 1.8 complete)*
