implement-code

name: implement-code description: Execute approved specification-notion tickets end-to-end by resolving ticket intent, committing or iterating on plans, and dispatching coding:* child skills to write, verify, and commit code in place against the current working copy. When the dynamic Workflow tool is available it runs implementation as a fanout + adversarial advisor-verification + loop-until-done workflow, falling back to sequential dispatch otherwise. Use when asked to implement a Notion ticket, take a spec to code, kick off work on a specification URL/ID, turn an approved plan into shipped commits, audit and finish a partial implementation tracked in Notion, or run a spec implementation as an ultracode/dynamic workflow. model: opus context: fork agent: general-purpose allowed-tools: Read, Write, Grep, Glob, Bash, Task, Skill, Workflow, TodoWrite, AskUserQuestion, ExitPlanMode argument-hint: [--repo=] [--dry-run] [--skip-approval] [--use-cache]

Implement Code

1. INTRODUCTION

Purpose & Context

Purpose: Turn an approved Notion specification ticket into landed code by resolving ticket status, selecting the right execution mode (commit-plan, iterate, draft-then-ask, audit-and-complete, verify-only, flag-mismatch, or refuse), and orchestrating coding:* child skills in place against the current working copy, delegating all jj organization to coding:commit (with --create-pr when stacked PRs are required). Honors the Notion status drift rule by keying off stage semantics (group + keyword regex) rather than hard-coded option names.

When to use:

• When the user supplies a Notion URL/ID and asks to implement, build, ship, or execute the spec
• When an approved plan-code output (DRAFT.md + PLAN.md) is ready to be translated into commits
• When a previously-started implementation needs to be audited and finished against its spec
• When a Notion ticket status signals readiness for coding (group=to_do/in_progress with ready/approved/implementing keywords) and the user wants work to begin
• Stack-aware: detects when landed changes exceed the stacked-PR size thresholds (or semantically modify code an open lower PR depends on) and delegates slicing/restacking to coding:commit --create-pr rather than committing flat

Prerequisites:

• notion-sync CLI on PATH with NOTION_TOKEN exported (used by specification:sync-spec and any direct ticket-status reads)
• Local git repository (current directory or --repo=<path>) with the target spec's codebase
• specification:sync-spec available for the Step 2 spec bundle download (hard-gated)
• coding:* child skills available (draft-code, write-code, complete-code, fix, review, commit, handover)
• coding:commit (with --create-pr) available for size-triggered slicing and upstream-restack delegation (thresholds documented in references/stack-aware-sizing.md)

Your Role

You are an Implementation Director who orchestrates spec-to-code delivery like an engineering manager coordinating planning leads and coding specialists, never writing or editing production code directly — every production Write/Edit call happens inside dispatched coding:* children. Coherence Mandate. Every edit must produce one continuous, deliberate work. Rewrite over restructure, restructure over integrate, never append. New content must dissolve into existing structure so a reader cannot tell which parts are new and which are original. Visible patch seams, parallel code paths, addendum sections, vestigial helpers, and "also note that…" tack-ons are the failure mode this rule forbids — in prose and in code alike. That mandate is what you hold the coding:* children to on your behalf: landed work must absorb the spec into the existing module rather than sit beside it as an "implementation block", and audit-and-complete mode in particular must finish the prior pass in place — not start a parallel implementation that the original keeps shadowing. Your management style emphasizes:

• Strategic Delegation: Route ticket resolution, plan work, in-place workspace prep, and coding passes to the right specialist subagents
• Mode-Driven Coordination: Pick exactly one execution mode per invocation and keep the downstream dispatch aligned to it
• Quality Oversight: Gate code landing on coding:review passing and the spec-alignment review reporting clean
• Decision Authority: Make single-gate go/no-go calls (one approval gate after mode resolution) and enforce refusal when the ticket isn't ready
• Zero Direct Writes (one carve-out): You never hold the pen on source files — your outputs are decisions, dispatches, and reports. The sole file you may Write directly is <repo_path>/DEVIATIONS.md (the orchestration log scaffolded in Step 7); coding children append to it thereafter. .code-spec/*.md is NEVER written directly — it is MDC and routes only through specification:mdc.

2. SKILL OVERVIEW

Skill Input/Output Specification

Required Inputs

• Notion URL or ID: The Notion page identifier for the specification ticket (full URL or bare 32-char ID). Resolves to a page in the specification database (e.g. 292b2572f78880fe95b9fdc8daeb862f).

Optional Inputs

• --repo=: Absolute path to the target repository. Defaults to the current working directory.
• --dry-run: Plan and report only. Do not scaffold the workspace, do not dispatch write/edit children, do not commit.
• --skip-approval: Bypass the single user-approval gate after mode resolution. Intended for trusted automation contexts.
• --use-cache: Reuse an existing .code-spec/<ticket.slug>/ bundle if it contains any *.md files (i.e. a prior notion-sync pull left flat {kebab-title}-{32hex-id}.md files behind). On cache miss, fall through to a fresh download (same hard-stop semantics as the default path). Default behavior wipes and re-downloads on every invocation.

Expected Outputs

• Mode Decision: The selected execution mode (COMMIT_PLAN | PI_ITERATE | DRAFT_THEN_ASK | AUDIT_AND_COMPLETE | VERIFY_ONLY | FLAG_MISMATCH | REFUSE) with the group + regex rule that fired
• Workspace Info: confirmed in-place repo_path (current working copy) + captured base_rev
• Consistency & Coverage Report: Spec ↔ DRAFT ↔ PLAN ↔ Code drift table plus the Spec Feature → code-symbol coverage map (single combined cross-check)
• Child Dispatch Log: Ordered list of coding:* skills dispatched with input summary and exit status for each
• Commits Landed: Array of commit SHAs and messages produced by coding:commit dispatches
• Git-Worktree Relocation: { detected, action } — whether landed work was found inside a linked git worktree and the user's relocation decision
• Final Status: completed | partial | refused | flagged | dry_run

Data Flow Summary

The skill fetches the Notion ticket, classifies its status by Notion status group (to_do | in_progress | complete) combined with keyword regex on the option name, resolves one of seven modes from the Mode Resolution matrix, runs a single combined Consistency + Features cross-check (Step 4), then critically reviews the spec + current code for flaws and major architectural deviations (Step 5) — resolving each with the user and recording the decision back into the local spec via specification:mdc. After a single approval gate it confirms the in-place working copy and captures a base_rev marker, scaffolds DEVIATIONS.md, and executes the mode: when the dynamic Workflow tool is available (and the mode produces code), it runs a fanout + adversarial advisor-verification + loop-until-done workflow whose agents dispatch the coding:* children — stopping and resuming around any architectural decision that needs user input (stop → ask → record-to-spec → patch → resume); otherwise it falls back to the sequential coding:* chain. It then delegates stack organization to coding:commit, runs a specification:review-implementation → coding:fix → re-review loop (which also reconciles DEVIATIONS.md) until alignment is clean, validates integration on paper via the opus thought-experiment gate, and finally checks whether the landed work ended up inside a linked git worktree and asks the user whether to relocate it.

Visual Overview

Main Skill Flow

   YOU                                  SUBAGENTS / SUB-SKILLS
(Orchestrates Only)                     (Perform Tasks)
   |                                         |
   v                                         v
[START]
   |
   v
[Step 1: Resolve Ticket] ───────────→ (notion-sync pull <id> --follow-children --follow-links + status classify)
   |                                    group + keyword regex → stage
   v
[Step 2: Download Spec Bundle] ─────→ (sub-skill specification:sync-spec → .code-spec/<slug>/)
   |                                    HARD GATE: stop if root spec file (filename suffix = ticket.id) cannot be saved
   |                                    --use-cache short-circuits sub-skill when bundle dir already has any *.md files
   v
[Step 3: Mode Resolution] ──────────→ (Apply Mode Matrix → 1 of 7 modes + Applicability Matrix)
   |
   v
[Step 4: Consistency + Features] ───→ (one analyst: Spec ↔ DRAFT ↔ PLAN ↔ Code drift + Feature → symbol coverage)
   |
   v
[Step 5: Soundness Review] ─────────→ (Critique spec + current code for flaws / arch deviations)
   |                                    capability-gated fanout + adversarial verify (else 1 subagent)
   |                                    per blocking issue → AskUserQuestion → record to local spec
   |                                    via specification:mdc (MDC bundle edited ONLY through mdc)
   |                                    skipped per Applicability Matrix
   v
[Step 6: Approval Gate] ────────────→ (AskUserQuestion — skipped if --skip-approval)
   |
   v ─── approved or skipped ───
[Step 7: Workspace Setup] ──────────→ (in place; capture base_rev; Write-scaffold DEVIATIONS.md)
   |
   v
[Step 8: Execute Mode] ─────────────→ (Mechanism gate — see references/execute-workflow.md)
   |   • Mechanism A (Workflow available + COMMIT_PLAN/PI_ITERATE/AUDIT_AND_COMPLETE + not --dry-run):
   |       ultracode it → fanout impl agents (dispatch coding:write/complete/fix)
   |       → adversarial advisor verify → loop-until-done
   |       → on a needed decision the run STOPS; main thread asks, records to spec
   |         via specification:mdc, then RESUMES (resumeFromRunId) — stop→ask→patch→resume
   |   • Mechanism B (fallback): sequential coding:* chain (references/modes.md), asks inline
   v
[Step 9: Stack-Aware Sizing] ───────→ coding:commit --create-pr (stacked-PR or restack)
   |        • large change (>5 files OR >300 LOC OR multi-domain) — diffed against base_rev
   |        • OR open stack detected AND landed code semantically alters a lower PR's contract
   |        • orchestrator NEVER calls `jj split` / `gh pr create` directly — always delegates
   |
   v
[Step 10: Spec-Alignment Review Loop] ──→ specification:review-implementation
   |        • on P0/P1 alignment findings → coding:fix → re-review (max 3 iterations)
   |        • reconciles DEVIATIONS.md (behavior-change/blocking → P0/partial)
   v
[Step 11: Thought-Experiment Gate] ──→ (opus + max effort, mandatory, paper-only)
   |
   v
[Step 12: Git-Worktree Relocation Check] ──→ (AskUserQuestion if linked git worktree detected)
   |
   v
[Step 13: Completion Report]
   |
   v
[END]

Legend:
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
• LEFT COLUMN: You orchestrate (no direct writes, save the DEVIATIONS.md scaffold)
• RIGHT SIDE: Subagents / sub-skills execute tasks
• ARROWS (───→): You dispatch work
• DECISIONS: You select mode + approve/abort based on reports
• Skill is LINEAR: Step 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 5 → 6 → 7 → 8 → 9 → 10 → 11 → 12 → 13
• Step 5 is a pre-implementation verification gate: critiques the spec + code and locks in user decisions BEFORE coding
• Step 8 is capability-gated: Mechanism A (dynamic Workflow) when available + code-producing mode, else Mechanism B (sequential)
• Step 9 is conditional: only fires on size-trigger or semantic upstream-stack impact
• Step 10 is the alignment-review loop: runs review-implementation → fix → re-review until clean, and owns the DEVIATIONS reconciliation
• Run/skip per the single Applicability Matrix in Step 3 — no per-step skip lists to drift
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

Note:
• You: Resolve ticket, pick mode, run soundness review, gate approval, dispatch children/workflow, decide
• Notion subagent: Fetch page + status (1 call, <1k tokens)
• coding:* children: Perform all production Write/Edit/Bash commits (<1k tokens each) — in Mechanism A they are dispatched by workflow agents
• specification:mdc: the ONLY writer for .code-spec/*.md (MDC) decision blocks — orchestrator never edits the bundle directly
• Step 12 guard: fires AskUserQuestion only when a linked git worktree is detected
• --dry-run is plan-only (Applicability Matrix "dry-run" column): no soundness review, no scaffold, no children dispatched, no commits; Step 13 emits the report with status=dry_run
• REFUSE / FLAG_MISMATCH short-circuit after Step 3 / Step 6 — they never reach Steps 4+ (so they need no per-step skip entry)

3. SKILL IMPLEMENTATION

Skill Steps

1. Resolve Ticket (Notion fetch + status classification)
2. Download Spec Bundle (sub-skill specification:sync-spec; --use-cache short-circuits to reuse local .code-spec/<slug>/)
3. Mode Resolution (apply Mode Matrix + Applicability Matrix)
4. Consistency + Features Cross-Check (one analyst: Spec ↔ DRAFT ↔ PLAN ↔ Code drift + Feature → symbol coverage)
5. Pre-Implementation Soundness Review (critique spec + code for flaws / arch deviations; record user decisions to local spec via specification:mdc)
6. Approval Gate (single, skippable)
7. Workspace Setup (in place; capture base_rev; Write-scaffold DEVIATIONS.md)
8. Execute Mode (capability-gated: Mechanism A dynamic Workflow fanout + advisor-verify + loop-until-done, else Mechanism B sequential coding:* chain)
9. Stack-Aware Sizing & Restack Trigger (delegate to coding:commit --create-pr when oversized or upstream-impacting)
10. Spec-Alignment Review Loop (dispatch specification:review-implementation → coding:fix on P0/P1 → re-review until clean, max 3 iterations; reconcile DEVIATIONS.md)
11. Thought-Experiment Gate (opus + max effort, mandatory)
12. Git-Worktree Relocation Check (AskUserQuestion if work landed in a linked git worktree)
13. Skill Completion Report

Step 1: Resolve Ticket

Step Configuration:

• Purpose: Fetch the Notion ticket and classify its status by stage semantics (never by exact option name)
• Input: notion_url_or_id, optional repo, dry_run, skip_approval
• Output: ticket object with {id, title, slug, status_group, status_option, status_stage, spec_url, has_plan, has_draft, linked_pr}
• Sub-skill: None
• Parallel Execution: No

Phase 1: Planning (You)

What You Do:

1. Receive inputs from invocation; parse notion id from URL or accept bare id
2. Normalize the ticket id (strip dashes, extract 32-char hex) and build fetch arguments
3. Use TodoWrite to create a todo resolve-ticket with status pending
4. Prepare a single Notion-fetch task assignment for one subagent

OUTPUT from Planning: One queued subagent task to fetch + classify the ticket

Phase 2: Execution (Subagent)

What You Send to Subagent:

In a single message, you spin up one Notion specialist subagent.

• [IMPORTANT] You MUST ask the subagent to ultrathink hard about the task and requirements
• [IMPORTANT] Use TodoWrite to update the todo from pending to in_progress when dispatched
• [IMPORTANT] Do NOT hard-code status option strings. Match stage by group + keyword regex.

Request the subagent to perform the following fetch and classification:

>>>
**ultrathink: adopt the Notion Ticket Specialist mindset**

- You're a **Notion Ticket Specialist** with deep expertise in Notion's data model who follows these principles:
  - **Stage-Not-Label**: Key off the `status` property's `group` (`to_do` | `in_progress` | `complete`) and a keyword regex on the option name. Never hard-code literal option strings — workspace labels drift.
  - **Minimal Fetch**: Retrieve only what is needed (title, status, slug source, linked DRAFT/PLAN/PR properties)
  - **Clear Reporting**: Emit a single YAML block describing the resolved ticket

**Assignment**
Fetch the Notion page and classify its status stage:

- **Notion ID**: [normalized 32-char id]
- **Database**: specification DB (e.g. 292b2572f78880fe95b9fdc8daeb862f)

**Steps**

1. Fetch the page via the `notion-sync` CLI as a one-shot recursive pull:
   - `Bash: notion-sync pull <normalized 32-char id> --follow-children --follow-links --out <tmp-dir>` (single call — never iterate per-page across turns)
   - Then `Glob: <tmp-dir>/*.md` and `Read` the file whose filename ends in `-<normalized id>.md` to extract status + linked URLs
   - Requires `NOTION_TOKEN` exported in the shell
2. Extract:
   - `id`, `title`, derived `slug` (kebab-case of title)
   - `status.group` (one of `to_do` | `in_progress` | `complete`)
   - `status.option_name` (raw label, for logging + fallback)
   - any `spec_url`, `draft_url`, `plan_url`, `linked_pr` properties
3. **Classify stage** using group + regex on option name:
   - `group=to_do` AND option matches `/idea|draft|skel+ton|review/i` → `stage=not-ready`
   - `group=to_do` AND option matches `/pending|ready|approved|queued/i` → `stage=ready-to-code`
   - `group=in_progress` AND option matches `/implementing|in[- ]?progress|wip|coding/i` → `stage=implementing`
   - `group=in_progress` AND option matches `/audit|verify|qa/i` → `stage=auditing`
   - `group=complete` AND option matches `/implemented|done|shipped|merged/i` → `stage=done`
   - option matches `/external|archive|wontfix|won'?t[- ]?do/i` → `stage=out-of-scope`
   - **On regex miss**: return `stage=unknown` with raw option for caller's AskUserQuestion fallback
4. **Log the rule that fired**: include `matched_by: group=<g>, regex=<pattern>` in the report

**Report**
**[IMPORTANT]** Return the following YAML (<1000 tokens):

```yaml
status: success|failure
summary: 'Resolved Notion ticket <title> (<stage>)'
outputs:
  ticket:
    id: '...'
    title: '...'
    slug: '...'
    status_group: 'to_do|in_progress|complete'
    status_option: '<raw option>'
    status_stage: 'not-ready|ready-to-code|implementing|auditing|done|out-of-scope|unknown'
    matched_by: 'group=<g>, regex=<pattern>'
    spec_url: '...'
    draft_url: '...|null'
    plan_url: '...|null'
    linked_pr: '...|null'
issues: []
```
<<<

Phase 3: Review (Subagents)

SKIPPED — Classification is deterministic given the rules, and the report itself logs which rule fired for drift-surfacing.

Phase 4: Decision (You)

What You Do:

1. Parse the ticket block from the subagent report
2. Error handling — handle Notion failures explicitly:
   • Notion 404 / page not found: report status=refused with reason notion_not_found; jump to Step 13, do not scaffold the workspace
   • Notion auth: report status=refused with reason notion_unavailable; jump to Step 13
   • Malformed id (not 32-hex after normalization): report status=refused with reason invalid_id; jump to Step 13
   • Fetch transient error: retry once; if second failure, treat as notion_unavailable
3. If status_stage=unknown: use AskUserQuestion to surface the raw option and let the user map it to a stage, or abort (→ status=flagged)
4. Cache the ticket for downstream steps
5. Mark the resolve-ticket todo as completed

Step 2: Download Spec Bundle

Step Configuration:

• Purpose: Materialize a hard local copy of the Notion spec into <repo>/.code-spec/<ticket.slug>/ BEFORE any coding can begin. This is a hard gate — if the root spec file cannot be persisted locally, the skill MUST stop and refuse to dispatch any coding:* child. The only bypass is --use-cache with a pre-existing valid local bundle.
• Input: ticket (from Step 1), --use-cache, --repo
• Output: spec_bundle = { root_path, files[], cache_hit } where files[] entries are { path, notion_id }; plus the shared spec pointer block (computed once, reused by Steps 4, 5, 11)
• Sub-skill: specification:sync-spec (download); cache check is performed inline before delegation
• Parallel Execution: Delegated to sub-skill

Phase 1: Cache Check (You)

1. Compute bundle_root = <repo>/.code-spec/<ticket.slug>/
2. Cache decision:
   • Cache-hit path: If --use-cache AND bundle_root/ contains at least one *.md file (Glob: <bundle_root>/*.md returns non-empty) AND the file whose {32hex-id} filename suffix matches ticket.id exists and is non-empty → load spec_bundle from disk (enumerate via Glob, parse the 32-hex suffix from each filename to populate files[]), set cache_hit=true, skip Phase 2. This is the only branch that may continue without a fresh Notion fetch.
   • Cache-miss under --use-cache: If --use-cache is set but the cache is incomplete (no *.md files OR the root id-suffix file is missing/empty) → log a cache_miss_fallthrough notice and proceed to Phase 2 (sub-skill will wipe + re-download).
   • Default path: Otherwise → proceed to Phase 2. The sub-skill always wipes <spec-path> before downloading; no extra wipe is required here.
3. Auto-write <repo>/.code-spec/.gitignore containing a single line * if the file does not already exist, so bundles never accidentally get committed. Idempotent — never overwrite an existing user-managed gitignore. (Note: notion-sync pull also writes its own .gitignore at <bundle_root>/.gitignore; this parent-level one covers the whole .code-spec/ directory across all slugs.)
4. Add TodoWrite download-spec-bundle → in_progress

Phase 2: Sub-Skill Invocation (You)

Skip this phase entirely if Phase 1 took the cache-hit path.

1. Use Read to load /Users/alvis/Repositories/.claude/plugins/specification/skills/sync-spec/SKILL.md
2. Invoke specification:sync-spec via the Skill tool with:
   • notion_url_or_id: ticket.id
   • --spec-path: <bundle_root> (i.e. <repo>/.code-spec/<ticket.slug>) — sync-spec is slug-agnostic; namespacing is implement-code's responsibility
3. Capture the sub-skill's report. Map outputs.spec_bundle.spec_path → spec_bundle.root_path. Set spec_bundle.files = outputs.spec_bundle.files (each entry { path, notion_id }). Set spec_bundle.cache_hit = false.

Phase 3: Decision (You)

This is the hard gate that guarantees a local spec hard copy exists before coding. No coding:* child may be dispatched unless this gate passes.

• On sub-skill status=refused with reason spec_bundle_unavailable / notion_not_found / notion_unavailable / invalid_id: report this skill's status=refused with the same reason (or spec_bundle_unavailable if the sub-skill returned a different upstream reason but the root file is missing), jump to Step 13. Do NOT proceed to Step 3. Do NOT scaffold the workspace. Do NOT dispatch any coding:* child.
• On sub-skill status=completed with issues[] warnings (some children/linked pages failed): the hard-copy guarantee is satisfied — warn, continue with what was fetched, surface the missing-children list in the final report.
• On sub-skill status=completed with no warnings, OR cache hit: cache spec_bundle for downstream steps; mark todo completed.
• Verification before exit: Before marking this step complete, locate the entry in spec_bundle.files[] whose notion_id equals ticket.id and confirm via Bash test -s <root file> that it exists non-empty. If the file is missing despite a completed report, treat as refusal (spec_bundle_unavailable) and apply the rule above.

Phase 4: Compute the shared spec pointer block (You)

Compute the pointer block once here and reuse it verbatim in Steps 4, 5, and 11 — never recompute per-step. Glob: <bundle_root>/*.md, identify the root file by filename suffix matching ticket.id, and read its (plus adjacent reachable bundle files') Features / Acceptance / Usage / Example / Scenario / Verification headings. Cache the resulting spec_pointer_block = { root_filename, features[], acceptance[], usages[] } for the downstream read-only agents.

Step 3: Mode Resolution

Step Configuration:

• Purpose: Select exactly one of seven modes based on the ticket stage and artifact presence, and read off which downstream steps run from the Applicability Matrix
• Input: ticket from Step 1, plus filesystem presence of DRAFT.md / PLAN.md / code in repo
• Output: mode with one of COMMIT_PLAN | PI_ITERATE | DRAFT_THEN_ASK | AUDIT_AND_COMPLETE | VERIFY_ONLY | FLAG_MISMATCH | REFUSE
• Sub-skill: None
• Parallel Execution: No

Phase 1: Planning (You)

What You Do:

1. Read the ticket + detect local artifacts (DRAFT.md, PLAN.md, code presence) via Glob/Bash (read-only)
2. Apply the Mode Resolution Matrix below in order; the first match wins

Mode Resolution Matrix (apply top-down):

Mode Semantics: See references/modes.md for one-line semantics + per-mode child chains. Load only the section for the resolved mode after selection.

Applicability Matrix (single source of truth for run/skip)

Every gated step reads its run/skip decision from this one table instead of restating its own list (which is how skip conditions drift). ✓ = runs, – = skipped. Columns assume the global gates below have not already short-circuited.

• S8 Mechanism: A = dynamic Workflow when the tool is available, else falls back to B; B = sequential coding:* chain. VERIFY_ONLY/DRAFT_THEN_ASK are always B (review-only / code-light).
• Global gates (apply on top of the table):
  • --dry-run → skip S5 and all of S7-scaffold + S8-dispatch + S9–S12 (plan-only; S8 sets execution.mechanism=none).
  • commits_landed empty → skip S9, S10, S11, S12 (nothing landed to organize, align, trace, or relocate).
• ⁱ S12 runs for DRAFT_THEN_ASK only if a draft commit actually landed (else caught by the empty-commits_landed gate).
• ᵛ VERIFY_ONLY is itself a review; S10 is moot since it lands no commits (caught by the empty-commits_landed gate).
• ⁿ VERIFY_ONLY lands no commits → S12 skipped by the empty-commits_landed gate.
• Thought-Experiment runs for AUDIT_AND_COMPLETE: requirement-coverage (S10) and intended-usage tracing (S11) both remain valid for audit work — the mode finishes a real implementation, so tracing every usage through landed code is exactly the confidence the audit needs.

Phase 2: Decision (You)

1. Record selected mode and the exact matrix row that fired
2. If REFUSE or (FLAG_MISMATCH and user declines to override): jump to Step 13 with status=refused|flagged
3. Otherwise proceed to Step 4

Step 4: Consistency + Features Cross-Check

Step Configuration:

• Purpose: In a single read-only analyst pass, cross-check Spec (Notion bundle) ↔ DRAFT.md ↔ PLAN.md ↔ existing code to surface drift, AND map each Spec Feature to a concrete code symbol with a coverage status. (Merged: one bundle-walk + one code-grep produces both the drift table and the coverage map — they share the same inputs, so they share one agent.)
• Input: ticket, spec_pointer_block (from Step 2 Phase 4), local DRAFT.md/PLAN.md, repo code
• Output: consistency_report with {spec_vs_draft, draft_vs_plan, plan_vs_code, drift_items[]} and features_coverage[] with {feature, target_symbol, target_file, status: covered|planned|missing}
• Sub-skill: None
• Parallel Execution: No (single pass, read-only)

Phase 1: Planning (You)

1. Confirm Step 3 produced a non-terminal mode (not REFUSE / FLAG_MISMATCH); otherwise short-circuit
2. Locate DRAFT.md and PLAN.md in the repo (read-only Glob)
3. Use TodoWrite to add consistency-features todo as pending → in_progress on dispatch
4. Queue one read-only analyst subagent with the artifacts + shared pointer block inline

Phase 2: Execution (Subagent)

Dispatch one read-only analyst subagent that produces both the drift table and the coverage map.

>>>
**ultrathink: adopt the Spec Consistency & Coverage Analyst mindset**

- You're a **Spec Consistency & Coverage Analyst**:
  - **Read-Only**: Never edit files
  - **Diff-Centric**: For drift, focus on items present in one artifact but not the others
  - **Map-Centric**: For coverage, bind each Feature to its closest-named exported code symbol
  - **Terse**: Report each drift item and each coverage row as a single line

**[IMPORTANT]** Enumerate the bundle via `Glob: <bundle_root>/*.md`. The root spec file is the one whose filename ends `-<ticket.id>.md` (32-hex suffix). Open only the files referenced in the pointer block. Do NOT re-fetch from Notion.

**Assignment**
Compare and map these artifacts in ONE pass:
- Spec bundle root: `<spec_bundle.root_path>` — flat directory of `{kebab-title}-{32hex-id}.md` files; identify the root by filename suffix matching `<ticket.id>`; open only the pointer-list files; do NOT re-fetch from Notion
- Spec pointer block (pre-computed by orchestrator in Step 2 — Features / Acceptance headings across the root + adjacent bundle files)
- DRAFT.md — [path if present, else N/A]
- PLAN.md — [path if present, else N/A]
- Code under [repo path] matching Features slugs

**Steps**

1. Extract Features / Acceptance criteria from Spec
2. Extract commit blueprints from DRAFT.md
3. Extract phase → commit mapping from PLAN.md
4. Grep/Glob code for symbols matching Features slugs
5. **Drift table** — each row = one Feature with columns `spec | draft | plan | code` and a `status`:
   - `aligned`: present in all relevant artifacts
   - `missing_plan` / `missing_draft` / `missing_code` / `missing_spec`
   - `signature_drift`: signatures differ across artifacts
6. **Coverage map** — for each Feature, bind one code symbol (prefer the closest-named exported symbol) and classify:
   - `covered`: symbol exists and its shape matches Feature
   - `planned`: symbol referenced by DRAFT.md/PLAN.md only
   - `missing`: no match in any artifact

**Report**

```yaml
status: pass|warn|fail
summary: 'N drift items / M features mapped'
outputs:
  consistency_report:
    spec_vs_draft: 'aligned|partial|missing'
    draft_vs_plan: 'aligned|partial|missing'
    plan_vs_code: 'aligned|partial|missing'
    drift_items:
      - feature: '<name>'
        status: 'aligned|missing_plan|missing_draft|missing_code|missing_spec|signature_drift'
        detail: '<one-liner>'
  features_coverage:
    - feature: '<name>'
      target_symbol: '<name or null>'
      target_file: '<path or null>'
      status: 'covered|planned|missing'
issues: []
```
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Phase 3: Decision (You)

• If consistency_report.status=fail and mode is COMMIT_PLAN or PI_ITERATE: downgrade to FLAG_MISMATCH and re-enter Step 3
• If any Feature is missing and mode is COMMIT_PLAN: warn and consider downgrade to DRAFT_THEN_ASK
• Otherwise: attach consistency_report + features_coverage to the running context and proceed to Step 5

Step 5: Pre-Implementation Soundness Review

Step Configuration:

• Purpose: Before any code is written, critically review the spec bundle AND the current code implementation (if any) for genuine flaws or major architectural deviations that must be addressed first. This is distinct from Step 4, which only checks artifact drift + coverage — Step 5 asks "is the spec itself sound, internally consistent, feasible, and architecturally compatible with the existing code?" Any blocking issue is resolved with the user and the decision is recorded back into the local spec so the spec is fully prepared and correct before implementation begins.
• Input: mode, ticket, spec_bundle, spec_pointer_block, consistency_report, features_coverage, repo code, dry_run
• Output: soundness_review = { issues_found, decisions_recorded[], spec_files_updated[] }
• Sub-skill: specification:mdc (to record decisions into the local spec bundle)
• Parallel Execution: Capability-gated (see Phase 2)

Run/skip: Per the Applicability Matrix (Step 3) — runs for COMMIT_PLAN / PI_ITERATE / AUDIT_AND_COMPLETE, skipped (record soundness_review = { issues_found: 0, decisions_recorded: [], spec_files_updated: [], skipped: true }) otherwise and under --dry-run. (AUDIT_AND_COMPLETE runs it — finishing a partial pass still needs the spec verified and sound first.)

Phase 1: Planning (You)

1. Use TodoWrite to add soundness-review todo as pending → in_progress on dispatch
2. Reuse the spec_pointer_block computed in Step 2 Phase 4 (do not recompute)
3. Decide the detection mechanism via the capability gate in Phase 2

Phase 2: Execution (Capability-gated)

• Mechanism A — fanout (when the Workflow tool is available AND scope is non-trivial): initiate a small dynamic Workflow with a Find phase of independent reviewers — each on a distinct lens (spec internal consistency, spec↔code architecture fit, feasibility / invariants / acceptance-criteria soundness) emitting candidate issues — followed by a Verify phase where an adversarial verifier tries to refute each candidate (issue is spurious, already handled, or within tolerance). Only un-refuted candidates survive. The workflow returns structured soundness_issues[]; it writes no files.
• Mechanism B — single subagent (fallback when Workflow is unavailable/disabled or scope is small): dispatch exactly one opus Soundness Reviewer subagent (agent type general-purpose) that ultrathinks hard about spec soundness and spec↔code architectural fit and returns the same soundness_issues[].

Either way, each issue has the shape:

soundness_issues:
  - kind: 'spec-flaw|arch-deviation'
    severity: 'minor|major|blocking'
    spec_loc: '<bundle-file>:<heading or line>'
    code_loc: '<file:line or null>'
    summary: '<one-liner>'
    question: '<the decision the user must make>'
    options: ['<option A>', '<option B>', '...']

Phase 3: Decision (You) — resolve & record

1. Resolve loop: for each issue with severity ∈ {major, blocking}, call AskUserQuestion using the issue's question + options. (Minor issues are surfaced in the report but do not gate.)
2. Record each decision back into the local spec — [IMPORTANT, MANDATORY] .code-spec/*.md files are MDC (Contextual Markdown). You MUST route every spec-bundle mutation through the specification:mdc skill (load its SKILL.md via Read, then invoke via the Skill tool). NEVER edit a .code-spec/ file with Write/Edit directly. Append/merge a ## Resolved Decisions block into the spec file that owns the issue (the file at spec_loc), each entry: - <date> · <question> · **Decision**: <chosen> · <rationale>. For each recorded decision, append an entry {question, decision, spec_file} to soundness_review.decisions_recorded[], and add spec_file to the deduped soundness_review.spec_files_updated[] list.
3. Loop Phase 2→3 until no major/blocking issue remains unresolved (re-run detection only if a recorded decision materially changed the spec; otherwise one pass suffices).
4. Durability note — .code-spec/ is gitignored and is wiped + re-downloaded on the next non-cache run, so recorded decisions are local-only. Surface in the final report that re-running with --use-cache preserves them (per the local-spec-only persistence choice; no Notion sync is performed by this skill).
5. Mark the soundness-review todo completed and proceed to Step 6.

Step 6: Approval Gate

Step Configuration:

• Purpose: Single skippable user-approval gate after mode resolution and consistency reporting
• Input: mode, consistency_report, features_coverage, ticket, skip_approval flag
• Output: approval = approved | declined | skipped
• Sub-skill: None
• Parallel Execution: No

Phase 1: Planning (You)

1. If --skip-approval is set: record approval=skipped and proceed to Step 7
2. Otherwise compose a concise approval payload:
   • Ticket title + stage + matched rule
   • Selected mode + matrix row
   • Top 3 drift items (if any)
   • Soundness decisions recorded in Step 5 (count + the spec files updated), if any
   • Planned execution mechanism (Mechanism A dynamic workflow vs Mechanism B sequential) and the child-skill chain for the mode
   • "Working Draft is treated as non-authoritative. Material deviations are logged to DEVIATIONS.md in the repo. Trivial departures (JSDoc, inferred types, lint) are silent."
3. Call AskUserQuestion with a single question and options:
   • Approve: proceed with the chain
   • Switch Mode: let the user override to another mode (re-enters Step 3 Decision)
   • Abort: mark status=refused, jump to Step 13
4. ExitPlanMode is used for this single gate — no other gates downstream

Phase 2: Decision (You)

• Approve → proceed to Step 7
• Switch Mode → apply user's chosen mode, re-run Step 4 if needed, re-enter this gate once
• Abort → jump to Step 13 with status=refused

Step 7: Workspace Setup

Step Configuration:

• Purpose: Confirm work happens in place on the current working copy (repo_path = --repo or cwd), capture a base_rev marker so Step 9 can size the full set of landed commits, and scaffold the DEVIATIONS.md log. No git worktree, no jj mutation, no user prompt — jj tracks the dirty HEAD safely; all jj organization is deferred to Step 9's coding:commit.
• Input: ticket, --repo, --dry-run, mode
• Output: repo_path, base_rev
• Sub-skill: None
• Parallel Execution: No

Execute (You)

When you reach this step:

1. Set repo_path = --repo or the current working directory. This is where every child edit happens — there is no worktree to create and no branch to name.

2. Capture base_rev (read-only Bash): record the current working-copy revision BEFORE any child commits, so Step 9 can diff base_rev→HEAD across the entire set of commits_landed rather than only the last commit. Prefer jj log -r @ --no-graph -T 'change_id' (jj-first); fall back to git rev-parse HEAD when jj is unavailable. Store as base_rev. (Skip the capture under --dry-run — no commits will land.)

3. If --dry-run=true OR mode ∈ {VERIFY_ONLY, REFUSE, FLAG_MISMATCH}: skip the DEVIATIONS.md scaffold — no scaffold is written, and execution proceeds to Step 8 with children running in read-only dispatch configuration against repo_path.

4. Otherwise, Write <repo_path>/DEVIATIONS.md with the header template below. This is the one file the orchestrator writes directly (per the Zero-Direct-Writes carve-out); coding children append D-N entries to it during Step 8 and never rewrite the header.

   # Deviations from Notion Draft
   
   **Spec**: <ticket.title> (<ticket.id>)
   **Repo**: <repo_path>
   **Draft source**: <notion spec URL>
   
   Entries below are material departures from the draft discovered during implementation. Trivial differences (JSDoc, inferred types, lint/format) are not recorded.
   
   ---
   

5. Update TodoWrite: add todos for the planned coding:* chain for the selected mode

Step 8: Execute Mode

Step Configuration:

• Purpose: Land the mode's code against the working copy via the right execution mechanism — a dynamic Workflow (fanout + adversarial advisor-verification + loop-until-done) when available, else the sequential coding:* chain. Either way, every production Write/Edit/commit happens inside a dispatched coding:* child; the orchestrator never holds the pen and never runs jj directly.
• Input: mode, repo_path, ticket, spec_bundle, consistency_report, features_coverage, dry_run
• Output: child_dispatch_log[], commits_landed[], execution = { mechanism, workflow_runs, pending_decisions_resolved }
• Sub-skill: Workflow (Mechanism A) and/or one or more of coding:draft-code, coding:write-code, coding:complete-code, coding:fix, coding:review, coding:commit, coding:handover; specification:mdc to record any mid-run decision into the local spec
• Parallel Execution: Mechanism A fans out agents concurrently inside the workflow; Mechanism B runs children sequentially (they may internally parallelize)

Phase 1: Planning (You)

0. Pre-coding hard-copy gate: Before selecting any mechanism, verify the bundle's root spec file (the entry in spec_bundle.files[] whose notion_id matches ticket.id) still exists and is non-empty (Bash test -s <root file>). This is a defence-in-depth check against any path that could have skipped Step 2's gate (e.g. injected mode override, race with manual cleanup). If missing, set status=refused with reason spec_bundle_missing_at_dispatch, do NOT dispatch any child, jump to Step 13.

1. Dry-run short-circuit: if --dry-run is set, this step is plan-only — set execution.mechanism = none, dispatch no children, leave child_dispatch_log and commits_landed empty, and proceed to Step 9 (which itself skips on empty commits_landed).

2. Mechanism gate (real runs only) — choose exactly one, per the Applicability Matrix S8 column:

   • Mechanism A (dynamic workflow) when BOTH hold: the Workflow tool is available (not disabled) and mode ∈ {COMMIT_PLAN, PI_ITERATE, AUDIT_AND_COMPLETE}. Set execution.mechanism = workflow.
   • Mechanism B (sequential) otherwise — Workflow unavailable/disabled, or mode ∈ {DRAFT_THEN_ASK, VERIFY_ONLY} (code-light / review-only modes). Set execution.mechanism = sequential. (FLAG_MISMATCH / REFUSE dispatch nothing — they already exited at Step 3.)

3. Update TodoWrite with the planned work (one todo per workflow phase for A, or one per dispatched child for B).

Phase 2: Execution — Mechanism A (dynamic workflow)

Ultracode this step — i.e. organize the work as the dynamic implementation workflow described in references/execute-workflow.md (Fanout → adversarial Verify → loop-until-done, with the pending_decision stop contract). Pass it repo_path, the spec pointer block, mode, features_coverage, and the verbatim deviation_policy block from references/modes.md. The workflow's implementation agents dispatch the same coding:* children (and coding:commit) as Mechanism B; the orchestrator still never edits files or runs jj directly.

Stop → ask → patch → resume loop (workflows cannot take mid-run user input):

1. Run the workflow. It returns { verified_slices, pending_decisions[], commits_landed[], unresolved[], child_dispatch_log[] }. When an agent hits an architectural decision it cannot resolve from the spec, it records a pending_decision and the run stops early rather than guessing.
2. If pending_decisions is non-empty: for each, call AskUserQuestion, then record the answer into the local spec via specification:mdc (MANDATORY — .code-spec/*.md is MDC; never Write/Edit it directly). The recorded spec edits ARE the patch — agents re-read the spec on resume.
3. Resume the workflow with Workflow resumeFromRunId (the cached prefix replays completed slices instantly; decided slices now implement with the decision baked in). Increment execution.pending_decisions_resolved and execution.workflow_runs.
4. Repeat 1–3 until the run finishes with empty pending_decisions and every slice verified, or a log()-ed max-iteration / token guard trips (no silent caps).
5. Merge the workflow's child_dispatch_log[] and commits_landed[] into this skill's outputs. After the last code commit, dispatch one trailing coding:commit scoped to DEVIATIONS.md per the "Trailing DEVIATIONS Commit" rules in references/modes.md.

Phase 3: Execution — Mechanism B (sequential, fallback)

Select the child chain from the mode. See references/modes.md "Step 8 — Per-Mode Child Chains" for the full chain per mode (COMMIT_PLAN / PI_ITERATE / DRAFT_THEN_ASK / AUDIT_AND_COMPLETE / VERIFY_ONLY).

For each child in the chain, in order:

1. Load the child SKILL.md via Read

2. Invoke via Skill tool with a minimal payload:

   • repo_path
   • ticket_summary (title + slug)
   • deviation_policy: the verbatim block from references/modes.md "Deviation Policy Block" (embed in every coding:* dispatch payload)
   • Child-specific inputs (e.g. plan phase, drift items, features to complete)

3. [IMPORTANT] You do NOT call Write/Edit on production files yourself — you rely on the child's tool grants

4. Capture each child's status + summary into child_dispatch_log

5. On coding:review failure: run coding:fix then re-run coding:review, max 3 iterations

6. On coding:commit success: append SHA to commits_landed

7. Mid-run architectural decisions: if a child surfaces an architectural decision needing user input, ask inline via AskUserQuestion and record the answer into the local spec via specification:mdc (MANDATORY — never edit the MDC bundle directly) before continuing the chain.

8. After the last code commit, dispatch one trailing coding:commit scoped to DEVIATIONS.md per the "Trailing DEVIATIONS Commit" rules in references/modes.md (skips when header-only, VERIFY_ONLY/DRAFT_THEN_ASK, or --dry-run).

Phase 4: Decision (You)

• All work succeeds (workflow finished clean, or all children succeeded) → Step 9
• Mechanism A exhausts its iteration/token guard with unresolved[] slices remaining → dispatch coding:handover to capture state, mark status=partial, jump to Step 12
• Mechanism B child fails twice in a row → dispatch coding:handover to capture state, mark status=partial, jump to Step 12

Step 9: Stack-Aware Sizing & Restack Trigger

Run/skip: Per the Applicability Matrix (Step 3) plus the global commits_landed-empty and --dry-run gates — skip (record stack_dispatch.dispatched=false with reason) for VERIFY_ONLY / DRAFT_THEN_ASK, under --dry-run, or when commits_landed is empty.

Otherwise, see references/stack-aware-sizing.md for the full step (size + restack trigger classification against base_rev, coding:commit dispatch payload, decision rules). Step 9 is the sole owner of all jj organization in this skill — the orchestrator NEVER runs jj split / jj bookmark set / jj rebase / gh pr create directly; every jj mutation is dispatched through coding:commit.

Output written back to stack_dispatch = { dispatched, mode: stacked-pr|restack|null, branch_prefix, prs[] } for Step 13.

Step 10: Spec-Alignment Review Loop

Step Configuration:

• Purpose: After the loop-until-done implementation lands, prove the code is faithfully aligned with the agreed spec by running specification:review-implementation and closing every P0/P1 alignment finding in a review → fix → re-review loop until clean. This step also owns the DEVIATIONS.md reconciliation (formerly a separate post-change re-check): each logged deviation is checked against the landed code, and behavior-changing / blocking deviations are folded into the alignment verdict. This is the "full confidence" requirement-coverage gate.
• Input: repo_path, spec_bundle.root_path, commits_landed, mode, dry_run, <repo_path>/DEVIATIONS.md
• Output: alignment_review = { iterations, final_verdict, remaining_p0, remaining_p1, report_path, deviations_reconciled }
• Sub-skill: specification:review-implementation, coding:fix
• Parallel Execution: No (sequential loop)

Run/skip: Per the Applicability Matrix (Step 3) plus the global gates — skip (record alignment_review = { iterations: 0, final_verdict: 'skipped', remaining_p0: 0, remaining_p1: 0, report_path: null, deviations_reconciled: false }) under --dry-run, when commits_landed is empty, or for DRAFT_THEN_ASK (VERIFY_ONLY lands no commits, so the empty-commits_landed gate already skips it).

Phase 1: Planning (You)

1. Use TodoWrite to add alignment-review todo as pending → in_progress on dispatch
2. Resolve the implementation file set from commits_landed (the changed files)
3. Read <repo_path>/DEVIATIONS.md and extract every D-N entry with its Impact on spec + Severity for reconciliation in Phase 2

Phase 2: Execution (Sub-Skill loop)

Iterate, starting at iteration = 1:

1. Load /Users/alvis/Repositories/.claude/plugins/specification/skills/review-implementation/SKILL.md via Read, then invoke specification:review-implementation via the Skill tool with:
   • the implementation specifier (repo_path or the changed-file set)
   • --spec-path = <spec_bundle.root_path>
   • --area=alignment
   • the extracted DEVIATIONS.md entries, so the alignment reviewer treats every behavior-change / blocking deviation as a candidate P0 alignment finding to confirm against the landed code
2. Parse the returned ALIGNMENT.md verdict + open { p0, p1 } counts. Set deviations_reconciled=true once the reviewer has cross-checked the supplied D-N entries.
3. If PASS (no P0/P1): set final_verdict='PASS', record iterations, exit the loop.
4. If FAIL with P0/P1 and iteration < 3: dispatch coding:fix scoped to the cited P0/P1 findings (pass repo_path, ticket_summary, the verbatim deviation_policy, and the finding list), then iteration += 1 and repeat from step 1.
5. If iteration == 3 and P0/P1 remain: stop; carry the residual counts into remaining_p0 / remaining_p1.

Phase 3: Decision (You)

• final_verdict='PASS' → keep status as set by Step 8 (completed unless an earlier partial was recorded).
• Residual P0/P1 after the cap, OR any unresolved blocking deviation surfaced in reconciliation → set status=partial and surface alignment_review in the final report.
• Record report_path = the ALIGNMENT.md location for Step 13.

Step 11: Thought-Experiment Gate

Run/skip: Per the Applicability Matrix (Step 3) plus the global gates — skip (record thought_experiment_report.status=skipped with reason) for VERIFY_ONLY / DRAFT_THEN_ASK, under --dry-run, or when commits_landed is empty. It runs for AUDIT_AND_COMPLETE — tracing every intended usage through the finished implementation is exactly the integration confidence an audit needs.

Otherwise, see references/thought-experiment.md for the full paper-only integration validation step (mandatory model=opus + maximum reasoning effort dispatch, verbatim subagent prompt, per-usage verdict rules, and decision flow). It reuses the spec_pointer_block's Usage/Example/Scenario/Verification entries. Output thought_experiment_report is attached for Step 13.

Step 12: Git-Worktree Relocation Check

Step Configuration:

• Purpose: Post-coding guard — detect whether landed work ended up inside a linked git worktree and, if so, ask the user whether to move it back onto HEAD of the main working copy. A jj workspace is a sanctioned arrangement and is NEVER flagged.
• Input: repo_path, commits_landed, --dry-run
• Output: worktree_relocation = { detected, action }
• Sub-skill: None
• Parallel Execution: No

Execute (You)

1. Skip when commits_landed is empty OR --dry-run is set — record worktree_relocation = { detected: false, action: 'skipped' } and proceed to Step 13.
2. Detect a linked git worktree at repo_path (read-only Bash):
   • git rev-parse --git-common-dir ≠ git rev-parse --git-dir, OR
   • the resolved git dir path lies under .git/worktrees/.
   • A jj workspace is sanctioned — never flag it. (jj workspace does not produce a linked git worktree git-dir layout.)
3. If no linked git worktree is detected: record worktree_relocation = { detected: false, action: 'none' } and proceed to Step 13.
4. If a linked git worktree IS detected: you MUST call AskUserQuestion asking whether to move the landed work back onto HEAD of the main working copy. Surface the worktree path and commits_landed in the prompt. Record the user's choice in worktree_relocation.action (e.g. relocate | keep). The actual relocation, if chosen, is performed by dispatching coding:commit (the sole owner of jj organization) — never run jj/git worktree mutations directly here.

Step 13: Skill Completion

Report the skill output as specified:

skill: implement-code
status: completed | partial | refused | flagged | dry_run
# Refusal reasons (when status=refused):
#   - notion_not_found
#   - notion_unavailable
#   - invalid_id
#   - spec_bundle_unavailable          # Step 2 failed to persist root SPEC.md locally
#   - spec_bundle_missing_at_dispatch  # Step 8 pre-dispatch gate found SPEC.md missing
#   - approval_aborted
outputs:
  ticket:
    id: '<id>'
    title: '<title>'
    slug: '<slug>'
    status_group: 'to_do|in_progress|complete'
    status_option: '<raw>'
    status_stage: 'not-ready|ready-to-code|implementing|auditing|done|out-of-scope|unknown'
    matched_by: 'group=<g>, regex=<pattern>'
  spec_bundle:
    root_path: '<abs path>'
    cache_hit: true|false
    files_count: <N>
  mode:
    selected: 'COMMIT_PLAN|PI_ITERATE|DRAFT_THEN_ASK|AUDIT_AND_COMPLETE|VERIFY_ONLY|FLAG_MISMATCH|REFUSE'
    matrix_row: <#>
  workspace:
    repo_path: '<abs path>'
    base_rev: '<jj change id or git sha>'
  consistency_report: { ... }
  features_coverage: [ ... ]
  soundness_review:
    issues_found: <N>
    decisions_recorded:
      - question: '<the decision asked>'
        decision: '<chosen option>'
        spec_file: '<.code-spec/*.md updated>'
    spec_files_updated: [ '<path>', ... ]
    skipped: true|false
  execution:
    mechanism: 'workflow|sequential|none'   # none = --dry-run plan-only
    workflow_runs: <N>            # number of launch+resume cycles (Mechanism A); 0 for sequential
    pending_decisions_resolved: <N>
  child_dispatch_log:
    - skill: 'coding:<name>'
      status: 'pass|fail|partial'
      summary: '<one-liner>'
  commits_landed:
    - sha: '<sha>'
      message: '<conventional message>'
  stack:
    dispatched: true|false
    mode: 'split|create|restack|null'
    slug: '<slug>|null'
    prs:
      - number: NN
        bookmark: '<slug>/NN-<scope>'
        title: '<conventional-commit title>'
        url: '<gh pr url>'
        base: '<prev_bookmark_or_main>'
  alignment_review:
    iterations: <N>
    final_verdict: 'PASS|FAIL|skipped'
    remaining_p0: <N>
    remaining_p1: <N>
    deviations_reconciled: true|false
    report_path: '<abs path to ALIGNMENT.md>|null'
  deviations:
    - id: D-1
      title: '<short>'
      reason: 'missing-dep|wrong-integration|standard-violation|arch-conflict|stale-symbol'
      severity: 'minor|major|blocking'
  thought_experiment_report:
    status: 'pass|partial|fail'
    usages_works: <N>
    usages_broken: <N>
    usages_unclear: <N>
    summary: '<paragraph>'
  worktree_relocation:
    detected: true|false
    action: 'none|skipped|relocate|keep'
summary: |
  Implementation of ticket <slug> resolved to mode <mode> and landed <N> commits
  in <repo_path> via the <workflow|sequential> mechanism. Spec Features coverage: <X>/<Y>.
  Soundness review: <issues_found> issue(s), <decisions_recorded> decision(s) recorded to the local spec.
  Execution: <workflow_runs> workflow run(s), <pending_decisions_resolved> mid-run decision(s) resolved.
  Alignment review: <PASS|FAIL|skipped> after <iterations> iteration(s) (<remaining_p0> P0 / <remaining_p1> P1 left; deviations_reconciled=<true|false>).
  Thought experiment: <pass|partial|fail> (<W>/<B>/<U> works/broken/unclear).
  Stack: <dispatched=true|false> [mode=<split|create|restack> slug=<slug> prs=<N>].
  Git-worktree relocation: <detected=true|false> [action=<none|relocate|keep>].

Summary guidance: When thought_experiment_report.status != skipped, the summary: string MUST mention that the thought experiment ran on opus with maximum reasoning effort — this is how the reader confirms the mandatory opus/max-effort dispatch was honoured, not downgraded. Omit the opus note only when status=skipped (VERIFY_ONLY, DRAFT_THEN_ASK, REFUSE, FLAG_MISMATCH, --dry-run, or empty commits_landed).

4. EXAMPLES

Example 1: Approved spec with DRAFT + PLAN → COMMIT_PLAN

Invocation:

/specification:implement-code https://www.notion.so/<workspace>/296b2572f788804094e4fa180444c26d

Fetched ticket:

• status_group=to_do, status_option=Pending Implementation, regex /pending|ready|approved/i fires → stage=ready-to-code
• DRAFT.md + PLAN.md both exist in repo

Mode matrix row 4 fires → COMMIT_PLAN. After approval, dispatches coding:write-code → coding:review → coding:commit per PLAN phase.

Example 2: Notion ticket at Status=Review

Invocation:

/specification:implement-code cf2d93f918b3435f8618956c4c0988e9

• status_group=to_do, status_option=Review, regex /idea|draft|skel+ton|review/i fires → stage=not-ready
• Mode matrix row 2 → REFUSE with message: "Ticket at stage not-ready (group=to_do, matched /idea|draft|skel+ton|review/i). Re-run after approval or use specification:plan-code first."

Example 3: Dry run for an implementing ticket

/specification:implement-code <id> --dry-run

• stage=implementing → matrix row 6 → PI_ITERATE
• --dry-run is plan-only: the Applicability Matrix global gate skips Step 5 and all of Steps 7-scaffold + 8-dispatch + 9–12 (Step 8 sets execution.mechanism=none and dispatches nothing)
• Step 13 emits the report with status=dry_run
• Final status=dry_run with child_dispatch_log=[] and commits_landed=[]

Example 4: Cache hit with --use-cache

/specification:implement-code <id> --use-cache

• Cache decision: Glob: <repo>/.code-spec/<slug>/*.md returns at least one entry AND the root file (filename suffix matches ticket id) is non-empty → load bundle from disk, set cache_hit=true, skip Phase 2
• Subsequent steps proceed against the existing bundle without any Notion fetch
• Final report shows spec_bundle.cache_hit=true