| name | arch-flow |
| description | Read-only flow-status and next-step router for arch-step, miniarch-step, arch-mini-plan, and lilarch docs. Use when the user asks 'what's next?', wants a checklist, or wants the single best next move without running the workflow. Not for doing the planning or implementation work itself. |
arch-flow
Use this skill to inspect an existing arch-style doc and recommend the next move.
Read references/detection.md, references/checklist-rules.md, and references/recommendation-rules.md before building the checklist.
When to use
- The user asks "what's next?", "where are we in the flow?", or wants a checklist.
- You want a deterministic next-step recommendation from
DOC_PATH and WORKLOG_PATH, not memory.
- The doc is part of the full arch flow, the mini full-arch path, the arch-mini-plan path, or the lilarch flow.
When not to use
- The user wants you to actually perform research, planning, implementation, or auditing. Use
arch-step, miniarch-step, or lilarch.
- The user wants generic continuation on a full-arch doc. Use
arch-step or miniarch-step.
- The user wants the concise strength/weakness status surface or wants to execute one explicit full-arch step. Use
arch-step or miniarch-step.
- The doc is a bug doc or a goal-loop doc. Use the governing skill for that workflow family.
What to do
- Resolve
DOC_PATH and the derived WORKLOG_PATH.
- Infer whether the doc is:
- full arch
- mini full arch
- arch-mini-plan follow-through
- lilarch
- Build a full evidence-based checklist:
- mark each required step
DONE, PENDING, OPTIONAL, or UNKNOWN
- include the evidence note for each line
- Recommend the single best next move:
arch-step for broad full-arch execution until the code audit is clean
miniarch-step for faster full-arch execution or post-mini-plan follow-through until the code audit is clean
arch-docs for full-arch or post-mini-plan docs cleanup after the clean code audit
lilarch for lilarch steps
- If the user asks to run the next step, switch to the governing skill and do the work there.
Invariants
- Use the plan doc (
DOC_PATH) as the source of truth.
- Keep this skill read-only unless the user explicitly asks you to proceed into the next step.
- Do not invent steps or ask questions that can be answered from the repo/doc.
Reference map
references/detection.md - flow-family detection and artifact sanity checks
references/checklist-rules.md - evidence-based checklist construction rules
references/recommendation-rules.md - exact next-move recommendation rules by doc family