| name | grace-status |
| description | Show the current health status of a GRACE project. Use to get an overview of project artifacts, codebase metrics, knowledge graph health, verification coverage, and suggested next actions. |
Show the current state of the GRACE project, including whether it is safe to hand to a longer autonomous run.
When the optional CLI is available, prefer grace status --path <project-root> for the initial report. Use grace status --with modules --path <project-root> when project-level health is not enough and you need module summaries before deeper investigation.
Report Contents
1. Artifacts Status
Check existence and version of:
2. Codebase Metrics
Scan source files and report:
- Total source files
- Files WITH MODULE_CONTRACT
- Files WITHOUT MODULE_CONTRACT (warning)
- Total test files
- Test files WITH MODULE_CONTRACT
- Total semantic blocks (START_BLOCK / END_BLOCK pairs)
- Unpaired blocks (integrity violation)
- Files with stable log markers
- Test files that assert log markers or traces when relevant
3. Knowledge Graph and Verification Health
Quick check:
- Modules in graph vs modules in codebase
- Any orphaned or missing entries
- Modules in verification plan vs modules in development plan
- Missing or stale verification refs
- Pending phases and steps that still need execution
- Autonomy blockers from
grace lint --profile autonomous
If the optional grace CLI is available, you may also run grace lint --path <project-root> as a fast integrity snapshot and include any relevant findings in the report.
If the report is specifically about autonomous execution readiness, also run grace lint --profile autonomous --path <project-root> and summarize blockers versus warnings.
When the report needs focused navigation instead of raw artifact dumps, you may also use:
grace module find <query> --path <project-root> to resolve the relevant module from names, IDs, dependencies, or changed paths
grace module show M-XXX --path <project-root> --with verification,health for the shared/public module snapshot
grace module health M-XXX --path <project-root> for the module-scoped blockers, warnings, and next action
grace verification show V-M-XXX --path <project-root> for the linked verification entry itself
grace file show <path> --path <project-root> --contracts --blocks for the file-local/private markup snapshot
4. Recent Changes
List the 5 most recent CHANGE_SUMMARY entries across source and substantive test files.
5. Suggested Next Action
Based on the status, suggest what to do next:
- If no requirements — "Define requirements in docs/requirements.xml"
- If requirements but no plan — "Run
$grace-plan"
- If plan exists but verification is still thin — "Run
$grace-verification"
- If plan and verification are ready but modules are missing — "Run
$grace-execute or $grace-multiagent-execute"
- If drift detected — "Run
$grace-refresh"
- If fast integrity signals are needed before deeper review — "Run
grace lint --path <project-root>"
- If one lint code needs direct remediation guidance — "Run
grace lint --explain <code>"
- If the next step is targeted investigation of one module or file — "Run
grace module show M-XXX --path <project-root> --with verification or grace file show <path> --path <project-root> --contracts --blocks"
- If tests or logs are too weak for autonomous work — "Run
$grace-verification"
- If autonomy blockers are present — "Run
grace lint --profile autonomous --path <project-root> and strengthen verification or packet quality before execution"
- If everything synced — "Project is healthy"