| name | task-bootstrap |
| description | Use when beginning any plan, audit, investigation, modification, review, test, or expensive tool action before the primary objective and completion conditions are explicit. |
Task Bootstrap
Core principle
Executive control loads before planning; planning without a locked objective can become the first overthinking loop.
Procedure
- Read applicable platform and repository instructions.
- State the exact primary objective and observable success condition.
- Define the minimum finite Definition of Done, included scope, and excluded scope.
- Name the current blocker or none, one active work item, and the next deliverable.
- Route only task-relevant context and inspect the smallest evidence needed.
- Create a bounded executable plan and begin the first deliverable.
Required output
Objective, success, DoD, scope, out-of-scope, blocker, active item, nesting depth, retry count, verification state, and next deliverable.
Limits
WIP 1; start at nesting depth 0; no broad audit unless required by the objective.
Common mistakes
Do not write a giant plan before bootstrap or convert implementation into a repository-wide audit.
Stop condition
Stop bootstrap when the agent can name exactly what done means and the first evidence-producing action.
