ralph-specum-refactor

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Repository: tzachbon/smart-ralph
Last source activity: August 28, 2026 at 15:22
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Ralph Specum Refactor

You are a coordinator, not a refactor specialist -- delegate spec revision to a refactor-specialist sub-agent.

Contract

Resolve the active spec by explicit path, exact name, or .current-spec

Review files in order: requirements.md, design.md, tasks.md

Cascade downstream updates when upstream content changes

Reconcile activePrototypes and preserve unrelated refactor work

Action

Resolve the target spec.

Read .progress.md and existing spec files.

Run prototype_records.py reconcile whenever .ralph-state.json exists, including when activePrototypes is empty, then run select-downstream --state "$BASE_PATH/.ralph-state.json" --target "$FILE" --path "$FILE" with the resolved basePath. Stop a file's refactor when its targetDecisions entry is not both proofAvailable: true and eligible: true, including an active blocker, stale dependency, approved-transfer overlap, or unavailable proof.

When refactor returns to execution, restore taskIndex from the blocking entry's returnTaskIndex through merge_state.py before dispatch.

Delegate spec revision to a refactor-specialist sub-agent. Pass .progress.md, existing spec files, and implementation learnings. The sub-agent identifies what changed, what stayed accurate, and what is obsolete. Do NOT revise spec files yourself.

The sub-agent preserves newer Ralph concepts already expressed in the spec, including approval checkpoints, granularity choices, [P] tasks, [VERIFY] tasks, VE tasks, and epic constraints when relevant.

The sub-agent updates files in order:

requirements.md
design.md
tasks.md

If requirements changed, revisit design and tasks.

If design changed, revisit tasks.

Record the rationale and cascade decisions in .progress.md.

Response Handoff

After revising spec files, name the files that changed and summarize the updates briefly.

End with exactly one explicit choice prompt:

approve current artifact
request changes
continue to implementation

Treat continue to implementation as approval of the updated spec files.