riel-codex-impl-workflow

name

riel-codex-impl-workflow

description

Use when implementation work in a rielflow project changes behavior, adds functionality, or fixes bugs and the user has not explicitly asked to avoid workflows. Routes the work through the packaged `codex-design-and-implement-review-loop` workflow, including design/plan alignment, implementation, review, user-facing documentation refresh, commit-message generation, and built-in git commit/push steps.

Riel Codex Implementation Workflow

Use this skill as the default Codex path for implementation work in this repository.

Apply This Skill When

• fixing a bug
• adding or changing runtime behavior
• implementing a feature from a design or implementation plan
• making a non-trivial refactor that changes implementation behavior
• reviewing or hardening dedicated workflow self-improve implementation behavior, including its CLI, server, library, GraphQL, report, backup, patch, and git-commit integration

Do Not Apply This Skill When

• the user explicitly says not to use a workflow
• the task is documentation-only or planning-only with no implementation
• the task is specifically to debug or repair rielflow itself; use the current repository's fix workflow skill
• the task is to operate or troubleshoot live workflow run --auto-improve supervision rather than implement repository behavior; use an auto-improve operations skill

Default Workflow

Use the packaged workflow bundle:

• Workflow id: codex-design-and-implement-review-loop
• Package id: codex-design-and-implement-review-loop

Preferred entry point from the repository root:

rielflow workflow package checkout codex-design-and-implement-review-loop
rielflow workflow run codex-design-and-implement-review-loop --output json

Equivalent direct command:

rielflow workflow package checkout codex-design-and-implement-review-loop
rielflow workflow run codex-design-and-implement-review-loop --output json

Runtime Inputs

For normal implementation work, run the workflow in issue-resolution mode.

Pass structured workflow input through --variables when the task needs explicit issue/reference context. Typical fields:

• workflowInput.issueUrl
• workflowInput.issueNumber
• workflowInput.issueRepository
• workflowInput.issueTitle
• workflowInput.issueBody
• workflowInput.targetFeatureArea
• workflowInput.requestedBehavior
• workflowInput.codexAgentReferences
• workflowInput.referenceRepositoryRoot
• workflowInput.referenceRepositoryUrl
• workflowInput.reviewMode
• workflowInput.riskLevel
• workflowInput.requiresAdversarialReview

Keep workflowInput.codexAgentReferences explicit when the issue depends on Codex-specific behavior. codex-agent is an execution-backend identifier, not Rielflow product branding, and should not be renamed or generalized during product-name updates.

Planning-only mode is available via:

• workflowInput.executionMode: "design-plan-only"

Expected Behavior

The workflow is responsible for:

1. issue or task intake
2. design-document updates
3. design self-review
4. design review
5. implementation-plan creation or revision
6. implementation-plan self-review
7. implementation-plan review
8. implementation work
9. implementation self-review
10. test-integrity check for inappropriate test deletion, weakened assertions, test-only hacks, skipped coverage, and verification shortcuts
11. implementation review
12. adversarial implementation review for high-risk accepted changes
13. user-facing documentation refresh (README.md, mandatory workflow skill docs, and any directly affected user-facing skills such as event-source runbooks)
14. staged secret scan with gitleaks git --pre-commit --redact --staged --verbose
15. commit-message generation
16. built-in git commit and git push add-on steps

The adversarial implementation review gate runs when explicitly requested with workflowInput.requiresAdversarialReview, workflowInput.reviewMode: "adversarial", workflowInput.riskLevel: "high" / "critical", or when Step 7 accepts a high-blast-radius change involving security, destructive filesystem behavior, git commit/push, migrations, package installation, workflow execution, manager control, event sources, external commands, or similar automation risk.

Because the workflow ends with commit/push, do not use it when the user has explicitly asked to avoid workflow-driven commits or wants manual local edits only.

Rename-related issue-resolution runs should preserve DIVEDRA_* environment variables as compatibility/runtime contracts unless a design explicitly approves a migration. Product-owned package names, CLI examples, workflow catalog paths, and human-facing documentation should use Rielflow/rielflow.

Telemetry-related issue-resolution runs should keep user-facing documentation aligned with the runtime privacy contract. OpenTelemetry tracing is opt-in via an OTLP endpoint or RIELFLOW_OTEL_ENABLED=true; workflow message payloads stored in SQLite workflow_messages.payload_json must remain excluded unless RIELFLOW_OTEL_EXPORT_MESSAGES=true is explicitly set for trusted fixtures. Do not describe runtime communication payloads as inbox/outbox files; SQLite workflow_messages is the source of truth. Jaeger smoke checks should use the repository-owned compose.jaeger.yaml file and docker compose -f compose.jaeger.yaml.

Workflow package checkout issue-resolution runs should refresh user-facing docs for package manifests, direct --workflow-definition-dir destinations, package status/update commands, and vendor-scoped skill layouts. Keep Issue #35 references explicit when that issue is present in workflow input but unrelated, and preserve codex-agent as an execution-backend identifier while documenting Codex skill projection as .codex/skills/<name>/SKILL.md.

SQLite message-store issue-resolution runs should refresh README.md, the SQLite message-store design, the node communication design when communication semantics change, and this workflow skill. User-facing docs must state that workflow_messages is the canonical source for communication reads, replay, retry, GraphQL inspection, and manager mutations; legacy per-message communication files and session communication arrays are not fallback sources. Also document that RIEL_RUNTIME_DB, RIEL_ARTIFACT_DIR, and RIEL_ATTACHMENT_ROOT control the runtime database and file/binary handoff roots, that SQLite stores only attachment-root-relative references for file/binary handoffs, and that failed SQLite writes block message publication. For payload attachment snapshot changes, user-facing docs must state that payload.attachments[] is a mixed descriptor array: non-file descriptors remain in workflow_messages.payload_json, only safely materialized file-backed descriptors are rewritten to normalized attachment-root refs, and workflow_messages.artifact_refs_json stays limited to materialized file refs. When the run hardens runtime JSON TEXT columns, also document that required JSON text uses CHECK(json_valid(column)), nullable JSON text uses CHECK(column IS NULL OR json_valid(column)), malformed historical rows may fail rebuild migrations explicitly, and manager/session/event/supervisor runtime JSON columns follow the same policy as workflow_messages delivery_attempt_ids_json, payload_ref_json, payload_json, and artifact_refs_json. Keep PR references such as PR #54, branch names such as feature/sqlite-message-store, and codex-agent execution references explicit in workflow outputs.

Manager-control idempotency issue-resolution runs such as SEC-001 in PR #54 / feature/sqlite-message-store should refresh README.md, the GraphQL manager-control design, compact architecture notes, and this workflow skill. User-facing docs must state that GraphQL manager mutations with an idempotencyKey atomically claim (mutationName, managerSessionId, idempotencyKey) before side effects; same-key/same-payload callers wait for or read the completed response or stored failure; same-key/different-payload callers fail before side effects; and caller-owned pending claims are completed or failed without overwriting another caller's row. Keep accepted review decisions, residual low risks, verification commands, and codex-agent execution references explicit in workflow outputs.

Reporting

After the workflow finishes, report:

• workflow mode
• changed files
• verification commands
• commit message
• commit hash
• pushed remote and branch

If the workflow fails because rielflow appears incorrect, switch to the current repository's fix workflow.