| name | adev:status |
| description | Query project status across charters, specs, capabilities, sessions, and source manifests. Read-only dashboard view of adev lifecycle artifacts. Use when the user asks 'what is the status', 'show project progress', 'which specs are done', 'charter status', 'capability progress', or wants a summary of where things stand. In Codex, invoke with $adev:status |
Project Status Dashboard
Query and display the current status of adev lifecycle artifacts. This skill is read-only — it never modifies files.
Announcement: "I'm using the adev:status skill to query project status."
Persona adaptation: All output formats below are defaults for the Developer persona. If a different persona is active, adapt the chat output to its output rules (e.g., Product persona: show counts and status summaries only, omit file paths and technical detail).
Arguments
--spec <path>: Show detailed status for a single spec--charter <name>: Show status for a charter and its specs/capabilities--milestone <name>: Show detailed status for a single milestone (mutually exclusive with --spec and --charter)--issue <id>: Trace full lifecycle chain for a single issue (issue → plan task → spec → commits → files → drift)--epic <id>: Show epic status with all child issues, code coverage, and completeness--file <path>: Reverse lookup — file → spec (via source manifest) → issue → commits → drift--backlog: Aggregate all pending work from charters, specs, issue board, and code provenance--milestone <name>: Show all capabilities in a milestone across all charters with spec/plan/issue/code status--all: Show full project status dashboard (default when no args)
Prerequisites
The project must have .context-index/ initialized. If it does not exist, suggest running /adev:init first.
Load Skill Extensions: Load any skill extension instructions before proceeding:
adev skill-ext load --skill status
If the output is not __NONE__, incorporate it as additional standing instructions that apply to this skill's entire execution. Frame it as: "The following skill extension instructions apply to this invocation (source: installed domain extensions and/or project-level overrides)." If the output is __NONE__, continue normally.
Process
Mode: --spec <path>
- Read the spec file at the given path
- Parse YAML frontmatter and extract:
status (draft, review-pending, review-passed, review-blocked, implemented, validated)revision (current revision number)charter-revision (revision of charter when spec was last aligned)updated (last update date)tracker-ref (external tracker reference, if present)
- If the spec has a
source-manifest section, verify it using lib/source-manifest.mjs:
- Check each listed source file exists
- Report any missing or changed files as "drifted"
- Query git log for commits with
Spec: trailer matching this spec path:
git log --all --format='%H %s' --grep='Spec: <spec-path>'
- Scan
.context-index/sessions/ for session summaries that reference this spec
- If the spec belongs to a charter, read the charter and compare:
- If spec's
charter-revision is behind the charter's current revision, flag as charter-revision stale
- Check if a plan exists for this spec (look for plan files referencing the spec path)
- Check if test files exist for this spec (look in the test directory for matching test files)
- Display
tracker-ref if present
Output format:
Spec: <path>
Status: <status>
Revision: <revision>
Updated: <date>
Tracker: <tracker-ref or "none">
Charter revision: <charter-revision> (current: <charter-revision>, charter: <charter-current>) [STALE if behind]
Source manifest: <N files checked>
- <file>: OK | MISSING | DRIFTED
Git commits: <N commits>
- <hash-short> <subject> (<date>)
Sessions: <N sessions>
- <session-file>: <date> — <summary line>
Plan: <found | not found>
Tests: <found | not found>
Review revisions (when present):
- rev 1: <verdict> (<completed_at>) [<N blockers>]
- rev 2: <verdict> (<completed_at>) [<N blockers>]
- rev 3: <verdict> (<completed_at>) [<N blockers>]
Review revisions section — only render when currentState(spec).steps.review.byRevision is populated with more than one revision (i.e., the BLOCK→revise auto-retry loop ran at least once for this spec). The per-revision projection is produced by lib/lifecycle-state.mjs Task 3 of review-block-auto-retry; consume byRevision[N] directly without re-folding the log. Each entry carries verdict, completed_at, and a blockers[] list of canonical blocker_ids. Order by ascending revision integer. If only one revision exists, the standard Revision: <N> line covers it — no separate section needed (non-breaking output for specs that never blocked).
Mode: --charter <name>
- Find the charter file by name under
.context-index/specs/features/ or .context-index/specs/cross-cutting/
- Read charter frontmatter and extract:
status (draft, active, completed, archived)revision (current revision number)updated (last update date)
- Read the Capability Map table from the charter body
- Parse the Status column for each capability and compute progress:
- Count capabilities by status: not-started, specified, implemented, validated
- Report summary: "5/10 implemented, 2 validated, 3 not started"
- Find all specs that belong to this charter (specs whose frontmatter references this charter)
- For each spec, read its
status and revision
Output format:
Charter: <name>
Status: <status>
Revision: <revision>
Updated: <date>
Capability Progress: <implemented>/<total> implemented, <validated> validated, <not-started> not started
- <capability-name>: <status>
- <capability-name>: <status>
...
Specs (<N total>):
- <spec-path>: <status> (rev <revision>)
- <spec-path>: <status> (rev <revision>)
...
Mode: --milestone <name>
- Read
tasks.backend from .context-index/manifest.yaml. If not configured, print "Issue board not configured. Add tasks.backend to manifest.yaml." and stop.
- Milestone metadata: Call
getMilestoneStatusData(projectRoot, name) from lib/milestones.mjs. If found is true, display milestone metadata (status, target_date, ship_criteria count, defer_reason if deferred) before the epic/issue breakdown. If not found but milestones.yaml exists, print advisory: "Note: milestone '' is not defined in milestones.yaml."
- Query the issue board for all epics with
milestone matching <name>
- If no epics match, print "No epics found for milestone ''. Available milestones: " and stop
- For each matching epic, list all child issues with their statuses
- For each epic, find related specs (by matching charter or plan references) and report their statuses (draft / review-passed / implemented / validated)
- Compute aggregate progress: total issues, issues by status, percentage complete (closed / total)
- Display the milestone name, associated epics, issue breakdown, and spec statuses
Output format:
=== Milestone: <name> ===
Progress: <closed>/<total> issues complete (<percentage>%)
Epics:
epic-1 — Auth Feature (open)
Issues: 2 open, 1 in_progress, 3 closed
Specs:
- auth-login.md: implemented
- auth-session.md: review-passed
epic-4 — Payment Flow (open)
Issues: 4 open, 0 in_progress, 0 closed
Specs:
- payment-checkout.md: draft
Summary:
Total epics: 2
Total issues: 10 (6 open, 1 in_progress, 3 closed)
Percentage complete: 30%
Mode: --all (default)
Optimization: Use adev state list --status <s> to scan specs by status in a single call instead of reading each file individually. Loop over the lifecycle statuses:
for s in draft review-pending review-passed implemented validated; do
adev state list --status "$s"
done
Each invocation emits a single-line JSON { status, module, count, specs }. The verb wraps lib/meta-tools.mjs::findSpecsByStatus and accepts --module <slug> to scope to a single charter (default * covers all features + cross-cutting).
If the CLI call fails, fall back to the manual scan below.
- Scan all charters under
.context-index/specs/features/ and .context-index/specs/cross-cutting/
- Scan all
*.spec.md files under the same directories
- For each charter, read frontmatter status
- For each spec, read frontmatter status
Report sections:
Charters by Status
Count charters grouped by status (draft, active, completed, archived).
Specs by Status
Count specs grouped by status (draft, review-pending, review-passed, review-blocked, implemented, validated).
Capability Progress
Aggregate capability counts across all charters.
Drifted Specs
For each spec with a source-manifest, check using lib/source-manifest.mjs. Flag any spec where source files are missing or changed.
Specs Needing Re-Review
For each spec, call currentState(projectRoot, specPath) from <ADEV_ROOT>/lib/lifecycle-state.mjs and compare the spec's revision frontmatter against state.steps.review.lastReviewedRevision. Flag specs where revision is greater (modified since last review pass). For the project-wide view, listLifecycleStates(projectRoot) returns the full set in one call.
Milestone Progress
If tasks.backend is configured in manifest.yaml, scan all epics for milestone fields. If any epics have milestones, add a "Milestone Progress" section showing per-milestone aggregation:
- Milestone name
- Total epics in milestone
- Total issues across those epics
- Issue counts by status: open / in_progress / closed
- Percentage complete (closed issues / total issues)
- Milestone metadata (from
milestones.json via lib/milestones.mjs): call getMilestoneStatusData(projectRoot, name) for each milestone name. If found, include target_date, status, and ship_criteria count alongside the issue board aggregation.
If no epics have milestones, skip this section entirely (unchanged behavior). If tasks.backend is not configured, skip this section silently.
Recent Sessions
Read the 10 most recent session summaries from .context-index/sessions/ and display date, type, and summary line.
Output format:
=== Project Status Dashboard ===
Charters: <N total>
draft: <n> | active: <n> | completed: <n> | archived: <n>
Specs: <N total>
draft: <n> | review-pending: <n> | review-passed: <n>
review-blocked: <n> | implemented: <n> | validated: <n>
Capabilities: <implemented>/<total> implemented, <validated> validated
Drifted specs: <N>
- <spec-path>: <drift reason>
Specs needing re-review: <N>
- <spec-path>: revision <current> (last reviewed: <last-reviewed>)
Milestone Progress:
v1: 3 epics, 12 issues (4 open, 5 in_progress, 3 closed) — 25% complete
v2: 1 epic, 4 issues (4 open, 0 in_progress, 0 closed) — 0% complete
Recent sessions (last 10):
- <date> [<type>] <summary>
Mode: --issue <id>
Trace the full lifecycle chain for a single issue.
- Read the issue from the issue board (via
getIssueManager(manifest) from lib/issues/registry.mjs).
- If the issue has
planRef and planTask, read the plan file and extract the task details.
- Follow the plan to its parent spec (the spec referenced in the plan frontmatter or adjacent spec with matching name).
- Search git history for commits with
Issue: <id> trailer: git log --all --format='%H %s %ai' --grep='Issue: <id>'.
- For each commit, extract trailers and list files touched.
- If the spec has a source manifest, run
verifyManifest() to check drift status.
- If the issue is closed, check for post-close changes: commits touching the same files after the issue's close date.
Output format:
Issue: <id> — <title>
Status: <status>
Epic: <epic-id> — <epic-title>
Plan: <plan-file> (Task <N> of <total>)
Spec: <spec-path> (status: <spec-status>)
Commits (via Issue: <id> trailer):
<sha> <subject> (<Author-type>, <date>)
...
Files touched:
<file> — <drift-status>
Post-close changes: <N commits after close>
Mode: --epic <id>
Show comprehensive epic status with child issues and code coverage.
- Read the epic and all its child issues from the issue board.
- For each issue, determine if it has code behind it (check for commits with
Issue: <id> trailer).
- Flag "paper" issues (no commits found).
- Check epic completeness: are all issues closed? If so and epic is still open, flag as stale.
- Show issue-level summary table.
Output format:
Epic: <id> — <title> (<status>)
| Issue | Title | Status | Has Code | Commits |
|-------|-------|--------|----------|---------|
| issue-1 | ... | closed | yes | 3 |
| issue-2 | ... | open | no (paper) | 0 |
Completeness: <closed>/<total> issues closed
Recommendation: <close epic / create missing issues / review deferred>
Mode: --file <path>
Reverse lookup from a source file to its lifecycle context.
- Use
buildReverseIndex() from lib/source-manifest.mjs to find which spec claims the file.
- If claimed: read the spec, find the plan, find the issue, check drift via
verifyManifest().
- If unclaimed: report as unclaimed, check git history for any lifecycle trailers.
- Show recent commits touching the file with their trailer status.
Output format:
File: <path>
Claimed by: <spec-path> (source manifest) — or "Unclaimed (no spec)"
Drift: <match/drift/missing>
Issue: <id> (<status>) — or "No issue linkage"
Epic: <epic-id>
Recent commits:
<sha> <subject> (Spec: <yes/no>, Author-type: <type>)
...
Mode: --backlog
Aggregate all sources of pending work into a unified prioritized view.
- Unplanned specs: Scan specs with status
review-passed that have no sibling .plan.md file.
- Draft specs: Scan specs with status
draft.
- Open issues: Read issue board, filter by
status: open.
- Deferred issues: Read issue board, filter by
status: deferred. Flag staleness (> 14 days).
- Stale epics: Find epics with all issues closed but epic still
open.
- Charter deferred capabilities: Scan charter Capability Map tables for entries with status
— in phases marked v2/future/nice-to-have. Also scan "Out of Scope" sections.
- Untraced code: If provenance audit results exist (
.context-index/hygiene/drift-report.md), include untraced file count.
- Orphaned planRefs: Issues whose
planRef points to nonexistent files.
Prioritization:
- Critical: open issues with orphaned planRefs
- High: review-passed specs with no plan
- Medium: v2/future charter capabilities, deferred issues
- Low: draft specs, nice-to-have capabilities
Cross-reference: If an untraced code file's name or content matches a v2 charter capability keyword, flag it (e.g., "lib/orphan.mjs may implement SSO Integration from auth charter").
Output format:
=== Backlog Summary ===
Total items: <N>
By Priority:
Critical: <n>
High: <n>
Medium: <n>
Low: <n>
Unplanned Specs (<n>):
- <spec-path> (status: review-passed, charter: <name>)
Draft Specs (<n>):
- <spec-path> (charter: <name>)
Open Issues (<n>):
- <id>: <title> (epic: <epic-id>)
Deferred Issues (<n>):
- <id>: <title> — deferred <N> days
Stale Epics (<n>):
- <epic-id>: <title> — all <N> issues closed, epic still open
Charter Deferred/Future Capabilities (<n>):
- <charter>: <capability> (<milestone>, <priority>)
Untraced Code: <N files> (run /adev:hygiene --check provenance for details)
Mode: --milestone <name>
Show all capabilities in a specific milestone across all charters.
- Scan all charters for Capability Map table entries.
- Filter to rows where Phase column matches
<name> (e.g., "v1", "v2", "Phase 1").
- For each capability, check if a spec exists, if it has a plan, and the issue/code status.
Output format:
=== Milestone: <name> ===
| Charter | Capability | Priority | Spec | Plan | Issues | Code |
|---------|-----------|----------|------|------|--------|------|
| auth | Password Login | must-have | validated | yes | 3/3 closed | traced |
| auth | SSO Integration | should-have | — | — | — | untraced (lib/orphan.mjs) |
| dashboard | Metrics Overview | must-have | draft | — | — | — |
Mode: Workspace Aggregation (workspace root)
When invoked at a workspace root (a directory that contains workspace.yaml or .workspace/ config but is not itself one of the registered repos), enter workspace mode to aggregate charter and spec status across all registered repos.
Workspace Detection
Call detectWorkspace() to determine whether the current directory is a workspace root. If detectWorkspace() returns a workspace context, enter workspace mode. Otherwise, fall through to single-repo behaviour.
Cross-Repo Status Aggregation
- Call
resolveWorkspaceContext() to obtain the list of registered repos, their local paths, and the dependency graph.
- Aggregate per repo: For each registered repo, check for a
.context-index/ directory and read its charters and specs.
- If the repo directory does not exist or has no
.context-index/: report <slug>: no context configured
- Otherwise: summarize charter and spec counts by status (same fields as
--all mode)
- Group output by repo, sorted in topological dependency order (upstream first) when a dependency graph is available.
Charter-Revision Staleness Across Workspace
When a workspace-level charter exists (in the workspace .context-index/), compare its current revision against the charter-revision field in each repo-level spec that implements it:
- Read the workspace charter's current
revision value.
- For each registered repo, scan specs whose frontmatter references the workspace charter.
- If a spec's
charter-revision is behind the workspace charter's current revision, flag that spec as stale — its charter-revision does not match the workspace charter revision.
- Include stale specs in the output under a "Stale Charter References" section per repo.
This ensures that when a workspace charter is updated, all repo-level specs tracking it are flagged for re-alignment.
Output format:
=== Workspace Status ===
repo: core
Charters: 2 (1 active, 1 draft)
Specs: 5 (3 implemented, 1 review-passed, 1 draft)
Capabilities: 8/12 implemented
Stale Charter References:
- specs/auth-login.md: charter-revision 2 (workspace charter at 4) — STALE
repo: api
Charters: 1 (1 active)
Specs: 3 (2 review-passed, 1 draft)
Capabilities: 4/9 implemented
repo: frontend
no context configured
Repo-Mode-Inside-Workspace Advisory
When invoked inside a repo (not workspace root): Use existing single-repo behavior for the full status output. If detectWorkspace() detects an ancestor workspace, emit the following advisory to stdout once per invocation:
Advisory: running repo-scoped inside workspace at <workspace-path>. Run /adev:status at the workspace root for cross-repo aggregation.
Important Notes
- This skill is read-only. It must never create, modify, or delete any file.
- If a file cannot be read (missing, corrupt YAML), report it as an error in the output and continue with the next item.
- If
.context-index/sessions/ does not exist, report "No sessions directory found" and skip session reporting.
- If
lib/source-manifest.mjs is not available, skip source manifest checks and note "source-manifest checking unavailable".
- Use frontmatter parsing that tolerates missing fields — default to "unknown" for missing values.
API reference
Lifecycle event log (the primary source for spec status, review verdicts, and re-review detection):
currentState(projectRoot, specPath) from <ADEV_ROOT>/lib/lifecycle-state.mjs — single-spec projection.listLifecycleStates(projectRoot) from <ADEV_ROOT>/lib/lifecycle-state.mjs — aggregate per-spec lifecycle states across the project (used by --all and the Specs Needing Re-Review scan).
Issue board (board-level work-item aggregation):
getIssueManager(manifest) from <ADEV_ROOT>/lib/issues/registry.mjs — returns the active adapter.IssueManagerInterface — init, create, update, close, list, get, listEpics, createEpic, updateEpic, addDependency, walkTree.
Amendment graph (base↔amendment relationships and effective revision):
reportRelationship(projectRoot, specPath) from <ADEV_ROOT>/lib/amendment-graph.mjs — for a spec carrying amends:, returns { isAmendment, amends, targetRevision, amendmentStatus, baseExists, line }. Render the line (e.g. "amends <base> targeting rev <N>, status <amendment-status>") in the per-spec view when isAmendment is true.computeEffectiveRevision(projectRoot, baseSpecPath) from <ADEV_ROOT>/lib/amendment-graph.mjs — returns { baseRevision, effectiveRevision, validatedAmendments, pendingAmendments }. Effective revision = max(base.revision, highest target-revision among VALIDATED amendments) (SA-2). Render the effective revision alongside the base spec's own revision:; pending/unvalidated amendments are listed but excluded from the max. The base file is never rewritten.resolveAmendmentChain(projectRoot, specPath) from <ADEV_ROOT>/lib/amendment-graph.mjs — returns { chain, cycle, cycleCode, danglingAt }; render the full chain for an amendment-of-an-amendment, and report AMENDMENT_CYCLE instead of looping when cycle is true.
Milestones:
getMilestoneStatusData(projectRoot, name) from <ADEV_ROOT>/lib/milestones.mjs — reads .context-index/milestones.json.
Source-manifest drift:
verifyManifest(manifest, projectRoot) from <ADEV_ROOT>/lib/source-manifest.mjs — drift detection on source-manifest blocks.
Manifest:
loadManifest(projectRoot) from <ADEV_ROOT>/lib/manifest.mjs — parses .context-index/manifest.yaml.
