Use when the user wants to build, add, or implement a feature. Captures intent, drafts a brief, confirms, then composes research → plan → execute → verify → finish. In a YOLO-initialized repo this takes precedence over generic brainstorming for feature intent.
Use when facing a design or architecture decision that benefits from multiple perspectives before committing. Produces a decision record under workspace/decisions/. Triggers on "help me decide X vs Y", "which approach", "should we use A or B".
Use when setting up YOLO in a project for the first time, or repairing the setup. Scaffolds workspace/config.yaml and the features/, decisions/, and debug/ dirs (plus docs/ for the docs engine), and installs the CLAUDE.md routing block. Triggers on "set up YOLO here", "init yolo", "yolo init".
Use when a feature should draw on the project's reference material for context. yolo-intake does NOT fetch, import, or copy anything — it points YOLO at a selected folder (default `docs/`) and READS from it to enrich a feature's context. Getting material INTO that folder (a Figma, a spec, a URL, a schema) is the docs engine's or another connector's job, done separately. Triggers on "use the docs as context", "reference the spec/schema in docs", "the feature should read our docs".
Use before planning a YOLO change, to understand the codebase and any cited intake before a plan is written. Read-only exploration that produces context for yolo-plan. Triggers on "understand how X works", "explore the code before we change it", or as the research step of yolo-feature.
Use when a reported problem, failure, or bug needs a systematic root-cause investigation — reproduce → isolate → fix → verify — recorded as one durable artifact. Triggers on "fix the 500 on login", "X is broken", "why is Y failing?", "debug this", "track down this bug".
Use when a feature is implemented and verified, to land it. Default path is PR + CI check, with the ship gate confirming before the irreversible merge; fast-local is the escape hatch. Includes the risk classifier whose hard triggers always stop for a human. Triggers on "ship it", "land this", "open a PR", or as the finish step of yolo-feature.
Use when you have a goal or brief and need to break it into executable, testable tasks. Produces a committed plan.md. Triggers on "make a plan", "break this into tasks", or as the planning step of yolo-feature.