moai

name	moai
description	MoAI unified orchestrator for autonomous development. Routes natural language or subcommands (plan, run, sync, project, fix, loop, mx, feedback, review, clean, codemaps, gate, harness) to specialized agents.
user-invocable	true
version	3.1.0

Pre-execution Context

!git status --porcelain 2>/dev/null || true !git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || true

Essential Files

.moai/config/config.yaml

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Authority References

Rules and constraints governing all workflows are always loaded from these sources. Do NOT duplicate their content here:

• Core identity, orchestration principles, agent catalog: CLAUDE.md
• Quality gates, security boundaries: .claude/rules/moai/core/moai-constitution.md
• SPEC workflow phases, token budgets: .claude/rules/moai/workflow/spec-workflow.md
• Development methodologies (DDD/TDD): .claude/rules/moai/workflow/spec-workflow.md (Run Phase section)
• Agent definitions: See CLAUDE.md Section 4. For agent creation, use builder-harness subagent (artifact_type=agent).
• @MX tag rules and protocol: .claude/rules/moai/workflow/mx-tag-protocol.md

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Intent Router

Raw User Input

$ARGUMENTS

Routing Instructions

[HARD] Route the Raw User Input above using the strict priority order below. Extract the FIRST WORD of the input for subcommand matching. All text after the subcommand keyword is CONTEXT to be passed to the matched workflow — it is NOT a routing signal and MUST NOT influence which workflow is selected.

Execution Mode Flags (mutually exclusive)

• --team: Force Agent Teams mode for parallel execution
• --solo: Force sub-agent mode (single agent per phase)
• No flag: System auto-selects based on complexity thresholds (domains >= 3, files >= 10, or complexity score >= 7)

When no flag is provided, the system evaluates task complexity and automatically selects between team mode (for complex, multi-domain tasks) and sub-agent mode (for focused, single-domain tasks).

Priority 1: Explicit Subcommand Matching

[HARD] Extract the FIRST WORD from the Raw User Input section above. If it matches any subcommand below (or its alias), route to that workflow IMMEDIATELY. Do NOT analyze the remaining text for routing — it is context for the matched workflow:

• plan (aliases: spec): SPEC document creation workflow
• run (aliases: impl): DDD/TDD implementation workflow (per quality.yaml development_mode)
• sync (aliases: docs, pr): Documentation synchronization and PR creation
• project (aliases: init): Project documentation generation
• feedback (aliases: fb, bug, issue): GitHub issue creation
• fix: Auto-fix errors in a single pass
• loop: Iterative auto-fix until completion conditions are satisfied
• mx: MX tag scan and annotation for codebase
• review (aliases: code-review): Code review with security and MX tag compliance
• clean (aliases: dead-code): Identify and safely remove dead code
• codemaps: Generate architecture documentation in .moai/project/codemaps/
• gate (aliases: check, pre-commit): Lightweight pre-commit quality gate (lint+format+type-check+test)
• harness (aliases: hrn, learn): V3R4 self-evolving harness lifecycle (status / apply / rollback <date> / disable) + v4-lifecycle verbs (list / edit / remove / doctor) — slash-command-only surface; CLI verb path retired per the harness foundation policy (BC-V3R4-HARNESS-001-CLI-RETIREMENT)

Priority 2: SPEC-ID Detection

Only if Priority 1 did not match: Check if the Raw User Input contains a pattern matching SPEC-XXX (such as SPEC-AUTH-001). If found, route to the run workflow automatically. The SPEC-ID becomes the target for DDD/TDD implementation.

Priority 3: Natural Language Classification

Only if BOTH Priority 1 AND Priority 2 did not match: Classify the intent of the ENTIRE Raw User Input as natural language. This priority is NEVER reached when the first word matches a known subcommand.

• Planning and design language (design, architect, plan, spec, requirements, feature request) routes to plan
• Quality gate language (lint, format, check, pre-commit, quality gate) routes to gate
• Security language (security, audit, owasp, vulnerability, injection, xss, csrf) routes to review (with --security scope)
• Error and fix language (fix, error, bug, broken, failing, lint) routes to fix
• Iterative and repeat language (keep fixing, until done, repeat, iterate, all errors) routes to loop
• Documentation language (document, sync, docs, readme, changelog, PR) routes to sync or project
• Feedback and bug report language (report, feedback, suggestion, issue) routes to feedback
• MX tag language (mx tag, annotation, code context, legacy annotate) routes to mx
• Implementation language (implement, build, create, add, develop) with clear scope routes to moai (default autonomous)

Priority 4: Default Behavior

If the intent remains ambiguous after all priority checks, use AskUserQuestion to present the top 2-3 matching workflows and let the user choose.

If the intent is clearly a development task with no specific routing signal, default to the moai workflow (plan -> run -> sync pipeline) for full autonomous execution.

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Workflow Quick Reference

plan - SPEC Document Creation

Purpose: Create comprehensive specification documents using EARS format with Research-Plan-Annotate cycle. Phases: Deep Research (research.md) -> SPEC Planning -> Annotation Cycle (1-6 iterations) -> SPEC Creation Agents: manager-spec (primary), Explore (research), manager-git (conditional) Flags: --worktree, --branch, --resume SPEC-XXX, --team, --issue (opt-in; default skips GitHub Issue creation per the late-branch opt-in policy) For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/plan.md (team mode: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/team/plan.md)

run - DDD/TDD Implementation

Purpose: Implement SPEC requirements through configured development methodology. Agents: manager-develop (cycle_type=ddd|tdd per quality.yaml, primary), manager-git Flags: --resume SPEC-XXX, --team For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/run.md (team mode: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/team/run.md)

sync - Documentation Sync and PR

Purpose: Synchronize documentation with code changes and prepare pull requests. Agents: manager-docs (primary), sync-auditor (quality gate), manager-git Modes: auto, force, status, project. Flags: --merge, --skip-mx For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/sync.md (team mode: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/team/sync.md)

gate - Pre-Commit Quality Gate

Purpose: Lightweight pre-commit quality check running lint, format, type-check, and tests in parallel. Also integrated into run (Phase 2.75) and sync (Phase 0) workflows as automatic pre-checks. Agents: Direct execution (no agent delegation) Flags: --fix, --staged, --file PATH Integration: Automatically invoked by run workflow (Phase 2.75) and sync workflow (Phase 0.0.1) with --fix behavior. For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/gate.md

fix - Auto-Fix Errors

Purpose: Autonomously detect and fix LSP errors, linting issues, and type errors. Agents: manager-develop (cycle_type=autofix), Agent(general-purpose) with domain whitelist (fixes) Flags: --dry, --sequential, --level N, --resume, --team For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/fix.md

loop - Iterative Auto-Fix

Purpose: Repeatedly fix issues until completion conditions are satisfied or max iterations reached. Agents: manager-develop (cycle_type=autofix), Agent(general-purpose) with domain whitelist Flags: --max N, --auto-fix, --seq For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/loop.md

mx - MX Tag Scan and Annotation

Purpose: Scan codebase and add @MX code-level annotations for AI agent context. Agents: Explore (scan), Agent(general-purpose) with backend scope (annotation) Flags: --all, --dry, --priority P1-P4, --force, --team For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/mx.md

review - Code Review

Purpose: Multi-perspective code review with security, performance, quality, and UX analysis. Agents: sync-auditor (review), Agent(general-purpose) with security scope Flags: --staged, --branch, --security, --team For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/review.md (team mode: ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/team/review.md)

clean - Dead Code Removal

Purpose: Identify and safely remove unused code with test verification. Agents: manager-develop, Agent(general-purpose) with refactoring scope Flags: --dry, --safe-only, --file PATH For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/clean.md

codemaps - Architecture Documentation

Purpose: Scan codebase and generate architecture documentation. Agents: Explore, manager-docs Flags: --force, --area AREA For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/codemaps.md

(default) - MoAI Autonomous Workflow

Purpose: Full autonomous research -> plan -> annotate -> run -> sync pipeline. Phases: Parallel Exploration (research.md) -> SPEC Generation -> Annotation Cycle -> Implementation -> Sync Agents: Explore, manager-spec, manager-develop, manager-docs, manager-git, sync-auditor (quality gate) Flags: --loop, --max N, --branch, --pr, --resume SPEC-XXX, --team, --solo, --issue (opt-in; default skips GitHub Issue creation per the late-branch opt-in policy) For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/moai.md

project - Project Documentation

Purpose: Generate project documentation by analyzing the existing codebase. Agents: Explore, manager-docs, Agent(general-purpose) with devops scope (optional) Output: product.md, structure.md, tech.md in .moai/project/ For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/project.md

feedback - GitHub Issue Creation

Purpose: Collect user feedback and create GitHub issues. Agents: orchestrator-direct (records feedback via gh CLI) For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/feedback.md

harness - Harness Lifecycle + Natural-Language Build (argument-branching)

This single harness subcommand dispatches to ONE of two workflows based on the FIRST token of $ARGUMENTS (argument-based routing — no second command is introduced). Apply the routing rule before any workflow-specific logic:

• Reserved verb (status / apply / rollback / disable) → route to the existing harness learning lifecycle workflow (Branch A below). This path is unchanged.
• Reserved verb (list / edit / remove / doctor) → route to the harness-v4 lifecycle handler (Branch A.1 below). These enumerate / edit / atomically-remove harness-v4 entries and run the reference-integrity smoke gate (doctor) via the moai harness <verb> Go binary subcommand.
• Anything else (a natural-language harness-creation request, e.g. "build a harness for CLI template development") → route to the harness build entry workflow (Branch B below).

Branch A — harness learning lifecycle (reserved verbs: status / apply / rollback / disable)

Purpose: Surface the harness learning subsystem (observer, 4-tier proposal ladder, 5-layer safety pipeline) to the user via the slash command path. Owns all lifecycle verbs (status / apply / rollback / disable) entirely within the workflow body using file-system operations — no Go binary subcommand invoked. Tier-4 application is gated by orchestrator-issued AskUserQuestion per REQ-HRN-FND-004. Skills: moai-harness-learner (Tier-4 surfacing companion), moai-meta-harness (project-specific harness generation, indirect) Verbs: status (tier distribution + telemetry) | apply (next Tier-4 proposal → AskUserQuestion → 5-layer pipeline → snapshot + write) | rollback <YYYY-MM-DD> (restore snapshot) | disable (set learning.enabled: false) Artifacts: .moai/harness/usage-log.jsonl, .moai/harness/proposals/, .moai/harness/learning-history/snapshots/, .moai/harness/learning-history/applied/, .moai/harness/learning-history/frozen-guard-violations.jsonl Authoritative SPEC: the harness foundation policy (supersedes V3R3-HARNESS-001, V3R3-HARNESS-LEARNING-001, V3R3-PROJECT-HARNESS-001) For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/harness.md

Branch A.1 — harness-v4 lifecycle (reserved verbs: list / edit / remove)

Purpose: Manage harness-v4 entries — enumerate built harnesses, locate their manifest + specialist files for editing, or atomically remove a harness with all its artifacts. The three verbs dispatch to the moai harness <verb> Go binary subcommand which performs the filesystem work (scan .claude/commands/harness/*.md joined with manifest.json; atomic remove with fail-closed orphan prevention). Verbs: list (enumerate all harnesses: name + domain + entry command) | edit <name> (show manifest + specialist + skill paths for editing — manifest is the SSOT) | remove <name> (atomic removal of command + workflow + specialists + skills + manifest; fail-closed if any artifact is missing) CLI: moai harness list [--json], moai harness edit <name> [--json], moai harness remove <name> (all support --project-root) Artifacts: .claude/commands/harness/<name>.md (thin-wrapper command), .claude/commands/harness/<name>/manifest.json (SSOT), .claude/workflows/harness-<name>-run.js (Runner), .claude/agents/harness/harness-<name>*-specialist.md (specialists), .claude/skills/harness-<name>*/ (companion skills) Namespace: .claude/commands/harness/, .claude/workflows/harness-*.js, .claude/agents/harness/, and .claude/skills/harness-*/ are USER-OWNED — moai update preserves them (backup if needed, never overwrites).

Branch B — harness build entry (natural-language request)

Purpose: Turn a natural-language harness-creation request into a concrete harness via Context-First Discovery (extract domain / goal / constraints / scope), harness <name> derivation (the name is derived from the request — NOT statically supplied by the user), explicit orchestrator-issued approval, then transition into the orchestrator-direct Builder (4 signal-driven phases: ANALYZE / PLAN / GENERATE / ACTIVATE). The orchestrator MUST conduct AskUserQuestion Socratic rounds (max 4 questions per round) when intent clarity is below 100%. Skills: moai-meta-harness (project-specific harness generation, indirect) Builder: orchestrator-direct processing (NOT a dynamic-workflow script) — the entry's Phases 0-3 hand off to ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/harness-builder.md for the 4-phase creation logic. The orchestrator holds the PLAN→GENERATE AskUserQuestion approval gate directly. For detailed orchestration: Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/workflows/harness-build-entry.md

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Execution Directive

When this skill is activated, execute the following steps in order:

Step 1 - Parse Arguments: Extract subcommand keywords and flags from the Raw User Input. Recognized global flags: --resume [ID], --seq, --team, --solo. Also detect ultrathink keyword in the input text.

CRITICAL: Deep analysis mode:

• ultrathink keyword detected → Activate Claude's native extended reasoning (xhigh effort mode). This is native Claude behavior with no MCP dependency.

Step 1.5 - Flag-Subcommand Compatibility Validation: [HARD] After parsing the subcommand and flags (Step 1), validate flag-subcommand compatibility BEFORE routing. If a forbidden combination is detected, STOP all further processing and output an error in the user's conversation_language. Do NOT proceed to Step 2.

Forbidden flag-subcommand combinations:

Flag	Allowed subcommands	Forbidden subcommands
--worktree	plan, default (autonomous)	run, sync
--branch	plan, default (autonomous)	run, sync

Rationale: --worktree (and --branch) provision the workspace at SPEC initialization. /moai plan is the sole entry point that creates the worktree/branch. /moai run and /moai sync MUST operate within the worktree/branch already established during plan. Re-creating during run/sync corrupts the SPEC lifecycle and is rejected at the router level.

Error message template (Korean conversation_language; substitute the actual flag and subcommand):

에러: --worktree 플래그는 /moai plan 전용입니다.
/moai run 과 /moai sync 는 plan 단계에서 생성된 기존 worktree/branch를 재사용합니다.

올바른 사용법:
  /moai plan SPEC-XXX --worktree    (worktree 생성)
  /moai run SPEC-XXX                (기존 worktree/branch 재사용)
  /moai sync SPEC-XXX               (기존 worktree/branch 재사용)

다시 실행하려면 --worktree 플래그를 제거한 형태로 호출하세요.

For English (en conversation_language), translate the message; the structure remains identical.

Step 2 - Route to Workflow: Apply the Intent Router (Priority 1 through Priority 4) to determine the target workflow. If ambiguous, use AskUserQuestion to clarify with the user.

Step 2.5 - Project Documentation Check: Before executing plan, run, sync, fix, loop, or default workflows, verify project documentation exists by checking for .moai/project/product.md. If product.md does NOT exist, use AskUserQuestion to ask the user (in their conversation_language):

Question: Project documentation not found. Would you like to create it first? Options:

• Create project documentation (Recommended): Generates product.md, structure.md, tech.md through a guided interview. This helps MoAI understand your project context for better results in all subsequent workflows.
• Skip and continue: Proceed without project documentation. MoAI will have less context about your project.

This check does NOT apply to: project, feedback subcommands.

[HARD] Beginner-Friendly Option Design: All AskUserQuestion calls throughout MoAI workflows MUST follow these rules:

• The first option MUST always be the recommended choice, clearly marked with "(Recommended)" suffix
• Every option MUST include a detailed description explaining what it does and its implications

Step 3 - Load Workflow Details: If --team flag was parsed AND ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/team/<name>.md exists for the target subcommand, read the team workflow file instead of the solo workflow. Otherwise read workflows/<name>.md. The Quick Reference section above shows both paths for each subcommand that supports team mode.

Step 4 - Read Configuration: Load relevant configuration from .moai/config/config.yaml and section files as needed.

Step 5 - Initialize Task Tracking: Use TaskCreate to register discovered work items with pending status.

Step 6 - Execute Workflow Phases: Follow the workflow-specific phase instructions. Delegate all implementation to appropriate agents via Agent(). Collect user approvals at designated checkpoints via AskUserQuestion.

Step 7 - Track Progress: Update task status using TaskUpdate as work progresses (pending to in_progress to completed).

Step 8 - Present Results: Display results to the user in their conversation_language using Markdown format.

Step 9 - Declare Completion: When all workflow phases complete successfully, state that the workflow is complete in the Completion Report (banner / prose) so the result is unambiguous.

Step 10 - Guide Next Steps: Use AskUserQuestion to present the user with logical next actions based on the completed workflow.

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Version: 2.7.0 Last Updated: 2026-06-20