| name | rust-hexagonal-impl |
| description | Orchestrate implementation of one hexagonal Rust slice by dispatching agents in the correct order — build the domain core (model + use case + ports) first, then fan out the driven and driving adapters in parallel, then wire bootstrap serially. Use when you want to implement a ports-and-adapters slice with parallel adapter work that does not interfere. Trigger for "implement this slice hexagonally", "build the domain then the adapters in parallel", "scaffold a ports-and-adapters feature end to end". For the layering RULES themselves use rust-hexagonal; this skill is the DISPATCH recipe. |
Rust Hexagonal Implementation (orchestrator)
This skill is a dispatch recipe, not a rule set. It sequences the claudio-rust hexagonal agents to implement one slice end to end. The architecture rules live in claudio-rust:rust-hexagonal; the decomposition rules in claudio-rust:rust-decompose. Do not restate them here — the agents load them.
The whole point: the port-and-adapter pattern lets the two adapters be built in parallel, because they share only a frozen, read-only contract. This skill enforces the ordering that makes that safe.
When to use
- You have a slice to implement and the rust-hexagonal layout (workspace crates or single-crate modules) is chosen.
- You want the driven adapter (repository/client/sender) and the driving adapter (HTTP/CLI/gRPC) built concurrently.
If the slice is a sub-200-line script or a prototype, skip this — implement it directly (see rust-hexagonal "When NOT to use").
Preconditions (verify before phase 1)
- The user-visible behavior is stated in one sentence. If not, ask.
- The crate/module layout exists or is decided.
- The slice is one cohesive use case. If it is several, run this skill once per slice; do not widen the parallel phase.
The three phases
Phase 1 — Domain core (serial, blocking)
Dispatch one hexagonal-core-builder agent. It produces and freezes the contract: port traits, use-case signatures, DomainError. It writes only domain/** and emits a contract summary.
Phase 2 cannot start until this agent returns its contract summary and the domain compiles + tests green. The contract is the synchronization point.
Phase 2 — Adapters (parallel, non-blocking between the two)
Dispatch both adapter agents in a single message with two Agent tool calls so they run concurrently:
hexagonal-driven-adapter — implements one port. Writes only driven/<adapter>/**.hexagonal-driving-adapter — calls one use case. Writes only driving/<adapter>/**.
Both read domain/** read-only. Their write sets are disjoint, so they cannot conflict.
Pass each agent the contract summary from phase 1 verbatim, plus which single port / which single driving surface it owns. If the slice needs N driven adapters and M driving adapters, dispatch all N+M in the same message — they are all mutually non-overlapping.
The interference guard: neither adapter may edit domain/**, the other adapter's dir, or bootstrap/build_app()/main.rs. If an adapter reports the contract must change, that is a Phase 1 redo (re-dispatch core-builder), not an in-place edit — because the other adapter is compiling against the same frozen contract concurrently.
Phase 3 — Bootstrap wiring (serial, fan-in)
After both adapter agents return, do the wiring yourself (or dispatch a focused agent). This is the one file both adapters would otherwise touch, which is why it is deferred to here:
- In
lib.rs / bootstrap, write build_app(...): construct each driven adapter (its new(...)), construct the use case injecting the driven adapter(s), then build the driving surface by passing the use case into the driving adapter's build seam (routes(uc) / command(uc)).
- Keep
main.rs a thin shim: parse env, call build_app(), serve.
- Build + test the whole slice. Integration tests in
bootstrap/tests/ call build_app() directly.
Phase 4 — Review (optional)
Dispatch hexagonal-review (read-only) to audit the finished slice against the iron rules before you call it done.
Dispatch summary
phase 1 [serial] hexagonal-core-builder -> freezes contract (ports, use cases, DomainError)
| (contract summary + green domain)
phase 2 [parallel] hexagonal-driven-adapter ─┐ read domain/** ; write driven/<a>/** only
hexagonal-driving-adapter ─┘ read domain/** ; write driving/<a>/** only
| (both return constructor + build-seam signatures)
phase 3 [serial] you / wiring step -> build_app() in lib.rs/bootstrap, main.rs shim
|
phase 4 [optional] hexagonal-review -> read-only iron-rule audit
Non-interference invariant (why parallel is safe)
| Path | Phase 1 | Phase 2 driven | Phase 2 driving | Phase 3 |
|---|
domain/** | write | read-only | read-only | read-only |
driven/<a>/** | — | write | — | read-only |
driving/<a>/** | — | — | write | read-only |
bootstrap / build_app() / main.rs | — | — | — | write |
Disjoint write sets in phase 2 are the guarantee. The shared build_app() file is the only contention point, so it is serialized into phase 3. If you ever let an adapter write build_app(), you lose the guarantee.
Failure handling
- Contract change requested by an adapter → stop phase 2, re-run phase 1 with the change, re-dispatch both adapters against the new contract. Never patch the domain from inside an adapter agent.
- One adapter fails, the other succeeds → re-dispatch only the failed one; the succeeded one's files are untouched.
- Phase 3 wiring fails to compile → the mismatch is between a constructor/build-seam signature and what wiring assumed; reconcile in
build_app(), not by editing an adapter's internals.
Conventions
- English only. No em-dash in prose. Concise, bullet-driven.
- One slice per run. Re-invoke per slice rather than widening the fan-out across unrelated use cases.
- Defer all architecture and idiom rules to
claudio-rust:rust-hexagonal and claudio-rust:rust-decompose.
