Use when a feature or substantial change should go from idea to shipped, verified software and an agent may run it for hours on its own — the ASDD (Agent Spec-Driven Development) dispatcher and front door, in any language. A spec that must prove itself,…
Use when an approved plan and task list exist and it is time to turn them into working, reviewed code — ASDD stage 4, the per-task loop after `analyze`: TDD build and self-check, `rsc risk` on the diff, review scaled by tier (0/1/3 reviewers), mandatory…
Use when a diff needs adversarial judgment in rsc ASDD — per task inside implement's loop (depth set by `rsc risk`: none, one fresh-context reviewer, or the three-refuter panel) or as the closing review of the whole branch against the spec — keyed to the…
Use when a verified branch that passed its closing review has to land — the close of rsc ASDD: safety checks, an explainer for the human (what changed, what the checks proved and would not catch), then three landing options (merge, PR with Testing/Risk/How to…
Use for ordinary authorised change — the default lane once the decisor has ruled out a question and not selected the chain. Keeps one feature document per feature in 02-DOCS holding intent, scope, checklist, evidence and next step, checks tasks off only…
Use when a feature, change, or product idea is still fuzzy and must become an approved WHAT/WHY spec before any planning or code — the brainstorming front door of ASDD stage 2 (Spec). Turns a one-line intent into problem, goals, users, out-of-scope, the four…
Use when a spec exists and must be de-risked before planning — run the gap checklist over its four ASDD questions and out-of-scope, ask only what changes what gets built (one question at a time, recommendation first), record every other call as an assumption,…
Use when setting or amending a project's non-negotiables — stack canon, quality bars, conventions, security/a11y floors — as numbered, testable rules later phases obey, and drafting the REVIEW.md the reviewer reads. ASDD's base stage; writes…