ultragoal

name	ultragoal
description	Create and execute durable repo-native multi-goal plans over Codex goal mode artifacts.

Ultragoal Workflow

Use when the user asks for ultragoal, create-goals, complete-goals, durable multi-goal planning, or sequential execution over Codex /goal.

Purpose

ultragoal turns a brief into repo-native artifacts and then drives a Codex goal safely through goal tools. New plans default to an aggregate Codex goal for the whole ultragoal run while OMX tracks G001/G002 story progress in the ledger.

• .omx/ultragoal/brief.md
• .omx/ultragoal/goals.json
• .omx/ultragoal/ledger.jsonl

Create goals

1. Run one of:
   • omx ultragoal create-goals --brief "<brief>"
   • omx ultragoal create-goals --brief-file <path>
   • cat <brief> | omx ultragoal create-goals --from-stdin
   • omx ultragoal create-goals --codex-goal-mode per-story --brief "<brief>" only when one fresh Codex thread per story is explicitly preferred
2. Inspect .omx/ultragoal/goals.json and refine if needed.

Complete goals

Loop until omx ultragoal status reports all goals complete:

1. Run omx ultragoal complete-goals.
2. Read the printed handoff.
3. Call get_goal.
4. If no active Codex goal exists, call create_goal with the printed payload. In aggregate mode, if the same aggregate Codex objective is already active, continue the current OMX story without creating a new Codex goal.
5. Complete the current OMX story only.
6. Run a completion audit against the story objective and real artifacts/tests.
7. In aggregate mode, do not call update_goal for intermediate stories; checkpoint with a fresh get_goal snapshot whose aggregate objective is still active. On the final story only, call update_goal({status: "complete"}), then call get_goal again for a fresh complete snapshot.
8. Checkpoint the durable ledger with that snapshot: omx ultragoal checkpoint --goal-id <id> --status complete --evidence "<evidence>" --codex-goal-json <get_goal-json-or-path>
9. If blocked or failed, checkpoint failure: omx ultragoal checkpoint --goal-id <id> --status failed --evidence "<blocker/evidence>"
10. For legacy per-story completed-goal blockers, preserve the non-terminal blocker with: omx ultragoal checkpoint --goal-id <id> --status blocked --evidence "<completed legacy Codex goal blocks create_goal in this thread>" --codex-goal-json <get_goal-json-or-path>
11. Resume failed goals with omx ultragoal complete-goals --retry-failed.

Constraints

• The shell command cannot directly invoke Codex interactive /goal; it emits a model-facing handoff for the active Codex agent.
• Never call create_goal when get_goal reports a different active goal.
• Never call update_goal unless the aggregate run or legacy per-story goal is actually complete.
• In aggregate mode, intermediate story checkpoints require a matching active Codex snapshot; final story completion requires a matching complete snapshot after update_goal.
• Completion checkpoints require read-only Codex snapshot reconciliation: pass fresh get_goal JSON/path with --codex-goal-json; shell commands and hooks must not mutate Codex goal state.
• Treat ledger.jsonl as the durable audit trail; checkpoint after every success or failure.