milestone-lifecycle

name	milestone-lifecycle
description	Covers the full lifecycle of a roadmap milestone — scaffolding folders and task files before implementation, agent execution rules during implementation, and UAT readiness at handoff. Use when creating a new milestone scaffold, starting work from a 00-milestone-coordination.md file, executing any milestone task file, or preparing a milestone for UAT.

Milestone Lifecycle

Use this skill before scaffolding a milestone, when starting implementation from a 00 - milestone coordination.md file, during execution of any milestone task file, or when preparing a milestone for UAT handoff. It is the router for the milestone-delivery execution model.

Start Here

• Create or switch to the milestone branch before writing scaffold files.
• If dependency documents still have open questions, use Decision Locking first.
• Read Overview for the purpose and principles.
• Read Layout for milestone folders, branching, and spec file structure.
• Read Template for the reusable milestone spec.
• Read Execution Flow for ownership, task status, and agent execution.
• Read Handoff for dependencies, testing, blockers, and UAT readiness.

Routing

• Need to close open decisions in dependency documents? Read Decision Locking.
• Need the branch creation/switching rule? Read layout.md.
• Need the high-level rules? Read overview.md.
• Need folder and branch rules? Read layout.md.
• Need a milestone spec template? Read milestone-template.md.
• Need status, ownership, and execution rules? Read execution-flow.md.
• Need handoff, testing, and blocker rules? Read handoff.md.

Scope

Use this skill for any roadmap milestone, not only the Autonomous Market Intelligence roadmap.

Source

This skill is extracted from docs/architecture/execution/milestone-delivery-execution-model.md.