# task-workflow

Turns a task into a phased protocol with artifacts and gates, and blocks the agent from stopping before phase 7.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1900 installs · ★ 2
- Author: customware-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/customware-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/task-workflow/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/task-workflow

## What it does

This skill lays out a strict order for working on a task. The agent reads the instruction in full and runs the steps as written, in order, with no reordering or simplification. The first filesystem action in the target repo is the phase 0 artifact reset and scaffolding. Until `task-workflow/phase-0-artifact-reset.md` exists, the agent may only find the repo root, read `SKILL.md` and the task file, and create artifacts from templates. Editing implementation files, build outputs, migrations or tests before phase 1 passes is off the table.

Later phases carry their own checks: lint evidence, a unit-test coverage decision, interactive Playwright verification, an E2E coverage decision, and a final audit. A phase counts as done only when its artifact shows a real passing score. A failed gate sends the agent back to rework that phase and rerun the checks. State lives in `task-workflow/progress.md` and `task-workflow/CURRENT_PHASE.txt`, which the agent reads first after a compaction or a fresh session instead of trusting conversation memory.

Databases get their own section. Production and live workspace databases, `.dbs/database.db` in particular, are treated as critical user data. The only allowed action is the repo's normal app migration command for a real schema change. Manual queries, seeds, resets, truncation and debug writes are banned, so check how migrations are wired in your project before you point this skill at a live database.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill task-workflow -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/task-workflow/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/task-workflow/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill task-workflow -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/task-workflow/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill task-workflow -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/task-workflow/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install customware-ai/skills task-workflow
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/task-workflow/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill task-workflow -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/customware-ai/skills --path skills/task-workflow
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/task-workflow/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill task-workflow -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/customware-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/task-workflow/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run a task through fixed phases with gates
- stop the agent from quitting halfway with a partial result
- record proof that each phase passed in artifact files
- restore context after a compaction or a new session
- keep a production database safe from manual writes and resets

## Example prompts
- Read task-workflow and run the task strictly by phase, starting with phase-0.
- Resume the work: read `task-workflow/progress.md` and `task-workflow/CURRENT_PHASE.txt` first.
- Check whether the current phase passed its gate and update the artifacts before moving on.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: task-workflow
description: Canonical workflow for a task. Read and follow strictly end to end while working on the task.
---

# Task Workflow

## Strict Instruction Contract

This file is strict implementation instruction, not loose guidance and not optional reference material.

This is the canonical workflow for task execution. It is not one possible way to do the task; it is the required way.

If the Agent reads this skill, it must execute it exactly as written, in order, to the letter.

Required behavior:

- Do not reinterpret the steps.
- Do not reorder the steps.
- Do not skip the steps.
- Do not replace the steps with a simpler approach.
- Do not make assumptions that override this file.
- Do not treat broad similarity, intuition, or prior habits as permission to deviate.

If the Agent is uncertain, it must resolve that uncertainty inside the workflow defined here and not invent its own workflow.
If the skill says to perform a step, gate, checklist, review, or loop, that step is mandatory.
If the skill says a later phase is blocked, the Agent must treat it as blocked.
If the Agent cannot prove a phase passed in the required artifact, it must treat that phase as failed.

There is no successful stopping point before Phase 7. Stopping early can directly harm the user because they may depend on the completed workflow for job-critical work. It is a do-or-die situation: the user can be harmed if the run has not reached Phase 7 correctly, and the user can lose his job if the Agent stops early, signs off weak work, skips a gate, or damages live data. Treat premature stopping, partial signoff, live-data damage, or "mostly done" summaries as a serious failure of duty.

The first filesystem action in the target repo must be Phase 0 artifact reset and scaffolding.

Before `task-workflow/phase-0-artifact-reset.md` exists, the Agent may only:

- identify the target repo root
- read this `SKILL.md`
- read the task file
- create or replace `task-workflow/` artifacts from templates

Before Phase 1 passes, the Agent must not edit or generate implementation files, build outputs, databases, route types, migrations, tests, package files, or source files.
```
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