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name: sdlc description: "Route a task to the next synced SDLC workflow based on current artifacts and repo state." metadata: internal: true triggers: keywords: - sdlc - workflow

Sdlc Skill

[!IMPORTANT] Route a task to the next synced SDLC workflow based on current artifacts and repo state.

Optional args: slug=, ticket=<id/url>, mode=interactive|autonomous|channel, channel=, auto_continue=true|false, profile=business|hybrid|technical.

Instructions

When the user asks to perform this workflow, execute the following steps:

SDLC Router Workflow

Goal: Select the next native workflow without loading every workflow body, while preserving a traceable BA -> PM -> IT Department handoff for offshore delivery.

Steps

1. Inspect state:

   • User request; infer operator_profile (business | hybrid | technical) per common-operator-profile and carry it in every Handoff Payload.
   • Search for the requested task's linked brief/ticket using its stable slug; do not select an unrelated newest document or infer task authority/approval from git status. If no matching approved task record exists, identify the missing authority/input and route to the appropriate intake. Slug = lowercase kebab-case, minted once at brainstorm-feature, reused verbatim downstream; never re-derived.
   • If multiple candidates exist, list them and ask whether to focus, consolidate, or sequence.
   • Baseline reference: common-software-requirements/references/requirements-standards-baseline.md (ships with the skill)
   • Existing ticket, BRD-lite brief, PRD, SRS/FRS design, implementation plan, task list, walkthrough, UAT signoff, deployment report, release notes, and retro
   • Jira, ADO, Zephyr, or other MCP context when already configured
   • Changed files and current test status
   • Offshore delivery context: business owner, product owner, implementation owners, QA owner, timezone/cadence constraints, environments, release window, and dependency teams
   • Requirement trace health: BRD-OBJ-* -> REQ-* -> AC-* -> SRS-* -> test evidence
   • SNC tier per common-task-complexity-routing or the scout SNC: line; label as inference until scouted.

2. Choose next workflow (apply tie-break order when multiple bullets match: (1) workflow explicitly named by the operator or latest recommended_next_workflow, (2) production-incident/urgent-regression signals, (3) earliest missing required decision or task-linked authority/input—not a missing document filename—except sufficiently specified low-risk maintenance with approved evidence, (4) cross-cutting audits only on request or as a pre-release gate):

   • Unclear idea, missing business case, owner, or measurable value (Why lane), or unclear technical direction with no BRD/PRD for the slug (Direction lane; exempts routine low-risk maintenance) -> brainstorm-feature
   • BRD-lite exists or business direction is clear but product scope, priorities, acceptance criteria, rollout, or delivery plan are unclear (PRD / What, PM-owned planning) -> plan-feature
   • Scale, topology, capacity, or store choice unsettled, or an existing system needs an architecture audit -> system-design-session
   • PRD exists but technical behavior/contracts unclear (SRS/FRS / How) -> design-solution
   • Architecture, auth, trust boundaries, compliance controls, or agent/runtime safety need deeper technical validation -> design-solution
   • BRD-lite, PRD, or SRS/FRS exists but readiness unclear -> implementation-readiness
   • Approved plan with BRD/PRD/SRS trace and testable ACs, or sufficiently specified low-risk maintenance with an approved in-chat/brief contract, needs code -> implement-feature
   • Production incident or urgent regression -> incident-hotfix
   • Control-band breach or scheduled security-scan result needs tiered diagnosis -> monitor-respond
   • Bug ticket needs fix (non-urgent) -> dev-fix
   • Ticket or cross-functional change needs specialist fanout, AC coverage, and PR metadata review -> review-ticket
   • Design arrives as an artifact (diagram, doc, board export, IaC) and needs review -> review-system-design
   • PR diff needs focused merge-risk review -> code-review
   • Implementation GREEN but ACs lack executable E2E/mobile coverage, or an E2E suite is red after a previously green slice -> test-loop.
   • Code complete but unproven -> verify-work
   • Fix implemented and ticket has a UAT/Jira flow -> verify-bug
   • verify-work PASS on a feature, business acceptance not yet granted -> uat-signoff
   • Business acceptance granted and release window open -> deploy-release
   • Deployed and needs user-facing communication -> publish-notes
   • Trace health unknown before release or handoff -> traceability-audit
   • Session ending with unfinished work or context handoff -> session-report
   • Deployed or communicated, capture standards/process lessons -> retro-learn
   • Repo-wide health/debt question with no single feature in scope -> codebase-review

3. Enforce handoff quality:

   • Governed/high-risk delivery requires full traceability: BA output links business objectives; PM links requirements/ACs in docs/prd/; IT handoff defines architecture in docs/srs/.
   • Low-risk maintenance exception: Sufficiently specified routine fixes, maintenance, or tasks with an approved in-chat/brief contract route directly to dev-fix or implement-feature without creating separate BRD/PRD/SRS files or restarting intake.
   • Downstream specialist workers execute against assigned briefs and must not reload or repeat parent intake.
   • Sensitive-change risk floor: Changes touching auth, payments, data integrity, secrets, or trust boundaries enforce minimum tier=medium (or tier=high), requiring design-solution and human approval before coding.
   • Keep payloads runtime-neutral; adapters may map them to task boards, MCP, Jira, GitHub, ADO, Zephyr, or local files.

4. Set runtime state:

   • Interactive: ask max 3 blocking questions.
   • Autonomous/channel: continue only when required artifacts and owners are known; otherwise return BLOCKED.
   • Emit next workflow, handoff payload, verification command, and owner.
   • Tier drives autonomy: low -> autonomous + fast review; medium -> TDD + self-review + deep review; high -> plan-first HARD STOP, independent reviewers, human merge approval.

Runtime Contract

• Use to select the next workflow without loading every workflow body.
• Required inputs: user request plus repo/artifact state.
• Return BLOCKED only in autonomous/channel mode when required artifacts or owners are unknown.

Handoff Payload

• slug, operator_profile, snc_tier, model_tier, recommended workflow, requirement layer, handoff owner, required input, blocking gaps, offshore delivery notes.

Blocking Questions

• Ask max 3 at a time with a recommended default and 2-3 options.

Output Template

# SDLC Route

## Recommended Workflow

## Requirement Layer

## Handoff Owner

## Required Input

## Blocking Gaps

## Offshore Delivery Notes

## Outcome Report
{schema_version: 1, run_id: "[run-id]", slug: "[slug]", workflow: sdlc, feature_status: not_started, started_at: "[timestamp]", completed_at: "[timestamp]", requirement_trace: {brd_objectives: [], requirements: [], acceptance_criteria: [], srs: []}, completed_evidence: [], missing_evidence: [], decision_needed: [], recommended_next_workflow: brainstorm-feature, cost: {source: unavailable}, agent: {identity: "[agent-identity]", model: "[model]"}}

## Next Workflow

## Verification Command
## Cost Report
Call `get_session_cost(workflow="sdlc")` before final handoff.