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Single Stage Executor

You execute ONE specific stage from a technical guide. Use this for:

• Re-running a failed stage
• Executing stages individually with manual review between
• Targeted work on a specific milestone

Input Required

1. Guide location: Path or name
2. Stage number: Which stage to execute (1, 2, 3, etc.)
3. Optional: Starting phase/prompt if resuming mid-stage

Document Discovery Protocol

CRITICAL: Technical guides now come as a PAIR of documents:

1. Main Guide: [project]-guide.md or [project]-technical-guide.md
2. Visual Companion: [project]-diagrams.md

Step 0: Locate Both Documents

# List all guides in docs/guides
ls -la docs/guides/*.md

# Find main guide by keyword
find docs/guides -name "*[keyword]*guide*.md" 2>/dev/null

# Find companion diagrams by keyword
find docs/guides -name "*[keyword]*diagrams*.md" 2>/dev/null

# Check for companion reference in main guide
grep "diagrams.md" [main-guide].md
grep -A5 "COMPANION DOCUMENT" [main-guide].md

Naming Pattern Recognition

Discovery Algorithm:

1. Find main guide by name/path
2. Extract project identifier from filename
3. Search for *[identifier]*diagrams*.md
4. If not found, check "Supplementary Materials" section for explicit reference

State Management Protocol

Before ANY execution, source the state utilities and persist state at every boundary.

On Stage Start

source scripts/guide-state-utils.sh
# If resuming mid-guide, read existing state first
if [ -f ".claude/guide-state.json" ] && [ "$(jq -r '.status' .claude/guide-state.json)" = "running" ]; then
  echo "Resuming existing guide state"
else
  # Initialize fresh state for single-stage execution
  guide_state_init_single "[Guide Name]" "[guidePath]" "[diagramsPath]" [totalPromptsInStage] "[jiraEpic]" '[jiraStoriesJsonArray]'
fi
guide_state_stage_start [stageNum]

On Each Prompt Start (before announcing)

source scripts/guide-state-utils.sh
guide_state_prompt_start "[N.M.P]" [stageNum] "[N.M]"

On Each Prompt Complete (after acceptance criteria pass)

source scripts/guide-state-utils.sh
guide_state_prompt_complete "[N.M.P]" "[One-line summary of what was built]"

On Stage Complete (after verification)

source scripts/guide-state-utils.sh
guide_state_stage_complete [stageNum] "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"

Jira State Tracking

Subagents cannot call Atlassian MCP tools directly. Queue Jira update requests to the state file. The main session processes these after the subagent returns.

On Stage Start (queue transition to In Progress)

source scripts/guide-state-utils.sh
guide_state_jira_update "[STORY-KEY]" "transition" "In Progress" "Starting Stage [N]: [Stage Name]"

On Stage Complete (queue transition to Done)

source scripts/guide-state-utils.sh
guide_state_jira_update "[STORY-KEY]" "transition" "Done" "Stage [N] complete. All prompts passed. Commit: [SHA]"

Execution Protocol

Step 1: Load Both Documents

# Load main guide
cat [guide_path]

# Load companion diagrams (REQUIRED for visual context)
cat [companion_path]

# Extract the specific stage section
sed -n '/^## Stage [N]:/,/^## Stage [N+1]:\|^## Quick Reference\|^## Appendices/p' guide.md

If companion not found:

⚠️ COMPANION DOCUMENT NOT FOUND

Main guide: [path]
Expected companion: [expected-path]

Proceeding with main guide only.
Visual architecture context will be limited.

Step 2: Extract Stage Structure

Parse from the stage section:

• Stage name and goal
• Diagram references (e.g., "📊 Visual Reference: Section 3")
• All phases within the stage
• All prompts within each phase
• Global standards (always apply)

Step 3: Load Relevant Diagrams

# Extract diagram section for this stage from companion
# If Stage 2, look for Section 4 (stages are offset by 2 in diagrams)
sed -n '/^## [N+2]\./,/^## [N+3]\./p' [companion].md

# Or find by diagram reference in main guide
grep "📊.*Visual Reference" [stage-section]

Step 4: Verify Prerequisites

Check that prior stages are complete:

# Look for artifacts from prior stages
# Check that required files/types exist
# Verify tests from prior stages pass

If prerequisites missing:

⚠️ PREREQUISITE CHECK FAILED

Stage [N] requires completion of Stage [N-1].
Missing artifacts:
- [file/type 1]
- [file/type 2]

Options:
1. Run Stage [N-1] first: "Execute stage [N-1] from [guide]"
2. Force execution (may fail): "Execute stage [N] from [guide] --force"

Step 5: Execute Stage

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
EXECUTING STAGE [N]: [Stage Name]
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Guide: [Guide Name]
Companion: [Diagrams File]
📊 Visual Reference: Section [X] of [companion]
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

For each phase in the stage: For each prompt in the phase: 1. Announce prompt (include diagram reference) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PROMPT [N.M.P]: [Title] Phase [N.M]: [Phase Name] 📊 Diagrams: [relevant section numbers] ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 2. Reference relevant diagrams from companion 3. Execute TDD (Red-Green Enforced): - Write tests FIRST as specified - Run tests -- they MUST FAIL: bash pnpm nx test [project] --testPathPattern="[pattern]" 2>&1 # If exit code is 0: STOP IMMEDIATELY # Tests passed before implementation = TDD violation # Log: "RED confirmed: Tests failing as expected (exit code N)" - If tests PASS before implementation: STOP. Review test assertions. - Implement to make tests pass - Run tests again -- they MUST PASS - Log: "GREEN confirmed: All tests passing" 4. Check Each Criterion (supports machine-verifiable format): For criteria with verify commands (format: description | \command``): bash eval "$VERIFY_CMD" # Exit code 0 = PASS, non-zero = FAIL For criteria without verify commands: assess manually. - If ANY fails → attempt remediation (1 retry) - If still fails → STOP and report 5. Continue or stop

Step 6: Stage Completion

After all prompts complete, run verification and git commit:

# Stage Verification
pnpm nx build api 2>&1 | tail -5
pnpm lint 2>&1 | grep -c "error" || echo "0"
pnpm nx test [project] --testPathPattern="[pattern]" --passWithNoTests

# Git Commit at Stage Boundary (after verification passes)
git add -A
git commit -m "guide: [Guide Name] Stage [N] complete"

# Record in state
source scripts/guide-state-utils.sh
guide_state_stage_complete [N] "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
STAGE [N] EXECUTION COMPLETE
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

Guide: [Guide Name]
Stage: [N] - [Stage Name]
Companion: [Diagrams File] ✓
Commit: [SHA]

DOCUMENTS USED:
- Main Guide: [path]
- Visual Companion: [path]
- Diagram Sections Referenced: [list]

Phases Completed: X/X
Prompts Completed: Y/Y

Verification:
- TypeScript: PASS/FAIL
- Lint: PASS/FAIL
- Tests: PASS/FAIL

Files Created:
- [list]

Files Modified:
- [list]

Ready for Stage [N+1]: YES/NO

NEXT STEPS:
- To continue: "Execute stage [N+1] from [guide name]"
- To review: Check diagram Section [X+1] for next stage architecture

Diagram Reference Protocol

When executing each prompt:

1. Check for diagram reference in the prompt or phase header
2. Load relevant diagram section from companion document
3. Use diagrams for context:
   • Class diagrams: Understand type relationships before implementing
   • Flowcharts: Understand process flow before coding
   • Sequence diagrams: Understand API interactions
   • State diagrams: Understand state transitions

# Extract specific diagram section
sed -n '/^### [section-number]/,/^### /p' [companion].md

Context Summarization Protocol

To manage context window effectively:

1. After completing each prompt, the guide_state_prompt_complete call records a one-line summary. This is the ONLY record you need of that prompt going forward.

2. After the stage completes, mentally release the full prompt text, acceptance criteria details, test output, and implementation specifics. You have:

   • Written the code (exists on disk)
   • Verified acceptance criteria (they passed)
   • Committed the stage (git has the snapshot)
   • Recorded the summary in state (recoverable)

3. If context is getting full, complete the current prompt, update state, and output the resume command. The state file enables seamless resume.

DO NOT

• Execute prompts from other stages
• Skip prerequisite verification (unless --force)
• Ignore global standards from the guide
• Proceed if acceptance criteria fail
• Ignore the companion diagrams document when available
• Skip loading visual architecture context for the stage
• Proceed without understanding the stage's architectural diagrams
• Proceed if tests pass before implementation (TDD red-green violation)
• Forget to write state via guide-state-utils.sh at every boundary

Usage Examples

> Execute stage 1 from the Voice Implementation Guide
> Run stage 3 of docs/guides/navigator-fix.md
> Execute stage 2 from Admin Invitation guide starting at Phase 2.2
> Run stage 2 from the Extraction Pipeline v2 guide (will find both files)

Context Management

If context window is getting full mid-stage:

1. Complete current prompt
2. Update state file (prompt_complete)
3. The state file at .claude/guide-state.json IS the resume mechanism
4. Output resume command:

   Resume: "Execute stage [N] from [guide] starting at Prompt [N.M.P+1]"
   

5. User can resume with new context -- state file provides continuity

Resume Protocol

When asked to resume:

1. Read .claude/guide-state.json for last known state
2. Parse guide again (locate both documents)
3. Find the next prompt from state
4. Verify prior prompts' artifacts exist on disk
5. Continue from that point