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description: Start Gofer, confirm EAI readiness, and orchestrate the unified pipeline

Gofer Start

Token And Cost Policy

Before spawning agents, calling tools, or loading large files:

1. Treat .specify/memory/gofer-model-policy.yaml as the repo-owned source of truth for simple, medium, hard, and arbiter model routing. If it is missing, run /gofer:bootstrap-workspace before continuing.
2. Use the cheapest capable model first.
   • Claude: Haiku for scouting/extraction; Sonnet for normal implementation, synthesis, validation, and security; Opus for high-risk arbitration or release-critical failures.
   • Codex/OpenAI: GPT mini for simple coding; GPT nano only for locate/classify/summarize/mechanical work; GPT-5.3-Codex or flagship GPT for tool-heavy coding, architecture, and release-critical validation.
   • Gemini: Flash-Lite for cheap large-context scan/summarize; Flash for default research synthesis; Pro for large-context architecture or high-risk arbitration.
   • Copilot: prefer Auto for simple and default work; ask the user before choosing a paid/high-tier picker model for hard security, architecture, or release gates.
3. Keep raw tool output out of the main conversation context. Save stable findings to .specify/specs/{feature}/context-bundle.md, then work from summaries.
4. Use provider prompt/context caching only for stable, non-secret prefixes: Gofer scaffold, AGENTS/CLAUDE/Copilot instructions, constitution, repo map, stage contracts, and validation rubric.
5. Before continuing after large research, planning, implementation, or validation bursts, checkpoint the durable artifacts and compact/clear/resume context when the host supports it.
6. Escalate model tier only when a cheaper pass is low-confidence, contradictory, security-sensitive, or blocking release quality.

Workspace Preflight

Before doing stage/helper work:

1. Resolve the repository root.
2. Check the core Gofer sentinels:
   • .specify/.gofer-version
   • .specify/commands/0_gofer_start.md
   • .specify/templates/spec-template.md
   • .specify/templates/loop-contract-template.json
   • .specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh
   • .specify/scripts/node/parse-stage-command.mjs
   • .specify/scripts/node/gofer-loop-audit.mjs
   • .specify/scripts/hooks/post-tool-use.mjs
   • .specify/scripts/powershell/install-optional-tools.ps1
   • .specify/templates/gofer-model-policy.yaml
   • .specify/memory/gofer-model-policy.yaml
   • .specify/specs/
   • .specify/memory/
3. Check host-specific repo-owned files when relevant:
   • Claude: AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, .claude/settings.json
   • Codex: AGENTS.md
   • Copilot: .github/copilot-instructions.md
   • VS Code extension mirrors Claude/Copilot/Gemini resources itself and should still keep the core scaffold healthy
4. If the repo already has the workspace checker script, prefer running:
   • node .specify/scripts/node/gofer-workspace-check.mjs --host codex --json
5. If the workspace is missing or stale, ask exactly:
   • "This repo is missing or stale for Gofer. Initialize/update it now?"
6. If the user says yes, run the Gofer workspace bootstrap helper and then resume this command from the top.
7. If the user says no, stop and explain that Gofer stage/helper work depends on the repo-owned scaffold.

EAI Platform Session Preflight

Before any Gofer stage/helper command does pipeline work:

1. Treat durable delivery as EAI Platform delivery by default, with Azure second and every other stack only by explicit exception.
2. Run eai whoami and confirm the EAI CLI is installed, the user is logged in, and an active tenant is visible.
3. If eai is missing, eai whoami fails, the token is expired, or no active tenant is available, stop and run /gofer:eai-first-run or ask the user to approve login/setup before continuing.
4. For EAI app delivery, do not continue into research, specification, planning, tasks, implementation, or validation until .specify/specs/{feature}/eai-preflight.md records login, tenant, template, app-readiness, and next-action evidence.
5. Do not write tokens, secrets, private tenant IDs, or local .env values into Gofer artifacts; record only product-safe readiness status and evidence.

EAI App Delivery Preflight

Run this after the Gofer workspace preflight and before application-delivery discovery whenever the request is an app build, dashboard, portal, workflow, form, chatbot, app, tenant-scoped business experience, or any durable user-facing product. App delivery in EAI Gofer means EAI Platform delivery by default. Do not run this for explicit non-app work. If the user asks for a non-EAI app stack, pause and confirm that they are intentionally leaving the EAI Gofer app-delivery path before continuing.

Use current public EAI documentation as the safe source of truth:

• EAI CLI docs: https://eai-support.github.io/eai/docs/overview
• EAI API reference: https://eai-support.github.io/eai/docs/api-reference
• EAI static registry: https://eai-support.github.io/eai/registry/
• EAI scenario library: https://eai-support.github.io/eai/scenarios
• EAI app template: https://github.com/eai-support/eai-app-template

EAI Platform And Azure App Stack Policy

For application delivery, Gofer MUST use this stack order:

1. EAI Platform first, including the EAI app template: EAI app template, EAI CLI, PublicAPI, object types, workflows, block catalog, ResourceAPI/resource schema, tenant/app enrollment, identity, provisioning, diagnostics, and documented EAI platform services are one EAI Platform app substrate.
2. Azure second: Azure services that are already part of, documented for, or compatible with the EAI Platform operating model, especially deployment, identity, storage, observability, and integration services.
3. Everything else only by explicit exception: Firebase, Supabase, Vercel as the primary runtime, AWS, GCP, bespoke backends, unmanaged databases, or unrelated SaaS platforms must not be recommended as the primary app substrate. They may appear only as integration targets, migration references, or approved exceptions with rationale, owner, expiry, and validation evidence.

Application-specific logic, adapters, UI extensions, and tests belong inside the EAI Platform/EAI app template scaffold and must obey package-profile, public-readiness, tenant, and security constraints. They are implementation inside the primary substrate, not a separate stack tier.

If a required capability is not accessible in EAI Platform or Azure, record it in {FEATURE_DIR}/service-fit-matrix.md as unavailable without new platform work, operator_required, or upgrade_required. Do not silently replace it with an unrelated non-EAI stack.

EAI Preflight Checks

1. Classify the build path
   • Treat the work as EAI app delivery when the user asks to build an app, dashboard, portal, workflow, form, chatbot, app, tenant-scoped business experience, or durable user-facing product.
   • If the user is only doing research, docs, audit, migration planning, or non-EAI application work, record that EAI preflight is not applicable.
   • If the user asks for a non-EAI app stack, ask whether they want to leave the EAI Gofer app-delivery path. If yes, record the exception and stop EAI app implementation guidance; if no, keep the EAI Platform/Azure stack policy.
2. Run first-run setup when prerequisites are missing
   • If Git, Node.js, npm, eai, login, tenant access, the EAI app template, or the Gofer scaffold is missing or stale, run /gofer:eai-first-run before research, specification, planning, or implementation.
   • /gofer:eai-first-run is the cross-platform setup contract for macOS, Linux, Windows, GitHub Codespaces, Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Gemini, and VS Code. It checks first, asks only when action is needed, installs the EAI CLI when approved, checks eai update --check, confirms login and tenant, runs eai init <project-name> --skip-prompts --company-tenant <active-tenant-id> when approved, verifies Gofer files, and then returns here.
   • If /0_gofer_start is unavailable in a new repo, the user should run the plugin-level /gofer:eai-first-run command after installing or updating the Gofer plugin.
3. Install or update the EAI CLI when needed
   • Check git --version, node --version, npm --version, npm config get @enterpriseai:registry, and eai --version.
   • If eai is missing and the user approves, install it:

     npm install -g eai-cli
     # If npmjs is unavailable:
     npm install -g @enterpriseai/cli --@enterpriseai:registry=https://eai-support.github.io/eai/registry/
     eai --version

   • On Windows, use the same npm commands in PowerShell and avoid shell redirection. In GitHub Codespaces, prefer user-level npm and avoid sudo unless the user explicitly approves. If install fails, stop EAI app delivery and give the user the exact commands above plus the EAI account/setup link. Continue only if the user explicitly chooses a non-EAI path.
   • If eai is already installed, run eai update --check. If the CLI is behind, record upgrade_required and ask before running eai update.
4. Discover CLI capabilities before assuming syntax
   • Run eai --describe and prefer advertised subcommands/options over stale remembered syntax.
   • If advertised, run eai agent guide --format json before planning EAI platform work so the agent uses current CLI contracts and safe recovery patterns.
   • After any eai command error, run eai errors explain <code-or-reason> --format json before proposing a fix, and prefer the CLI's public-safe recovery commands over guessed platform internals.
   • If the CLI does not advertise eai errors explain, match the failure against .specify/references/platform/eai-error-catalog.yaml, run the listed read-only diagnostics before mutating fixes, and stop at the retry or escalation condition instead of looping.
   • For tenant member/admin changes, if eai user invite fails with EXTERNAL_SERVICE_ERROR, a 5xx response, or user_invite_external_service_existing_member, check for an existing direct member with eai user list --tenant <tenant-id> --search <email> --format json; use eai user role set --tenant <tenant-id> --member-id <member-id> --role tenant-admin --format json only after read-only evidence and user approval, verify the read-back, and tell the affected app user to sign out and sign back in because Auth.js session or JWT role data may be cached.
   • Use JSON only where the CLI advertises it. eai tenant list --format json is suitable for automation; eai whoami may be plain text on current versions.
   • Record whether the installed CLI advertises eai app, eai resources schema, eai workflow readiness, eai template check, eai gofer refresh --check, eai provision entra, eai blocks, eai agent guide, and eai errors explain.
5. Check account, login, and tenant readiness
   • Run eai whoami to confirm login, active tenant, profile, token status, and PublicAPI context.
   • If not logged in or the token is expired, run eai login and then eai tenant select.
   • Run eai tenant list --format json and require at least one usable tenant membership for EAI app delivery. Prefer a tenant-admin membership because app enrollment and provisioning are tenant-admin actions.
   • If no tenant is available, tell the user they need an EAI Platform account and tenant access before Gofer can build an EAI app. Do not fabricate tenant IDs or continue into implementation.
6. Check EAI template/project readiness
   • Detect existing template markers before scaffolding:
     • src/eai.config/object-types.ts
     • src/eai.config/register.ts
     • .env.example
     • .npmrc
     • package.json
   • Run eai verify only when the repo appears to be an EAI project. If eai verify reports E001 or "Not in an EAI project", treat the repo as not initialized from the EAI app template.
   • If the repo appears to be an EAI project and the commands are advertised, run eai template check --format json and eai gofer refresh --check --format json to identify EAI template or Gofer scaffold drift before planning implementation.
   • For a new or empty app workspace, ask: "This looks like an EAI app build, but this repo has not been initialized from the EAI app template. Initialize it with eai init <app-name> now?"
   • If the repo is non-empty or already contains source files, do not scaffold over it silently. Ask whether to initialize a new sibling EAI app directory with eai init <app-name>, or to stop and let the user prepare the repo.
7. Check app enrollment capability before build planning
   • Once app name and tenant are confirmed, run eai app list --format json to confirm the tenant's current app enrollments.
   • Before creating anything remote, ask the user to confirm the app name, app key, company tenant, and any child-tenant boundary.
   • If confirmed, use eai app create <name> --tenant-id <tenant-id> --format json or the currently advertised equivalent from eai --describe.
   • Record the selected app key with eai app select <key> --format json when available.
   • Do not claim platform readiness from app creation alone. Later stages must keep real EAI app gates separate: eai app provision <key> --tenant-id <tenant-id> --select --format json, eai types validate, eai types seed --tenant-key <key> --tenant-id <tenant-id> --format json, eai types diff, eai resources schema --tenant-id <tenant-id> --format json, eai resources storage doctor --tenant-id <tenant-id> --format json, eai verify storage --tenant-id <tenant-id>, workflow readiness, and preview/runtime readiness.
   • Provision storage, Entra app registration, environment sync, object types, and deployment only in the later plan/tasks/implement stages after the business scenario and UI approval gates are complete.
8. Check template block and platform knowledge for research
   • Run or plan to run eai blocks list --format json, eai blocks readiness --package-profile <external|internal|hybrid> --format json, and eai blocks describe <id> --format json for candidate UI blocks.
   • Run or plan to run eai resources schema --format json and eai workflow readiness --format json so later stages can cite actual platform resource fields, actions, events, and workflow availability instead of guessing.
   • For v4 passive ResourceAPI search requirements, run or plan to run eai resources storage doctor --tenant-id <tenant-id> --format json and treat fulltext, hybrid, and vector as separate readiness states. Prefer eai resources search "<query>" --fulltext until doctor reports semantic search modes ready. Do not apply this fallback to legacy v1/v3 or active ResourceAPI behavior.
   • Use the EAI scenario library to map the business problem to the common four-step pattern: capture demand/context, prepare the decision, execute and collaborate, then resolve/explain/improve.
   • Keep private tenant IDs, tokens, secrets, and .env.local contents out of Gofer artifacts. Record only product-safe readiness states and evidence.
   • Treat .specify/references/platform/eai-repo-contract.md and .specify/references/platform/eai-error-catalog.yaml as the repo-owned fallback contract whenever live docs are unavailable or a command fails.
   • If the user provides a browser or auth log with AADSTS50011, redirect_uri, "reply URL specified in the request does not match", or /api/auth/callback/microsoft-entra-id, record EAI_ENTRA_REDIRECT_URI_MISMATCH in eai-preflight.md with a redacted callback route pattern such as https://<app-host>/api/auth/callback/.... Keep the exact callback URI and any debug output in the active terminal or user-approved local notes only. Recover through EAI login, tenant selection, and eai provision entra --force --redirect-uri <confirmed-callback-uri> before suggesting manual Azure Portal edits. Use --debug only when the user approves it, and redact private hostnames, tenant IDs, client IDs, and tokens before writing artifacts.

EAI Preflight Artifact

For EAI app delivery, create or update .specify/specs/{feature}/eai-preflight.md with:

You are the Gofer orchestrator. Your job is to understand the user's business scenario and route them through the unified Gofer pipeline.

The Unified Gofer Pipeline

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    UNIFIED GOFER PIPELINE                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                  │
│  0. /0_gofer_start → Gofer Start, routing, discovery       │
│     Business scenario intake + optional problem validation       │
│                         ↓ AUTO                                   │
│  1. /1_gofer_research    → research.md                           │
│     Deep codebase exploration + supporting review context        │
│                         ↓ AUTO                                   │
│  2. /2_gofer_specify     → spec.md                              │
│     Feature specification informed by research                   │
│                         ↓ AUTO                                   │
│  3. /3_gofer_plan        → plan.md, data-model.md, contracts/   │
│     Technical architecture and design                            │
│                         ↓ AUTO                                   │
│  4. /4_gofer_tasks       → tasks.md, traceability.md, issues.md │
│     Dependency-ordered task breakdown                            │
│                         ↓ AUTO                                   │
│  5. /5_gofer_implement   → [source code]                        │
│     Execute tasks phase by phase                                 │
│                         ↓ AUTO                                   │
│  6. /6_gofer_validate    → validation artifacts                 │
│     Validation, blast radius, and final engineering review       │
│                                                                  │
│  All artifacts go to: .specify/specs/{feature}/                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Auxiliary Gofer Commands

Step 1: Quick Context Scan

Before asking questions, scan the workspace for existing state:

# Check for Gofer artifacts
ls -la .specify/specs/ 2>/dev/null

# Check for session checkpoints
find .specify/specs -name "session-checkpoint.md" -type f 2>/dev/null

# Check for constitution
ls -la .specify/memory/constitution.md 2>/dev/null

What to Look For

Report what you found before proceeding.

Step 2: Determine Scenario

ALWAYS ask the user what they want to do - even if artifacts exist. Existing artifacts might be for OTHER features, not what the user wants to work on now.

"What would you like to accomplish today?"

Present these options using the AskUserQuestion tool:

For Existing Codebases

If the context scan found existing artifacts, list them and ask:

"I found these existing features/work items:"

• List each spec in .specify/specs/*/ with its name and status
• Note any session checkpoints (paused work)

Then ask: "Do you want to continue one of these, or start something new?"

Step 2.5: Consultative Discovery (For New Features, Modifications, Bug Fixes)

When the user selects A. New Feature, B. Modify Existing, or C. Fix a Bug, conduct a consultative discovery interview BEFORE routing to the pipeline.

First, offer the option to skip:

If user selects "Skip Discovery", proceed directly to Step 3.

Discovery Question 1: Problem Statement

"What problem are you trying to solve?"

Recommended: Based on initial context, suggest the most likely problem type.

You can reply with the option letter, accept the recommendation by saying "yes", or provide your own answer.

Store response in discovery context.

Discovery Question 2: Target Users

"Who are the primary users of this feature?"

Recommended: Suggest based on problem type selected.

Store response in discovery context.

Discovery Question 3: Value Proposition

"What specific value should this deliver?"

Recommended: Suggest based on problem and user type.

Store response in discovery context.

Discovery Question 4: Success Metrics

"How will you measure success?"

Based on the value type selected, suggest relevant metrics:

Ask user to confirm or customize the metrics.

Optional: Competitive Research

"Would you like me to research how leading companies solve this problem?"

If user selects Yes, note for research phase. If skipped, mark "Competitive Analysis: Skipped".

Adaptive Depth

If user responds with uncertainty signals ("I'm not sure", "what would you suggest?", "not certain"):

• Offer to explore deeper: "I notice you might want more clarity on this. Would you like me to ask a few more questions to help narrow down the approach?"
• If yes, ask context-appropriate follow-up questions
• If no, proceed with best recommendation

Create Discovery Artifact

After completing discovery questions, create .specify/specs/{feature}/discovery.md:

---
feature: '[Feature Name]'
created: '[ISO timestamp]'
discoveredBy: Gofer + [User]
status: complete
---

# Business Discovery: [Feature Name]

## Problem Statement

**Pain Point**: [From Question 1] **Current State**: [If mentioned] **Impact**:
[If mentioned]

## Target Users

### Primary Users

- **Persona**: [From Question 2]
- **Technical Level**: [Inferred or asked]
- **Key Needs**: [Captured from context]

## Value Proposition

**Primary Value**: [From Question 3] **Quantified Goal**: [From Question 4]

## Success Metrics

| Metric     | Target   | Measurement    |
| ---------- | -------- | -------------- |
| [Metric 1] | [Target] | [How measured] |

## Competitive Analysis

**Status**: [Researched / Skipped] [Insights if researched]

## Discovery Decisions

| Decision      | Choice   | Rationale |
| ------------- | -------- | --------- |
| Problem Focus | [Choice] | [Why]     |
| User Target   | [Choice] | [Why]     |
| Value Metric  | [Choice] | [Why]     |

## AI-Readable Blocks Bridge

| Field | Decision |
| ----- | -------- |
| Profile Choice | External / Internal / Hybrid |
| Package Lane | {{public-package | internal-app | hybrid-adapter | app-local}} |
| Coupling Status | {{source-platform-coupled | source-platform-decoupled | hybrid-adapter}} |
| Public-Readiness Target | {{required | deferred | not-applicable}} |
| Block Porting Need | {{reuse | port | custom-block-exception}} |

Store in Memory

Create Memory entries for key discovery findings:

Category: 'discovery'
Tags: ['#problem', '#feature-{id}']
Content: 'Problem: [pain point]. Impact: [who affected].'

Category: 'discovery'
Tags: ['#users', '#personas', '#feature-{id}']
Content: 'Primary users: [persona]. Technical level: [level]. Key needs: [needs].'

Category: 'discovery'
Tags: ['#value', '#metrics', '#feature-{id}']
Content: 'Primary value: [benefit]. Success metric: [metric] target [goal].'

Edge Cases

• Mid-flow abandonment: If user cancels during discovery, save partial discovery.md with status: incomplete
• Re-running discovery: If discovery.md already exists, ask: "Discovery already exists for this feature. Would you like to merge new insights or replace it?"
• Web search failure: If competitive research fails, continue without it and note the failure

Step 2.6: Application Classification and AI Process Default

Before journey mapping, classify the request as application delivery or non-application work.

In EnterpriseAI mode, assume the request is application delivery unless the user's intent is clearly non-app. Roughly 90% of Gofer business requests should be treated this way: the user is trying to improve a customer journey or business process by building an app, workflow, portal, dashboard, mobile experience, form, assistant, or app.

For app delivery in any profile, apply the EAI Platform And Azure App Stack Policy: EAI Platform is the primary app substrate, Azure is the preferred cloud/infrastructure substrate, and unrelated non-EAI stacks are exceptions only.

Application Signals

Treat the request as application delivery when it includes any of these signals:

• Build an app, tool, dashboard, portal, workflow, form, chatbot, or app.
• Improve how a customer, employee, advisor, agent, or operator completes work.
• Replace a manual process with a guided digital process.
• Use EnterpriseAI data, object types, screens, APIs, or tenant context.
• Add generative AI to help users complete a business outcome.

Non-Application Signals

Classify as non-app only when the user is asking for work such as:

• Strategy, research, market analysis, board papers, or written advice.
• Documentation, executive summaries, or slide decks without an app to build.
• Codebase exploration, cloud audit, engineering review, or migration planning.
• A one-off analysis task where no durable user workflow will be implemented.

If non-app, record this explicitly in discovery.md:

## Application Classification

| Field | Decision |
| ----- | -------- |
| Classification | Non-application work |
| Reason | {{why-this-is-not-an-app-or-workflow}} |
| Four-step AI journey required | No |

Then continue through the pipeline without creating a four-step AI-augmented app journey.

If app delivery is selected or inferred, continue to Step 2.7 and create the AI-augmented journey.

Shared Numbered Stage Contract

Gofer MUST keep the same numbered stages for both classifications. The classification changes the behavior inside the shared stages; it does not remove existing non-app functionality or fork Gofer into unrelated products.

Step 2.7: AI-Augmented Journey Confirmation (For Application Delivery)

When the request is classified as application delivery, confirm the customer journey before routing to the rest of the pipeline. For application delivery, the default target is a concise four-step or fewer AI-augmented process. Even when the current business process has more than four steps, Gofer should use generative AI to compress, combine, or simplify the process into four business-goal-driven stages unless the user explicitly rejects that structure.

Before journey mapping for EAI app delivery, complete the EAI App Delivery Preflight above. If the EAI CLI, login, tenant, template, or app enrollment readiness is blocked, pause the EAI build path and explain the smallest next step. Do not proceed to plan/tasks/implementation for an EAI app until .specify/specs/{feature}/eai-preflight.md records a ready or explicitly deferred status.

UI-First App-Delivery Default

For app delivery, the default early process is:

1. Interview and visual brief — understand the MVP outcome, must-have screens, target users, workflow goals, and whether client branding or logos must be applied.
2. Constrained MVP preview — generate the first preview from the EAI App Template Template blocks already installed in the project by eai, rather than from an unconstrained custom UI.
3. Preview self-review and approval — use screenshot or Playwright-style local review before showing the preview, then iterate with the stakeholder until the UI is explicitly approved.
4. EnterpriseAI service-fit gate — after UI approval, review which platform services are accessible now, purchasable but unavailable now, or unsupported, and lock that decision before plan/tasks are treated as complete.

AI-Readable Blocks Bridge Intake

For EnterpriseAI app delivery, the interview must also capture the packaging and coupling path before research starts:

External and hybrid profile choices require explicit public-readiness, block-porting, source-platform decoupling, Storybook, and theme-override evidence in the later Gofer artifacts. Restricted-source choices still record why public readiness is not required now.

First, offer the option to skip:

If the user selects "Classify as Non-App / Skip AI Journey", capture the non-application rationale in discovery and proceed directly to Step 3. If the request is still an app, do not silently skip journey mapping; create a draft four-step journey with assumptions and ask the user to confirm or correct it.

Journey Extraction

Based on the discovery answers, extract:

1. Actors: Who interacts with this feature?

   • User types (e.g., "End User", "Admin")
   • AI agents (if applicable)
   • Systems (e.g., "Auth Service", "Database")

2. Steps: What is the main flow?

   • Compress the flow into four steps or fewer
   • Number each step (1, 2, 3, 4)
   • Identify which actor performs each step
   • State the business goal and completion outcome for each step
   • Note which generative AI assistance improves that step
   • For app delivery, default the steps to: brief -> preview -> approval -> service fit unless the user clearly needs a different four-step shape

3. Touchpoints: Where do interactions happen?

   • UI touchpoints (screens, buttons)
   • API touchpoints
   • Notifications
   • Local preview touchpoints such as browser views, screenshots, or Playwright/self-review outputs when the feature includes a UI

4. AI augmentation: How does generative AI help?

   • Conversational help: chatbot, voice, accessibility, translations, or guided explanation
   • Contextual prefill: populate fields from screen context, known data, user profile, customer record, document, or prior workflow state
   • Step-goal assistance: understand the goal of the step, recommend next actions, validate completeness, and drive the user to successful completion
   • Human control: show confidence, evidence, edit controls, escalation path, and audit trail
   • Preview critique: review the generated MVP before presentation and suggest concrete fixes when the first pass is visually weak or off-brief

Journey Confirmation Questions

Use AskUserQuestion to present the extracted journey:

Question 1: Confirm Actors

"Based on your description, I've identified these actors in the journey:"

Question 2: Confirm Journey Steps

"Here's the main flow I've identified:"

Question 2a: Confirm AI Assistance

"For each step, how should generative AI help the user complete the goal?"

Question 3: Identify Key Touchpoints

"What are the main interaction points for this feature?"

Save Confirmed Journey

After confirmation, save to .specify/specs/{feature}/journeys/base-journey.md:

---
id: {{feature-id}}-journey
name: {{journey-name}}
featureId: {{feature-id}}
status: confirmed
created: {{ISO-timestamp}}
modified: {{ISO-timestamp}}
applicationClassification: app
aiAugmentedJourney: true
maxSteps: 4
---

# AI-Augmented Customer Journey: {{feature-name}}

## Overview

{{discovery-problem-statement}}

## Actors

| ID     | Name        | Type   | Role                        |
| ------ | ----------- | ------ | --------------------------- |
| user   | End User    | user   | Primary user of the feature |
| system | Backend API | system | Handles business logic      |

## Journey Steps

### Step 1: {{business-goal}}

**Actor**: {{actor-id}}
**User action**: {{action-description}}
**AI assistance**:
{{chatbot-or-voice-or-accessibility-or-translation-or-prefill-or-guidance}}
**Context used**: {{screen-context-user-data-enterpriseai-data-documents}}
**Completion criteria**: {{how-we-know-this-step-is-successful}}
**Controls**: {{human-review-confidence-evidence-audit-escalation}}

### Step 2: {{business-goal}}

...

### Step 4: {{business-goal}}

...

## Journey Diagram

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant user as End User
    participant system as Backend API

    user->>system: Step 1 action
    system-->>user: AI-guided response, prefill, or validation
    user->>system: Step 2 action
```

## AI Augmentation Matrix

| Step | Business Goal | AI Assistance | Data / Context Used | Completion Signal |
| ---- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------------- | ----------------- |
| 1    | {{goal}}      | {{assist}}    | {{context}}         | {{signal}}        |
| 2    | {{goal}}      | {{assist}}    | {{context}}         | {{signal}}        |
| 3    | {{goal}}      | {{assist}}    | {{context}}         | {{signal}}        |
| 4    | {{goal}}      | {{assist}}    | {{context}}         | {{signal}}        |

## Touchpoints

| ID         | Type | Description             | Actors | Steps |
| ---------- | ---- | ----------------------- | ------ | ----- |
| login-form | ui   | Login screen            | user   | 1     |
| auth-api   | api  | Authentication endpoint | system | 1, 2  |

## Confirmation

- [x] Actors confirmed
- [x] Steps confirmed
- [x] Touchpoints identified

Store Journey in Memory

Category: 'journey' Tags: ['#journey', '#feature-{id}', '#confirmed'] Content:
'Journey for {feature}: {actor-count} actors, {step-count} steps. Main flow:
{step-summary}.'

Step 3: Route to Gofer Command

Based on user selection and detected state:

Route A/B/C: New Feature, Modify Existing, or Fix Bug

All three scenarios use the same pipeline - the difference is in the research focus:

Determine Starting Point

Closed-Loop Audit (Highest Priority when feature artifacts exist):

Before pipeline-state routing, run the closed-loop audit when the selected feature directory already exists:

node .specify/scripts/node/gofer-closed-loop-audit.mjs --feature-dir {FEATURE_DIR} --json

If {FEATURE_DIR}/loop-contract.json is missing, initialize it before routing past discovery:

node .specify/scripts/node/gofer-loop-audit.mjs --feature-dir {FEATURE_DIR} --stage 0_gofer_start --init --json

Do not ask the user about loop initialization unless the command fails or would overwrite an existing contract. The loop contract is standard Gofer feature scaffold, not an optional extra.

If the audit recommends a recommendedStartStage, resume from that stage even when later artifacts exist. This is how Gofer behaves like a goal-seeking loop: goal drift, expired assumptions, contract drift, UX scope changes, or post-validation code/test movement reopen the smallest valid mini-loop instead of pretending the pipeline is still complete.

Pipeline State Check (Priority):

Before file-existence checks, read pipeline-state.json for authoritative resume information:

.specify/scripts/bash/pipeline-state.sh read --json

If pipeline-state.json exists and status is in_progress, resume from currentStage. This takes priority over file-existence heuristics because pipeline-state.json is updated atomically by each stage on completion.

If the closed-loop audit recommends an earlier stage than currentStage, the audit wins. Pipeline state tracks progress; the audit tracks whether progress is still valid.

Spec Artifact Guard (Mandatory):

Before routing to /3_gofer_plan, /4_gofer_tasks, /5_gofer_implement, or /6_gofer_validate, confirm that .specify/specs/{feature}/spec.md exists and is not the unfilled spec-template.md copy created by feature bootstrap. A missing, empty, or placeholder-filled spec always routes back to /2_gofer_specify, even when pipeline-state.json, plan.md, tasks.md, or validation artifacts imply later progress. Gofer must never plan, task, implement, or validate a feature from research or plan artifacts alone.

Fallback — File-existence heuristics (used when no pipeline-state.json exists):

For New Features

1. Ask: "What would you like to call this feature?" (use AskUserQuestion)
2. Create the spec directory: .specify/specs/{feature-name}/
3. Seed stakeholder review scaffolding from templates:
   • {FEATURE_DIR}/working-backwards-prfaq.md from .specify/templates/working-backwards-prfaq-template.md
   • {FEATURE_DIR}/stakeholder-review-index.md from .specify/templates/stakeholder-review-index-template.md
   • {FEATURE_DIR}/prfaq-history/00-business-scenario.md as the initial product release PR/FAQ snapshot
   • Draft persona files only when enough context exists; otherwise let stages 1, 3, and 6 create the Business Owner, CTO, and CISO summaries with evidence.
4. Invoke /1_gofer_research to start the pipeline

Output:

ROUTING: GOFER PIPELINE
FEATURE: {feature-name}
STARTING: /1_gofer_research
AUTO-CHAIN: research → specify → plan → tasks → implement → validate
NOTE: research may also create optional supporting review artifacts
NOTE: create/update the running product release PR/FAQ and stakeholder review index from the first stage
REASON: [explanation]

For Existing Features

If user chose to continue an existing feature:

1. Detect most advanced artifact
2. Route to appropriate command
3. Pipeline auto-chains from there

Output:

ROUTING: GOFER PIPELINE
FEATURE: {feature-name}
STARTING: /[N]_gofer_[stage]
REMAINING: [remaining stages]
REASON: Continuing from existing artifacts

Route D: Explore/Research

Start with /1_gofer_research without auto-chaining:

ROUTING: GOFER RESEARCH (STANDALONE)
COMMAND: /1_gofer_research
AUTO-CHAIN: disabled after research until the user asks to continue
REASON: User wants to explore the codebase first

Route E: Continue Work

Check for session checkpoints:

find .specify/specs -name "session-checkpoint.md" -type f 2>/dev/null

If checkpoint found, read the most recent checkpoint and continue from the stage it names. Do not invoke a separate resume command.

If no checkpoint but unchecked tasks exist:

1. Find features with - [ ] in tasks.md
2. Present options to user
3. Resume with /5_gofer_implement

Output:

ROUTING: GOFER CONTINUE
FEATURE: {feature-name}
COMMAND: /5_gofer_implement or /6_gofer_validate
CHECKPOINT: {path to checkpoint}
REASON: Resuming from saved session

Route F: Setup Project

For new projects or establishing guidelines:

ROUTING: GOFER CONSTITUTION
COMMAND: /gofer_constitution
REASON: User wants to establish project principles

Step 4: Invoke the Routed Command

After determining the route:

1. Output the routing decision clearly
2. Invoke the target command using the Skill tool
3. Let that command take over the workflow

Auto-Chaining Behavior

The unified Gofer pipeline automatically chains commands:

/1_gofer_research completes  → auto-invokes /2_gofer_specify unless user pauses
/2_gofer_specify completes  → auto-invokes /3_gofer_plan
/3_gofer_plan completes     → auto-invokes /4_gofer_tasks
/4_gofer_tasks completes    → auto-invokes /5_gofer_implement
/5_gofer_implement completes→ auto-invokes /6_gofer_validate
/6_gofer_validate completes → pipeline complete

The user only needs to run /0_gofer_start once - the orchestrator handles everything else automatically.

Step 5: Handle Interruptions

If the user needs to pause:

1. Invoke /7_gofer_save to create checkpoint
2. Document current state
3. User can start a fresh session, read the checkpoint, and continue from the named stage

If context window is filling up:

1. Save progress with /7_gofer_save
2. Recommend user start new conversation
3. User opens the checkpoint and continues from the appropriate stage

Important Notes

• Keep the interview SHORT - max 2-3 questions
• ALWAYS ask what the user wants to do - don't assume existing artifacts are relevant
• Show existing features and let user choose to continue OR start new
• Technology architecture decisions must be asked one-by-one with a discussion loop so users can ask clarifying questions before finalizing each answer
• Document the routing decision for debugging
• If user seems confused, default to research first

Quick Reference: Core Pipeline And Helpers

Core Pipeline

Every stage also updates the running product release PR/FAQ: working-backwards-prfaq.md, writes an immutable snapshot in prfaq-history/, and refreshes stakeholder-review-index.md so the user sees which Business Owner, CTO/Architecture, CISO/Risk, or Delivery review is needed.

Helper Commands

EnterpriseAI Profile Extensions

The standard Gofer workflow is the public default. EnterpriseAI guidance is a legacy compatibility profile and must be used only when workflowProfile is explicitly set to enterpriseai or the user asks for that migration path. The sections below add EnterpriseAI guardrails on top of the standard orchestrator; standard-profile outputs remain unchanged.

EnterpriseAI-First Discovery Framing (MANDATORY)

When the workflow profile is explicitly enterpriseai:

• Frame every discovery option as an EnterpriseAI platform delivery outcome.
• Do not present non-EAI platforms as primary recommendations.
• Non-EAI platforms must never be presented as primary recommendations during discovery. They may only appear as optional reference material in the research stage, clearly labelled as non-primary.
• All recommended scenarios must map to an EnterpriseAI app (business analysis → EAI services → deployment target).
• Maintain a running domain model using the user's vocabulary. Ask adaptive follow-up questions that clarify actors, object types, workflows, tenant boundaries, decision owners, and measurable value.
• Before recommending a new object type, API, workflow, module, or spec concept, require a reuse-before-create scan: reuse existing, extend existing, or create new with rationale.

EnterpriseAI Contract and Context Guardrails (MANDATORY)

Every EnterpriseAI discovery must preserve enough information for downstream stages to create these artifacts without re-interviewing the user:

Truncated - read the full file at https://github.com/eai-support/eai/blob/a167be9e4e03faace2c4e0c931b8773327896171/resources/gofer/agents-skills/0_gofer_start/SKILL.md.