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Execute the plan by dispatching fresh subagents per task, monitoring status, and collecting results

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Strategy: Experiment Running

Key Question: How to execute?

Methodology

实现的执行直接交给 superpowers 现成链路,不再自写 fresh-subagent / 三段 review。 plan(上游 plan-writing 产出)就绪后,本策略是一串决策节点:

  1. Skill load superpowers:using-git-worktrees —— 建隔离工作区 + 跑 baseline 测试。
  2. Skill load ponytail:ponytail —— 进入写代码前开启精简反射(边写边 lean)。
  3. 二选一执行引擎:
    • superpowers:executing-plans(本 session 批量执行,带 checkpoint),或
    • superpowers:subagent-driven-development(每任务 fresh 子代理 + 两段 review)。 多数实验实现用前者;任务高度独立、需强隔离时用后者(详见 subagent-execution-loop)。
  4. Skill load superpowers:verification-before-completion —— claim 完成前先跑证明命令。
  5. Skill load ponytail:ponytail-debt —— 收尾前收集 ponytail: 欠债标记。
  6. Skill load superpowers:finishing-a-development-branch —— 验证测试 → merge/PR/branch。

DARE 原生的 checkpoint-and-recover(高风险操作前存档)与 subagent-execution-loop (执行循环细节)作为 tactic 仍在编排内保留。

Execution Flow

[plan from plan-writing]
    → superpowers:using-git-worktrees   (隔离区 + baseline)
    → ponytail:ponytail                 (精简反射开启)
    → superpowers:executing-plans  或  superpowers:subagent-driven-development
    → superpowers:verification-before-completion  (claim 前验证)
    → ponytail:ponytail-debt            (收欠债)
    → superpowers:finishing-a-development-branch  (收尾)

Budget Gate

StepMax BudgetOutput
Per-task execution50% of execution budget / N tasksTask result
Monitoring overhead5% of execution budgetStatus log
Retry budget10% of execution budgetUnblocked tasks

Key Decisions

  • 执行引擎二选一:批量 → executing-plans;强隔离/逐任务审查 → subagent-driven-development
  • model 选择 / retry / 并行:交给所选 superpowers 引擎,不在本策略重定义
  • Abort:>50% 关键路径 BLOCKED 时中止并报告(DARE 排程层判据)

Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

TacticWhen to use
checkpoint-and-recoverCheckpoint state before risky operations, detect anomalies, and recover gracefully
subagent-execution-loopOrchestrate task execution via fresh subagents with dispatch, monitoring, and result collection

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOPWhen to use
execution-monitoringMonitor execution progress, detect anomalies, and report status
implementer-dispatchDispatch execution subagent — select model by complexity, construct prompt with full task context
ponytail:ponytailLazy-senior reflex: simplest thing that holds; mark every deliberate shortcut
ponytail:ponytail-debtHarvest ponytail debt markers before finishing
result-collectionCollect experiment outputs — metrics, logs, artifacts — into structured result set
superpowers:executing-plansExecute the plan task-by-task in the current session with checkpoints
superpowers:finishing-a-development-branchVerify tests -> merge / PR / branch cleanup
superpowers:subagent-driven-developmentExecute the plan via a fresh subagent per task with two-stage review
superpowers:using-git-worktreesCreate an isolated worktree + run baseline tests before implementing
superpowers:verification-before-completionRun the proving command and confirm output before claiming done