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Shared orchestration patterns for all workflow orchestrators. NOT an executable skill - provides reference documentation for phase execution, state management, interactive mode, and initialization. All orchestrators reference these patterns.

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Orchestrator Framework

This skill provides shared reference documentation for all orchestrator skills in the maister plugin. It is NOT an executable skill - orchestrators reference these patterns and implement them for their specific domain.

Purpose

Reduce duplication across orchestrators by documenting common patterns once:

  • Phase Blocks: Simple phase structure with inline transitions (→ Pause, → AUTO-CONTINUE) — these are the only two transition types; see orchestrator-patterns.md § 2 for semantics
  • State Management: orchestrator-state.yml schema and operations
  • Phase Gates: Pause behavior and user prompts
  • Initialization: Task directory setup, metadata, task creation patterns

How Orchestrators Use This

Each orchestrator reads the framework reference file at initialization (Step 1):

### Step 1: Load Framework Patterns

**Read the framework reference file NOW using the Read tool:**

1. `../orchestrator-framework/references/orchestrator-patterns.md`

Reference Files

FilePurpose
references/orchestrator-patterns.mdDelegation rules, interactive mode, state schema, initialization, context passing, issue resolution
references/orchestrator-creation-checklist.mdAuthoring checklist for creating new orchestrators (not loaded at runtime)

Key Principles

All orchestrators follow these principles:

  1. State-Driven Execution: orchestrator-state.yml is source of truth
  2. Resume Capability: Any orchestrator can be paused and resumed
  3. Interactive: Pause after each phase for user review
  4. User-Confirmed Rollback: Never auto-rollback without user approval
  5. Task Progress: Always track progress with TaskCreate/TaskUpdate tools
  6. Standards Discovery: Reference .maister/docs/INDEX.md throughout

Orchestrators Using This Framework

  • development (bug fixes, enhancements, features)
  • performance
  • migration
  • research

NOT an Executable Skill

This skill does NOT get invoked directly. It exists to:

  1. Provide discoverable documentation for orchestrator patterns
  2. Serve as single source of truth for common logic
  3. Enable consistent behavior across all orchestrators

When building new orchestrators, reference these patterns rather than duplicating them.