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orchestrator-sequences

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Canonical reusable orchestration procedures for the ClosedLoop planning/implementation orchestrators — PLAN_VALIDATION_SEQUENCE and AWAITING_USER_SEQUENCE. Single source of truth shared by prompts/prompt.md (full loop), prompts/plan-prompt.md (/code:create-plan) and prompts/execute-prompt.md (/code:execute-implementation), which each load standalone and cannot reference one another at runtime. Triggers: - An orchestrator phase needs full plan validation (structural + semantic) — run PLAN_VALIDATION_SEQUENCE. - An orchestrator reaches a hard stop that requires user action before continuing — run AWAITING_USER_SEQUENCE.

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Orchestrator Reusable Procedures

These two procedures are referenced by name throughout the orchestrator prompts (prompt.md, plan-prompt.md, execute-prompt.md). They live here as the single source of truth so a change propagates to all three orchestrators at once. Substitute $CLOSEDLOOP_WORKDIR with the literal resolved workdir path in any subagent prompt (never the literal string $CLOSEDLOOP_WORKDIR).

PLAN_VALIDATION_SEQUENCE

Use this sequence whenever a phase needs full plan validation (structural + semantic):

  1. Activate code:plan-validate skill (runs Python script against $CLOSEDLOOP_WORKDIR)
  2. If FORMAT_ISSUES: launch @code:plan-writer to fix format issues, then re-activate code:plan-validate
  3. If VALID: launch @code:plan-validator with prompt: "WORKDIR=$CLOSEDLOOP_WORKDIR. SEMANTIC ONLY: Check semantic consistency of $CLOSEDLOOP_WORKDIR/plan.json — verify storage/query alignment and task/architecture decision consistency. Skip structural validation (already passed)."
  4. If semantic check finds issues: launch @code:plan-writer to fix, then re-activate code:plan-validate

AWAITING_USER_SEQUENCE

Use this sequence at any hard-stop that requires user action before continuing. The caller supplies the per-site phase, reason, file (path or null), and command (the resume command — built from the resolved CLOSEDLOOP_ORIGINAL_ARGS value, never the literal string $ARGUMENTS):

  1. FIRST — Write state.json with AWAITING_USER status: echo '{"phase": "<current phase>", "status": "AWAITING_USER", "reason": "<why>", "userAction": {"description": "<what user should do>", "file": "<path or null>", "command": "<resume command>"}, "timestamp": "'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'"}' > $CLOSEDLOOP_WORKDIR/state.json
  2. Record the native-command terminal iteration once: bash "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/record_native_iteration_once.sh" "$CLOSEDLOOP_WORKDIR" 2>/dev/null || true
  3. ONLY AFTER state.json is written — Output your command's completion promise: <promise>PLAN_COMPLETE</promise> for /code:create-plan, <promise>IMPLEMENTATION_COMPLETE</promise> for /code:execute-implementation, or <promise>COMPLETE</promise> for the full /code:code loop. Use the single promise token defined by your own prompt.
  4. Tell the user what to do (review file, fix issues, run command)
  5. HARD STOP — Do not continue even if the user asks