nw-wizard-shared-rules

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Shared rules for feature ID derivation and wave detection used by /nw-new, /nw-continue, and /nw-fast-forward wizards

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Wizard Shared Rules

Shared rules referenced by /nw-new, /nw-continue, and /nw-fast-forward wizards.

Feature ID Derivation

Derive a kebab-case feature ID from the feature description:

Strip common prefixes: "implement", "add", "create", "build"
Remove English stop words: "a", "the", "to", "for", "with", "and", "in", "on", "of"
Convert to kebab-case (lowercase, hyphens between words)
Limit to 5 hyphenated segments maximum

Examples:

"Add rate limiting to the API gateway" → rate-limiting-api-gateway
"OAuth2 upgrade" → oauth2-upgrade
"Implement a real-time notification system with WebSocket support for mobile and desktop clients" → real-time-notification-system-websocket

Wave Detection Rules

Check SSOT first, then feature delta:

Wave	Complete When	In Progress When
DISCOVER	`docs/product/jobs.yaml` has a validated job for this feature	`docs/feature/{id}/discover/` exists but no validated job in SSOT
DISCUSS	`docs/feature/{id}/discuss/user-stories.md` exists and is non-empty	`docs/feature/{id}/discuss/` exists but user-stories.md missing or empty
DESIGN	`docs/product/architecture/brief.md` has a section for this feature	`docs/feature/{id}/design/` exists but brief.md not updated
DEVOPS	`docs/product/kpi-contracts.yaml` has contracts for this feature	`docs/feature/{id}/devops/` exists but no KPI contracts in SSOT
DISTILL	`tests/acceptance/{id}/` has feature files	`docs/feature/{id}/distill/` exists but test files incomplete
DELIVER	`docs/feature/{id}/deliver/execution-log.json` with all roadmap steps at COMMIT/PASS	`docs/feature/{id}/deliver/execution-log.json` exists with some steps incomplete

"Not started" = neither SSOT entry nor feature delta directory exist for that wave.