update-workflow-explorer

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Audit and update workflow-explorer.html flowcharts to match the current codebase logic. Reads all command, skill, and agent source files, compares against the 4 data structures in the HTML file, reports drift, and applies updates. Use when workflow logic has changed and the explorer needs syncing.

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Update Workflow Explorer

Audit workflow-explorer.html and sync its flowchart data with the actual command/skill/agent source files.

Step 0: Determine Scope

Check $ARGUMENTS for user-provided context about what changed.

Context given (e.g. "I just updated the implementation skill") → narrow to affected flowchart keys using the source mapping below
No context → full audit of all 24 flowchart keys
Ambiguous → ASK user to confirm scope before proceeding

Step 1: Read Source Files

For each in-scope flowchart key, read its source file(s) and extract the logical flow: steps, gates, decisions, loops, conditional branches, outputs.

Source Mapping

Key	Source Files
`research`	`commands/workflow/start-research.md`
`discussion`	`commands/workflow/start-discussion.md`
`specification`	`commands/workflow/start-specification.md`
`planning`	`commands/workflow/start-planning.md`
`implementation`	`commands/workflow/start-implementation.md`
`review`	`commands/workflow/start-review.md`
`skill-research`	`skills/technical-research/SKILL.md`
`skill-discussion`	`skills/technical-discussion/SKILL.md`
`skill-specification`	`skills/technical-specification/SKILL.md` + `skills/technical-specification/references/steps/*.md`
`skill-planning`	`skills/technical-planning/SKILL.md` + `skills/technical-planning/references/steps/*.md`
`skill-implementation`	`skills/technical-implementation/SKILL.md` + `skills/technical-implementation/references/steps/*.md`
`skill-review`	`skills/technical-review/SKILL.md` + `agents/review-task-verifier.md`
`start-feature`	`commands/start-feature.md`
`link-deps`	`commands/link-dependencies.md`
`status`	`commands/workflow/status.md`
`view-plan`	`commands/workflow/view-plan.md`
`migrate`	`commands/migrate.md`
`planning-phase-designer`	`agents/planning-phase-designer.md`
`planning-task-designer`	`agents/planning-task-designer.md`
`planning-task-author`	`agents/planning-task-author.md`
`planning-dependency-grapher`	`agents/planning-dependency-grapher.md`
`implementation-task-executor`	`agents/implementation-task-executor.md`
`implementation-task-reviewer`	`agents/implementation-task-reviewer.md`
`review-task-verifier`	`agents/review-task-verifier.md`

Use parallel reads (Task tool with Explore agents or multiple Read calls) to gather sources efficiently.

Step 2: Read Current Flowchart Data

Read workflow-explorer.html and extract the 6 data structures for each in-scope key:

phases[key] — metadata (steps, desc, scenarios, detailHTML)
FLOWCHARTS[key] — nodes + connections
FLOWCHART_DESCS[key] — summary, body, meta
OVERVIEW_* — only if phases were added/removed/renamed
SOURCE_MAP[key] — repo-relative path to source file (update when files are renamed)
SKILL_NEXT_PHASE[key] — next-phase navigation for skill flowcharts

Step 3: Compare and Report

For each key, compare source logic against current flowchart data. Report per key:

MATCH — no drift detected
DRIFT — specific differences (added/removed steps, renamed concepts, changed gates, altered flow)
MISSING — flowchart key exists in sources but not in explorer (or vice versa)

Present findings to the user and STOP. Wait for confirmation of which changes to apply before proceeding.

Step 4: Apply Updates

For each confirmed change, update the following in workflow-explorer.html:

FLOWCHARTS[key].nodes and .connections
FLOWCHART_DESCS[key] summary, body, meta
phases[key] desc, steps count, detailHTML (if affected)
OVERVIEW_* (only if phases added/removed)

Data Conventions

Follow the conventions documented in the file header (lines 1-41):

Node shapes:

pill — start/end nodes (w:150, h:40)
diamond — decision/routing nodes (w:110-130, h:110-130)
stop — hard-cornered terminal nodes for STOP/BLOCK (w:150-180, h:40, rx:3)
rect (default) — action step nodes (w:180-200, h:44)

Connection types:

yes — green (positive branch from diamond)
no — red (negative branch from diamond)
transition — orange dashed (phase/context transitions)
backloop — gray dashed (retry/loop-back flows)

Color conventions (type-based, NOT phase-based — use CSS vars):

var(--action) sky blue — primary work steps (validate, extract, etc.)
var(--agent) cyan — agent invocation nodes (with optional skillLink to agent flowchart)
var(--text-dim) gray — utility/support steps (read existing, load format, etc.)
var(--ask) purple — user-interaction nodes
var(--routing) amber — decision diamonds (all diamonds use this)
var(--gate) red — STOP/BLOCK terminal nodes (hard-cornered stop shape), cache refresh
var(--discovery) green — discovery script execution
var(--skill) orange — skill invocation pills (with skillLink)
var(--next) blue — next-phase navigation nodes (rect, command color, same shape as agent nodes)
var(--accent) blue — entry points, migrations, git commits
var(--{phase}) phase color — END output artifacts only (keeps phase identity)

Node properties:

skillLink — on nodes that should navigate to a skill or agent flowchart on click
desc — tooltip text describing what the node does

Next-phase nodes (skill flowcharts only):

Every skill flowchart except skill-review has a next rect node at the end
Node: { id: 'next', label: 'Invoke /start-{phase}', desc: '...', w: 200, h: 44, color: 'var(--next)', bg: 'var(--next-bg)', skillLink: NEXT_PHASE_KEY }
Connection: { from: 'end', to: 'next', type: 'transition' }
All next nodes use consistent command blue (var(--next)) regardless of target phase
SKILL_NEXT_PHASE mapping must stay in sync

SOURCE_MAP maintenance:

When source files are renamed or new flowchart keys are added, update SOURCE_MAP accordingly
SOURCE_MAP maps flowchart keys to repo-relative file paths for the markdown viewer

Step 5: Validate and Verify

After applying updates:

Check all connection from/to values reference valid node IDs in the same flowchart
Check for orphaned nodes (not referenced by any connection as source or target, excluding start nodes)
Remind user to open workflow-explorer.html in browser for visual verification