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Phase 3 of Serial Studio's spec-driven workflow: decompose an approved plan.md into an ordered, individually-verifiable task checklist (tasks.md). Use after /ss-plan is approved, or "break this into tasks", "task it out". Gates on human approval before /ss-implement.

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Serial Studio — /ss-tasks (phase 3 of 4)

Decompose the approved plan.md into an ordered checklist of small, individually-verifiable units. Each task is a coherent diff a reviewer could read on its own. See doc/claude/spec-driven.md for the gate discipline.

Preconditions

  • doc/claude/specs/NNNN-slug/plan.md exists and its status: is approved.

Procedure

  1. Read spec.md and plan.md. The tasks must cover every file in the plan's affected- files table and every acceptance criterion in the spec — nothing more, nothing less.

  2. Copy the template and write the tasks:

    cp doc/claude/specs/templates/tasks.md doc/claude/specs/NNNN-slug/tasks.md

  3. Decompose well:

    • One task = one focused change. If a task touches more than ~3 files or needs a paragraph to describe, split it.
    • Order so the tree stays coherent: data model / Keys:: and enums before the code that reads them; a driver class before its registration touch-points; UI after the model that feeds it.
    • Each task names its Files, what it Does, how to Verify it (usually python scripts/code-verify.py --check <files> plus a test or read-back), and its Deps.
    • A task touching a silent-breakage class (hotpath, ctor closure, signal wiring, cached hotpath flags) names the binding invariant in its Does line — so /ss-implement re-states it at edit time instead of rediscovering it (doc/claude/j-space.md: constraints steer only when named close to the action).
    • Sequence hotpath-sensitive work so --benchmark-hotpath can be run at a clean point.

  4. Fill the Definition of Done — the whole-feature gate (code-verify clean, qt-cpp-review run, hotpath not regressed, pytest targets identified, sanitize-commit run, diff in scope, spec marked done).

Gate

Stop after writing tasks.md. Present the checklist for review. Do not run /ss-implement until the maintainer approves it. Reordering or splitting tasks now is free; discovering a missing task mid-build is not.

Rules

  • Tasks describe work; they do not perform it. No code in this phase.
  • Every acceptance criterion in spec.md must be reachable by completing the listed tasks. If one is not, the plan is incomplete — go back to /ss-plan.
  • Keep the checklist honest: it becomes the live progress record that /ss-implement updates.