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task-decomposition-coarse

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Decompose approved coarse tech-spec into task files with parallel creation and validation. Coarse variant: each Implementation Task in tech-spec produces one task file covering one skill's cohesive scope. Use when: "разбей на задачи coarse", "декомпозиция крупно", "разбей задачи крупно", "крупная декомпозиция задач", "decompose tech-spec coarse", "skill-scoped tasks", "one task per skill", "task decomposition coarse", "/decompose-tech-spec-coarse"

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Task Decomposition (Coarse Variant)

Decompose coarse tech-spec Implementation Tasks into individual task files with parallel creation and validation. Each task covers one skill's cohesive scope — not atomic units.

Input: work/{feature}/tech-spec.md (status: approved, produced by tech-spec-planning-coarse) Output: work/{feature}/tasks/*.md (validated) Language: Task files in English; communication with the user in the language the user writes in

Phase 1: Create Tasks

  1. Ask user for feature name if not provided.

  2. Read work/{feature}/tech-spec.md. Check frontmatter status: approved. If not approved — tell the user (in their language): "tech-spec is not approved. Run /new-tech-spec-coarse first and get it to approved." Stop.

  3. Read work/{feature}/user-spec.md.

  4. Note the task template path: ~/.claude/shared/work-templates/tasks/task.md.template

  5. Read skills/reviewers catalog from skills-and-reviewers.md — shared across standard and coarse variants.

  6. For each task in Implementation Tasks — launch task-creator-coarse subagent in parallel. Pass each task-creator-coarse:

    • feature_path, task_number, task_name
    • template_path: ~/.claude/shared/work-templates/tasks/task.md.template
    • files_to_modify, files_to_read (from tech-spec)
    • depends_on, wave, skills, reviewers, verify (from tech-spec)
    • teammate_name (if specified in tech-spec, optional)

    Each task-creator-coarse copies the template to tasks/{N}.md first, then edits each section in place — this ensures no sections are skipped. For coarse tasks: What to do is filled as a checklist of related steps with commit points between them.

    Coarse rule: each task scopes to exactly one skill from the catalog. Exception: audit/QA tasks (Code Audit, Security Audit, Test Audit, pre-deploy-qa, post-deploy-qa) use methodology skills and sit in their own waves — they are not subject to the one-skill-per-task rule.

  7. Confirm each task-creator-coarse returned a file path. Skip reading task content — preserve context budget for validation phase.

  8. Git commit: draft(tasks): create {N} coarse tasks from tech-spec for {feature}

Checkpoint:

  • All tasks/*.md files created
  • Each task-creator-coarse returned file path
  • Draft committed

Phase 2: Validation (up to 3 iterations)

Tech-spec was already validated. This phase checks only: (1) task-creator-coarse correctly expanded tasks by template with coarse-specific content, (2) no mismatches with real code appeared during detailing, (3) one-skill-per-task rule holds.

Validators

Launch both in parallel:

task-validator-coarse (sonnet) — Template Compliance + Scope + AC/TDD carry-forward:

  • Batch: 5 tasks per call
  • Pass: feature_path, task_numbers array, batch_number, iteration
  • Report: logs/tasks/template-batch{N}-review.json

reality-checker (sonnet) — Reality & Adequacy (shared agent, no coarse variant needed):

  • Batch: 3 tasks per call
  • Pass: feature_path, task_numbers array, batch_number, iteration
  • Report: logs/tasks/reality-batch{N}-review.json

Process

  1. Launch both validators in parallel.
  2. Read JSON reports, collect findings.
  3. If issues found — for each task with issues, launch task-creator-coarse in fix mode:
    • Pass: same inputs as creation + mode: fix + findings from validators
    • task-creator-coarse reads existing task, applies fixes, overwrites file
  4. After each validation round, git commit: chore(tasks): validation round {N} — {summary}
  5. Re-validate fixed tasks. Maximum 3 iterations.
  6. If problems remain after 3rd iteration — show the user (in their language): "Here's what's left — let's resolve it together."

Cross-Task Integration Check

After individual validation passes, run a final cross-task check:

  1. Launch both validators on ALL tasks in a single batch:

    • task-validator-coarse — focus: skill overlap across tasks (two tasks with same skill on same module = merge candidate), shared resource ownership, no competing instances in same wave
    • reality-checker — focus: duplicate heavy resource init, hidden dependencies, inconsistent approaches across tasks

  2. If issues found → launch task-creator-coarse in fix mode for affected tasks. Re-validate fixed tasks.

  3. Max 2 iterations for cross-task check (on top of the 3 individual iterations).

Checkpoint:

  • Both validators: status=approved OR user resolved remaining issues
  • Cross-task integration check: no cross-task conflicts

Phase 3: Present to User

  1. Summary: task count, waves, dependencies, validation results (iterations, issues found/fixed).
  2. Wait for user approval.
  3. Git commit: chore(tasks): coarse task decomposition approved for {feature}
  4. Suggest next step: /do-feature for full feature execution, or /do-task for individual tasks.

Checkpoint:

  • Summary presented to user
  • User approved task decomposition
  • Approval committed

Final Check

  • All phases completed (tasks created, validation passed)
  • All tasks match template, each uses one skill (except audit/QA)
  • Validation: both validators passed or user confirmed remaining issues