Task Execution Workflow

Task Execution Workflow is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from raydeStar/sir-thaddeus. It costs 2,379 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A set of repository rules for carrying out development work from the user's request through testing and completion. It explains how to choose work, report progress and handle task trackers.

In plain words
What is it for?
Planning implementation, reporting progress, running tests, handling decisions and closing development tasks.
Why use it?
It provides a consistent process without requiring an external task board before work can start or finish.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add instructions/raydestar/sir-thaddeus/notion-task-workflow
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/raydeStar/sir-thaddeus

Made for: GitHub Copilot.

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When invoked 2,379 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
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Fable 5 $0.02379 $0.02379
Opus 5 $0.01189 $0.01189
Sonnet 5 $0.00476 $0.00476
Haiku 4.5 $0.00238 $0.00238

Measured 5d ago against content hash f2bcdc9db02e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

Task Execution Workflow scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 5d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.github/instructions/notion-task-workflow.instructions.md · 249 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 249 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Task Execution Workflow

This workflow governs how every agent operates in the Sir Thaddeus repository. Follow these steps in sequence. Do not require Notion or any other external board to begin or complete work.

Core Rule

  • The active user request is the source of truth unless the user explicitly points you at a GitHub issue, document, or tracker.
  • External trackers are optional context, not a prerequisite.
  • Never block implementation on updating a task board.

Progress Reporting Requirements

Progress commentary is mandatory throughout this workflow. The human operator must always know where you are, what you are doing, and whether you are stuck.

When to report progress

Report a progress update:

  • After identifying the concrete task you are working on.
  • After each significant implementation step.
  • After every test run, with a plain-English summary of what passed, failed, or was skipped.
  • Whenever you encounter a decision point that could change the outcome.
  • Whenever you are about to slow down, retry, or change approach.
  • Whenever something unexpected happens (a file is missing, a build fails, a tool errors).

What a progress update must include

Every update must state:

  1. What phase you are in.
  2. What you just completed.
  3. What you are doing next.
  4. Any open risk, uncertainty, or blocker you have noticed — even if you plan to push through it.

Escalation thresholds

Situation Action
Cannot start the task at all (dependency, external resource, missing access) Report the task as Blocked immediately. Do not attempt partial work.
Made meaningful progress but hit a hard stop you cannot resolve Leave the work in a reviewable state and report Needs Human Testing with the exact blocker.
Approximately 90% complete but the final step requires human interaction, live UI, or unverifiable execution Report Needs Human Testing. Do not self-certify. Describe the remaining step precisely.
Fully complete and all tests pass Proceed to the closeout phase.

Read the full file on GitHub · 249 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 5d ago First seen · 249 lines · 2,379 tokens per session scan A f2bcdc9db02e

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Task Execution Workflow is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository raydeStar/sir-thaddeus (13 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 2,379 tokens to every session, about $0.0119 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.