ulw-loop

ulw-loop

Use this skill when the user asks for ulw-loop, ulw, durable goal execution, evidence-led work, manual QA, or checkpointed long-running delivery.

This skill is intentionally compact. The full workflow lives in references/full-workflow.md. Read only the sections needed for the current phase, then execute them exactly.

Required First Steps

1. Open references/full-workflow.md.
2. Read through Bootstrap (including its tier triage), Execution Loop, the Manual-QA channels table, and the Stop Rules before running any ULW command or recording evidence.
3. If the task has code edits, tests, QA, or commit work, follow the full workflow's delegation and evidence rules. Tests alone never prove done.

Non-Negotiables

• Use the ulw-loop CLI state under .omo/ulw-loop; do not hand-edit goal state.
• Register goals up front (omo ulw-loop create-goals, then create_goal from the printed handoff) and mirror every atomic step into the live update_plan checklist: one ultra-granular step per action, exactly one in_progress, transitions marked the instant they happen.
• After any compaction or context loss, re-read brief + goals + ledger FIRST plus omo ulw-loop status --json, then resume; never re-plan from scratch.
• If omo ulw-loop create-goals says the existing aggregate is already complete, start unrelated new work with a fresh --session-id <new-id> instead of steering or forcing the completed default state. Use --force only to intentionally overwrite completed evidence.
• Every success criterion needs observable evidence from a real surface: a channel (terminal/TUI via the xterm.js web terminal, HTTP, browser, computer-use) or, for CLI- or data-shaped criteria, an auxiliary surface (CLI stdout, DB diff, parsed config dump).
• Evidence is bound to the tree it was captured at (git rev-parse --short "HEAD^{tree}"); it goes stale only when tracked content changes — a rebase or amend that keeps the tree identical keeps it valid. When the tree differs, re-run at the current HEAD and re-record, never relabel or regenerate. Record only after cleanup receipts exist.
• Delegate code edits, test writes, fixes, and QA execution to right-sized Codex subagents when the workflow requires it.
• Every spawn_agent message starts with TASK:, then names DELIVERABLE, SCOPE, and VERIFY; put role and specialty instructions inside message; use fork_turns: "none" (v1: fork_context: false) unless full history is truly required.
• Plan and reviewer agents may run for a long time; spawn them in the background and keep doing independent root work. Between wait_agent calls, back off — double the timeout up to ~5 minutes — instead of spinning short cycles.
• For work likely to exceed one wait cycle, require the child to send WORKING: <task> - <current phase> before long reading, testing, or review passes, and BLOCKED: <reason> only when it cannot progress.
• Track spawned agent names locally. Use wait_agent for mailbox signals, not proof of completion. A timeout only means no new mailbox update arrived. Treat a running child as alive.
• While children run, surface the active subagent count, agent names, and latest WORKING: phase.
• Fallback only when the child is completed without the deliverable, ack-only after followup_task, explicitly BLOCKED:, or no longer running. Then record inconclusive and respawn a smaller fork_turns: "none" task with the missing deliverable.
• Use git-master for git-tracked edits: inspect recent and touched-path commit history, then commit each verified work unit atomically in the repository's observed language, scope, and message style with only that unit's files staged. Never carry verified units into a later omnibus commit.