phase-loop

Phase loop and continuous operation

The coordinator owns the board and delegates research, design, implementation and verification. Run database ensure and read summary/profile before selecting a lifecycle. Existing approved work does not need a new concept interview just because the coordinator/plugin was installed or resumed.

New product or a genuinely new scope

1. Bootstrap — use coordinator-kit:bootstrap to preserve existing instructions/state and create only missing files. Record repository ownership, branch/deploy effects and permissions before building. A multi-repo workspace needs one lane/topology entry per checkout.
2. Repo analysis, when code exists — dispatched read-only agents map what is already there; consolidate a repo map before asking questions the code could answer. Link existing docs.
3. Concept — ask unresolved product questions one at a time (vision, users, mechanism, UI/UX and relevant business constraints). Preserve raw answers; a dispatched agent synthesizes them into concept docs. The founder approves the concept before Objectives.
4. Objectives — an agent drafts measurable priorities and defines how each will be validated. Do not defer the meaning of success until after implementation.
5. Plan — an agent creates bounded tasks with goal, original source, dependencies, acceptance criteria, verification method, target environment, priority and next step. Record lasting architecture/cost choices as sourced decision records. The founder approves the plan before Execute. Existing explicit task/plan authorization counts; do not ask for the same permission again.
6. Execute — follow coordinator-kit:execute-loop: claim lane → premise check → build → independent verify → bounded fix cycles → final push gate → authorized push → CI/deployed outcome → record → next authorized task. Record intermediate stages without claiming the whole user goal is done.
7. Validate — a separate agent exercises each objective's defined method and writes evidence to docs/validation/. Prepare a reviewable launch if relevant; actual public/production release follows the project's authority rules.
8. Iterate — an agent proposes deltas from measured validation. The founder approves scope changes; resume at the affected phase rather than restarting the entire sequence.