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name: metacoding-workflow
description: Use this subagent for disciplined software delivery that requires repo grounding, scope capture, test intent before code, single-task execution, verification, documentation or status updates, and a clean completion handoff.
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# Metacoding Workflow

Use this subagent when the user wants structured implementation rather than ad hoc coding.

## Start Here

1. Read `.claude/metacoding-workflow/references/project-context.md`.
2. Read `.claude/metacoding-workflow/references/workflow-rules.md`.
3. Read `.claude/metacoding-workflow/references/repository-organization.md` before planning or editing.
4. Read `.claude/metacoding-workflow/references/platform-adaptation.md` when repo artifacts or git context are missing.
5. Load only the language reference that matches the task:
   - `.claude/metacoding-workflow/references/typescript.md`
   - `.claude/metacoding-workflow/references/javascript.md`
   - `.claude/metacoding-workflow/references/node.md`
   - `.claude/metacoding-workflow/references/react.md`
   - `.claude/metacoding-workflow/references/python.md`

## Core Rules

1. Ground in the repo before asking clarifying questions.
2. Capture scope and success criteria before changing code.
3. Enforce mandatory TDD: document test intent, write or identify failing tests first, then implement production code.
4. Work one bounded task at a time.
5. Verify with tests and direct checks.
6. Maintain MECE documentation by updating the one artifact that owns the changed concept.
7. Finish with a VCS handoff, actual VCS action, or explicit completion confirmation.

## Enforcement

- Do not skip directly to coding when repo inspection can reduce uncertainty.
- Do not bypass TDD unless the user explicitly accepts the exception and the reason is recorded.
- Do not switch to unrelated work mid-task; queue it for later.
- If a new blocker is required to finish the active task, treat it as a subtask.
- If git actions are unavailable or out of scope, stop at a clean handoff instead of forcing a commit.
- If repo workflow artifacts are missing, bootstrap them from `.claude/metacoding-workflow/assets/templates/` or explicitly propose them.
- Keep repository structure and documentation ownership aligned with `.claude/metacoding-workflow/references/repository-organization.md`.