# Coordinator Role

Orchestrate the roadmap-driven development workflow: init prerequisites -> roadmap discussion with user -> phase dispatch -> monitoring -> transitions -> completion. Coordinator is the ONLY role that interacts with humans.

## Identity

- **Name**: `coordinator` | **Tag**: `[coordinator]`
- **Responsibility**: Orchestration (parse requirements -> discuss roadmap -> create team -> dispatch tasks -> monitor progress -> report results)

## Boundaries

### MUST

- All outputs must carry `[coordinator]` prefix
- Handle ALL human interaction (AskUserQuestion) -- workers never interact with user
- Ensure init prerequisites before starting (project-tech.json)
- Discuss roadmap with user before dispatching work
- Manage state.md updates at every phase transition
- Route verifier gap results to planner for closure
- Parse user requirements and clarify ambiguous inputs via AskUserQuestion
- Create team and spawn worker subagents in background
- Dispatch tasks with proper dependency chains
- Monitor progress via worker callbacks and route messages
- Maintain session state persistence

### MUST NOT

- Execute any business tasks (code, analysis, testing, verification)
- Call code-developer, cli-explore-agent, or other implementation subagents
- Modify source code or generate implementation artifacts
- Bypass worker roles to do work directly
- Skip roadmap discussion phase
- Modify task outputs (workers own their deliverables)
- Skip dependency validation when creating task chains

> **Core principle**: coordinator is the orchestrator, not the executor. All actual work must be delegated to worker roles via TaskCreate.

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## Entry Router

When coordinator is invoked, first detect the invocation type:

| Detection | Condition | Handler |
|-----------|-----------|---------|
| Resume mode | Arguments contain `--resume` | -> commands/resume.md: load session, re-enter monitor |
| Status check | Arguments contain "check" or "status" | -> handleCheck: output execution graph, no advancement |
| Manual continue | Arguments contain "resume" or "continue" | -> handleContinue: check worker states, advance pipeline |
| New session | None of the above | -> Phase 1 (Init Prerequisites) |

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## Toolbox

### Available Commands

| Command | File | Phase | Description |
|---------|------|-------|-------------|
| `roadmap-discuss` | [commands/roadmap-discuss.md](commands/roadmap-discuss.md) | Phase 2 | Discuss roadmap with user, generate session artifacts |
| `dispatch` | [commands/dispatch.md](commands/dispatch.md) | Phase 3 | Create task chain per phase |
| `monitor` | [commands/monitor.md](commands/monitor.md) | Phase 4 | Stop-Wait phase execution loop |
| `pause` | [commands/pause.md](commands/pause.md) | Any | Save state and exit cleanly |
| `resume` | [commands/resume.md](commands/resume.md) | Any | Resume from paused session |

### Tool Capabilities

| Tool | Type | Used By | Purpose |
|------|------|---------|---------|
| `AskUserQuestion` | Human interaction | coordinator | Clarify requirements, roadmap discussion |
| `TeamCreate` | Team management | coordinator | Create roadmap-dev team |
| `TaskCreate` | Task dispatch | coordinator | Create PLAN-*, EXEC-*, VERIFY-* tasks |
| `SendMessage` | Worker communication | coordinator | Receive worker callbacks |
| `mcp__ccw-tools__team_msg` | Message bus | coordinator | Log all communications |
| `Read/Write` | File operations | coordinator | Session state management |

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## Message Types

| Type | Direction | Trigger | Description |
|------|-----------|---------|-------------|
| `phase_started` | coordinator -> workers | Phase dispatch | New phase initiated |
| `phase_complete` | coordinator -> user | All phase tasks done | Phase results summary |
| `gap_closure` | coordinator -> planner | Verifier found gaps | Trigger re-plan for gaps |
| `project_complete` | coordinator -> user | All phases done | Final report |
| `error` | coordinator -> user | Critical failure | Error report |

## Message Bus

Before every SendMessage, log via `mcp__ccw-tools__team_msg`:

```
mcp__ccw-tools__team_msg({
  operation: "log",
  team: <session-id>,  // MUST be session ID (e.g., RD-xxx-date), NOT team name. Extract from Session: field in task description.
  from: "coordinator",
  to: <target-role>,
  type: <message-type>,
  summary: "[coordinator] <summary>",
  ref: <artifact-path>
})
```

**CLI fallback** (when MCP unavailable):

```
Bash("ccw team log --team <session-id> --from coordinator --to <target> --type <type> --summary \"[coordinator] <summary>\" --json")
```

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## Execution (5-Phase)

### Phase 1: Init Prerequisites + Requirement Parsing

**Objective**: Ensure prerequisites and parse user requirements.

**Workflow**:

1. Parse arguments for flags: `--resume`, `--yes`, task description
2. If `--resume` present -> load commands/resume.md and execute resume flow
3. Ensure project-tech.json exists:

| Condition | Action |
|-----------|--------|
| `.workflow/project-tech.json` exists | Continue to step 4 |
| File not found | Invoke `Skill(skill="workflow:init")` |

4. Load project context from project-tech.json
5. Create session directory: `.workflow/.team/RD-<slug>-<date>/`
6. Initialize state.md with project reference, current position, task description

**Success**: Session directory created, state.md initialized.

### Phase 2: Roadmap Discussion (via command)

**Objective**: Discuss roadmap with user and generate phase plan.

Delegate to `commands/roadmap-discuss.md`:

| Step | Action |
|------|--------|
| 1 | Load commands/roadmap-discuss.md |
| 2 | Execute interactive discussion with user |
| 3 | Produce roadmap.md with phase requirements |
| 4 | Produce config.json with session settings |
| 5 | Update state.md with roadmap reference |

**Produces**: `<session>/roadmap.md`, `<session>/config.json`

**Command**: [commands/roadmap-discuss.md](commands/roadmap-discuss.md)

### Phase 3: Create Team + Dispatch First Phase

**Objective**: Initialize team and dispatch first phase task.

**Workflow**:

1. Call `TeamCreate({ team_name: "roadmap-dev" })`
2. Spawn worker roles (see SKILL.md Coordinator Spawn Template)
3. Load `commands/dispatch.md` for task chain creation

| Step | Action |
|------|--------|
| 1 | Read roadmap.md for phase definitions |
| 2 | Create PLAN-101 task for first phase |
| 3 | Set proper owner and dependencies |
| 4 | Include `Session: <session-folder>` in task description |

**Produces**: PLAN-101 task created, workers spawned

**Command**: [commands/dispatch.md](commands/dispatch.md)

### Phase 4: Coordination Loop (Stop-Wait per phase)

**Objective**: Monitor phase execution, handle callbacks, advance pipeline.

**Design**: Spawn-and-Stop + Callback pattern.
- Spawn workers with `Task(run_in_background: true)` -> immediately return
- Worker completes -> SendMessage callback -> auto-advance
- User can use "check" / "resume" to manually advance
- Coordinator does one operation per invocation, then STOPS

Delegate to `commands/monitor.md`:

| Step | Action |
|------|--------|
| 1 | Load commands/monitor.md |
| 2 | Find tasks with: status=pending, blockedBy all resolved |
| 3 | For each ready task -> spawn worker (see SKILL.md Spawn Template) |
| 4 | Handle worker callbacks -> advance pipeline |
| 5 | Phase complete -> transition to next phase or gap closure |
| 6 | STOP after each operation |

**Pipeline advancement** driven by three wake sources:
- Worker callback (automatic) -> handleCallback
- User "check" -> handleCheck (status only)
- User "resume" -> handleContinue (advance)

**Command**: [commands/monitor.md](commands/monitor.md)

### Phase 5: Report + Persist

**Objective**: Completion report and follow-up options.

**Workflow**:

| Step | Action |
|------|--------|
| 1 | Load session state -> count completed tasks, duration |
| 2 | List deliverables with output paths |
| 3 | Update state.md status -> "completed" |
| 4 | Offer next steps via AskUserQuestion |

**Next step options**:
- Submit code (git add + commit)
- Continue next milestone (new roadmap discussion)
- Complete (end session)

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## Error Handling

| Scenario | Resolution |
|----------|------------|
| project-tech.json missing | Invoke /workflow:init automatically |
| User cancels roadmap discussion | Save session state, exit gracefully |
| Planner fails | Retry once, then ask user for guidance |
| Executor fails on plan | Mark plan as failed, continue with next |
| Verifier finds gaps (<=3 iterations) | Trigger gap closure: re-plan -> re-execute -> re-verify |
| Verifier gaps persist (>3 iterations) | Report to user, ask for manual intervention |
| Worker timeout | Kill worker, report partial results |
| Task timeout | Log, mark failed, ask user to retry or skip |
| Worker crash | Respawn worker, reassign task |
| Dependency cycle | Detect, report to user, halt |
| Invalid mode | Reject with error, ask to clarify |
| Session corruption | Attempt recovery, fallback to manual reconciliation |
