# Command Pattern Compliance Reference

Quick reference for lean orchestration pattern compliance status of all DevForgeAI commands.

**Last Updated:** 2026-01-27
**Main Documentation:** See `commands-reference.md` for complete command details.

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## Overview

This document tracks lean orchestration pattern compliance for all **39 DevForgeAI commands**.

**Pattern Definition:** Commands orchestrate. Skills validate. Subagents specialize.

**Budget Limits:**
- ✅ Compliant: <12K chars
- ⚠️ High: 12-15K chars
- ❌ Over: >15K chars

**⚠️ Note:** This compliance snapshot is from 2025-11-07 for original 14 commands. Run `/audit-budget` for current compliance data across all 39 commands.

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## Command Pattern Compliance Status

### /ideate
- **Status:** ⚠️ High Usage (78% budget, within limit)
- **Structure:** 5 phases (validate → invoke → verify → confirm → next steps)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-ideation` skill (6-phase discovery)
- **Token Efficiency:** Before: ~3,837 tokens → After: ~2,929 tokens (24% savings)
- **Refactoring:** ✅ Complete (2025-11-05)

### /create-context
- **Status:** ⚠️ High Usage (84% budget, within limit)
- **Structure:** 4 phases (validate → invoke → verify → guidance)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-architecture` skill (5-phase context creation)
- **Token Efficiency:** Command: ~2K tokens, Skill: ~150K tokens (isolated)
- **Refactoring:** 🟡 Not yet refactored (stable, no violations)

### /create-epic
- **Status:** ⚠️ High Usage (76% budget, within limit)
- **Structure:** 4 phases (validate → set markers → invoke → display)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-lifecycle` skill (8-phase epic workflow)
- **Token Efficiency:** Before: ~10K tokens → After: ~2K tokens (80% savings)
- **Refactoring:** ✅ Complete (2025-11-06, Case Study 4)

### /create-sprint
- **Status:** ⚠️ High Usage (89% budget, approaching limit)
- **Structure:** 4 phases (user interaction → invoke → display → verify)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-lifecycle` skill + `sprint-planner` subagent
- **Token Efficiency:** Before: ~12K tokens → After: ~5K tokens (58% savings)
- **Refactoring:** ✅ Complete (2025-11-05, Case Study 3)

### /create-story
- **Status:** ⚠️ High Usage (99% budget, at limit)
- **Structure:** 5 phases (validate → detect mode → invoke → verify → next steps)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-stories` skill (8-phase story generation)
- **Token Efficiency:** Before: ~5,752 tokens → After: ~2,500 tokens (56% savings)
- **Refactoring:** ✅ Complete (2025-11-05 + batch mode 2025-11-07)

### /create-agent
- **Status:** ✅ Compliant (45% budget, well under limit)
- **Structure:** 5 phases (validate → load → set markers → invoke → display)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-cc-guide` skill + `agent-generator` subagent
- **Token Efficiency:** Command: ~4K tokens (92% in isolated contexts)
- **Refactoring:** ✅ Complete (2025-11-15, agent-generator v2.0 enhancement)

### /create-ui
- **Status:** ❌ Over Budget (126% budget, requires refactoring)
- **Structure:** 4 phases (validate → invoke → display → verify)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-ui` skill (7-phase UI generation)
- **Token Efficiency:** Projected: ~3K tokens (62% savings after refactoring)
- **Refactoring:** 🔴 Pending (Priority: CRITICAL, planned refactoring)

### /dev
- **Status:** ✅ Compliant (25% budget, **BEST IN SUITE**)
- **Structure:** 3 phases (validate → invoke → display)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-dev` skill (7-phase TDD workflow)
- **Token Efficiency:** Before: ~15K tokens → After: ~2K tokens (87% savings)
- **Refactoring:** ✅ Complete (2025-11-18, Case Study 6 - STORY-051)

### /qa
- **Status:** ✅ Compliant (56% budget, well under limit)
- **Structure:** 4 phases (validate → invoke → display → story update)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-qa` skill + `qa-result-interpreter` subagent
- **Token Efficiency:** Before: ~8K tokens → After: ~3.5K tokens (56% savings)
- **Refactoring:** ✅ Complete (2025-11-05 Case Study 2 + 2025-11-06 Phase 4 enhancement)

### /release
- **Status:** ❌ Over Budget (121% budget, requires refactoring)
- **Structure:** 6 phases (validate → staging → smoke → production → validate → document)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-release` skill (deployment workflow)
- **Token Efficiency:** TBD (pending refactoring)
- **Refactoring:** 🔴 Pending (Priority: HIGH, requires 45% reduction to reach target)

### /orchestrate
- **Status:** ⚠️ High Usage (99% budget, at limit)
- **Structure:** 3 phases (validate → invoke → display)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-lifecycle` skill (6-phase lifecycle coordination)
- **Token Efficiency:** Before: ~4K tokens → After: ~2.5K tokens (37% savings)
- **Refactoring:** ✅ Complete (2025-11-06, Case Study 5)

### /audit-deferrals
- **Status:** ⚠️ High Usage (87% budget, approaching limit)
- **Structure:** 5 phases (discover → scan → validate → aggregate → report)
- **Business Logic:** Contained in command (no skill layer needed for utility)
- **Token Efficiency:** Command: ~3K tokens (audit logic + subagent coordination)
- **Refactoring:** 🟡 Not needed (utility command, different pattern)

### /audit-budget
- **Status:** ✅ Compliant (66% budget, demonstrates compliance)
- **Structure:** 5 phases (load → scan → calculate → categorize → display)
- **Business Logic:** Contained in command (utility pattern - no skill needed)
- **Token Efficiency:** ~3K tokens (minimal overhead, read-only)
- **Refactoring:** ✅ Compliant (exemplifies lean orchestration for simple tasks)

### /rca
- **Status:** ✅ Compliant (63% budget, well under limit)
- **Structure:** 3 phases (validate → invoke → display)
- **Business Logic:** Delegated to `spec-driven-rca` skill (8-phase RCA workflow)
- **Token Efficiency:** Command: ~3K tokens, Skill: ~50-80K tokens (94% in isolated context)
- **Refactoring:** ✅ Complete (2025-11-16, lean orchestration pattern)

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## New Commands (2026-01 Additions) - Pending Full Audit

The following 25 commands were added after the original compliance audit:

### Development & Workflow
| Command | Estimated Status | Notes |
|---------|------------------|-------|
| `/dev-status` | ✅ Likely Compliant | Read-only utility, ~6K chars |
| `/resume-dev` | ⚠️ Unknown | Skill delegation to spec-driven-dev |
| `/insights` | ⚠️ Unknown | Skill delegation to devforgeai-insights |
| `/worktrees` | ✅ Likely Compliant | Utility command, subagent delegation |

### Validation & Coverage
| Command | Estimated Status | Notes |
|---------|------------------|-------|
| `/validate-stories` | ⚠️ Unknown | Context validation utility |
| `/validate-epic-coverage` | ⚠️ Unknown | Coverage analysis utility |
| `/create-missing-stories` | ⚠️ Unknown | Batch story creation |

### Feedback System (6 commands)
| Command | Estimated Status | Notes |
|---------|------------------|-------|
| `/feedback` | ⚠️ Unknown | Manual feedback trigger |
| `/feedback-config` | ✅ Likely Compliant | Config utility |
| `/feedback-search` | ⚠️ Unknown | Search with filters |
| `/feedback-reindex` | ✅ Likely Compliant | Index rebuild utility |
| `/export-feedback` | ⚠️ Unknown | ZIP export |
| `/import-feedback` | ⚠️ Unknown | ZIP import |

### Audit Commands
| Command | Estimated Status | Notes |
|---------|------------------|-------|
| `/audit-hooks` | ⚠️ Unknown | Hook registry audit |
| `/audit-w3` | ⚠️ Unknown | W3 violation detection |

### Infrastructure
| Command | Estimated Status | Notes |
|---------|------------------|-------|
| `/setup-github-actions` | ⚠️ Unknown | CI/CD workflow generation |
| `/devforgeai-validate` | ✅ Likely Compliant | Installation validation |
| `/recommendations-triage` | ⚠️ Unknown | Recommendation processing |
| `/create-stories-from-rca` | ✅ Compliant (36%) | Progressive disclosure pattern |
| `/review-qa-reports` | ⚠️ Unknown | QA gap processing |
| `/read-constitution` | ✅ Likely Compliant | Context file reading |
| `/document` | ⚠️ Unknown | Documentation generation |
| `/research` | ✅ Compliant (17%) | Skill delegation |
| `/chat-search` | ⚠️ High (77%) | Session search utility |

**Action Required:** Run `/audit-budget` to generate current compliance data for all 39 commands.

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## Summary Statistics (Original 14 Commands - 2025-11-07)

| Status | Count | Commands |
|--------|-------|----------|
| ✅ Compliant (<12K) | 5 | dev, qa, create-agent, audit-budget, rca |
| ⚠️ High (12-15K) | 7 | ideate, create-context, create-epic, create-sprint, create-story, audit-deferrals, orchestrate |
| ❌ Over (>15K) | 2 | create-ui, release |
| **Refactored** | 8 | dev, qa, ideate, create-sprint, create-epic, orchestrate, create-story, create-agent |

**Original 14 Commands:** 8/14 refactored (57%), 12/14 compliant (86%)

## Current Command Count

| Category | Count |
|----------|-------|
| Original commands (audited) | 14 |
| New commands (pending audit) | 25 |
| **Total commands** | **39** |

**Action Required:** Run `/audit-budget` for full compliance audit of all 39 commands.

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**For detailed command documentation, see `commands-reference.md`**
**For refactoring case studies, see `devforgeai/protocols/refactoring-case-studies.md`**
**For pattern protocol, see `devforgeai/protocols/lean-orchestration-pattern.md`**
