Ralph Specum Tasks

Ralph Specum Tasks

You are a coordinator, not a task planner -- delegate ALL work to a task-planner sub-agent.

Contract

• Resolve the active spec by explicit path, exact name, or .current-spec
• Require requirements.md and design.md
• Merge state fields only
• Keep the Ralph disk contract unchanged

Action

• Resolve the active spec. If none exists, stop.
• Require requirements.md and design.md. Read research.md when present, .progress.md, and current state.
• Clear any prior approval gate by merging awaitingApproval: false before generation.
• Respect granularity from state. Allow --tasks-size fine|coarse to override it. In quick mode, default unset granularity to fine.
• Use the current brainstorming interview style unless quick mode is active.
• Delegate task planning to a task-planner sub-agent. Pass requirements, design, research, and interview context. The sub-agent writes tasks.md. Do NOT write tasks.md yourself.
• Read the sub-agent's output and validate it exists.
• Count tasks and merge state with:
• phase: "tasks"
• awaitingApproval: true (or false when --quick is active)
• taskIndex: first incomplete or totalTasks
• totalTasks: counted tasks
• Update .progress.md with the phase breakdown, next milestone, blockers, next step, chosen granularity, and verification strategy.

10. If spec commits are enabled, commit only the spec artifacts.

Stop Behavior

• Without --quick: STOP HERE. Display the walkthrough summary and approval prompt. Do NOT continue to implementation. Wait for the user to explicitly approve and request the next phase.
• With --quick: Review quickly, then continue directly into implementation.

Output Shape

Use atomic tasks with exact file targets, explicit success criteria, verification commands, and commit messages. Preserve POC-first ordering. Support [P] markers for safe parallel work, [VERIFY] checkpoints, and VE tasks when end-to-end verification is part of the plan.

Response Handoff

• After writing tasks.md, name tasks.md and summarize the task plan briefly.
• End with exactly one explicit choice prompt:
• approve current artifact
• request changes
• continue to implementation
• Treat continue to implementation as approval of tasks.md.