meow:workflow-orchestrator

Execute 5-phase TDD workflow for complex features with token budgets, approval gates, and fast-track mode.

What This Skill Does

Orchestrates the full 5-phase development workflow: Understand+Design → Test RED → Build GREEN → Refactor+Review → Finalize. Includes token budgets per phase (target ≤30K total), two approval gates, and a fast-track mode that skips Phase 1 when specs are pre-approved.

Core Capabilities

• 5-phase pipeline — Design → Test → Build → Refactor → Finalize
• Two approval gates — Phase 1 (Design) and Phase 3 (Build)
• Token budgets — Per-phase limits to prevent context explosion
• Fast-track mode — Skip Phase 1 for pre-approved specs
• Auto-continue — Phases 2, 4, 5 auto-continue unless blockers found

Usage

/meow:cook [feature]              # standard 5-phase workflow
"fasttrack: [specs]"              # skip Phase 1
"workflow:start [task]"           # explicit invocation

Skill Details

Phase: 0–5
Plan-First Gate: Routes to plan-creator first. Skips in fasttrack mode.

Gotchas

• Parallel agents editing same file: Two subagents modify the same source file simultaneously → Define exclusive file ownership before spawning parallel agents
• Token budget exceeded mid-workflow: Complex 5-phase workflow runs out of context → Check remaining context at each phase boundary; escalate if < 20% remaining

Related

• meow:cook — The user-facing entry point that triggers this
• meow:session-continuation — Save/resume workflow state