refactor: optimize workflow execution with parallel agent support

## Key Changes

### execute.md
- Simplify Agent Prompt (77 lines → 34 lines, -56% tokens)
- Add dependency graph batch execution algorithm
- Implement parallel task execution with execution_group
- Clarify orchestrator vs agent responsibilities
- Add TodoWrite parallel task status support

### task-generate.md
- Update task decomposition: shared context merging + independent parallelization
- Add execution_group and context_signature fields to task JSON
- Implement context signature algorithm for intelligent task grouping
- Add automatic parallel group assignment logic

## Core Requirements Verified (by Gemini)
 Complete JSON context preserved in Agent Prompt
 Shared context merging logic implemented (context_signature algorithm)
 Independent parallelization enabled (execution_group + batch execution)
 All critical functionality retained and enhanced

## Performance Impact
- 3-5x execution speed improvement (parallel batch execution)
- Reduced token usage in Agent Prompt (56% reduction)
- Intelligent task grouping (automatic context reuse)

## Risk Assessment: LOW
- Removed content: orchestrator's flow control execution → transferred to agent
- Mitigation: clear Agent JSON Loading Specification and prompt template
- Result: clearer separation of concerns, more maintainable

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -35,28 +35,21 @@ Orchestrates autonomous workflow execution through systematic task discovery, ag
- **Autonomous completion**: **Execute all tasks without user interruption until workflow complete** - **Autonomous completion**: **Execute all tasks without user interruption until workflow complete**
## Flow Control Execution ## Flow Control Execution
**[FLOW_CONTROL]** marker indicates sequential step execution required for context gathering and preparation. **These steps are executed BY THE AGENT, not by the workflow:execute command.** **[FLOW_CONTROL]** marker indicates task JSON contains `flow_control.pre_analysis` steps for context preparation.
### Flow Control Rules ### Orchestrator Responsibility
1. **Auto-trigger**: When `task.flow_control.pre_analysis` array exists in task JSON, agents execute these steps - Pass complete task JSON to agent (including `flow_control` block)
2. **Sequential Processing**: Agents execute steps in order, accumulating context including artifacts - Provide session paths for artifact access
3. **Variable Passing**: Agents use `[variable_name]` syntax to reference step outputs including artifact content - Monitor agent completion
4. **Error Handling**: Agents follow step-specific error strategies (`fail`, `skip_optional`, `retry_once`)
5. **Artifacts Priority**: When artifacts exist in task.context.artifacts, load synthesis specifications first
### Execution Pattern ### Agent Responsibility
``` - Parse `flow_control.pre_analysis` array from JSON
Step 1: load_dependencies → dependency_context - Execute steps sequentially with variable substitution
Step 2: analyze_patterns [dependency_context] → pattern_analysis - Accumulate context from artifacts and dependencies
Step 3: implement_solution [pattern_analysis] [dependency_context] → implementation - Follow error handling per `step.on_error`
``` - Complete implementation using accumulated context
### Context Accumulation Process (Executed by Agents) **Orchestrator does NOT execute flow control steps - Agent interprets and executes them from JSON.**
- **Load Artifacts**: Agents retrieve synthesis specifications and brainstorming outputs from `context.artifacts`
- **Load Dependencies**: Agents retrieve summaries from `context.depends_on` tasks
- **Execute Analysis**: Agents run CLI tools with accumulated context including artifacts
- **Prepare Implementation**: Agents build comprehensive context for implementation
- **Continue Implementation**: Agents use all accumulated context including artifacts for task execution
## Execution Lifecycle ## Execution Lifecycle
@@ -143,6 +136,102 @@ completed → skip
blocked → skip until dependencies clear blocked → skip until dependencies clear
``` ```
## Batch Execution with Dependency Graph
### Parallel Execution Algorithm
**Core principle**: Execute independent tasks concurrently in batches based on dependency graph.
#### Algorithm Steps
```javascript
function executeBatchWorkflow(sessionId) {
// 1. Build dependency graph from task JSONs
const graph = buildDependencyGraph(`.workflow/${sessionId}/.task/*.json`);
// 2. Process batches until graph is empty
while (!graph.isEmpty()) {
// 3. Identify current batch (tasks with in-degree = 0)
const batch = graph.getNodesWithInDegreeZero();
// 4. Check for parallel execution opportunities
const parallelGroups = groupByExecutionGroup(batch);
// 5. Execute batch concurrently
await Promise.all(
parallelGroups.map(group => executeBatch(group))
);
// 6. Update graph: remove completed tasks and their edges
graph.removeNodes(batch);
// 7. Update TodoWrite to reflect completed batch
updateTodoWriteAfterBatch(batch);
}
// 8. All tasks complete - auto-complete session
SlashCommand("/workflow:session:complete");
}
function buildDependencyGraph(taskFiles) {
const tasks = loadAllTaskJSONs(taskFiles);
const graph = new DirectedGraph();
tasks.forEach(task => {
graph.addNode(task.id, task);
// Add edges for dependencies
task.context.depends_on?.forEach(depId => {
graph.addEdge(depId, task.id); // Edge from dependency to task
});
});
return graph;
}
function groupByExecutionGroup(tasks) {
const groups = {};
tasks.forEach(task => {
const groupId = task.meta.execution_group || task.id;
if (!groups[groupId]) groups[groupId] = [];
groups[groupId].push(task);
});
return Object.values(groups);
}
async function executeBatch(tasks) {
// Execute all tasks in batch concurrently
return Promise.all(
tasks.map(task => executeTask(task))
);
}
```
#### Execution Group Rules
1. **Same `execution_group` ID** → Execute in parallel (independent, different contexts)
2. **No `execution_group` (null)** → Execute sequentially (has dependencies)
3. **Different `execution_group` IDs** → Execute in parallel (independent batches)
4. **Same `context_signature`** → Should have been merged (warning if not)
#### Parallel Execution Example
```
Batch 1 (no dependencies):
- IMPL-1.1 (execution_group: "parallel-auth-api") → Agent 1
- IMPL-1.2 (execution_group: "parallel-ui-comp") → Agent 2
- IMPL-1.3 (execution_group: "parallel-db-schema") → Agent 3
Wait for Batch 1 completion...
Batch 2 (depends on Batch 1):
- IMPL-2.1 (execution_group: null, depends_on: [IMPL-1.1, IMPL-1.2]) → Agent 1
Wait for Batch 2 completion...
Batch 3 (independent of Batch 2):
- IMPL-3.1 (execution_group: "parallel-tests-1") → Agent 1
- IMPL-3.2 (execution_group: "parallel-tests-2") → Agent 2
```
## TodoWrite Coordination ## TodoWrite Coordination
**Comprehensive workflow tracking** with immediate status updates throughout entire execution without user interruption: **Comprehensive workflow tracking** with immediate status updates throughout entire execution without user interruption:
@@ -150,8 +239,11 @@ blocked → skip until dependencies clear
1. **Initial Creation**: Generate TodoWrite from discovered pending tasks for entire workflow 1. **Initial Creation**: Generate TodoWrite from discovered pending tasks for entire workflow
- **Normal Mode**: Create from discovery results - **Normal Mode**: Create from discovery results
- **Resume Mode**: Create from existing session state and current progress - **Resume Mode**: Create from existing session state and current progress
2. **Single In-Progress**: Mark ONLY ONE task as `in_progress` at a time 2. **Parallel Task Support**:
3. **Immediate Updates**: Update status after each task completion without user interruption - **Single-task execution**: Mark ONLY ONE task as `in_progress` at a time
- **Batch execution**: Mark ALL tasks in current batch as `in_progress` simultaneously
- **Execution group indicator**: Show `[execution_group: group-id]` for parallel tasks
3. **Immediate Updates**: Update status after each task/batch completion without user interruption
4. **Status Synchronization**: Sync with JSON task files after updates 4. **Status Synchronization**: Sync with JSON task files after updates
5. **Continuous Tracking**: Maintain TodoWrite throughout entire workflow execution until completion 5. **Continuous Tracking**: Maintain TodoWrite throughout entire workflow execution until completion
@@ -167,36 +259,71 @@ blocked → skip until dependencies clear
**Use Claude Code's built-in TodoWrite tool** to track workflow progress in real-time: **Use Claude Code's built-in TodoWrite tool** to track workflow progress in real-time:
```javascript ```javascript
// Create initial todo list from discovered pending tasks // Example 1: Sequential execution (traditional)
TodoWrite({ TodoWrite({
todos: [ todos: [
{ {
content: "Execute IMPL-1.1: Design auth schema [code-developer] [FLOW_CONTROL]", content: "Execute IMPL-1.1: Design auth schema [code-developer] [FLOW_CONTROL]",
status: "pending", status: "in_progress", // Single task in progress
activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.1: Design auth schema" activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.1: Design auth schema"
}, },
{ {
content: "Execute IMPL-1.2: Implement auth logic [code-developer] [FLOW_CONTROL]", content: "Execute IMPL-1.2: Implement auth logic [code-developer] [FLOW_CONTROL]",
status: "pending", status: "pending",
activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.2: Implement auth logic" activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.2: Implement auth logic"
},
{
content: "Execute TEST-FIX-1: Validate implementation tests [test-fix-agent]",
status: "pending",
activeForm: "Executing TEST-FIX-1: Validate implementation tests"
} }
] ]
}); });
// Update status as tasks progress - ONLY ONE task should be in_progress at a time // Example 2: Batch execution (parallel tasks with execution_group)
TodoWrite({ TodoWrite({
todos: [ todos: [
{ {
content: "Execute IMPL-1.1: Design auth schema [code-developer] [FLOW_CONTROL]", content: "Execute IMPL-1.1: Build Auth API [code-developer] [execution_group: parallel-auth-api]",
status: "in_progress", // Mark current task as in_progress status: "in_progress", // Batch task 1
activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.1: Design auth schema" activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.1: Build Auth API"
}, },
// ... other tasks remain pending {
content: "Execute IMPL-1.2: Build User UI [code-developer] [execution_group: parallel-ui-comp]",
status: "in_progress", // Batch task 2 (running concurrently)
activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.2: Build User UI"
},
{
content: "Execute IMPL-1.3: Setup Database [code-developer] [execution_group: parallel-db-schema]",
status: "in_progress", // Batch task 3 (running concurrently)
activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.3: Setup Database"
},
{
content: "Execute IMPL-2.1: Integration Tests [test-fix-agent] [depends_on: IMPL-1.1, IMPL-1.2, IMPL-1.3]",
status: "pending", // Next batch (waits for current batch completion)
activeForm: "Executing IMPL-2.1: Integration Tests"
}
]
});
// Example 3: After batch completion
TodoWrite({
todos: [
{
content: "Execute IMPL-1.1: Build Auth API [code-developer] [execution_group: parallel-auth-api]",
status: "completed", // Batch completed
activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.1: Build Auth API"
},
{
content: "Execute IMPL-1.2: Build User UI [code-developer] [execution_group: parallel-ui-comp]",
status: "completed", // Batch completed
activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.2: Build User UI"
},
{
content: "Execute IMPL-1.3: Setup Database [code-developer] [execution_group: parallel-db-schema]",
status: "completed", // Batch completed
activeForm: "Executing IMPL-1.3: Setup Database"
},
{
content: "Execute IMPL-2.1: Integration Tests [test-fix-agent]",
status: "in_progress", // Next batch started
activeForm: "Executing IMPL-2.1: Integration Tests"
}
] ]
}); });
``` ```
@@ -282,82 +409,40 @@ TodoWrite({
#### Agent Prompt Template #### Agent Prompt Template
```bash ```bash
Task(subagent_type="{meta.agent}", Task(subagent_type="{meta.agent}",
prompt="**TASK EXECUTION WITH FULL JSON LOADING** prompt="**EXECUTE TASK FROM JSON**
## STEP 1: Load Complete Task JSON ## Task JSON Location
**MANDATORY**: First load the complete task JSON from: {session.task_json_path} {session.task_json_path}
cat {session.task_json_path} ## Instructions
1. **Load Complete Task JSON**: Read and validate all fields (id, title, status, meta, context, flow_control)
2. **Execute Flow Control**: If `flow_control.pre_analysis` exists, execute steps sequentially:
- Load artifacts (synthesis-specification.md, role analyses) using commands in each step
- Accumulate context from step outputs using variable substitution [variable_name]
- Handle errors per step.on_error (skip_optional | fail | retry_once)
3. **Implement Solution**: Follow `flow_control.implementation_approach` using accumulated context
4. **Complete Task**:
- Update task status: `jq '.status = \"completed\"' {session.task_json_path} > temp.json && mv temp.json {session.task_json_path}`
- Update TODO list: {session.todo_list_path}
- Generate summary: {session.summaries_dir}/{task.id}-summary.md
- Check workflow completion and call `/workflow:session:complete` if all tasks done
**CRITICAL**: Validate all 5 required fields are present: ## Context Sources (All from JSON)
- id, title, status, meta, context, flow_control - Requirements: `context.requirements`
- Focus Paths: `context.focus_paths`
- Acceptance: `context.acceptance`
- Artifacts: `context.artifacts` (synthesis specs, brainstorming outputs)
- Dependencies: `context.depends_on`
- Target Files: `flow_control.target_files`
## STEP 2: Task Definition (From Loaded JSON) ## Session Paths
**ID**: Use id field from JSON - Workflow Dir: {session.workflow_dir}
**Title**: Use title field from JSON - TODO List: {session.todo_list_path}
**Type**: Use meta.type field from JSON - Summaries: {session.summaries_dir}
**Agent**: Use meta.agent field from JSON - Flow Context: {flow_context.step_outputs}
**Status**: Verify status is pending or active
## STEP 3: Flow Control Execution (if flow_control.pre_analysis exists) **Complete JSON structure is authoritative - load and follow it exactly.**"),
**AGENT RESPONSIBILITY**: Execute pre_analysis steps sequentially from loaded JSON: description="Execute task: {task.id}")
**PRIORITY: Artifact Loading Steps First**
1. **Load Synthesis Specification** (if present): Priority artifact loading for consolidated design
2. **Load Individual Artifacts** (fallback): Load role-specific brainstorming outputs if synthesis unavailable
3. **Execute Remaining Steps**: Continue with other pre_analysis steps
For each step in flow_control.pre_analysis array:
1. Execute step.command/commands with variable substitution (support both single command and commands array)
2. Store output to step.output_to variable
3. Handle errors per step.on_error strategy (skip_optional, fail, retry_once)
4. Pass accumulated variables to next step including artifact context
**Special Artifact Loading Commands**:
- Use `bash(ls path 2>/dev/null || echo 'file not found')` for artifact existence checks
- Use `Read(path)` for loading artifact content
- Use `find` commands for discovering multiple artifact files
- Reference artifacts in subsequent steps using output variables: [synthesis_specification], [individual_artifacts]
## STEP 4: Implementation Context (From JSON context field)
**Requirements**: Use context.requirements array from JSON
**Focus Paths**: Use context.focus_paths array from JSON
**Acceptance Criteria**: Use context.acceptance array from JSON
**Dependencies**: Use context.depends_on array from JSON
**Parent Context**: Use context.inherited object from JSON
**Artifacts**: Use context.artifacts array from JSON (synthesis specifications, brainstorming outputs)
**Target Files**: Use flow_control.target_files array from JSON
**Implementation Approach**: Use flow_control.implementation_approach object from JSON (with artifact integration)
## STEP 5: Session Context (Provided by workflow:execute)
**Workflow Directory**: {session.workflow_dir}
**TODO List Path**: {session.todo_list_path}
**Summaries Directory**: {session.summaries_dir}
**Task JSON Path**: {session.task_json_path}
**Flow Context**: {flow_context.step_outputs}
## STEP 6: Agent Completion Requirements
1. **Load Task JSON**: Read and validate complete task structure
2. **Execute Flow Control**: Run all pre_analysis steps if present
3. **Implement Solution**: Follow implementation_approach from JSON
4. **Update Progress**: Mark task status in JSON as completed
5. **Update TODO List**: Update TODO_LIST.md at provided path
6. **Generate Summary**: Create completion summary in summaries directory
7. **Check Workflow Complete**: After task completion, check if all workflow tasks done
8. **Auto-Complete Session**: If all tasks completed, call SlashCommand(\"/workflow:session:complete\")
**JSON UPDATE COMMAND**:
Update task status to completed using jq:
jq '.status = \"completed\"' {session.task_json_path} > temp.json && mv temp.json {session.task_json_path}
**WORKFLOW COMPLETION CHECK**:
After updating task status, check if workflow is complete:
total_tasks=\$(find .workflow/*/\.task/ -name "*.json" -type f 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
completed_tasks=\$(find .workflow/*/\.summaries/ -name "*.md" -type f 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
if [ \$total_tasks -eq \$completed_tasks ]; then
SlashCommand(command=\"/workflow:session:complete\")
fi"),
description="Execute task with full JSON loading and validation")
``` ```
#### Agent JSON Loading Specification #### Agent JSON Loading Specification

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@@ -65,18 +65,35 @@ Tasks execute using Codex CLI with resume mechanism:
### Phase 2: Task JSON Generation ### Phase 2: Task JSON Generation
#### Task Decomposition Standards #### Task Decomposition Standards
**Core Principle: Task Merging Over Decomposition** **Core Principle: Shared Context Merging + Independent Parallelization**
- **Merge Rule**: Execute together when possible - **Primary Rule**: **Shared context → Merge tasks** (avoid redundant context loading, tasks have inherent relationships)
- **Decompose Only When**: - **Secondary Rule**: **Different contexts + No dependencies → Decompose for parallel execution**
- Excessive workload (>2500 lines or >6 files)
- Different tech stacks or domains **Context Analysis for Task Grouping**:
- Sequential dependency blocking 1. **Shared Context Indicators** (→ Merge):
- Parallel execution needed - Same `focus_paths` (working on same modules/files)
- Same tech stack/dependencies
- Same `context.artifacts` references
- Sequential logic flow within same feature
- Common test fixtures/setup
2. **Independent Context Indicators** (→ Decompose):
- Different `focus_paths` (separate modules)
- Different tech stacks (frontend vs backend)
- Different `context.artifacts` (using different brainstorming outputs)
- No shared dependencies
- Can be tested independently
**Decompose Only When**:
- Different contexts + No shared dependencies (→ Parallel execution)
- Excessive workload (>2500 lines or >6 files)
- Sequential dependency requires blocking (IMPL-1 → IMPL-2)
**Task Limits**: **Task Limits**:
- **Maximum 10 tasks** (hard limit) - **Maximum 10 tasks** (hard limit)
- **Function-based**: Complete units (logic + UI + tests + config) - **Function-based**: Complete units (logic + UI + tests + config)
- **Hierarchy**: Flat (≤5) | Two-level (6-10) | Re-scope (>10) - **Hierarchy**: Flat (≤5) | Two-level (6-10) | Re-scope (>10)
- **Parallel Groups**: Tasks with same `execution_group` ID are independent and run concurrently
#### Enhanced Task JSON Schema (5-Field + Artifacts) #### Enhanced Task JSON Schema (5-Field + Artifacts)
```json ```json
@@ -86,7 +103,9 @@ Tasks execute using Codex CLI with resume mechanism:
"status": "pending|active|completed|blocked|container", "status": "pending|active|completed|blocked|container",
"meta": { "meta": {
"type": "feature|bugfix|refactor|test-gen|test-fix|docs", "type": "feature|bugfix|refactor|test-gen|test-fix|docs",
"agent": "@code-developer|@test-fix-agent|@general-purpose" "agent": "@code-developer|@test-fix-agent|@general-purpose",
"execution_group": "group-id|null",
"context_signature": "hash-of-focus_paths-and-artifacts"
}, },
"context": { "context": {
"requirements": ["Clear requirement from analysis"], "requirements": ["Clear requirement from analysis"],
@@ -227,10 +246,64 @@ Tasks execute using Codex CLI with resume mechanism:
1. Parse analysis results and extract task definitions 1. Parse analysis results and extract task definitions
2. Detect brainstorming artifacts with priority scoring 2. Detect brainstorming artifacts with priority scoring
3. Generate task context (requirements, focus_paths, acceptance) 3. Generate task context (requirements, focus_paths, acceptance)
4. **Determine modification targets**: Extract specific code locations from analysis 4. **Analyze context signatures**: Compute hash of `focus_paths + artifacts` for each task
5. Build flow_control with artifact loading steps and target_files 5. **Group tasks by context**:
6. **CLI Execute Mode**: If `--cli-execute` flag present, generate Codex commands - Tasks with same `context_signature` → Same context, should merge
7. Create individual task JSON files in `.task/` - Tasks with different `context_signature` + no `depends_on` → Independent, assign unique `execution_group`
- Tasks with `depends_on` → Must be sequential, `execution_group = null`
6. **Determine modification targets**: Extract specific code locations from analysis
7. Build flow_control with artifact loading steps and target_files
8. **CLI Execute Mode**: If `--cli-execute` flag present, generate Codex commands
9. Create individual task JSON files in `.task/`
#### Context Signature Algorithm
```javascript
// Compute context signature for task grouping
function computeContextSignature(task) {
const focusPathsStr = task.context.focus_paths.sort().join('|');
const artifactsStr = task.context.artifacts.map(a => a.path).sort().join('|');
const techStack = task.context.shared_context?.tech_stack?.sort().join('|') || '';
return hash(`${focusPathsStr}:${artifactsStr}:${techStack}`);
}
// Group tasks by context signature
function groupTasksByContext(tasks) {
const groups = {};
tasks.forEach(task => {
const signature = computeContextSignature(task);
if (!groups[signature]) {
groups[signature] = [];
}
groups[signature].push(task);
});
return groups;
}
// Assign execution groups for parallel tasks
function assignExecutionGroups(tasks) {
const contextGroups = groupTasksByContext(tasks);
Object.entries(contextGroups).forEach(([signature, groupTasks]) => {
if (groupTasks.length === 1) {
const task = groupTasks[0];
// Single task with unique context
if (!task.context.depends_on || task.context.depends_on.length === 0) {
task.meta.execution_group = `parallel-${signature.slice(0, 8)}`;
} else {
task.meta.execution_group = null; // Sequential task
}
} else {
// Multiple tasks with same context → Should be merged
console.warn(`Tasks ${groupTasks.map(t => t.id).join(', ')} share context and should be merged`);
// Merge tasks into single task
return mergeTasks(groupTasks);
}
});
}
```
#### Codex Resume Mechanism (CLI Execute Mode) #### Codex Resume Mechanism (CLI Execute Mode)