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CCW Workflow Difficulty Guide
Overview
CCW provides two workflow systems: Main Workflow and Issue Workflow, working together to cover the complete software development lifecycle.
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Main Workflow │
│ │
│ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ │
│ │ Level 1 │ → │ Level 2 │ → │ Level 3 │ → │ Level 4 │ │
│ │ Rapid │ │ Lightweight │ │ Standard │ │ Brainstorm │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ │ lite-lite- │ │ lite-plan │ │ plan │ │ brainstorm │ │
│ │ lite │ │ lite-fix │ │ tdd-plan │ │ :auto- │ │
│ │ │ │ multi-cli- │ │ test-fix- │ │ parallel │ │
│ │ │ │ plan │ │ gen │ │ ↓ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ plan │ │
│ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ │
│ │
│ Complexity: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━▶ │
│ Low High │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
│ After development
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Issue Workflow │
│ │
│ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │
│ │ Accumulate │ → │ Plan │ → │ Execute │ │
│ │ Discover & │ │ Batch │ │ Parallel │ │
│ │ Collect │ │ Planning │ │ Execution │ │
│ └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘ │
│ │
│ Supplementary role: Maintain main branch stability, worktree isolation │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Main Workflow vs Issue Workflow
Design Philosophy
| Aspect | Main Workflow | Issue Workflow |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Primary development cycle | Post-development maintenance |
| Timing | Feature development phase | After main workflow completes |
| Scope | Complete feature implementation | Targeted fixes/enhancements |
| Parallelism | Dependency analysis → Agent parallel | Worktree isolation (optional) |
| Branch Model | Work on current branch | Can use isolated worktree |
Why Main Workflow Doesn't Use Worktree Automatically?
Dependency analysis already solves parallelism:
- Planning phase (
/workflow:plan) performs dependency analysis - Automatically identifies task dependencies and critical paths
- Partitions into parallel groups (independent tasks) and serial chains (dependent tasks)
- Agents execute independent tasks in parallel without filesystem isolation
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Dependency Analysis │
│ │
│ Task A ─────┐ │
│ ├──→ Parallel Group 1 ──→ Agent 1 │
│ Task B ─────┘ │
│ │
│ Task C ────────→ Serial Chain ──────→ Agent 2 │
│ ↓ │
│ Task D ────────→ │
│ │
│ Same worktree, parallelism through scheduling │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Why Issue Workflow Supports Worktree?
Issue Workflow serves as a supplementary mechanism with different scenarios:
- Main development complete, merged to
main - Issues discovered requiring fixes
- Need to fix without affecting current development
- Worktree isolation keeps main branch stable
Development → Release → Discover Issue → Worktree Fix → Merge back
↑ │
└────────────── Continue new feature ←─────────────────┘
Level 1: Rapid Execution (lite-lite-lite)
Simplest - Single CLI analysis to execution, zero artifacts
Characteristics
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Complexity | Low |
| Artifacts | None |
| State | Stateless |
| CLI Selection | Auto-analyze task type |
| Iteration | Via AskUser |
Flow
User Input → Clarification → Auto-select CLI → Parallel Analysis → Show Results → Direct Execute
↓
No intermediate files
Command
/workflow:lite-lite-lite
# Or CCW auto-selects for simple tasks
Use Cases
- ✅ Quick fixes
- ✅ Simple feature additions
- ✅ Configuration adjustments
- ✅ Small-scope renaming
- ❌ Multi-module changes
- ❌ Need persistent records
Level 2: Lightweight Planning
Lightweight - In-memory planning or single analysis, fast iteration
Included Workflows
| Workflow | Purpose | Artifacts | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|
lite-plan |
Clear requirement development | memory://plan | → lite-execute |
lite-fix |
Bug diagnosis and fix | .workflow/.lite-fix/ |
→ lite-execute |
multi-cli-plan |
Multi-perspective tasks | .workflow/.multi-cli-plan/ |
→ lite-execute |
Common Characteristics
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Complexity | Low-Medium |
| State | Session-scoped / Lightweight persistence |
| Execution | Unified via lite-execute |
| Use Case | Relatively clear requirements |
2.1 lite-plan → lite-execute
In-memory planning + Direct execution
┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
│ lite-plan │ ──→ │ lite-execute │
│ In-memory plan │ │ Direct execute │
└─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
/workflow:lite-plan # Planning
/workflow:lite-execute # Execution
Use Case: Clear single-module features
2.2 lite-fix
Intelligent diagnosis + Fix (5 phases)
Phase 1: Bug Analysis & Diagnosis
├─ Intelligent severity pre-assessment (Low/Medium/High/Critical)
└─ Parallel cli-explore-agent diagnosis (1-4 angles)
Phase 2: Clarification (optional)
└─ Aggregate clarification needs, AskUserQuestion
Phase 3: Fix Planning
├─ Low/Medium → Claude direct planning
└─ High/Critical → cli-lite-planning-agent
Phase 4: Confirmation & Selection
└─ User confirms execution method
Phase 5: Execute
└─ SlashCommand("/workflow:lite-execute --in-memory --mode bugfix")
/workflow:lite-fix # Standard fix
/workflow:lite-fix --hotfix # Emergency hotfix (skip diagnosis)
Artifacts: .workflow/.lite-fix/{bug-slug}-{date}/
diagnosis-{angle}.json(1-4 diagnosis files)diagnoses-manifest.jsonfix-plan.json
Use Case: Bug diagnosis, production emergencies
2.3 multi-cli-plan → lite-execute
Multi-CLI collaborative analysis + Consensus convergence (5 phases)
Phase 1: Context Gathering
└─ ACE semantic search, build context package
Phase 2: Multi-CLI Discussion (iterative)
├─ cli-discuss-agent executes Gemini + Codex + Claude
├─ Cross-verification, synthesize solutions
└─ Loop until convergence or max rounds
Phase 3: Present Options
└─ Display solutions with trade-offs
Phase 4: User Decision
└─ User selects solution
Phase 5: Plan Generation
├─ cli-lite-planning-agent generates plan
└─ → lite-execute
/workflow:multi-cli-plan "task description" # Multi-CLI collaborative planning
/workflow:lite-execute # Execute selected solution
Artifacts: .workflow/.multi-cli-plan/{MCP-task-slug-date}/
rounds/*/synthesis.json(per-round analysis)context-package.jsonIMPL_PLAN.md+plan.json
vs lite-plan comparison:
| Aspect | multi-cli-plan | lite-plan |
|---|---|---|
| Context | ACE semantic search | Manual file patterns |
| Analysis | Multi-CLI cross-verification | Single planning |
| Iteration | Multiple rounds until convergence | Single round |
| Confidence | High (consensus-driven) | Medium (single perspective) |
Use Case: Multi-perspective analysis, technology selection, solution comparison
Level 3: Standard Planning
Standard - Complete planning + Persistent Session + Verification
Included Workflows
| Workflow | Purpose | Phases | Artifact Location |
|---|---|---|---|
plan |
Complex feature development | 5 phases | .workflow/active/{session}/ |
tdd-plan |
Test-driven development | 6 phases | .workflow/active/{session}/ |
test-fix-gen |
Test fix generation | 5 phases | .workflow/active/WFS-test-{session}/ |
Common Characteristics
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Complexity | Medium-High |
| Artifacts | Persistent files (.workflow/active/{session}/) |
| State | Full session management |
| Verification | Built-in verification steps |
| Execution | /workflow:execute |
| Use Case | Multi-module, traceable tasks |
3.1 plan → verify → execute
5-phase complete planning workflow
Phase 1: Session Discovery
└─ /workflow:session:start --auto
Phase 2: Context Gathering
└─ /workflow:tools:context-gather
└─ Returns context-package.json + conflict_risk
Phase 3: Conflict Resolution (conditional)
└─ IF conflict_risk ≥ medium → /workflow:tools:conflict-resolution
Phase 4: Task Generation
└─ /workflow:tools:task-generate-agent
└─ Returns IMPL_PLAN.md + IMPL-*.json + TODO_LIST.md
Return: Summary + Next Steps
/workflow:plan "task description" # Complete planning
/workflow:action-plan-verify # Verify plan (recommended)
/workflow:execute # Execute
/workflow:review # (optional) Review
Artifacts: .workflow/active/{WFS-session}/
workflow-session.jsonIMPL_PLAN.mdTODO_LIST.md.task/IMPL-*.json.process/context-package.json
Use Case: Multi-module changes, refactoring, dependency analysis needed
3.2 tdd-plan → execute → tdd-verify
6-phase test-driven development workflow
Phase 1: Session Discovery
└─ /workflow:session:start --type tdd --auto
Phase 2: Context Gathering
└─ /workflow:tools:context-gather
Phase 3: Test Coverage Analysis
└─ /workflow:tools:test-context-gather
└─ Detect test framework, analyze coverage
Phase 4: Conflict Resolution (conditional)
└─ IF conflict_risk ≥ medium → /workflow:tools:conflict-resolution
Phase 5: TDD Task Generation
└─ /workflow:tools:task-generate-tdd
└─ Generate IMPL tasks with built-in Red-Green-Refactor cycles
Phase 6: TDD Structure Validation
└─ Verify TDD structure compliance
/workflow:tdd-plan "feature description" # TDD planning
/workflow:action-plan-verify # Verify (recommended)
/workflow:execute # Execute (follow Red-Green-Refactor)
/workflow:tdd-verify # Verify TDD compliance
TDD Task Structure:
- Each IMPL task contains complete internal Red-Green-Refactor cycle
meta.tdd_workflow: trueflow_control.implementation_approachcontains 3 steps (red/green/refactor)- Green phase includes test-fix-cycle configuration
Use Case: Test-driven development, high-quality feature requirements
3.3 test-fix-gen → test-cycle-execute
5-phase test fix generation workflow
Phase 1: Create Test Session
└─ /workflow:session:start --type test --new
Phase 2: Gather Test Context
├─ Session Mode: /workflow:tools:test-context-gather
└─ Prompt Mode: /workflow:tools:context-gather
Phase 3: Test Generation Analysis
└─ /workflow:tools:test-concept-enhanced
└─ Multi-layer test requirements (L0: Static, L1: Unit, L2: Integration, L3: E2E)
Phase 4: Generate Test Tasks
└─ /workflow:tools:test-task-generate
└─ IMPL-001 (generate) + IMPL-001.5 (quality gate) + IMPL-002 (execute fix)
Phase 5: Return Summary
└─ → /workflow:test-cycle-execute
Dual-mode support:
| Mode | Input Pattern | Context Source |
|---|---|---|
| Session Mode | WFS-xxx |
Source session summaries |
| Prompt Mode | Text/file path | Direct codebase analysis |
/workflow:test-fix-gen WFS-user-auth-v2 # Session Mode
/workflow:test-fix-gen "Test the auth API" # Prompt Mode
/workflow:test-cycle-execute # Execute test-fix cycle
Artifacts: .workflow/active/WFS-test-{session}/
.task/IMPL-001.json(test understanding & generation).task/IMPL-001.5-review.json(quality gate).task/IMPL-002.json(test execution & fix cycle).process/TEST_ANALYSIS_RESULTS.md
Use Case: Test failure fixes, coverage improvement
Level 4: Brainstorming (brainstorm:auto-parallel)
Most Complex - Multi-role brainstorming + Complete planning + Execution
Characteristics
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Complexity | High |
| Artifacts | Multi-role analysis docs + IMPL_PLAN.md |
| Role Count | 3-9 (default 3) |
| Execution Mode | Phase 1/3 sequential, Phase 2 parallel |
3-Phase Flow
Phase 1: Interactive Framework Generation
└─ /workflow:brainstorm:artifacts
├─ Topic analysis, generate questions
├─ Role selection (user confirmation)
├─ Role question collection
├─ Conflict detection and resolution
└─ Generate guidance-specification.md
Phase 2: Parallel Role Analysis (parallel)
└─ N × Task(conceptual-planning-agent)
├─ Each role analyzes independently
└─ Parallel generate {role}/analysis.md
Phase 3: Synthesis Integration
└─ /workflow:brainstorm:synthesis
└─ Integrate all role analyses → synthesis-specification.md
Commands
/workflow:brainstorm:auto-parallel "topic" [--count N] [--style-skill package]
/workflow:plan --session {sessionId} # Plan based on brainstorm results
/workflow:action-plan-verify # Verify
/workflow:execute # Execute
Available Roles
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
system-architect |
System Architect |
ui-designer |
UI Designer |
ux-expert |
UX Expert |
product-manager |
Product Manager |
product-owner |
Product Owner |
data-architect |
Data Architect |
scrum-master |
Scrum Master |
subject-matter-expert |
Domain Expert |
test-strategist |
Test Strategist |
Artifact Structure
.workflow/active/WFS-{topic}/
├── workflow-session.json # Session metadata
└── .brainstorming/
├── guidance-specification.md # Framework (Phase 1)
├── {role}/
│ ├── analysis.md # Main document
│ └── analysis-{slug}.md # Sub-documents (optional, max 5)
└── synthesis-specification.md # Integration (Phase 3)
Use Cases
- ✅ New feature design
- ✅ System architecture refactoring
- ✅ Exploratory requirements
- ✅ Uncertain implementation approach
- ✅ Multi-dimensional trade-offs needed
- ❌ Clear requirements
- ❌ Time-sensitive tasks
Issue Workflow
Main Workflow Supplement - Post-development continuous maintenance
Two-Phase Lifecycle
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Phase 1: Accumulation │
│ │
│ Triggers: │
│ • Post-task review │
│ • Code review findings │
│ • Test failures │
│ │
│ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ │
│ │ discover │ │ discover- │ │ new │ │
│ │ Auto-find │ │ by-prompt │ │ Manual │ │
│ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ │
│ │
│ Continuously accumulate issues to pending queue │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
│ After sufficient accumulation
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Phase 2: Batch Resolution │
│ │
│ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ │
│ │ plan │ ──→ │ queue │ ──→ │ execute │ │
│ │ --all- │ │ Optimize │ │ Parallel │ │
│ │ pending │ │ order │ │ execution │ │
│ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ │
│ │
│ Supports worktree isolation, maintains main branch stability │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Command List
Accumulation Phase:
/issue:discover # Multi-perspective auto-discovery
/issue:discover-by-prompt # Prompt-based discovery
/issue:new # Manual creation
Batch Resolution:
/issue:plan --all-pending # Batch plan all pending
/issue:queue # Generate optimized execution queue
/issue:execute # Parallel execution
Collaboration with Main Workflow
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Development Iteration Loop │
│ │
│ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ │
│ │ Feature │ ──→ Main Workflow ──→ Done ──→│ Review │ │
│ │ Request │ (Level 1-4) └────┬────┘ │
│ └─────────┘ │ │
│ ▲ │ Issues found │
│ │ ▼ │
│ │ ┌─────────┐ │
│ │ │ Issue │ │
│ │ │ Workflow│ │
│ Continue│ └────┬────┘ │
│ new │ │ │
│ feature │ ┌──────────────────────────┘ │
│ │ │ Fix complete │
│ │ ▼ │
│ ┌────┴────┐◀────── │
│ │ Main │ Merge │
│ │ Branch │ back │
│ └─────────┘ │
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Workflow Selection Guide
Quick Selection Table
| Scenario | Recommended Workflow | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Quick fixes, config adjustments | lite-lite-lite |
1 |
| Clear single-module features | lite-plan → lite-execute |
2 |
| Bug diagnosis and fix | lite-fix |
2 |
| Production emergencies | lite-fix --hotfix |
2 |
| Technology selection, solution comparison | multi-cli-plan → lite-execute |
2 |
| Multi-module changes, refactoring | plan → verify → execute |
3 |
| Test-driven development | tdd-plan → execute → tdd-verify |
3 |
| Test failure fixes | test-fix-gen → test-cycle-execute |
3 |
| New features, architecture design | brainstorm:auto-parallel → plan → execute |
4 |
| Post-development issue fixes | Issue Workflow | - |
Decision Flowchart
Start
│
├─ Is it post-development maintenance?
│ ├─ Yes → Issue Workflow
│ └─ No ↓
│
├─ Are requirements clear?
│ ├─ Uncertain → Level 4 (brainstorm:auto-parallel)
│ └─ Clear ↓
│
├─ Need persistent Session?
│ ├─ Yes → Level 3 (plan / tdd-plan / test-fix-gen)
│ └─ No ↓
│
├─ Need multi-perspective / solution comparison?
│ ├─ Yes → Level 2 (multi-cli-plan)
│ └─ No ↓
│
├─ Is it a bug fix?
│ ├─ Yes → Level 2 (lite-fix)
│ └─ No ↓
│
├─ Need planning?
│ ├─ Yes → Level 2 (lite-plan)
│ └─ No → Level 1 (lite-lite-lite)
Complexity Indicators
System auto-evaluates complexity based on these keywords:
| Weight | Keywords |
|---|---|
| +2 | refactor, migrate, architect, system |
| +2 | multiple, across, all, entire |
| +1 | integrate, api, database |
| +1 | security, performance, scale |
- High complexity (≥4): Auto-select Level 3-4
- Medium complexity (2-3): Auto-select Level 2
- Low complexity (<2): Auto-select Level 1
Semantic CLI Invocation
Users can semantically specify CLI tools in prompts - the system automatically invokes the corresponding CLI.
Basic Invocation
| User Prompt | System Action |
|---|---|
| "Use Gemini to analyze the auth module" | Auto-invoke gemini CLI for analysis |
| "Let Codex review this code" | Auto-invoke codex CLI for review |
| "Ask Qwen about performance optimization" | Auto-invoke qwen CLI for consultation |
Multi-CLI Orchestration
| Pattern | User Prompt Example |
|---|---|
| Collaborative | "Use Gemini and Codex to collaboratively analyze security vulnerabilities" |
| Parallel | "Have Gemini, Codex, and Qwen analyze the architecture in parallel" |
| Iterative | "Use Gemini to diagnose, then Codex to fix, iterate until resolved" |
| Pipeline | "Gemini designs the solution, Codex implements, Claude reviews" |
Custom CLI Registration
Register any API as a custom CLI via Dashboard interface:
ccw view # Open Dashboard → Status → API Settings → Add Custom CLI
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| Name | deepseek |
| Endpoint | https://api.deepseek.com/v1/chat |
| API Key | your-api-key |
Register once, invoke semantically forever - no code changes needed.
ACE Tool Configuration
ACE (Augment Context Engine) provides powerful semantic code search. Two configuration methods available:
| Method | Link |
|---|---|
| Official | Augment MCP Documentation |
| Proxy | ace-tool (GitHub) |
Usage Example
mcp__ace-tool__search_context({
project_root_path: "/path/to/project",
query: "authentication logic"
})
Summary
Level Overview
| Level | Name | Included Workflows | Artifacts | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rapid | lite-lite-lite |
None | Direct execute |
| 2 | Lightweight | lite-plan, lite-fix, multi-cli-plan |
Memory/Lightweight files | → lite-execute |
| 3 | Standard | plan, tdd-plan, test-fix-gen |
Session persistence | → execute / test-cycle-execute |
| 4 | Brainstorm | brainstorm:auto-parallel → plan |
Multi-role analysis + Session | → execute |
| - | Issue | discover → plan → queue → execute |
Issue records | Worktree isolation (optional) |
Core Principles
- Main Workflow solves parallelism through dependency analysis + Agent parallel execution, no worktree needed
- Issue Workflow serves as a supplementary mechanism, supporting worktree isolation to maintain main branch stability
- Select appropriate workflow level based on task complexity, avoid over-engineering
- Level 2 workflow selection criteria:
- Clear requirements →
lite-plan - Bug fix →
lite-fix - Need multi-perspective →
multi-cli-plan
- Clear requirements →
- Level 3 workflow selection criteria:
- Standard development →
plan - Test-driven →
tdd-plan - Test fix →
test-fix-gen
- Standard development →