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Artifact Contract Specification

Overview

Every worker role must generate an artifact manifest in Phase 4 to enable quality gating and automatic artifact discovery.

Manifest Schema

Location: <session>/artifacts/<task-id>/artifact-manifest.json

{
  "artifact_id": "uuid-...",
  "creator_role": "role-name",
  "artifact_type": "spec | architecture | plan | code | test | review",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "path": "./artifacts/output.md",
  "dependencies": ["upstream-artifact-id"],
  "validation_status": "pending | passed | failed",
  "validation_summary": "Details...",
  "metadata": {
    "complexity": "low | medium | high",
    "priority": "P0 | P1 | P2"
  }
}

Field Definitions

Field Type Description
artifact_id string UUID for this artifact
creator_role string Role that created this artifact
artifact_type enum Type of artifact (spec/architecture/plan/code/test/review)
version string Semantic version
path string Relative path to artifact file
dependencies array List of upstream artifact IDs this depends on
validation_status enum pending/passed/failed
validation_summary string Human-readable validation result
metadata object Additional context (complexity, priority, etc.)

Validation Status

  • pending: Artifact created, validation not yet run
  • passed: All quality checks passed, ready for downstream consumption
  • failed: Quality issues detected, blocks downstream spawn

Coordinator Integration

The coordinator checks manifests in handleCallback:

  1. Read <session>/artifacts/<task-id>/artifact-manifest.json
  2. If validation_status == "passed":
    • Register to artifact_registry
    • Spawn next dependent task
  3. If validation_status == "failed":
    • Create fix task
    • Notify user
    • Block downstream tasks

Context Artifacts Discovery

Workers read context-artifacts.json to discover upstream artifacts:

{
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "artifact_id": "uuid-...",
      "artifact_type": "spec",
      "path": "./spec/discovery-context.json",
      "creator_role": "analyst"
    }
  ]
}

Auto-Discovery (v5)

In v5, workers declare input_artifact_types: [] in frontmatter. The coordinator automatically discovers and provides matching artifacts without manual path configuration.

Quality Gates

Validation checks vary by artifact type:

Artifact Type Required Checks
spec Completeness, schema compliance
architecture ADR presence, component diagram
plan Task count (2-7), dependency graph validity
code Syntax check, test coverage
test Test count > 0, all passing
review Issue count, severity distribution

Example Workflow

  1. Analyst creates spec → manifest with validation_status: "passed"
  2. Coordinator reads manifest → registers to artifact_registry
  3. Writer spawned → reads context-artifacts.json → finds analyst's spec
  4. Writer creates document → manifest with validation_status: "passed"
  5. Coordinator spawns next role based on dependency graph