sdlc-protocol

How this machine ships a large product feature from a spec: decompose into a small number of beads (parallel work units), build each in its own AOSwarm worktree so contexts stay clean and never collide, validate every bead with real tests (TDD), and integrate through a reviewable branch. CI is observed, never a blocker during the build — local product-surface tests are the gate.

You (this session) are the ROUTER + REVIEWER. AO bead agents implement; you decompose, dispatch, monitor, and integrate. You do not implement the feature inline.

When this applies

• A feature/spec large enough to warrant its own branch + PR/MR, sliceable into 2+ mostly-independent pieces.
• NOT for: one-line fixes, config tweaks, docs, a single tightly-coupled change (<=25 lines) — those are inline edits. If it isn't really an SDLC-scale build, say so and do it inline.

The protocol (7 steps)