Document Lifecycle Skill

Manages document state transitions, unified numbering, and automated closure across all agent-output directories.

Core Principle

Every work chain shares a single ID. When Analyst creates analysis 080, the downstream plan, implementation, QA, UAT, and critique all use ID 080. This enables human traceability across the entire lifecycle.

Documents in terminal status belong in closed/ subfolders. Active work stays visible; completed work is archived but accessible.

Terminal Statuses

These statuses trigger document closure (move to closed/):