discovery
Discovery Workflow Skill
A workflow type for tasks whose deliverable is a document, not code. Explicitly exempt from the Iron Law (no failing test requirement) because there is nothing to test.
When to Use
- Competitive analyses and market research
- Architecture comparisons and ADR scaffolding
- Literature reviews and vendor evaluations
- Design research that does NOT feed into implementation planning
When NOT to Use
- If the deliverable includes code changes → use
/exarchos:oneshotor/exarchos:ideate - If you need TDD enforcement → use any other workflow type
- If the research feeds directly into implementation → use
/exarchos:ideate(which includes a design phase)
Phases
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design-invariants
Audit a design proposal or diff against Exarchos's architectural invariants — event-sourcing integrity (INV-1), facade equivalence over shared dispatch core (INV-2), basileus-forward (INV-3), platform-agnosticity (INV-4), and agent-first interface design (INV-5a input ergonomics, INV-5b spec-aligned output contract, INV-5c Aspire-inspired control-plane verbs, INV-5d action discriminator pattern). Pairs with /axiom:backend-quality — this skill is project-specific (axiom is generic). Triggers: 'check invariants', 'design conformance', 'check #1118 / #1109', or /design-invariants.
94cleanup
Post-merge workflow resolution. Verifies PR merge status, backfills synthesis metadata, force-resolves review statuses, transitions to completed, and cleans up worktrees/branches. Use when the user says 'cleanup', 'resolve workflow', 'mark as done', or runs /cleanup. Do NOT use before PRs are merged.
27xml-tags
A skill with <xml-tag> characters in the description.
26shepherd
Shepherd PRs through CI and reviews to merge readiness. Operates as an iteration loop within the synthesize phase (not a separate HSM phase). Uses assess_stack to check PR health, fix failures, and request approval. Triggers: 'shepherd', 'tend PRs', 'check CI', or /shepherd.
26dogfood
Review failed Exarchos MCP tool calls from the current session, diagnose root causes, and categorize into code bug, documentation issue, or user error. Use when the user says 'dogfood', 'review failures', 'what went wrong', 'triage errors', or runs /dogfood. Scopes exclusively to Exarchos tools (exarchos_workflow, exarchos_event, exarchos_orchestrate, exarchos_view, exarchos_sync). Do NOT use for debugging application code or non-Exarchos tool failures.
26refactor
Code improvement workflow with polish and overhaul tracks. Triggers: 'refactor', 'clean up', 'restructure', 'reorganize', or /refactor. Phases: explore, brief, implement, validate. Existing code only — Do NOT use for bug fixes (/debug) or new features (/ideate).
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