Workflow State Management Skill

Overview

Manage persistent workflow state that survives context auto-summarization.

State files store: task details, worktree locations, PR URLs, and review status.

Triggers

Activate this skill when:

• Starting a new workflow (/exarchos:ideate)
• Transitioning between workflow phases
• Restoring context after summarization (/exarchos:rehydrate)
• Saving progress for later continuation (/exarchos:checkpoint)

Phase Transitions

Valid transitions, guards, and prerequisites for all workflow types are documented in references/phase-transitions.md. CRITICAL: When a transition has a guard, send the prerequisite updates and phase in a single set call — updates apply before guards evaluate.