Kaizen Loop

Overview

Use this workflow when the task starts with product evaluation rather than a known implementation request. First evaluate the product as a user, engineer, and maintainer; then present concrete improvement candidates; after the user approves one or more items, execute those improvements with implement-to-merge-ready and repeat the evaluation loop.

Workflow

1. Establish evaluation scope.

   • Identify the product, target user, primary workflows, success criteria, repository, branch, and deployment or local run path.
   • Read local instructions such as AGENTS.md before inspecting or editing.
   • Inspect git status and preserve unrelated user changes.
   • Ask only when the evaluation target or approval boundary is unclear.

2. Set an evaluation goal.

   • Use goal tracking for product-wide evaluation or any task expected to continue into implementation and PR work.
   • Write the goal to include evaluation, recommendation, approval gate, approved implementation, verification, PR creation, and merge-readiness follow-up.
   • Do not mark the goal complete until the approved loop is finished or the user declines all implementation.