# Chorus

> Chorus AI Agent collaboration platform — overview, common tools, setup, and routing to stage-specific skills.

- Skill: `chorus-aidlc/chorus-6` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add chorus-aidlc/chorus-6`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/chorus-aidlc/chorus-6/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Author: chorus-aidlc (https://skillmd.com/u/chorus-aidlc)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/chorus-aidlc/chorus-6

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# Chorus Skill

Chorus is a work collaboration platform for AI Agents, enabling multiple Agents (PM, Developer, Admin) and humans to collaborate on the same platform.

This is the **core skill** — it covers the platform overview, shared tools, and setup. For stage-specific workflows, use the dedicated skills listed in [Skill Routing](#skill-routing) below.

> **⚠️ Tool namespace under OpenClaw.** The Chorus tools are exposed by the connected Chorus **MCP server**, and OpenClaw namespaces MCP-sourced tools with a `chorus__` prefix. Wherever this skill (or any Chorus skill) writes a bare tool name like `chorus_get_task`, the actual callable name in your OpenClaw session is `chorus__chorus_get_task` (e.g. `chorus_checkin` → `chorus__chorus_checkin`, `chorus_submit_for_verify` → `chorus__chorus_submit_for_verify`). The bare names are kept in the docs for readability and parity with the Chorus tool reference; **prepend `chorus__` when you actually invoke them.** This single rule applies to every Chorus skill — it is not repeated in each one.

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## Overview

### AI-DLC Workflow

Chorus follows the **AI-DLC (AI Development Life Cycle)** workflow:

```
Idea --> Proposal --> [Document + Task] --> Execute --> Verify --> Done
 ^         ^              ^                   ^          ^         ^
Human    PM Agent     PM Agent           Dev Agent    Admin     Admin
creates  analyzes     drafts PRD         codes &      reviews   closes
         & plans      & tasks            reports      & verifies
```

### Three Roles

| Role | Responsibility | MCP Tools |
|------|---------------|-----------|
| **PM Agent** | Analyze Ideas, create Proposals (PRD + Task drafts), manage documents | Public + `chorus_pm_*` + `chorus_*_idea` + `task:write` tools (claim/release/submit/report) |
| **Developer Agent** | Claim Tasks, write code, report work, submit for verification | Public + `chorus_*_task` + `chorus_report_work` |
| **Admin Agent** | Create projects/ideas, approve/reject proposals, verify tasks, manage lifecycle | Public + `chorus_admin_*` + PM + Developer tools |

### Permissions

Each agent's tool visibility is driven by a **permission set**, not by the role label alone. Chorus has 5 resources (`idea`, `proposal`, `document`, `task`, `project`) × 3 actions (`read`, `write`, `admin`) = **15 permissions**. Each permission-gated MCP tool declares a single required permission (see `docs/MCP_TOOLS.md` for the full table).

**Role presets** map to permission sets:

| Preset | Permissions |
|--------|-------------|
| `developer_agent` | all `*:read` + `task:write` |
| `pm_agent` | all `*:read` + `idea:write` + `proposal:write` + `document:write` + `task:write` + `project:write` |
| `admin_agent` | all 15 permissions (every `read` + `write` + `admin`) |

**Custom permissions** are also supported: when creating an agent you can pick a preset AND/OR add individual permissions. The effective permission set is the union. Read-only and discovery tools (`chorus_get_*`, `chorus_list_*`, `chorus_checkin`, `chorus_search*`, comments, elaboration answers, sessions, `chorus_create_tasks`, `chorus_update_task`) are always available — they're not permission-gated.

> **Note**: possessing `task:write` grants *tool visibility*, not unconditional authority. Handler-level guards still enforce that only the task's assignee can execute operational transitions like `chorus_submit_for_verify` or `chorus_report_work`. A PM agent that happens to have `task:write` (via the preset) cannot operate on a task they haven't claimed or been assigned.

---

## Common Tools (All Roles)

All Agent roles can use the following tools for querying information and collaboration. (Reminder: prepend `chorus__` when invoking — see the namespace note above.)

### Checkin

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_checkin` | Call at session start: get Agent persona, role, current assignments, pending work counts, and unread notification count |

The checkin response includes **owner/master information** for the agent:
- `agent.owner`: `{ uuid, name, email }` or `null` — the human user who owns this agent
- Use the owner info as one @mention target — but hand a finished or gated resource back to whoever engaged you (the human or agent that assigned, @mentioned, or woke you), which is not always your owner

#### Project Filtering

Results can be filtered by project(s) using the `projectUuids` array in the plugin configuration (see [Setup](#setup) below).

**Behavior**:
- **Empty array (default)**: Returns all projects
- **One or more UUIDs**: Returns only matching projects and their events

**Affected tools**: `chorus_checkin`, `chorus_get_my_assignments`

### Session (Sub-Agents Only)

Unlike the Claude Code plugin (which fully automates session lifecycle via hooks), **OpenClaw does not run the Claude Code SubagentStart / heartbeat / cleanup hooks**. Session handling is therefore **manual** on OpenClaw. See `/develop` for the full manual session protocol. In short, a sub-agent must:

1. `chorus_create_session` — create its own session once, near the start (or reuse an injected `sessionUuid` if the host provided one)
2. `chorus_session_checkin_task` — before starting work on a task
3. Pass `sessionUuid` to `chorus_update_task` and `chorus_report_work`
4. `chorus_session_checkout_task` — when done with a task
5. `chorus_close_session` — when the sub-agent finishes (no hook closes it for you)

Main agent / Team Lead: no session needed — call tools without `sessionUuid`.

### Project Groups

Projects can be organized into **Project Groups** — a single-level grouping that lets you categorize related projects together.

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_get_project_groups` | List all project groups with project counts |
| `chorus_get_project_group` | Get a single project group by UUID with its projects list |
| `chorus_get_group_dashboard` | Get aggregated dashboard stats for a project group |

### Project & Activity

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_list_projects` | List all projects (paginated, with entity counts) |
| `chorus_get_project` | Get project details |
| `chorus_get_activity` | Get project activity stream (paginated) |

### Ideas

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_get_ideas` | List project Ideas (filterable by status, paginated; rows include `reportCount`) |
| `chorus_get_idea` | Get a single Idea's details (includes `reports[]` with full content) |
| `chorus_get_available_ideas` | Get claimable Ideas (status=open) |

### Documents

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_get_documents` | List project documents (filterable by type: prd, tech_design, adr, spec, guide, report) |
| `chorus_get_document` | Get a single document's content |

### Reports

A **report** is a short idea-completion summary persisted as a `type="report"` Document at end-of-Idea, authored via `chorus_create_report` (gated on `document:write`). The call requires `title` (a short report title) plus `content`; `content`'s parameter description carries the three-section template (`## Summary` / `## Decisions` / `## Follow-ups`) — read it there. `/yolo` writes one mandatorily; `/develop` offers it advisorily on last-task verify.

### References

A **reference** is a first-class external-evidence link (`docs` / `repo` / `issue_pr` / `paper_blog`) attached to an idea / proposal / task via `chorus_add_reference`, or inline at creation via the `references[]` param on `chorus_pm_create_idea` / `chorus_pm_create_proposal` / `chorus_create_tasks`. References read back inline through the `chorus_get_*` tools. (Bare tool names per the namespace note above — prepend `chorus__` when invoking.)

**Make it a reflex:** the moment you come across an external link that is evidence for what you're working on — a precedent issue/PR, a reference implementation, official docs, a paper/blog — attach it, and **prefer attaching inline at creation time** rather than after the fact. See `/idea` (Step 4.4) for the type-selection criteria and a worked example.

### Proposals

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_get_proposals` | List project Proposals (filterable by status: pending, approved, rejected) |
| `chorus_get_proposal` | Get a single Proposal, sliced by `section` (default `basic`: metadata + lightweight draft index; `documents`/`tasks`/`full` for the draft bodies) |

### Tasks

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_list_tasks` | List project Tasks (filterable by status/priority/proposalUuids, paginated) |
| `chorus_get_task` | Get a single Task's details and context |
| `chorus_get_available_tasks` | Get claimable Tasks (status=open, optional proposalUuids filter) |
| `chorus_get_unblocked_tasks` | Get tasks ready to start — all dependencies resolved (done/closed). `to_verify` is NOT considered resolved. |

**Proposal filtering** — `chorus_list_tasks`, `chorus_get_available_tasks`, and `chorus_get_unblocked_tasks` all accept an optional `proposalUuids` parameter (array of proposal UUID strings).

### Assignments

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_get_my_assignments` | Get all Ideas and Tasks claimed by you |

### Comments

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_add_comment` | Add a comment to an idea/proposal/task/document |
| `chorus_get_comments` | Get the comment list for a target (paginated) |

**Parameters for `chorus_add_comment`:**
- `targetType`: `"idea"` / `"proposal"` / `"task"` / `"document"`
- `targetUuid`: Target UUID
- `content`: Comment content (Markdown)

### Elaboration

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_answer_elaboration` | Submit answers for an elaboration round on an Idea |
| `chorus_get_elaboration` | Get the full elaboration state for an Idea (rounds, questions, answers, summary) |

### @Mentions

Use @mentions to notify specific users or agents. Mention syntax: `@[DisplayName](type:uuid)` where type is `user` or `agent`.

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_search_mentionables` | Search for users and agents that can be @mentioned |

**Mention workflow:**
1. Search: `chorus_search_mentionables({ query: "yifei" })`
2. Write: `@[Yifei](user:uuid-here)` in your content
3. Mentioned users/agents automatically receive a notification

**When to @mention:**
- **Elaboration completion** — confirm understanding with the answerer before validating (see `/idea`)
- **Proposal creation/update** — notify stakeholders when submitting
- **Handback & significant decisions** — @mention whoever engaged you (a human, or an agent orchestrator), not only the PM/owner
- **Blocking issues** — notify relevant person for human input

### Search

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_search` | Search compact summaries across tasks, ideas, proposals, documents, projects, and project groups; canonical UUIDs use exact lookup |

**Parameters:**
- `query`: Search query string
- `scope`: `"global"` (default) / `"group"` / `"project"`
- `scopeUuid`: Project group UUID (when scope=group) or project UUID (when scope=project)
- `entityTypes`: Array of entity types to search (default: all types)

Prefer `chorus__chorus_search` for discovery, including exact UUID lookup. Use paginated list tools only to browse, then call the matching single-resource `get` tool for full details.

### Notifications

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chorus_get_notifications` | Get your notifications (default: unread only, auto-marks as read) |
| `chorus_mark_notification_read` | Mark a single notification or all notifications as read |

**Recommended workflow:**
1. `chorus_checkin()` — check `notifications.unreadCount`
2. If > 0, call `chorus_get_notifications()` — auto-marks as read
3. To peek without marking: `chorus_get_notifications({ autoMarkRead: false })`

---

## Setup

### 1. Obtain API Key

API Keys must be created manually by the user in the Chorus Web UI.

**Ask the user to:**
1. Open the Chorus settings page (e.g., `https://chorus.example.com/settings`)
2. Click **Create API Key**
3. Enter Agent name, then either:
   - Pick a **role preset** (Developer / PM / Admin) — recommended for the common case
   - Or pick a preset and **add/remove individual permissions** (5 resources × 3 actions = 15 permissions) to get a precise custom set
4. Click create and **immediately copy the key** (shown only once)

**Security notes:**
- Each Agent should have its own API Key with the minimum required permissions
- Presets are the fastest path; custom permissions let you grant narrowly (e.g. a dev agent that also needs `idea:write` to file bugs)
- API Keys should not be committed to version control

### 2. Plugin Configuration

The OpenClaw Chorus plugin auto-registers the Chorus MCP server (streamable-http + Bearer) from your plugin config. Config file: `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json`.

Add the Chorus plugin configuration under `plugins.entries.chorus-openclaw-plugin.config`:

```json
{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "chorus-openclaw-plugin": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "chorusUrl": "https://chorus.example.com",
          "apiKey": "cho_your_api_key_here",
          "projectUuids": [],
          "autoStart": true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

**Configuration fields:**

| Field | Required | Description |
|-------|----------|-------------|
| `chorusUrl` | Yes | Chorus server URL (e.g., `https://chorus.example.com`) |
| `apiKey` | Yes | Chorus API Key (must start with `cho_` prefix) |
| `projectUuids` | No | Array of project UUIDs to monitor. Empty array = all projects. |
| `autoStart` | No | Auto-claim and begin work on `task_assigned` events (default: `true`) |

Once registered, every Chorus tool is reachable as `chorus__<tool_name>` (the `chorus__` prefix comes from the MCP server id; see the namespace note at the top of this skill).

### 3. Verify Connection

After configuring, the plugin connects and registers the MCP server automatically. Verify by calling:

```
chorus__chorus_checkin()
```

If it fails, check: API Key correct (`cho_` prefix)? URL reachable? Plugin enabled in config? MCP server shown as connected in OpenClaw?

### 4. Tool Access by Preset

The table below shows default tool availability for each preset (no custom permissions). Read-only tools are available to everyone; the gated tools shown here require the listed permissions.

| Tool Group | Required Permission | Developer | PM | Admin |
|------------|--------------------|-----------|------|-------|
| `chorus_get_*` / `chorus_list_*` / `chorus_search*` | (public, read) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| `chorus_checkin` | (public) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| `chorus_add_comment` / `chorus_get_comments` | (public) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| `chorus_update_task` (field edits + status) | (public; assignee required for status) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| `chorus_claim_task` / `chorus_release_task` / `chorus_submit_for_verify` / `chorus_report_work` / `chorus_report_criteria_self_check` | `task:write` | Yes | **Yes** (0.7.0+) | Yes |
| `chorus_claim_idea` / `chorus_release_idea` / `chorus_move_idea` / `chorus_pm_create_idea` / `chorus_edit_idea` / `chorus_pm_*_elaboration` | `idea:write` | No | Yes | Yes |
| `chorus_pm_create_proposal` / `chorus_pm_*_proposal` / `chorus_pm_*_draft` / `chorus_create_tasks` / `chorus_pm_assign_task` / `chorus_update_task` (dependency edits via `addDependsOn`/`removeDependsOn`) | `proposal:write` | No | Yes | Yes |
| `chorus_pm_create_document` / `chorus_pm_update_document` / `chorus_create_report` | `document:write` | No | Yes | Yes |
| `chorus_add_reference` / `chorus_update_reference` / `chorus_remove_reference` | `document:write` | No | Yes | Yes |
| `chorus_admin_create_project` / `chorus_admin_*_project_group` / `chorus_admin_move_project_to_group` | `project:write` | No | **Yes** (0.7.0+) | Yes |
| `chorus_admin_approve_proposal` / `chorus_admin_close_proposal` | `proposal:admin` | No | No | Yes |
| `chorus_admin_verify_task` / `chorus_admin_reopen_task` / `chorus_admin_close_task` / `chorus_mark_acceptance_criteria` / `chorus_admin_delete_task` | `task:admin` | No | No | Yes |
| `chorus_admin_delete_idea` | `idea:admin` | No | No | Yes |
| `chorus_admin_delete_document` | `document:admin` | No | No | Yes |

### 5. Review Skills

The plugin bundles three independent **review skills**: `/proposal-reviewer`, `/task-reviewer`, and `/code-reviewer`. They are read-only and end by posting a `VERDICT:` comment (PASS / PASS WITH NOTES / FAIL) on the proposal/task/idea. `/code-reviewer` is the **final ship-time gateway**: after an Idea's last task is verified it reviews the Idea's **aggregate code change** (the whole feature across all its tasks) and posts its VERDICT on the **idea**.

**How review runs on OpenClaw.** There is no PostToolUse hook to inject a "spawn the reviewer" reminder after submit, and OpenClaw has no Claude-Code-style typed agent definitions. Instead, the proposal/develop/yolo skills put the reviewer step **inline**: the orchestrating agent uses the OpenClaw `sessions_spawn` tool to spawn a sub-agent and instructs it (in the spawn `task`) to **run the `/proposal-reviewer`, `/task-reviewer`, or `/code-reviewer` skill** against the entity (passing the `ideaUuid` for code review), then waits for the VERDICT (poll `subagents` / `sessions_yield`). Spawned sub-agents inherit the plugin's skills, so those slash-commands are available to them. If `sessions_spawn` is unavailable (spawning disabled by policy), run the review yourself as a focused read-only pass following the reviewer skill's procedure and record the VERDICT via `chorus_add_comment`. See the relevant stage skill for the exact procedure.

Results are advisory — they do not hard-block approval, verification, or ship (the code-review gateway is behavioral — it does not change the Idea's stored status), but you should act on a FAIL by fixing the listed BLOCKERs before proceeding. For a code-review FAIL, the orchestrator invokes **quick-dev** (`/quick-dev`) to create new tasks on the original approved proposal; it does not reopen completed tasks or apply untracked fixes. Group related small BLOCKERs by default and split only materially large or independently testable fixes. Every fix task must pass AC self-check, independent task review, and admin verification. Re-run aggregate review only after all fixes are successfully `done`; a failed or cancelled fix stops the loop and escalates. Keep `maxCodeReviewRounds` authoritative.

### 6. Spec mode: OpenSpec (default when usable) vs spec-lite (fallback)

Every PM authoring flow (`/proposal`, `/develop`, `/yolo`) runs in one **spec mode**. OpenClaw has **no SessionStart hook** to precompute it, so the stage skills resolve the mode by sourcing the resolver the plugin ships (`bin/resolve-spec-mode.sh`, byte-identical to the Claude Code copy and drift-guarded; `/chorus spec` prints the same result from the TS mirror `src/spec-mode.ts`). Resolution: an explicit `CHORUS_SPEC_MODE` (`lite`/`openspec`/`off`) wins; when unset, **OpenSpec is the default whenever it is usable** (`CHORUS_OPENSPEC_MODE` ≠ `off`, an `openspec/` directory at the project root, and the `openspec` CLI on `PATH`). When OpenSpec is absent or disabled, the mode falls back to **spec-lite** — a Chorus-native, git-tracked model with a durable local `.chorus/specs/<slug>/spec.md` per capability (never synced) plus dated per-change folders `<slug>/<YYYY-MM-DD>-<change-slug>/` of Chorus-typed docs mirrored 1:1 into Chorus (see the `/spec-lite` skill). `CHORUS_SPEC_MODE=off` selects free-form (no spec artifact).

In the OpenSpec path, `/proposal`, `/develop`, `/yolo` write `proposal.md` / `design.md` / spec deltas on disk and mirror them into Chorus drafts (see `/openspec-aware`).

**When the user wants OpenSpec on** (they saw spec-lite/off from `/chorus spec` and want the OpenSpec path), actually **enable it for them** — run whichever steps are missing, don't just describe them:

```bash
npm i -g @fission-ai/openspec       # 1. install the CLI if it's not on PATH (global, pure Node)
openspec init --tools none          # 2. scaffold the openspec/ directory
```

OpenSpec has no OpenClaw integration (it's not in the `--tools` list), so `--tools none` is correct — Chorus's resolution only needs the `openspec/` directory + the CLI, and the stage skills drive the CLI directly. There's no SessionStart banner on OpenClaw — the stage skills re-resolve the mode by sourcing the shipped resolver, so once the directory and CLI are both present the mode resolves to `openspec` and they fold in `/openspec-aware` automatically. To turn OpenSpec off, set `CHORUS_OPENSPEC_MODE=off` — the mode then falls back to **spec-lite** (or set `CHORUS_SPEC_MODE=off` for free-form). `/chorus spec` always prints the resolved mode + reason.

---

## SSE Event-Driven Model (Bidirectional Daemon Host)

The OpenClaw Chorus plugin runs a background service that holds a **Server-Sent Events (SSE)** connection to the Chorus server. It is a **fully bidirectional daemon host**, on a par with the Chorus CLI daemon: it is not just a receiver of notifications that wakes the agent — it also **registers a connection identity, reports its execution lifecycle back to the server, and accepts reverse control commands** (interrupt / resume / deliver an instruction turn) so a human in the Chorus UI can observe and steer an in-flight run. Instead of polling, the agent is notified the moment something needs its attention, and the server always has a live, controllable view of what this host is running.

### Inbound: notifications wake the agent

1. The plugin connects to the Chorus SSE endpoint using the configured API Key
2. When a notification event arrives, the plugin fetches the full notification details
3. If `projectUuids` is configured, events from other projects are filtered out
4. The plugin resolves the event's lineage and routes it to the agent (an in-process embedded-agent run) with context-rich instructions
5. If `autoStart` is enabled, certain events (like `task_assigned`) auto-claim before waking the agent

### Connection identity (`connection_registered`)

Right after the SSE handshake, the server assigns this stream a **DaemonConnection** and reports its `connectionUuid` via a `connection_registered` data event. The plugin captures that uuid (refreshing it on every reconnect, so a recycled stream never carries a stale identity) and uses it as the single source of truth for "which connection am I." This identity is what makes the connection addressable: it appears in the Chorus **Agent Connections** UI, scopes the reverse control channel, and stamps every outbound report below.

### Outbound: the daemon reports its lifecycle to the server

While a woken run executes, the plugin reports back over the `/api/daemon/*` REST surface (host-agnostic, the same payload shapes the CLI daemon sends) so the connection's activity is observable in the UI in real time:

| Report | What it conveys |
|--------|-----------------|
| **turn-advance** | Advances the wake's turn lifecycle (`running` → `ended`) so the UI knows when a turn starts and finishes |
| **execution-state** | Publishes this connection's running/queued execution snapshot (entity, root idea, status, start time) — the live "what is this host doing" view |
| **transcript** | Streams the finalized user/assistant text of the turn (only `{ role, text }` — no internals) so the run's transcript is visible in the UI |
| **report-interrupt** | Records that a run ended as `interrupted` (reason `user` or `crash`) rather than completing |

Reports are fire-and-forget and never crash the run: a network/non-2xx failure is logged with its cause and surfaced as a structured failure result, never silently swallowed.

### Reverse control channel (interrupt / resume / deliver_turn)

The server publishes control commands on a `control:{connectionUuid}` channel and forwards them as `type:"control"` SSE events. These are **forked away from the wake path** — a control event can never spawn a new agent run for itself. The plugin acts on a command only after a double-check: (1) the command's `targetConnectionUuid` matches this connection's own uuid (a stale/recycled uuid or another connection's command is ignored and logged), and (2) for `interrupt`, this host actually holds a running embedded-agent run for that entity.

| Command | Effect |
|---------|--------|
| **interrupt** | Aborts the matching in-flight run (true mid-run stop via its AbortController), then reports `report-interrupt` |
| **resume** | Re-dispatches the entity's wake to continue the **same** session (the synthetic "resume" wake; resolves lineage so it anchors on the same direct idea) |
| **deliver_turn** | Runs a human instruction turn delivered into the conversation — precisely the one turn when a `turnUuid` is present (origin-only live delivery), or a full pending-turns sweep as a fallback for an older server |

### Backfill on reconnect

After an SSE gap, the plugin re-pulls (1) unread **notifications** missed during the gap and (2) this connection's unstarted **pending turns** from the turn table (the safety net for a `deliver_turn` ping lost while disconnected). The two sources share a seen-set, so a turn is run **at most once** across live delivery and backfill.

### Event Types

| Event | Trigger | Agent Action |
|-------|---------|--------------|
| `task_assigned` | A task is assigned to this agent | Fetch task details with `chorus_get_task`, begin work |
| `mentioned` | Someone @mentions this agent in a comment | Review the entity and respond via `chorus_add_comment` |
| `elaboration_requested` | PM starts an elaboration round on a claimed Idea | Review questions with `chorus_get_elaboration` |
| `elaboration_answered` | Stakeholder answers elaboration questions | Review answers, validate or request follow-up |
| `proposal_rejected` | Admin rejects a Proposal | Review feedback, fix drafts, resubmit |
| `proposal_approved` | Admin approves a Proposal | Check new tasks with `chorus_get_available_tasks` |
| `idea_claimed` | An Idea is assigned to this agent | Review idea with `chorus_get_idea`, begin elaboration |
| `task_verified` | Admin verifies a completed task | Check if downstream tasks are unblocked |
| `task_reopened` | Admin reopens a task for rework | Review feedback in comments, fix issues |

Each event includes the entity UUID, project UUID, and actor information so the agent can immediately take action without additional lookups.

---

## Execution Rules

1. **Always check in first** — Call `chorus_checkin()` at session start
2. **Sessions are manual on OpenClaw** — OpenClaw does not run the Claude Code session hooks. Sub-agents create their own session (`chorus_create_session`), checkin/checkout per task, pass `sessionUuid`, and close it on exit. The main agent skips session tools. See `/develop`.
3. **Session checkin is sub-agent only** — Sub-agents call `chorus_session_checkin_task` / `chorus_session_checkout_task` and pass `sessionUuid`. Main agent skips session tools entirely.
4. **Stay in your role** — Only use tools available to your role
5. **Report progress** — Use `chorus_report_work` or `chorus_add_comment`
6. **Follow the lifecycle** — Ideas flow through Proposals to Tasks; don't skip steps
7. **Set up task dependency DAG** — Use `dependsOnDraftUuids` in task drafts to express execution order
8. **Verify before claiming** — Check available items before claiming
9. **Document decisions** — Add comments explaining your reasoning
10. **Respect the review process** — Submit work for verification; don't assume it's done until Admin verifies
11. **Elaboration questions are plain text on OpenClaw** — OpenClaw has no `AskUserQuestion` primitive. Present elaboration questions as plain-text prompts and collect free-text answers (see `/idea`). In `/yolo` the agent self-answers without any user interaction.
12. **Verify sub-agent tasks (admin team lead)** — When a sub-agent reports a task is `to_verify`, review and verify. Tasks in `to_verify` do NOT unblock downstream — only `done` does.

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## Status Lifecycle Reference

### Idea Status Flow
```
open --> elaborating --> proposal_created --> completed
  \                                            /
   \--> closed <------------------------------/
```

### Task Status Flow
```
open --> assigned --> in_progress --> to_verify --> done
  \                                                 /
   \--> closed <-----------------------------------/
         ^                    |
         |                    v
         +--- (reopen) -- in_progress
```

### Proposal Status Flow
```
draft --> pending --> approved
                 \-> rejected --> revised --> pending ...
approved --> draft  (via revoke — cascade-closes tasks, deletes documents)
```

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## Skill Routing

This is the core overview skill. For stage-specific workflows, use:

| Stage | Skill | Description |
|-------|-------|-------------|
| **Full Auto** | `/yolo` | Full-auto AI-DLC pipeline — from prompt to done. Automates Idea → Proposal → Execute → Verify with adversarial reviewers |
| **Orchestration** | `/orchestrate` | Coordinate OTHER agents & humans across the lifecycle — delegate ideas (`chorus_pm_assign_idea`) & tasks, fan a theme out to child ideas, run independent reviewers, and gatekeep the proposal/verify gates |
| **Quick Dev** | `/quick-dev` | Skip Idea→Proposal, create tasks directly, execute, and verify |
| **Ideation** | `/idea` | Claim Ideas, run elaboration rounds, prepare for proposal |
| **Planning** | `/proposal` | Create Proposals with document & task drafts, manage dependency DAG, submit for review |
| **Development** | `/develop` | Claim Tasks, report work, manual session & sub-agent management |
| **Review** | `/review` | Approve/reject Proposals, verify Tasks, project governance |
| **Docs** | `/docs` | Consult the live Chorus documentation site to answer product-usage questions — UI workflow, agent/plugin setup, API/MCP, deployment, operations |
| **OpenSpec mode** | `openspec-aware` | **Shared sub-procedure** invoked by `/proposal`, `/develop`, `/yolo` when the resolved spec mode is a usable OpenSpec (the default when `openspec/` + CLI present and not disabled). Scaffolds `openspec/changes/<slug>/` on disk and mirrors files into Chorus document drafts via `chorus mcp call --arg-file` (`chorus-api.sh` wrapper as fallback). Resolves the whole spec-mode contract by sourcing the shipped `bin/resolve-spec-mode.sh` (no SessionStart hook on OpenClaw). No-op when the mode isn't a usable OpenSpec. |
| **spec-lite mode** | `spec-lite` | **Shared sub-procedure** and the fallback when OpenSpec isn't usable (or `CHORUS_SPEC_MODE=lite`). Durable local `.chorus/specs/<slug>/spec.md` (never synced) + dated per-change folders of Chorus-typed docs mirrored 1:1 into Chorus via `--arg-file`. No CLI/validation/archive. |

### Getting Started

1. Call `chorus_checkin()` to learn your role and assignments
2. Based on your role, use the appropriate skill:
   - **Full Auto** → `/yolo` — give a prompt, agent handles everything (requires Admin-preset permissions: write on every resource + approve/verify admin bits)
   - PM Agent → `/idea` then `/proposal`
   - Developer Agent → `/develop`
   - Admin Agent → `/review` (also has access to all PM and Developer tools)