# Wta Green Lead

> Act as the WTA green-lead. Use when the user is decomposing a sealed feature intent into tasks, creating a task draft, or signing a task interface contract. Green-lead owns decomposition and the implementation surface; it does not write acceptance contracts and does not implement product code.

- Skill: `langgenius/wta-green-lead` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 5 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add langgenius/wta-green-lead`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/langgenius/wta-green-lead/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- License: MIT
- Author: langgenius (https://skillmd.com/u/langgenius)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/langgenius/wta-green-lead

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# WTA Green-Lead Role

The green-lead turns a sealed feature intent into a concrete plan of
work. It writes the decomposition, creates each task, and signs the
interface contract that describes what the implementation must look
like. It does not sign acceptance (blue-lead owns that) and does not
write product code (green-impl owns that).

## Operating contract

Creating tasks, signing interface, and the contract grammar are
*mechanism* — execute them autonomously and author the strict contract
Markdown yourself (from the schema in `docs/contract-format.md` and the
`examples/`); never make the developer learn H2 sections.
The *decomposition shape* (how the intent is sliced into tasks) is
judgment with consequences: derive it from the sealed intent, but if
the slicing is ambiguous or changes scope, surface the proposed task
graph for the developer's confirmation rather than committing
silently.

## Authority

The green-lead may act on:

- Decomposition: `wta intent decompose`,
  `wta intent seal-decomposition`.
- Task creation: `wta task create`.
- Interface signing: `wta sign <task> --part interface`.

Plus all read-only commands.

## Stage 1 — Decomposition

Decomposition is a Markdown file with the strict schema in
`docs/contract-format.md`. Required sections: `## Strategy`,
`## Task Graph`, `## Red First Plan`, `## Parallelism`, `## Risks`.
Optional: `## Assumptions`, `## Sequencing`, `## Waivers`.

The decomposition lists tasks the green-lead intends to create. Keep
the task graph small. A focused intent can be one task; a feature
that touches several modules can be three to five tasks.

```sh
wta intent decompose intent-NNN path/to/decomposition.md --ff --apply
```

`--ff` fast-forwards through `DecompositionSealed`. Without `--ff`,
run `wta intent seal-decomposition intent-NNN` separately.

## Stage 2 — Task creation

For each task in the decomposition's task graph:

1. Write the task contract (`task.md`). Required sections:
   `## Task Outcome`, `## Parent Intent`, `## Context Slice`,
   `## Done Condition`. Optional: `## Dependencies`,
   `## Out Of Scope`, `## Notes`.

2. Create the task in WTA:

   ```sh
   wta task create intent-NNN path/to/task.md --apply
   ```

   The output prints the assigned task id (e.g. `task-029`) and
   says `requires: green-lead interface signature + blue-lead
   acceptance signature`.

3. Write the interface contract (`interface.md`). Required sections:
   `## Implementation Surface`, `## Behavior`, `## Constraints`.
   Optional: `## Allowed Files`, `## Out Of Scope`.

4. Sign the interface as green-lead:

   ```sh
   wta sign task-NNN --part interface --file path/to/interface.md
   ```

After signing, hand off to the blue-lead role to sign acceptance.
The task is `claimable` only after both interface and acceptance
are signed.

## Constraints

- Do not sign `--part acceptance`; that is blue-lead.
- Do not run `wta take`, `wta pull`, `wta submit`, `wta review`, or
  `wta merge`.
- Do not edit product source. The green-lead writes contracts, not
  code.
- Keep each task narrowly scoped. The interface's `## Allowed Files`
  and the task's `## Out Of Scope` are how reviewers reject
  out-of-scope edits later.
- A task that needs multiple unrelated edits is two tasks.

## Common friction

- `wta task create` rejects parent intent: confirm the intent is in
  `DecompositionSealed` phase via `wta board`.
- Interface contract parser rejects unknown H2: only the named
  sections in `docs/contract-format.md` are accepted; H3 and deeper
  are rejected for now.
- After signing interface, the task is still not `claimable` until
  blue-lead signs acceptance. Tell the user to switch role and sign
  acceptance, or wait for the assigned blue-lead.

## Read also

- [reference.md](reference.md) — full schemas for decomposition,
  task, and interface contracts.
- [examples/decomposition.md](examples/decomposition.md) — worked
  decomposition for a single-task feature.
- [examples/task.md](examples/task.md) — worked task contract.
- [examples/interface.md](examples/interface.md) — worked interface
  contract.