Ring:managing Dev Cycle

Cycle Management

When to use

• User wants to check the status of a running development cycle
• User wants to cancel an active development cycle
• Invoked with mode=status or mode=cancel

Skip when

• No development cycle is active or was recently started
• User is asking about general project status (not cycle-specific)

Unified skill for managing development cycle state. Provides two modes: status (read-only inspection) and cancel (state mutation with confirmation).

Mode Selection

This skill provides two modes selected by the mode parameter:

If no mode is provided, default to status.

Shared: State File Discovery

Both modes read from the same state files. Check for an active cycle in this order:

1. docs/ring:running-dev-cycle/current-cycle.json
2. docs/ring:planning-backend-refactor/current-cycle.json

If neither file exists or both contain a terminal status (completed, cancelled), report that no cycle is active and exit with the appropriate "no cycle" message for the current mode.

Mode: Status

Display the current development cycle status.

Output

Displays:

• Current cycle ID and start time
• Current phase (if phases[] is present in state)
• Epics: total, completed, in progress, pending
• Current epic and gate being executed
• Assertiveness score (if epics completed)
• Elapsed time

Example Output

Development Cycle Status

Cycle ID: 2024-01-15-143000
Started: 2024-01-15 14:30:00
Status: in_progress
Phase: Phase 2 - Core flows

Epics:
  Completed: 2/5
  In Progress: 1/5 (Epic 2.3)
  Pending: 2/5

Current:
  Epic: Epic 2.3 - Implementar refresh token
  Gate 0→8→9 lean flow (ring:implementing-tasks)
  Iterations: 1

Metrics (completed epics):
  Average Assertiveness: 89%
  Total Duration: 1h 45m

State file: docs/ring:running-dev-cycle/current-cycle.json (or docs/ring:planning-backend-refactor/current-cycle.json)

When No Cycle is Running (Status Mode)

No development cycle in progress.

Start a new cycle with:
  /ring:running-dev-cycle docs/pre-dev/{feature}/plan.md

Or resume an interrupted cycle:
  /ring:running-dev-cycle --resume

Execution Steps (Status)

1. Discover state file — check both paths per "Shared: State File Discovery" above
2. Read JSON — parse current-cycle.json
3. Extract fields — cycle ID, start time, status (incl. paused_for_epic_approval, paused_for_phase_review), current_phase and phases[] (if present), epics[] list, current_epic_index/gate, iterations
4. Compute metrics — count completed/in-progress/pending epics from epics[], calculate elapsed time, average assertiveness score across completed epics
5. Display — format and present the output as shown above

Mode: Cancel

Cancel the current development cycle with state preservation.

Options

Behavior

1. Confirmation: Asks for confirmation before canceling (unless --force)
2. State preservation: Saves current state for potential resume
3. Cleanup: Marks cycle as cancelled in state file
4. Report: Generates partial feedback report with completed tasks

Confirmation Prompt

Unless --force is specified, display:

Cancel Development Cycle?

Cycle ID: 2024-01-15-143000
Progress: 3/5 epics completed

This will:
- Stop the current cycle
- Save state for potential resume
- Generate partial feedback report

[Confirm Cancel] [Keep Running]

After Confirmation (or --force)

Cycle Cancelled

Cycle ID: 2024-01-15-143000
Status: cancelled
Completed: 3/5 epics

State saved to: docs/ring:running-dev-cycle/current-cycle.json (or docs/ring:planning-backend-refactor/current-cycle.json)
Partial report: docs/dev-team/feedback/cycle-2024-01-15-partial.md

To resume later:
  /ring:running-dev-cycle --resume

When No Cycle is Running (Cancel Mode)

No development cycle to cancel.

Check status with:
  ring:managing-dev-cycle (mode=status)

Execution Steps (Cancel)

1. Discover state file — check both paths per "Shared: State File Discovery" above
2. Read JSON — parse current-cycle.json
3. Validate — confirm the cycle is in a non-terminal status (in_progress, paused_for_epic_approval, paused_for_phase_review, or similar)
4. Confirm — unless --force, use AskUserQuestion to get explicit user confirmation; if declined, abort
5. Preserve state — the existing JSON already contains the full state for potential resume
6. Mark cancelled — update the status field in current-cycle.json to cancelled and write back
7. Generate partial report — create a feedback file at docs/dev-team/feedback/cycle-{id}-partial.md summarizing completed epics, current progress, and reason (user-cancelled)
8. Display — format and present the cancellation confirmation as shown above

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Read state from: docs/ring:running-dev-cycle/current-cycle.json or docs/ring:planning-backend-refactor/current-cycle.json