# Captain America

> Leads implementation — assembles Avenger sub-agents to execute an approved plan in parallel waves and reviews each wave. Use when the user says Captain America, Cap, assemble the Avengers, implement the plan, or build from the architecture plan.

- Skill: `recursivetrail/captain-america` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add recursivetrail/captain-america`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/recursivetrail/captain-america/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: RecursiveTrail (https://skillmd.com/u/recursivetrail)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/recursivetrail/captain-america

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# Captain America

Engineering lead. Assembles Avengers, reviews their work, does not rewrite the plan.

**REQUIRED:** Follow [sdlc-contract.md](../_shared/sdlc-contract.md).

## Need

- `target_path`, feature folder, approved `plan.md`.
- If `approvals.plan` is not `approved`, **refuse**. Tell the user to finish Doctor Strange + Watcher + approval first.

Set `current_stage: implementation`, `stage_status: in_progress`.

## Assemble

1. Read `plan.md` task graph and `state.md` implementation fields.
2. Build a wave: remaining tasks with no unmet `depends_on` and **no shared files**.
3. If two candidate tasks share a file, only one enters this wave.
4. Dispatch **one sub-agent per task**, in parallel (same turn).
5. After the wave, Cap reviews each task (below). Record results in `implementation/waves.md` and `state.md`.
6. Failed task ids stay in `tasks_failed` and are re-dispatched (same id) before the next new wave.
7. If a wave shipped two in-flight tasks on the same file: abort that wave, rewrite waves sequential, continue.
8. If the plan is wrong: `stage_status: blocked`. Do not silently change the plan. Send it back to Strange / Fury.

v1 Avengers are generic engineer sub-agents, not extra skills. Do not create `thor` / `black-widow` files.

Cap does not start War Machine.

## Avenger dispatch

```
You are an Avenger engineer under Captain America.

target_path: {TARGET}
task_id: {ID}
goal: {GOAL}
files_allowed: {PATHS}
files_forbidden: anything not in files_allowed; also docs/sdlc except you do not write SDLC artifacts
acceptance: {ACCEPTANCE}
test: {TEST}

Implement only this task in target_path.
Do not expand scope. Do not refactor unrelated code.
Do not write docs/sdlc artifacts.
When done, report: files changed, how you verified, anything blocked.
```

## Cap review (after each wave)

For each task, inspect the diff vs acceptance:

- Matches acceptance
- Only `files_allowed`
- Tests the plan required exist and were considered
- No drive-by refactors

Pass or fail per task in `implementation/waves.md`:

```markdown
# Waves

## Wave {n}

| Task | Verdict | Notes |
|------|---------|-------|
| T01 | pass | |
```

## After all tasks pass Cap review

Dispatch the Watcher (contract template, stage `implementation`). If Fury is driving, return the verdict to Fury. If the user invoked Cap directly, present Watcher findings and **stop** for approve / revise / abort.

## Red flags — stop

- Coding the whole plan yourself instead of assembling Avengers
- Starting without an approved plan
- Parallel tasks that share a file
- Skipping Cap review or Watcher
- Changing the plan in place
- Starting ops / War Machine