File contents SAM 7-Stage Pipeline
Canonical pipeline for feature development. Each stage produces a file-based artifact; no stage relies on conversation memory.
Pipeline Overview
flowchart TD
Start([Feature Request]) --> S1[Stage 1 — Discovery]
S1 -->|ARTIFACT:DISCOVERY| HT1{Human Touchpoint?}
HT1 -->|ARL — unbound constraints| Human1[Escalate]
HT1 -->|ARL — bound constraints| S2[Stage 2 — Planning + RT-ICA]
Human1 --> S2
S2 -->|ARTIFACT:PLAN| S3[Stage 3 — Context Integration]
S3 --> S4[Stage 4 — Task Decomposition]
S4 -->|ARTIFACT:TASK| HT2{Human Touchpoint?}
HT2 -->|ARL — high complexity| Human2[Escalate]
HT2 -->|ARL — routine| S5[Stage 5 — Execution]
Human2 --> S5
S5 -->|ARTIFACT:EXECUTION| S6[Stage 6 — Forensic Review]
S6 -->|NEEDS_WORK| S5
S6 -->|COMPLETE| S7[Stage 7 — Final Verification]
S7 -->|NOT_CERTIFIED| S4
S7 -->|CERTIFIED| Done([Feature Complete])
Stages
Stage
Name
Input
Output
S1
Discovery
User request, problem statement
ARTIFACT:DISCOVERY(SCOPE:...)
S2
Planning + RT-ICA
Discovery artifacts
ARTIFACT:PLAN(SCOPE:...)
S3
Context Integration
Plan + codebase
ARTIFACT:PLAN contextualized
S4
Task Decomposition
Contextualized plan
ARTIFACT:TASK(TASK:...) per task
S5
Execution
Single task file
ARTIFACT:EXECUTION(TASK:...)
S6
Forensic Review
Execution + task + plan
ARTIFACT:REVIEW — COMPLETE / NEEDS_WORK
S7
Final Verification
All completed tasks + goals
ARTIFACT:VERIFICATION — CERTIFIED / NOT_CERTIFIED
Loop Limits
NEEDS_WORK : 3 iterations per task before human escalationNOT_CERTIFIED : 2 iterations before human escalation
Artifact Flow
User Request → DISCOVERY → PLAN → PLAN (contextualized) → TASK(s) → EXECUTION(s) → REVIEW(s) → VERIFICATION
Source
1 --- 2 name: 2528-sam-pipeline-a7664b8e 3 description: SAM 7-Stage Pipeline 4 --- 5 # SAM 7-Stage Pipeline 6 7 Canonical pipeline for feature development. Each stage produces a file-based artifact; no stage relies on conversation memory. 8 9 --- 10 11 ## Pipeline Overview 12 13 ```mermaid 14 flowchart TD 15 Start([Feature Request]) --> S1[Stage 1 — Discovery] 16 S1 -->|ARTIFACT:DISCOVERY| HT1{Human Touchpoint?} 17 HT1 -->|ARL — unbound constraints| Human1[Escalate] 18 HT1 -->|ARL — bound constraints| S2[Stage 2 — Planning + RT-ICA] 19 Human1 --> S2 20 S2 -->|ARTIFACT:PLAN| S3[Stage 3 — Context Integration] 21 S3 --> S4[Stage 4 — Task Decomposition] 22 S4 -->|ARTIFACT:TASK| HT2{Human Touchpoint?} 23 HT2 -->|ARL — high complexity| Human2[Escalate] 24 HT2 -->|ARL — routine| S5[Stage 5 — Execution] 25 Human2 --> S5 26 S5 -->|ARTIFACT:EXECUTION| S6[Stage 6 — Forensic Review] 27 S6 -->|NEEDS_WORK| S5 28 S6 -->|COMPLETE| S7[Stage 7 — Final Verification] 29 S7 -->|NOT_CERTIFIED| S4 30 S7 -->|CERTIFIED| Done([Feature Complete]) 31 ``` 32 33 --- 34 35 ## Stages 36 37 | Stage | Name | Input | Output | 38 |-------|------|-------|--------| 39 | S1 | Discovery | User request, problem statement | ARTIFACT:DISCOVERY(SCOPE:...) | 40 | S2 | Planning + RT-ICA | Discovery artifacts | ARTIFACT:PLAN(SCOPE:...) | 41 | S3 | Context Integration | Plan + codebase | ARTIFACT:PLAN contextualized | 42 | S4 | Task Decomposition | Contextualized plan | ARTIFACT:TASK(TASK:...) per task | 43 | S5 | Execution | Single task file | ARTIFACT:EXECUTION(TASK:...) | 44 | S6 | Forensic Review | Execution + task + plan | ARTIFACT:REVIEW — COMPLETE / NEEDS_WORK | 45 | S7 | Final Verification | All completed tasks + goals | ARTIFACT:VERIFICATION — CERTIFIED / NOT_CERTIFIED | 46 47 --- 48 49 ## Loop Limits 50 51 - **NEEDS_WORK**: 3 iterations per task before human escalation 52 - **NOT_CERTIFIED**: 2 iterations before human escalation 53 54 --- 55 56 ## Artifact Flow 57 58 ```text 59 User Request → DISCOVERY → PLAN → PLAN (contextualized) → TASK(s) → EXECUTION(s) → REVIEW(s) → VERIFICATION 60 ``` 61 62 --- 63 64 ## Source 65 66 - [sam-definition.md](../../.claude/skills/work-backlog-item/references/sam-definition.md) 67 - [default-development-flow.md](../../plugins/development-harness/skills/development-harness/references/default-development-flow.md)
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