Codd Generate

CoDD Generate

Generate CoDD design documents one wave at a time, validate their frontmatter, refresh the dependency graph, and stop for human approval before advancing to the next wave.

This is for greenfield projects (requirements → design). For brownfield projects (existing code → design), use /codd-restore instead.

Usage

Use this skill after codd init and after requirement documents are ready. Generate only one wave at a time. Never auto-run the next wave without a human decision.

If you have an existing codebase with no requirements, use the brownfield flow instead:

1. codd extract — reverse-engineer code structure
2. codd plan --init — generate wave_config from extracted docs
3. /codd-restore — reconstruct design docs from extracted facts

Wave Model

CoDD design generation follows dependency order. Documents in the same wave may be generated together, but later waves must wait until the previous wave is validated and reviewed.

• Wave 1: requirement-only artifacts such as acceptance criteria and decisions
• Wave 2: system-level design derived from requirements plus Wave 1 outputs
• Wave 3: detailed design artifacts derived from approved system design
• Wave 4+: later artifacts only after the previous wave is validated and approved

Auto Wave Config

Since v0.2.0a4, codd generate automatically generates wave_config from requirement documents if it's missing from codd.yaml. You no longer need to run codd plan --init manually before generating. The flow is:

1. Write requirements in any format (plain text, markdown, etc.) and import with codd init --requirements <file> — CoDD adds frontmatter automatically
2. Run codd generate --wave 2 — wave_config is auto-generated from requirements
3. Design docs are generated in the correct dependency order

This means the only human input is the requirements. Everything else — wave_config, frontmatter, dependency declarations — is derived automatically.

Prerequisite Checks

Before every generation run, verify these conditions:

1. codd/codd.yaml exists in the project root.
2. At least one requirement document exists under configured doc_dirs. If imported with codd init --requirements, frontmatter is already added. Otherwise, ensure node_id and type: requirement are present in frontmatter.
3. For Wave 1, codd init has been completed successfully.
4. For Wave 2 and later, every output from the previous wave exists and codd validate --path . passes.
5. Confirm you are in the intended project root before running generation commands.

If any prerequisite fails, stop and resolve it before generating.

Recommended Workflow

Follow this loop for each wave:

1. Generate the target wave:

   codd generate --wave 1 --path .
   

   Replace 1 with the current wave number.

2. Read every generated document and confirm:

   • the content matches the requirement scope
   • no unsupported features were invented
   • the document body starts directly with content, not AI meta commentary

3. Validate frontmatter and dependency references:

   codd validate --path .
   

4. Refresh the dependency graph:

   codd scan --path .
   

5. Pause for HITL confirmation before the next wave:

   • After Wave 1: Wave 1の設計書を確認しました。Wave 2に進みますか？
   • After any later wave: Wave Nの成果物を確認しました。Wave N+1 に進みますか？

This skill covers the full generate -> scan -> validate checkpoint set, while the safer operator order is generate -> read -> validate -> scan -> HITL.

HITL Gates

Human review is mandatory between waves. Do not proceed automatically.

• Review goal 1: confirm the generated artifacts stay within requirement scope
• Review goal 2: catch wrong architectural direction before it propagates downstream
• Review goal 3: approve the next wave explicitly

If the human rejects the wave, revise the current wave first, re-run validation, re-run scan, and request approval again.

Frontmatter Validation Checklist

Run codd validate --path . after each generation and verify:

• every generated document has CoDD frontmatter
• node_id and type are present
• depends_on references resolve to existing upstream nodes
• wave ordering is consistent with dependency declarations
• validation exits successfully before you continue

If validation fails, fix the generated document or the wave configuration before moving forward.

Suggested Commands by Wave

Wave 1

codd generate --wave 1 --path .
codd validate --path .
codd scan --path .

Preconditions:

• codd init has been run
• codd/codd.yaml exists
• requirement documents are present

Wave 2+

codd generate --wave 2 --path .
codd validate --path .
codd scan --path .

Preconditions:

• previous wave outputs exist
• previous wave passed codd validate --path .
• human approved progression to the next wave

Troubleshooting

• Error: codd/ not found. Run 'codd init' first.
  • Run codd init, create codd/codd.yaml, and retry.
• Validation errors after generation
  • Read the reported file, correct frontmatter or dependency references, then run codd validate --path . again.
• Generated content drifts beyond requirements
  • discard the unsupported direction, regenerate the same wave with tighter context, and repeat review before advancing.
• Dependency graph looks stale
  • re-run codd scan --path . after validation completes.

Guardrails

• Use the codd command, not python -m codd.cli.
• Generate one wave at a time.
• Do not skip human approval gates.
• Do not advance to the next wave while validation is failing.