reconcile-dev-docs

Reconcile Dev Docs

Audit or repair development documentation so the roadmap, current work, history, specs, and evidence from git/code all tell the same story.

Process

1. Determine Mode and Scope

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

• Mode: audit (default, read-only) or fix (update development docs only)
• Scope: all (default), tasks, or specs

Resolve the canonical development docs:

• tasks/roadmap.md
• tasks/todo.md
• tasks/manual-todo.md (if it exists)
• tasks/record-todo.md (if it exists)
• tasks/recurring-todo.md (if it exists)
• tasks/history.md
• tasks/phases/*.md
• tasks/ideas.md (if it exists)
• specs/*.md and specs/*/*.md
• docs/specifications/*.md (fallback specs location)

If no task docs exist, report that there is nothing to reconcile and recommend /roadmap or /plan-phase based on available specs.

2. Gather Evidence

Read the development docs and collect:

• Roadmap phases, milestone checkboxes, acceptance criteria, manual tasks, record tasks, recurring tasks, and deferred items
• Current todo phase, checked/unchecked steps, blockers, and review/results sections
• Manual task blockers and _(blocks: ...)_ / _(after: ...)_ annotations
• Record task conditions, non-blocking reasons, evidence paths, and promotion rules
• Recurring task cadence, last run, next due, evidence paths, and escalation conditions
• History entries with dates, completed phases/steps, commit SHAs, and claimed outcomes
• Phase archives and their completion summaries
• Spec titles, statuses, acceptance criteria, and major implementation claims

Read git/code evidence:

• git status --short
• git log --oneline -50
• git log --name-only --since=<latest relevant doc date> when timestamps suggest docs may be stale
• Targeted file existence and rg checks for claims marked complete

3. Reconcile Rules

Classify findings:

Severity	Examples
Error	Docs contradict each other: roadmap marks a phase done while todo has unchecked required steps; history claims completion but no matching roadmap/todo/archive/git evidence exists
Warning	Likely drift: recent commits changed areas covered by specs but history/todo were not updated; completed phase has no archive; manual blockers remain for completed steps
Info	Cleanup opportunities: stale handoff notes, missing links between history entries and commits, specs that should be checked by /spec-drift

Use these specific checks:

• tasks/todo.md checked steps should be reflected in tasks/history.md after shipping.
• Completed roadmap phases should have corresponding tasks/phases/phase-N.md archives.
• The active tasks/todo.md phase should match the first incomplete roadmap phase.
• tasks/manual-todo.md should not contain unchecked blockers for completed todo steps unless the user explicitly overrode them.
• tasks/todo.md should not contain condition-gated baseline measurements or future records unless they are current execution work; move clear cases to tasks/record-todo.md.
• tasks/manual-todo.md should not contain non-blocking records unless they require human-only external action tied to a blocks or after step; move clear cases to tasks/record-todo.md.
• tasks/manual-todo.md should not contain agent-executable work such as repo edits, SDK wiring, generated assets, local commands, tests, audits, or authenticated CLI/API operations; move clear cases to tasks/todo.md.
• tasks/recurring-todo.md due items should remain advisory unless explicitly promoted into tasks/todo.md.
• Recent commits that complete user-facing work should have a matching history entry.
• Specs whose described areas changed after their last modification date should be flagged for /spec-drift.
• Claimed completed work should have either git evidence, file evidence, test evidence, or an explicit note explaining why evidence is unavailable.

4. Fix Mode

In fix mode, apply only unambiguous development-doc changes:

• Append missing factual entries to tasks/history.md.
• Check roadmap milestones only when todo/archive/git evidence all support completion.
• Create missing tasks/phases/phase-N.md archives from completed tasks/todo.md content.
• Move the next roadmap phase into tasks/todo.md only when the current phase is clearly complete.
• Move clearly misclassified non-blocking condition-gated records from tasks/todo.md or tasks/manual-todo.md into tasks/record-todo.md.
• Move clearly misclassified cadence-based obligations from tasks/todo.md or tasks/manual-todo.md into tasks/recurring-todo.md.
• Move clearly misclassified agent-executable work from tasks/manual-todo.md into tasks/todo.md with enough file/command detail for /exec.
• Add unresolved contradictions to tasks/todo.md under ## Development Docs Reconciliation.
• Archive existing specs/ or docs/specifications/ files before replacing or substantively rewriting them.
• Write tasks/reconciliation-report.md with resolved, deferred, and remaining findings.

Ask before applying any ambiguous change. If already in Plan mode and there are 2-3 concrete choices, prefer request_user_input; otherwise ask plainly in chat.

Output

Audit Mode

## Dev Docs Reconciliation

### Errors (N)
- **tasks/todo.md** - [problem]. Evidence: [roadmap/history/git reference].

### Warnings (N)
- **specs/foo.md** - [problem]. Recommended action: /spec-drift.

### Info (N)
- **tasks/history.md** - [cleanup opportunity].

### Summary
- Roadmap/todo alignment: [ok|issues]
- History coverage: [ok|issues]
- Phase archives: [ok|issues]
- Spec freshness: [ok|issues]
- Recommended next action: [specific skill or fix plan]

Fix Mode

Report the same sections plus:

### Fixed
- [x] [file] - [change made]

### Deferred
- [ ] [finding requiring user judgment]

Constraints

• Read-only by default.
• In fix mode, modify only development docs under tasks/, specs/, or docs/specifications/; archive existing spec documents before replacement per the Archive-First Replacement Policy.
• Do not modify code, research docs, kanban cards, git history, or deployment state.
• Do not rewrite or delete old tasks/history.md entries; append corrections or superseding notes.
• Do not uncheck completed work automatically. Report unsupported completion claims unless the user approves the correction.
• Treat tasks/roadmap.md as the strategic source of truth, tasks/todo.md as the active execution contract, tasks/manual-todo.md as human-only external step-linked work, tasks/record-todo.md and tasks/recurring-todo.md as advisory surfaces, and tasks/history.md as append-only evidence.

Alignment Page

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Default Shipping Contract

Follow the shared shipping contract convention in CLAUDE.md.