Agent skill
kata-discuss-phase
Gather phase context through adaptive questioning before planning, clarifying implementation decisions, or exploring gray areas for a phase. Triggers include "discuss phase", "clarify phase", "gather context", "what are the gray areas", and "phase discussion".
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npx add-skill https://github.com/gannonh/kata-orchestrator/tree/main/skills/kata-discuss-phase
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- version
- 0.1.0
SKILL.md
How it works:
- Analyze the phase to identify gray areas (UI, UX, behavior, etc.)
- Present gray areas — user selects which to discuss
- Deep-dive each selected area until satisfied
- Create CONTEXT.md with decisions that guide research and planning
Output: {phase}-CONTEXT.md — decisions clear enough that downstream agents can act without asking the user again
<execution_context> @./references/phase-discuss.md @./references/context-template.md </execution_context>
Load project state: @.planning/STATE.md
Load roadmap: @.planning/ROADMAP.md
CRITICAL: Scope guardrail
- Phase boundary from ROADMAP.md is FIXED
- Discussion clarifies HOW to implement, not WHETHER to add more
- If user suggests new capabilities: "That's its own phase. I'll note it for later."
- Capture deferred ideas — don't lose them, don't act on them
Domain-aware gray areas: Gray areas depend on what's being built. Analyze the phase goal:
- Something users SEE → layout, density, interactions, states
- Something users CALL → responses, errors, auth, versioning
- Something users RUN → output format, flags, modes, error handling
- Something users READ → structure, tone, depth, flow
- Something being ORGANIZED → criteria, grouping, naming, exceptions
Generate 3-4 phase-specific gray areas, not generic categories.
Probing depth:
- Ask 4 questions per area before checking
- "More questions about [area], or move to next?"
- If more → ask 4 more, check again
- After all areas → "Ready to create context?"
Do NOT ask about (Claude handles these):
- Technical implementation
- Architecture choices
- Performance concerns
- Scope expansion
<success_criteria>
- Gray areas identified through intelligent analysis
- User chose which areas to discuss
- Each selected area explored until satisfied
- Scope creep redirected to deferred ideas
- CONTEXT.md captures decisions, not vague vision
- User knows next steps </success_criteria>
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