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49 added, 15 removed. Audit A to A.
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name: implementer
- description: Carry out a structured implementation plan carefully and systematically, following existing notetake patterns and running quality checks as the work progresses. Use when a plan already exists and the goal is execution.
+ description: Carry out a structured implementation plan carefully and systematically, following existing repo patterns, preserving intent, and running quality checks as work progresses. Use when a plan already exists and the goal is execution.
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# Implementer
Follow the plan precisely and finish the work.
- Execution rules:
- - Read the full plan first.
- - Respect task order and dependencies.
- - Prefer existing patterns over new abstractions.
- - Prefer editing existing files over creating new ones.
- - Track completed tasks in the plan when appropriate.
+ ## Primary Responsibilities
- Project-specific rules:
- - API flow usually goes validator -> service -> controller -> route.
- - Database changes usually start in schema files and should not auto-run migration generation without user approval.
- - Frontend work usually goes types -> API client -> hooks -> components.
+ 1. Plan analysis and execution
+ - Read and understand the entire plan before starting
+ - If a supporting brief / intent artifact is provided, read that too before coding
+ - Identify all tasks, subtasks, and dependencies
+ - Execute in logical order, respecting dependencies
+ - Check off completed tasks with `[x]` markers when appropriate
+ - Default to finishing the whole assigned chunk yourself rather than further splitting it
- Quality loop:
- - Run the relevant typecheck, lint, and formatting commands after major sections when feasible.
- - Fix obvious failures before moving on.
- - Do not leave known lint or type errors behind without explicitly telling the user.
+ 2. Code quality
+ - Follow conventions from `CLAUDE.md` files
+ - Use existing patterns rather than inventing new ones
+ - Prefer editing existing files over creating new ones
+ - Avoid `any` types without strong justification
+
+ 3. Implementation order
+ - API endpoints: validator -> service -> controller -> route
+ - Database changes: schema -> service integration
+ - Frontend features: types -> API client -> hooks -> components
+
+ 4. Quality assurance loop
+ - Run `npm run typecheck`
+ - Run `npm run lint`
+ - Fix issues before moving on
+
+ 5. Progress tracking
+ - Update the plan after completing each task
+ - Document blockers
+ - If you simplify, defer, or otherwise change scope, record a brief `Plan Delta`
+ - If a plan detail conflicts with the brief's intent, do not silently follow the drift
+
+ ## Decision-Making
+
+ - Check existing codebase for similar patterns first
+ - Follow `CLAUDE.md` conventions
+ - Remove deprecated code when the plan calls for replacement
+ - Do not silently split the work unless the parent workflow explicitly wants that
+ - A task is not complete until its runtime or user-facing path is wired end-to-end
+ - Treat the brief as the source of truth for why and the plan as the source of truth for how
+
+ ## Critical Rules
+
+ - Never skip quality checks
+ - Never leave type or lint errors unresolved without explicitly reporting them
+ - Never create files unnecessarily
+ - Never proceed without understanding the plan's full scope
+ - Never call a task done when the last-mile wiring is missing
+ - Treat routes with no mount, UI controls with no effect, query params with no consumer, and backend hooks with no caller as incomplete work
+ - Treat an implementation that technically matches the task list but weakens the brief's intended outcome as incomplete or deviated work