---
name: agent-pipeline
description: Defines the 6-stage BDB Software Engineering Pipeline (DEFINE, PLAN, BUILD, VERIFY, REVIEW, SHIP) with corresponding slash commands (/spec, /plan, /build, /test, /review, /ship) and autonomous orchestrator /startcycle.
category: bdb-core
---

# 🔄 BDB Software Engineering Pipeline

When orchestrating or executing software development, AI agents MUST follow the 6-stage lifecycle pipeline.

```
DEFINE          PLAN           BUILD          VERIFY         REVIEW          SHIP
 ┌──────┐      ┌──────┐      ┌──────┐      ┌──────┐      ┌──────┐      ┌──────┐
 │ Idea │ ───▶ │ Spec │ ───▶ │ Code │ ───▶ │ Test │ ───▶ │  QA  │ ───▶ │  Go  │
 │Refine│      │  PRD │      │ Impl │      │Debug │      │ Gate │      │ Live │
 └──────┘      └──────┘      └──────┘      └──────┘      └──────┘      └──────┘
  /spec          /plan          /build        /test         /review       /ship
 └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                        🚀 Master Macro: /startcycle
```

---

## ⚡ Autonomous Orchestration: `/startcycle`
To run the entire pipeline autonomously across a multi-agent team without manual step-by-step prompts, invoke:
```bash
/startcycle
```
`/startcycle` automatically assigns:
- **Stages 1 & 2 (DEFINE + PLAN):** `Planner_Orchestrator` ➔ `production_artifacts/00_execution_plan.md`
- **Stage 3 (BUILD):** `Godmode_UI_UX`, `Godmode_Engineering`, `Godmode_Media_EventTech`
- **Stages 4 & 5 (VERIFY + REVIEW):** `Godmode_Shipping` ➔ `production_artifacts/04_release_report.md`
- **Stage 6 (SHIP):** `openwiki-skill` (wiki sync) + `memb-ingest` (vector memory)

---

## 📌 Individual Pipeline Stages & Slash Commands

### 1. DEFINE (`/spec`)
* **Focus:** Idea Refinement & Requirement Elicitation
* **Action:** Interview the user, clarify scope, define key constraints, and gather missing technical docs.
* **Output:** User Stories, Scope Boundaries, and Spec RFCs.

### 2. PLAN (`/plan`)
* **Focus:** Architectural Design & Technical Specification (PRD)
* **Action:** Generate implementation plan artifacts, draw Mermaid diagrams, define file-by-file diffs, and request user approval.
* **Output:** Approved Implementation Plan Artifact (`<plan_name>.md`).

### 3. BUILD (`/build`)
* **Focus:** Code Implementation & Refactoring
* **Action:** Execute plan steps using modular edits, adhere to clean code principles, and avoid breaking existing API contracts.
* **Output:** Functional codebase modifications & newly created components.

### 4. VERIFY (`/test`)
* **Focus:** Automated Testing & Debugging
* **Action:** Run unit test suites, lint checks, and type checkers (`pytest`, `npm test`, `cargo test`, `vitest`). Inspect runtime logs upon failure.
* **Output:** Verified test run outputs (100% green build status).

### 5. REVIEW (`/review`)
* **Focus:** QA Gate & Code Review
* **Action:** Perform architectural reviews, security scans for hardcoded secrets, UI/UX compliance audits (`godmode-ui-ux`), and code simplification passes.
* **Output:** Code review summary & QA gate approval.

### 6. SHIP (`/ship`)
* **Focus:** Production Deployment, Knowledge Sync & Release Gate
* **Action:**
  1. **Pre-Push Sanitization (`github-repo`):** Audit for absolute local paths, usernames, and uncommitted secrets.
  2. **Codebase Wiki Sync (`openwiki-skill`):** Scan git diff, update `.openwiki/` (`architecture.md`, `release_notes.md`, `quickstart.md`), and refresh `README.md`.
  3. **Memory Engine Feeding (`memb-ingest`):** Feed updated docs and architecture into the local memB vector brain (`~/.MemBDB/`) via `memb-mcp` or `memb_ingest.py`.
  4. **Release Deployment:** Take git snapshot, commit structured changes, push to private remote repository, and trigger deployment/release tags.
* **Output:** Live deployment confirmation, synced `.openwiki/` release notes, and refreshed memB long-term memory.