Build

Activate When

• /godmode:build, "build", "implement", "create"
• Plan exists with unimplemented tasks

Lessons Integration

Before planning: read .godmode/lessons.md for known build pitfalls. After session: append lessons about task decomposition or merge strategies that worked/failed.

Input

Read .godmode/plan.yaml. Missing → /godmode:plan first. Skip plan only for changes touching ≤2 files.

Session Resume

On start: check .godmode/session-state.json. If resuming (stop_reason is null), load completed tasks and pending tasks from saved state. Skip completed tasks, continue from next pending. After each round: atomically save state (completed task IDs, pending task IDs, current round, agent results) to .godmode/session-state.json. On completion: set stop_reason in the state file.

The Loop

tasks = load_plan()
WHILE tasks remain:
    round = pick_tasks_with_no_unmet_deps(tasks, completed)[:5]
    FOR each task: Agent("Implement: {task.title}\nFiles: {task.files}\nDone when: {task.done_when}\nStack: {stack}", isolation: "worktree")
    FOR each completed agent:
        merge worktree → conflict: `git merge --abort`, discard, retry narrower scope → test fail: `/godmode:fix` (max 2) or `git revert HEAD`
    VERIFY: build_cmd && lint_cmd && test_cmd → fail: /godmode:fix (max 3). All 3 must pass.
    Append `.godmode/build-log.tsv`: round, task_id, agent_time_ms, status(merged/reverted/conflict). Print `Round {N}: {done}/{total}`

Output Format

Print: Build: {completed}/{total} tasks in {rounds} rounds. Merged: {merged}. Reverted: {reverted}. Conflicts: {conflicts}.

Deterministic Merge Order

Agents complete in parallel but MERGE in dispatch order (not completion order). This ensures deterministic state for test runs.

Conflict Resolution Protocol

Merge conflict → discard agent's work immediately (don't resolve). Re-queue task in NEXT round with note: "Conflict with {agent}:{file}. Narrow scope." Log: round, taskid, agentid, status=conflict, conflicted_file.

Revert Budget

After merge+test failure: max 2 re-attempts.

• Attempt 1: re-queue to fix specific test failures.
• Attempt 2: re-queue with broader scope.
• Attempt 3+: discard task, log "reverted_3x", move to backlog.

Scope Enforcement

IF tests fail after merge: revert agent's work. IF agent needs file outside scope: report NEEDS_CONTEXT.

Agent discovers it needs file X not in task.files: → STOP, report NEEDS_CONTEXT to orchestrator. → Orchestrator amends scope or discards task. → Agent does NOT touch files outside scope.

Keep/Discard Discipline

After EACH agent merge:
  KEEP if: build_cmd && lint_cmd && test_cmd all pass after merge
  DISCARD if: any check fails OR merge conflict
  On discard: git reset --hard HEAD~1. Re-queue task in next round with narrower scope.
  Never keep a merge that breaks any guard check.

Learning from Discards

After task DISCARD: check build-failures.tsv for patterns. If >3 merge_conflict: reduce to 2 agents per round. If >3 test_regression: add pre-merge test run per agent before merge.

Generalization Rule

Every change must help a CLASS of tasks, not one specific task. "If this test file was deleted, would this code change still be correct?" If NO → rethink.

Reflective Diagnosis on Failure

On 3+ task failures in a round:
  Diagnose: read failed diffs and test output.
  Write: "Tasks are failing because {shared pattern}.
  The plan needs {specific adjustment}."
  Apply diagnosis before next round.

Stop Conditions

STOP when FIRST of:
  - target_reached: all tasks in plan completed and guards pass
  - budget_exhausted: max rounds reached (tasks * 2)
  - diminishing_returns: 3 consecutive rounds with 0 tasks merged
  - stuck: >5 consecutive discards across rounds

Hard Rules

1. Inherits Default Activations per SKILL.md §14. Principles prelude (Think/Simplicity/Surgical/Goal-driven), pre-commit audit (agents/builder.md step 10a), terse/stdio/tokens, DispatchContext validation, Progressive Disclosure routing, discard cost hierarchy, and coordination patterns all fire by default. Do NOT require explicit flags.
2. One task per agent — never batch multiple tasks. One commit per task.
3. Agent may only modify files listed in task.files. Touching other files = immediate discard.
4. After every merge: build_cmd && lint_cmd && test_cmd. Any non-zero exit = stop round, fix before next merge.
5. Max 5 agents per round. Dependency order always. No unplanned refactoring, no TODOs, no stubs.
6. Every new function gets a test. Every merge gets a TSV row. No exceptions.
7. Never ask to continue. Loop autonomously until all tasks complete or stop conditions trigger.

Workflow

1. Load plan from .godmode/plan.yaml — missing plan means run /godmode:plan first.
2. Pick up to 5 tasks with no unmet dependencies, dispatch each as a parallel agent in a worktree.
3. Merge completed agents in dispatch order — conflict or test failure triggers discard and re-queue.
4. Run build_cmd && lint_cmd && test_cmd after every merge — pass to keep, fail to revert.
5. Repeat rounds until all tasks complete or stop conditions trigger.

# Run build and measure output
npm run build 2>&1
npx bundlesize --config bundlesize.config.json

Rules

1. One task per agent. Commit message: feat({module}): {task.title}. One commit per task.
2. Agent may only modify files listed in task.files. Touching other files = discard.
3. After every merge: build_cmd && lint_cmd && test_cmd. Any non-zero exit = stop round, fix before next merge.
4. Max 5 agents per round. Dependency order always.
5. Build exactly what the plan says. No unplanned refactoring, no TODOs, no stubs, no // placeholder.
6. Every new function gets a test. Every merge gets a TSV row. No exceptions.
7. Each agent receives: task.title, task.files, task.done_when, stack info. Nothing else.

Parallel Hypothesis Mode

For ambiguous implementation decisions: dispatch 2 agents with different approaches. Merge the one that passes all tests with fewer lines. Discard the other.

Platform Fallback (Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Codex)

If your platform lacks Agent() or worktree isolation:

• Execute ONE task at a time instead of up to 5 parallel agents.
• Use branch isolation: git checkout -b godmode-build-{task_id}, implement, commit, then git checkout main && git merge godmode-build-{task_id}.
• After each merge: run build_cmd && lint_cmd && test_cmd. Fail → git merge --abort or git reset --hard HEAD~1.
• Clean up branches: git branch -d godmode-build-{task_id}.
• Task ordering, dependency logic, conflict handling, and TSV logging remain identical.
• See adapters/shared/sequential-dispatch.md for full protocol.

Error Recovery

| Failure | Action | |--|--| | Merge conflict between agents | Discard conflicting agent's work. Re-queue task in next round with narrower file scope. Never manually resolve conflicts. | | Test failure after merge | Run /godmode:fix with specific test failure. Max 2 retries, then git revert HEAD and re-queue with broader context. | | Agent touches files outside scope | Discard agent output entirely. Log scope violation. Re-dispatch with explicit file list. | | Build command fails post-merge | Check for missing imports or circular dependencies introduced by merge. Revert and re-queue. |

Quality Targets

• Target: 80% for repeated builds

Success Criteria

1. All plan tasks completed and merged (or explicitly logged as reverted/backlogged).
2. build_cmd && lint_cmd && test_cmd all pass on final state.
3. Every new function has at least one test.
4. Zero unresolved merge conflicts in history.

TSV Logging

Append to .godmode/build-log.tsv:

round	task_id	agent_time_ms	status	conflicted_file	notes

One row per agent per round. Status: merged, reverted, conflict, timeout.

Failure Classification

On task DISCARD: classify failure and append to .godmode/build-failures.tsv. Build-specific failure classes: merge_conflict, test_regression, scope_violation, timeout, dependency_error. Before each round, read build-failures.tsv. If >3 merge_conflict entries: reduce agent parallelism.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: arbazkhan971
• Source: arbazkhan971/godmode
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.