Deepwork Bar Management Skill

Deepwork Bar Management

Manually manage the state.json.bar[] array — the gate criteria CRITIC verdicts against.

Arguments

The args string passed to this skill is one of:

add "<criterion>" [--categorical-ban] — append a new criterion with auto-assigned id (G<N+1>). Use --categorical-ban for hard limits.
remove <id> — remove the criterion with the given id (e.g., G3)
list — show current bar criteria with verdicts

Flow

Use Glob to find active instance state:

Glob: ${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-$(pwd -P)}/.claude/deepwork/*/state.json

If no active session, report "No active deepwork session."
If multiple, AskUserQuestion to pick.
Parse the args string. Examples:
- add "graceful rollback path exists"
- add "no new dependencies" --categorical-ban
- remove G7
- list
Perform the action:

`add "<criterion>" [--categorical-ban]`

Compute next id (max existing + 1, starting at G1), then call the canonical writer:

STATE="${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-$(pwd -P)}/.claude/deepwork/<id>/state.json"
NEXT_ID=$(jq -r '
  if (.bar // []) | length == 0 then "G1"
  else
    ((.bar | map(.id | sub("^G"; "") | tonumber) | max) + 1) as $n
    | "G\($n)"
  end
' "$STATE")

bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/state-transition.sh" \
  --state-file "$STATE" bar_add \
  --id "$NEXT_ID" \
  --statement "<criterion>" \
  $( [[ "<categorical-ban-flag>" == "--categorical-ban" ]] && echo "--categorical-ban" )

Report: "Added bar criterion <id>: <criterion>. CRITIC will verdict against this on the next CRITIQUE cycle."

`remove <id>`

Delete the entry with matching id via the canonical writer:

bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/state-transition.sh" \
  --state-file "$STATE" bar_remove --id "<id>"

Report the removed criterion, or error if not found.

Warning: if the bar is currently CRITIQUE-active and the removed criterion had a PASS verdict, the removal is fine. If it had FAIL/CONDITIONAL, the orchestrator should not take this as "problem solved" — ask the user to confirm.

`list`

Print:

Bar for instance <id>:

G1 [PASS]      functional goal achieved
               evidence: proposals/v2.md:45 cites X

G2 [HOLDING]   preserves REPL interactivity
               evidence: coverage.terminal.md matrix

G3 [CATEGORICAL BAN]  no minified-JS line pinning without feature-detect
                      (no verdict yet — applied at CRITIQUE)

...

Show [CATEGORICAL BAN] flag next to criteria with categorical_ban: true. Show [<verdict>] if verdict is set, else [pending].

If empty: "Bar not yet populated. Orchestrator will populate in SCOPE phase."

Notes

Bar changes trigger CRITIC re-evaluation on the next CRITIQUE cycle. Existing verdicts for unchanged criteria are preserved.
Ids are auto-assigned and stable across versions — don't renumber. If you remove G3 and later add another, it gets G(N+1) where N is the max-ever-used id, not G3.
Categorical bans can't be waived or weighed against other merits by CRITIC. Use sparingly and deliberately.

Agent Skills: Deepwork Bar Management

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