phase: 72 status: planned created: 2026-03-02 template: phase-prompt variant: standard
Phase 72: OAuth2 Authentication
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### 7. Template Discovery
List available templates:
Available templates: project - Project definition (PROJECT.md) requirements - Requirements specification (REQUIREMENTS.md) roadmap - Development roadmap (ROADMAP.md) state - Project state (STATE.md) context - Phase context (CONTEXT.md) summary - Phase summary (SUMMARY.md) [3 variants] phase-prompt - Phase plan (PLAN.md) ...
### 8. Template Variant Selection
Automatic variant selection based on context:
```javascript
function selectSummaryVariant(context) {
if (context.isQuickTask) return 'summary-minimal';
if (context.taskCount <= 3) return 'summary-minimal';
if (context.taskCount <= 8) return 'summary-standard';
return 'summary-complex';
}
Tool Use Instructions
Loading and Filling a Template
- Use
Globto locate the template file intemplates/ - Use
Readto load the template content - Replace all
{{VARIABLE}}placeholders with provided values - Process conditional blocks (
{{#if}}...{{/if}},{{#unless}}...{{/unless}}) - Add frontmatter if specified
- Use
Writeto save the filled template to the target path
Batch Generation
- Accept list of template-to-target mappings
- Load each template, fill variables with shared + per-file data
- Write all files, collecting results
- Return list of generated files
Template Discovery
- Use
Globto find all.mdand.jsonfiles intemplates/ - Read first line of each to extract template name/purpose
- Return formatted list
Process Integration
new-project.js- Batch generate PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md, ROADMAP.md, STATE.mddiscuss-phase.js- Generate CONTEXT.md from context templateplan-phase.js- Generate PLAN.md files from phase-prompt templateverify-work.js- Generate UAT.md from uat templatequick.js- Generate plan and summary using minimal variantsdebug.js- Generate debug session file from debug templatecomplete-milestone.js- Generate milestone archive from milestone-archive templateadd-tests.js- Generate test plan structureresearch-phase.js- Generate RESEARCH.md from research templatemap-codebase.js- Batch generate 7 codebase analysis documents
Output Format
{
"operation": "fill|batch|discover",
"status": "success|error",
"template": "project",
"variant": "standard",
"targetPath": ".planning/PROJECT.md",
"variablesFilled": 12,
"conditionalsProcessed": 3,
"generatedFiles": [
".planning/PROJECT.md",
".planning/REQUIREMENTS.md"
]
}
Configuration
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---------|---------|-------------|
| templatesDir | templates/ | Directory containing template files |
| summaryVariant | standard | Default summary variant |
| injectFrontmatter | true | Auto-add frontmatter to generated files |
| variableDelimiter | {{...}} | Variable placeholder syntax |
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Resolution |
|-------|-------|------------|
| Template not found | Template name does not match any file | List available templates, suggest closest match |
| Unfilled variable | Variable not provided in data | Use empty string or placeholder marker |
| Target path exists | File already at target location | Prompt for overwrite/append/skip |
| Invalid conditional | Malformed if/unless block | Fix template syntax |
| Batch partial failure | Some files in batch failed | Report which succeeded and which failed |
Constraints
- Templates must be idempotent (filling same template with same data produces same output)
- Never modify template source files; only read them
- Generated files must be valid markdown (or JSON for config.json)
- Variable names must be uppercase with underscores only
- Conditional blocks must be properly nested and closed
- Batch operations are all-or-nothing within a single process call