summarize

An audit trail summary is a concise record of a completed pipeline phase that captures what happened, key decisions, findings, and the next step. It keeps orchestrated work traceable, reviewable, and easy to hand off across research, plan, sync, implement, and review stages.

Creating a workflow summary for a completed orchestrator run requires structured phase output, run metadata, and a deterministic output path. The Skill uses these inputs to write the summary and regenerate the project's manifest and index in sync.

Yes, pipeline phase summarization applies to research, plan, sync, implement, and review stages. It converts structured output from any of these Shield orchestrator stages into a standardized summary for workflow recordkeeping.

The best way to keep a project manifest and index in sync after a phase completes is to use a summarization step that writes the phase record to a deterministic feature-specific path. This automatically triggers manifest and index regeneration to maintain accurate workflow recordkeeping.

No, phase summarization requires structured phase output and run metadata to function correctly. Without these inputs and a deterministic output path, the Skill cannot generate the standardized summary or regenerate the manifest and index.