What problem does it solve?
This Skill prevents software tasks from jumping straight into coding without the right workflow step, helping teams consistently decide whether a request needs specification, planning, implementation, verification, review, or shipping.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Automatic workflow routing: Classifies incoming requests and sends them to the first appropriate phase in the Define → Plan → Build → Verify → Review → Ship lifecycle.
- Skip-rule enforcement: Allows lightweight handling for trivial questions or tiny edits while still requiring verification and making skipped gates explicit.
- Full-lifecycle mode: Supports a forced end-to-end path for users who want every phase run in order with no normal shortcuts.
- Repo-wide audit handling: Uses a scope-then-spawn pattern for large audits, sweeps, and codebase-wide investigations to avoid wasteful parallelization.
- High-risk guardrails: Escalates security, billing, auth, migration, and other sensitive work into stronger review and stricter workflow discipline.
Quick Start
Ask the AI to use using-rolepod to route your request into the correct phase before any planning, coding, verification, review, or shipping begins.