Sdd Status

sdd-status

Shows the status of all active SDD changes and orchestrator configuration.

Triggers: /sdd-status, SDD status, active changes, show open changes, what changes are in progress, orchestrator status

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Process

Step 0 — Detect persistence mode

Follow skills/_shared/persistence-contract.md Mode Detection for Standalone Skills: 1. Check Engram MCP reachability → if reachable: engram, else none

Step 1 — Locate active changes

engram mode: Disk is the source of truth. List active changes from disk first:

List directories under docs/sdd/ → each subdirectory is a change-name.

For each change, the artifacts present are the *.md files in docs/sdd/{change-name}/. A change with an archive-report.md is completed — filter those out.

If docs/sdd/ does not exist (legacy changes that lived only in engram), fall back to engram:

mem_search(query: "sdd/", project: "{project}") → list all SDD-related observations

Filter for artifacts that do NOT have an archive-report topic_key (those are completed).

none mode: Report "No persistence configured — cannot show change status."

Stop here if no changes found.

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Step 2 — Classify and group changes

For each active change, check which artifact files exist on disk (docs/sdd/{change-name}/*.md; engram fallback for legacy changes):

• explore.md → marks explore phase done
• proposal.md → marks propose phase done
• spec.md → marks spec phase done
• design.md → marks design phase done
• tasks.md → marks tasks phase done
• verify-report.md → marks verify phase done

Infer phase label for each change:

Group changes by action bucket:

READY TO ARCHIVE    : verify-report present
AWAITING SPEC/DESIGN: proposal present, tasks absent, (spec or design absent)
AWAITING APPLY      : tasks present, verify-report absent
EXPLORE ONLY        : only explore, no proposal

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Step 3 — Render output

Output format (grouped, no redundancy):

Active SDD Changes

-- Ready to Archive --
  [change-name]   explore ok  proposal ok  spec ok  design ok  tasks ok  verify ok

-- Awaiting Apply/Verify --
  [change-name]   explore ok  proposal ok  spec ok  design ok  tasks ok  verify -

-- Awaiting Spec/Design --
  [change-name]   explore -  proposal ok  spec -  design -  tasks -  verify -

-- Explore Only (no proposal yet) --
  [change-name]   explore ok  proposal -

Next actions:
  - [N] ready to archive → /sdd-archive <name>
  - [N] awaiting spec/design → /sdd-spec <name> + /sdd-design <name>

Rules for this format:

• Each group header is shown only if the group has at least one entry
• Use ok for present, - for absent
• "Next actions" section is omitted if all groups are empty
• Do NOT repeat each change's phase in a separate list — the group it belongs to IS its phase

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Step 4 — Orchestrator state

Read the project's CLAUDE.md and report:

• Persistence mode: engram / none
• Skills registry count (from ## Skills section)
• Configuration source path

Include this as a header section BEFORE the active changes output:

Orchestrator
  Mode: [engram|none]
  Skills: [N] registered
  Config: [path to CLAUDE.md]

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Rules

• Read-only: I only inspect engram — no mutations
• I never modify any files in this phase
• If no engram artifacts found, I report gracefully and suggest /sdd-explore <topic> or /sdd-propose <change-name>