agentic-workflow

# Agentic Workflow Pattern

Standard multi-agent pipeline for implementation tasks.

## Architecture Principles

- Use `run_in_background: true` for all agents to keep main context minimal
- Use `Task` tool (never `TaskOutput`) to avoid receiving full agent transcripts
- Agents write outputs to `.claude/cache/agents/<stage>/` for injection into subsequent agents
- Main conversation is pure orchestration — no heavy lifting, only coordination

## Workflow Stages

### 1. Research Agent
```
Task(subagent_type="oracle", run_in_background=true, prompt="""
Query NIA Oracle (via /nia-docs skill) to verify approach and gather best practices.

Output to: .claude/cache/agents/oracle/<task>-research.md
""")
```
- Enforce NIA as the research layer
- Output: Research findings

### 2. Planning Agent
```
Task(subagent_type="plan-agent", run_in_background=true, prompt="""
Read: .claude/cache/agents/oracle/<task>-research.md
Use RP-CLI to analyze the target codebase section.
Generate implementation plan informed by research.

Output to: .claude/cache/agents/plan-agent/<task>-plan.md
""")
```
- Receives: Research agent output as context
- Output: Implementation plan

### 3. Validation Agent
```
Task(subagent_type="validate-agent", run_in_background=true, prompt="""
Read: .claude/cache/agents/plan-agent/<task>-plan.md
Read: .claude/cache/agents/oracle/<task>-research.md
Review plan against research findings and best practices.

Output to: .claude/cache/agents/validate-agent/<task>-validated.md
""")
```
- Reviews plan against research
- Output: Validated plan with amendments

### 4. Implementation Agent
```
Task(subagent_type="agentica-agent", run_in_background=true, prompt="""
Read: .claude/cache/agents/validate-agent/<task>-validated.md
Read: .claude/cache/agents/oracle/<task>-research.md

TDD approach: Write failing tests FIRST, then implement.
Run tests to verify.

Output summary to: .claude/cache/agents/implement-agent/<task>-implementation.md
""")
```
- Receives: Validated plan +