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Summary

Extends the implement workflow's /ingest phase to support polymorphic design references — enabling it to handle [DEV] stories originated by the ui-design workflow's /sync phase, not just stories from design/decompose.

Problem

The implement workflow's /ingest currently assumes all upstream design context lives in design.md. However, [DEV] stories created by ui-design/sync represent API gaps discovered during UI-to-API mapping. These stories:

  • Will not have corresponding sections in design.md
  • Use ui_design.md as their design document (published to the same docs repo feature directory)
  • Include a Source: ui-design/sync field in their Design Reference section (added by PR #131)

Without this change, the implement workflow falls back to story acceptance criteria alone for UI-originated stories, losing the valuable design context in ui_design.md.

Changes

Three targeted modifications to implement/skills/ingest.md:

Step 3 — Capture new Design Reference fields

  • Added Source and UI Design section to the list of fields captured during Jira story fetch, enabling Step 5c to select the correct design document.

Step 5c — Polymorphic design source selection

  • Added ui_design.md as item Enhance install script with Gemini CLI support #2 in the Need list
  • Added a "Selecting the design source" subsection with conditional logic:
    • Source: ui-design/sync → use ui_design.md as primary design document (grepped via UI Design section field), load design.md as supplemental context if present
    • No Source field → existing behavior unchanged (backward compatible)
  • Updated fallback paragraph to reference "the primary design document (whichever was selected above)"

Step 5d — UI-design-originated testplan handling

  • When PRD Requirements contains "Discovered during UI design", skip requirement-based testplan fallback (these stories won't have matching test cases in the feature testplan)
  • Added new row in the outcome table for this case

Version bump

  • implement/SKILL.md: 0.11.1 → 0.12.0 (MINOR — new behavior added, per AGENTS.md conventions)

Context

This is part of the cross-workflow traceability work documented in the ui-workflows.md planning doc. See the "Cross-Workflow Traceability: How [DEV] Stories Reach implement" section for the full design rationale.

Related: PR #131 adds the Design Reference section with Source field to the ui-design sync story template (the upstream producer for this change).


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  • Affected package: implement. The skill version changes from 0.11.1 to 0.12.0.
  • implement/skills/ingest.md now captures Jira Source and UI Design section fields from the Design Reference.
  • When Source is ui-design/sync, /ingest resolves the story-scoped ui-design-{workspace-id}.md filename from UI Design section and uses that document as the primary design source. It also loads relevant design.md sections as supplemental context when available.
  • When Source is absent or has another value, /ingest keeps the existing behavior: it uses design.md as the primary design source and ignores UI design files.
  • When PRD Requirements contains “Discovered during UI design,” /ingest skips requirement-based testplan fallback, records an expected-zero outcome, notes that testplan coverage is deferred to UI design validation criteria, and deletes any stale story testplan.
  • No changes to _shared/ resources or cross-package conventions are described. Test results and current review findings were not provided.

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The ingest workflow captures Design Reference fields to select upstream design documents. It also changes testplan handling for requirements marked “Discovered during UI design.” The implement skill version changes from 0.11.1 to 0.12.0.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve design source
implement/SKILL.md, implement/skills/ingest.md
Step 3 captures the Design Reference Source and UI Design section fields. When Source is ui-design/sync, Step 5c uses ui-design-{story-key}.md as the primary design document and relevant design.md sections as supplemental context when available. Otherwise, it uses design.md and ignores UI design files. Section-scoped reading applies to either design file. Missing primary design documents or PRDs prompt for a location or allow the workflow to proceed with Jira story content. The implement skill version changes to 0.12.0.
Handle UI-design-discovered requirements
implement/skills/ingest.md
When PRD Requirements contains “Discovered during UI design,” Step 5d skips requirement-based testplan fallback. It treats the expected count as zero, notes that coverage is deferred to UI design validation criteria, and deletes any stale story testplan.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested labels: workflow-structure

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 37450

UI-design-sourced stories may not load their intended design context, though the missing-document path allows recovery. The impact is localized; align the listed filename with the Design Reference before relying on this workflow.

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Extend the implement workflow's /ingest phase (Step 5c) to handle
[DEV] stories originated by the ui-design workflow's /sync phase,
not just stories from design/decompose.

Changes:
- Step 3: capture Source and UI Design section fields from Design Reference
- Step 5c: add ui_design.md to the Need list; add polymorphic design
  source selection based on the Source field (ui-design/sync uses
  ui_design.md as primary, design.md as supplemental; no Source field
  preserves existing behavior)
- Step 5d: when PRD Requirements is "Discovered during UI design",
  skip requirement-based testplan fallback and treat as Expected zero

Backward compatible: stories without a Source field follow the
existing design.md-only path unchanged.

Bumps implement version 0.11.1 → 0.12.0 (MINOR: new behavior).

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🟡 Minor · Align the /sync story template with the ingest contract. · ingest.md:193-203

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Align the /sync story template with the ingest contract.

The reachable template in design/skills/sync.md emits Design section, but it does not emit Source or UI Design section. Therefore, a story generated by this template leaves Source unset and follows the legacy design.md path in implement/skills/ingest.md; ui_design.md is ignored. Update the paired UI-design producer to emit the exact fields required by this branch. The external producer is not present here, so its output cannot be assumed.

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Update the sync story template to emit the exact `Source: ui-design/sync` and
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instructions, so generated stories use `ui_design.md` as their primary design
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@coderabbitai Re: the "Outside diff range" comment about aligning the /sync story template with the ingest contract —

This is intentionally a cross-PR coordination. The producer and consumer are split across two PRs:

The design/skills/sync.md template (which CodeRabbit inspected) is the design workflow's sync — it correctly does not emit Source or UI Design section because its stories follow the legacy design.md path. That's the backward-compatible default (no Source field → existing behavior unchanged).

No changes needed on this PR — the producer-side template change is tracked on PR #131.


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Cross-Workflow Data-Flow Analysis: Finding F1 (HIGH Severity)

Source: End-to-end inter-workflow data-flow analysis of PRs #108, #131, #138, #137 conducted against main@2bd6607.


F1: Breaking filename mismatch — ui_design.md (underscore) vs ui-design.md (hyphen)

Severity: HIGH — This will cause the ui-design → implement handoff to fail at runtime.

Problem:
This PR references the UI design document as ui_design.md (with underscore) in implement/skills/ingest.md. However, the ui-design workflow (PR #131) publishes this file as ui-design.md (with hyphen) at ui-design/skills/publish.md line 201. The ui-implement workflow (PR #138) correctly uses the hyphenated form ui-design.md.

Affected locations in this PR (all in implement/skills/ingest.md):

  • Line 95: reference to ui_design.md
  • Line 186: reference to ui_design.md
  • Line 196: reference to ui_design.md
  • Line 203: reference to ui_design.md
  • Line 206: reference to ui_design.md

Required change:
In implement/skills/ingest.md, replace all five occurrences of ui_design.md with ui-design.md (hyphen).

Rationale:
The canonical filename is set by the publisher. ui-design/skills/publish.md (PR #131, line 201) creates the file as ui-design.md. The consumer (ui-implement/skills/ingest.md in PR #138) already uses the correct hyphenated form. This PR's implement/skills/ingest.md must match.

Cross-reference: A corresponding comment has been posted on PR #131 for ui-design/skills/sync.md line 512, which has the same underscore→hyphen mismatch.


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Cross-Workflow Data-Flow Analysis: New Finding — F3 Cross-PR Discrepancy (MEDIUM Severity)

Source: Follow-up verification of F1–F5 fixes across PRs #131 and #137.


Published UI design filename is now story-scoped in PR #131, but this PR still references the old flat name

Severity: MEDIUM — Will cause agent confusion; the correct file may still be found via the Design Reference field, but the prose instruction is misleading.

Problem:
PR #131 fixed F3 (multi-story collision) by making the published UI design filename story-scoped. The ui-design/skills/publish.md now writes:

ui-design-{workspace-id}.md     (was: ui-design.md)
api-findings-{workspace-id}.md  (was: api-findings.md)

The Design Reference template in ui-design/skills/sync.md (PR #131) also reflects this:

UI Design section: {component section reference in ui-design-{workspace-id}.md}

However, this PR's implement/skills/ingest.md still references the old flat filename in multiple places:

  1. The document list says: **UI design document** (\ui-design.md`)`
  2. The selection logic says: Use \ui-design.md` as the primary design document`

Why this matters:
An AI agent reading implement/ingest.md will look for a file literally named ui-design.md in the feature directory. That file no longer exists — the actual file is ui-design-{workspace-id}.md (e.g., ui-design-PROJ-456.md). The UI Design section field in the story's Design Reference does contain the correct story-scoped filename, so a sufficiently capable agent could extract it from there — but the explicit prose instruction contradicts the actual filesystem state.

Required changes in implement/skills/ingest.md:

  1. Update the document list to reference the story-scoped filename pattern:

    • Change: **UI design document** (\ui-design.md`)`
    • To: **UI design document** (\ui-design-{story-key}.md`)`
  2. Update the selection logic to extract the filename from the Design Reference:

    • Change: Use \ui-design.md` as the primary design document`
    • To: Extract the UI design document filename from the \UI Design section` field in the Design Reference (it will be in the form `ui-design-{workspace-id}.md`). Use this as the primary design document`
  3. Apply the same pattern to any references to api-findings.md — the published name is now api-findings-{workspace-id}.md.

Cross-reference: This discrepancy was introduced by the F3 fix in PR #131 (ui-design/skills/publish.md), which correctly made the published filename story-scoped to prevent collisions when a feature has multiple [UI] stories.


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…ilename pattern

The document list hardcoded ui-design-{story-key}.md, but the actual
filename comes from the UI Design section field and uses
{workspace-id}. Reference the field so the agent resolves the
correct story-scoped filename at runtime.

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Cross-Workflow Adjudication: Remaining Finding for PR #137 (implement)

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F04 (PARTIAL — needs upstream fix): Design Reference field contains section-only, not filename

Problem:
PR #137's implement/skills/ingest.md correctly tries to extract the UI design document filename from the UI Design section field in the Design Reference. However, the upstream producer (ui-design/skills/sync.md in PR #131) has a derivation logic at lines 544–550 that produces section-only references like:

§Component Architecture > HealthBadge

instead of the expected form:

{component section reference in ui-design-{workspace-id}.md}

This means implement/ingest extracts the field value but finds no filename in it.

Impact on this PR: No code change needed in this PR — the fix belongs in PR #131 (the producer). However, implement/skills/ingest.md should handle the case where the filename cannot be extracted from the UI Design section field:

Recommended defensive change in implement/skills/ingest.md:
Add a fallback when filename extraction fails:

If the `UI Design section` field does not contain a filename
(no string matching `ui-design-*.md`), fall back to searching
the feature directory for files matching the pattern
`ui-design-*.md`. If exactly one match is found, use it.
If multiple matches are found, select the one whose
workspace-id matches the current story's parent [UI] story key.

Cross-reference: The primary fix belongs in PR #131's sync.md derivation logic — a comment has been posted there (F04 in the PR #131 comment).


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When the UI Design section field contains only a section reference
(e.g., §Component Architecture > HealthBadge) without a filename,
fall back to globbing the feature directory for ui-design-*.md files.
If exactly one match is found, use it. If multiple matches exist,
disambiguate by the current story's parent [UI] story key. The
section reference from the field is retained as the grep target
within whichever file is resolved.

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Fresh Review Response: Findings for PR #137 (implement)

Source: Fresh review against current PR head 99192e7.


X04 (MEDIUM — NEW REGRESSION): Legacy filename fallback uses wrong parent key

Problem:
The legacy fallback for finding ui-design-*.md uses the [DEV] story's parent key to match the workspace suffix in the filename. But [DEV] stories are children of the Epic (same parent as the [UI] story), not children of the [UI] story itself. The parent key is the Epic key, which doesn't match the [UI] story's workspace-id in the filename ui-design-{UI-workspace-id}.md.

Affected location: implement/skills/ingest.md, the legacy/fallback filename resolution for UI design documents.

Required change: Instead of using the [DEV] story's parent key:

  1. Check the [DEV] story's "blocks" link (added by the X01 fix) to find the [UI] story key.
  2. Use that [UI] story key as the workspace-id to match ui-design-{UI-key}.md.
  3. If no "blocks" link exists (legacy story without the link), fall back to searching for all ui-design-*.md files in the feature directory and selecting the one whose content references the [DEV] story's gap_id or component name.

N04 (MEDIUM — PARTIALLY FIXED): UI testplan retirement fixed, generic remainder

Problem:
The UI-specific testplan retirement logic was added, but the generic implement testplan retirement (when a source testplan is removed, derived story testplans should be retired) is still not handled. This is partially inherited from the existing implement workflow.

Affected location: implement/skills/ingest.md, testplan resolution logic.

Required change: When the source testplan (from the feature-level design doc) is not found or has been removed, flag the derived story-level testplan as potentially stale. Add a warning in the ingest output: "Source testplan not found — story testplan may be stale. Verify test coverage before proceeding."


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Holistic UX/UI Workflow Review — PR #137 (implement changes)

Methodology: Two independent reviewer agents (Claude Opus 5 at max effort, GPT-6 Astra at max effort) performed a holistic review of PRs #108, #131, #138, #137 as a system. Findings below are the aggregated and deduplicated results relevant to this PR. This PR is the smallest of the four (2 files changed), but is a critical integration point.


🟡 Important

I1 — API findings fallback path is fragile (cross-PR with #131)
When ingest.md resolves a Source: ui-design/sync story, it looks for api-findings-{key}.md in the docs repo. But the producer (ui-design/skills/review-api.md in PR #131) writes overflow API findings to 03-api-findings.md as a private artifact — the published filename convention isn't explicitly specified. If the publish step doesn't rename the file correctly, implement won't find it.

  • File: implement/skills/ingest.md (polymorphic path, api-findings lookup)
  • Reviewer: Opus (C2)

I2 — UI Design section # delimiter is brittle
The polymorphic path parses the UI Design section Jira field using # as a delimiter to extract the filename from a URL-like string. If the field format changes (e.g., the URL structure evolves), parsing breaks silently and the primary design doc isn't loaded.

  • File: implement/skills/ingest.md (polymorphic path, filename extraction)
  • Reviewer: Opus (C3)

I3 — Feature-parent fallback missing (cross-PR with #131)
ingest.md walks Story → Epic → Feature to find the feature directory, matching ui-design/skills/ingest.md's hierarchy resolution. But neither handles the case where the Epic has no parent Feature — the walk fails silently and the feature directory path is empty/malformed.

I4 — Version collision with PR #131 on implement/SKILL.md
This PR bumps implement/SKILL.md to version 0.12.0. PR #131 also modifies implement/SKILL.md (bumping to 0.11.2). Whichever merges second will overwrite the other's version.

  • File: implement/SKILL.md
  • Reviewer: Opus (A2 — provenance collision, version aspect)

🔵 Suggestions

S1 — Stale testplan handling could be more explicit
The "Discovered during UI design" marker suppresses testplan warnings, but the prose could be clearer about what happens when a [DEV] story has some PRD requirements and some "discovered during UI design" requirements — does the partial match trigger testplan checks for just the PRD-traced requirements?

  • File: implement/skills/ingest.md
  • Reviewer: Opus (C10)

S2 — Legacy uniqueness gate may conflict with new stories
The existing implement workflow has a uniqueness check for design references. The new polymorphic path adds stories with a different Source field. It's worth verifying the uniqueness gate doesn't inadvertently reject valid ui-design/sync stories.

  • File: implement/skills/ingest.md
  • Reviewer: Astra (C5)

✅ Positive Observations

  • The polymorphic design reference pattern is elegant — a minimal, low-risk change (2 files) that correctly extends the existing workflow to handle a new story type.
  • The "expected-zero testplan" handling for "Discovered during UI design" requirements is a thoughtful edge case that prevents false warnings.
  • The version bump (0.11.1 → 0.12.0) correctly signals a minor-version change for the new capability.
  • The change is ingest-only — no new phases or commands, which keeps the blast radius minimal.

📋 Cross-PR Integration: Recommended Merge Order

Both reviewers noted dependencies between the four PRs. The recommended merge order is:

  1. PR UXDOPS-2843: Add /ux-design workflow for UX design and implementation handoff #108 (ux-design) — standalone, no dependencies on other new workflows
  2. PR Extend implement/ingest to support ui_design.md via polymorphic design references #137 (implement changes) — small, standalone change to existing workflow
  3. PR Add ui-design workflow for [UI] story component decomposition and API surface review #131 (ui-design) — depends on shared infrastructure; must resolve provenance collision with UXDOPS-2843: Add /ux-design workflow for UX design and implementation handoff #108 after UXDOPS-2843: Add /ux-design workflow for UX design and implementation handoff #108 merges
  4. PR Add ui-implement workflow for [UI] story implementation #138 (ui-implement) — consumes ui-design output; should merge last

⚠️ Before merging #131: rebase against the merged #108 to resolve the provenance.py and recipe version conflicts.
⚠️ Before merging #137: rebase against the merged #131 to resolve the implement/SKILL.md version conflict.


This review was generated by aggregating findings from two independent AI reviewers (Claude Opus 5 max, GPT-6 Astra max) as part of a holistic cross-PR review of the UX/UI workflow system. See also: #108, #131, #138.


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Remaining Correctness Issues — Post-Fix Verification

After verifying all fixes across all four PRs, three correctness-affecting issues remain in this PR's implement/skills/ingest.md. All three affect the newly added polymorphic design reference path for [DEV] stories created by ui-design/sync.


🟡 R1 — api-findings-{id}.md is never resolved; [DEV] stories silently lose API context on overflow

Impact: When ui-design /review-api finds >200 lines of API findings, it writes them to a separate 03-api-findings.md artifact. /publish (PR #131) publishes this as api-findings-{workspace-id}.md in the docs repo. The main ui-design-{id}.md document's API Findings section is reduced to a one-line pointer: "See api-findings-{id}.md".

This PR's ingest.md never mentions api-findings-*.md. When the implement agent resolves the design reference for a [DEV] story:

  1. It loads ui-design-{id}.md and finds a "See api-findings-X.md" pointer instead of actual API specifications
  2. Its tertiary fallback (grepping ui-design-*.md files for the gap_id — line ~208) cannot match, because the gap_id is in api-findings-X.md, not ui-design-X.md
  3. The implement agent proceeds with no API endpoint specification for the backend gap it's supposed to implement

PR #138's ui-implement/skills/ingest.md handles this correctly (lines 185-186, 216-217: resolves {api-findings-file} and lists it as an optional input). This PR should do the same.

Suggested fix: After resolving ui-design-{id}.md in Step 5c, also check the same feature directory for api-findings-{workspace-id}.md (where {workspace-id} matches the suffix of the resolved ui-design doc). If found, load the relevant sections alongside the main design document.


🟡 R2 — UI Design section composite format not parsed correctly

Impact: ui-design's /sync (PR #131, sync.md line ~614) writes the UI Design section field as a composite value:

ui-design-{workspace-id}.md#§API Findings

This PR's ingest.md (line ~197) says the field "will be in the form ui-design-{story-key}.md" — treating it as a bare filename. The instructions look for ui-design-*.md as a substring, which may match the composite value, but then the #§API Findings suffix remains part of the extracted "filename." An agent attempting to cat or Read a file named ui-design-FOO.md#§API Findings will get a file-not-found error.

The section reference after # (e.g., §Component Architecture > HealthBadge) is also preserved as a grep target (line ~210), but the instructions don't explicitly say to split on # to separate the filename from the section reference.

Suggested fix: After extracting the UI Design section field value, explicitly split on #:

  • The portion before # is the filename (e.g., ui-design-{workspace-id}.md)
  • The portion after # is the section reference (e.g., §API Findings)

Use only the filename portion for file resolution; use the section reference as the grep target within the resolved file.


🟡 R3 — No Feature-parent fallback for flat Jira hierarchies

Impact: ingest.md Step 5b (lines 141-153) walks Story → Epic → Feature to find the docs-repo directory. If the Epic has no parent Feature (flat project structure without a Feature level), the fetch returns no grandparent and the find command in line ~158 searches for an empty {feature-key}, producing either zero matches or false positives.

PR #131 fixed this same issue (I11) in ui-design/skills/ingest.md — when no Feature parent exists, it uses the Epic key as the directory lookup slug instead. This PR's ingest.md should apply the same fallback.

Suggested fix: After the fetch in lines 147-149, add an explicit fallback: "If the Epic has no parent (the fetch returns no parent field), use the Epic key as {feature-key} for the directory search. Warn the user that no Feature-level parent was found."


ℹ️ Pre-existing: ${HOME} absolute path (line 44)

Not introduced by this PR, but worth noting: line 44 resolves the shared script path to ${HOME}/.ai-workflows/_shared/scripts/fetch-issue.py. This is the same absolute-path pattern that was flagged as Critical C2 on PR #131 and fixed there (replaced with ../../_shared/ relative paths). This pre-existing reference in the base implement workflow will break for project-scope installations.


These findings were identified during post-fix verification of the holistic cross-PR review. R1 was originally flagged as I1/I9 (api-findings overflow); R2 as I2 (# delimiter); R3 as I3 (Feature-parent fallback). All three remain unaddressed in the current head (62276e5).


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R1: After resolving ui-design-{id}.md, also resolve api-findings-{id}.md
    for overflow API specifications. Matches PR flightctl#138 behavior.

R2: Split UI Design section field on # before filename extraction.
    Handles composite values like ui-design-X.md#§Section.

R3: When Epic has no parent Feature, fall back to Epic key for
    docs-repo directory lookup. Matches PR flightctl#131 ui-design fix.

Pre-existing: Replace ${HOME} absolute path with portable
    relative-path resolution for fetch-issue.py.

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All three findings + the pre-existing ${HOME} issue fixed in commit 4e51ee9:

R1 — api-findings overflow resolution: After resolving ui-design-{id}.md, the ingest now also searches for api-findings-{id}.md in the same feature directory (matching the {workspace-id} suffix). If found, loaded as supplemental API context. If not found (inline findings, no overflow), proceeds normally. Matches PR #138's behavior.

R2 — # composite format parsing: New paragraph at the top of the Source: ui-design/sync branch explicitly splits the UI Design section field on # before filename extraction. The portion before # is the filename; the portion after # is the section reference (grep target). Bare filenames and section-only values are handled by existing fallback logic.

R3 — Feature-parent fallback: Step 5b now handles Epics with no parent Feature — falls back to using the Epic key as the directory lookup slug with a warning. Matches the fix applied in PR #131's ui-design/skills/ingest.md.

Pre-existing: ${HOME} absolute path: Replaced with portable $(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd) resolution, consistent with the relative path reference in the Shared Script section above it.


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Second-Pass Holistic Review — PR #137 (implement changes)

Round 2: Two independent reviewers (Claude Opus 5 max, GPT-6 Astra max) re-reviewed all four PRs in their updated state, scoped to 🔴 Critical and 🟡 Important findings only. Previously-fixed items were excluded.


🔴 Critical (cross-PR)

C1 — Round-1 ${HOME} removal broke shared-script invocations (same root cause as #131 C1, #138 C1)
This PR's round-1 fix replaced ${HOME}/.ai-workflows/_shared/… with $(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd). But BASH_SOURCE is meaningless in the context of an AI agent reading a Markdown file — there is no bash script being sourced. The expression may succeed spuriously (resolving to whatever directory the agent's shell happens to be in) or fail entirely, producing a wrong or empty script path.

Additionally, this creates an internal inconsistency within the implement workflow itself: publish.md and respond.md (which this PR does not modify) still use ${HOME}/.ai-workflows/…. So within the same workflow, ingest.md resolves scripts one way while publish.md and respond.md resolve them another way.


🟡 Important

No additional Important findings specific to this PR beyond C1.

The round-1 R1–R3 fixes (api-findings resolution, # composite format, Feature-parent fallback) were verified as correctly implemented in commit 4e51ee9.


This is the second-pass review. Round 1 findings are tracked in the earlier comment and the R1 remaining-issues comment. See also: #108, #131, #138.


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C1 fix — commit 648cbd3

Reverted line 44 from BASH_SOURCE resolution back to ${HOME}/.ai-workflows/_shared/scripts/fetch-issue.py.

Why: BASH_SOURCE is meaningless in a Markdown instruction file read by an AI agent — there is no bash script being sourced. The expression would resolve to a random directory or fail entirely. The ${HOME} convention is what publish.md and respond.md in the same workflow use, so this restores internal consistency.


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## Summary

Adds the `ui-implement` workflow — a UI-focused implementation workflow
that takes `[UI]` Jira stories through planning, TDD implementation,
validation, and PR creation. This completes the third step in the UX/UI
workflow pipeline: `ux-design` → `ui-design` → `ui-implement`.

## Design Decisions

**Relationship to `implement`:** `ui-implement` is a separate workflow
(not a mode of `implement`). `implement` handles `[DEV]` stories;
`ui-implement` handles `[UI]` stories. Both share the same 7-phase
structure (ingest → plan → revise → code → validate → publish → respond)
but differ in how each phase handles UI-specific concerns.

**TDD for unit tests:** Uses the same contract-based testing approach as
`implement`, adapted for UI:
- Components: tests verify rendered output + user interactions through
the public interface (props → what the user sees and does)
- Hooks: tests verify return values + state transitions
- Integration/e2e test stubs are written _after_ implementation (not
TDD), following the repo's existing patterns

**Discovery-based tooling:** Nothing is hardcoded. Testing framework,
design system, i18n library, state management, routing, permissions
model, and e2e framework are all discovered during `/ingest` from the
project's actual codebase. A hard limit in `guidelines.md` enforces
this.

**Unit test framework introduction:** When `/ingest` discovers no unit
test framework exists, it analyzes the project and recommends one (with
alternatives and rationale). `/plan` ratifies this as "Task 0" — the
user approves before any story tasks are planned.

**Docs repo consumption:** Design documents are consumed from the
published docs repo (via `.artifacts/config.json`), never from upstream
workflow `.artifacts/` directories:
- `ui-design.md` — required (component architecture, hook designs, state
management, routes, data flow, accessibility)
- `handoff.md` — optional (UX interaction specs, state matrix,
accessibility requirements)
- `api-findings.md` — optional (resolved endpoints, API gap inventory)
- `prd.md` and `design.md` — required (same as `implement`)

**Build-first strategy:** Patterns are adapted from `implement`
directly. Common behavior is marked for future extraction to `_shared`
recipes in a follow-up PR.

## File Structure

```
ui-implement/
├── SKILL.md                    # Entry point (v0.1.0)
├── README.md                   # Phase flow, prerequisites, artifacts, design decisions
├── guidelines.md               # Principles, hard limits, UI-specific rules
├── templates/
│   ├── 01-context.md           # Context skeleton with UI Toolchain section
│   └── story-testplan.md       # Story-scoped testplan skeleton
├── skills/
│   ├── controller.md           # Discovery + routing
│   ├── dispatch.md             # Phase dispatcher
│   ├── completion.md           # Next-step guidance
│   ├── ingest.md               # Jira + docs repo + UI toolchain discovery
│   ├── plan.md                 # Task breakdown with Task 0 + cross-cutting table
│   ├── revise.md               # Plan feedback incorporation
│   ├── code.md                 # TDD cycle + integration/e2e stubs
│   ├── validate.md             # CI checks + UI cross-cutting verification
│   ├── publish.md              # PR creation with UI-specific template
│   └── respond.md              # Review response cycle
└── commands/
    ├── ingest.md … respond.md  # 7 thin command wrappers
```

## UI-Specific Adaptations by Phase

| Phase | Key UI Adaptation |
|-------|-------------------|
| `/ingest` | 7-pass UI toolchain discovery; docs-repo loading of
ui-design.md/handoff.md/api-findings.md; test framework recommendation
when missing |
| `/plan` | Component/hook interface definitions; conditional Task 0 for
test framework setup; UI Cross-Cutting Concerns table; integration/e2e
stubs as final task |
| `/code` | TDD for unit tests (rendered output + user events for
components, return values for hooks); integration/e2e stubs post-tasks;
UI review criteria (design system, i18n, a11y, states) |
| `/validate` | UI Cross-Cutting Verification section checking design
system compliance, i18n completeness, accessibility, state completeness
|
| `/publish` | UI-specific PR description template (New Components, UI
Cross-Cutting Concerns sections) |

## Related

- Depends on: `ui-design` workflow (PR #131) for `ui-design.md`
published to docs repo
- Depends on: `ux-design` workflow (PR #108) for `handoff.md` published
to docs repo
- Related: PR #137 (extends `implement/ingest` for `[DEV]` stories from
ui-design/sync)
- Planning doc: see the `ui-workflows.md` design document (linked in the
originating Slack thread)

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