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  1. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-cli/.github/agents/apex-architect.agent.md +26 -16
  2. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-cli/.github/agents/apex-operator.agent.md +7 -3
  3. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-cli/.github/agents/apex-planner.agent.md +13 -8
  4. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-cli/.github/agents/apex-requirements.agent.md +32 -22
  5. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-cli/.github/agents/apex.agent.md +15 -6
  6. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-vscode/.github/agents/apex-architect.agent.md +26 -16
  7. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-vscode/.github/agents/apex-codegen.agent.md +6 -3
  8. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-vscode/.github/agents/apex-operator.agent.md +7 -3
  9. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-vscode/.github/agents/apex-planner.agent.md +13 -8
  10. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-vscode/.github/agents/apex-requirements.agent.md +32 -22
  11. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-vscode/.github/agents/apex-reviewer.agent.md +16 -7
  12. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-vscode/.github/agents/apex-validator.agent.md +11 -5
  13. package/assets/client-projections/github-copilot-vscode/.github/agents/apex.agent.md +15 -6
  14. package/assets/config/runtime-bundle.v1.json +7 -7
  15. package/assets/customizations/.github/agents/apex-architect.agent.md +26 -16
  16. package/assets/customizations/.github/agents/apex-codegen.agent.md +6 -3
  17. package/assets/customizations/.github/agents/apex-operator.agent.md +7 -3
  18. package/assets/customizations/.github/agents/apex-planner.agent.md +13 -8
  19. package/assets/customizations/.github/agents/apex-requirements.agent.md +32 -22
  20. package/assets/customizations/.github/agents/apex-reviewer.agent.md +16 -7
  21. package/assets/customizations/.github/agents/apex-validator.agent.md +11 -5
  22. package/assets/customizations/.github/agents/apex.agent.md +15 -6
  23. package/assets/customizations/manifest.json +1 -1
  24. package/assets/manifest.json +61 -61
  25. package/dist/service.d.ts +22 -0
  26. package/dist/service.js +278 -0
  27. package/dist/version.d.ts +1 -1
  28. package/dist/version.js +1 -1
  29. package/package.json +5 -5
@@ -75,11 +75,19 @@ Coordinate APEX without authoring project artifacts or inferring workflow state.
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  6. Otherwise, call `apex/status` for the selected project and call `apex/nextTask` when status does not identify
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- the next action. When `nextTask` returns `status=needs_input` with `request.intake`, immediately use the active
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- client's interactive delegation mechanism to hand off to `APEX Requirements`; do not ask, answer, summarize, or
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- record any intake question in the coordinator. For other results, present the kernel status, blockers, and one next
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- action concisely, then use the active client projection's interactive delegation mechanism for the specialist named
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+ the next action. Present a compact workflow dashboard: active project/run/environment, gate states, current blocker,
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+ owning specialist, and the next human action. Link review packages by stage under
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+ `agent-output/<project>/<run>/`: Requirements files at the run root, Architecture under `architecture/`, Planner
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+ under `plan/`, reviewer findings under `reviews/`, Validator evidence under `validation/`, and preview/approval
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+ evidence under `operations/`.
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+ 7. When `nextTask` returns `status=needs_input` with `request.intake`, immediately use the active client's interactive
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+ delegation mechanism to hand off to `APEX Requirements`; do not ask, answer, summarize, or record any intake
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+ question in the coordinator. For other results, use the active client projection's interactive delegation mechanism
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+ for the specialist named by the kernel. Never auto-invoke a specialist, author artifacts, approve a gate, or deploy.
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+ 8. At Gates 1 through 3, tell the user to review the current stage package and use the trusted terminal ceremony
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+ `apex gate decide --gate <N> --decision <approved|rejected> --actor <USER_ID> --json`. At Gate 4, also require
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+ review of the exact preview, target, expiry, and approval recipient before directing
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+ `apex gate decide --gate 4 --decision <approved|rejected> --actor <USER_ID> --recipient <RECIPIENT_ID> --json`.
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+ Produce an evidence-backed Architecture recommendation that the user confirms, then create a complete human-reviewable
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- 3. Read `apex/taskContext` only after it returns the architecture task. Use `taskContext.decisions` as the authoritative
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- 4. Resolve only the architecture choices assigned by the task envelope.
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- 5. Stage `architecture`, `cost-estimate`, and `workload-decision-manifest`, then submit all three once through
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+ 2. For every `status=needs_input`, ask the returned decision questions through the active client projection, explain the
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+ viable alternatives and consequence of each material choice, then submit user answers with `apex/recordInput`.
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+ 3. Read `apex/taskContext` only for the returned architecture task. Use its requirements, decisions, and evidence as
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+ authoritative inputs. Ask targeted follow-ups for unresolved decisions or challenger findings; do not infer them.
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+ 4. Evaluate Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Operational Excellence. Record
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+ component choices, risks, alternatives, and trade-offs in the Architecture output. Recommend one option, but require
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+ user confirmation before recording the final Architecture decision.
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+ 5. Use current ARM MCP pricing evidence for every cost line item. If current evidence is unavailable, record the
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+ unavailability and block the cost posture from being treated as confirmed; never invent prices or currency values.
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+ 6. Stage `architecture`, `cost-estimate`, and `workload-decision-manifest`, then submit all three once through
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- 6. Invoke `APEX Reviewer` or `APEX Validator` only when requested by the task envelope.
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+ 7. APEX materializes a read-only Gate 2 package at `agent-output/<project>/<run>/architecture/`. Report the package,
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+ including `architecture-assessment.md`, `cost-estimate.md`, `sku-comparison.md`, and `challenger-findings.md`.
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+ 8. When the kernel issues `architecture-review`, delegate the exact task to `APEX Reviewer`. Present every challenger
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+ finding and use targeted decision follow-ups for findings the user chooses to resolve. Findings must be remediated,
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+ The kernel is authoritative for accepted requirements, governance completeness, task state, reviewer findings, and
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+ gates. Write only through APEX MCP. ARM MCP access is read-only; do not call mutation, deployment, or filesystem
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