@united-workforce/cli 0.1.0 → 0.2.0

package/src/__tests__/thread-show-status.test.ts

@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@ roles:
         $status: { type: string, enum: ["ready"] }
 graph:
   $START:
-    _:
+    new:
       role: planner
       prompt: "Plan the work"
       location: null
+    resume:
+      role: planner
+      prompt: "Resume the work"
+      location: null
   planner:
     ready:
       role: $END
@@ -66,10 +70,14 @@ roles:
             question: { type: string }
 graph:
   $START:
-    _:
+    new:
       role: worker
       prompt: "Start work"
       location: null
+    resume:
+      role: worker
+      prompt: "Resume work"
+      location: null
   worker:
     needs_input:
       role: $SUSPEND

package/src/__tests__/thread-start-cwd-cli.test.ts

@@ -57,10 +57,14 @@ roles:
         $status: { type: string, enum: ["ready"] }
 graph:
   $START:
-    _:
+    new:
       role: planner
       prompt: "Plan the work"
       location: null
+    resume:
+      role: planner
+      prompt: "Resume the work"
+      location: null
   planner:
     ready:
       role: $END

package/src/__tests__/thread-suspend-step.test.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ describe("suspend step CAS chain and threads.yaml metadata", () => {
           },
         },
         graph: {
-          $START: { _: { role: "worker", prompt: "Start work", location: null } },
+          $START: {
+            new: { role: "worker", prompt: "Start work", location: null },
+            resume: { role: "worker", prompt: "Resume work", location: null },
+          },
           worker: {
             needs_input: {
               role: "$SUSPEND",

package/src/__tests__/thread-suspended-display.test.ts

@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ describe("suspended thread display", () => {
           },
         },
         graph: {
-          $START: { _: { role: "worker", prompt: "Start work", location: null } },
+          $START: {
+            new: { role: "worker", prompt: "Start work", location: null },
+            resume: { role: "worker", prompt: "Resume work", location: null },
+          },
           worker: {
             needs_input: {
               role: "$SUSPEND",
@@ -162,7 +165,10 @@ describe("suspended thread display", () => {
           },
         },
         graph: {
-          $START: { _: { role: "worker", prompt: "Start work", location: null } },
+          $START: {
+            new: { role: "worker", prompt: "Start work", location: null },
+            resume: { role: "worker", prompt: "Resume work", location: null },
+          },
           worker: {
             needs_input: {
               role: "$SUSPEND",
@@ -248,7 +254,10 @@ describe("suspended thread display", () => {
           },
         },
         graph: {
-          $START: { _: { role: "worker", prompt: "Start work", location: null } },
+          $START: {
+            new: { role: "worker", prompt: "Start work", location: null },
+            resume: { role: "worker", prompt: "Resume work", location: null },
+          },
         },
       });
 

package/src/__tests__/validate-semantic.test.ts

@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ function makeWorkflow(overrides?: Partial<WorkflowPayload>): WorkflowPayload {
       },
     },
     graph: {
-      $START: { _: { role: "writer", prompt: "Begin writing", location: null } },
+      $START: {
+        new: { role: "writer", prompt: "Begin writing", location: null },
+        resume: { role: "writer", prompt: "Review previous output and continue", location: null },
+      },
       writer: { done: { role: "reviewer", prompt: "Review this: {{{plan}}}", location: null } },
       reviewer: {
         approved: { role: "$END", prompt: "Done: {{{summary}}}", location: null },
@@ -135,27 +138,38 @@ describe("Suite 2: Graph Structure", () => {
     expect(errors.some((e) => e.includes("$START must be defined in graph"))).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  test("2.2 $START has multiple status keys", () => {
+  test("2.2 $START missing resume edge", () => {
     const wf = makeWorkflow();
     wf.graph.$START = {
-      _: { role: "writer", prompt: "Begin", location: null },
-      other: { role: "reviewer", prompt: "Also", location: null },
+      new: { role: "writer", prompt: "Begin", location: null },
     };
     const errors = validateWorkflow(wf);
     expect(
-      errors.some((e) => e.includes('$START must have exactly one edge with status "_"')),
+      errors.some((e) => e.includes('$START must have edges with statuses "new" and "resume"')),
     ).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  test("2.3 $START edge uses non-_ status", () => {
+  test("2.3 $START missing new edge", () => {
     const wf = makeWorkflow();
-    wf.graph.$START = { ready: { role: "writer", prompt: "Begin", location: null } };
+    wf.graph.$START = {
+      resume: { role: "writer", prompt: "Resume", location: null },
+    };
     const errors = validateWorkflow(wf);
     expect(
-      errors.some((e) => e.includes('$START must have exactly one edge with status "_"')),
+      errors.some((e) => e.includes('$START must have edges with statuses "new" and "resume"')),
     ).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  test("2.3b $START with new and resume passes", () => {
+    const wf = makeWorkflow();
+    wf.graph.$START = {
+      new: { role: "writer", prompt: "Begin", location: null },
+      resume: { role: "writer", prompt: "Resume", location: null },
+    };
+    const errors = validateWorkflow(wf);
+    expect(errors.some((e) => e.includes("$START must have edges"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test("2.4 $END has outgoing edges", () => {
     const wf = makeWorkflow();
     wf.graph.$END = { _: { role: "writer", prompt: "Loop", location: null } };
@@ -193,15 +207,18 @@ describe("Suite 2: Graph Structure", () => {
 });
 
 describe("Suite 3: Status-Edge Consistency", () => {
-  test("3.1 user role using _ graph key is rejected", () => {
+  test("3.1 user role using _ graph key is treated as an unknown status", () => {
+    // "_" is no longer special-cased — it's just a status key that does not
+    // match the role's $status enum, so it surfaces as extra/missing keys.
     const wf = makeWorkflow();
     wf.graph.writer = { _: { role: "reviewer", prompt: "Review", location: null } };
     const errors = validateWorkflow(wf);
-    expect(
-      errors.some((e) =>
-        e.includes('role "writer" must use explicit $status keys in graph, not "_"'),
-      ),
-    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(errors.some((e) => e.includes('role "writer" graph has extra status keys: _'))).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+    expect(errors.some((e) => e.includes('role "writer" graph is missing status keys: done'))).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
   });
 
   test("3.2 user role graph key not matching $status enum", () => {
@@ -240,13 +257,16 @@ describe("Suite 3: Status-Edge Consistency", () => {
     ).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  test("3.5 multi-exit role with _ key", () => {
+  test("3.5 multi-exit role with _ key is treated as an unknown status", () => {
     const wf = makeWorkflow();
     wf.graph.reviewer = { _: { role: "$END", prompt: "Done", location: null } };
     const errors = validateWorkflow(wf);
+    expect(errors.some((e) => e.includes('role "reviewer" graph has extra status keys: _'))).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
     expect(
       errors.some((e) =>
-        e.includes('role "reviewer" must use explicit $status keys in graph, not "_"'),
+        e.includes('role "reviewer" graph is missing status keys: approved, rejected'),
       ),
     ).toBe(true);
   });

package/src/__tests__/workflow-resolution.test.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ function makeMinimalPayload(name: string, description: string): WorkflowPayload
       },
     },
     graph: {
-      $START: { _: { role: "worker", prompt: "start working", location: null } },
+      $START: {
+        new: { role: "worker", prompt: "start working", location: null },
+        resume: { role: "worker", prompt: "resume working", location: null },
+      },
       worker: { done: { role: "$END", prompt: "done", location: null } },
     },
   };

package/src/cli.ts

@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import {
   cmdPromptAdapterDeveloping,
   cmdPromptBootstrap,
   cmdPromptList,
-  cmdPromptSetup,
   cmdPromptUsage,
-  cmdPromptUsageReference,
   cmdPromptWorkflowAuthoring,
 } from "./commands/prompt.js";
 import { cmdSetup, cmdSetupInteractive } from "./commands/setup.js";
@@ -509,23 +507,16 @@ prompt.addHelpCommand(false);
 
 prompt
   .command("usage")
-  .description("Print the complete skill content (all references combined)")
+  .description("Print the usage reference (CLI guide + typical workflows)")
   .action(() => {
     console.log(cmdPromptUsage());
   });
 
 prompt
-  .command("setup")
-  .description("Print setup instructions for installing the uwf skill")
-  .action(() => {
-    console.log(cmdPromptSetup());
-  });
-
-prompt
-  .command("usage-reference")
-  .description("Print the usage reference (CLI guide + typical workflows)")
+  .command("bootstrap")
+  .description("Print setup instructions for installing uwf skills")
   .action(() => {
-    console.log(cmdPromptUsageReference());
+    console.log(cmdPromptBootstrap());
   });
 
 prompt
@@ -542,13 +533,6 @@ prompt
     console.log(cmdPromptAdapterDeveloping());
   });
 
-prompt
-  .command("bootstrap")
-  .description("Print the bootstrap skill YAML for Hermes agents")
-  .action(() => {
-    console.log(cmdPromptBootstrap());
-  });
-
 prompt
   .command("list")
   .description("List all available prompt names")

package/src/commands/prompt.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import {
   generateAdapterDevelopingReference,
-  generateBootstrapReference,
   generateUsageReference,
   generateWorkflowAuthoringReference,
+  VERSION,
 } from "@united-workforce/util";
 
 export {
   generateAdapterDevelopingReference as cmdPromptAdapterDeveloping,
-  generateBootstrapReference as cmdPromptBootstrap,
-  generateUsageReference as cmdPromptUsageReference,
+  generateUsageReference as cmdPromptUsage,
   generateWorkflowAuthoringReference as cmdPromptWorkflowAuthoring,
 };
 
@@ -16,24 +15,16 @@ const PROMPT_ENTRIES: ReadonlyArray<{ name: string; generate: () => string }> =
   { name: "usage", generate: generateUsageReference },
   { name: "workflow-authoring", generate: generateWorkflowAuthoringReference },
   { name: "adapter-developing", generate: generateAdapterDevelopingReference },
-  { name: "bootstrap", generate: generateBootstrapReference },
 ];
 
 export function cmdPromptList(): ReadonlyArray<string> {
   return PROMPT_ENTRIES.map((e) => e.name);
 }
 
-export function cmdPromptUsage(): string {
-  return PROMPT_ENTRIES.filter((e) => e.name !== "bootstrap")
-    .map((e) => e.generate())
-    .join("\n\n---\n\n");
-}
-
-export function cmdPromptSetup(): string {
-  return `# uwf Skill Setup
+export function cmdPromptBootstrap(): string {
+  return `# uwf Skill Bootstrap
 
-You are being asked to install or update the uwf (United Workforce) skill
-so that you know how to use the \`uwf\` CLI for workflow orchestration.
+Install or update the uwf (United Workforce) skills for your agent.
 
 ## Steps
 
@@ -42,40 +33,30 @@ so that you know how to use the \`uwf\` CLI for workflow orchestration.
    uwf --help
    \`\`\`
    If not installed: \`npm install -g @united-workforce/cli\`
+   Current version: ${VERSION}
 
-2. **Clean up old versions of the skill** (if any exist):
-   - Look for any existing uwf/workflow skill files in your skill directories
-     (e.g. \`~/.hermes/skills/uwf/SKILL.md\` or similar paths).
-   - If a skill exists, read its \`version\` from the YAML frontmatter.
-   - If the version matches the current CLI version (\`uwf --version\`), you're done — no update needed.
-   - If the version is older, **delete the old skill file** before proceeding.
+2. **Install the skills** by running each command below and creating a skill from its output:
+   - Run \`uwf prompt usage\` → create a skill named \`uwf-usage\`
+   - Run \`uwf prompt workflow-authoring\` → create a skill named \`uwf-workflow-authoring\`
+   - Run \`uwf prompt adapter-developing\` → create a skill named \`uwf-adapter-developing\`
 
-3. **Install the bootstrap skill:**
-   \`\`\`bash
-   uwf prompt bootstrap > ~/.hermes/skills/uwf/SKILL.md
-   \`\`\`
-   The bootstrap prompt already includes complete YAML frontmatter — no editing needed.
+   Each command outputs a complete SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter — use your agent framework's skill creation API to save them.
 
-4. **Verify** the skill is loadable by your agent framework.
+3. **Verify** the skills are loadable by your agent framework.
 
-## Individual prompts
+## Updating
 
-Each prompt outputs a complete SKILL.md with frontmatter — pipe directly to a file:
+When \`uwf\` is upgraded, re-run \`uwf prompt bootstrap\` and follow the steps again.
+The skill content is bundled with the CLI — always use \`uwf prompt <name>\` to get
+content matching your installed version.
+
+## Available prompts
 
 \`\`\`bash
-uwf prompt list                                              # list available prompt names
-uwf prompt usage > ~/.hermes/skills/uwf-usage/SKILL.md      # CLI usage guide
-uwf prompt workflow-authoring > ~/.hermes/skills/uwf-workflow-authoring/SKILL.md
-uwf prompt adapter-developing > ~/.hermes/skills/uwf-adapter-developing/SKILL.md
-uwf prompt bootstrap > ~/.hermes/skills/uwf/SKILL.md        # bootstrap skill
+uwf prompt list                # list available prompt names
+uwf prompt usage               # CLI usage guide
+uwf prompt workflow-authoring  # workflow YAML design guide
+uwf prompt adapter-developing  # building agent adapters
 \`\`\`
-
-## Notes
-
-- The skill content is bundled with the CLI and versioned with it — always use
-  \`uwf prompt usage\` to get the content matching your installed version.
-- Do NOT hand-edit the skill body. If the CLI is updated, re-run \`uwf prompt setup\`
-  and follow the steps again.
-- When upgrading, always delete the old skill first to avoid stale instructions.
 `;
 }

package/src/commands/thread.ts

@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ function resolveEvaluateArgs(
   chain: ChainState,
 ): { lastRole: string; lastOutput: EvaluateLastOutput } {
   if (chain.headIsStart) {
-    return { lastRole: START_ROLE, lastOutput: { [STATUS_KEY]: "_" } };
+    return { lastRole: START_ROLE, lastOutput: { [STATUS_KEY]: "new" } };
   }
 
   const lastStep = chain.stepsNewestFirst[0];
@@ -961,6 +961,12 @@ function resolveAgentConfig(
   agentOverride: string | null,
 ): AgentConfig {
   if (agentOverride !== null) {
+    // Try config alias first (e.g. "hermes" → config.agents.hermes),
+    // then fall back to raw command name (e.g. "uwf-hermes" or "/usr/bin/agent").
+    const fromAlias = config.agents[agentOverride as AgentAlias];
+    if (fromAlias !== undefined) {
+      return fromAlias;
+    }
     return parseAgentOverride(agentOverride);
   }
 
@@ -1031,7 +1037,6 @@ function archiveThread(uwf: UwfStore, threadId: ThreadId, _workflow: CasRef, _he
   completeThread(uwf.varStore, threadId, "completed");
 }
 
-// biome-ignore lint/complexity/noExcessiveCognitiveComplexity: orchestration function with inherent branching
 export async function cmdThreadResume(
   storageRoot: string,
   threadId: ThreadId,
@@ -1095,7 +1100,7 @@ export async function cmdThreadResume(
 
   // status === "completed"
   const workflow = loadWorkflowPayload(uwf, workflowHash);
-  const startResult = evaluate(workflow.graph, START_ROLE, {});
+  const startResult = evaluate(workflow.graph, START_ROLE, { [STATUS_KEY]: "resume" });
   if (!startResult.ok) {
     fail(`failed to evaluate $START: ${startResult.error.message}`);
   }
@@ -1107,11 +1112,7 @@ export async function cmdThreadResume(
   }
 
   const startRole = startResult.value.role;
-  const completedPromptPrefix = "Previous run completed. Resuming with additional context.";
-  const completedResumePrompt =
-    supplement !== null && supplement !== ""
-      ? `${completedPromptPrefix}\n\n${supplement}`
-      : completedPromptPrefix;
+  const completedResumePrompt = buildResumePrompt(startResult.value.prompt, supplement);
 
   const updatedEntry = { ...entry, status: "idle" as const, completedAt: null };
   setThread(uwf.varStore, threadId, updatedEntry);

package/src/moderator/__tests__/evaluate.test.ts

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ describe("Edge prompt template variable resolution", () => {
   test("returns error when rendered prompt is empty string", () => {
     const graph = {
       $START: {
-        _: { role: "classifier", prompt: "{{{userPrompt}}}", location: null },
+        new: { role: "classifier", prompt: "{{{userPrompt}}}", location: null },
       },
     };
 
-    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", {});
+    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", { $status: "new" });
 
     expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
     if (!result.ok) {
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ describe("Edge prompt template variable resolution", () => {
   test("returns error when rendered prompt is whitespace-only", () => {
     const graph = {
       $START: {
-        _: { role: "classifier", prompt: "  {{{userPrompt}}}  ", location: null },
+        new: { role: "classifier", prompt: "  {{{userPrompt}}}  ", location: null },
       },
     };
 
-    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", {});
+    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", { $status: "new" });
 
     expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
     if (!result.ok) {
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ describe("Edge prompt template variable resolution", () => {
   test("succeeds when all template variables resolve to non-empty values", () => {
     const graph = {
       $START: {
-        _: { role: "classifier", prompt: "{{{userPrompt}}}", location: null },
+        new: { role: "classifier", prompt: "{{{userPrompt}}}", location: null },
       },
     };
 
-    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", { userPrompt: "Fix the bug" });
+    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", { $status: "new", userPrompt: "Fix the bug" });
 
     expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
     if (result.ok) {
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ describe("Edge prompt template variable resolution", () => {
   test("succeeds with static (no-variable) prompt", () => {
     const graph = {
       $START: {
-        _: { role: "classifier", prompt: "Classify this input", location: null },
+        new: { role: "classifier", prompt: "Classify this input", location: null },
       },
     };
 
-    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", {});
+    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", { $status: "new" });
 
     expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
     if (result.ok) {
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ describe("Edge prompt template variable resolution", () => {
   test("succeeds when prompt has mix of static text and unresolved variables", () => {
     const graph = {
       $START: {
-        _: { role: "classifier", prompt: "Please handle: {{{userPrompt}}}", location: null },
+        new: { role: "classifier", prompt: "Please handle: {{{userPrompt}}}", location: null },
       },
     };
 
-    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", {});
+    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", { $status: "new" });
 
     expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
     if (result.ok) {
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ describe("Edge prompt template variable resolution", () => {
   test("returns error when ALL variables missing and no static text remains", () => {
     const graph = {
       $START: {
-        _: { role: "classifier", prompt: "{{{a}}}{{{b}}}", location: null },
+        new: { role: "classifier", prompt: "{{{a}}}{{{b}}}", location: null },
       },
     };
 
-    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", {});
+    const result = evaluate(graph, "$START", { $status: "new" });
 
     expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
   });

package/src/moderator/evaluate.ts

@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import type { EvaluateResult, Result } from "./types.js";
 // Disable HTML escaping — prompts are plain text, not HTML.
 mustache.escape = (text: string) => text;
 
-const START_ROLE = "$START";
 const SUSPEND_ROLE = "$SUSPEND";
-// $START is a special entry node with no agent output — it always uses this key.
-const START_STATUS = "_";
 
 type LastOutput = Record<string, unknown>;
 
@@ -21,9 +18,7 @@ export function evaluate(
   lastOutput: LastOutput,
 ): Result<EvaluateResult, Error> {
   let status: string;
-  if (lastRole === START_ROLE) {
-    status = START_STATUS;
-  } else if (typeof lastOutput[STATUS_KEY] === "string") {
+  if (typeof lastOutput[STATUS_KEY] === "string") {
     status = lastOutput[STATUS_KEY] as string;
   } else {
     return {

package/src/validate-semantic.ts

@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ function checkGraphStructure(payload: WorkflowPayload, errors: string[]): void {
   if (!graphNodes.has("$START")) {
     errors.push("$START must be defined in graph");
   } else {
-    const startKeys = Object.keys(payload.graph.$START);
-    if (startKeys.length !== 1 || startKeys[0] !== "_") {
-      errors.push('$START must have exactly one edge with status "_"');
+    const startKeys = new Set(Object.keys(payload.graph.$START));
+    if (!startKeys.has("new") || !startKeys.has("resume")) {
+      errors.push('$START must have edges with statuses "new" and "resume"');
     }
   }
 
@@ -190,22 +190,13 @@ function checkOneOfDiscriminant(
   }
 }
 
-/** Check status-edge consistency for a user role. "_" is reserved for $START and rejected here. */
+/** Check status-edge consistency for a user role. */
 function checkStatusEdges(
   roleName: string,
   graphKeys: Set<string>,
   statusSet: Set<string>,
   errors: string[],
 ): void {
-  if (graphKeys.has("_")) {
-    errors.push(`role "${roleName}" must use explicit $status keys in graph, not "_"`);
-    return;
-  }
-  if (statusSet.has("_")) {
-    errors.push(`role "${roleName}" $status enum must use explicit values, not "_"`);
-    return;
-  }
-
   const extraKeys = [...graphKeys].filter((k) => !statusSet.has(k));
   const missingKeys = [...statusSet].filter((k) => !graphKeys.has(k));
   if (extraKeys.length > 0) {

package/src/validate.ts

@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ function isGraph(value: unknown): boolean {
   if (!isRecord(value)) {
     return false;
   }
-  return Object.entries(value).every(([node, statusMap]) => {
+  return Object.values(value).every((statusMap) => {
     if (!isRecord(statusMap)) {
       return false;
     }
     return Object.entries(statusMap).every(([status, target]) => {
-      // "_" is only valid as a status key for the $START entry node.
-      if (status === "_" && node !== "$START") {
+      // "_" is no longer a valid status key anywhere — $START uses "new"/"resume".
+      if (status === "_") {
         return false;
       }
       return isTarget(target);