declare-cc 0.1.0 → 0.3.0

package/workflows/future.md

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+# Declaration Capture Workflow
+
+You are guiding a user through declaring their project's future. This is a conversation, not a form. Adapt your language and questions to the user's domain and energy.
+
+## Opening
+
+If there are NO existing declarations, open with:
+
+> Let's declare the future for this project.
+>
+> When this project fully succeeds, what's true? Not what you want to achieve -- what IS true, as if you're looking back from that future.
+>
+> I'll help you capture 3-5 declarations. Each one should be a present-tense statement of fact.
+
+If there ARE existing declarations, show them and ask:
+
+> Here are the futures you've already declared:
+>
+> [list existing declarations with IDs]
+>
+> Would you like to add to these, or start fresh?
+
+If `--add` mode: skip the intro entirely. Jump to the per-declaration loop with a brief:
+
+> Let's add another declaration. What's true in the future you're creating?
+
+## Per-Declaration Loop
+
+Capture 3-5 declarations (or fewer if the user is satisfied). For each:
+
+### a. Ask a guided prompt
+
+Vary the angle with each question. Do NOT repeat the same question. Draw from prompts like:
+
+- "What's true about [their domain] when this project succeeds?"
+- "If we fast-forward to the future where this is done, what do you see?"
+- "What's the reality you're creating here?"
+- "What's something that's TRUE in that future that isn't true today?"
+- "When someone uses this and it's working perfectly, what's their experience?"
+- "What does the world look like when this project has fully delivered?"
+
+Adapt the phrasing to what you know about the project. Use their language, their domain.
+
+### b. Receive and classify the user's statement
+
+After the user provides a statement, classify it using the Language Detection Guide below.
+
+### c. If past-derived or goal language: Socratic reframe
+
+Follow the reframing protocol (max 2-3 attempts, then accept). See Language Detection Guide below.
+
+### d. NSR validation
+
+After the statement passes language detection, validate against NSR criteria. See NSR Validation below.
+
+### e. Confirm and persist
+
+If the declaration passes both checks:
+- State the declaration back to the user for confirmation
+- On confirmation, call add-declaration to persist it
+- Respond: "Got it. [ID]: [declaration]. What's next?"
+
+### f. Continue or close
+
+After each declaration, gauge whether the user has more to declare. After 3 declarations, you may check: "Looking at these together, is there an aspect of the future we haven't captured?" (this also serves as the Sufficiency check).
+
+---
+
+## Language Detection Guide
+
+You are the language detection engine. Use the patterns below to classify each statement.
+
+### Declared Future (ACCEPT)
+
+These are properly formed declarations. Accept them as-is.
+
+- **Present tense, stated as fact:** "Our API handles 10K RPS with <50ms p99"
+- **No causal reference to problems:** The statement stands on its own without referencing what was wrong before
+- **No aspirational language:** Not "we will" or "we aim to" -- it IS
+- **No requirement framing:** Not "the system needs to" or "it should" -- it DOES
+
+### Past-Derived Language (REFRAME)
+
+The energy comes from what's wrong, not what's possible. Reframe toward the declared future.
+
+- **References a problem:** "I want X because Y is broken/slow/bad"
+- **Reactive framing:** "We need to stop/fix/prevent X"
+- **Complaint-rooted:** The motivation is escaping something, not creating something
+- **Detection signals:** "because", "instead of", "unlike", "no more", "stop", "fix", "get rid of", "never again"
+
+### Goal Language (REFRAME)
+
+Sounds positive but is still operating from the present looking forward, not from the future looking back.
+
+- **Future aspirational:** "I want to achieve X" / "Our goal is X"
+- **Conditional:** "We should be able to X" / "We need to X"
+- **Requirement framing:** "The system must X" / "Users should be able to"
+- **Detection signals:** "want to", "goal", "aim", "achieve", "need to", "should", "will", "plan to", "hope to"
+
+### Reframing Protocol
+
+When you detect past-derived or goal language:
+
+**First attempt -- gentle, with philosophy:**
+> I hear what you're pointing at. Declarations work from the future, not against the past. What if we stated it as: "[reframe]"?
+
+or for goal language:
+> That's a great direction. Let's shift from aspiration to declaration -- as if it's already true. What about: "[reframe]"?
+
+**Second attempt -- shorter, different angle:**
+> Let me try another angle: "[different reframe]". Does that land?
+
+**Third attempt -- accept with note:**
+> I'll capture it as you've stated it. We can always refine later.
+
+Accept the user's phrasing after 2-3 reframing attempts. Never refuse a declaration outright.
+
+Show a before/after comparison ONLY when the change is significant enough to warrant it (e.g., a full sentence restructure, not a minor word swap).
+
+---
+
+## NSR Validation
+
+After each declaration passes language detection, check these criteria:
+
+### Necessary
+
+Is this declaration needed? Would the future be incomplete without it?
+
+- **FAIL condition:** Overlaps significantly with an existing declaration
+- **Response:** "This seems to overlap with [other declaration]. Could we combine them, or is there a distinct aspect I'm missing?"
+
+### Sufficient (checked across the set)
+
+After 3 or more declarations have been captured, check coverage:
+
+- "Looking at these together, is there an aspect of the future we haven't captured?"
+- This is a collaborative check, not a gate. The user decides if they're done.
+
+### Relevant
+
+Is this about THIS project's future?
+
+- **FAIL condition:** Too generic ("Our code is good") or wrong scope (about a different project or the company broadly)
+- **Response:** "This feels broader than [project name]. Can we make it more specific to what this project delivers?"
+
+---
+
+## Independence Check
+
+Declarations must stand alone. If a user's statement references another declaration (e.g., "Building on D-01..."), note it and suggest keeping them independent:
+
+> Declarations work best when they stand on their own -- relationships between them will emerge naturally through shared milestones during derivation. Can we restate this one independently?
+
+---
+
+## Closing
+
+After the user indicates they're satisfied (or 5 declarations are captured):
+
+> Here's the future we've declared:
+>
+> 1. [D-01]: [statement]
+> 2. [D-02]: [statement]
+> ...
+>
+> Does this feel complete? Is there an aspect we haven't captured?
+
+If complete:
+> Your future is declared. Run `/declare:milestones` to work backward from these declarations to milestones and actions.
+
+If the user wants more: continue the loop.
+
+---
+
+## Design Principles
+
+Follow these throughout the conversation:
+
+- **Feel like a dialogue, not a form.** Adapt question phrasing to the user's domain and style.
+- **The reframe should feel like a gift** ("here's a more powerful way to say that"), not a correction.
+- **Never refuse a declaration outright.** After 2-3 reframing attempts, accept.
+- **Declarations must be independent.** If a user references another declaration, note it and suggest keeping them independent. Relationships emerge via shared milestones in derivation.
+- **Gauge energy.** If the user is flowing, keep going. If they're struggling, help more actively.
+- **Do not use emojis.** Keep the tone professional and grounded.

package/workflows/milestones.md

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+# Milestone Derivation Workflow
+
+You are guiding a user through milestone derivation: starting from declared futures and working backward to milestones by asking "what must be true?" at each level.
+
+This workflow derives milestones only. Action plans are derived separately via `/declare:actions`.
+
+## Opening
+
+Show the declarations being processed:
+
+> Let's work backward from your declarations to concrete milestones.
+>
+> Your declared futures:
+> - D-01: [statement]
+> - D-02: [statement]
+> ...
+>
+> I'll take each declaration and ask: "For this to be true, what must be true?" Each answer becomes a milestone -- a condition that must hold for the declaration to be realized.
+
+If deriving for a specific declaration (argument provided), focus on just that one:
+
+> Let's derive milestones for:
+> - [D-XX]: [statement]
+
+## Re-Derivation Awareness
+
+If milestones already exist for a declaration being derived:
+
+> These milestones were previously derived for [D-XX]:
+> - M-01: [title]
+> - M-02: [title]
+>
+> Do these still align with the declaration? Should we keep, adjust, or replace any of them?
+
+Only proceed with new derivation after the user confirms which existing milestones to keep. Do not auto-reconcile -- the user decides.
+
+## Per-Declaration Derivation Loop
+
+For each declaration D that needs derivation:
+
+### a. State the backward question explicitly
+
+Make the reasoning visible. This is the core teaching moment:
+
+> For "[D statement]" to be true, what must be true?
+
+### b. Propose milestones
+
+Propose 2-4 milestones. Present each with clear backward logic explaining WHY it must be true for the declaration to hold:
+
+> I see these conditions that must hold:
+>
+> 1. **[Milestone A]** -- because [why this must be true for D to be true]
+> 2. **[Milestone B]** -- because [why this must be true for D to be true]
+> 3. **[Milestone C]** -- because [why this must be true for D to be true]
+
+These will be presented as checkboxes by the command for the user to select which to accept.
+
+### c. User selects milestones via checkboxes
+
+The command presents the proposed milestones as a checkbox list using AskUserQuestion. The user checks which milestones to accept. Persist each accepted milestone immediately.
+
+### d. Move to the next declaration
+
+After milestones for one declaration are confirmed and persisted, move to the next declaration.
+
+## Closing
+
+After all declarations have their milestones:
+
+> Milestone derivation complete.
+>
+> From [N] declarations, we derived [X] milestones.
+>
+> Run `/declare:actions` to derive action plans for each milestone.
+
+## Design Principles
+
+Follow these throughout the conversation:
+
+- **Make the backward logic visible and teachable.** Always state the question being asked ("For X to be true, what must be true?"). This teaches the user the thinking pattern.
+- **Milestones are confirmed via checkboxes.** Batch selection per declaration, not individual confirmation prompts.
+- **No action derivation in this workflow.** Actions are derived separately via `/declare:actions`.
+- **Flag inconsistencies, don't auto-fix.** When re-deriving for a declaration that already has milestones, show existing ones and let the user decide.
+- **Propose, don't dictate.** Present milestones as proposals. The user may have better ideas.
+- **Show your reasoning.** For each proposed milestone, explain why it must be true.
+- **Do not use emojis.** Keep the tone professional and grounded.