Standard Task SOP (High-Trust Edition)

Follow this adaptive workflow to ensure task reliability and professional-grade execution.

Phase 0: Triage & Analyze

1. Analyze: Assess task scope within the workspace.
2. Threshold Check:
• Simple Path: < 3 steps. Direct execution.
• Standard Path: >= 3 steps. Follow Path B.

[Path A] Simple Path

1. Confirm intent -> Execute -> Report. DONE.

[Path B] Standard Path (Machine-Gated)

For complex engineering, act as a Manager and ensure all workers are Sandboxed.

Phase 1: Confirm

Summarize your understanding and align on the objective.

Phase 2: Create Plan

1. Decompose: Register steps in task-tracker.js.
2. Parallelize: Identify independent sub-tasks for delegation.
3. Draft Plan: Create implementation_plan.md. Be explicit about worker scope.

Phase 3: Obtain Approval (Planning Mode - THE GATE)

> [!IMPORTANT]

> YOU ARE IN PLANNING MODE.

> 1. Present plan. MUST YIELD and wait for user approval.

> 2. GATING: Once approved, YOU MUST RUN: node scripts/approve.js ""

> 3. DO NOT modify any files until this symbolic gate script is run.

Phase 4: Execute (Autonomous Loop)

> [!TIP]

> YOU ARE IN AUTONOMOUS LOOP.

> 1. Sequential by Default: Execute the plan steps sequentially yourself.

> 2. Configurable Sub-agents: BEFORE parallelizing work:

> - Check Configuration: Run openclaw config get skills.entries.multi-step-workflow.config.

> - Initialization: If config is empty or errors, run openclaw config set skills.entries.multi-step-workflow.config '{"useSubAgents": false, "maxSubAgents": 3, "useSnapshots": false}' --strict-json.

> - Modify Configuration (if needed): Run openclaw config set skills.entries.multi-step-workflow.config. --strict-json.

> - Defaults (if missing): useSubAgents: false, maxSubAgents: 3.

> - If useSubAgents is false, DO NOT use spawn.

> - If useSubAgents is true, you may use spawn (limit: maxSubAgents).

> - RESTRICTION: Do NOT use spawn for arbitrary OS commands or network scanning.

> 3. Progress: Mark steps done. Report each step and IMMEDIATELY move to the next.

> 4. Context Preservation (Anti-Amnesia):

> - Check useSnapshots: Run openclaw config get skills.entries.multi-step-workflow.config (Default: false).

> - Execute (Only if useSnapshots is true): If you extract a crucial finding OR if the task is taking many turns:

> node scripts/context-snapshot.js save "" "" "" [""]

> - Self-Healing: If you suspect context compaction, run node scripts/context-snapshot.js load to recover.

Phase 5: Validate

Verify results (tests, results). If a worker fails, go back to Phase 4.

Phase 6: Review

Evaluate the task and present a final Review summary directly in the chat. Highlight what was done well, what was problematic, and any critical lessons learned.

DO NOT auto-write to any memory files.

Simply display your review and ask the user if they would like this experience saved to their long-term memory.

Phase 7: Complete

Task finished. Clean up state if necessary.