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Builtin Workflows

Builtin workflows ship with Stencila and are available in every workspace without additional configuration.

Usage

You can run these workflows in the Stencila TUI by selecting one with the /workflow command, or by starting your prompt with ~workflow-name e.g. ~software-delivery-tdd implement the feature described in DESIGN.md.

Documents

Workflows for creating and refining documents.

  • Figure Creation Iterative Workflow — Create and iteratively refine a Stencila figure using the figure-creator and figure-reviewer agents, route approved drafts through human review with optional commit, and loop on requested revisions

Themes

Workflows for creating and refining Stencila themes.

  • Theme Creation Iterative Workflow — Create and iteratively refine a Stencila theme using the theme-creator and theme-reviewer agents, route approved drafts through human review with optional commit, and loop on requested revisions

Software Engineering

Workflows for the design, planning, implementation, testing, review, and delivery of software.

  • Software Design Iterative Workflow — Create and iteratively refine a software design specification using the software-design-creator and software-design-reviewer agents, with human review, optional commit, and revision loops until accepted

  • Software Plan Iterative Workflow — Create and iteratively refine a software delivery plan using the software-plan-creator and software-plan-reviewer agents, with human review, optional commit, and revision loops until accepted

  • Software Refactor Iterative Workflow — Iteratively refactor part or all of a software project using the software-code-refactorer and software-code-reviewer agents, with test verification after each pass, human approval, and optional commit before completion

  • Software Delivery Test-Driven Development (TDD) Workflow — Execute a software delivery plan using test-driven development with Red-Green-Refactor cycles, agent-driven scoped test execution, human approval after each slice, and a bounded delivery closeout phase with final human review once all slices are complete

  • Software Delivery Full Workflow — End-to-end software feature pipeline that composes design, planning, and TDD delivery workflows into a single orchestrated sequence

  • Code Review Parallel Workflow — Run three independent code reviews in parallel using Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google models via the software-code-reviewer agent, then synthesize a unified prioritized findings report highlighting reviewer agreement and disagreement

Workflows

Workflows for creating, refining, and dynamically running workflows.

  • Workflow Creation Iterative Workflow — Create and iteratively refine a Stencila workflow using the workflow-creator and workflow-reviewer agents, route approved drafts through human review with optional commit, and loop on requested revisions

  • Workflow Creation Top-Down Workflow — Design a workflow top-down by first planning its structure and dependencies, creating each dependency via the appropriate child workflow, then building and refining the parent workflow with those dependencies available

  • Workflow Create and Run Workflow — Generate an ephemeral workflow tailored to a user's goal and immediately execute it, enabling single-delegation dynamic workflow orchestration

Agents

Workflows for creating and refining agents.

  • Agent Creation Iterative Workflow — Create and iteratively refine a Stencila agent using the agent-creator and agent-reviewer agents, route approved drafts through human review with optional commit, and loop on requested revisions

  • Agent Creation Top-Down Workflow — Design an agent top-down by first planning its skills, creating each skill via the skill-creation-iterative workflow, and then creating, refining, and optionally committing the agent with those skills available

Skills

Workflows for creating and refining agent skills.

  • Skill Creation Iterative Workflow — Create and iteratively refine a Stencila skill using the skill-creator and skill-reviewer agents, with human review, optional commit, and revision loops until accepted

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