Ase code craft
Agentic Software Engineering (ASE)
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Craft Source Code: Use when user wants to "create", "add", or "craft" a new feature from scratch.
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@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-dialog.md @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md
<skill name="ase-code-craft"> Craft Source Code </skill><expand name="getopt" arg1="ase-code-craft" arg2="--auto|-a --dry|-d --quick|-Q --next|-n=(none|DONE|EDIT|GRILL|PREFLIGHT|IMPLEMENT)..."> $ARGUMENTS </expand>
<if condition="<getopt-option-quick/> is equal `true`"> The `--quick`/`-Q` flag is a *shorthand alias*: set <getopt-option-auto/> to `true`, <getopt-option-dry/> to `true`, and <getopt-option-next/> to `IMPLEMENT,DELETE`. Do not output anything. </if> <objective> From scratch *craft* the following feature: <feature><getopt-arguments/></feature> </objective>@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-format-task.md @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-tenets.md
Procedure
You MUST NOT call Edit, Write, NotebookEdit, or any
filesystem-modifying tool during this entire skill. The only
permitted way to persist artifacts is via ase_task_save(...).
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<step id="STEP 1: Reason About Feature">
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<if condition=" <feature/> matches the regexp `^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$` "> Set <ase-task-id><feature/></ase-task-id> (set task id to feature) and <feature></feature> (set feature empty), call the
<template> ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ task: **<ase-task-id/>**, ▶ status: **task given** </template> </if>ase_task_id(id: "<ase-task-id/>", session: "<ase-session-id/>")tool from theaseMCP server to switch the task, and then only output the following <template/>: -
<if condition=" <feature/> has the format `<id/>: <text/>` AND <id/> matches the regexp `^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$` "> Set <feature><text/></feature> and <ase-task-id><id/></ase-task-id> and call the
ase_task_id(id: "<ase-task-id/>", session: "<ase-session-id/>")tool from theaseMCP server to implicitly switch the task. Do not output anything. </if> -
<if condition="<feature/> is empty">
Ask the user interactively, without a special tool, for the
initial feature with a single question:
**No feature known yet. What is the feature you want to craft?**Then set <feature/> to the response of the user. </if>
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<if condition=" <ase-task-id/> is equal `default` and <feature/> is not empty "> Set <ase-task-id/> to a unique task id, derived from <feature/>, which consists of two lower-case words concatenated with a
-character. Then call thease_task_id(id: "<ase-task-id/>", session: "<ase-session-id/>")tool from theaseMCP server to implicitly switch the task. Do not output anything. </if> -
Report the task and feature with the following <template/>:
<template> ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ task: **<ase-task-id/>** ⧉ **ASE**: ⇌ feature: **<feature/>** </template> -
Figure out what the requested <feature/> to be crafted is about.
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Ask the user for clarification if the goal of this crafting is too unclear.
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Do not output anything else in this step, unless you asked the user.
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<step id="STEP 2: Investigate Code Base">
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Check the existing source files for all code which is related to the requested new <feature/>.
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Check the architecture of the existing code base to understand the overall structures and dynamics.
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Do not output anything in this STEP 2.
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<step id="STEP 3: Internalize Crafting Tenets">
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You MUST internalize and strictly honor the GENERIC TENETS, and the CRAFTING TENETS of the ASE Tenets when updating in the following. Do not output anything.
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Do not output anything in this STEP 3.
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<step id="STEP 4: Choose Feature Crafting Approaches">
You MUST perform the following sub-steps internally and without any output until and including the recommendation decision. Only sub-steps 4-7 below are allowed to produce output; sub-steps 4-6 only if <getopt-option-auto/> is equal
falseand <ase-project-boxing/> is not equalblack.If <getopt-option-auto/> is equal
trueor <ase-project-boxing/> is equalblack, skip the reporting sub-steps 4-6 entirely (they perform no output at all) to speed up processing.-
Propose a corresponding feature approach, optionally including some alternative feature approaches. Do not output anything in this sub-step.
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Reflect on and critique the proposed approaches by deriving, per approach, a small set of concrete pros and cons. Do not output anything in this sub-step.
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Based on the reflection, decide which approach to recommend and annotate it with an <annotation/> of
⚝ **RECOMMENDATION** ⚝. All other approaches receive an empty <annotation/>. Do not output anything in this sub-step. -
Indicate start of reporting by showing the following <template/>:
<template> <ase-tpl-head title="APPROACHES"/> </template> -
Now report each approach with the following <template/>, inlining its pros/cons derived in sub-step 2, and do not output anything else in this step:
<template> ● **APPROACH A<n/>**<annotation/>: **<summary/>** ○ [...] ⊕ *PRO*: [...] ⊖ *CON*: [...] </template>Hints:
- Give a short one-sentence <summary/> of the feature
approach plus precise and ultra brief and concise
feature information. Try to keep the number of bullet points
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○ [...]) in the range of 1-4.
- Give a short one-sentence <summary/> of the feature
approach plus precise and ultra brief and concise
feature information. Try to keep the number of bullet points
(
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Indicate end of reporting by showing the following <template/>:
<template> <ase-tpl-foot title="APPROACHES"/> </template> -
<if condition="<getopt-option-auto/> is not equal `true` and <ase-project-boxing/> is not equal `black`">
In the following, you MUST NOT use your built-in <user-dialog-tool/> tool! Instead, you MUST just show a custom dialog according to the expanded
custom-dialogdefinition. You MUST closely follow this definition.Let the user choose the preferred approach A<n/> by raising a question with the following custom dialog, where per approach A<n/>, you determine an ultra brief summary <short-summary/> and then use the answer option
<expand name="custom-dialog" arg1="--no-other"> Select Approach: Select your preferred crafting approach to follow? A<n/>: <short-summary/> [...] </expand> </if> <else>A<n/>: ⚝ **RECOMMENDATION** ⚝ - <short-summary/>for your recommended approach plus zero or more answer optionsA<n/>: <short-summary/>for all other approaches:Set <n/> to the number of the feature approach A<n/> you recommend. Output a hint with the following <template/>:
<template> ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ task: **<ase-task-id/>**, ▶ status: **auto-chosen approach A<n/>** </template> </else>
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<step id="STEP 5: Compose Feature Crafting Plan">
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Compose a feature plan for the chosen feature A<n/> by closely aligning to the existing architecture and the existing code base. Use the <format/> defined for a task plan and inject the information from feature A<n/> and all derived realization decisions into it. Store the resulting task plan in <task-content/>.
If a
<if condition="<getopt-option-dry/> is equal `true`"> You *MUST* completely omit the `## VERIFICATION` section (including its heading and all of its bullet points) from <task-content/>. </if>CHANGELOG.mdfile exists in the project (or in any affected sub-package), the plan MUST include, as part of its## CHANGESsection, an explicit bullet point describing the addition of a corresponding new entry to thatCHANGELOG.mdfile, aligned with its existing style and conventions.You MUST NOT call
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Call the
ase_timestamp(format: "yyyy-LL-dd HH:mm")tool of theaseMCP server and use thetextfield of its response for <timestamp-created/> and <timestamp-modified/> information. Then insert the current <ase-task-id/>, <timestamp-created/>, and <timestamp-modified/> information and calculate the number of words <words/> of <task-content/>. -
You then MUST save the resulting plan content with the
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Output a hint with the following <template/>:
<template> ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ task: **<ase-task-id/>**, ✪ plan: **<words/>** words, ▶ status: **plan created** </template> -
Directly pass-through control to the next skill:
Treat <getopt-option-next/> as a comma-separated chronological list of pre-selected next-step tokens. Peek the first token as <head/> (or
noneif the list isnone/empty). Set <args>--int-reuse-task</args>.- <if condition="<head/> is equal `DONE`"> Consume the head: set <getopt-option-next/> to the remaining tokens (joined back with `,`, or `none` if empty). `DONE` means the freshly composed plan is finalized as-is, so do *not* hand off to `ase-task-edit`. Only output the following <template/> and then *STOP*. Do *not* implement the plan. <template> ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ task: **<ase-task-id/>**, ✪ plan: **<words/>** words, ▶ status: **plan finalized -- done** </template> </if>
- <elseif condition="<head/> is equal `IMPLEMENT`"> Consume the head: set <getopt-option-next/> to the remaining tokens (joined back with `,`, or `none` if empty). <if condition="<getopt-option-next/> is not equal `none`"> Set <args><args/> --next <getopt-option-next/></args> </if> Call the tool `Skill(skill: "ase:ase-task-implement", args: "<args/>")` to *implement* the freshly composed plan, bypassing `ase-task-edit`. </elseif>
- <elseif condition="<head/> is equal `PREFLIGHT`"> Consume the head: set <getopt-option-next/> to the remaining tokens (joined back with `,`, or `none` if empty). <if condition="<getopt-option-next/> is not equal `none`"> Set <args><args/> --next <getopt-option-next/></args> </if> Call the tool `Skill(skill: "ase:ase-task-preflight", args: "<args/>")` to *preflight* the freshly composed plan, bypassing `ase-task-edit`. </elseif>
- <elseif condition="<head/> is equal `GRILL`"> Consume the head: set <getopt-option-next/> to the remaining tokens (joined back with `,`, or `none` if empty). `GRILL` is this skill's own dispatch token, *not* part of `ase-task-grill`'s `--next` vocabulary, so it must be stripped here rather than forwarded. All remaining tokens are `ase-task-grill`'s own vocabulary and are forwarded verbatim. <if condition="<getopt-option-next/> is not equal `none`"> Set <args><args/> --next <getopt-option-next/></args> </if> Call the tool `Skill(skill: "ase:ase-task-grill", args: "<args/>")` to *grill* the freshly composed plan, bypassing `ase-task-edit`. </elseif>
- <else> Hand off to `ase-task-edit`. <if condition="<head/> is equal `EDIT`"> Consume the head: set <getopt-option-next/> to the remaining tokens (joined back with `,`, or `none` if empty). `EDIT` is this skill's own dispatch token, *not* part of `ase-task-edit`'s `--next` vocabulary, so it must be stripped here rather than forwarded. </if> All remaining tokens are `ase-task-edit`'s own vocabulary and are forwarded verbatim, so `ase-task-edit` consumes its own head itself. <if condition="<getopt-option-next/> is not equal `none`"> Set <args><args/> --next <getopt-option-next/></args> </if> Then call the tool `Skill(skill: "ase:ase-task-edit", args: "<args/>")`. </else>
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