Design
Start from intent, not guesses.
The agent reads stable design docs, records the goal, and turns broad ideas into reviewable implementation intent before code changes begin.
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Design, Plan, Execute gives AI agents a disciplined way to ship code.
Standardize agent-assisted development across teams with reusable planning, authorization, execution, verification, and design-document promotion skills.
Plans stay reviewable
Docs stay current
Work stays verified
workflow quick start
$ aix init
installs design-plan-execute by default
$ aix status
$ aix verify
ready: agent workflow files and project docs are in place
Workflow Pillars
A calmer operating model for agent work.
The workflow creates clear boundaries between exploration, planning, implementation, verification, and accepted design history.
Plan
Make scope visible and approved.
Backlog plans capture phases, tasks, risks, decisions, and verification notes so humans can approve the work boundary before implementation.
Execute
Ship in small verified steps.
Execution skills update the plan, make focused changes, run targeted checks, and record evidence so the project history stays useful.
Lifecycle
Humans decide when plans become implementation.
Planning stops at an approved backlog plan. Activation is the explicit human-controlled boundary before agents start changing code.
01
plan-create
Shape the idea
Help me create a plan for a new feature that saves search filters.
Starts an interactive plan-create session and leads toward a vetted backlog plan with design intent, phases, risks, and approval captured.
02
plan-activate
Authorize the work
Activate the saved-search-filters plan.
Moves the approved saved-search-filters plan from the backlog into the active in-progress area when a human is ready to implement.
03
phase-execute
Build the next phase
Execute the next phase.
Executes every task in the best order for the active phase while keeping code, tests, documentation, and plan status aligned.
04
plan-complete
Close the loop
Complete the plan.
Promotes accepted design intent into _docs/design, finalizes the plan record, and archives it under completed plans.
Installed Structure
The workflow installs process files where agents already look.
AGENTS.md managed workflow block
.agents workflow router and lifecycle rules
.agents engineering best practices
.agents workflow-owned skills
_docs/design stable design intent
_docs/plans active, backlog, and completed plan folders
Workflow Skills
Named prompts make the workflow repeatable.
Ask the agent to use the exact skill for the moment. That keeps planning, review, execution, verification, deferral, completion, and promotion distinct.
project-init
plan-create
plan-review
plan-activate
plan-update
plan-execute
phase-execute
task-execute
work-verify
plan-defer
plan-complete
design-promote
Install
Start with AIX, or install the workflow directly.
New AIX projects get Design, Plan, Execute by default. Existing projects can install this workflow from the GitHub source and review future updates.
Default install
aix init
aix status
aix verify
aix status
aix verify
Direct workflow install
aix workflow install https://github.com/tekfoundry/ai-extensions/tree/master/aix/workflows/design-plan-execute aix
aix workflow diff
aix workflow update
aix workflow diff
aix workflow update