sdd-status

Shows the status of all active SDD changes and orchestrator configuration.

Triggers: /sdd-status, SDD status, active changes, show open changes, what changes are in progress, orchestrator status

Process

Step 0 — Detect persistence mode

Follow skills/_shared/persistence-contract.md Mode Detection for Standalone Skills:

Check Engram MCP reachability → if reachable: engram, else none

Step 1 — Locate active changes

engram mode: Search engram for active SDD state artifacts:

mem_search(query: "sdd/", project: "{project}") → list all SDD-related observations

Filter for artifacts that do NOT have an archive-report topic_key (those are completed).

none mode: Report "No persistence configured — cannot show change status."

Stop here if no changes found.

Step 2 — Classify and group changes

For each active change found in engram, check which artifact types exist:

explore → marks explore phase done
proposal → marks propose phase done
spec → marks spec phase done
design → marks design phase done
tasks → marks tasks phase done
verify-report → marks verify phase done

Infer phase label for each change:

Condition	Phase Label
No artifacts at all	not started
only explore (no proposal)	explore only — awaiting proposal
proposal present, spec and design absent	propose done — awaiting spec/design
proposal + spec + design present, tasks absent	spec+design done — awaiting tasks
tasks present, verify-report absent	tasks done — ready for apply/verify
verify-report present	verify done — ready to archive

Group changes by action bucket:

READY TO ARCHIVE    : verify-report present
AWAITING SPEC/DESIGN: proposal present, tasks absent, (spec or design absent)
AWAITING APPLY      : tasks present, verify-report absent
EXPLORE ONLY        : only explore, no proposal

Step 3 — Render output

Output format (grouped, no redundancy):

Active SDD Changes

-- Ready to Archive --
  [change-name]   explore ok  proposal ok  spec ok  design ok  tasks ok  verify ok

-- Awaiting Apply/Verify --
  [change-name]   explore ok  proposal ok  spec ok  design ok  tasks ok  verify -

-- Awaiting Spec/Design --
  [change-name]   explore -  proposal ok  spec -  design -  tasks -  verify -

-- Explore Only (no proposal yet) --
  [change-name]   explore ok  proposal -

Next actions:
  - [N] ready to archive → /sdd-archive <name>
  - [N] awaiting spec/design → /sdd-spec <name> + /sdd-design <name>

Rules for this format:

Each group header is shown only if the group has at least one entry
Use ok for present, - for absent
"Next actions" section is omitted if all groups are empty
Do NOT repeat each change's phase in a separate list — the group it belongs to IS its phase

Step 4 — Orchestrator state

Read the project's CLAUDE.md and report:

Persistence mode: engram / none
Skills registry count (from ## Skills section)
Configuration source path

Include this as a header section BEFORE the active changes output:

Orchestrator
  Mode: [engram|none]
  Skills: [N] registered
  Config: [path to CLAUDE.md]

Rules

Read-only: I only inspect engram — no mutations
I never modify any files in this phase
If no engram artifacts found, I report gracefully and suggest /sdd-explore <topic> or /sdd-propose <change-name>