Full Development

Execute complete software development lifecycle with automated phase management, quality gates, and state tracking.

Objectives

• Guide through 11-phase development process from requirements to deployment
• Automatically skip completed phases based on state tracking
• Ensure quality gates at each phase transition
• Generate comprehensive documentation at each stage
• Maintain development state for resumable workflows

Quick Start

Commands

/full-dev                    # Start or continue development process
/full-dev status             # View current progress
/full-dev reset              # Reset state and start from beginning
/full-dev skip               # Skip current phase (with confirmation)
/full-dev goto <phase>       # Jump to specific phase

Shortcuts

• /spec-only - Execute phases 1-5 (specification stages only, including UX design)
• /impl-only - Execute phases 6-10 (implementation stages only)
• /quick-dev - Skip documentation phases, go straight to implementation

Development Phases

Phase 1: Requirements Analysis

Output: docs/requirements.md

Skills: dev-product_manager

Workflow: 1-analysis/create-product-brief

Actions:

1. Engage user to understand project vision
2. Identify target users and use cases
3. Define core features and constraints
4. Document non-functional requirements

Completion Criteria:

• Requirements document exists and contains: background, users, features, NFRs

Phase 2: Product Requirements Document (PRD)

Output: docs/prd.md

Skills: dev-product_manager

Workflow: 2-plan-workflows/create-prd

Actions:

1. Read requirements document
2. Create detailed user stories
3. Define acceptance criteria
4. Prioritize features

Completion Criteria:

• PRD exists with user stories, acceptance criteria, and priorities

Phase 3: UX Design

Output: docs/ux-design.md

Skills: dev-ux_designer

Workflow: 2-plan-workflows/create-ux-design

Actions:

1. Read PRD document
2. Create user personas from target users
3. Map user journeys for key workflows
4. Design information architecture
5. Define interaction patterns
6. Create visual design system
7. Plan usability testing framework

Completion Criteria:

• UX design document exists with personas, journey maps, IA, interaction patterns, design system

Phase 4: System Architecture

Output: docs/architecture.md

Skills: dev-senior_architect

Workflow: 3-solutioning/create-architecture

Actions:

1. Analyze PRD and UX design requirements
2. Select technology stack
3. Design system components
4. Define data flow and API contracts
5. Ensure architecture supports UX design needs

Completion Criteria:

• Architecture document exists with tech stack, components, data flow, API design
• Architecture aligns with UX design specifications

Phase 5: Task Breakdown

Output: docs/stories.md

Skills: dev-product_manager

Workflow: 3-solutioning/create-epics-and-stories

Actions:

1. Read architecture and UX design documents
2. Break down into epics
3. Create detailed stories
4. Establish task dependencies
5. Ensure stories cover all UX user journeys

Completion Criteria:

• Stories document exists with epics, stories, and dependency graph
• Stories cover all UX design user journeys

Phase 6: Database Design

Output: docs/database.md + migration files

Skills: dev-senior_data_engineer

Actions:

1. Read architecture document
2. Design database schema
3. Create ER diagrams
4. Generate migration files
5. Design indexes and constraints

Completion Criteria:

• Database document exists with ER diagram, table structures, indexes
• Migration files created (if applicable)

Phase 7: Backend Development

Output: Backend source code in src/ or backend/

Skills: dev-senior_backend

Workflow: 4-implementation/dev-story

Actions:

1. Read stories document
2. Implement models, routers, services, schemas
3. Follow TDD process (RED → GREEN → REFACTOR)
4. Run validation checks after each module

Completion Criteria:

• All backend stories completed
• Code quality checks pass
• Tests pass with 80%+ coverage
• API endpoints match design specifications

Phase 8: Frontend Development

Output: Frontend source code in src/ or frontend/

Skills: dev-senior_frontend, dev-ux_designer

Workflow: 4-implementation/dev-story

Actions:

1. Read stories and UX design documents
2. Implement components, pages, state management
3. Follow TDD process
4. Ensure implementation matches UX design specifications
5. Run validation checks after each module

Completion Criteria:

• All frontend stories completed
• Code quality checks pass
• Tests pass with 80%+ coverage
• UI/UX matches design specifications

Note: Can run in parallel with Phase 7 if configured

Phase 9: Testing

Output: Test suite in tests/

Skills: dev-senior_qa

Workflow: testarch/automate

Actions:

1. Read PRD acceptance criteria and UX design
2. Design test strategy
3. Implement automated tests (unit, integration, E2E)
4. Execute usability tests based on UX design framework
5. Execute test suite

Completion Criteria:

• Test coverage meets target (80%+)
• All tests pass
• Integration tests cover critical paths
• Usability tests validate UX design

Phase 10: Code Review

Output: Review report

Skills: dev-code_reviewer

Workflow: 4-implementation/code-review

Actions:

1. Review code quality and readability
2. Check security vulnerabilities
3. Verify test coverage
4. Validate architecture compliance
5. Generate review report
6. Fix critical issues

Completion Criteria:

• Review report generated
• All critical issues resolved
• No security vulnerabilities

Phase 11: Deployment

Output: Deployment configuration and successful deployment

Skills: dev-senior_devops

Actions:

1. Configure deployment environment
2. Set up CI/CD pipeline
3. Execute deployment
4. Run health checks

Completion Criteria:

• Deployment successful
• Health checks pass
• Monitoring configured

State Management

State File: .dev-state.yaml

project: project-name
started_at: 2025-02-01T10:00:00
current_phase: 4
config:
  parallel_frontend_backend: true
  auto_check: true
  docs_dir: docs
  src_dir: src
  tests_dir: tests
phases:
  requirements:
    status: completed
    completed_at: 2025-02-01T10:30:00
    output: docs/requirements.md
  prd:
    status: completed
    completed_at: 2025-02-01T11:00:00
    output: docs/prd.md
  ux_design:
    status: completed
    completed_at: 2025-02-01T11:30:00
    output: docs/ux-design.md
  architecture:
    status: in_progress
    started_at: 2025-02-01T12:00:00
  # ... other phases

Phase Status Values

• pending - Not started
• in_progress - Currently executing
• completed - Finished and validated
• skipped - Manually skipped

Skip Logic

For each phase, check in order:

1. State file marks as completed? → Skip
2. Output file exists and valid? → Mark completed, skip
3. Otherwise → Execute phase

Validation Rules

Document Validation

• File exists and is not empty
• Contains required sections
• Passes format validation

Code Validation

• Syntax check passes
• Linting passes
• Tests pass
• Coverage meets threshold

Deployment Validation

• Build succeeds
• Health checks pass
• No critical errors in logs

Configuration Options

Add to .dev-state.yaml:

config:
  # Enable parallel frontend/backend development
  parallel_frontend_backend: true
  
  # Auto-run validation checks
  auto_check: true
  
  # Custom check scripts
  check_scripts:
    database: scripts/check-database.py
    backend: scripts/check-backend.py
    frontend: scripts/check-frontend.py
  
  # Output directories
  docs_dir: docs
  src_dir: src
  tests_dir: tests
  
  # Quality thresholds
  test_coverage_threshold: 80
  code_quality_threshold: B

Integration with Other Skills

This skill orchestrates multiple specialized skills:

• dev-product_manager - Requirements and PRD
• dev-ux_designer - UX research and design
• dev-senior_architect - Architecture design
• dev-senior_backend - Backend implementation
• dev-senior_frontend - Frontend implementation
• dev-senior_data_engineer - Database design
• dev-senior_qa - Testing strategy
• dev-code_reviewer - Code review
• dev-senior_devops - Deployment

Best Practices

1. Don't skip phases - Each phase builds on previous work
2. Validate before proceeding - Ensure quality gates pass
3. Update state regularly - Keep .dev-state.yaml current
4. Review outputs - Check generated documents before moving forward
5. Use parallel development - Enable for faster iteration when possible

Common Issues

Phase Won't Skip

Problem: Phase re-executes despite output file existing

Solution: Check that output file is not empty and contains required sections

State File Corruption

Problem: State file becomes invalid

Solution: Run /full-dev reset to reinitialize

Validation Failures

Problem: Quality checks fail repeatedly

Solution: Review check script output, fix issues, then retry phase

References

For detailed workflow documentation: See .github/ai-dev-config/core/workflows/full-development/workflow.md

For phase-specific workflows: See .github/ai-dev-config/core/workflows/ subdirectories

For skill documentation: See individual skill SKILL.md files in .github/ai-dev-config/core/skills/