Date: 2026-04-04 Author: Executor Status: 🟢 RF — Complete Parent HL: HL-TFW-24 TS: TS__TFW-24
| File | Description |
|——|————|
| tasks/TFW-24__res_state_machine/ONB__TFW-24__res_state_machine.md | Onboarding report |
| File | Changes |
|——|———|
| .tfw/conventions.md | §4: added Research subfolder convention. §8: research/base.md role → Researcher. §15: research/base.md → Researcher with Permitted RES, research/ stage files |
| .tfw/glossary.md | Coordinator: removed “Conducts RESEARCH and writes RES files”. Added Researcher (AI) role definition with Hard Stop |
| .tfw/workflows/research/base.md | Role Lock → RESEARCHER. Added Step 0 (Resume Protocol). Step 3 → subfolder creation. Steps 4/5 → stage files. Removed Step 6 (Final Checkpoint — section removed from RES template). Renumbered old Step 7 → Step 6 (Synthesis + Hard Stop). Added 2 MUST rules. OODA ACT → “Update stage file” |
| .tfw/workflows/plan.md | Step 6: “Start /tfw-research. Researcher role takes over.” + STOP. Footer self-check: added Researcher handoff check |
| .tfw/templates/RES.md | Removed 3 stage sections (Gather/Extract/Challenge) + Final Checkpoint. Reshaped to synthesis format: Decisions, Open Questions, Hypotheses, HL Update Recommendations, Fact Candidates, Conclusion. Briefing section references research/briefing.md |
| .tfw/templates/HL.md | §1 → Vision + Impact + stakeholder Quote. §2 → domain-agnostic. §5 → domain-agnostic (covers §4 deliverables). §10 → added “Why Not Just…?” section |
| .tfw/PROJECT_CONFIG.yaml | RES status role: coordinator → role: researcher |
| .agent/workflows/tfw-plan.md | Synced from .tfw/workflows/plan.md |
| .agent/workflows/tfw-research.md | Synced from .tfw/workflows/research/base.md |
| .claude/commands/tfw-plan.md | Synced from .tfw/workflows/plan.md |
Merged Step 6 (Final Checkpoint) into Step 6 (Synthesis). The RES template no longer has a “Final Checkpoint” section (stage sections were removed), so the old Step 6 referencing it was dead. This also saved ~30 words needed to meet the 600-word budget.
Compressed Step 3 (subfolder creation) via conventions ref. Instead of repeating the file list and format in base.md, it now references conventions.md §4 (Research subfolder) where the canonical definition lives. Follows the ref-inside-step pattern (P12/D25).
OODA ACT step changed from “Update RES” to “Update stage file.” Logical consequence of the subfolder architecture — during stages the agent writes to individual files, not the final RES.
conventions.md §8 shows Researcher for research/base.mdconventions.md §15 shows Researcher with correct Permitted/Forbiddenconventions.md §4 has research subfolder conventionglossary.md has Researcher entry, Coordinator no longer mentions researchbase.md Role Lock = RESEARCHER (not Coordinator)base.md has Step 0 (Resume Protocol)base.md stages write to individual stage files in research/base.md Step 6 = Synthesis + Hard Stop (was Step 7, renumbered after Final Checkpoint removal)plan.md Step 6 hands off to Researcher, not self-switchestemplates/RES.md has synthesis structure (no stage sections)templates/HL.md §1 = Vision + Impact + stakeholder Quotetemplates/HL.md §10 = has “Why Not Just…?” sectiontemplates/HL.md §2, §5 = domain-agnosticPROJECT_CONFIG.yaml RES role = researcher.tfw/base.md ≤ 600 words (exactly 600)echo "configure your lint command"): N/A (markdown-only project)echo "configure your test command"): N/Aecho "configure your verify command"): Passed.tfw/: 0 results ✅wc -w base.md: 600 words ✅| # | File | Line(s) | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .tfw/conventions.md |
L129 | naming | §10.1, §10.2, §10 are numbered out of order (10.1 before 10) — inherited from previous tasks |
| 2 | .tfw/glossary.md |
L66 | style | RESEARCH entry says “Optional — user can skip with confirmation” but this is now handled by plan.md Step 6, creating slight duplication |
| 3 | .tfw/workflows/research/base.md |
— | style | Step numbering now 0-6 (was 1-7). Step 6 was previously “Final Checkpoint → Closure” — compressed well but the Closure concept (HL update recommendations) is now embedded in Synthesis, which works but future agents may not associate “Synthesis” with “writes HL recommendations” |
| # | Category | Candidate | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | process | Researcher is the 4th role in TFW, extracted from Coordinator same pattern as Reviewer (TFW-8). 4 roles: Coordinator, Researcher, Executor, Reviewer | HL-TFW-24, this RF | High |
| 2 | convention | Research stage files live in tasks/{ID}/research/ subfolder. File existence = stage completion (filesystem-level state machine). Files: briefing.md, gather.md, extract.md, challenge.md |
conventions.md §4 | High |
| 3 | convention | RES template is a synthesis document — stage-level details stay in research/ subfolder files. Different structure to prevent copy-paste | HL-TFW-24 P3, RES.md template | High |
| 4 | process | base.md Step 0 (Resume Protocol) enables crash-resilient research by checking filesystem state: research/ exists? → which files? → RES exists? | base.md L12-16 | High |
| *RF — TFW-24: Researcher Role & RES State Machine | 2026-04-04* |