The previous layout placed epic folders directly under docs/work/
alongside prds/ and _system/. Tightening: epics now live in their
own docs/work/epics/ subfolder, peer to prds/ and _system/. Same
shape as the existing prds/ bucket.
Final docs/work/ layout:
README.md
prds/<slug>.prd.md
_system/_state.json
epics/<slug>/_epic.md + <story-folder>/_story.md
Renames (git mv preserves history):
- docs/work/binder-wrap-helper/
-> docs/work/epics/binder-wrap-helper/
- docs/work/library-evaluation-policy/
-> docs/work/epics/library-evaluation-policy/
- docs/work/ci-security-and-supply-chain/
-> docs/work/epics/ci-security-and-supply-chain/
Tooling updates:
- state-builder.mjs walks workRoot/epics/ directly; SKIP_FOLDERS
obsoleted (no more sibling folders to filter out).
- dispatch.mjs's findNextTask, tickStoryBulletInEpic, and
flipEpicDoneIfAllStoriesDone all join with "epics" segment.
- prd-ship.mjs's deriveShippingCommits walks workRoot/epics/ and
git-logs docs/work/epics/<epic>/.
- decomposer.prompt.md emits epics under docs/work/epics/<epic-id>/.
- handoff + grill-with-docs glossary references updated.
- Glossary entry for Epic updated.
Reserved future shape: when a task-tracker integration (ClickUp,
Linear) ships, the epics/ subfolder hosts <task-id>-<slug>/
folders. Today it just hosts bare slugs.
Convention shift: epic folders + PRD filenames + frontmatter id
fields are now bare slugs. The created: timestamp (Phase 2) carries
the date; folder names don't repeat it. A future <task-id>-<slug>
shape (e.g. ClickUp) lands cleanly when that integration ships.
Renames (git mv preserves history):
- docs/work/2026-05-13-binder-wrap-helper/
-> docs/work/binder-wrap-helper/
- docs/work/2026-05-14-library-evaluation-policy/
-> docs/work/library-evaluation-policy/
- docs/work/2026-05-14-ci-security-and-supply-chain/
-> docs/work/ci-security-and-supply-chain/
- docs/work/prds/2026-05-13-binder-wrap-helper.prd.md
-> docs/work/prds/binder-wrap-helper.prd.md
- docs/work/prds/2026-05-13-coverage-architecture.prd.md
-> docs/work/prds/coverage-architecture.prd.md
- docs/work/prds/2026-05-14-library-evaluation-policy.prd.md
-> docs/work/prds/library-evaluation-policy.prd.md
- docs/work/prds/2026-05-14-ci-security-and-supply-chain.prd.md
-> docs/work/prds/ci-security-and-supply-chain.prd.md
Frontmatter updates inside the renamed files: epic id, epic prd,
story epic, PRD id, PRD builds-on all drop date prefixes.
System folder + state file move:
- New docs/work/_system/ holds framework-managed state.
- docs/work/_state.json -> docs/work/_system/_state.json.
- state-builder.mjs adds _system to SKIP_FOLDERS.
- cli.mjs + state-sync-guard.mjs + .husky/pre-commit point at the
new path.
template-reset-v1 epic deleted entirely (one-off cleanup epic from
the pre-date-convention era; status was already done).
Generator-template updates (so new artifacts ship in the right
shape):
- .sandcastle/decomposer.prompt.md emits bare-slug folder names +
ISO created: timestamp.
- .claude/skills/to-prd/SKILL.md template uses bare-slug filename +
bare-slug id field + ISO created: timestamp.
Doc reference updates: glossary, runbook, agent-first-workflow-
and-conformance, reviewer prompt, ADR-020, ADR-022, ADR-023 all
point at the new paths/slugs.
Closes the PRD-lifecycle gap surfaced by the user: when sandcastle
finishes an epic's last task, the seed PRD should auto-flip from
approved -> shipped. Builds the mechanism, wires it into the work
CLI + state index + reviewer prompt + docs.
scripts/work/prd-ship.mjs (new):
- parseFrontmatter / serializeFrontmatter — minimal YAML-ish parser
sufficient for PRD frontmatter (scalar + list shapes)
- flipPrdStatus — pure function: takes PRD text, returns new text
with status=shipped + shipped=<date> + optional shipping-commits.
Refuses to flip draft, idempotent fail-soft on already-shipped,
rejects unexpected statuses
- deriveShippingCommits — best-effort git log of the linked epic
folder for the --auto-commits flag
- findPrdPath — id -> path lookup under docs/work/prds/
- runCli — wiring for `pnpm work prd-ship <id> [--commits|--auto-commits]`
scripts/work/prd-ship.test.mjs (new, 17 tests):
- Frontmatter parser handles scalars + lists + missing frontmatter
- flipPrdStatus covers all transitions + refusals + body/key preservation
- findPrdPath + serializeFrontmatter coverage
scripts/work/state-builder.mjs:
- Epic entries gain a `prd` field
- New computeNeedsPrdShip surfaces epics done with PRD status not yet
shipped: state.needs_prd_ship[] with action commands
scripts/work/cli.mjs:
- New subcommand `pnpm work prd-ship <id>`
.sandcastle/reviewer.prompt.md:
- "Epic close-out: PRD status flip" section instructing reviewer to
check _state.json.needs_prd_ship and run the suggested action
- JSON output extends with prd_shipped: "<id>" | null
docs/work/README.md:
- "PRD lifecycle" section documenting the 4 statuses + auto-flip
Future PRDs follow the lifecycle automatically: decomposer refuses
draft, human flips to approved, sandcastle ships the epic, reviewer
runs prd-ship on the final task, PRD lands as shipped with its
commit trail.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
