A rigorous TDD-based workflow for AI agents that ensures code quality through automated testing, coverage gates, and structured git commits.
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1. ClawHub CLI
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npx clawhub@latest install workflow-patterns
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What is Workflow Patterns?
Workflow Patterns is a specialized skill designed to bring software engineering discipline to AI-driven development. By enforcing a strict Test-Driven Development (TDD) cycle, this skill ensures that every piece of code is verified against requirements before it is even written. It provides a roadmap for Openclaw Skills to follow, moving through Red, Green, and Refactor phases while maintaining 80% test coverage as a non-negotiable quality gate.
Beyond just writing code, Workflow Patterns focuses on the lifecycle of a task, from selection and implementation to documentation and final verification. It bridges the gap between AI generation and professional-grade software standards by integrating phase-based checkpoints that require explicit user approval, ensuring that no technical debt or unverified changes slip into the codebase.
Workflow Patterns Use Cases
- Executing complex feature implementations from a predefined development plan.
- Projects requiring strict adherence to Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodologies.
- Maintaining high-quality standards in environments with mandatory 80% code coverage.
- Building traceable project histories using structured Git commit messages and SHA-linked task updates.
- Multi-phase development cycles that require human-in-the-loop verification at critical checkpoints.
How Workflow Patterns Works
- Task Selection: The agent identifies the next pending task from the project plan without skipping ahead.
- Status Update: The task is marked as In Progress to prevent overlapping work.
- Red Phase: Failing tests are written first to define the expected behavior and edge cases.
- Green Phase: Minimum code is implemented to make the newly written tests pass.
- Refactor Phase: The implementation is cleaned up and optimized while ensuring tests remain green.
- Coverage Verification: A check is performed to ensure the new code meets the 80% coverage threshold.
- Git Implementation: Changes are committed using a structured format (type, scope, subject) including the task ID.
- Traceability: The project plan is updated with the specific commit SHA for the completed task.
- Phase Verification: Upon completing all tasks in a phase, a verification checklist is presented for user approval.
Workflow Patterns Setup
To install this skill for use with your AI agent, run the following command in your terminal:
npx clawhub@latest install workflow-patterns
Workflow Patterns Data Schema & Taxonomy
Workflow Patterns utilizes a structured system for tracking progress and maintaining history:
| Symbol | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| [ ] | Pending | Task is awaiting implementation |
| [~] | In Progress | Task is currently being handled by the agent |
| [x] | Complete | Task is finished and verified with a commit SHA |
| [-] | Skipped | Task was deemed unnecessary |
| [!] | Blocked | Task cannot proceed due to dependencies |
Git Commit Taxonomy:
- feat: New functionality
- fix: Bug resolution
- refactor: Structural changes without logic modification
- test: Adding or improving tests
- docs: Documentation updates
- chore: Maintenance tasks
Workflow Patterns Advanced Features
- Quality Gate Enforcement: Automatically blocks task completion if test coverage falls below the 80% target.
- Human-in-the-Loop Checkpoints: Stops execution at the end of each phase to wait for explicit approval confirmation from the developer.
- Rich Metadata Traceability: Links every task in the project plan to a specific Git commit SHA for full auditability.
- Automated Deviation Documentation: Requires the agent to record and justify any changes made to the original technical specification or plan.
- Phase Completion Protocols: Conducts a full test suite run and generates a verification checklist before finalizing development stages.
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