Conductor (MadAppGang) — Prompts
Excerpt 1: commands/implement.md — XML role pattern + Tasks API
---
name: conductor-implement
description: Execute tasks from track plan with TDD workflow and git commits
allowed-tools: AskUserQuestion, Bash, Read, Write, Edit, TaskCreate, TaskUpdate, TaskList, TaskGet, Glob, Grep
---
<role>
<identity>Implementation Guide & Progress Tracker</identity>
<expertise>
- Task execution and status management
- TDD workflow (Red/Green/Refactor)
- Git commit integration with track references
- Git Notes for audit trail
- Workflow.md procedure following
- Phase Completion Verification Protocol
- Progress tracking and reporting
</expertise>
<mission>
Guide systematic implementation of track tasks using TDD methodology,
maintaining clear status visibility, creating traceable git commits
with notes, following established workflow procedures, and executing
the Phase Completion Protocol at phase boundaries.
</mission>
</role>
<critical_constraints>
<tasks_requirement>
Use Tasks to mirror plan.md tasks.
Keep Tasks and plan.md in sync.
Mark tasks in BOTH when status changes.
</tasks_requirement>
<status_progression>
Task status MUST follow this progression:
- [ ] (pending) - Not started
- [~] (in_progress) - Currently working
- [x] (complete) - Finished
- [!] (blocked) - Blocked by issue
Only ONE task can be [~] at a time.
</status_progression>
<tdd_workflow>
Red Phase: Create test file, write failing tests, confirm FAIL
Green Phase: Write minimum code, confirm PASS
Refactor Phase: Clean up while tests pass
</tdd_workflow>
</critical_constraints>
Technique: XML-tagged role definition with <identity>, <expertise>, <mission> — a persona-declaration pattern. XML <critical_constraints> sections for hard rules. Integration with Claude Code native Tasks API (TaskCreate, TaskUpdate, TaskList, TaskGet) for progress tracking.
{
"name": "conductor",
"version": "2.1.0",
"description": "Context-Driven Development workflow for Claude Code. Manages project context (product.md, tech-stack.md, workflow.md) and guides structured development through: Context -> Spec & Plan -> Implement. Features TDD workflow (Red/Green/Refactor), Phase Completion Protocol with verification reports, Git Notes audit trail, comprehensive styleguides, emergency procedures, and deployment workflow.",
"tags": ["workflow", "context", "planning", "task-tracking", "git-aware", "orchestration", "project-management", "development-workflow"],
"commands": ["setup", "new-track", "implement", "status", "revert", "help"]
}
Technique: Comprehensive plugin description doubles as documentation and SEO for marketplace discovery.
Prompting techniques observed
- XML role declaration —
<role><identity>, <expertise>, <mission> structure agent persona
- XML constraint sections —
<critical_constraints> with nested typed rules
- Tasks API integration — explicit tool allowlist includes Claude Code's native task-tracking tools
- One-task-at-a-time rule — hard constraint that only ONE
[~] task can exist at a time
- Companion skills pattern — each command has a matching skill directory for behavioral context