Define
An interview captures the problem and the scope before any code moves — what changes, what stays, what's explicitly out.
/dw-lifecycle:define
deskwork · lifecycle plugin for claude code
Lifecycle tooling for agentic development.
stackcontrol.org is the public home of deskwork — the /dw-lifecycle:* and /deskwork:* toolchain for Claude Code. It runs the whole arc of a change: feature definition, workplans, scope discovery, cross-model audit barrages, an editorial pipeline, and subagent orchestration. This is the product page and the devlog, in one control plane.
lifecycle · phase rail
- 01 Define
- 02 Workplan
- 03 Implement
- 04 Audit
- 05 Ship
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The Lifecycle
Workplan
Scope becomes phases and tasks, each backed by a GitHub issue with acceptance criteria you can check off.
/dw-lifecycle:issues
Implement
Tasks are delegated to specialized subagents and committed at clean task boundaries — never one giant blob.
/dw-lifecycle:implement
Audit
Every task gets a cross-model audit barrage — multiple reviewers fired in parallel against the diff, findings triaged.
/dw-lifecycle:audit-barrage
Ship
Acceptance criteria verified, PR opened. The toolchain stops at the PR — the operator owns the merge.
/dw-lifecycle:ship
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What / Why / How
WHAT
A control plane for changes
A plugin for Claude Code that turns "make this change" into a tracked lifecycle with phases, issues, audits, and a PR at the end.
WHY
Agents drift without rails
Unstructured agentic work skips scope, over-builds, and ships unreviewed. The lifecycle puts gates between intent and merge.
HOW
Slash commands + subagents
Each phase is a composable command. Implementation fans out to specialized subagents; audits fan out to independent models.
[ 03 ]