compose-workflowlisted

# Compose Workflow > **HARD GATE** — **HARD GATE** — Workflows are orchestration, not automation. Do NOT create workflows for tasks that should be single skills. Workflow complexity must be justified. ## Process 1. Interview: goal, phases, which skills, gates between steps. 2. Write `specs/WORKFLOW-<name>.md`: - Trigger ("Use when...") - Ordered steps: `skill → artefact → verify` - HARD GATEs between phases 3. Register in state.yaml Active Decisions. 4. Optional: reference from `orchestrate-project` Ad-Hoc mode. ## Verify → verify: `test -f specs/WORKFLOW-*.md && grep -c "verify:" specs/WORKFLOW-*.md | awk '{if($1>0) print "OK"}'` See [REFERENCE.md](REFERENCE.md) for template. --- # Workflow template ```markdown # WORKFLOW: <name> **Trigger:** Use when ... | Step | Skill | Output | verify | |------|-------|--------|--------| | 1 | survey-context | state.yaml handoff | ... | | 2 | research-first | Prior Art in SCOPE_LATEST.yaml | ... | | 3 | plan-work | epics/eNN-*.yaml tasks | ... | ```