Validate Conductor workflow artifacts
When to Use
Inspect a project that actually uses a conductor/ workflow directory after setup, before resuming a track, or when diagnosing inconsistent plans/status. This is distinct from the Rails Conductor desktop-app setup (conductor.json/script/server).
Read-only discovery
# Run from the explicitly selected project root; missing paths are findings, not permission to create them.
ls -ld conductor/ conductor/tracks/
ls conductor/index.md conductor/product.md conductor/tech-stack.md conductor/workflow.md conductor/tracks.md
Validation procedure
- Read current project instructions and the actual configured Conductor workflow/version.
- Compare the declared artifact list with the project’s real files; report missing, unreadable and extra artifacts separately.
- Resolve local index/track links, track IDs and plan/status markers against their referenced content. Do not assume directory presence proves completeness.
- Reconcile completed markers with recorded implementation/test evidence and the current revision; report stale or conflicting state without inventing a pass.
- Output a concise list of file, observed inconsistency, expected contract and proposed correction. Apply fixes only when requested; preserve existing plans and dirty work.
No implementation-playbook file or runnable validator script is bundled. The procedure above is the complete local guide; optional project-specific automation must actually exist and be reviewed before execution.
Pattern Matching
Status markers in tracks.md:
- [ ] Track Name # Not started
- [~] Track Name # In progress
- [x] Track Name # Complete
Task markers in plan.md:
- [ ] Task description # Pending
- [~] Task description # In progress
- [x] Task description # Complete
Track ID pattern:
<type>_<name>_<YYYYMMDD>
Example: feature_user_auth_20250115
Limitations
- Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
- Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
- Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.