track-management
Track Management provides guidance for creating, organizing, and completing Conductor tracks, which are discrete work units for features, bugs, and refactors. Use this skill when establishing new tracks, writing specification and planning documents, managing task lifecycle progression, interpreting status markers, or consulting the tracks registry.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wshobson/agents /tmp/track-management && cp -r /tmp/track-management/plugins/conductor/skills/track-management ~/.claude/skills/track-managementSKILL.md
# Track Management Guide for creating, managing, and completing Conductor tracks - the logical work units that organize features, bugs, and refactors through specification, planning, and implementation phases. ## When to Use This Skill - Creating new feature, bug, or refactor tracks - Writing or reviewing spec.md files - Creating or updating plan.md files - Managing track lifecycle from creation to completion - Understanding track status markers and conventions - Working with the tracks.md registry - Interpreting or updating track metadata ## Detailed patterns and worked examples Detailed pattern documentation lives in `references/details.md`. Read that file when the navigation tier above is insufficient. ## Best Practices 1. **One track, one concern**: Keep tracks focused on a single logical change 2. **Small phases**: Break work into phases of 3-5 tasks maximum 3. **Verification after phases**: Always include verification tasks 4. **Update markers immediately**: Mark task status as you work 5. **Record SHAs**: Always note commit SHAs for completed tasks 6. **Review specs before planning**: Ensure spec is complete before creating plan 7. **Link dependencies**: Explicitly note track dependencies 8. **Archive, don't delete**: Preserve completed tracks for reference 9. **Size appropriately**: Keep tracks between 1-5 days of work 10. **Clear acceptance criteria**: Every requirement must be testable
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