Agentic Workflows

Agentic Workflows is the OAT lane for tracked, resumable work on top of the base CLI and provider-sync layers.

Use this section when you want explicit project artifacts, stable task IDs, review loops, and resumable execution across longer-running work. The workflow layer is optional; stay with direct CLI usage when the task is straightforward and the overhead of project artifacts would outweigh the value.

Ideas Workflow - Lightweight idea capture, brainstorming, and promotion into tracked projects when the work becomes concrete.
Workflow & Projects - Lifecycle, artifacts, reviews, PR flow, and repository analysis.
Skills - Workflow-oriented skill discovery and use-case routing.

What This Section Is

This section explains when workflow mode is worth the overhead, how OAT projects move through lifecycle phases, and how ideas, skills, reviews, and PR flow fit into that model.

Who It's For

Teams doing multi-session or multi-phase work that benefits from tracked artifacts
Users who want explicit discovery, planning, implementation, and review state
Repos that need a repeatable human-in-the-loop execution model

When To Use Workflow Mode

Use workflow mode when:

the work spans multiple sessions or contributors
you want explicit discovery, plan, implementation, and review artifacts
you need stable task sequencing and resumable execution
you want human-in-the-loop checkpoints around risky transitions

Stay with direct CLI usage when:

the task is straightforward and bounded
you mainly need provider sync or a utility command
the overhead of project artifacts would outweigh the value

Workflow Modes In Practice

CLI only: direct commands, no tracked project artifacts
Quick mode: tracked work with a lighter upfront planning path
Spec-driven mode: explicit discovery, requirements, design, and plan artifacts
Import mode: an externally-authored plan imported into OAT for tracked execution

Start Here

Use Skills when you want task-oriented guidance on the most useful workflow skills.
Go to Workflow & Projects when you need the lifecycle and artifact model in detail.
Use Ideas when the work is still exploratory.

Common Tasks

Capture or refine early work in Ideas.
Understand how tracked projects progress in Workflow & Projects.
Learn the artifact contract in Artifacts.
Understand review and PR expectations in Reviews and PR Flow.

Go Deeper

Skills - Workflow-oriented skill discovery and use-case routing.
Ideas - Idea capture, refinement, and promotion flows.
Workflow & Projects - Lifecycle, artifacts, reviews, PR flow, and repository analysis.