# Specification: Integrate API Hooks for Automated Track Verification

## Overview
This track focuses on integrating the existing, previously implemented API hooks (from track `test_hooks_20260223`) into the Conductor workflow. The primary goal is to automate the verification steps within the "Phase Completion Verification and Checkpointing Protocol", reducing the need for manual user intervention and enabling a more streamlined, automated development process.

## Functional Requirements
- **Workflow Integration:** The `workflow.md` document, specifically the "Phase Completion Verification and Checkpointing Protocol," must be updated to replace manual verification steps with automated checks using the API hooks.
- **IPC Communication:** The updated workflow will communicate with the application's backend via the established IPC server to trigger verification tasks.
- **Result Handling:**
    - All results from the API hook verifications must be logged for auditing and debugging purposes.
    - Upon successful verification, the Conductor agent will proceed with the workflow as it currently does after a successful manual check.
    - Upon failure, the agent will halt, present the failure logs to the user, and await further instructions.
- **User Interaction Model:** The system will transition from asking the user to perform a manual test to informing the user that an automated test is running, and then presenting the results.

## Non-Functional Requirements
- **Resilience:** The Conductor agent must handle cases where the API hook server is unavailable or a hook call fails unexpectedly, without crashing or entering an unrecoverable state.
- **Transparency:** All interactions with the API hooks must be clearly logged, making the automated process easy to monitor and debug.

## Out of Scope
- **Modifying API Hooks:** This track will not alter the existing API hooks, the IPC server, or the backend implementation. The focus is solely on the client-side integration within the Conductor agent's workflow.
- **Changes to Manual Overrides:** Users will retain the ability to manually intervene or bypass automated checks if necessary.
