manual_slop/conductor/archive/api_hooks_verification_20260223/spec.md

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.