techartist-workflow

What problem does it solve?

Tech Artist orchestration reduces manual coordination overhead by managing startup, task execution, messaging, and exit criteria across art/tech pipelines.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Startup sequencing and initialization: load necessary skills and tools, prepare task context, and initialize the Tech Artist workflow.

• Workflow execution and coordination: manage parallel and sequential tasks across 3D/2D assets, visual effects, UI polish, and pipelines.

• Message handling and state management: coordinate inter-agent communication through deterministic task states and watcher signals.

• Validation and quality checks: run validation steps and address issues until milestones are met, guided by QA/visual testing practices.

• PRD synchronization and reporting: update PRD with blockers, observations, and progress; notify PM/GD as required.

• Exit conditions and readiness: ensure all tasks are completed and status is updated before exiting to the watchdog.

• Agent startup protocol: On each Tech Artist agent spawn:

  1. Read --message argument (task assignment from watchdog)
  2. Read task state file and understand current task details and status
  3. Research task requirements using MCP tools (WebSearch, Fetch); use Vision MCP for visual research and references
  4. Create an implementation plan documenting approach, steps, and checklist
  5. Update task state to "in_progress" (atomic write)
  6. Process and implement the task following the plan and best practices
  7. Run code validation using qa-validation-workflow skill and fix issues until passing
  8. Run visual validation using qa-visual-testing skill and fix issues until passing
  9. Update PRD and commit changes with details and observations (atomic write)
  10. Notify the next agent to wake up
  11. Exit by updating status to "ready" for the watchdog

Quick Start

Follow the agent startup protocol to spawn a Tech Artist agent, read the task state, and begin task execution with the starter plan.