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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md
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**Core principle:** Fresh subagent per task + two-stage review (spec then quality) = high quality, fast iteration

## Accumulated Discoveries

The controller maintains a running list of project discoveries reported by implementer subagents. After each completed task, extract any **Project Discoveries** from the implementer's report and append them to the list.

When dispatching subsequent subagents (Task 2+), include the accumulated discoveries in the prompt:

```
## Accumulated Discoveries

Previous tasks surfaced these codebase patterns and gotchas:
[paste accumulated discoveries here]
```

This prevents later subagents from re-discovering issues that earlier subagents already found. The controller curates this list - remove duplicates and keep it concise.

## When to Use

```dot
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Expand Up @@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ Task tool (general-purpose):
- Files changed
- Self-review findings (if any)
- Any issues or concerns
- **Project Discoveries** (optional): codebase quirks, gotchas, or patterns worth passing to the next subagent

Use DONE_WITH_CONCERNS if you completed the work but have doubts about correctness.
Use BLOCKED if you cannot complete the task. Use NEEDS_CONTEXT if you need
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