RobinNorberg/ultragoal

<Purpose> Ultragoal breaks a brief into an ordered set of goals, records start/checkpoint/blocker/failure events in a durable append-only ledger, and tells the active Claude agent how to drive the Claude Code `/goal` slash command alongside the plan. It does not — and cannot — mutate Claude `/goal` state from the shell; it persists durable repo state and prints a model-facing handoff that the active agent must act on in-session. </Purpose>

<Use_When>

• The user wants a durable, repo-native way to track an ultragoal across multiple Claude sessions or worktrees
• The work is large enough to warrant multiple ordered "stories" with attempt counts and per-story evidence
• The user wants the final completion gated behind ai-slop-cleaner + verification + $code-review
• The user wants the active Claude /goal directive coordinated with the ledger so that a session restart does not lose progress </Use_When>

<Do_Not_Use_When>

• The task is a single small change — use direct delegation or ralph instead
• The user wants the assistant to literally invoke /goal itself from the shell — that is not possible; omcp ultragoal only writes artifacts and prints handoff text
• The user wants a planning-only artifact with no execution loop — use plan instead </Do_Not_Use_When>

<Why_This_Exists> Claude Code /goal is a session-scoped Stop hook: it blocks the session from stopping until a condition holds, and auto-clears on success. That is a great single-session execution primitive, but it loses state across sessions and does not by itself enforce a final review gate. omcp ultragoal adds a durable plan, ledger, and gating layer so a long multi-step initiative can survive session restarts, fresh worktrees, and review iterations while still leveraging Claude /goal to keep the active agent focused. </Why_This_Exists>

<How_To_Use>

1. Create a plan from a brief:

   omcp ultragoal create-goals --brief-file plan.md
   

   Or with explicit stories:

   omcp ultragoal create-goals --brief "ship the migration" \
     --goal "Schema::Add new columns" \
     --goal "Backfill::Backfill rows in batches" \
     --goal "Cutover::Drop old columns and switch reads"
   

   The default mode is aggregate (one Claude /goal covers the run). Pass --claude-goal-mode per-story if you want each story to have its own /goal.

2. Start (or resume) the next story:

   omcp ultragoal complete-goals
   

   This prints a model-facing handoff. The active Claude agent must read it and:

   • Confirm/Set the active /goal condition in this session.
   • Work the story.
   • When the story is complete (and for the final story, after the full quality gate), share back a snapshot of the active /goal state and call checkpoint.

3. Checkpoint a story:

   omcp ultragoal checkpoint --goal-id G001-... --status complete \
     --evidence "tests/files/PR evidence" \
     --claude-goal-json '{"goal":{"objective":"...","status":"active"}}'
   

   For the final story, also pass --quality-gate-json containing aiSlopCleaner, verification, and codeReview evidence (all clean).

4. If the final review is not clean, do NOT mark complete. Record blockers:

   omcp ultragoal record-review-blockers --goal-id G00X-... \
     --title "Resolve final code-review blockers" \
     --objective "Fix the listed review findings and rerun final gates" \
     --evidence "<the review findings>" \
     --claude-goal-json '{"goal":{"objective":"...","status":"active"}}'
   

   This appends a new blocker story and keeps the Claude /goal active.

5. Inspect state at any time:

   omcp ultragoal status
   

</How_To_Use>

<Important_Limitations>

• The shell cannot invoke or mutate Claude Code /goal state. omcp ultragoal only persists durable artifacts and prints instructions that the active Claude agent reads and acts on in-session.
• Snapshots passed via --claude-goal-json are model-supplied proof of the active /goal state; OMC validates them for textual consistency with the plan's expected objective and ledger event, but it cannot independently observe Claude /goal state.
• If the Claude /goal slash command is renamed or restructured, only the handoff wording needs to change; the reconciliation logic is name-agnostic. </Important_Limitations>