FlowForge — Autonomous AI Coding Pipeline (Spec → Plan → Code → QA)

Autonomously breaks coding tasks into spec, plan, code, and QA phases, executing all heavy work via Claude Code with multi-account rate limit rotation.

FlowForge

Autonomous spec → plan → code → QA pipeline powered by Claude Code. All heavy computation runs through Claude Code (Max subscription). OpenClaw only orchestrates.

Architecture

Flo (minimal tokens) → shell pipeline → Claude Code (all heavy work)
                                              ↓
                                   Account rotation on rate limit

Workflow Types

Classify the task before planning — each type has a different phase structure:

Type	When	Phase Order
feature	New capability	Backend → Worker → Frontend → Integration
refactor	Restructure existing code	Add New → Migrate → Remove Old → Cleanup
investigation	Bug hunt	Reproduce → Investigate → Fix → Harden
migration	Move data/infra	Prepare → Test → Execute → Cleanup
simple	Single-file change	Just subtasks, no phases

Steps

1. Setup workspace

bash ~/clawd/skills/flowforge/scripts/init_forge.sh "<task_description>" "<repo_path>"

Creates ~/.forge/<timestamp>/ with task.md.

2. Clarification checkpoint (required before spec)

Before running the pipeline, ask 2–4 targeted questions to resolve ambiguity. Do not ask for information already in task.md. Focus on:

• Scope edge cases — "Does this include X, or is that a separate shape?"
• Constraints — "Any files that are frozen / must not be touched?"
• Integration points — "Which existing module owns this responsibility?"
• Success definition — "What does passing look like — a test, a manual check, a metric?"

Present questions in a numbered list. Wait for answers before proceeding. If the task is unambiguous (e.g., a single-file fix from a clear issue), skip this step and note "No clarification needed."

Save answers to ~/.forge/<timestamp>/clarifications.md for reference during spec + plan phases.

3. Run the pipeline

bash ~/clawd/skills/flowforge/scripts/run_forge.sh ~/.forge/<timestamp>/

This chains 4 Claude Code calls:

1. Spec — generates spec.md incorporating clarifications (high thinking)
2. Plan — generates implementation_plan.json (high thinking)
3. Code — executes each subtask with verification (medium thinking)
4. QA — reviews output, scores against spec (high thinking)

Each step saves output to the workspace directory. Claude Code does ALL the work.

4. Monitor

Poll workspace for completion:

tail -f ~/.forge/<timestamp>/progress.log
cat ~/.forge/<timestamp>/qa_report.md

Account Rotation

Three Claude Max accounts rotate automatically on rate limit:

[e-mail]  →  [e-mail]  →  [e-mail]  →  retry

Configure your accounts in ~/.flowforge/accounts.txt (one email per line). Save credentials per account in ~/.claude/accounts/<email>.json. Switch accounts with: bash <skill-dir>/scripts/rotate_account.sh

GitHub Issues

To pull a task from a GitHub issue:

gh issue view <number> --repo <owner>/<repo> --json title,body | \
  jq -r '"# " + .title + "\n\n" + .body' > ~/.forge/<timestamp>/task.md

Then run the pipeline normally.

Output

On completion, workspace contains:

• clarifications.md — pre-spec Q&A (scope, constraints, integration points)
• spec.md — full specification (incorporates clarifications)
• implementation_plan.json — phases + subtasks with status
• qa_report.md — QA review and score
• project-context.md — session handoff note (decisions made, patterns established, what next session needs to know)
• progress.log — timestamped execution log

Optional: Rubric Scoring (200 criteria)

Add --rubric flag for high-stakes runs. Scores against a universal 200-criterion quality rubric after the spec-based QA pass:

bash ~/clawd/skills/flowforge/scripts/run_forge.sh ~/.forge/<timestamp>/ --rubric

Rubric covers: Architecture (40), Code Quality (40), Testing (40), Error Handling (30), Security (20), Documentation (15), Observability (15).

Verdict thresholds: ≥180 = Ship it | 150–179 = Needs work | <150 = Major rework

Skip --rubric for quick tasks. Use it before shipping to production.

Prompts

See references/spec-prompt.md, references/planner-prompt.md, references/qa-prompt.md, references/rubric-prompt.md for the full Claude Code prompts used at each stage.