Context Pattern — Workflow

Pattern: Context
Component: workflow.md
Version: 1.1 | Updated: 2026-07-16

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End-to-end flow

Step procedure

Step	Actor	Action	Exit criteria
1	Human / harness	State intent + budget + exclusions	Inputs frozen
2	Path Seeder	Keyword/symbol → candidate paths	≥1 seed path
3	Call-site Expander	Follow imports, routes, schema refs	Consumer + producer files listed
4	Assembler	Drop unrelated trees, generated noise	Exclusion log written
5	Secret Scrubber	Grep keys/tokens/PII patterns	Zero hits or redacted
6	Assembler	Rank and trim to budget	Size ≤ budget
7	Assembler	Label path + why per excerpt	Every block labeled
8	Hook / human	Validate structure	Package accepted

Deviation rule

If the consuming agent asks for a file that should have been included, do not silently paste ad hoc — update the package, re-run scrubber/budget hooks, then continue.

Parallelism rule

Seeding multiple keyword clusters can run in parallel; scrubbing and final trim must be serial before handoff.