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name: status-query-handling description: Guides status query handling protocol: find all related documents (plan, progress, status, complete), synthesize comprehensive answer. Use when user asks about status, progress, or completion.

Status Query Handling

Trigger Phrases

When user says:

• "where are we with [topic]"
• "what's the status of [topic]"
• "how far along is [topic]"
• "what's complete in [topic]"
• "show me progress on [topic]"
• "update me on [topic]"

Mandatory Protocol

⚠️ CRITICAL: Read ALL related documents, not just one.

Search Strategy

Find ALL related documents:

Copy# Search for all document types
glob_file_search('**/*[topic]*.md')
glob_file_search('**/*[topic]*plan*.md')
glob_file_search('**/*[topic]*complete*.md')
glob_file_search('**/*[topic]*progress*.md')
glob_file_search('**/*[topic]*status*.md')
glob_file_search('**/*[topic]*summary*.md')
glob_file_search('**/*[topic]*COMPLETE*.md')
glob_file_search('**/*[topic]*PROGRESS*.md')

Document Types to Find

1. Plan Documents

   • *_plan.md
   • *PLAN.md
   • *plan*.md

2. Completion Documents

   • *complete*.md
   • *COMPLETE*.md
   • *_complete.md

3. Progress Documents

   • *progress*.md
   • *PROGRESS*.md
   • *_progress.md

4. Status Documents

   • *status*.md
   • *STATUS*.md
   • *_status.md
   • *update*.md

5. Summary Documents

   • *summary*.md
   • *SUMMARY*.md
   • *_summary.md

Workflow

CopyUser asks: "Where are we with [topic]?"
    ↓
Step 1: Search ALL document types (5 min)
├─ Search by filename patterns
├─ Search by content (grep)
└─ Find plan, complete, progress, status, summary
    ↓
Step 2: Read ALL found documents (15-20 min)
├─ Read plan document
├─ Read completion document
├─ Read progress document
├─ Read status document
└─ Read summary document (if exists)
    ↓
Step 3: Synthesize comprehensive answer (10 min)
├─ What's planned
├─ What's complete
├─ What's in progress
├─ What's blocked
└─ What's next

Synthesis Pattern

Copy## Status: [Topic]

### What's Planned
[From plan document]

### What's Complete
[From completion document]

### What's In Progress
[From progress/status documents]

### Blockers
[From blockers/status documents]

### What's Next
[From plan/status documents]

Reference

• docs/plans/methodology/START_HERE_NEW_TASK.md - Status query protocol
• .cursorrules - Status Query Triggers section