/conclave-planning [—all]

The primary command after /conclave-init. On the first run it generates the full backlog and architecture; on every run it facilitates Sprint Planning and activates a sprint.

/conclave-planning            # plan Sprint 1 (generate + plan on first run)
/conclave-planning --all      # plan ALL sprints from the product document in one pass

This is one of the two structural Scrum gates Conclave enforces — required in every profile, cannot be skipped.

Two phases

Phase A — Generation (first run only)

Runs when conclave/product/backlog.md doesn’t exist yet or has fewer than 3 stories.

The command reads product_doc_path from config.md and spawns two AI agents in parallel:

• Product Manager — produces the full Product Backlog (stories with MoSCoW priority, T-shirt estimates, sprint groupings) plus Gherkin acceptance criteria (minimum 2 Given/When/Then scenarios per story).
• Tech Lead — produces the Architectural Foundation: stack confirmation, component diagram, ADRs, cross-cutting concerns, and a technical risk table.

All generated prose is written in the project_language set during /conclave-init.

Before Phase A runs, the command asks:

1. Sprint count target — how many sprints to map the product document to (only relevant with --all).
2. Sprint 1 story count — how many stories for Sprint 1 (default 4).
3. Hard constraints — any deadlines, banned dependencies, or compliance requirements.

Phase A produces:

• conclave/product/backlog.md — the full ordered Product Backlog.
• conclave/product/architecture.md — the Architectural Foundation with ADRs.
• conclave/sprints/SPRINT-001/stories/<PREFIX>-NNN-<slug>.md — one file per story (using story_prefix from config.md).
• conclave/sprints/SPRINT-001/acceptance/AC-<PREFIX>-NNN.md — Gherkin criteria per story.
• conclave/sprints/SPRINT-001/spec.md and meta.md with status: draft.

Phase B — Planning ceremony (always runs)

Runs every time, after Phase A when applicable.

1. Locates the draft sprint(s). Without --all: the lowest-numbered SPRINT-NNN with status: draft. With --all: all sprints with status: draft, ordered by number.
2. Loads context: config.md, roster, backlog, DoR, architecture, sprint files.
3. Asks the team for inputs — depth scales with the profile:
   • Always: sprint dates, facilitator name.
   • Full-scrum: per-dev capacity adjustments, carryover commitments.
4. Delegates in two waves — PM + TL in parallel first (Wave 1), then SM alone (Wave 2):
   • Wave 1 — TL validates feasibility and assigns a discipline (frontend | backend | qa | design | devops | multi) to each story; PM validates scope.
   • Wave 2 — SM assigns each story to a roster member whose Discipline matches.
5. Reconciles outputs: PM scope swaps (surfaced for accept/reject), DoR validation, coverage gap resolution, capacity check (warns on over-commit > 20%).

Multi-sprint mode — --all

With --all:

• Sprint 1 (lowest-numbered draft) → status: active. Full interactive planning applies.
• Remaining sprints → stay status: draft, but receive a full planning.md, story assignments, and discipline tags. They are pre-planned and ready to activate when the preceding sprint closes.

Useful after /conclave-init when you have a product document covering multiple sprints — plan everything upfront knowing the plan will be refined when each sprint actually activates.

What it produces

• conclave/sprints/SPRINT-NNN/meta.md updated with status: active (first sprint) or status: draft (subsequent with --all), target dates.
• conclave/sprints/SPRINT-NNN/spec.md updated with assignees, disciplines.
• Each stories/<PREFIX>-NNN-*.md frontmatter updated: assignee and discipline set, status: ready.
• conclave/sprints/SPRINT-NNN/planning.md — the meeting record.
• conclave/product/backlog.md updated to show selected stories as in-progress in the active sprint.

Requirements

• conclave/config.md must exist (run /conclave-init first).
• product_doc_path in config.md must point to an existing file (Phase A reads it).

Profile awareness

Guardrails

• Refuses if conclave/config.md doesn’t exist (“run /conclave-init first”).
• Refuses if product_doc_path is empty or the file doesn’t exist (Phase A needs it).
• Refuses to run if no sprint exists in draft.
• Cannot re-run on the same sprint after it goes active.
• With --all, already-active sprints are skipped silently.
• Never commits.

After it runs

Each assigned dev runs /conclave-dev <PREFIX>-NNN for their story.