My AI Workbench Turned Into a Job System

Description and use

AIDD Skeleton renamed plans/ to definition/ and workbench/ to jobs/, added lifecycle markers for jobs, and separated project state from work state, clarifying repository structure and workflow.

Problem

The repository’s directory names no longer reflected the nature of the content they held, causing confusion between temporary material, retained work, and project definition.

Outcome

The repository’s structure now clearly separates project definition, active work, and retained work, improving clarity and maintainability.

Workflow

• Rename plans/ to definition/ and workbench/ to jobs/ (PR #37).
• Separate project state from work state by moving CURRENT_STATUS.md contents into definition indexes (PR #38).
• Introduce lifecycle markers for jobs: + for active, _ for inactive but retained (PR #39).

Evidence

workbench/ no longer felt like a workbench.

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plans/ had the opposite problem

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Renaming the directories exposed another problem.

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A job needed a lifecycle, not just a folder

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