/sdlc-stop

Gracefully shut down the AgentFlow pipeline.

Plugin Mode Additions

In plugin mode, also:

1. Call TeamDelete("sprint-team") to clean up the agent team
2. Workers receive shutdown signal via SendMessage (faster than Asana read)
3. No need to instruct user about crontab — plugin handles scheduling

Process

Step 1: Signal pausing

Find the pinned Status task across all

[SDLC]

projects.

Post comment:

[SYSTEM:PAUSING] Graceful shutdown initiated. Active workers will finish their current stage. No new tasks will be dispatched.

Step 2: Drain active work

Check all tasks in Research/Build/Review/Test/Integrate stages:

For tasks with

[BUILD:STARTED]

and recent heartbeat (< 10 min):

• Leave them alone — the worker is still active
• Report: "Waiting for <task_code> to finish <stage> (worker <slot>)"

For tasks in Research or Build WITHOUT

[BUILD:STARTED]

(not started yet):

• Move back to "1 - Backlog"
• Clear slot:

  [SLOT:T<N>]

  →

  [SLOT:--]

• Reset stage:

  [STAGE:X]

  →

  [STAGE:Backlog]

• Clean up git worktree if it exists:

  git worktree remove feat/<task-code>-<slug> --force

For tasks in Review/Test that are waiting (no worker actively processing):

• Move back to "1 - Backlog"
• Clear slot
• Reset stage
• Clean up git worktree if it exists:

  git worktree remove feat/<task-code>-<slug> --force

Step 3: Wait for active workers

Report which tasks are still being worked on.

Tell the user: "Active workers are finishing. The system will be fully paused when all active work completes. You can check your Kanban board for current status."

Step 4: Post paused status

Update the Status task:

[SYSTEM:PAUSED]

Graceful shutdown complete — <timestamp>
Tasks returned to Backlog: <N>
Tasks still completing: <N> (if any workers were mid-build)

To resume: run /sdlc-orchestrate

Step 5: Disable crontab (instruct user)

Tell the user:

To fully stop the orchestrator, comment out or remove the crontab entry:

  crontab -e
  # Comment out: */15 * * * * /usr/local/bin/claude -p "Run /sdlc-orchestrate" ...

To resume later, uncomment it and run /sdlc-orchestrate once to kick things off.

Notes

• This does NOT kill running Claude Code sessions — it only signals via the Kanban board
• Workers will see the

  [SYSTEM:PAUSING]

  status on their next board read and should stop picking up new work
• If a worker finishes mid-shutdown, its task will remain in the completed stage (Review-Complete, Test, etc.) and the orchestrator will process it on resume

• /sdlc-stop

  is idempotent — running it twice is harmless