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Autonomous Orchestration System - Deliverables Checklist

Project: CODITECT V2 Autonomous Execution Created: December 18, 2025 Timeline: 8 weeks (Jan 1 - Feb 26, 2026) Budget: $51,600 engineering + $200 infrastructure

Documentation Deliverables (COMPLETE ✅)​

Planning Documents​

  • AUTONOMOUS-ORCHESTRATION-PLAN.md (60K+ words)

    • Complete 8-week implementation plan
    • 5 core scripts specification
    • Database schema extensions
    • Risk mitigation strategies
    • Success metrics and KPIs
    • Location: /docs/project-management/

  • ORCHESTRATION-IMPLEMENTATION-SUMMARY.md (Quick reference)

    • 5 core scripts with code examples
    • Configuration file structures
    • Testing checklist
    • Quick start commands
    • Location: /docs/project-management/

  • ORCHESTRATION-ARCHITECTURE-DIAGRAM.md (Visual reference)

    • System overview diagram
    • Component flow diagrams
    • Dependency resolution flow
    • State machine diagrams
    • Location: /docs/project-management/

Code Deliverables (8 Weeks)​

Phase 1: Foundation (Weeks 1-2)​

1. scripts/sync-daemon.py​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 (Week 1, Days 1-3) Hours: 24h Dependencies: None Success Criteria:

  • Watches V2-TASKLIST-WITH-CHECKBOXES.md for changes
  • Polls context.db for updates every 5 seconds
  • Syncs markdown → DB within 5 seconds of change
  • Syncs DB → markdown within 5 seconds of change
  • Runs as daemon process (systemd service)
  • Graceful shutdown on SIGTERM

Key Features:

# File watching
from watchdog.observers import Observer

# Database polling
import sqlite3

# Debouncing
import time
from threading import Timer

# Existing sync logic
from sync_project_plan import ProjectPlanSync

Testing:

  • Unit test: File change triggers sync
  • Unit test: DB change triggers sync
  • Integration test: Bidirectional sync works
  • Load test: 100 rapid changes handled

2. scripts/task-dispatcher.py​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 (Week 1, Days 4-5) Hours: 16h Dependencies: sync-daemon.py operational Success Criteria:

  • Queries database for pending tasks
  • Correctly assigns 10 test tasks to agents
  • Respects priority order (P0 > P1 > P2)
  • Checks dependencies before dispatching
  • Returns 'no tasks available' when queue empty

Agent Mappings:

AGENT_MAPPINGS = {
    r'infrastructure|deployment|docker|kubernetes': 'devops-engineer',
    r'security|authentication|oauth|jwt': 'security-specialist',
    r'api|endpoint|backend': 'backend-development',
    r'ui|frontend|component|react': 'frontend-development-agent',
    # ... 20+ more mappings
}

Testing:

  • Unit test: Pattern matching works for 20 patterns
  • Unit test: Priority ordering correct
  • Integration test: Assigns 10 tasks correctly

3. scripts/agent-executor.py​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 (Week 2, Days 1-3) Hours: 32h Dependencies: task-dispatcher.py operational Success Criteria:

  • Executes tasks via Claude Code API
  • Updates task status (pending → in_progress → completed)
  • Logs execution results to agent_execution_log table
  • Handles timeouts (2-hour max)
  • Retries failed tasks (max 3 attempts)
  • Parses agent output for success/failure

Claude Code Integration:

from anthropic import Anthropic

client = Anthropic()
response = client.messages.create(
    model="claude-sonnet-4-5",
    max_tokens=8000,
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]
)

Testing:

  • Unit test: Status updates work
  • Unit test: Timeout triggers after 2 hours
  • Integration test: Complete 1 real task (T001.001)

4. Integration Testing (Week 2, Days 4-5)​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 Hours: 16h Dependencies: All Phase 1 scripts complete Success Criteria:

  • End-to-end test: markdown → DB → dispatch → execute → complete
  • End-to-end test: 3 tasks complete autonomously
  • Performance test: <5s dispatch latency
  • Error test: Failed task retries correctly

Test Suite:

python3 scripts/test-suite.py -c orchestration

Phase 2: Orchestration (Weeks 3-4)​

5. scripts/autonomous-orchestrator.py​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 (Week 3, Days 1-4) Hours: 40h Dependencies: Phase 1 complete Success Criteria:

  • Main control loop runs continuously
  • Starts/stops sync daemon
  • Manages 5 concurrent agent executors
  • Monitors agent completion
  • Creates checkpoints at epic completion
  • Provides real-time metrics

Control Loop:

while self.running:
    # 1. Get next task
    # 2. Spawn executor
    # 3. Monitor active agents
    # 4. Retry failed tasks
    # 5. Check milestones
    # 6. Update metrics
    time.sleep(1)

Testing:

  • Unit test: Control loop logic
  • Integration test: 5 concurrent agents
  • Load test: 100 tasks in queue

6. scripts/dependency-resolver.py​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 (Week 3, Day 5 - Week 4, Day 2) Hours: 24h Dependencies: autonomous-orchestrator.py operational Success Criteria:

  • Parses dependencies from task descriptions
  • Builds directed acyclic graph (DAG)
  • Detects circular dependencies
  • Blocks tasks with unmet dependencies
  • Unblocks tasks when dependencies complete

Dependency Patterns:

# Parse: "after T001.009", "depends on T008.001"
pattern = r'T\d{3}\.\d{3}'

Testing:

  • Unit test: Dependency parsing
  • Unit test: Cycle detection
  • Integration test: Task B waits for Task A

7. Progress Dashboard (Week 4, Days 3-5)​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 Hours: 24h Dependencies: autonomous-orchestrator.py operational Success Criteria:

  • Real-time web UI shows task progress
  • WebSocket updates every 1 second
  • Displays epic/feature completion %
  • Shows active agents
  • Recent activity log

Tech Stack:

  • FastAPI (backend)
  • WebSockets (real-time)
  • Vue.js (frontend)

Testing:

  • UI test: Dashboard loads
  • WebSocket test: Updates in real-time

Phase 3: Advanced Features (Weeks 5-6)​

8. Circuit Breaker & Retry Logic (Week 5, Days 1-2)​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 Hours: 16h Dependencies: autonomous-orchestrator.py operational Success Criteria:

  • Implements PyBreaker pattern
  • Exponential backoff (1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s)
  • Circuit opens after 5 consecutive failures
  • Circuit half-opens after 60 seconds
  • Circuit closes after 2 successful retries

Implementation:

from pybreaker import CircuitBreaker

breaker = CircuitBreaker(fail_max=5, timeout=60)

@breaker
def execute_task(task_id):
    # ... execution logic

Testing:

  • Unit test: Circuit breaker logic
  • Integration test: Recovers from 10 failures

9. Prometheus Metrics Integration (Week 5, Days 3-5)​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 Hours: 24h Dependencies: autonomous-orchestrator.py operational Success Criteria:

  • Exposes /metrics endpoint on port 9090
  • Tracks task completion counter
  • Tracks active agents gauge
  • Tracks dispatch latency histogram
  • Prometheus scrapes metrics every 15s

Metrics:

from prometheus_client import Counter, Gauge, Histogram

tasks_completed = Counter('coditect_tasks_completed', 'Tasks completed')
active_agents = Gauge('coditect_active_agents', 'Active agents')
dispatch_latency = Histogram('coditect_dispatch_latency_seconds', 'Dispatch latency')

Testing:

  • Metrics test: /metrics endpoint returns data
  • Grafana test: Dashboard shows live data

10. Configuration Management (Week 6, Days 1-2)​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 Hours: 16h Dependencies: autonomous-orchestrator.py operational Success Criteria:

  • config/orchestrator-config.json created
  • Environment-specific configs (dev/staging/prod)
  • Runtime configuration reload (SIGHUP)
  • Validation on config load

Config File:

{
  "orchestrator": {
    "max_concurrent_agents": 5,
    "max_retries": 3
  },
  "agent_mappings": { ... }
}

Testing:

  • Config test: Loads correctly
  • Config test: Validates schema
  • Config test: Reloads on SIGHUP

11. User Documentation (Week 6, Days 3-5)​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 Hours: 24h Dependencies: All scripts operational Success Criteria:

  • AUTONOMOUS-ORCHESTRATION-GUIDE.md complete
  • Deployment runbook created
  • Troubleshooting playbook created
  • API reference documented

Sections:

  1. Introduction
  2. Quick Start
  3. Architecture
  4. Configuration
  5. Operations
  6. Agent Mappings
  7. Dependency Management
  8. Monitoring
  9. Troubleshooting
  10. API Reference

Testing:

  • Doc review: Technical accuracy
  • Doc review: User clarity

Phase 4: Deployment & Validation (Weeks 7-8)​

12. GKE Production Deployment (Week 7, Days 1-3)​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 Hours: 32h Dependencies: All scripts tested in dev Success Criteria:

  • Docker image built and pushed to GCR
  • Kubernetes deployment created
  • Redis service deployed
  • PVC for context.db created
  • ConfigMap for config.json created
  • LoadBalancer service configured
  • Health checks passing

Kubernetes Manifests:

  • deployment/orchestrator-deployment.yaml
  • deployment/redis-deployment.yaml
  • deployment/orchestrator-service.yaml
  • deployment/orchestrator-configmap.yaml

Testing:

  • Deployment test: Pods running
  • Health test: /health endpoint returns 200
  • Integration test: End-to-end in production

13. Load Testing (Week 7, Days 4-5)​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 Hours: 16h Dependencies: Production deployment complete Success Criteria:

  • Simulates 100+ concurrent tasks
  • Validates <5s dispatch latency at p95
  • Validates system handles 10 concurrent agents
  • No memory leaks after 1-hour run
  • No database lock errors

Load Test Script:

# scripts/load-test-orchestrator.py
for i in range(100):
    create_test_task(f"LOAD_TEST_{i}")

# Measure dispatch latency
```text

**Testing:**
- [ ] Load test: 100 tasks dispatched in <5 minutes
- [ ] Load test: p95 latency <5s
- [ ] Load test: No errors during 1-hour run

---

#### 14. Security Audit (Week 8, Days 1-2)
**Status:** ⏸️ Not started
**Priority:** P1
**Hours:** 16h
**Dependencies:** Production deployment complete
**Success Criteria:**
- [ ] Agent execution isolation verified
- [ ] Database access controls validated
- [ ] No credentials in logs
- [ ] API authentication enforced
- [ ] RBAC policies in Kubernetes

**Audit Checklist:**
- [ ] Review agent execution sandboxing
- [ ] Review database access (least privilege)
- [ ] Review log redaction (secrets masked)
- [ ] Review API authentication (JWT)
- [ ] Review K8s RBAC (pod security policies)

**Testing:**
- [ ] Security test: Agent cannot access unrelated files
- [ ] Security test: Database access requires auth
- [ ] Security test: Logs contain no secrets

---

#### 15. Final Validation (Week 8, Days 3-5)
**Status:** ⏸️ Not started
**Priority:** P0
**Hours:** 24h
**Dependencies:** All systems operational
**Success Criteria:**
- [ ] Execute 10 real V2 tasks autonomously
- [ ] Measure success rate (target: 95%+)
- [ ] Measure average task completion time
- [ ] Validate sync remains in sync (no drift)
- [ ] Validate monitoring shows accurate data

**Validation Tasks:**
- T001.005: Create component discovery service
- T001.006: Implement capability-based agent discovery
- T008.003: Setup DNS A record for auth.coditect.ai
- T008.004: Activate SSL certificate
- ... 6 more

**Testing:**
- [ ] Validation test: 10 tasks complete successfully
- [ ] Validation test: 95%+ success rate
- [ ] Validation test: <5s dispatch latency

---

## Database Deliverables

### 1. scripts/init-orchestrator-schema.sql
**Status:** ⏸️ Not started
**Priority:** P0 (Week 1)
**Success Criteria:**
- [ ] Creates task_dependencies table
- [ ] Creates orchestrator_state table
- [ ] Creates agent_execution_log table
- [ ] Enables WAL mode for concurrency
- [ ] Creates all indexes

**Tables:**
```sql
CREATE TABLE task_dependencies (
    dependency_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    task_id TEXT,
    dependency_task_id TEXT,
    ...
);

CREATE TABLE orchestrator_state (
    state_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    timestamp TEXT,
    active_agents INTEGER,
    ...
);

CREATE TABLE agent_execution_log (
    log_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    task_id TEXT,
    agent_type TEXT,
    ...
);

Configuration Deliverables​

1. config/orchestrator-config.json​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 (Week 6) Success Criteria:

  • Defines orchestrator settings
  • Defines agent mappings (20+ patterns)
  • Defines monitoring settings
  • Defines logging settings
  • Validates on load (JSON schema)

Example:

{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "orchestrator": {
    "max_concurrent_agents": 5,
    "max_retries": 3,
    "checkpoint_interval_tasks": 10
  },
  "agent_mappings": {
    "infrastructure|deployment": "devops-engineer",
    ...
  }
}

Deployment Deliverables​

1. deployment/orchestrator-deployment.yaml​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 (Week 7) Success Criteria:

  • Kubernetes Deployment manifest
  • Single replica (SQLite limitation)
  • PVC for context.db
  • ConfigMap mount for config.json
  • Environment variables configured
  • Resource limits set

2. deployment/redis-deployment.yaml​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 (Week 7) Success Criteria:

  • Redis StatefulSet manifest
  • Persistent storage for queue data
  • Service definition (port 6379)

3. deployment/orchestrator-service.yaml​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 (Week 7) Success Criteria:

  • LoadBalancer service type
  • Port 9090 exposed for metrics
  • Health check endpoint configured

Monitoring Deliverables​

1. Prometheus Metrics​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 (Week 5) Success Criteria:

  • coditect_tasks_total counter
  • coditect_tasks_completed counter
  • coditect_tasks_failed counter
  • coditect_active_agents gauge
  • coditect_dispatch_latency_seconds histogram
  • coditect_orchestrator_uptime_seconds gauge

2. Grafana Dashboard​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 (Week 5) Success Criteria:

  • Task completion rate panel
  • Active agents panel
  • Dispatch latency panel (p50, p95, p99)
  • Failure rate panel
  • Epic progress panel

3. Alerting Rules​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 (Week 5) Success Criteria:

  • HighTaskFailureRate (>10% for 5 min)
  • OrchestratorDown (service unavailable)
  • DispatchLatencyHigh (p95 >5s for 5 min)

Testing Deliverables​

1. Unit Tests​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 (Week 2) Success Criteria:

  • tests/test_sync_daemon.py (10+ tests)
  • tests/test_task_dispatcher.py (15+ tests)
  • tests/test_agent_executor.py (12+ tests)
  • tests/test_dependency_resolver.py (8+ tests)
  • tests/test_orchestrator.py (10+ tests)
  • 80%+ code coverage

2. Integration Tests​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P0 (Week 4) Success Criteria:

  • tests/integration/test_end_to_end.py
  • tests/integration/test_dependency_blocking.py
  • tests/integration/test_concurrent_execution.py
  • tests/integration/test_failure_recovery.py

3. Load Tests​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 (Week 7) Success Criteria:

  • scripts/load-test-orchestrator.py
  • Simulates 100+ tasks
  • Validates <5s p95 latency
  • Reports: CPU, memory, database load

Documentation Deliverables​

1. User Guide​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 (Week 6) Location: docs/02-user-guides/AUTONOMOUS-ORCHESTRATION-GUIDE.md Success Criteria:

  • 10 sections covering all aspects
  • Quick start guide (5 minutes)
  • Configuration reference
  • Operations guide (start/stop/monitor)
  • Troubleshooting playbook

2. Deployment Runbook​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 (Week 6) Location: docs/07-deployment/ORCHESTRATOR-DEPLOYMENT-RUNBOOK.md Success Criteria:

  • Pre-deployment checklist
  • Step-by-step deployment instructions
  • Post-deployment validation
  • Rollback procedures

3. API Reference​

Status: ⏸️ Not started Priority: P1 (Week 6) Location: docs/08-agent-reference/ORCHESTRATOR-API-REFERENCE.md Success Criteria:

  • REST API endpoints documented
  • Request/response examples
  • Error codes reference
  • Authentication guide

Success Metrics (KPIs)​

Primary Metrics​

  • Autonomy Rate: 95%+ (tasks completed without human intervention)
  • Dispatch Latency: <5s p95
  • Task Throughput: 10/hour
  • Success Rate: 95%+ (completed / (completed + failed))
  • Uptime: 99.9%

Secondary Metrics​

  • Average task completion time: <4 hours
  • Agent utilization rate: >70%
  • Sync operations per hour: <100
  • Checkpoint frequency: Every 10 tasks

Budget Summary​

CategoryHoursCost @ $150/h
Phase 1: Foundation88h$13,200
Phase 2: Orchestration88h$13,200
Phase 3: Advanced Features80h$12,000
Phase 4: Deployment88h$13,200
Total344h$51,600

Infrastructure: $200 (Redis, Prometheus, Grafana for 2 months) Grand Total: $51,800

Timeline Summary​

WeekPhaseKey DeliverableHours
1Foundationsync-daemon.py + task-dispatcher.py40h
2Foundationagent-executor.py + integration tests48h
3Orchestrationautonomous-orchestrator.py40h
4Orchestrationdependency-resolver.py + dashboard48h
5AdvancedCircuit breaker + Prometheus metrics40h
6AdvancedConfiguration + documentation40h
7DeploymentGKE deploy + load testing48h
8DeploymentSecurity audit + final validation40h

Total: 344 hours over 8 weeks

Risk Mitigation Summary​

RiskMitigation
Database corruptionAutomatic backups every 6h + WAL mode
Agent timeout2-hour timeout with auto-kill
Circular dependenciesCycle detection on creation
Sync conflictsChecksums + manual reconciliation tool
Rate limitsQueue backoff + 5 concurrent max
Production downtimeBlue-green deployment + rollback procedures

Next Steps (Immediate)​

This Week (Dec 18-22):​

  1. Review & Approve - Stakeholder sign-off on plan
  2. Setup Dev Environment 
    sqlite3 context.db < scripts/init-orchestrator-schema.sql
    docker run -d -p 6379:6379 redis:7-alpine
    cp config/orchestrator-config.example.json config/orchestrator-config.json
  3. Start Week 1 Implementation
    • Create sync-daemon.py skeleton
    • Implement file watching logic
    • Test with 5 sample tasks

Week 1 Goals:​

  • sync-daemon.py functional (watches markdown + DB)
  • task-dispatcher.py assigns 10 test tasks correctly
  • Unit tests passing (20+ tests)
  • Team demo: Show bidirectional sync working

Created: December 18, 2025 Status: Ready for Implementation See Full Plan: AUTONOMOUS-ORCHESTRATION-PLAN.md See Summary: ORCHESTRATION-IMPLEMENTATION-SUMMARY.md See Architecture: ORCHESTRATION-ARCHITECTURE-DIAGRAM.md