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aidlc-developer-agent -- Technical Reference

Identity

Field Value
Name aidlc-developer-agent
Tier judgment
Allowed Claude Code Tools Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash, AskUserQuestion
Disallowed Claude Code Tools Task

Stage Ownership

Lead Stages

Stage Name What This Agent Does
reverse-engineering Reverse Engineering (Code scan step) Performs deep code scan to extract dependency graphs, API endpoints, database models, and technical debt indicators
code-generation Code Generation Implements units of work from architectural specifications as production-quality code

Support Stages

Stage Name What This Agent Contributes
practices-discovery Practices Discovery (Inception) Mutually blind code-pattern spoke: naming conventions, layer separation, error handling, and file organisation, written to its own contribution file
user-stories User Stories Implementability voice in the mob ensemble (dispatched collaborator, writes its own contribution file)
functional-design Functional Design API contract design and data model specification
deployment-execution Deployment Execution Database migration execution and validation

Collaboration Patterns

Receives From

Source Artifacts
aidlc-architect-agent Unit of work specifications, design patterns, API specifications
aidlc-quality-agent Test requirements, bug reports, defect specifications

Hands Off To

Target Artifacts
aidlc-quality-agent Implemented code for testing, test infrastructure
aidlc-architect-agent Code scan results for reverse engineering synthesis

Knowledge Sources

Methodology (Tier 1)

Path: .claude/knowledge/aidlc-developer-agent/

File Content
api-design-guide.md API contract design (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) methodology
code-analysis-guide.md Codebase analysis and reverse engineering techniques
code-generation-guide.md Code generation methodology and implementation patterns
code-generation-patterns.md Language-specific code generation patterns and templates
data-modelling-patterns.md Data model design patterns (relational and NoSQL)
re-artifacts.md Reverse engineering artifact specifications

Team (Tier 2)

Path: aidlc/knowledge/aidlc-developer-agent/ (the space-level knowledge dir; user-managed)

A space-level directory the team creates when it has content (the engine ships aidlc/knowledge/ empty). Populated by the team with project-specific development context such as coding standards, framework conventions, existing API patterns, or migration strategies.


Cross-References