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Core Capability

Autonomous Workflows

Plan → Code → Review → Fix cycles that run automatically until completion

What Are Autonomous Workflows?

Traditional development requires constant human intervention:

❌ Traditional Development

  • Plan → wait for human → Implement → wait for human → Test → wait for human → Fix...
  • Hours or days between each phase
  • Context switching kills momentum
  • Forgetting to resume work
  • Inconsistent quality

SiftCoder's autonomous workflows are different:

✓ Autonomous Workflows

  • Plan → Code → Review → Fix → automatically continue
  • Seconds between phases
  • Momentum maintained
  • Continuous progress
  • Consistent high quality

The workflow continues automatically until:

  • All features are complete
  • You pause the workflow
  • An issue requires manual intervention

The Four Phase Cycle

Each autonomous workflow follows the same reliable cycle

1

Plan

Analyze requirements and create implementation plan

Agent: Planner Agent
Duration: 2-5 minutes
Detailed feature breakdown with subtasks
2

Code

Implement the planned features with tests

Agent: Coder Agent
Duration: 5-30 minutes
Complete implementation with tests and docs
3

Review

Validate implementation against requirements

Agent: QA Reviewer Agent
Duration: 2-5 minutes
Validation report with any issues found
4

Fix

Address any issues found during review

Agent: QA Fixer Agent
Duration: 2-10 minutes
Fixed implementation with passing tests

How Autonomous Continuation Works

1. Initial Setup

You provide the initial input

You run a command like /siftcoder:build or /siftcoder:fix with your requirements

2. Agent Execution

Each agent completes its phase

Planner plans, Coder codes, Reviewer validates, Fixer fixes - all automatically

3. Automatic Handoff

Agents pass work to the next phase

When an agent completes its work, the next agent in the cycle starts immediately

4. Continuous Loop

The cycle repeats until done

Plan → Code → Review → Fix → back to Plan for next feature, automatically

Key Advantage: No Waiting

Unlike traditional development where you wait hours or days between phases, autonomous workflows continue immediately. What would take days happens in minutes because there's no human bottleneck.

You're Always in Control

Even though workflows are autonomous, you maintain full control:

Pause Anytime

/siftcoder:pause

Pause the workflow at any point. Resume later with /siftcoder:continue

Check Status

/siftcoder:status

See what's currently being worked on and overall progress

Set Boundaries

/siftcoder:scope

Define which files can be modified for safe, bounded changes

Save Checkpoints

/siftcoder:checkpoint

Save named checkpoints to restore to if needed

Real Example Timeline

Building a CRUD API

0:00

Workflow Starts

You run: /siftcoder:build api-crud.md

Start
0:03

Planning Complete

Planner Agent broke down CRUD into 5 subtasks

Plan → Code
0:08

Models & API Complete

Coder Agent created data models and REST endpoints

Code → Review
0:11

Review Passed

QA Reviewer validated all tests passing

Complete
0:11

Feature 1 Complete

Automatically moves to Feature 2 (UI components)

Continue
0:22

Feature 2 Complete

UI components built and validated

Continue
0:35

Feature 3 Complete

Forms and validation added

Continue
0:48

Feature 4 Complete

Error handling implemented

Continue
1:02

Feature 5 Complete

Documentation generated

All Features Complete

Total Time: 1 hour 2 minutes

5 features, all tested, documented, and ready

Traditional approach:

2-3 days

When to Use Autonomous Workflows

✓ Perfect For

  • Building new features from specs
  • Implementing well-defined requirements
  • Routine tasks and maintenance
  • Test generation
  • Documentation updates
  • Refactoring with clear goals

✗ Use Manual Approach

  • Complex architectural decisions
  • Ambiguous requirements
  • Creative/exploratory work
  • Learning unfamiliar code
  • Human-in-the-loop debugging
  • Pair programming sessions

Experience Autonomous Development

Watch your code build itself with autonomous multi-agent workflows

Start Building