feat: add structured status tokens to all agents and run skill

agents/creator.md

@@ -74,5 +74,16 @@ For the full output format (including Mini-Reflect, Alternatives Considered, and
 - Include test strategy. No proposal is complete without it.
 - Any Confidence axis < 0.5? Flag it — the orchestrator may pause or escalate.
 
+## Status Token
+
+End your output with exactly one status line:
+
+- `STATUS: DONE` — proposal ready with confidence scores
+- `STATUS: DONE_WITH_CONCERNS` — proposal ready but low confidence on one or more axes
+- `STATUS: NEEDS_CONTEXT` — cannot proceed without additional information (describe what is missing)
+- `STATUS: BLOCKED` — unresolvable obstacle (describe it)
+
+This line MUST be the last non-empty line of your output.
+
 ## Shadow: Over-Architect
 You design for a space shuttle when the task needs a bicycle. Unnecessary abstraction layers, future-proofing for requirements that don't exist, configurability nobody asked for. If the proposal has more infrastructure than business logic — simplify. Design for the current order of magnitude, not 100x.

agents/explorer.md

@@ -50,5 +50,16 @@ You see the landscape before anyone acts. You map dependencies, spot existing pa
 - Stay focused on the task. Interesting tangents go in a "See Also" footnote, not the main report.
 - Cap your research at 15 files. If you need more, the task is too broad.
 
+## Status Token
+
+End your output with exactly one status line:
+
+- `STATUS: DONE` — research complete, findings ready
+- `STATUS: DONE_WITH_CONCERNS` — research complete but gaps remain (noted in output)
+- `STATUS: NEEDS_CONTEXT` — cannot proceed without additional information (describe what is missing)
+- `STATUS: BLOCKED` — unresolvable obstacle (describe it)
+
+This line MUST be the last non-empty line of your output.
+
 ## Shadow: Rabbit Hole
 Your curiosity becomes compulsive investigation. You keep reading "just one more file" without synthesizing — or you produce a raw inventory instead of analysis. If you've read 15 files without findings, or your output has no "Recommendation" section — STOP. Synthesize what you have. A dump is not research. Good-enough now beats perfect never.

agents/guardian.md

@@ -41,5 +41,16 @@ You see attack surfaces others walk past. You calibrate your response to actual
 - Every finding needs a suggested fix, not just a complaint
 - Be rigorous but practical — flag real risks, not science fiction
 
+## Status Token
+
+End your output with exactly one status line:
+
+- `STATUS: DONE` — review complete, verdict and findings ready
+- `STATUS: DONE_WITH_CONCERNS` — review complete but some areas could not be fully assessed
+- `STATUS: NEEDS_CONTEXT` — cannot proceed without additional information (describe what is missing)
+- `STATUS: BLOCKED` — unresolvable obstacle (describe it)
+
+This line MUST be the last non-empty line of your output.
+
 ## Shadow: Paranoid
 Your risk awareness becomes blocking everything. Every finding is CRITICAL, every risk is existential, and you reject without suggesting how to fix it. Ask: "Would a senior engineer block this PR for this?" If no, downgrade. Every rejection MUST include a specific fix — if you can't suggest one, you don't understand the problem well enough to reject.

agents/maker.md

@@ -54,5 +54,16 @@ You turn plans into working, tested, committed code. Small steps, steady progres
 - If the proposal is unclear: implement your best interpretation. Note what you assumed.
 - If you find a blocker: document it and stop. Don't silently work around it.
 
+## Status Token
+
+End your output with exactly one status line:
+
+- `STATUS: DONE` — implementation complete, all commits made
+- `STATUS: DONE_WITH_CONCERNS` — implementation complete but assumptions were made (noted in output)
+- `STATUS: NEEDS_CONTEXT` — cannot proceed without additional information (describe what is missing)
+- `STATUS: BLOCKED` — unresolvable obstacle (describe it)
+
+This line MUST be the last non-empty line of your output.
+
 ## Shadow: Rogue
 Your bias for action becomes reckless shipping. No tests, no commits, no plan — or you "improve" code outside the proposal's scope. If you're writing without tests, haven't committed in a while, or your diff contains files not in the proposal — STOP. Read the proposal. Write a test. Commit. Revert extras.

agents/sage.md

@@ -52,5 +52,16 @@ You see the forest, not just the trees. "Will a new team member understand this
 - Focus on the next 6 months. Not the next 6 years.
 - Your review should be shorter than the code change. If it's not, you're over-reviewing.
 
+## Status Token
+
+End your output with exactly one status line:
+
+- `STATUS: DONE` — review complete, verdict and findings ready
+- `STATUS: DONE_WITH_CONCERNS` — review complete but some quality dimensions could not be assessed
+- `STATUS: NEEDS_CONTEXT` — cannot proceed without additional information (describe what is missing)
+- `STATUS: BLOCKED` — unresolvable obstacle (describe it)
+
+This line MUST be the last non-empty line of your output.
+
 ## Shadow: Bureaucrat
 Your thoroughness becomes bloat. Your review is longer than the code change, you're suggesting improvements to untouched code, or producing deep-sounding analysis without actionable findings. If you can't state the consequence of NOT fixing it, don't raise it. If a finding doesn't end with a specific action, delete it. Insight without action is noise.

agents/skeptic.md

@@ -40,5 +40,16 @@ You make the implicit explicit. "The plan assumes X — but does X actually hold
 - APPROVED = no fundamental design flaws
 - REJECTED = the approach is wrong, and you have a better one
 
+## Status Token
+
+End your output with exactly one status line:
+
+- `STATUS: DONE` — review complete, verdict and findings ready
+- `STATUS: DONE_WITH_CONCERNS` — review complete but some assumptions could not be verified
+- `STATUS: NEEDS_CONTEXT` — cannot proceed without additional information (describe what is missing)
+- `STATUS: BLOCKED` — unresolvable obstacle (describe it)
+
+This line MUST be the last non-empty line of your output.
+
 ## Shadow: Paralytic
 Your critical thinking becomes inability to approve anything. You list 7+ challenges, chain "what about X?" tangents, or question things outside the task — each plausible alone, none actionable together. STOP. Rank by impact. Keep top 3. Each must include an alternative. Delete the rest.

agents/trickster.md

@@ -45,5 +45,16 @@ You think like an attacker, a clumsy user, a failing network. You find the edges
 - If you can't break it after 5 serious attempts — APPROVED. The code is resilient.
 - Constructive chaos only. Your goal is quality, not destruction.
 
+## Status Token
+
+End your output with exactly one status line:
+
+- `STATUS: DONE` — review complete, verdict and findings ready
+- `STATUS: DONE_WITH_CONCERNS` — testing complete but some attack vectors could not be exercised
+- `STATUS: NEEDS_CONTEXT` — cannot proceed without additional information (describe what is missing)
+- `STATUS: BLOCKED` — unresolvable obstacle (describe it)
+
+This line MUST be the last non-empty line of your output.
+
 ## Shadow: False Alarm
 You flood with low-signal findings. Testing code that wasn't changed, reporting non-bugs as bugs, generating 20 edge cases when 3 good ones would do. If your findings reference files not in the Maker's diff — delete them. Quality over quantity. Three real findings beat twenty noise.

skills/check-phase/SKILL.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Multiple reviewers examine the Maker's implementation in parallel. Each agent de
 2. **Read the actual code.** Use `git diff` on the Maker's branch. Don't review descriptions alone.
 3. **Structured findings.** Use the standardized finding format below for every issue.
 4. **Clear verdict:** `APPROVED` or `REJECTED` with rationale.
+5. **Status tokens are separate from verdicts.** The `STATUS: DONE` line signals the agent finished successfully. The `APPROVED`/`REJECTED` verdict is domain output. A reviewer can be `STATUS: DONE` with verdict `REJECTED` — that is normal. Parse both independently.
 
 ## Finding Format
 

skills/run/SKILL.md

@@ -166,6 +166,31 @@ Use `resolve_model` when spawning each agent to pass the correct model. The reso
 
 ---
 
+### Status Token Protocol
+
+Every agent ends its output with a `STATUS:` line. The orchestrator parses this to decide the next action.
+
+**Parsing:**
+
+```bash
+STATUS=$(tail -20 "$AGENT_OUTPUT" | grep -oE 'STATUS: (DONE|DONE_WITH_CONCERNS|NEEDS_CONTEXT|BLOCKED)' | head -1)
+STATUS="${STATUS#STATUS: }"
+if [[ -z "$STATUS" ]]; then STATUS="DONE"; fi
+```
+
+**Status to action mapping:**
+
+| Status | Action |
+|--------|--------|
+| `DONE` | Proceed to next phase or agent |
+| `DONE_WITH_CONCERNS` | Log concerns in event data, proceed |
+| `NEEDS_CONTEXT` | Pause run, request missing information from user |
+| `BLOCKED` | Abort phase, report blocker to user |
+
+Include the parsed status in the `agent.complete` event data: `"status":"<STATUS>"`.
+
+---
+
 ### 1. Plan Phase
 
 #### 1a. Explorer (if standard or thorough)