---
feature_id: FTR-14
title: Active Flags Tracker
category: Trackers
optional: true
depends_on: [FTR-13]
registry_refs: [5.20]
---

# Active Flags Tracker

## What this is
A dedicated tracker for open blockers, unresolved action items, and pending external confirmations — distinct from document status. A document can be Final and still have an active flag on a related item. Flags surface at session open so nothing stays stuck silently.

## Assess first
- Confirm the Document Tracker System is installed (Active Flags follows the same two-layer architecture and depends on it).
- Read `admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md` for any existing Active Flags section and carry forward open flags.
- Scan the conversation/project for existing blockers, pending approvals, or external dependencies to seed the flags list.

## Ask, only if needed
- If open blockers or pending items are evident but not yet captured: "I see a few open items — [list]. Want me to add these as active flags so they surface every session?"
- Otherwise nothing to ask.

## Write
Add this section to `admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md`:

```
◆ ACTIVE FLAGS

Open blockers, unresolved action items, or pending external confirmations
that affect document production or project progress. Distinct from document
status — a document can be Final and still have an active flag on a related
item.

Flag format: [Category] | [Detail] | [Owner] | [Status]
Categories: LEGAL · VENDOR · APPROVAL · COMPLIANCE · PROCUREMENT · EXTERNAL

| Category   | Detail        | Owner   | Status                  |
|------------|---------------|---------|-------------------------|
| [Category] | [Description] | [Owner] | [Open / Pending / Resolved] |

Active flags surface in the startup display. Check and report at session
open. When a flag is resolved, move it to a Resolved Flags section — never
delete.
```

If the Document Tracker System is being used with a dedicated Active Flags tracker, create `trackers\data\[ProjectCode]_Active_Flags.md` and its HTML display, and register it in the tracker index following the standard commit protocol.

## Confirm
Confirm: the Active Flags tracker is installed — open blockers and pending items now surface at every session open until resolved (and resolved flags are archived, never deleted). Want to install another, or is that everything for now?