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name: document-workflow-and-status
description: "Document lifecycle, seeded-item warning, and the command set. Use when a person asks to install or apply \"Document Workflow & Status System\" (FTR-10) in a project, or when working in a project that has it installed."
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# Document Workflow & Status System (FTR-10, version 1.0)

> Generated from library record FTR-10 version 1.0, publish 20261102a. Review status: unreviewed. The complete specification is in references/spec.md and is the authority; this file is the operating procedure drawn from it.

## What this does

Document lifecycle, seeded-item warning, and the command set

## When to use this skill

- A person asks to install, apply or update "Document Workflow & Status System" (FTR-10) in a project.
- A project's agent instructions list document-workflow-and-status as installed and the task touches what it covers.
- No other feature is required first.

## Install procedure

Steps run in order. Assess comes first, every question in the Ask step is answered by the person before anything is written, and every write merges additively into the existing project files (read the file first, update an existing section in place, never overwrite).

### Assess first
- Read `admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md` for any existing status set or workflow commands and carry them forward.
- Note whether the Document Tracker System is installed — statuses are recorded on tracker cards, but this workflow stands alone even without a tracker.

### Ask, only if needed
Nothing to ask — proceed directly to Write.

### Write

The full Write payload is in references/write-payload.md. It is applied exactly as written, with the merge rule above.

### Confirm
Confirm: your document workflow and status system is installed — statuses, the seeded-item warning, and the command set are in the agent instructions. Want to install another, or is that everything for now?

## Files in this skill

- references/spec.md: the complete specification, unabridged.
- references/write-payload.md: the Write step on its own.