Discovery Phase
Find the signal before writing code
Signal gathering
SignalSweep, web research, client docs, repo history, user interviews, competitor scans, and data-source review.
Context compression
Obsidian / DB brain, Everlearn notes, AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md instructions, and project-specific operating rules.
Reality checks
Confirm the actual state from code, logs, databases, live deploys, GitHub reviews, or customer-facing flows.