Specification
Specification
The precise, readable specification of the methodology — the structures and protocols that humans and agents share.
Standard
Workflow
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DWP specification
Normative Deep Work Plan specification: plan structure, the ten-section task anatomy, gate selection by touched surface, the six operations, and versioning.
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Lite plans
Lite plans: compact, fully executable task records inline in README.md, their creation and format selection, and promotion to a Full plan.
Protocol
Archetypes
Addons
Conformance
State
Record layer
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Record layer
The v6 and v7 record layer: an immutable outcome contract, an append-only journal, evidence classes, sign-off, amendments, invariants and receipts.
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Resources and abilities
Per-task context manifests, the resource envelope, host capabilities, the .dwp/config.json addon registry and the abilities that enabled addons add.
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Delegation
How a v7 plan hands parallel_safe tasks to other coding agents under the agent_delegation grant, with delegation records and gated, observed evidence.