Advance Weft Workflow Step

Transition the current step to a new status.

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS

Parsing

Parse the arguments flexibly. The user may say:

• /wf-step complete "planning done" — standard form
• /wf-step done or /wf-step with no args — treat as complete
• /wf-step skip not needed — skip with reason
• /wf-step failed, try again — treat as retry if step is failed, or fail if running
• /wf-step complete 3 or /wf-step complete next 3 — bulk complete N steps

Map natural language to actions:

User says	Action
done, finished, complete, next	complete
skip, not needed, pass	skip
failed, broken, error	fail
retry, again, redo	retry
again, loop, iterate, continue loop, not done yet, issues remain	loop-continue
done looping, exit loop, loop done, clean, all clear	loop-done

Loop disambiguation: If the current step has a loop_back_to field, prefer loop actions over regular ones. "again" on a loop step means loop-continue, not retry. "done" on a loop step means loop-done, not complete. If the user explicitly says "complete" or "skip", use those literally even on loop steps.

Single step transition

python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/core/cli.py" step <action> <reason>

Bulk transitions

If the user specifies a count (e.g., "complete 3"), loop:

for i in 1 2 3; do
  python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/core/cli.py" step complete "bulk advance"
done

Stop looping if any step fails or the workflow completes.

After transition

1. Display the updated workflow checklist.
2. If the workflow just completed, congratulate and summarize what was accomplished.
3. If a step failed with block policy, explain options: /wf-step retry or /wf-abort.
4. If the next step has guards, explain what commands are blocked.
5. If the next step has a description in the template, mention what it expects.

After loop-continue

• Show "Loop iteration N/M" with the current count and max.
• List which steps were reset back to pending.
• If the exit condition is defined, remind the user what needs to be true to exit.

After loop-done

• Show "Exited loop after N iterations."
• Show the next step info as normal.

Loop max exceeded

• If loop-continue triggers max_iterations, the step fails per its on_fail policy.
• Explain: "Loop hit max iterations (N). Workflow blocked — use /wf-step retry to reset or /wf-abort."