Eve Job Lifecycle

Use jobs as the unit of work and keep phases explicit.

Phases

• idea -> backlog -> ready -> active -> review -> done or cancelled

• Jobs default to ready and can be scheduled immediately.

Create jobs

• eve job create --description "..."

• Add details with --project , --priority , --phase , --labels , --review .

• Create sub-jobs with eve job create --parent <job-id> --description "..." .

Update and complete

• eve job update <id> --phase <phase>

• eve job submit <id> --summary "..."

• eve job approve <id> or eve job reject <id> --reason "..."

• eve job close <id> --reason "..."

• eve job cancel <id> --reason "..."

Dependencies

• eve job dep add <job> <blocking-job>

• Use dependencies only for true blockers.

• Inspect with eve job dep list <id> .

Agent control signals

• Emit a fenced json-result block with eve.status as waiting , success , or failed .

• Return waiting only after dependencies exist.