Auto-activates when working in a festivals/ directory or when the user mentions festivals, fest CLI, phases, sequences, or tasks. Provides core methodology knowledge so Claude understands the Festival planning system.
Festival Methodology is a goal-oriented project management system for human-AI development workflows. It replaces sprints, story points, and time estimates with steps to goals.
NNN_ (e.g., 001_PLAN/)NN_ (e.g., 01_setup/)NN_ (e.g., 01_create_schema.md)Festival
└── Phase (NNN_UPPER_CASE/)
└── Sequence (NN_lower_snake_case/)
└── Task (NN_lower_snake_case.md)
planning/ → ready/ → active/ → dungeon/completed/
fest understand methodology # Learn the methodology
fest create festival # Create a new festival
fest next # Get next actionable task
fest task completed # Mark task done
fest commit -m "msg" # Commit with festival traceability
fest validate # Check structure
fest status # View progress
If you're working in a directory containing festivals/, or the user references festival methodology concepts, use fest commands rather than manual file manipulation. The CLI handles naming, validation, and traceability automatically.
Always run fest next to determine what to work on rather than manually picking tasks — it respects dependency order.