Convene / D.O.P.E.Design approved · not yet implemented

docs/07-CONVENE-DOPE.md — point agents at a target, the right team assembles and works, escalating only at defined walls
Discuss Organize Prioritize
1ACQUIRE
2CASE_FILE
3JUDGMENT
4SCOUT_SELECT
5DISCUSS
6TEAM_SELECT
7ORGANIZE
8PRIORITIZE
9EXECUTE

10 · ESCALATED

Reachable from any non-terminal phase via convene escalate — "the only door a human walks through." convene resume returns to the phase it left.

11 · CLOSED

Reachable only from EXECUTE via convene close, and only with a checkpoint reference. Terminal.

The CLI's job is only the phase state machine — a mechanically-enforced transition graph over initiatives/<slug>/convene.json. Everything a phase actually does (what scouts write, how judgment reasons, what the brief says) stays agent work over the seven verbs; convene adds no new judgment, only bookkeeping and refusal of illegal transitions. doctor flags any convening with no phase transition in 7 days as stale.