v0.4.0 -- Declarative Intent-Based Pipelines

What's New

Declarative Pipeline Steps

Pipeline steps no longer send prescriptive instruction paragraphs. Instead, each step declares what needs to happen (intent, mode, context, hints) and Claude decides how to interact with the user.

This means Claude can use its best UX capabilities — plan mode for analysis, interactive prompts for data gathering, native tools for execution — without waiting for MCP updates.

4 step modes:

• plan — Claude enters plan mode for deep analysis
• act — Direct execution: run commands, edit files, create PRs
• gather — Collect information interactively from user/codebase
• report — Synthesize results into formatted output

8 New Multi-Perspective Review Pipelines

Command	Perspective
/dobbe-review-as-pm	Product Manager
/dobbe-review-as-engineer	Software Engineer
/dobbe-review-as-designer	UX Designer
/dobbe-review-as-qa	QA Engineer
/dobbe-review-as-test-architect	Test Architect
/dobbe-review-as-marketing	Marketing
/dobbe-review-as-sales	Sales
/dobbe-project-review	All 7 perspectives + synthesis

Each review uses gather mode to understand the project interactively, then plan mode for analysis.

By the Numbers

• 21 pipelines (up from 13)
• 24 slash commands (up from 16)
• 373 tests (up from 266), 94%+ coverage
• 52 files changed, 1207 insertions, 1025 deletions

Upgrade

npx dobbe install

v0.3.0

What's Changed

• npx dobbe no longer hangs -- bare command now prints usage help and exits immediately
• npx dobbe start shows feedback -- when run interactively in a terminal, prints a message to stderr explaining it's waiting for MCP messages
• Consolidated startup logic -- bin/install.ts now reuses the full startup from src/index.ts (session cleanup, cache eviction, graceful shutdown, logging)
• MCP config updated -- uses npx dobbe start instead of bare npx dobbe

Breaking Change

Existing users should re-run npx dobbe install to update their MCP server config.

v0.2.0 -- Role-Based Review Pipelines

What's New

Role-Based Review Pipelines

Added 8 new pipeline commands for multi-perspective project reviews:

Command	Description
review-as-pm	Product Manager -- feature gaps, prioritization, UX concerns
review-as-engineer	Staff Engineer -- architecture, scalability, tech debt
review-as-designer	UX/UI Designer -- accessibility, design consistency, interactions
review-as-qa	Quality Engineer -- bug hunting, edge cases, quality risks
review-as-test-architect	Staff SDET -- test strategy, automation, CI/CD, coverage
review-as-marketing	Marketing Manager -- promotion strategies, positioning, content
review-as-sales	Sales Manager -- competitive analysis, differentiators, objections
project-review	Master pipeline -- chains selected roles with executive synthesis

How It Works

Each role follows a discover -> analyze pattern:

1. Discovery: Claude scans the codebase, asks 3-5 targeted questions from the role's perspective, and waits for your answers
2. Analysis: Using the Q&A context, Claude produces structured findings + a markdown summary

The master project-review command dynamically chains selected roles and produces a cross-cutting executive summary.

Usage

# Install/update skills
npx dobbe install

# Use individual roles
/dobbe-review-as-pm
/dobbe-review-as-engineer

# Run all 7 roles (or select specific ones)
/dobbe-project-review

Fixes

• Fixed skills path resolution for dist/src/ layout (skills were not found during dobbe install)
• Fixed .npmignore to include compiled output in npm package
• Fixed main/types paths in package.json

Stats

• 21 total pipeline commands (up from 13)
• 24 skills installed
• 366 tests passing