Guided Workflow

A four-phase project workflow that orchestrates the other automation tools:

1. 1. Discuss — describe your project; Hikari writes a CONTEXT.md file capturing requirements and goals
2. 2. Plan — use the PRD Creator to break the project into tasks
3. 3. Execute — run the Task Loop to complete all tasks automatically
4. 4. Verify — check acceptance criteria; Hikari writes VERIFY.md

Enable Quick Mode to skip Claude interactions in steps 1 and 4.

PRD Creator

Describe your project in plain English and Hikari will generate a structured hikari-tasks.json task list. Tasks include titles, prompts, priorities, and dependency relationships.

Task Loop

Executes tasks from hikari-tasks.json automatically. Features include:

• • Wave-based parallelism — independent tasks run concurrently; dependent tasks wait for their prerequisites
• • Concurrency control — adjust the [−] N [+] control to limit how many tasks run in parallel
• • Blocked detection — tasks whose dependencies failed are marked ⊘
• • Auto-commit — optionally commit changes after each task completes, with a configurable prefix and optional SUMMARY.md

Project Context Panel

Manage persistent context files that are injected into every conversation: PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md, ROADMAP.md, and STATE.md. These help Hikari maintain consistent project understanding across sessions.

Codebase Mapper

Generates a CODEBASE.md architectural summary of your project — directory structure, key files, and their roles. Useful for onboarding Hikari to large codebases quickly.