AI Feature Orchestrator: Agents, Hooks & Prompts (2/4)

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AI-Driven Feature Development - Part 2: Agents, Hooks & Prompt Files

Adds the custom agents, lifecycle hooks, prompt files, and configuration that form the orchestration layer.

Custom Agents

• feature-orchestrator - Conductor for the full pipeline
• codebase-researcher - Deep codebase exploration with call chain tracing
• design-writer - Design specs with agent implementation notes
• feature-planner - Quality-driven PBI decomposition
• pbi-creator - ADO work item creation with batched askQuestion
• agent-dispatcher - Dispatches PBIs to Copilot coding agent

Hooks

• subagent-start.js - Injects feature context into subagent sessions
• subagent-stop.js - Advances pipeline step when subagent completes

Prompt Files

/feature-design, /feature-plan, /feature-backlog, /feature-dispatch, /feature-status, /feature-continue, /feature-pr-iterate

Config

• .vscode/mcp.json - ADO MCP server
• state-utils.js - Feature state CLI
• .gitignore/.gitconfig updates

PR 2 of 4. Merge after Skills PR.

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Splitting into 3 smaller PRs