Intent
The developer states the task and desired outcome.
A Vixil session
From intent to locked result.
A session is a durable path through the work, not a chat transcript. Every step has a visible owner, state, artifact, and gate.
Continuation rulegate visible
When execution changes what the team knows, Vixil keeps the old plan honest and creates a successor plan instead of rewriting history.
intent written by the developerresearch facts attached to the planplan approved before executionone result reviewed per stepsuccessor plan created when scope changes
Human-authored
Research result
Bounded facts become context for the plan.
Plan
The outline is checked and split into atomic steps.
Gate
The human approves or rejects before execution.
Execution
One approved step produces one result.
Validation
The human decides whether the task is complete.