Project stages

Written for version 0.1.14.

A project with the plugin moves through the same stages whoever is working on it. People join and leave along the way; People on a project follows that side. For each file mentioned here, the Manual explains it in detail.

Stage	What happens	Page
Before there’s a repository	An idea or protocol; whoever sets up can create the repository	Getting started
Setting up	A few questions, one at a time; then the plan draft, the rules, the website starter and the steps to protect the main branch	Getting started
Deciding the plan	Open scientific questions become decision issues; named deciders settle them; the plan changes by pull request	The plan
Locking the plan	The plan is frozen and tagged before outcome data are analysed	The plan
Writing the code	Exploration on a branch; definitive scripts run from main.R; the assistant works on made-up data	Code and website
Explaining the code	Each script’s website page, in the same pull request as the script	Code and website
Reporting	The flow diagram, tables, figures and models, in the plan’s order	Results
Reviewing	A review of every changed file, and independent AI reviewers when wanted	Results
Going public	A release review, cleared outputs, and a person’s sign-off	Results
Revisions after results	Any change to the plan becomes a dated amendment, decided like any other question	The plan

The plugin stops before journal submission and publication; those tasks belong to the authors.