RPI workflow: Research, Plan, Implement with specialized agents

Source type	Community
Confidence	Low
Last verified	2026-03-20
Topics	claude-code

Insight: The RPI (Research, Plan, Implement) workflow formalizes agentic coding into three distinct phases with slash commands (/rpi:research, /rpi:plan, /rpi:implement) and 8 specialized agents: code-reviewer, constitutional-validator, documentation-analyst, product-manager, requirement-parser, senior-software-engineer, technical-CTO-advisor, and UX-designer. Each phase invokes appropriate specialist agents for focused work.

Detail: This represents a mature pattern for structuring Claude Code work beyond ad-hoc prompting. The workflow uses Claude's agent/subagent capabilities to decompose complex tasks into phases with appropriate expertise at each step. Co-authored with Claude Opus 4.5, demonstrating the tool being used to improve its own workflows.

Sources

• shanraisshan — "Add RPI workflow" commit to claude-code-best-practice" (2026-02-04)

Related: existing entry "Claude Code common patterns" in knowledge/claude-code/common-patterns.md — COMPLEMENTS