State Variables

Complete list of all variables available in prompt templates.

Spec variable

Variable	Available	Description
`{spec}`	Always	Full content of the spec file

Step output variables

Available after the referenced step has executed. No steps. prefix.

Variable	Description
`{<step>.output}`	Main output: diff (code), tasks JSON (split), bool (validate)
`{<step>.diff}`	Git diff (code steps)
`{<step>.agent}`	Agent that actually executed (reflects escalation)
`{<step>.session_id}`	Agent session ID
`{<step>.status}`	`pass`, `fail`, or `fatal`
`{<step>.attempt}`	Final attempt number
`{<step>.cost}`	Estimated cost in USD
`{<step>.duration}`	Duration in milliseconds
`{<step>.turns}`	Number of cognitive turns
`{<step>.tokens_in}`	Input tokens consumed
`{<step>.tokens_out}`	Output tokens produced
`{<step>.gate.<name>}`	Bool result of a specific gate
`{<step>.gate.<name>.comments}`	Validator comments
`{<step>.gate.<name>.error}`	Stderr from a deterministic gate

Task variables (each block)

Variable	Description
`{task.name}`	Task name from the split JSON
`{task.description}`	Task description
`{task.files}`	Task blast radius

Retry variables

Variable	Description
`{error}`	Gate stderr (truncated to 2000 chars)
`{diff}`	Failed attempt diff (truncated to 3000 chars)
`{attempt}`	Current attempt number
`{gate.<name>}`	Bool result of a gate
`{gate.<name>.comments}`	Validator comments
`{gate.<name>.error}`	Gate stderr
`{prev.output}`	Output from previous retry iteration
`{prev.gate.<name>.comments}`	Previous iteration validator comments

Sub-workflow variables

Variable	Description
`{<step>.state.<key>}`	Value from a sub-workflow’s state

Scope resolution

Strict: step local → each scope → workflow scope. Ambiguity = dry-run error.

Template escaping

Syntax	Result
`{variable}`	Resolved from the state
`{{`	Literal `{`
`}}`	Literal `}`

Empty variables on a line alone → line removed.

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State Variables

State Variables

Spec variable

Step output variables

Task variables (each block)

Retry variables

Sub-workflow variables

Scope resolution

Template escaping

​State Variables

​Spec variable

​Step output variables

​Task variables (each block)

​Retry variables

​Sub-workflow variables

​Scope resolution

​Template escaping

State Variables

Spec variable

Step output variables

Task variables (each block)

Retry variables

Sub-workflow variables

Scope resolution

Template escaping