# team.management — protocols

> One engine, six shipped protocols. Each drives a multi-step workflow with DAIC modes, agents, and gates managed automatically.

- [Protocols](https://team.management/protocols.md): One engine, six shipped protocols. Each drives a multi-step workflow with DAIC modes, agents, and gates managed automatically.
- [task](https://team.management/protocols/task.md): The standard implementation lifecycle.
- [brainstorm](https://team.management/protocols/brainstorm.md): Parallel-specialist ideation → planned tasks. No code.
- [research](https://team.management/protocols/research.md): Spikes, PoCs, evaluations. No branch, no code.
- [refactoring](https://team.management/protocols/refactoring.md): Test-baseline-gated restructuring.
- [optimize](https://team.management/protocols/optimize.md): Metric-driven optimization, interactive batched.
- [optimize-unattended](https://team.management/protocols/optimize-unattended.md): Autonomous twin of optimize. For overnight runs.