fabro/docs/internal/product/product-description.md
Bryan Helmkamp 5fc9157017
refactor(workflow): remove retro stage (#230)
## Summary

Removes Fabro's automatic retro generation stage so workflow runs go
directly from execution to finalization and optional PR creation. This
drops the retro-specific crate, events, projection fields, config/API
knobs, and user-facing docs in favor of the existing durable run
observability surfaces.

## What Changed

- Deleted the `fabro-retro` crate and the workflow `retro` pipeline
phase, with finalization now consuming `Executed` state directly.
- Removed retro configuration and API surface area, including
`--no-retro`, `[run.execution].retros`, manifest `no_retro`,
`features.retros`, and run projection `retro*` fields.
- Retired typed `retro.*` events while keeping historical event logs
readable by deserializing retired retro event names as `Unknown`.
- Stopped appending retro sections to generated PR bodies and updated
docs, marketing copy, screenshots, and navigation to point users toward
observability/event-stream inspection.

## Testing

Not run during PR creation; this branch already contained the
implementation commit.

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Fabro Product Description

Fabro is an open-source workflow orchestration platform for AI coding agents. Instead of treating software work as a chat session, Fabro lets you define the process as a Graphviz workflow and run it repeatedly.

What a workflow can contain

A workflow can combine:

  • agent stages
  • prompt stages
  • shell commands
  • conditionals
  • human gates
  • parallel branches

What supports execution

  • model stylesheets choose models and providers per stage
  • sandboxes isolate execution from the host
  • Git checkpoints make runs resumable and auditable
  • event logs, verifications, and run state help teams inspect outcomes

Interfaces

Fabro is CLI-first, with an API server and React web app for longer-running and shared workflows.