Statuses

Scope

Each status has a Scope that controls which building blocks it can be applied to:

Scope	Applies to
All building blocks	Every Group, Component, and Item
All groups	Groups only
All components	Components only
All component items	Items only
Specific types	A hand-picked list of semantic types

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Default statuses

The Application Development template ships with five statuses, all scoped to all building blocks:

Status	Notes
Not applicable	Default — applied to new building blocks
Refinement required	Needs more detail before work can start
Ready for implementation	Fully specified; safe to hand off to an agent
Work in progress	Currently being built
Done	Implementation complete

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Statuses in Quick Prompts and MCP

• In Quick Prompts, use {{buildingBlockStatus}} to interpolate the current block's status into the prompt text.
• Over MCP, building blocks returned by get-current-canvas-building-blocks include a status field — agents can filter on it (e.g. "only plan blocks that are Ready for implementation"). Use detailLevel: "skeleton" for a fast scan of all statuses.