{"query":"Contribution Lifecycle and Status","corpusVersion":"local","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T04:40:09.339Z","results":[{"blockId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle#contribution-lifecycle-and-status","pageId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle","title":"Contribution Lifecycle and Status","pageTitle":"Contribution Lifecycle and Status","url":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","humanUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status#contribution-lifecycle-and-status","markdownUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","sectionId":"contribution-lifecycle-and-status","kind":"reference","productArea":"expert_contributions","score":2656.696092735488,"reasons":["search_match","title_match","display_title_match","term_match","prefix_or_fuzzy_match"],"markdown":"# Contribution Lifecycle and Status"},{"blockId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle#contribution-status","pageId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle","title":"Contribution status","pageTitle":"Contribution Lifecycle and Status","url":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","humanUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status#contribution-status","markdownUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","sectionId":"contribution-status","kind":"reference","productArea":"expert_contributions","score":2408.470284849652,"reasons":["search_match","page_title_match","term_match","prefix_or_fuzzy_match"],"markdown":"### Contribution status\n\n| Status | Meaning |\n| --- | --- |\n| `PREPARING_DIRECTION` | Teammately is planning the direction and requested work |\n| `AWAITING_DIRECTION_ALIGNMENT` | An administrator decision or alignment is required |\n| `MATERIALIZING_TASKS` | The confirmed plan is becoming executable expert activities |\n| `READY` | Work is prepared and available to the expert |\n| `IN_PROGRESS` | At least part of the expert work is active |\n| `COMPLETED` | Required expert work and finalization reached the durable terminal state |\n| `CANCELLED` | Further work was stopped while preserving the record |\n\nPlanned activities can be Case Review, Form, Chat, or Interview. An individual review task can be preparing, blocked, ready, in progress, completed, skipped, or superseded. A superseded task remains provenance for what changed; it should not be counted as current outstanding work."},{"blockId":"expert-contributions.overview#lifecycle-and-status","pageId":"expert-contributions.overview","title":"Lifecycle and status","pageTitle":"Expert Contributions","url":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions.md","humanUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions#lifecycle-and-status","markdownUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions.md","sectionId":"lifecycle-and-status","kind":"concept","productArea":"expert_contributions","score":1655.3813442921194,"reasons":["search_match","term_match","prefix_or_fuzzy_match"],"markdown":"## Lifecycle and status\n\nThe durable Contribution statuses are `PREPARING_DIRECTION`, `AWAITING_DIRECTION_ALIGNMENT`, `MATERIALIZING_TASKS`, `READY`, `IN_PROGRESS`, `COMPLETED`, and `CANCELLED`. The interface presents these as planning direction, waiting for alignment, preparing tasks, ready, active, completed, or cancelled. The exact task sequence can vary by Contribution.\n\nRealtime updates and durable transitions help the administrator and expert see current progress without inventing completion. A waiting state, checkpoint, or finalization step should be shown as such. Completing the expert experience does not imply that every proposed artifact has been accepted into its project-level owner."},{"blockId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle#fields-states-or-lifecycle-rules","pageId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle","title":"Fields, states, or lifecycle rules","pageTitle":"Contribution Lifecycle and Status","url":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","humanUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status#fields-states-or-lifecycle-rules","markdownUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","sectionId":"fields-states-or-lifecycle-rules","kind":"reference","productArea":"expert_contributions","score":1408.6682626642548,"reasons":["search_match","page_title_match","term_match","prefix_or_fuzzy_match"],"markdown":"## Fields, states, or lifecycle rules"},{"blockId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle#runtime-and-checkpoints","pageId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle","title":"Runtime and checkpoints","pageTitle":"Contribution Lifecycle and Status","url":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","humanUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status#runtime-and-checkpoints","markdownUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","sectionId":"runtime-and-checkpoints","kind":"reference","productArea":"expert_contributions","score":1268.0086595768898,"reasons":["search_match","page_title_match","term_match","prefix_or_fuzzy_match"],"markdown":"### Runtime and checkpoints\n\nThe expert runtime moves through preparing, ready, active, final checkpoint, completed, or exhausted. `EXHAUSTED` means the current executable path has no further work; it is not a synonym for a successfully completed Contribution.\n\nA checkpoint moves from preparing to ready to reconciled. Its requirements may be pending, retryable, materialized, terminal-empty, or failed. Checkpoints can consolidate requirements, capture Policy meaning, prepare or record an Interview, or materialize Rubric meaning. A ready checkpoint still needs the expert's reconciliation."},{"blockId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle#definition","pageId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle","title":"Definition","pageTitle":"Contribution Lifecycle and Status","url":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","humanUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status#definition","markdownUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","sectionId":"definition","kind":"reference","productArea":"expert_contributions","score":1015.9737758189926,"reasons":["search_match","page_title_match","term_match","prefix_or_fuzzy_match"],"markdown":"## Definition\n\nContribution status, task status, expert-runtime state, and checkpoint state describe different layers. Read them together before diagnosing delay or declaring completion."},{"blockId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle#diagnosing-state","pageId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle","title":"Diagnosing state","pageTitle":"Contribution Lifecycle and Status","url":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","humanUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status#diagnosing-state","markdownUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","sectionId":"diagnosing-state","kind":"reference","productArea":"expert_contributions","score":997.7596108371819,"reasons":["search_match","page_title_match","term_match","prefix_or_fuzzy_match"],"markdown":"### Diagnosing state\n\nIf the Contribution is `IN_PROGRESS` but the expert sees no action, inspect the current task, runtime, and checkpoint. A blocked task may be waiting for evidence; a final checkpoint may need confirmation; an exhausted runtime may require administrator follow-up. Use Logs & Status for durable timing and engagement evidence rather than relying on a stale open browser view.\n\n> Completion boundary\n>\n> `COMPLETED` makes contributed evidence available for downstream governance. It does not automatically approve a Policy or Rubric, select a Case into a benchmark, or apply a coverage observation."},{"blockId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle#related-task-pages","pageId":"expert-contributions.lifecycle","title":"Related task pages","pageTitle":"Contribution Lifecycle and Status","url":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","humanUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status#related-task-pages","markdownUrl":"https://teammately.ai/docs/expert-contributions/lifecycle-and-status.md","sectionId":"related-task-pages","kind":"reference","productArea":"expert_contributions","score":997.0357618297376,"reasons":["search_match","page_title_match","term_match","prefix_or_fuzzy_match"],"markdown":"## Related task pages\n\n{% related-card-grid title=\"Related task pages\" %}\n- [Request an Expert Contribution](/docs/expert-contributions/request-contribution)\n- [Complete an Expert Contribution](/docs/expert-contributions/complete-contribution)\n{% /related-card-grid %}"}]}