---
name: 'step-04-mark-in-progress'
description: 'Synchronize in-progress status with sprint tracking when available'
nextStepFile: './step-05-implement-task.md'
---

  <step n="4" goal="Mark story in-progress" tag="sprint-status">
    <check if="{{sprint_status}} file exists">
      <action>Load the FULL file: {{sprint_status}}</action>
      <action>Read all development_status entries to find {{story_key}}</action>
      <action>Get current status value for development_status[{{story_key}}]</action>

      <check if="current status == 'ready-for-dev' OR review_continuation == true">
        <action>Update the story in the sprint status report to = "in-progress"</action>
        <output>🚀 Starting work on story {{story_key}}
          Status updated: ready-for-dev → in-progress
        </output>
      </check>

      <check if="current status == 'in-progress'">
        <output>⏯️ Resuming work on story {{story_key}}
          Story is already marked in-progress
        </output>
      </check>

      <check if="current status is neither ready-for-dev nor in-progress">
        <output>⚠️ Unexpected story status: {{current_status}}
          Expected ready-for-dev or in-progress. Continuing anyway...
        </output>
      </check>

      <action>Store {{current_sprint_status}} for later use</action>
    </check>

    <check if="{{sprint_status}} file does NOT exist">
      <output>ℹ️ No sprint status file exists - story progress will be tracked in story file only</output>
      <action>Set {{current_sprint_status}} = "no-sprint-tracking"</action>
    </check>
  </step>

## Next
- Read fully and follow: `./step-05-implement-task.md`.