> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://rituals-docs.templedao.link/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://rituals-docs.templedao.link/user-guides/guide-for-contributors/how-to-contribute-to-each-stage.md).

# How to Contribute to Each Stage

Chambers exist to get stuff done. Work follows a natural work flow:

1. Why?
2. What?
3. How?
4. Results
5. Completion

The type of conversation, people, documents, etc needed at each stage differ.

DAO Games forces chambers to be specifically in one stage at a time.

A chamber can only progress to the next stage when the MC and Sponsor agree it’s ready. MC puts a chamber up for review, but only a Sponsor can approve it and allow progression.

*Note: Stages do not need to slow down simple, well-understood chamber tasks. Moving between multiple stages can happen rapidly through one conversation in Discord.*

### Description of stages & how to work with each

| Stage                                             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 🌱Why                                             | <p>A chamber has been conjured, but it is not yet agreed to be worked on.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>Focus of stage?</strong></p><ul><li>Decide if should proceed or not,</li><li>Agree on why this chamber was proposed and it’s intended objectives</li><li>Exploring a minimum necessary of what/how/result to better visualize the project & make a decision</li><li>Engage & confirm a Sponsor</li></ul><p><strong>Where work happens?</strong></p><p>Conversation focused on Discord chat, with the MC driving discussion around why + farming for dissent.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>How to help?</strong></p><p>Understand the MCs Proposal/the why, give feedback, help clarify the why, and offer ways you can help the future stages!</p>                                                                                               |
| 🌱[👁](https://emojipedia.org/eye/) Why-review    | <p>A MC has input the why and is ready for the Sponsor to review and approve it.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>Focus of stage?</strong></p><ul><li>MC is asking Sponsor to review clarity of the why & any linked documents in the chamber metadata</li></ul><p><strong>Where work happens?</strong></p><p>Discord chat, in the thread for everyone to track and at times in DMs for 1:1 conversation.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>How to help?</strong></p><p>Engage the Sponsor, answer questions and make sure this phase doesn’t last long.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 🔮 What                                           | <p>A Sponsor has approved the Why, we now need to define the What.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>Focus of stage?</strong></p><ul><li>Align everyone to a crisp single idea (the what)</li><li>Bring in necessary contributors for current and later stages (so they can begin tracking the concept & contribute)</li></ul><p><strong>Where work happens?</strong></p><p>Discord chat and for more complex concepts, in a google doc.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>How to help?</strong></p><p>Bring ideas, suggest new angles on concept, and help push an agreed concept into more crisp clarity.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 🔮[👁](https://emojipedia.org/eye/) What-Review   | <p>The MC has moved the chamber into what-review.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>Focus of stage?</strong></p><ul><li>MC is asking the Sponsor to review the clarity of what & any linked documents in the chamber metadata</li></ul><p><strong>Where work happens?</strong></p><p>Discord chat, in the thread for everyone to track and at times in DMs for 1:1 conversation.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>How to help?</strong></p><p>Engage the Sponsor, answer questions and make sure this phase doesn’t last long.</p><p>​</p><p>Note: the Sponsor should be helping all the way through, not saving up feedback for the final checkpoint. This review point should be short and brief as only a confirmation that the Sponsor agrees the team, MC, and Sponsor have got to the required clarity already.</p>                                        |
| 🧬 How                                            | <p>The Sponsor approved What-Review and now we’re in the How phase.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>Focus of stage?</strong></p><ul><li>Align everyone to crisp specification of the work & process to deliver it (the how)</li><li>Bring on any further team necessary to execute</li></ul><p><strong>Where work happens?</strong></p><p>Mostly in documents. For product work, this could be Figma, technical write ups, notion docs, or google sheets. For other tasks it may be in the form of a short briefing in Discord or in a doc.</p><p>​</p><p>All of the above will be added to the how in the chamber metadata.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>How to help?</strong></p><p>Help design the specs, find the right team members to execute, ask questions where elements are still vague, and help drive towards consensus on how to execute.</p> |
| 🧬[👁](https://emojipedia.org/eye/) How-Review    | <p>The MC has moved the chamber into How-Review.</p><p>​</p><p>Fundamentally the same as What-Review.</p><p>​</p><p>The Sponsor will review the clarity of the how including any linked documents and ensure the team is aligned to a clear plan.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ⚡Results                                          | <p>The Sponsor approved How-Review and now we’re in the Results phase, i.e., Execution mode.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>Focus of stage?</strong></p><ul><li>Execute on the how / specs</li><li>Get the desired result to fulfil the what / why of the chamber</li></ul><p><strong>Where work happens?</strong></p><p>Mostly out of Discord & docs. People will be coding, managing socials, whatever is necessary to get it done.</p><p>​</p><p><strong>How to help?</strong></p><p>To get involved, dive in and ask the MC what you can help with.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ⚡[👁](https://emojipedia.org/eye/) Results-Review | <p>The MC has moved the chamber into Results-Review.</p><p>​</p><p>Fundamentally the same as prior-Review stages, but this time we are reviewing completed results.</p><p>​</p><p>The Sponsor will confirm the result listed in the chamber metadata is complete.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 🌕 Complete-Wrapping Up                           | The Sponsor moves the chamber to Complete once Execute-Review is successful. This means that the work has been successfully completed and is ready for the final Council meeting to approve final budgeting/allocation information.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 🌑Complete-Archive                                | The Sponsor moves the chamber to Complete-Archive once the project has had final sign off in the Funding Council Meeting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 📦Abandon-Archive                                 | The Sponsor moves the chamber to Abandon if there is no further work to be done yet the result is not finished. This work can be archived.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |