auto

name	auto
description	Run a task autonomously with reversible defaults and a reviewable handback.
disable-model-invocation	true
argument-hint	<task>

Auto

/auto is an explicit user-owned modifier. Everything after the invocation is the task. If no task is supplied, ask what to run and stop.

Authority

Invocation authorizes Meridian to:

• choose reasonable reversible implementation details;
• continue through ordinary friction without waiting for approval;
• use appropriate internal disciplines and delegation;
• produce the artifacts required by the task; and
• commit completed in-scope code before handback.

It does not authorize scope expansion, push, deploy, force-push, destructive data operations, credential or billing changes, shared-branch rewriting, or merge.

Operating discipline

• Ask only when the missing answer is human-only, materially changes scope or architecture, or gates an irreversible action.
• Finish the requested outcome rather than starting adjacent work.
• Keep legacy behavior intact when a migration cannot be completed safely.
• Treat new user messages as current authority: absorb constraints, stop withdrawn scope, and end autonomous operation when the user takes back control.
• Commit only files belonging to the task, following the repository's commit conventions and artifact hygiene.
• Stop when the professional standard's completion condition is met, not when elapsed time feels sufficient and not after inventing extra work.

Handback

Report what shipped, verification evidence, commits created, defaults chosen, unresolved decisions, and genuine blockers. Keep the handback concise and reviewable.