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Determine the next sequential phase ID for creating a new phase. Use when planning a new phase.
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| name | find-next-phase-number |
| description | Determine the next sequential phase ID for creating a new phase. Use when planning a new phase. |
| user-invocable | true |
Run this command to determine the next available phase number:
current=$(ls -1 .ushabti/phases/ 2>/dev/null | sed 's/-.*//' | sort -n | tail -1)
if [ -z "$current" ]; then
echo "0001 (first phase)"
else
printf "%04d (after %s)\n" $((10#$current + 1)) "$current"
fi
0001, 0002, 0003, ...0001-initial-setup, 0002-add-auth, ...Once you have the next number and a slug:
mkdir -p .ushabti/phases/NNNN-your-slug
Replace NNNN with the next ID and your-slug with a short, lowercase, hyphenated description.