moraine-start-work

name	moraine-start-work
description	Start Moraine repository development work safely. Use when an agent takes on new code, docs, test, CI, packaging, or release work in this repo; when it must create or verify an isolated branch/worktree; when sibling agent collisions are possible; or before editing files for a Moraine contributor task.

Moraine Start Work

Overview

Use this workflow to start a Moraine contributor task with the same orientation every time: verify the checkout, isolate the branch, read governing instructions, and choose the right validation path before editing.

Using $moraine-dev:code-review in Codex or /code-review in Kiro is an explicit user request for delegated reviewer subagents. You have permission to launch that review wave when the follow-on workflow reaches that step.

Harness Invocation

Use the invocation form native to the current harness:

Workflow	Codex	Kiro
crystallize	$moraine-dev:crystallize	/crystallize
code-review	$moraine-dev:code-review	/code-review
moraine-sandbox-qa	$moraine-dev:moraine-sandbox-qa	/moraine-sandbox-qa
moraine-author-pr	$moraine-dev:moraine-author-pr	/moraine-author-pr

Follow-On Workflow

After the start checklist and branch/worktree setup, run the rest of the contributor workflow in this order:

1. Use the current harness's crystallize invocation to turn rough or ambiguous input into a ready-to-implement local plan.
2. Implement the scoped change from that plan or, when the task is already concrete, from the user's explicit request.
3. Use the current harness's code-review invocation and iterate fixes until the review is clean or every remaining item is explicitly rejected or deferred with rationale.
4. Use the current harness's moraine-sandbox-qa invocation for stack-facing changes and iterate fixes until sandbox QA is clean.
5. Use the current harness's moraine-author-pr invocation to create a PR.

Start Checklist

Run these from the repository root unless the current harness already supplied a trusted workspace root:

pwd
git rev-parse --show-toplevel
git status --short --branch
git worktree list --porcelain
find .. -name AGENTS.md -print

If the user refers to previous work, another agent, an unexplained decision, a branch you cannot see, or a failure from another session, use the Moraine MCP tools directly before making assumptions.

Branch And Worktree

Use an isolated branch for development work. Choose a repository-appropriate prefix such as feat/, fix/, or docs/; branch names describe the work, not the harness running it.

If the harness already placed you in an isolated worktree, create or verify a branch there:

branch="feat/<short-task-name>" # replace with the repository-appropriate prefix
git switch -c "$branch"

If you are in the main checkout and need to start a new worktree, create one with a task-specific name:

branch="feat/<short-task-name>" # replace with the repository-appropriate prefix
git worktree add ../moraine-worktrees/<short-task-name> -b "$branch" main

When spawned into a temporary agent worktree, compare your HEAD with any sibling worktree whose branch name matches the task. If the sibling has newer in-progress code, treat that sibling as authoritative and run sandbox validation from that worktree.

Validation Description

Favor narrative description of what you tested instead of bullet points.