| name | managing-autonomous-development |
| description | Execute enables AI assistant to manage sugar's autonomous development workflows. it allows AI assistant to create tasks, view the status of the system, review pending tasks, and start autonomous execution mode. use this skill when the user asks to create a new develo... Use when appropriate context detected. Trigger with relevant phrases based on skill purpose.
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| allowed-tools | Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash(cmd:*) |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| author | Steven Leggett <contact@roboticforce.io> |
| license | MIT |
| compatibility | Designed for Claude Code, also compatible with Codex and OpenClaw |
| tags | ["devops","workflow","autonomous-development"] |
Managing Autonomous Development
Overview
Manage Sugar's autonomous development workflows: create development tasks, check system status, review pending work, and start autonomous execution mode. Sugar orchestrates AI-driven development by queuing tasks with type, priority, and execution parameters, then processing them sequentially or in parallel.
Prerequisites
- Sugar plugin installed and configured in the project
- Sugar CLI available in the system PATH (
sugar --version)
- Project repository initialized with Sugar configuration file
- Understanding of task types:
feature, bugfix, refactor, test, chore
- Write access to the project codebase for autonomous execution
Instructions
- Check Sugar system status with
/sugar-status to verify the daemon is running and view queue depth
- Review pending tasks with
/sugar-review to see queued work items, their priorities, and estimated complexity
- Create new tasks with
/sugar-task <description> --type <type> --priority <1-5> specifying the task description, type, and priority level
- Validate Sugar configuration before starting autonomous mode: ensure test commands, lint rules, and commit settings are correct
- Start autonomous execution in safe mode first:
/sugar-run --dry-run --once to preview what Sugar would do without making changes
- Monitor execution output for errors, test failures, or unexpected behavior during the dry run
- Start full autonomous execution with
/sugar-run when confident in the configuration
- Review completed tasks and their outputs: check generated code, test results, and commit messages
Output
- Task creation confirmations with task ID, type, priority, and queue position
- System status reports showing queue depth, active tasks, and execution history
- Task review summaries with descriptions, priorities, and estimated effort
- Execution logs showing task processing, code changes, test results, and commits
- Summary reports of completed autonomous development sessions
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Solution |
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Sugar daemon not running |
