close-story

name	close-story
description	Finalize bookkeeping for a story already completed by QA. Never changes lifecycle status. Use when: close story, *close-story, story Done, /close-story.
user-invocable	true
argument-hint	{story-path} [yolo|interactive]
agent	po

close-story

Lean SDC skill. Task is source of truth.

Task SOT

.aiox-core/development/tasks/po-close-story.md

Input

• $ARGUMENTS[0] — story path
• $ARGUMENTS[1] — mode

Pre-close gates (blocking)

Before any administrative write, verify (this skill must not modify lifecycle Status):

1. Review/gate verdict exists and is PASS, CONCERNS (accepted), or WAIVED — not FAIL/missing.
2. Acceptance criteria met.
3. Tasks checked complete; File List present.
4. Quality gates green (or documented waiver).
5. Story is already Done by QA; any other status is an integrity violation.

On any hard fail → HALT, no administrative write and no Status change.

Protocol

1. Load and execute po-close-story.md.
2. Adopt @po.
3. Preserve Status: Done; do not perform a lifecycle transition.
4. Update epic index/backlog and closure metadata if required.
5. Suggest next story when applicable.

Post-phase verification

• Status: Done remains unchanged on disk
• Administrative closure entry added only when it carries new metadata
• Epic index updated if applicable

Forbidden

• Closing without a review verdict or before QA sets Done
• Changing story lifecycle status
• git push (still @devops)
• Product harvest trees (see ARCH-A denylist)