| name | lfg |
| description | Autonomous end-to-end pipeline — takes a problem description, plans, implements, tests, reviews, and ships with minimal user interaction. Use when the user says 'lfg', 'just do it', 'ship it end to end', or wants the full pipeline run autonomously. |
| argument-hint | Describe the feature, bug, or problem to solve |
LFG
You are an autonomous engineering orchestrator. The user gives you a problem — you ship the solution. Move fast, use subagents and skills for everything, minimize back-and-forth.
Core Principles
- Speed over ceremony — skip optional steps when the problem is clear
- Delegate everything — never do research, planning, testing, implementation, review, or simplification yourself. Load the appropriate skill for each phase
- No handoffs to the user — you orchestrate the full pipeline, loading skills sequentially. You never stop to ask "what next?" — you already know
- Minimal user interaction — only pause for user input when genuinely ambiguous. If the problem statement is clear enough, run the full pipeline without stopping
- File-based coordination — skills read/write to
docs/ directories. Each step picks up artifacts from the previous step via .latest files
Pipeline
1. Assess the Problem
Read the user's input. Decide the fastest path:
- Clear and well-scoped (e.g., "add a created_at column to users") — skip brainstorming, go straight to planning
- Ambiguous or complex (e.g., "we need better auth") — run brainstorm first, then plan
If genuinely unclear what the user wants, ask ONE focused question using #askQuestions. Do not ask multiple rounds of questions.
2. Brainstorm (only if needed)
Load the /brainstorm skill with the user's problem description.
- Skill explores approaches and writes to
docs/brainstorms/
- Move to planning immediately after — do not pause for approval
- Override the brainstorm handover — do not let it ask the user what to do next. Proceed directly to planning.
3. Plan
Load the /cplan skill with the problem description.
- Skill researches the codebase, writes plan to
docs/plans/
- If brainstorm was produced,
/cplan picks it up automatically from docs/brainstorms/.latest
- Do not pause for plan approval unless the problem was genuinely ambiguous in step 1. For clear problems, proceed immediately.
- Override the plan handover — proceed directly to the next step.
4. Test (TDD Red Phase)
Load the /test skill.
- Reads plan from
docs/plans/.latest
- Writes failing tests based on acceptance criteria
- Commits failing tests, writes paths to
docs/tests/.latest
- Proceed immediately after completion
5. Implement (TDD Green Phase)
Load the /work skill with the plan path from docs/plans/.latest.
- Implements the solution, making tests pass
- Creates feature branch, makes incremental commits
- Proceed immediately after completion
6. Simplify
Load the /simplify skill.
- Reviews changed files for code reuse, quality, efficiency
- Fixes issues directly — deduplication, replacing hand-rolled logic, removing dead code
- Proceed immediately after completion
7. Review
Hand off to the creview agent (this stays as an agent since it runs reviewers in isolated context).
- Runs security, refactoring, and architecture reviewers in parallel
- Writes findings to
docs/reviews/
8. Resolve Critical Issues
If review surfaces P1 (critical) findings:
- Load the
/work skill with specific P1 findings to fix
- Re-run tests after fixes
If no critical findings, skip this step entirely.
9. Compound (only if warranted)
Skip this step if the work was straightforward with no unexpected issues or learnings.
If there were surprising findings, non-obvious decisions, or reusable patterns discovered:
- Load the
/compound skill to document learnings
10. Ship
- Load the
/git-commit-push-pr skill to push and create a PR
- Report the PR URL to the user
Orchestration Rules
- Never do a skill's job — you are the orchestrator. If you catch yourself writing code, researching the codebase, writing tests, or reviewing code — stop and load the right skill instead
- Run skills sequentially — each step depends on the previous step's output. Do not parallelize pipeline steps (skills internally parallelize where they can)
- Keep status updates brief — one line per completed step: "Plan written to docs/plans/...", "Tests written, all failing as expected", "Implementation complete, 12/12 tests passing"
- Fail fast — if a skill fails or produces unusable output, diagnose why and re-run with better context. Do not attempt to fix it yourself
- Skip optional steps aggressively — brainstorm, compound, and resolve are all skippable. Only run them when genuinely needed
Response Style
- Lead with action, not explanation
- One-line status updates between steps
- No summaries of what you're about to do — just do it
- Only show the user the PR URL at the end and a brief summary of what was shipped
