build

name	build
user-invocable	true
description	Executes an implementation plan — writes code and tests, runs quality review, and ships a pull request.
when_to_use	Use when user says "build this", "implement the plan", "start coding", "execute the plan", or "ship it".
effort	high
argument-hint	plan file path
allowed-tools	Bash(rm -rf docs/reviews/)
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code (or similar products with agent support)

Execute an implementation plan

Take a plan from docs/plan/ and turn it into shipped code: implement features, write tests, and validate quality.

Build Progress

Copy this checklist and track your progress:

Build Progress:
- [ ] Phase 0: Load plan and confirm scope
- [ ] Phase 1: Read context files
- [ ] Phase 2: Implement and test each task
- [ ] Phase 3: Run review agents (5 in parallel)
- [ ] Phase 4: Final validation, cleanup, and ship

Plan Input

<plan_path>$ARGUMENTS</plan_path>

Phase 0 — Load Plan

ls docs/plan/

Plan path	Plans in docs/plan/	Action
Provided	—	Read the file. If missing, suggest running /plan
Empty	One	Read it, announce "Found plan: [title]", proceed
Empty	Multiple	AskUserQuestion: list each with summary, ask which to use
Empty	None	Tell user to run /plan first

Do not proceed without a plan.

After loading the plan: parse title, type, acceptance criteria, tasks, and file paths. Summarize scope to the user, then use AskUserQuestion to confirm:

• Start building (Recommended): proceed with implementation
• Review the plan first: open the plan file for review
• Adjust scope: accept user input on what to change

Do not proceed until the user selects "Start building."

Phase 1 — Setup

Do not run codebase-review-agent here. The plan was already informed by codebase context from /brainstorm and /plan.

Instead, use the plan itself as your guide:

1. Read referenced files: Read every file listed in the plan's tasks (files to create or modify) plus their immediate neighbors (e.g., sibling files in the same directory) for implementation context.
2. Extract conventions: If the plan includes a codebase context or conventions section, use it as your source of truth for patterns and style.
3. Targeted searches only: If the plan references a pattern or convention you need a concrete example of, use Grep or Glob to find a single representative example — do not do a broad sweep.

Phase 2 — Execute

Work through each task/phase in the plan, in order. For each task:

Step 1: Implement

Write code following VGV conventions. Build layers in dependency order (Data → Domain → Presentation). Use the project's state management tool, naming patterns, linter, and formatter. Respect layer boundaries — presentation never imports data directly.

Step 2: Test

Tests are non-negotiable. Write them alongside each implementation unit:

• State management: Use VGV testing conventions with the project's testing framework. Cover success, failure, and edge cases. Seed initial states when testing non-initial conditions.
• UI components: Follow VGV's UI testing conventions with proper wrappers and providers. Test all rendered states and user interactions. Wait for async state changes before asserting.
• Repositories/Data: Unit tests for serialization, API calls, error handling, and edge cases.
• Utilities: Pure functions get unit tests.

Every new state management unit, repository, UI component, and data model must have a test file.

Step 3: Validate

After implementing each task, follow the validation and fix procedure.

Step 4: Checkpoint

After each logical unit of work:

1. Brief progress update to the user: what was completed, what's next.

Execution Rules

• Follow the plan's task order. Don't skip ahead.
• Never skip tests. Every testable unit gets a test file.
• Never add features not in the plan (YAGNI).
• Ask the user only when genuinely stuck: ambiguous architecture decision, 3 failed fix attempts, or a missing dependency not mentioned in the plan.
• If a task in the plan is unclear, re-read the plan and the relevant codebase context before asking the user.

Phase 3 — Quality Review

After all implementation tasks are complete, run 5 review agents in parallel.

Agent instructions

Each agent prompt must include the review agent instructions with REPORT_DIR set to docs/reviews/.

The 5 agents and their report filenames:

Agent	Report file
@vgv-review-agent	docs/reviews/vgv-review.md
@code-simplicity-review-agent	docs/reviews/code-simplicity-review.md
@test-quality-review-agent	docs/reviews/test-quality-review.md
@architecture-review-agent	docs/reviews/architecture-review.md
@pr-readiness-review-agent	docs/reviews/pr-readiness-review.md

After all reviews complete

Follow the review consolidation procedure: categorize findings, auto-fix minor issues, fix critical issues, present important issues to the user, and record suggestions.

Phase 4 — Ship

Final Validation

Run the full suite one last time — detect and use the project's formatter, linter, and test runner.

If anything fails, fix it before proceeding.

Cleanup

Remove the review reports — their findings have already been addressed or recorded:

rm -rf docs/reviews/

Commit

Stage all implementation and fix changes. Use this commit format:

<type>: <concise description of what was built>

Implements <plan title or summary>.

Where <type> matches the plan's type (feat, fix, refactor, etc.).

Ship

Call /create-pr skip-checks to push and open a PR. Validation already ran above. The PR body uses the PR template.

Post-Ship

Use AskUserQuestion to present options:

• Done: end the session

Gotchas

• If the plan references a package or dependency that does not exist yet, install or create it before writing code that imports it. Do not assume dependencies are already available.
• If tests fail mid-build, fix the failing test before moving to the next task. Do not accumulate broken tests across tasks.
• Generated files (mocks, codegen output) must be regenerated after code changes — stale generated files cause confusing test failures.
• If the plan specifies file paths that conflict with existing files, confirm with the user before overwriting. The codebase may have changed since the plan was written.
• Review agent reports are written to docs/reviews/ and deleted after Phase 4. If the build is interrupted, stale reports may remain — delete them manually before the next run.

Important

• This skill writes code. It is the execution phase, not the planning phase.
• Follow the plan. The plan was reviewed and approved. Don't redesign during implementation.
• Ship quality, not quantity. Every line represents VGV's engineering reputation.
• When in doubt, read the plan again before asking the user.