gentle-ai-chained-pr

## Activation Contract Load this skill when a planned PR may exceed **400 changed lines**, SDD forecasts `400-line budget risk: High` or `Chained PRs recommended: Yes`, or the user asks for chained/stacked PRs, review slices, or reviewer-load control. ## Hard Rules - Split PRs over **400 changed lines** unless a maintainer explicitly accepts `size:exception`. - Keep each PR reviewable in about **≤60 minutes**. - Use one deliverable work unit per PR; keep tests/docs with the unit they verify. - State start, end, prior dependencies, follow-up work, and out-of-scope items in every chained PR. - Every child PR must include a dependency diagram marking the current PR with `📍`. - In Feature Branch Chain, create a draft/no-merge tracker PR; child PR #1 targets the tracker branch, later children target the immediate parent branch. - Treat polluted diffs as base bugs: retarget or rebase until only the current work unit appears. - Do not mix chain strategies after the user chooses one. ## Decision Gates | Condition | Action | |---|---| | PR ≤400 changed lines and focused | Keep single PR. | | PR >400, each slice can land independently | Use Stacked PRs to main. | | PR >400, feature must integrate before main | Use Feature Branch Chain with tracker. | | Generated/vendor/migration diff cannot split cleanly | Ask maintainer for `size:exception`. | | SDD provides `delivery_strategy` | Follow it before apply/PR creation. | ## Execution Steps 1. Estimate changed lines and identify independent work units. 2. Ask for a chain strategy when none is cached and the budget is exceeded. 3. Create branches/PRs using the chosen strategy only. 4. Add Chain Context to each PR without replacing the repo PR template. 5. Verify each PR independently: CI/tests/docs/manual checks, rollback scope, and clean diff. 6. Keep tracker PR draft/no-merge until all child PRs are reviewed and integrated. ## Output Contract Return the chosen strategy, PR order, current PR boundary, dependency diagram, review budget (`additions + deletions`), verification plan, and any `size:exception` rationale. ## References - [references/chaining-details.md](references/chaining-details.md) — strategy diagrams, PR body section, branch commands, and reviewer guidance.