name	implement-milestone
description	Implements the milestone plan already established in this conversation, following CLAUDE.md's dev workflow and definition of done. Use right after planning a milestone in this same session.
disable-model-invocation	true
argument-hint	[milestone-number]

Confirm $ARGUMENTS matches the milestone number recorded as active in CLAUDE.md's "## Current focus" section. If it doesn't match, stop and flag the mismatch rather than proceeding. 0b. Confirm you are on the milestone's feature branch (created by /plan-milestone, named m$ARGUMENTS-<slug>), not on main. If you are on main, stop and flag — milestone work must not be committed directly to main.

Implement Milestone $ARGUMENTS

Implement Milestone $ARGUMENTS using the plan already established earlier in this conversation.

If no milestone plan is visible in the current context, stop and ask for it — do not invent or assume one.

Follow CLAUDE.md's dev workflow and definition of done throughout:

Build in small, reviewable increments: one coherent change → test → commit → repeat. Do not produce one large commit at the end.
After any C++ (src/) edit: recompile via devtools::load_all(); if a [[Rcpp::export]] signature changed, run Rcpp::compileAttributes() and commit the regenerated RcppExports.cpp/RcppExports.R clean (no stray reordering churn). Never stage or commit build artifacts (*.o, *.so, *.dll).
Any C++ optimization must ship with a numerical-regression test asserting output matches the prior implementation within tolerance on sim_dyad and an NA-laden case (Invariant 5). Performance must not change results.
Efficiency milestones: record before/after timings with the bench/ script and state the measured speedup; "it's faster" is not acceptance.
After any roxygen change, run devtools::document() and commit the regenerated NAMESPACE/docs.
Write or update tests for new behavior; run devtools::test() before each commit.
Run devtools::check() (--as-cran on release-track milestones) before considering any sub-step done; resolve errors/warnings, triage notes.
Style and lint (air format or styler::style_pkg(), lintr::lint_package()).
Respect the ask-first guardrails in CLAUDE.md: flag before adding an Imports dependency, changing a resolved default, changing the numeric output of a C++ core (beyond a deliberately planned semantics fix), adopting OpenMP, or touching git history/tags.
If you hit a design ambiguity not covered by DESIGN.md, stop and ask rather than deciding unilaterally — design decisions belong in DESIGN.md.
Update NEWS.md for user-visible changes (create it if it does not yet exist).

Finalize (only when the milestone is genuinely done)

When — and only when — every acceptance criterion for this milestone in CLAUDE.md is demonstrably met and devtools::check() (--as-cran on release-track milestones) is clean (0 errors / 0 warnings, notes triaged) and the working tree is committed, finalize the bookkeeping yourself (this is mechanical, not a judgment call — the human quality gate is /post-milestone-review, run separately). MILESTONES.md is the single source of truth for milestone history; do not duplicate the narrative across files:

Add a detailed M$ARGUMENTS (done) entry to MILESTONES.md, placed in numeric order (immediately after M{$ARGUMENTS − 1}; never append out of order or skip a number), in the same (done) style as the existing entries: the met acceptance criteria, the commit range, the test count, and the R CMD check result; note any post-plan deviations.
Add the matching one-line index entry to CLAUDE.md's "## Completed milestones" list (numeric order), and clear/replace "## Current focus" so the next milestone is at the front (mark it "next").
Record any DESIGN.md contract changes in the relevant numbered section (§1–14) — not as a second copy of the milestone log (DESIGN.md §15 is only the forward roadmap + a pointer to MILESTONES.md).
Do not duplicate the milestone narrative across files: detail in MILESTONES.md, one line in CLAUDE.md, user-facing notes in NEWS.md, design-contract deltas in DESIGN.md §1–14.
Commit this bookkeeping on its own (on the feature branch), not bundled with any implementation commit (e.g. Mark M$ARGUMENTS complete; log to MILESTONES.md, index in CLAUDE.md).

If any acceptance criterion is unmet, the check is not clean, or a guardrail decision is still pending, stop and report — do not mark the milestone complete or write the MILESTONES.md entry.

Finishing the milestone (branch → PR, not direct to `main`)

All milestone commits live on the m$ARGUMENTS-<slug> feature branch. Push the branch and open a PR into main only when the user asks (respects CLAUDE.md's "push only when asked" cadence) — never auto-push.
The PR merges into main only after the three GitHub Actions workflows go green: R-CMD-check, test-coverage, pkgdown. Do not merge on red CI.
If this milestone touched src/ (a C++ core), recommend an on-demand R-hub run (rhub::rhub_check(), workflow .github/workflows/rhub.yaml) for sanitizers/valgrind/extra platforms before merge — it is not part of the per-PR gate but is the highest-value check for the Armadillo cores. Likewise flag it before any actual CRAN submission.
Trivial, isolated doc-typo fixes may still go directly to main at the user's discretion; anything touching R/, src/, tests/, DESCRIPTION, or vignettes goes through the PR.

Do not run /post-milestone-review yourself at the end — that's a separate, deliberate step the user triggers after reviewing the work.

Implement Milestone $ARGUMENTS

Implement Milestone $ARGUMENTS using the plan already established earlier in this conversation.

If no milestone plan is visible in the current context, stop and ask for it — do not invent or assume one.

Follow CLAUDE.md's dev workflow and definition of done throughout:

Build in small, reviewable increments: one coherent change → test → commit → repeat. Do not produce one large commit at the end.

After any C++ (src/) edit: recompile via devtools::load_all(); if a [[Rcpp::export]] signature changed, run Rcpp::compileAttributes() and commit the regenerated RcppExports.cpp/RcppExports.R clean (no stray reordering churn). Never stage or commit build artifacts (*.o, *.so, *.dll).

Any C++ optimization must ship with a numerical-regression test asserting output matches the prior implementation within tolerance on sim_dyad and an NA-laden case (Invariant 5). Performance must not change results.

Efficiency milestones: record before/after timings with the bench/ script and state the measured speedup; "it's faster" is not acceptance.

After any roxygen change, run devtools::document() and commit the regenerated NAMESPACE/docs.

Write or update tests for new behavior; run devtools::test() before each commit.

Run devtools::check() (--as-cran on release-track milestones) before considering any sub-step done; resolve errors/warnings, triage notes.

Style and lint (air format or styler::style_pkg(), lintr::lint_package()).

Respect the ask-first guardrails in CLAUDE.md: flag before adding an Imports dependency, changing a resolved default, changing the numeric output of a C++ core (beyond a deliberately planned semantics fix), adopting OpenMP, or touching git history/tags.

If you hit a design ambiguity not covered by DESIGN.md, stop and ask rather than deciding unilaterally — design decisions belong in DESIGN.md.

Update NEWS.md for user-visible changes (create it if it does not yet exist).

Finalize (only when the milestone is genuinely done)

Add a detailed M$ARGUMENTS (done) entry to MILESTONES.md, placed in numeric order (immediately after M{$ARGUMENTS − 1}; never append out of order or skip a number), in the same (done) style as the existing entries: the met acceptance criteria, the commit range, the test count, and the R CMD check result; note any post-plan deviations.

Add the matching one-line index entry to CLAUDE.md's "## Completed milestones" list (numeric order), and clear/replace "## Current focus" so the next milestone is at the front (mark it "next").

Record any DESIGN.md contract changes in the relevant numbered section (§1–14) — not as a second copy of the milestone log (DESIGN.md §15 is only the forward roadmap + a pointer to MILESTONES.md).

Do not duplicate the milestone narrative across files: detail in MILESTONES.md, one line in CLAUDE.md, user-facing notes in NEWS.md, design-contract deltas in DESIGN.md §1–14.

Commit this bookkeeping on its own (on the feature branch), not bundled with any implementation commit (e.g. Mark M$ARGUMENTS complete; log to MILESTONES.md, index in CLAUDE.md).

Finishing the milestone (branch → PR, not direct to main)

All milestone commits live on the m$ARGUMENTS-<slug> feature branch. Push the branch and open a PR into main only when the user asks (respects CLAUDE.md's "push only when asked" cadence) — never auto-push.

The PR merges into main only after the three GitHub Actions workflows go green: R-CMD-check, test-coverage, pkgdown. Do not merge on red CI.

If this milestone touched src/ (a C++ core), recommend an on-demand R-hub run (rhub::rhub_check(), workflow .github/workflows/rhub.yaml) for sanitizers/valgrind/extra platforms before merge — it is not part of the per-PR gate but is the highest-value check for the Armadillo cores. Likewise flag it before any actual CRAN submission.

Trivial, isolated doc-typo fixes may still go directly to main at the user's discretion; anything touching R/, src/, tests/, DESCRIPTION, or vignettes goes through the PR.

Do not run /post-milestone-review yourself at the end — that's a separate, deliberate step the user triggers after reviewing the work.

implement-milestone